The Crusty Canuck Podcast - Thankful For...？

00:00:00.000 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's a beautiful 12th of October. Happy Thanksgiving

00:00:06.140 out there to all my crusty Canuckers and fans alike. This week's episode, I'll be, well,

00:00:11.900 asking, what are we thankful for? All that and more come up in the show. Stick around.

00:00:20.880 Because I am hard, you will not like me.

00:00:24.100 Yes, sir.

00:00:27.420 There is no racial bigotry here.

00:00:30.000 There you are always, boy.

00:00:33.900 This is the Crusty Canuck Podcast. A Canadian veteran's point of view. On politics, social, economic issues, and life. Here's Crusty.

00:00:49.220 Yes, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Crusty Canuck here. Yes, this is brought to you by the fine people at Rampage Coffee Company,

00:00:59.000 Canungold.com, and the fine producers at Produce for Heroes. Stick around for their messages later on in the show.

00:01:05.400 Yes, as I said earlier, happy Thanksgiving out there. Happy Turkey Day. Gobble, gobble, gobble, whatever you like. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.

00:01:14.140 Now, to my American listeners out there, I know your Thanksgiving doesn't come until about 24th November, but nonetheless, have a beer, have a piece of poultry, and enjoy the show.

00:01:23.480 So, anyhow, yes, what are we thankful for? Well, that's my topic today.

00:01:27.440 I'm thankful for the fact that I was brought up in a democracy, that I was given options and opportunities well beyond my comprehension when I was a young boy, and more so now.

00:01:38.160 So, regardless of what's going on with this whole pandemic thing, this environmental issue bullshit they keep talking about, and every day, you know, I'm watching the news.

00:01:48.800 And regardless of how angry I get, regardless of how mad I get, and realize what we fought for is being compromised, I am still thankful that I live in a democracy. 0.83

00:01:58.600 You know, knock on wood. Who knows? The way things are going now with restrictions and movements and everything thereof.

00:02:05.680 Who knows what's in store for us? But, uh, let's take time and reflect on how thankful we are that some of us still have our health, we have our sanity, we have a place to call home, we have family and loved ones that love us, who guide us and help us out, and all the more reasons for us to help and guide others to the best of our fucking abilities. 0.71

00:02:28.120 So, pardon my F-bomb there. I'm going to try to cut back the swearing as best I can, but then again, it's part of my fucking brand. 0.98

00:02:34.300 So, that being said, this is what I'm thankful for. I'm thankful for being Canadian. I'm thankful for the fact that I served 20 years, that I've met some wonderful people. 0.99

00:02:44.520 I'm thankful that I'm married to a wonderful lady. I'm thankful for the fact that I've had some great jobs, met some good people, that I still have a work ethic, that I've still got my head on straight as best as I can.

00:02:55.540 I've had some issues to deal with over the past, uh, well, let's say 10 years, to say the least, but, uh, I was at, uh, dinner with friends of ours there last night, had a good talk, drank some wine, I know I said I cut back into drinking, but it was festive, so I had a few glasses of wine, shot the shit about life, politics, policies,

00:03:25.540 time is tough for a lot of Canadians out there, and Americans, and, and some Brits, and French, and Germans, and, uh, a shout out to some of my Eastern European, and new Russian subscribers. Welcome!

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00:03:56.100 But, uh, I want to discuss the environment, too. Now, Mr. John Wilkinson, the new environment minister, came on the television there last week discussing the whole ban of single-use plastics.

00:04:07.200 You know, little forks, little spoons, little stir sticks, you know, little plastic bags we get from the shops and grocery stores alike, and how they want to phase them out by the end of 2021.

00:04:18.800 Now, I remember as a teenager, back in the day, late 80s, early 90s, when everybody was discussing the whole environmental issue when it came to plastics and plastic-based materials,

00:04:30.960 and yet, when this pandemic came into effect, you would see the market for single-use plastics just kind of skyrocket, because it goes into the masks, it goes into tubing, it goes into gloves,

00:04:44.240 it goes into everything that we take for granted when it comes to our medicine, and when it comes to getting checked out.

00:04:51.360 Now, when I was working as a security guard, I had to have a pair of latex gloves on me, just in case, along with my cuffs and my other tools and all that good stuff. 0.97

00:05:00.580 And plastic, especially single-use plastic, is all around us every fucking day.

