Seventy - Three

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The number of fantastic catches a way done gone Willie Mays made patrolling Shea Stadium's center field during the last year of his career which, not coincidentally, was 1973?
......Not a chance......

The number of times gopher-boy Gordon Campbell went googlie over young W5 reporter Carole Taylor when she came to town to interview the big boss man, Art Phillips, in 1974?
......Not even close.....

The number of times Vancouver Alderperson Carole Taylor, and now spouse of former big boss man Art Phillips, made goo-goo eyes at a prematurely greying, but still slim and trim, Mayor Gordon 'Marathon Man' Campbell during City Council meetings in 1988.
....Not even once, she was admonishing him to ignore the antics of that infamous lefty power trio from days gone by - Davies, Ericksen and Rankin....

The number of times not-so-golden-boy Gordon Campbell had mean thoughts about Vaughn Palmer after the latter called him the BC Liberal Party's 'worst handicap' in 1997.
....Mean thoughts? Gordo? Are you kidding?.....

The number of times that born-again neandercon Premier Gordon Campbell and his Minister of Fish Fries, John van Dongen, said that independent scientists in general, and Alexandra Morton in particular, don't matter since they came to power in 2001?
.....Maybe, if you multiply by, say, a thousand......

The number of times Rafe Mair called Messrs. Campbell and van Dongen on the carpet for their ridiculous fish fry statements since 2001?
....Perhaps, if you multiply by, say, a million....

The fold increase in sea lice found on wild salmon that pass within 30 km of open-pen fish farms that are clogging British Columbia's coastline in 2005?
.....Bingo!.......



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Stranger than fiction part of the story......this is a big deal on the mainstream media map the world over, but still not a peep out of the CanWest (not)Global Monolith as we get ready to push the 'publish post' button.

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