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Huron Expositor, 2009-05-20, Page 4Page 4' May 20, 2009 • The Huron Expositor - Opinion Proprietor and Publisher, Bowes Publishers limited, 1.1 Main St., Seaforth, ON, NOK IWO 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 permissible exemptions. z� ' { ` `' � :� . 1 ,:! ,. f -.t3 bac x..va s�` � z 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. The Goderich Signal -Star Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Publisher - Dave Sykes Editorial and Business Offices -11 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0240. Fax (519) 527-2858 MailingAddress - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, ON, NOK 1WO Visit our home page at Cwww. sea forthhuronexpositor. com Canada QUBIECOR MEDIA WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, THROUGH THE PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PAP), TOWARD OUR MAILING COSTS." 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 Why ( She says it's a vulgar 1 not? anti-establishment rag that's politically skewed to the left and that it . undermines authority and will rot your brain. ts) 4 r j 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? \ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 38.05 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. SENIORS: - 36.14 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. Fes: 38.05 a year in advance, plus $195.00 postage, plus G.S.T. Q.S.A.: 38.05 a year in advance, plus $99.84 postage, plus G.S.T. 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