Happy New Year

It seems the Mayans were wrong when they predicted the end of the world on December 2012. Tomorrow is the beginning of 2013, but apparently they never predicted the end, only a change. Let's hope things will change...for the better. We are in great need of changes. There is nothing but bad news every day. I'm glad I'm not a hockey fan. I would be furious with the players and the owners of the Jets. If they don't come to an agreement there won't  be any hockey games next year. The MTS Centre will be empty much of the time. Many people who depend on the games will suffer. I don't even know what everything is all about. Obviously about money. It always is.
Our native population is creating problem throughout the country. Demonstrating in shopping centers and disrupting the movements of trains and other vehicles. They want the government to do something about their living conditions on the reservations. Perhaps they should get after their chiefs who are mismanaging the money they already get. Just my humble opinion. I'm not that well informed about all the problems they have. Only what I read and hear in the news. Maybe we should stop sending money to all those countries who beg for it and use it to help our own people. Many of those countries need to get rid of their corrupt governments and start to help themselves instead of expecting the hardworking and well-to-do countries to feed them. Again...just my opinion.
I count myself lucky to live in a country like Canada where we have the opportunity to work and make a good living and still have enough freedom to let our opinions be known without fear of prosecution. Of course, even we can't write or talk about everything freely without worrying that we might be accused of racism or hate mongering. There is really no such thing as complete freedom. The truth will set you free is only a saying. Speaking the truth can also land you in deep trouble. Sometimes it is best to keep your mouth shut and opinions to yourself.

I wish everyone who reads this a healthy and prosperous 2013. Let's hope the conflicts that tear so many countries apart will end and there will be a measure of peace in the world. And let's also hope our politician stop bickering and get things done, here in Canada and in the good old USA.