C.J.'s Opinions on the World

I've decided I need a new home so I've moved to The Island of Bob . It's still really new and certainly a work in progress. It'll get better as time goes on. I'm not taking this blog down, it ju...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/08/i-need-new-home.html

My husband has been a cyclist for a number of years. He, like many others started cycling for his own reasons but in his endeavour to become fit, he has experienced a lot of hateful people on th...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/08/cyclists-are-people-too.html

My Time in Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan 2 months ago, James decided that he wanted to do the MS Bike Tour in Watrous, Saskatchewan. I thought he was nuts for a couple of reasons.  He’d a...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/08/ms-bike-tour-waterous-sk.html

So the City did it. They took our money citing the flood as the reason. I am unimpressed. I am impressed with Big Red but not Calgary City Council in general. Once Alderman Colley-Urquhart heard...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-52-104-million-question.html

I was initially going to write on the issues I have with the impending green bin fiasco that I see coming but I think I want to do something a little different. Not so much different but change ...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/06/calgary-property-tax-farce.html

SO THIS YEAR MY HUSBAND HAD TO RENEW HIS PAL (POSSESSION AND ACQUISITION LICENSE) AND HIS LONG TERM ATT.  THE LONG TERM ATT (AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT) ALLOWS LICENSED PEOPLE TO MOVE RESTRICTED FI...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-canada-firearms-centre-positive.html

So passes another successful Calgary Gun Show.  The first day of the show, I helped my in-laws man (woman?) their booths and there was quite the crowd.  It was great and a little overwhelming!...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/firearms-cfos-and-rights-of-all.html

A couple of months ago, I gave up the news because I went from being passionate about my opinions to being angry about the decisions the governments are making.  MLA’s, MP’s, Aldermen and ou...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/03/be-popular-be-disrespectful.html

What you’re about to read I didn’t write, a friend of mine did. Ken is a proud American who’s taught me a great deal about American politics and he’s VERY opinionated and passionate about...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/honour-what-does-it-matter-now.html

GUILT MAKES FOR A GOOD STORY BUT DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. CHRISTMAS IS HERE AND IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE EXPRESSED MYSELF. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I'VE BEEN BUSY BUT NOT ON CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AS ...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/12/capitalists-are-not-root-of-all-evil.html

Our government has no respect for us.  We are nothing but dollar signs in their eyes.  That’s obvious when they talk about taxes and what they spend taxes on.  Our representatives love to ta...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/11/socialist-country-of-calgary.html

The long gun registry has been in the news a lot in the last few years.  We’ve heard bits of firearms law, and in some cases we’ve seen how firearms owners are perceived by police.  Lots of...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/10/legal-firearms-ownership-and-its-risks.html

This particular topic has been bothering me for some time.  I chose not to say anything because I felt this topic - over others I’ve written about - might somehow make me or my husband a targe...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/09/gay-activism-makes-me-tired.html

It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything.  Between having pneumonia in July and planning my awesome vacation to Chicago, I back burnered this for awhile.  Now I’m ready again and it s...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/09/whats-wrong-with-us.html

Firearms politics has come to the forefront of my mind yet again. With the recent shooting crimes in Toronto, people have once again blamed the wrong thing. The gun has been blamed for the violen...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/07/firearms-education-not-prohibition.html

To whom it may concern, re: Canadian Broadcast Standards Council and Censorship of Canadian Television Television and radio should be as free as newspapers, magazines and the internet.  Why is...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/no-more-tv-censorship.html

From my first article on, I've talked about protesters and my dislike of them.  In general terms, I've described why.  I feel they have an entitlement complex so large it doesn’t fit into mos...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/05/message-for-fanatical-protesters.html

I don't understand the idea of mass protests. I do understand disagreeing with something or wanting to change government policies but I don't understand how protesting would do that. It seems if ...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/05/protesting-is-not-way.html

Lately as I read the news, I get more and more depressed about the future of the world. I wonder how children are raised as I see and infer the values of teens and 20 somethings. Are they raised ...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/05/recent-riots-and-entitlement-complex.html

April 5, 2012 was a great day as tonight the long gun registry was done away with. It's no longer available to authorities and we don't need to go through this useless process for buying and sell...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/04/battle-is-won-but-war-is-just-begun.html

On March 29th, my husband and I went to a follow-up town hall meeting put together by Alderman Colley-Urquhart regarding the Tsuu-T'ina landfill fire that started on February 8th, 2012. There wer...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/04/follow-up-meeting-on-landfill-fire.html

Early this morning, I'm sitting at home, listening to music, editing some of my new photos, when I hear a big thump in the basement. What happens when a girl is home alone, she starts to think ab...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-my-mind-plays-with-me.html

Over the last few months, I've been paying attention to the scrapping of the long gun registry. The one common argument that keeps coming up to keep the long gun registry is violence against wome...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/03/privacy-is-not-secrecy.html

When did this idea of warrantless searches in Canada become okay?  When did they start?  How can we make them stop?  How can we make sure every Canadian know this is happening and that they ca...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/03/stop-warrantless-searches.html

Last night, my husband and I went to the Ward 13 town hall meeting held by Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart regarding the landfill fire 2 weeks ago. It appears she's been wanting to deal with the ...

http://steampunkgirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/landfill-fire-its-effects.html