00:05:06.180 Now, I'll leave a link to the little speech that Mr. Wilkinson said in regards to banning the single-use plastic, 0.97

00:05:15.240 and it was like watching one of my old English teachers trying to explain Shakespeare to me in a total monotone voice like this.

00:05:24.600 No enthusiasm.

00:05:28.020 Let's call him Minister Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

00:05:30.620 You remember Eeyore, you know?

00:05:31.980 So, don't bother, just carry on.

00:05:36.360 Yeah, okay.

00:05:37.760 So, it just goes to prove that there's another liberal quack out there who's trying to decide what is best for us.

00:05:46.140 Now, I agree about the environment.

00:05:48.240 We have to clean things up, we have to look after things, you know, but I'm not going to panic, okay?

00:05:55.920 I am not going to effing panic just because some quack in Ottawa comes up with a plan to ban things, okay?

00:06:04.560 Is that the viable solution they have when it comes to the ocean, to our rivers?

00:06:10.860 Just ban it and everything will be just fine?

00:06:13.560 Didn't they try that with liquor back in the 20s?

00:06:16.240 And what happened with that, right?

00:06:19.260 Especially in the United States.

00:06:20.540 What happened with that when they tried to ban something, okay?

00:06:24.380 Are you going to have a black market for spare forks and knives?

00:06:31.920 Is there some kind of crime family that's going to be created that are going to hone the market of black market utensils? 0.88

00:06:38.380 Interesting, right? 1.00

00:06:40.400 See, every time one of these fucking clowns speak on our behalf, I just get so... 1.00

00:06:45.660 How do you say? 1.00

00:06:47.100 I get dumber every time I listen to him. 0.98

00:06:51.880 Because what is he basing this on? 0.96

00:06:53.520 Is he basing it on actual scientific data?

00:06:56.020 Yeah, there's a lot of plastic in our riverways and our oceans.

00:06:59.880 But Canada does not sit high on the level of big polluters.

00:07:04.080 We don't do it for the whole carbon emission.

00:07:06.760 And we sure as hell don't do it when it comes to our oceans and our rivers.

00:07:10.060 Now, we are bad for the fact that there are people out there that insist on dumping raw sewage in our waterways.

00:07:16.020 And you've heard me ramble on about that enough times.

00:07:18.020 But in the same sense, which is more lethal?

00:07:24.360 Dumping a biohazard into a waterway or coming across a handful of forks and a few plastic bags?

00:07:30.880 Now, when I was overseas, okay, back in the day when I was overseas, when I was on tour, there's a lot of places I saw in Afghanistan that were just filthy. 1.00

00:07:41.800 Now, I'm not disenfranchising the Afghan people, but the infrastructure needs works and all that.

00:07:47.380 And, you know, that's what happens when you're in a country that's seen nothing but war for the past 45 years.

00:07:54.320 But every river we saw, every waterway, you would see a couple of kids playing in the water.

00:07:59.940 You'd see somebody doing the laundry and then someone taking a dump.

00:08:02.420 And then you'd see a pile of plastic everywhere.

00:08:04.320 Water bottles, freaking plastic bags, toys, items of no particular importance, but just pile upon pile upon pile.

00:08:13.240 And yet, when I hear these ministers talk about, oh, we're so terrible when it comes to polluting, so terrible when it comes to the environment.

00:08:21.180 And yet, what viable solution, I say again, what viable solution have they brought to the table other than incorporating another tax and banning something?

00:08:31.400 Now, there's a young man from Holland called Boyan Slat, who basically invented a system that would assist in cleaning up the oceans without costing people or nickel and diming people left and right in regards to saving the world.

00:08:46.300 And I'll leave a link to his work there, too.

00:08:48.740 And what I read about him, innovation, simple innovation.

00:08:54.320 And he took it upon himself to innovate and create something that will assist without screwing people over or taking more of their money.

00:09:04.260 It's common sense.

00:09:06.920 And let's use his example, okay?

00:09:09.580 To everybody that's out of work on the East Coast and West Coast, especially in the waterways when it comes to fishing and other resources,

00:09:15.680 is there not a way you can formulate a plan to put these people back to work in regards to cleaning up the ocean?

00:09:20.360 Is there not a plan that can be done saying, okay, well, we can't fish anymore, but here, let's innovate something.

00:09:28.240 Let's create something that's going to help you go back to sea again, run a crew, run a few people, and haul in some tonnage, haul in some plastic.

