About

Born in England in 1959 and raised in Victoria, B.C., my educational background was in the visual arts (University Academy of Fine Arts), a qualification that somewhat improbably translated into a 20 year career in the field of customs brokerage and international trade consulting. Over the years, I’ve lived in various cities across Canada including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Windsor and Toronto. Since 2002, I’ve been self-employed, primarily as a web designer, but also providing various specialized marketing services on an ongoing basis to a number of different companies across the country and in the United States, including advertising, media content development, and freelance writing.

40 Comments

  • Pinko:

    It reads like you are really impressed with yourself

    How many Liberal dicks have you sucked in order to be so wonderful?

    Smarty pants!

    Steve

  • Well that’s mature.

    Nice to know conservatives are so well represented.

  • What can I say? I didn’t think it was worth responding to. Speaks more to the writer than to me, I think.

  • Bearing in mind how well travelled you are, please don’t think that North American Christianity represents truth. They should stop believing they are God’s 2nd chosen nation. The biggest voice isn’t always the best voice. I am not ‘conservative’, and try not to polarise…… Anger (athiest or Christian is not nice) inspired Dawkins. Maybe he came from a family or situation that tried to indoctrinate….. it doesn’t mean that all do.

    Doesn’t Dawkins do the same by peddling his own distorted views. Somethings are beyond reason (our limited understanding), so don’t play God instead.

  • Aavey, I agree. As an American, I think we should give up this nonsense about being God’s 2nd chosen nation immediately.

    Why should we take a backseat to anyone?

  • You are in clinical depression get some medical help please.
    Blaming the circumstances is the wrong way.

    marta

  • Marta — I’ll take that under advisement with the consideration due coming from the same person who wrote this deathless prose:

    # Who Invented The EVIL? I am agnostic since I can remember … in Grade one when I learn To read and was “introducede’ the Catechism /I still remember the first few pages / in a very short time I realized I don’t believe one word of it…and I was ready with my explanation.. I was maybe inclined to believe a kind of all loving GOD …..but hell I could not accept the DEVIL /SATAN for one second… the idea of it made to whole Catholics just a bad Fairy tale book. I went to church I did all the Formal things becouse good people would do that it was kind of socializing.. where I was supposed to show up.. ..and so and so
    # I did pray only to Maria .lololol she was kind of second mother figure who would understand … but after years It all faded . as had no meanings in my Mind . And now what I see is preachers and faith based leaders are talking about the EVIL as The thing responsible for all the bad Things people do to each others ?? this really drives me crazy… how insane and irresponsible rotten /almost said devilish/ is that ?? Billy Graham is plain dumb and yes LIAR to me …. it comesto His need To have fame and yes money….he is RESPONSIBLE inciting more death and Suffering with his insipid vanity based demagouge talks. do you see These peoples heping out the Katrina’s victims or other great suffering groups.. Hell No they play the Dumb Blind and Mute when it Comes To giving …

    Clearly a sage. And “hobby artist”…

  • Harper and Dion Naked – Brilliant! Everything that needs to be said about the election.

  • Hello, I’m a volunteer here at TheRealNews.com and I’m trying to make some contacts to spread the word about our independent, non-corporate, viewer funded news source. I thought this might interest you and be good for your site. Have a look and post our link if you can. Thanks, Joel.

    http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=297

  • Hi RedTory,

    Just discovered you and I’m glad that there are still others who are prepared to wear the “Red Tory” label. I plan to keep an eye on your site.

    Incidentally, I’m not sure how God entered this particular conversation, but people who would like to think more deeply about these questions might want to check out a book called “Frequently-Asked Questions in Christian Theology” (published by Continuum/Mowbray and available on http://www.amazon.ca) which is accessible to the ordinary reader while being a fair bit more thoughtful than the average catechism class. In the interests of full disclosure, I’d best admit that I wrote it.

  • LOL. I’ll do that when I get a chance.

