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Cell phone use and
doesn't mix
Spotting a motorist making a left-hand turn from
a right-hand lane with a .coffee in one hand and a
cell phone in the other isn't an uncommon sight any
more.
In fact, many of motorists are guilty of being dis-
tracted while behind the wheel.
Those drivers who insist on maneuvering through
traffic, one hand on -the Meering wheel, another hold-
ing a cell phone to an attentive ear. Others believe
they possess the manual dexterity enabling them to
drive and send and receive text messages.
Their concentration is clearly compromised. Their
attention is clearly divided between driving and con-
versing on the phone.
It's a sign of the times and as long as people use
wireless communications to converse and text mes-
sage one another, they will pose a serious hazard on
the road, a hazard that could endanger their life as
well as the lives of others.
It's not a gamble Ontario should be willing to allow.
There is too much at stake.
Just as societal attitudes towards drinking and
driving changed drastically and led to serious conse-
quences levelled at those who insist on driving while
over the legal limit of alcohol in the bloodstream, ed-
ucative work needs to be done in the case of wireless
devices.
That is all about to change for Ontario drivers this
year. M,,011-4444.riyf
Ontario motorists will have until fall before it be-
comes illegal to use hand-held cell phones and other
electronic devices, such as BlackBerrys and global -
positioning systems, while driving.
Ontario now becomes the fourth province in Can-
ada to enact legislation that will make it illegal for
drivers to talk on hand-held phones or use other elec-
tronic devices. There was unanimous approval for
the provincial "distracted driving" law last month,
but it will take several months before Minister Jim
Bradley is able to launch an education campaign for
the law and introduce a number of regulations and
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The law will mean that drivers caught using hand-
held devices while behind the wheel will.be subject to
fines of up to $500.
The minister has made it• clear that safety for the
driving public "will be paramount."
And that's the critical element to the introduction of
the law. It gives law enforcement the means to crack
down on unsafe driving practices without having to
lay careless or dangerous -driving charges that carry
larger fines and significant loss of demerit points.
It's a law whose time has come.
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Conspiracy theories fill the theatres
and make millions for Hollywood
Do angry, protests help a
movie bring in more money at
the box office?
By the time you read this, the
new movie Angels & Demons
will have gobbled up millions of
dollars in theatres worldwide.
The film is the sequel to the
blockbuster The Davinci Code,
based on the best-selling novel
by Dan Brown.
Some Christian denominations denounced
the book and picketed screenings of the. movie
when it was released in 2006.
The movie still made $77,073,388 in its open-
ing weekend.
As charming. as he is, I don't think Forest
Gump playing the lead is the big. attraction
here. The ' movie's popularity comes from be-
ing based on .a scandal. Questioning a sacred
cow. A conspiracy theory.
A conspiracy theory is akin to a good ghost
story —many are flaky, fluky, and downright
fictitious.
They're intriguing to some and nonsense to
many others.
There's the one about the centuries-old se-
cret society of the Freemasons, whose mem-
bers include some of the founding fathers of
America. ,
Thatweird eyeball on top of the pyramid on
the U.S. one dollar bill is the Freemasons' spe-
cial symbol.
There's also the one about the body of an
-alien found in Roswell, New Mexico in the
1940s, which is now cryonically preserved in
an underground laboratory in Area 51.
Ron dt Dave
I got the
new issue of
Mad Mogazinel
Mom doesn't
want us to
read that
anymore.
But other so-called "conspiracy
theories" are more captivating,
because they might just have a
hint of truth in them.
There's the CIA's Project MK -
ULTRA — a 1950s interrogation
program using mind -control-
ling chemicals on oblivious test
subjects.
The John F. Kennedy assassi-
nation in 1963 has been, the subject of decades
of speculation, with its second shooters, grassy
knolls, communist spies. and shady nightclub
owners.
• One scandalous group that does certainly ex-
ist and has been the subject of more than -a few
conspiracy theories, is the Bilderberg group. -
Every year, a select group of the wealthy
elite, from politicians and CEOs to other peo-
ple of influence, gather together in a luxury
hotel somewhere in Europe to hold a secret,
invitation -only meeting which means no
journalists.
Rumours swell about the Bilderberg agenda,
which may or may not include (insert dramat-
ic music here) global domination.
In March, a video about the Bilderbergers ,
titled The Obama Deception was viewed more
than a million times on the Internet.
The story goes that Wall Street planned its
own financial breakdown, triggering the glob-
al recession, in -order to repo the country while
using Obama as 'a figurehead.
Of course, no one wants to believe these
things. And we're fed the "official story" to
keep us from asking questions.
See CONSPIRACIES, Page 6
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not? anti-establishment rag
that's politically skewed
to the left and that it
. undermines authority
and will rot your brain.
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by bavid Lacey
Wow. If I knew
all that stuff I
would've read it
And so it begins...
Can I have that
when you're
more often. finished?
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