00:09:37.700 If that's the model that we're being presented.

00:09:41.260 Because the last time I was on the East Coast, I didn't see abundance of plastic all over the beaches.

00:09:46.000 I did not see waste upon waste littered on the beaches.

00:09:53.000 I saw a lot of rocks, a lot of sand, smell of the salt air, you know, the odd emission smell from other plants,

00:10:01.100 but not to a point where I wanted to puke or I was devastated.

00:10:06.100 Things are pretty serene and beautiful and honorable and nature's finest.

00:10:10.120 And yet, we are constantly being handed this narrative.

00:10:14.940 Oh, we have to hurry up and clean this up.

00:10:17.280 Right?

00:10:17.760 So here's a pandemic where single-use plastics are being used on a regular basis, and yet, oh, we have to stop using them now.

00:10:23.220 Is that the logic, Mr. Wilkinson?

00:10:26.140 Did you learn that logic from Ms. McKenna?

00:10:28.780 Right?

00:10:29.340 There's a tweet I'm going to add to this, too, where she was bragging about having a solar panel and none of it to help a community freeze her out. 0.94

00:10:36.360 Now, I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure the sun only shines in none of it, what, five months out of the year?

00:10:41.900 Or am I totally wrong?

00:10:44.260 Don't you need sunlight to run solar?

00:10:47.520 Don't you need constant sunlight to run solar? 0.99

00:10:51.040 And yet, she's bragging about a frickin' goddamn solar panel in none of it. 1.00

00:10:55.660 Wow! 0.99

00:10:57.500 What an achievement! 1.00

00:11:02.820 Holy fuck. 1.00

00:11:03.900 See, all the more reasons why I'm thankful is that I like to think I'm sane now. 1.00

00:11:08.500 And when you read stories like that, you just kind of go, what the F?

00:11:12.460 Right?

00:11:13.740 What the hell was that? 1.00

00:11:16.080 Holy shit. 0.98

00:11:16.760 And I'll leave links in the description there, too. 0.93

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00:11:44.240 But still, folks, regardless of how many people celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend, let's be thankful that there's still some sanity out there in the works where we have people, independent media folk, other people online, and myself, trying to find viable solutions and to encourage and incorporate some sanity in this mess.

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00:13:28.140 In October of 2015, Lindsay Robbins, like many of her fellow Canadians, was struggling with the turmoil of mental illness.

00:13:38.280 The ups and downs of what she was going through was shaping her realities, and she longed for structure.

00:13:43.820 As luck would have it, that structure presented itself to her in the form of gardening.

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00:13:54.920 Lindsay realized that our veterans were going through their own mental struggles, and through her own experience, she realized the power of community.

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00:14:44.900 That's right, ladies and gentlemen.

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00:14:54.820 and, or correction, Robert and Bill, or correction, I don't know, I'm speaking in tongues today,

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00:15:01.800 So I'll leave links in the description.

00:15:03.500 So carrying on, what I'm thankful for, yes, again, I am thankful for living in a country

00:15:07.340 where we could try to find some sanity in this chaos we call the whole beer bug

00:15:12.720 and other imperfections with our elected officials.

00:15:18.860 Yes, what a joke.

00:15:20.840 Anyhow, ladies and gentlemen, here are my suggestions when it comes to clean up the environment.

00:15:24.920 Like I said earlier, why don't we hire some fishermen and people that have worked on the docks

00:15:28.800 and worked on the water and find innovative ways to clean up the so-called messes in our waterways.

00:15:38.200 Let's take Boyan Slatt's example, and I'll leave a link to his description there too.

00:15:42.720 You can decide for yourself.

00:15:44.820 And this is what we can do as citizens.

00:15:47.180 As citizens, we do recycle, we do plant our own trees, right?

00:15:51.720 We didn't see those two billion trees that were promised by Justin's last election, right?

00:15:56.080 Mr. Potato Head's infinite wisdom fails to show itself again.

00:16:01.040 And yet we have government officials who are bragging about one or two solar panels in the high Arctic

00:16:05.880 when they should be bragging about proper innovations on how to keep things clean.

00:16:12.520 You know, innovations when it comes to renewable resources, right?

00:16:16.100 What ideas are on the table to help us common folk with overcoming these environmental obstacles, right?

00:16:26.020 What is happening?