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  • howard stevenson

    How quickly we forget-The Bloc actually formed the Official Opposition in ‘93-’97. Canada moved from what the NY Times had labelled a 3rd World Country to achieving a Surplus and beginning to pay down debt. Their planned involvement in terms of support of the Coalition for 18 months on Confidence Motions only is hardly Armageddon and they are NOT part of the Government. I expect the Coalition would just as soon not have the blessing of a Jacques Parizeau but we all know politics makes for strange bedfellows.

  • Quite true, although this might not be the best thread to express that thought. ;)

  • Whooee! I lookin’ fer specifics, Red. I just tagged you in Balbulican’s Christmas “This is Your Life” meme.
    http://jimbobbysez.blogspot.com/2008/12/workin-fer-man-every-night-day.html

    I hear-tell you got snow. I put in about 30 hours o’ shovellin’ the last few days. I’m running outta places to put the dang stuff but they say there’s more comin’ today.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Joyous Saturnalia

    JB

  • What a buch a bullshit, lol, you could not write without a program or a online dictionary, if your life depended on it
    I see you made web popularity
    red tory v.3.o the nugget
    lol
    could not of hapened to a more deserving idiot…

    ++++++++++++++++++++

    Ed. FYI… (“Liberal4Life” aka “Loser4Life”)

    M@hotmail.com
    67.159.44.138

    Could this barking mad fool have made more spelling mistakes in a post?

  • Yo, Mr. Red! Hi. Can you do me a favour and change my link on your blog roll to: http://novacadia.wordpress.com/. Mercy.

  • What a very interesting and eclectic medley of commentary.

  • Rather odd, isn’t it? I should have shut off comments on this page, but didn’t know how to do so when I first set this up on WordPress and so decided to leave them stand.

  • Hi, again. That’s the old blog you linked to. Please see again above, i.e. WordPress. (Correct me if I’m wrong, but I couldn’t find an email address in this page with which to make this request.)

  • SR — Done!

    Thanks for noting the lack of an e-mail link… I’ll work on a widget for that in due course.

  • alexandrianphilosopher

    Hey Red, would you consider adding me to your blogroll? I would gladly return the favor

    Alexandrianphilosophy.org

  • Red tory,

    I’m working for Nokia’s IdeasProject.com and we released today a press release about noted Duke University Behavior Economist, Dan Airely, who is featured on IdeasProject.com about his “big idea” concerning a new type of economy.

    Please review the press release here:

    http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1991494.htm

    We’re hoping you might check out the embedded short interview of Dan Ariely (featured in the press release) and explore the topic of the new type of economy on the http://www.ideasproject.com website. We’d like your feedback and certainly appreciate any blogging you do on the subject of the new type of economy, as proposed by Dan, and referencing IdeasProject.com.

    Any questions, please let me know.

    Many thanks!

  • OK I have given up. You posted a great post about a month ago that showed a Qassam rocket on a highway with IDF bomb squad looking on, and then immediately a picture of a missile strike in a market in gaza where (estimating from the height of the people in it) a 25 foot crater had been left, with little tiny people standing around in shock and confusion. I thought it was the greatest visual display of proportionality but now I can’t find it!!

    G

    (PS if you can’t see the email I have to leave to post a response, drop a link or note anywhere on my blog and I’ll see it – it’s not that busy ;o)
    http://torontogavin.blogspot.com/

  • vancouvermoose

    Hello Red Tory,

    I guess I’m blind, but I couldn’t find your contact info. I hope you don’t mind me sending my link exchange request via comment.

    My name is Colin. I’ve recently started a blog called Vancouver Moose – http://vancouvermoose.wordpress.com/

    I’ve added you to my blogroll and I hope that you’ll consider adding me to yours.

    At Vancouver Moose, I hope to help keep British Columbians informed about Canadian news and politics. I’m paying particular attention to environmental and LGBT issues. There’s also a fair amount of “Internet stuff” like video’s and my addition to LOLs. I’m fooling around with making my own webcomic and also posting personal photos from my beloved city.

