Edit: Mayor Rob Ford admits to smoking crack

lukin2006

PJ_Soul wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

Yeah, but it's hard to not smoke crack when your friends are all shifty characters working some kind of shady business out of a dry cleaning place. He'd have to drop all his best friends to have a real chance.

I would say most people who indulge in illegal drugs know, deal with or hang around questionable characters and to be honest I consider politicians to be of questionable character .

You're right, the most questionable of all, really! But still.... wtf. The mayor of TO hangs out with gang bangers? Really? Pretty weird.

I'm immune to politicians behaving badly ... I expect it. Living in the Detroit media market and seeing their former mayor sent off to jail for 28 years or something makes Rob Fords action seem extremely petty and very humorous.

lukin2006

Just watching CBC news and Peter Mansbridge said chronic use of crack often leads to malnourishment since it's an appetite supresent ... So it's obvious by looking at him he's not an addict .

Drowned Out

I LOVE this shit. Best news story of the decade. I hope everyone can learn something from Mr.Ford. I'm totally bringing a bunch of rock to work tomorrow.

dignin

lukin2006 wrote:

I live 15 minutes from Detroit ... this guy has nothing on what taken place in that city with their former mayor. Why would you be embarrassed? He should be embarrassed ... but I doubt he is. I know I'm not embarrassed! He doesn't represent me or my community or even my region, he doesn't represent Ontario and most certainly doesn't represent Canada ... but what this case shows is that we need "right to recall legislation". My guess is that he admitted well before the 2015 election that it might not even be an issue ... heck if he just sought out drug and alcohol rehab it'd be damn near impossible for anyone to even mention it after (the old I was addicted and now I'm a recovering addict story).

I would not be embarrassed ...

The Assassination of Canada by the Coward Rob Ford


http://gawker.com/the-assassination-of- ... 1459026074

lukin2006

dignin wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

I live 15 minutes from Detroit ... this guy has nothing on what taken place in that city with their former mayor. Why would you be embarrassed? He should be embarrassed ... but I doubt he is. I know I'm not embarrassed! He doesn't represent me or my community or even my region, he doesn't represent Ontario and most certainly doesn't represent Canada ... but what this case shows is that we need "right to recall legislation". My guess is that he admitted well before the 2015 election that it might not even be an issue ... heck if he just sought out drug and alcohol rehab it'd be damn near impossible for anyone to even mention it after (the old I was addicted and now I'm a recovering addict story).

I would not be embarrassed ...

The Assassination of Canada by the Coward Rob Ford



http://gawker.com/the-assassination-of- ... 1459026074

PJ_Soul

lukin2006 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

I would say most people who indulge in illegal drugs know, deal with or hang around questionable characters and to be honest I consider politicians to be of questionable character .

You're right, the most questionable of all, really! But still.... wtf. The mayor of TO hangs out with gang bangers? Really? Pretty weird.

I'm immune to politicians behaving badly ... I expect it. Living in the Detroit media market and seeing their former mayor sent off to jail for 28 years or something makes Rob Fords action seem extremely petty and very humorous.

I can understand that... it's the same as being desensitized to mass shootings I guess.... I have made a point of not becoming desensitized to either! If everyone develops that attitude, then they win. :nono:

even flow - question mark

Jason P wrote:

This! This is the tie he chose to wear at the press conference where he admits to smoking crack cocaine????



It's got the Houston Fucking Oilers Logo on it!!!!!



Bravo, Mayor Ford, bravo ... :thumbup:

(i wonder if that red circle thing on his lapel shoots water out of it ... :think:)

Don't diss the Oiler logo. I still wear my Oiler zubas around the house in the fall and winter. Warren Fucking Moon was the Man!

polaris_x

http://www.thebeaverton.com/breaking-po ... salmon.htm

PJ_Soul

From CKNW 980 news alert:

"A new Rob Ford video has surfaced, during which the Toronto Mayor looks agitated and high, swears numerous times, and uses the words "kill" and "murder" about an unknown person. The context of his 1-minute and 20-second rant is not known."