00:16:27.620 What's being suggested?

00:16:28.760 What's being presented?

00:16:30.660 Are they going to rally some engineering students that can develop some kind of technology?

00:16:34.280 Are they going to rally oil workers and geologists alike to find innovations

00:16:39.680 that we don't have to rely on fossil fuels in the near future?

00:16:43.840 Or are they just going to ban that too eventually and then make us buy electric cars at $50,000 a piece

00:16:48.480 and then go into further debt when it comes to more subsidies, right?

00:16:54.360 It's amazing how they keep talking about these payments after payment after payment

00:16:57.640 and they can't organize themselves.

00:17:00.600 They'd rather spend millions upon millions of dollars.

00:17:03.140 For example, $400 million going to the United Nations to fight this pandemic

00:17:07.260 when that $400 million can stay in Canada to help its citizens, right?

00:17:13.520 But they won't say anything about that.

00:17:15.720 And of course, the government, you know, wiping its feet and stalling when it comes to

00:17:20.380 understanding the WE scam and the WE scandal that's been going on,

00:17:23.980 how the committee has shut it down.

00:17:25.380 And I'll leave a link to the video there, how Pierre Polyev was basically censored

00:17:29.620 by the standing committee, right?

00:17:33.840 So regardless of what's going on in our lives right now, ladies and gentlemen,

00:17:37.400 we still should be thankful.

00:17:39.660 Thankful we have a home.

00:17:40.900 Thankful we have, you know, an opportunity to have some wonderful turkey.

00:17:45.560 Not that I'm a big fan, but a nice meal with family and friends and the opportunities

00:17:51.120 that we do have here.

00:17:53.120 And the fact is, keep fighting for these opportunities, okay?

00:17:57.260 There's a quote from Ezra Levant from The Rebel, how it's going to take work.

00:18:00.240 And he's right.

00:18:02.320 He's right.

00:18:03.460 It's going to take work.

00:18:04.540 It's going to take innovation.

00:18:05.820 It's going to take patience.

00:18:06.500 It's going to take time.

00:18:07.520 But in the same sense, how these environmental Nazis like to talk about,

00:18:11.860 oh, we're running out of time.

00:18:12.860 Oh, the world's going to die.

00:18:14.340 Well, then come up with some better solutions rather than taking more money from people.

00:18:18.500 Come up with some better ideas.

00:18:20.680 How are we going to fix this, right?

00:18:23.960 How are we going to fix these problems?

00:18:27.060 I could tell you right now, I'll start punishing the actual polluters. 0.99

00:18:29.840 Punish the actual units or conglomerates or groups or companies that take it upon themselves 0.99

00:18:38.360 to dump this crap into the rivers or to dump any kind of crap anywhere for that matter. 0.97

00:18:43.760 Don't blame you and me or the average Joe for sitting there eating a donaire or eating 0.99

00:18:48.440 some french fries with a plastic fork or sipping a fizzy pop with a plastic straw, right? 0.98

00:18:55.200 Don't become a Carl and Karen overnight just because the government fucking says so. 0.87

00:18:59.200 We've got too many of those already. 0.98

00:19:01.820 We don't need any more, okay?

00:19:04.720 Like I say, hire ex-fishermen or hire dock workers or people that work in the water to do that.

00:19:10.960 Give them some incentive.

00:19:11.660 If you're going to spend $400 million bucks overseas in the name of a pandemic,

00:19:15.760 you can invest $400 million in your own people to create better incentives, right?

00:19:20.800 Basic economics.

00:19:22.120 Basic high school marketing.

00:19:23.700 Why is that so hard, right?

00:19:26.020 Of course, innovations. 0.99

00:19:28.160 You know, someone's got to get their balls smacked and tickled. 1.00

00:19:30.560 Someone else has to get a reach around and therefore everyone's happy, right? 0.99

00:19:34.140 Yeah.

00:19:34.780 Guess again.

00:19:38.220 I myself, my wife and I, we take our time to recycle properly.

00:19:41.960 If we get an abundance of bottles, then I'll take in the bottle of Depot.

00:19:44.220 We get paid for that.

00:19:45.620 And hopefully those bottles get recycled. 0.81

00:19:47.480 You know, I personally have planted a couple of trees in my yard, right?

00:19:52.880 And next spring, I'll probably plant some more just to make the aesthetics good.