    Have a groovy day,
    V.A. Moose

  • Yeah, I should put contact info on here someplace. I keep meaning to and then never get around to it.

    Anyway, link added to blogroll. Stay in touch and let me know if you run across anything interesting/juicy about the upcoming BC election.

  • Just wondering, but that picture makes you look homosexual.

    I’m not being rude, but I thought I would ask seeing how Canadians are so ‘open’ about gayness.

  • RT,

    Wow, I’m surprised at the probing, sleazy set of smears.

    I guess when you open yourself up, it invites ugly.

    Makes me consider respecting politicians and CEOs a bit more.

  • It was an oversight on my part to allow comments on this page, but when I set up this blog I wasn’t familiar with WordPress. Oh well.

    I wonder what “Steve” thinks it is that makes people “look homosexual”… What an asinine comment.

  • looking homosexual…?

    tweed jacket, I think I read somewhere it is part of the gay uniform.

    or maybe the fact it looked like you didn’t shave that day, clearly an indication of sexual preference.

    or maybe that you aren’t smiling. Maybe it’s the gay “look”.

  • I love your site. Keep it up !

  • Just to let you know, Michael Hudson is doing a special series for us to give us his insight into some of his other thoughts and remedies for the current situation. A conversation starter…

    It’s at: http://renegadeeconomist.com/headline/michael-hudson-series-part-1-housing-market.html

  • Filmmakers from Canada’s No-Job Capitol Re-brand Panhandling

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Private banks and corporations need public bailouts to survive. Pension funds are the new piggy bank. Outsourcing is a growth industry.

    What’ll be the next big re-brand?

    A festival comedy from Windsor, Ontario—Canada’s current no-job capitol—is available for sharing on youtube, myspace, and blip.tv. Retraining for the Global Economy screened at the Planet Ant Film & Video Festival, The Indie Gathering, and Harvesting the FAM in summer, 2008.

    The training film satire depicts Windsor’s current economic woes, and “trains” the recently unemployed how to succeed in the fastest-growing employment sector: Personal Fundraising, a re-branding of the ancient profession of panhandling.

    The film is now available for free sharing on the following sites—
    On youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/flickersdotca
    On myspace: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=56500883
    On blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/2044707

    About the filmmakers:
    Patrick Lobzun, Bill Hutchinson and Kim Hutchinson are a group of Southwestern Ontario filmmakers. For more information, visit http://www.flickers.ca.

    Contact Information:
    Bill Hutchinson, Producer
    bhutch@flickers.ca
    519.738.3216

  • For all you Christophobes out there; Some of you make it back from the dark side, but precious few.
    http://pcwatch.blogspot.com/

    Juergen Habermas, a veteran leftist German philosopher stunned his admirers not long ago by proclaiming, “Christianity, and nothing else, is the ultimate foundation of liberty, conscience, human rights, and democracy, the benchmarks of Western civilization. To this day, we have no other options [than Christianity]. We continue to nourish ourselves from this source. Everything else is postmodern chatter.”

    This link will give many of you a chubby. It shows the murder victims of the Pedophile mullahs in Iran.

    The the fetus with a bullet through its back will really excite you. Nothing like a dead fetus, to bring a smile to a Leftard.

    The man with the gaping gash in his upper left chest has patches on his dead eyes.

    I would think smiley feces would be more appropriate, or little UN Piece Signs.
    (The UN rapes children all over Africa…Google it!)

    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/obamas-cowardice-and-hypocrisy-in-iran.html

    DM

  • Yawn. I should have shut off comments on this page a long time ago.

  • I just wanted to share that I am very pleased to have run across your blog. I look forward to continuing to read, and share, your posts. Thanks, and great job!

    Shawn

  • That’s very nice to hear. Feel free to join in the fray of the comments — that’s where most of the fun occurs here. ;)

  • Martin:
    trying to track you down. Can you handle a bunch more work?
    Let me know soon.

    Take care.

  • I’ll drop you a line tomorrow.


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