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Wmmg' bets motion regarding charity dona- down. but their clientele increase.” they are playing us for suckers than a? m d“? “Emil, a“ fling w?“ “mails“ all“ lions lftheir clientele is increasing it's payingus respect. 5 range an inexp ca e peop e’ an .many "9.“ app y - . - . - . . the same adjectives to the founding of their careers. Trying to introduce a bill. to give a due to a lack of government atten- ln essence what this bill says is. “Strange and inexplicable ,. I imagine is how some may tax weak for the "Ch by'saytnglthat tron to a problem that cannot be ‘you poor Ml)!" aren‘t givrng . view my older brother, David, who quit his good-paying job it Will benefit everyone is genuinely solved by charitable donations enough to charity so we are gotng to . . . . . . . . teaching at Sir Sanford Reining College to move to an isolated insulting. We have lived through The donations are down use your tax dollars to finance the . th th f N ewf dl d . trickle-down economic policies and because, lets face it. charity begins rich so they will give more money to gomr'rlilumtybzn eds?" em we“ ° °“" an ' accessi- we have hard evidence that this at home. the poor’. 613k y by h at an at) l . H . f th Coas simply does not work Thrifty. The "stretching" the MP is allud- Sometimes it’s just the way you e me. es a wee y C0 “mm“ e “in?! 0L e B ter. wealthy people didn't get that way ing to is the fact that this govem- say things. ‘ gmmlgl‘w $3131”? “MT“ “well“ a! (“a reton. by giving away money to charity. ment has failed to provide an envi- Candy coated greed is still greed. . in" Q“ fa OIL an fsurtifliusv "51mg" n.o|cca- Every time we give a tax cut to ronment of sound judpnent in the 5K?“ e writes a guest co 9m" or e ate 0° ronic e m . . . . . . this very space i have occupied for the past four years the wealthy it is akin to a tax creation ofjobs and fiscal response Scott LAM-ms Tha . h l ked D 'd "f h old be" increase for the rest of us. We all bility. - Waterloo . ts Y" y “3°8le as a“ ‘ e w“ interested . . - . in occupying this space for the next four weeks. while I take a must share the load, its stmplya Whatlpropose is to not com. ; g in .‘ . _‘ __,. .j\, b akfro l . . 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'5 co 3m" if itinerweyye "P‘s" . . . i \ tieshave softened during the recent between rich and poor growing is 2g. . egg“ gm . y «we; ’ - cians. a ors an a etos V8 written \ l‘ l . . . . if. - ”a... _. a: r. r; . F about death, and fatherhood. and garâ€" receSSion, and this is one way to exponentially every day. 5. “nflfiéytfifififi; It. . _’ .. . dening: i've attended a cremation and , . . . . j , . . ~ , a." is! potentially make up the difference This motion makes that Worse. 3/4. . w, 7: . . SM; 1. “4.3 chatted with some ofmy heroes. ‘ lnSpired by my brother's weekly , column in the Coaster. which i sub- f a An th f If d‘ scribe to online, I hope to write in a ’ ' 0 er voyage 0 SC ' lSCOVBl'y way that resonates with readm- Keep- ’ ‘ ing my audience in mind. l continual- a 5 you read this. i am off again on another adven- am the only one who gets paid to be amusing. iy ask myself: Will they be interested in ‘ reto rejuvenate my soul. My brother rightly points out it must not be a my topic? in contemplating that. l " A voyage of discovery. during which i will find very big cheque. strive to write about a wide range of ‘ out a great many new truths about myself and my While we Will be playing two rounds each day it topics. including more difficult sub- 1 MARSHALL . colleagues, will still leave plenty oftirne for our most important ject matter like redemption. the ‘ WARD Or. as my wife puts it. i am on “another stupid job. outside of sharing our feelings downtrodden and suicide. ‘ golf trip." . We Will once again use our Collecâ€" “Sometimes we ask our readers to go with us to very dark For the past six years. it's been ) . . 3 tive brains to SOlVB the world’s prob- places and think about things they might not want to think November and South Carolina. I l I .( l . i ll lems. It's kind of like the GS summit about." said Cincinnati Enquirer columnist, Laura Puifer, in But one ofmy children. iii an act 1 can I“ "l RKl without the security. and based on the book The/inofColumn Writing, only describe as selfish. did not consult l ‘ 1 beer more than anything else. in revisiting the book this past week â€" for the umpteenth ’ me when it came time to planning her ‘1 Usually the solutions come into time â€" l'm reminded that what l'm doing in this space each pregnancy and as a result a fall trip is out . ‘ l much sharper focus by the end Of the week is telling a short story. ofthc question. if day. Martinez Standring writes: “Columns are concentrated sto- After all I've done for her you would 1“ . AlthOUEh nothing else is focussed. rytelling. and you dream of writing a great one, Your work think she would try to fit things into my j ta“. . 1 Maybe that W0uld have been a bet- moves people to action. Thanks to you. stubborn contrarians schedule. Personally. i am quite disap- j ' “ ’ , j tor use ofour tax dollars. change long»held beliefs. Readers laugh or cry. but certainly . pointed. l 4:1 j Send all the leaders to a golf “350” they ask their friends, ‘Did you read her column this morning?’ As a result. l and my group of seven ‘1 l and make them play together While This is your dream." “spiritual advisers" are makinga pilgrimâ€" ‘ . r’ fuelling them with Blitz. or Schlatz or Though i never dreamed of one day being a newspaper age to Michigan. j q Miller. columnist. i can see what led me here as l have always had a After searching many areas of North l 1 You can tell a lot about a person on love for storytelling. And like my brother. l value the ability to America for just the right place for a l BRIAN l a golfcourse. Are they liars. cheaters or be heard. Pulitzer Prim winning columnist Leonard Pitts lr. group of men to bond we settled on this . BOURKE ‘ whiners? Or are they playing the “gen- ». once said: “Everybody has an opinion . . . think about that. We spot for the most important reason. it ‘ tlcman’s" game the proper way? get paid to have something everybody else has And on top of was cheap â€"â€" and it wasn't here. ‘ And you can also learn a few things that, we are given something everyone else wants. A voice. A We range in age from 50 to 136. at least i think when people are liquored up. Watching Stephen megaphone." that's how old Dave is these days. Engineers. busi- Harper with his tie undone. while slurring “i love it's a great honour to be given a regular column. and l nessmcn and even people who don't have real jobs you man!" at Barack Obama would have been great remind myself each week'that to do it well requires a great ‘ That would be me. according to them. teleVlSlon- amount of dedication to the craft. l'm often asked. "How do Of course the truth is there are many occasions You know it's a darn good idea. l'm pretty sure we you keep coming up with fresh ideas. week after week?" I think when i put in an entire halfday of work. Plus 1 carry came up with it during last years trip. But i don't part of it is simply keeping my antennae out for them as l'm the burden of celebrity. They seem less than really remember- genuinely curious about people. and find tremendous reward impressed. in communicating with one's community. l'm glad the time has come. it will take a lot of Or perhaps it's because we columnists are just strange and stress off e- mail sewers. “' inexplicable people. Whenever i send out a note about some aspect of Brian Bourke. a member ofthe "15.3 KOOL FM ~ the trip. it usually generates a mass of responses momingcremcan bereached bye-mallat MarshallWardisa ut’sualarn'st and independentfilmmaker. ' from a group of people who do not seem to realize l bbourke@koolfiri.mm. 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