00:19:56.560 But we all know you plant a tree, it creates oxygen, right?

00:20:00.960 But carbon is also plant food too.

00:20:03.620 I like to plant a garden every year, right?

00:20:06.320 This year was better than last year.

00:20:07.840 Why?

00:20:08.160 Because, well, you know, you teach yourself how to do it again and again and again until you get it right.

00:20:12.820 Unfortunately, we had some neighborhood cats that made a mess of my potatoes. 1.00

00:20:16.300 But, you know, next year I'll just use a pellet gun.

00:20:19.660 Just kidding.

00:20:20.280 No, no.

00:20:20.600 I won't kill neighborhood cats.

00:20:22.900 But the idea was there.

00:20:25.220 But I think you get my point. 0.88

00:20:26.900 We're not stupid people, okay? 0.98

00:20:29.160 And every time one of these cabinet members, and I don't care really if it's liberal or if it's conservative or NDP. 0.99

00:20:35.940 You've heard my rant about the NDP. 0.99

00:20:37.680 Mr. Yagmeet Singh and his lackluster policies just to keep his fucking job. 0.99

00:20:41.820 Okay? 0.99

00:20:42.460 But every one of these clowns, especially in the Liberal Party, have turned around and presented monotone ethics, condescending remarks, and just... 1.00

00:20:53.200 I write fucking stupid. 1.00

00:20:54.940 How else do I say it? 1.00

00:20:56.540 Right?

00:20:57.200 We all know how qualified these individuals are.

00:20:59.200 Yeah, they may have a degree.

00:21:00.500 They may have a diploma.

00:21:01.700 But they don't promote common sense.

00:21:03.980 And they sure as they don't promote humility.

00:21:08.860 Okay?

00:21:09.360 They don't promote anything other than their virtue and their agendas and what they want.

00:21:15.240 Okay?

00:21:16.140 They talk about defending community democracy.

00:21:18.280 And yet they're the first ones to shun anyone who disagrees with them. 0.98

00:21:21.360 And some of these premieres out there with these ridiculous lockdowns and some of these mayors with their fucking overnight sensation ideas are full of it. 0.99

00:21:32.980 Okay? 0.98

00:21:33.460 You look at what Doug Ford's doing in Ontario right now.

00:21:37.740 Right?

00:21:38.540 All we're doing is in the name of safety.

00:21:40.420 Increasing fines.

00:21:41.880 Telling people where they can go.

00:21:43.040 Where they cannot go.

00:21:44.680 Right?

00:21:45.080 And still, no valid proof on what's going on.

00:21:49.600 No validity to their suggestions. 0.56

00:21:52.040 Just do as we say, not as we do, and everything will be just fucking fine.

00:21:55.440 Well, that never worked before.

00:21:57.380 Why is it going to work again?

00:21:59.960 Okay?

00:22:01.240 Talking to all these hospitals that are filled up to the max with all these patients.

00:22:04.960 And yet, they're not differentiating from actual cases to actual diagnoses and people that are under these restrictions.

00:22:13.960 People who are actually ill.

00:22:16.280 So, yes, I can see an abundance of cases and no one's denying that fact.

00:22:21.060 But, what more research is out there?

00:22:24.980 I highly suggest, ladies and gentlemen, look at Canada Pauly.

00:22:27.280 His work is incredible.

00:22:29.040 I'll leave a link to his work too, his most recent video.

00:22:31.660 At least a couple of them anyway.

00:22:33.140 Just fantastic research.

00:22:35.620 The guy's a journalist as far as I know too.

00:22:37.320 But, he's just common earth.

00:22:39.500 Common sense, down to earth.

00:22:40.780 Sorry, I mixed up my words here today.

00:22:42.520 All this information coming at once.

00:22:44.220 Anyway, he's down to earth, common sense.

00:22:47.300 And, he's a patriot.

00:22:48.960 So, I'll suggest you listen to his words there too.

00:22:52.380 And, I'll leave links to this and I'll say again in the description.

00:22:55.120 In regards to Mr. Wilkinson's little speech. 1.00

00:22:58.680 And, how fucking stupid it is, really. 1.00

00:23:01.020 You know, we are not a polluting nation. 1.00

00:23:04.400 Yes, we are guilty for emissions.

00:23:06.060 To an extent.

00:23:06.740 We are guilty for certain spills.

00:23:09.000 To an extent.

