tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post6521001461060405917..comments2011-01-24T07:34:16.545-05:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-82118349447962698282010-05-30T19:03:50.769-04:002010-05-30T19:03:50.769-04:00What kind of bait was used to catch your &#39;baited&#39; breath?<br /><br />(Mr. Christie&#39;s precious little rant is front and centre -as well it should be- at the top op the opening home page.)Merklin Muffleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-76823951625639090602010-05-29T17:05:53.119-04:002010-05-29T17:05:53.119-04:00OK Ben where&#39;s Dan Christie&#39;s article? We&#39;re waiting with baited breath here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-16100189261550558012010-05-29T12:32:28.055-04:002010-05-29T12:32:28.055-04:00&quot;Because so few people read NorthumberlandToday.Com, it was barely noticed&quot;<br /><br />Btw, Jim Corcoran dropped his file against the local Catholic and parishioners. What a waste of time and resources. How many lawyers and bureaucrats were involved in this frivolous complaint and hiow much did it cost us taxpayers. Corcoran&#39;s expenses are covered by all of US, and what did we get for our dollar? <br /><br />What ripoff Corcoran dumped on us. Every year more and more frivolous complaints are being made to the various huan rights commissions. Pathetic. The sense of entitlement gone awry.Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-87875047910048032022010-05-29T12:26:18.327-04:002010-05-29T12:26:18.327-04:00Just to clarify. Military intelligence is an oxymoron. &#39;Bad poet&#39; is also an oxymoron. One is either a poet or they are not. There is the Better Poems and Garden set, and then there are POETS. Very simple. And yes, POETs should be guaranteed a living rage. In olden days they were patronized -- now they have CC &amp; OACWally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-19596864224203439302010-05-29T09:25:38.115-04:002010-05-29T09:25:38.115-04:00How odd. I happened to run into Dan Christie last night. He was holding court at Zest. His spiked column was being passed around the outside patio. I asked if it would be alright if it got posted on The Burd Report. He finished urinating in the corner (well, I think he was urinating anyway...)zipped up his fly, and punched me in the nose. One of his entourage, an elf, said that was his way of saying &#39;yes&#39;. So I sent the parchment copy of the column (by way of wheelchair courier) to Ben with permission to post it on this site. <br /><br />Gotta run. My nose is still bleeding....Merklin Muffleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-69782342315225646882010-05-28T14:39:57.535-04:002010-05-28T14:39:57.535-04:00I&#39;ll ask him. He lives reclusively under the CN viaduct in Port Hope with several elves -some of whom advise council when not trapping smaller rodents for food. His only income is derived from jumping out from behind a large rock and demanding a password from those wishing to make their way up John Street from the harbour to Zest. Some say he went quite mad a couple of years ago mumbling quietly to himself &quot;Is The Council The Harbour Commission or is The Harbour Commission The Council. Or is The Council The Harbour Commission or is.....&quot;.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I&#39;ll ask him.Merklin Muffleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-52537694853154878992010-05-28T11:56:32.248-04:002010-05-28T11:56:32.248-04:00I wonder if Mr. Christie might want to post his rejected column here at the Burd Report?<br /><br />I wondered where it was this week, it&#39;s the only column worth reading.Deb Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012853847654670916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-11517790622547721112010-05-28T08:06:34.181-04:002010-05-28T08:06:34.181-04:00Because so few people read NorthumberlandToday.Com, it was barely noticed that the irrepressible Dan Christie&#39;s column didn&#39;t run on Thursdsay -replaced by The Sun&#39;s Christina Blizzard. <br /><br />I have it on good authority that the reason the column was &#39;spiked&#39; was because it was a rather strident excoriation of Port Hope mayoralty candidate William Spotton, focusing on the flimsiness of Mr. Spotton&#39;s resume -especially the fact that according to his own web postings Mr. Spotton seems never to have had a real job. He is however a poet, a remarkably BAD poet. Which is why, probably, Mr. Christie&#39;s column was titled &quot;Who Let The Doggerel Out.&quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s what I heard down at The Ganny anyway....Merklin Muffleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-9237971762967495392010-05-26T22:17:03.131-04:002010-05-26T22:17:03.131-04:00You must be running for port hope mayor or your working for the other Goof&#39;sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-30486482823746784202010-05-24T23:33:33.968-04:002010-05-24T23:33:33.968-04:00John would be a great mayor he know&#39;s what is going !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-3850872019374999232010-05-24T20:24:42.110-04:002010-05-24T20:24:42.110-04:00&quot;Bazezball bin verry guut to me...&quot;Merklin Muffleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-1662640407937665082010-05-24T13:43:54.400-04:002010-05-24T13:43:54.400-04:00Ben I&#39;am most happy with most thing&#39;s as you know . I also not a card carry member of any party .<br />Cheer&#39;sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com