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Flash over substance
won't work for next
leader of Liberal Party
One must occasionally east one's eyes towards
he heavensrandal wonder just what exactly. does the
ederal Libeqty think it'o
ow granted, such a questisondis notur? asked nearly
often since the Conservative Prty Canada
sa • ok the' wheel with all of the aggression ooff a truck
r on Jolt cola.
onetheless, now that there are a number of peo-
e vy•Ing for leadership of the party, the wisdom of
picking the head of the pack is worthy of some
attention.
As it nowstands, it seems author/educator
chael Ignatieff may take over where the veteran
Paul Martin Jr. left off, And yet, . such a choice,
dudes explanation on so many fronts it could wen
be consider d a political.. star .of Vie proportions,
s :- `afar ::the equation that ary ' +ee and
anes hada evehard of ignatieff — which is
ell in
e Liberal Pitts ' Sold also perhaps
alder taxpayers across the land became fed up
by what they perceived to be a culture of entitle-
ment displayedby Liberal MPs during their three
terms of rule.
Does it really make sense for party members to
elect a new leader to the helm that has yet to walk
the walk and who, at least how the media is fram-
ing it, is being chosen simply for creating the best
photo op?
After all, as Canadians have shown again and
again, one needn't be photo friendly to lead well.
One only needs a dash of experience, and a heaping
helping of common sense.
--- Clinton News Record
Kids could find better role
models than today's athletes
Kids have always looked
up to athletes as role mod-
els - intoxicated by the
money and fame that
comes with the profession.
And for whatever rea-
son, it has taken me up
until recently to realize
that maybe we could find
better people for today's kids to idolize.
This came about last week as I read about
former Maple Leafs' tough guy Tie Domi and
his alleged affair with Belinda Stronach
If it turns out to be true, or not, doesn't real-
ly matter in terms of if the public should for-
give him or not.
But what does to me is the fact that in the
divorce papers it said Domi had cheated on
his wife aleady once before.
So should we 'still be so quick to forgive him?
If you met a complete stranger on the street
and after a pleasant conversation he told you
he had cheated on his wife twice before, would
you feel the same way as you do in this partic-
ular case?
Back in 2003, the NBA's biggest star at the
time, Kobe Bryant, was accused of sexually
assaulting a young woman in Colorado.
In the end, Bryant was freed of that charge
and the next day he was back to being thou-
sands of kids' hero, while the fact that Bryant
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Hey! There's going to be
another class re -union for
my high-school class.
did admit to having an
adulterous relationship
with the woman apparent-
ly became trivial.
There's also the issue of
performance enhancing
drugs in pro sports.
Over recent years a
slew of ball players have
admitted to taking them and many, many
more have just been lucky enough to not get
caught yet.
Tie Domi will be forgiven once his divorce
settlement is behind him and he's making us
all laugh at his new job with TSN.
We do, for the most part, ignore someone's
actions off the ice, coutt or field because of
their performance on them.
That will probably never be ` changed. We
will always admire and cheer them on, push-
ing aside our own morals for the betterment
of `our' teams.
However, we don't want to send the mes-
sage to kids that this kind of behaviour will be
tolerated if you can shoot a puck, sink a bas-
ket, or hit a ball.
Luckily for us, it is possible to look else-
where for good role models.
In fact, today's kids probably don't . have to
look much further than across the kitchen
table to find one.
by David Lacey
This time they're going to hold
it at the county jail.
So what makes them
think anyone will show
up this time?
That makes
sense.
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