00:23:09.780 But, when you look at the way we process our oil and gas in this country.

00:23:13.040 I would say it probably has the most regulatory and highest environmental standards.

00:23:18.900 Known to mankind.

00:23:20.800 And, I said mankind.

00:23:22.000 Not people kind.

00:23:22.740 And, we've never had devastating spills.

00:23:28.440 We've had issues.

00:23:29.220 Yes.

00:23:29.900 But, they also get cleaned up promptly.

00:23:31.800 And, things go back to normal in a matter of months too.

00:23:35.120 Okay. 0.91

00:23:38.040 And, I'm personally tired of the hypocrisy that comes from these officials. 0.70

00:23:42.600 When it says about cleaning this up.

00:23:44.300 Clean that up.

00:23:44.820 And, their biggest culprits themselves.

00:23:46.200 When it comes to burning fuel.

00:23:48.840 And, burning this.

00:23:49.660 And, burning that.

00:23:51.240 Right.

00:23:52.000 So, until they start providing and presenting viable solutions.

00:23:57.380 To said predicaments or problems.

00:24:00.460 I'm not going to buy anything they say.

00:24:02.660 And, neither should you ladies and gentlemen.

00:24:04.780 Neither should you.

00:24:06.120 Right.

00:24:06.680 Ask the tough questions.

00:24:08.140 Put them on the spot.

00:24:09.220 And, hold them accountable.

00:24:11.300 Okay.

00:24:13.200 We've got to get people working again.

00:24:14.700 We've got to get people out in the street.

00:24:16.080 Moving about.

00:24:16.700 Minding their business.

00:24:17.520 Doing their thing.

00:24:18.240 Whatever.

00:24:19.360 Economic freedom.

00:24:21.280 Right.

00:24:21.920 All these sayings that all these cronies have come up with.

00:24:24.460 Saying, oh, we've taken the debt because you don't have to.

00:24:27.040 Well, where do you think that money to pay the debt is coming from?

00:24:32.080 The magical money machine that relies on pixie farts and fairy dust to make the world go round?

00:24:38.220 No.

00:24:39.620 It comes from people like you and me that go to work every day.

00:24:42.160 And, quote, unquote, pay our share of taxes.

00:24:46.640 And, that's what gets me too with a lot of the opposition.

00:24:49.060 Especially the NDP when they're talking about people paying their fair share. 0.95

00:24:52.080 They're spending more goddamn time wearing about 20 or 25 so-called billionaires in this country. 0.78

00:24:57.200 When they should be worried about the welfare of every Canadian citizen that is going through this crisis. 0.99

00:25:05.180 Stop worrying about the 20 billionaires.

00:25:08.260 And, start worrying about 25 million of us.

00:25:10.700 Or, here's an idea.

00:25:11.740 Start worrying about the 37 million of us.

00:25:14.340 Right? 0.99

00:25:14.500 Who gives a shit if so-and-so got rich? 1.00

00:25:19.060 You okay deals to help blah-blahs get rich. 1.00

00:25:21.420 Half you guys okay deals to let Bombardier get another bailout. 0.98

00:25:26.360 And, you also agreed to hush-hush about SNC-Lavalin and other companies that were under the liberal fucking watchful eye. 0.95

00:25:34.420 Right? 0.88

00:25:35.240 How about all the money that's going to the Tides Foundation?

00:25:37.420 Or, better yet, what they call themselves now the Make Way Foundation. 1.00

00:25:40.780 To make way to get their fucking hands in our fucking policies. 0.99

00:25:45.200 Where they really have no business being there in the first place. 1.00

00:25:47.800 Right?

00:25:49.200 So, ladies and gentlemen.

00:25:51.060 Use your plastic forks.

00:25:52.780 Use your stir sticks.

00:25:54.960 Use your cups.

00:25:56.020 Use your bags.

00:25:57.500 Do what you can to make your lives easier.

00:26:00.000 But, in the same sense, let's use common sense too.

00:26:02.860 Right?

00:26:04.620 Nothing wrong with that.

00:26:06.800 Nothing wrong with that at all. 0.99

00:26:08.040 And, to all the John Wilkinsons out there with their great ideas and their monotone fucking presentations. 0.99

00:26:13.580 To all the Barbie the Builders and Christy McKinnis, the pint-sized twats alike. 1.00

00:26:18.160 Bugger off. 1.00

00:26:19.880 Stay out of our fucking lives. 1.00

00:26:21.500 Let us be. 1.00

00:26:24.660 Enough of your bullshit. 1.00

00:26:27.740 Right? 1.00

00:26:27.960 I've already presented a couple of decent solutions.

