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I think this is my favorite Simpsons musical/song/gag they’ve ever done.

Please Note:

Tinting the windows of your 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier, or applying decals and a trumpet exhaust, does not make your vehicle a race car. Nor does it make it sporty, cool, edgy, quick off the draw or a ’sleeper’.

It simply makes it a Cavalier with tinted windows, decals, and a trumpet exhaust. Please be realistic.

Thank you

A Concerned Citizen

If you Only Read the Newspaper ONCE This Year, today is the day to pick up the Globe. Justice O’Connor’s report on the Arar Inquiry was released yesterday. In the Globe;

• You will read how our government (we) let a Canadian Citizen down, leading to his torture.
• You will read how the RCMP leaked misleading information to the media to confuse the issue.
• You will read how he suffered AFTER arriving back in Canada - he was unable to find work as a professional Engineer, he was persecuted.

It’s a horrible story.

But then, you will read how the government has held itself accountable and responsible for what happened to Mr. Arar. They have started to TRY to right the wrongs. An inquiry has been held, specific mistakes have been outlined, and those that made them have been identified.

Do not get me wrong - what happened to Maher Arar is inexcusable. No amount of apologies or compensation can undo what happened to him. He is a citizen of Canada and he was let down.

However, I’m proud of our country for STARTING to try to make things right, no matter the reasons.

And if you believe that this would happen in any other country in the world - you’re wrong.

I may complain about our country a lot, but when I see small glimpses of good like this, it gives me hope for our future.

Me.

I recall a time approximately 3 Christmases ago. Jennie brought her then-boyfriend home for Christmas with us to stay with mom and dad. Let’s call him Sal. I liked Sal, he seemed like a stand-up fella, good to laugh with etc. Thought he was all right.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

During our family’s Christmas ‘Yankee Swap‘ gift exchange I happened to end up with a gift that I already had. I can’t remember what it was, nor is it important to this story. What IS important, however, is that I made a deal with Sal to exchange gifts with him.

Or so I thought.

As we walked towards each other, Sal handed me only a PART of his multi-part gift, took mine and returned to his seat. I asked him about the remainder of his gift, and he simply claimed that the deal involved ONLY that part of his gift. I had misunderstood.

After some discussion, Sal then refused to reverse the deal.

Now, of course, the rest of the family found this situation humorous, however, I’ll be honest - I was put off by it. I felt like I had been wronged - the deal had somehow viciously went sour.

So, the day before he left for home again, I settled the debt. I stole his tube of toothpaste from the bathroom. I think it was Aqua-Fresh. One of those $7 premium tubes that yuppies buy.

It made me feel MUCH better. It made the universe seem balanced.

So again, who steals a tube of toothpaste? I do, that’s who.