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V 1 / P~f‘r_:.¢';“ W, fit-3 17". ‘ f . pranks. staning way back ' Ontario Lottery Corporation for their ' “ ~ $5i,t:i~ii_,‘__;:~ aft g, at. ., \ ' A -. a?» > “155" “$3; ., I" ~ with Allen liurit‘s Candid ’ . never-ending saga of screwups . a; in! h.fl:,q~, {5,3{zygofifivyw-bfis‘q if“??? 7 _,-' _ _~ (amera and right now by f__ ..- . A few years back I wrote about the . . “A; "'1‘.'“f’@»" f." g a i“ (anadian Home Mandel s " very large number of people in ours "?‘1~?‘*"’i'3~:if¢i¢s» Home Do It effort. ‘ executive offices who were making at - - - a}; f ()n tlliis special wits“): ‘. ' Ieast$100,000 per year and the won? ' or me. m going to t' et 0 ‘ derful marketing campaign that they Se rv I ce N at I Ce da£(1)g.0h, rightdl m [3:th ‘ ‘ undertook to get us to buy lottery an ave every ay 0 . BlLL “S " tickets thinking we were really donat- Sorry, forgot about that. IOHNKgP ing a big chunk of the cash to ("ana- _ So instead lam present- ‘ 7 7 7 > 7 . 7 7 _ dian Olympic athletes when it fact Th . ff d h mg some special awards that wasn't the case. e serv'ces o ere at t e that will be called fools and (hols. Since then we‘ve had the sa 3 of mariv . . . . The Fools honors will be aimed at some of retailers cheating the OlG andilheir cus: Dr|ver and veh|C|e Llcence lssu'ng Office the dumb things that have happened so far tomers, snafusat gambling casinos and purA . in 09 and the (pols Will mark some special chasing non-Canadian made cars for give- at 501 Krug Street, l“ the Rosemount plaza situations thatllikeand enioy. And it‘s not aways, just to mention the ones we’ve heard ’ just about spons because l do have some about. ' have moved. tholiilghts on other issues. I am a very moderate gambler when it eadmg the list of Fools has to be the saga comes to the lotteries but that may end com- of the U.S. governments; bailout of fading pletely. A few years back when the 011} had - . banks and financtal institutions and specifi- the gall to double the price of the Lotto 649 ISIt us callythebonusespaidtoAlGexecsbythem» ticketsâ€"toSZperlinefmmSlâ€"lswitched fully}? metamncarti taxpayers coughed up to Super Seven which wasn't a quite as bad . . _ ns an ons 0 keep it afloat. as the 649 cost. on||nel at our k|05k5 and the offices “5th below_ While it iseasytooorrectlypoint atcorpoâ€" However.0mhasannouncedthat8uper . ‘ rate greed and poor management for most of Seven will be ending or changing later this . - . ' i 4 A - A _ the problems With the US. and world econo- year and if involvm an increase in the cost. or www rvl ceOnta r. o . my, let’s not forget US. lawmakers who blab a new version costing more â€" and M bet on . . , . 1 and blither about this and that in the bailout it â€" l'll be gone, The only things mn worse . _ , - . s 3 , worlg;1 All babe (lihme they're really just con- than the 015, in my opinion. would be the , - cem a ut eir own situation and the provincial and federal ovemments You can go onhne to. . lob/by1 (gt-gum fiat they cater to. And who’s to blame8 for that? Consider the » ~ _ _ ‘ . on't surprised ifwe have a few fact that in the last two decades 1 ha ted I Rm m "an“ m “m m » Canadian politicians who operate the same for the following people: Bob Rae, M‘Iil’revfiar- ' ,. a § _ gray. It may just be 2:1 matter of time until we ris, Dalton McGuinty and Stephen Harper. ‘ » . _ . ~ . . , ‘ “ ’ ave our own Cana ian stories to match I'm not proud ofany of that. ‘ust bein hon- ! Purdiaseanelectmnlcddverorvehide geofoummeflw wun'erpanstfim mumm- ’ g ._ g goes to a sport 1 have grown to love over In the Cool department. althou it's » am . the years. and that would be curling. thing but in the dying seconds of agc'lose any 1 mxSht adImit l misfit t(£1311ededwith the game. i give you March Madness. 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