00:26:33.000 I've already presented some ideas in regards to what we can do in our own homes, on our own time, on our own dime. 0.97

00:26:40.380 Let alone with Mr. Fucking Know-It-All Government telling us how to do it. 0.97

00:26:44.540 Right? 0.98

00:26:45.540 Like I said in my last episode, ladies and gentlemen. 1.00

00:26:47.940 This is turning into a real shit show. 0.99

00:26:49.520 This is not the Canada that I fought for, that my grandparents fought for. 1.00

00:26:52.600 But it's our home and native land.

00:26:58.020 And nonetheless, we've got to stand our ground and start using some common sense.

00:27:02.720 Ask the tough questions.

00:27:04.000 Put them on the spot.

00:27:05.160 Show some more accountability.

00:27:07.380 There have been numerous examples in our mainstream media already that have presented the fact that they are not being accountable.

00:27:13.960 Yet the narratives keep changing.

00:27:15.500 Right?

00:27:15.660 Let's not worry so much of what's going on in the States with Trump and his election and his COVID diagnosis. 0.99

00:27:21.420 And who gives a shit about the fly in Mike Pence's head. 0.98

00:27:25.680 Let's look at those debates for what they were. 1.00

00:27:28.300 They were garbage. 1.00

00:27:30.660 Okay? 1.00

00:27:32.880 And I know it insulted a lot of intelligence out there.

00:27:35.840 Especially with my American friends when it came to watching it.

00:27:38.280 A few of them weighed in recently and they told me how it was much of a waste of time to sit and watch this garble-farb and this garble-garble over this and gender and identity when there's more things to worry about out there.

00:27:52.980 But hey, who knows?

00:27:54.100 Time will tell, right?

00:27:55.200 We'll see come November 3rd what happens in the United States and respect what's going to happen November 4th.

00:28:02.040 My American friends, you know, you got a lot of friends up here as far as I'm concerned.

00:28:06.140 So, that being said, ladies and gentlemen, that has been my little podcast on solutions and being thankful for.

00:28:14.820 On this 12th of October, 2020, weather's kind of crisp outside, so it means winter is coming.

00:28:22.200 You know, not in the Game of Thrones sense, but I think she's going to be a cold one.

00:28:27.120 So, prep your kit, prep your coats, toques, gloves, all that good stuff.

00:28:31.340 If you get some time this week, go to your garages, get your trucks and cars winterized, get ready for the season.

00:28:39.720 And let's hope for the best.

00:28:41.560 Let's try to be optimistic in this crisis.

00:28:46.360 Nothing wrong with standing up for this country.

00:28:48.140 Standing up for viable solutions.

00:28:49.600 Especially when you collect, you know, we hire people, i.e. elect our officials to do it.

00:28:54.280 So, let's make sure they start doing their jobs.

00:28:57.800 Right?

00:28:58.580 And as I say again, ladies and gentlemen, if you get a chance to check out my merchandise, please do.

00:29:03.420 I put some designs and stuff together myself, so please consider that.

00:29:07.240 I've got some veteran swagger there.

00:29:08.680 I've got some nice t-shirts.

00:29:10.080 I've got some swimsuits for the ladies. 1.00

00:29:11.500 I even got underwear.

00:29:13.220 Go figure, eh?

00:29:14.720 So, if you do feel like donating, please donate.

00:29:16.840 You can find me on Subscribestar, PayPal, and the Patreon links I'll leave in the description.

00:29:21.640 And I'll say again, if you do give a committed donation of $5 to $10 a month,

00:29:26.680 you will get yourself a free t-shirt from both of my stores, Teespring or Customized Girl there.

00:29:31.700 And I'll leave links in the description as well.

00:29:34.520 So, as I always say, ladies and gentlemen, take care of your friends and your loved ones.

00:29:40.520 And let's do the best we can in this pandemic, in this crisis.

00:29:45.660 And remember, humanity and merit wins the day.

00:29:49.220 Take care, and I'll see you next time.

00:29:52.340 Bye for now.

The Crusty Canuck Podcast - October 12, 2020

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