Maxed Out

Oh dear.

'We’re electing the folks who are going to make decisions affecting our lives, livelihoods and the future of the town'

'All the gains in worker productivity have gone to the guys at the top and their bagmen'

'Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'

'When the only tool you own is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.'

One summer, travelling from Whistler to Ontario in the mechanically-fickle Mello Yello, my 1982 Volkswagen Westfalia, its 13-gallon water tank ran dry somewhere east of Alberta.

'Cultural hangups aside, this is the August long weekend and it’s time to dance and celebrate. Discretely though, we’re Canadian.'

'Is this really what the parishioners of Whistler’s Catholic church want?'

'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.'