:corn:

polaris_x

PJ_Soul wrote:

From CKNW 980 news alert:

"A new Rob Ford video has surfaced, during which the Toronto Mayor looks agitated and high, swears numerous times, and uses the words "kill" and "murder" about an unknown person. The context of his 1-minute and 20-second rant is not known."

:corn:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11 ... _rant.html

lukin2006

Rob Ford ally may ask for Ontario’s help to remove embattled mayor from office

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/tor ... e15309318/

Politicians like this are ridiculous ... why does he not ask the province for right to recall legislation so the people have the choice to remove politicians behaving badly? No he wants the politicians to have all the power. Nothing will ever change until the politicians realize we the people are the leaders and they are the servants and should be taking marching orders from us ... as of now it's the the opposite ... and people wonder why voter turnout is so low.

dignin

polaris_x wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

From CKNW 980 news alert:

"A new Rob Ford video has surfaced, during which the Toronto Mayor looks agitated and high, swears numerous times, and uses the words "kill" and "murder" about an unknown person. The context of his 1-minute and 20-second rant is not known."

:corn:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11 ... _rant.html

CRACK RAGE!!

dignin

I highly doubt he was drunk in that video.

polaris_x

i dunno ... i wouldn't be shocked if thestar got played on this one ...

dignin

polaris_x wrote:

i dunno ... i wouldn't be shocked if thestar got played on this one ...

How so?

lukin2006

The most shocking part of this Rob Ford scandal is he hasn't taken a LOA and checked in rehab ... I guess it just shows how arrogant he is, obviously he thinks he'll win re-election. In the meantime it humorous for us outside Toronto to watch his meltdown ... almost like a bad reality show .

polaris_x

dignin wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i dunno ... i wouldn't be shocked if thestar got played on this one ...

How so?

just that they paid for the video ... it could be some talk of him doing a charity boxing match with justin trudeau or jose canseco ... here was a way of staging something knowing the star would spend money on ... something that doesn't really do anything to alter the opinion of the mayor ...

i'm likely wrong ... but it looks a bit staged and the fact they paid for it ... makes me wonder ...

dignin

polaris_x wrote:

dignin wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i dunno ... i wouldn't be shocked if thestar got played on this one ...

How so?

just that they paid for the video ... it could be some talk of him doing a charity boxing match with justin trudeau or jose canseco ... here was a way of staging something knowing the star would spend money on ... something that doesn't really do anything to alter the opinion of the mayor ...

i'm likely wrong ... but it looks a bit staged and the fact they paid for it ... makes me wonder ...

Possibly, but Ford's reaction to the video makes me think otherwise.

Another poll came out today taken yesterday showing Ford's approval rating staying solid at 44%.

Am I missing something?

polaris_x

dignin wrote:

Possibly, but Ford's reaction to the video makes me think otherwise.

Another poll came out today taken yesterday showing Ford's approval rating staying solid at 44%.

Am I missing something?

as in why his approval rating is high!?

because his base is about as loyal as it gets ... these people actually believe him when he says he's saved the city money ... they believe this is all some conspiracy to take him out of office so someone else can raise taxes ... it's kind of similar to the muslim and gun threads ... people lack any rationality ...

if you voted for him to begin with - it's a clear indication that you are a sucker and suckers usually continue to be suckers ... gotta remember also ... when he first started - his approval rating was high ... so, the people who were able to clue in actually abandoned him a long time ago ... so, these are just the diehards now ...

PJ_Soul

polaris_x wrote:

dignin wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i dunno ... i wouldn't be shocked if thestar got played on this one ...

How so?

just that they paid for the video ... it could be some talk of him doing a charity boxing match with justin trudeau or jose canseco ... here was a way of staging something knowing the star would spend money on ... something that doesn't really do anything to alter the opinion of the mayor ...

i'm likely wrong ... but it looks a bit staged and the fact they paid for it ... makes me wonder ...

The media pays for stuff all the time - it doesn't indicate whether or not something is false or not, but only that whoever was in possession of the video demanded payment before they'd hand it over. I don't see that as relevant to the truth (or lack thereof) of the video or story personally.