The Proletariat Congress

Just how far can I take this little sweet netbook? Well, now I can connect to the internets from class. I’m in Litigation I right now, and using this little sweety to draw up general headers for crossclaims, counterclaims and third party claims. So now that’s two new locations I’ve blogge from. Where will the Weezbook (I had to give my netbook and a name and this is what I got) see the world from net?

I have taken an important step forward as a human. Not only have I acquired a netbook (Asus EEE Pro 1000HE), but I am now able to blog at will and on the go. No more being confined to a desktop. Now I can blog from the toilet. And yes, that was the sound of my dignity being flushed down to the sewer where it will join my morality and sense of decency.

It is not often one hears of such follies and amusing stories. But when such stories come around, they are truly gems worthy of the attention of all. These stories need to be told time and time again.

In an era where photo ops and media blitz is everything, the slightest slip up can have consequences or it can show just how insignificant a person truly is, even if they are the leader of a nation. As Prime Minsiter Harper learned the hard way. He had been expected, at the G20 summit to appear in the leaders’ photo next to German Chancellor Merkel, but instead was AWOL. No one noticed that he had been in the bathroom.

Sure there had been a second photo taken when someone finally had the realisation that Harper was indeed not present, but it doesn’t change the fact that the first photo had been taken without him present, demonstrating just how insignificant he is compared to other world leaders. After all, if he was truly significant as a leader, someone would have said something. But he’s no Barrack Obama.

Red-faced Harper misses G20 photo

Last Friday, while enjoying my two hour spare between classes, I found myself browsing the CBC’s news website in the hopes of finding something to bitch… I mean “blog” about. I noticed an article about Canada’s own highly touted “do not call list”. It was straight forward; since the introduction of this list, people have been receiving an unprecedented number of unsolicited phone calls.

Registered with the do-not-call list? Expect more calls, says consumer watchdog

I read it, briefly fumed then went on to find something else. In the end, my wrath returns to this topic because I have received on my cellphone, which is an unlisted number, numerous unsolicited spam calls from automated machines! Utterly disgusting that my phone is being bombarded with such trash. The worse is that I wanted to prevent anyone other than those I voluntarily gave my number to calling me.

916-219-8163
949-256-9160
866-529-5998

Above are just three such numbers from whom I have received automated phone calls from (I love my cellphone for that reason. The numbers were stored in my recently received calls list). The DNC List is utterly worthless. I’d sooner place all my blind faith in the Liberal’s Gun Registry – the million dollar boondoggle – than this travesty. At least that registry was somewhat worth the paper it was metaphorically printed on.

This is just further proof that the CRTC doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the Canadian consumer. It’s controlled by the large media conglomerates who want an easy profit and will do anything to increase their quarterly profit, even if it means selling their soul.

While I intend to file a complaint (do so here), I’m airing my grievances here so that anyone who does a search for those three numbers can see that these clearly belong to unscrupulous telemarketers who are violating the laws of our land. That the laws implemented here in Canada are being violated by Canadians themselves all for the sake of making easy money. It’s a bloody scam. I’m weary about complaining because it requires my phone number and it’s going to the sale lot of immoral scavengers of human misery. I was tempted not to until I was told that my number was already on their file… so it’s not as although they can do any more damage. Assholes.

In addition to ‘bitching’ through the complaints option, I’m also writing to my MP (though, I wouldn’t count on Ron Oliphant for much) and to my party, who I’ve received a decent reply from in the past when I’ve written about legitimate concerns.

It should be noted that all of the calls I’ve received are from machines. If you want to determine if it’s a machine, just wait a couple of seconds. The message won’t play and it waits until a human voice speaks. A human would notice if the ringing has stopped…