Whistle the be whittled
anthem of the fiddle
Perhaps we need little
effort to feeed riddles

And now the misread
has found instead
feathers for his head
avenging since long dead

We want the dirt and
every last grain of sand

We want the time back
to give our lives back

You will pay
in every way

so, ignore the shit taste
sticking it to paleface - RJDK


Well, who'd a thunk an idjit lyke me could spell enough words to be published in the newspaper. This should offfer a little juxtaposition and perhaps reflect the spin on my letter. My last post was word for word what I sent to them in an e-mail and today, I am showing you the printed version. Edited, as is everything.

All the news you hear or see is partial truth, or straight bullshit. They claim to edit for berevity or legality or what have you, but if there is anything offensive to be said, that must be suppressed. I am not saying that my run on letter is perfect, but some of my points were reliant on some additional information. I could have gone off on that topic for days, but I had to keep it short for space and word constraints. Still, they just put it however they want it and think they are getting the point across. More true with real issues. World issues.

Anyways...here is the printed version....

Oct 06 2006
To the editor:
Re: letters regarding methods to maintain air quality (Sept. 29 Capital News).
The notion of having cars either equipped with expensive monitoring equipment or participating in a mandatory inspection program is just another example of armchair activism without real thought. Sure, we would all love clean air, but implementing expensive and ineffective means to go about it are beyond reason.
AirCare in the Lower Mainland is an absolute farce. The safe work practices that must be adhered while working in the inspection facility prevent the “inspector” from examining your vehicle with more than a mirror on a stick. Then they connect a questionably calibrated sampling system up to your car and then climb in and abuse your vehicle for 10 minutes so they can present you with a lovely page full of useless numbers and your total amount due at the bottom.
The commercial vehicles seem to get a free ride in this matter.
The low income people that can barely afford an old car end up having to pay for multiple emission tests and get a “conditional pass” for spending $500 trying to make their cars meet the standard.
The rich guy gets off with the cost of the inspection and has a cabin or second house in a town outside of the “mandatory inspection area” so can insure and drive his car under his second address and skip the mess altogether.
Also, the idea of OBDII is great on vehicles equipped with it out of the factory, but who do you really think is going to spend the amount of another car on fitting their older car with all the sensors that these emission monitoring computers look for.
How about this? Drive less and only where you need to go. Figure out better time and resource management.
Car pooling is great if that works for you, but there is always the forgotten needs of service people and salesman that rely heavily on their vehicles.
The HOV lanes were added in Vancouver to help the flow of traffic and usually they are empty during the rush hours.
Plant more trees around your house if you want cleaner air.
The only part of any of the letters I do agree with is making the large conglomerate commercial buildings comply with emission controls. Large industrial facilities are normally given a bad rap but emission control is usually a top priority for them and they are reminded of it constantly by public outcry.