Jack Layton and his Legacy

One of Jack Layton's final words.

     Jack Layton is not a person you meet everyday, especially one that's in politics. He was known as the "healthcare" guy in our country for his countless acts to enforce healthcare and make life a better place. He was different. He wasn't the same old politician you see everyday. He had this thing where people like him, friend or foe. I always thought it wasn't true until I say friends and foes mourning his death. He was a true politician.

     He became captain of the NDP in 2003. At that time the NDP had become the laughing stock of the House of Commons and was losing grip on what it was saying. Then Jack came along even though he was only a city counselor before with no experience in Ottawa politics. He then turned a losing party into a winner with the 2011 election turning the party into the Official Opposition which it has never reached before. Furthermore, he influenced our health care system and negotiating with other parties to get not only what he wanted, but what all Canadians wanted: healthcare and affordable housing. He gave the basic necessities we all need but forget most of the time.

    He was also one of the few or should I say only leader that could actually connect with voters. Jack managed to know what people want and how to connect with them. That really showed when Quebec was first painted orange NDP for the first time after the Bloc had a monopoly on Quebec. He was a leader who was serious and knew how to have a good time. He always has a simple message so everyone can actually get it. Not only that, he looks at the good side of things. He doesn't show a lot of attack ads, instead showing ways the NDP would be different instead of saying that the Conservatives are creating more tax cuts for businesses or Michael Ignatief is corrupt since he lived in America previously.

     Jack Layton may have died on August 22, 2011 peacefully to unite a country and to bring change. He doesn't care about friends or foes as he treats them all the same. He works with people instead of fighting and tried to get things done. A type of man we won't see for a long time. A state funeral has been planned by Prime Minister Stephen Harper which is very unusual showing that Layton made many friends even though they were political foes.

What happened to the Blackberry?

The Blackberry, the pride of Canada, is not so popular as it was in the olden days. Apple and Google seem to have taken everything from them. Their customers and money and loving fans. Look at it this way, RIM has lost almost everything and is not even a good seller of phones compared to Microsoft. People only buy it because of BBM, which in my opinion is weird, but now it's on iOS and Android, so RIM wake up!

RIM seems to have a failure already before it started. RIM's Playbook looks like garbage the moment I saw it. RIM must really want to be the pioneer of innovation, because it's OS has a long way to go. RIM is what you call a "late goer". RIM is like the guy who's last invited to the party. RIM is dying in my opinion, a company struggling to survive and find ways to buy its products even though it can't. iPad and it's competitors are still better than the Playbook. It also has low apps and not the best specs you could wish for.

RIM has just lost its game.

An Invention With Flaws Like Any Other - The Car

The car is something we use everyday. It's an invention like any other that has flaws as nothing is perfect in the world, even humans. Cars have been around and revolutionized some things and have changed things, most notably the climate. Here's one thing: the car has become a helper and a killer.

The car has also made getting things easier. Say you buy groceries, you would buy a lot if you had a car since it would be easy getting them home, but if you had to walk or take the bus then how much could you buy? The car has made life easier in a way, not completely but I have to give credit to the car for that one.

It has brought new ways of transportation. It has made the global world work together on something. Take Bombardier for example. It's parts are mostly made worldwide with assembly in Montreal. Some of the parts are made in China which is far away from the Atlantic ocean where Montreal is near. Guess how the parts will get here, by boat and truck to be delivered to Bombardier to assemble it's new C series of planes. Another example is going to a friends house. Say your house is in Vancouver and their's is in Seattle. It would be almost impossible to visit them without a car as who would walk the distance?

Well now lets look at the cons, I think there's lots, but I'll only mention two.

The car and the cell have brought together: impaired driving. People sometimes text or make calls while they drive, you know who you are. Sometimes you may get a lucky break, other times you won't. People die when they're not paying attention to anything especially driving where accidents can cause you your life just because of a phone call.

Liquor has been with us since the dawn of human being time. It has some effects though like making somebody more dumb and making them drowsy and not aware of what they're doing especially driving. Drinking and driving is not only the most dangerous thing to do, but it is also the most expensive thing to do with added fees to your insurance because of one time of drinking and driving and maybe getting your license revoked for a month or so. Would you do this? The answer is unknown, but I hope you don't.

The car is not perfect as nothing is perfect in this world, and I am glad that it is that way. This way humans have a purpose and we live our lives till we're old. Sometimes smart people believe life is worth nothing and suicide because they think it's perfect, but they don't know something: life will never be perfect, it'll always change, but they could help us adapt to change if they didn't suicide. All I can say is don't make stupid choices in life as life is not perfect, but that doesn't mean life isn't worth living.