THE G20 PISSING CONTEST

The G20 Summit madness here in the Toronto area continues.

Like millions of dollars spent to "secure and prepare" a nearby airport .. that will never be used by any of the participants in the G8 or the G20

Like Toronto District School Board cancelling its buses for this Friday. Which means that the special needs kids Collette teaches will not be able to go to school

This weekend we were downtown and saw the fence. An easily 10 foot tall chain link fence that will enclose several blocks in the downtown core. A fence. Why did I have visions of Soylent Green, or Wild in the Streets?

They removed all the public trash cans and replaced them with plastic garbage bags taped to poles. I'm not really sure why. To prevent protesters from picking up trash cans and hurling them over the fence?

Speaking of protests we had our first taste today. A protest march that went up Yonge Street, choking off traffic. Cops were there in force, and could not stop it. They even tried making a "fence" with their bicycles .. there's some irony for you. In the areas outside of the fence they still tried to use fences. But it didn't work. Police sources said "We couldn't stop them"

Really? A week away from the summit and you couldn't stop a bunch of people trying to march up Yonge Street ...

Now they are talking about bringing in water cannon. There will be medical helicopters constantly circling the city looking for wounded. Triage and emergency aid stations are being set up all over the city.

What the fuck.

The USA is advising their citizens not to travel to Toronto right now as it may be too dangerous. Oh yeh, the US is attending the summit

What the fuck. Again

All for what? A pissing contest among the suits who rule the world. For a summit that will be addressing issues like climate control and the world health of women, including their access to safe abortions ... both are topics by the way that Prime Minister Harper really doesn't want to discuss ...

Collette and I had to spend some time at an ER today. There was a big issue of not having enough wheelchairs for all the patients. Yet this summit is costing our country in excess of a billion dollars

Sorry Stephen. In this pissing contest that you've arranged, you haven't even been able to get open your fly