Morning Brew: Budget Day, The Sequel

In a move that is about as popular as Wally Oppal, B.C. still denying services to children based on IQ. Read up dummy, or you ain't getting no snacks. (Please read that last part in a Mitch Hedberg voice)

The Vancouver Sun likes the Federal Budget, so that must mean it sufficiently ignores homelessness, the environment, and other leftist special interests.

Speaking of special interests, the Vancouver Board of Directors gave Ottawa a 'B'. No trip to Disneyland this year Jimmy Flaherty, but we're still gonna take you out to Chuck E. Cheese's! (Can you believe they are still going? Chuck E. Cheese's that is, not the Vancouver Board of Trade).

Friendly budget for the little guy. And by 'little guy' we mean we're giving $140 million to Genome Canada, and $300 million to Atomic Energy of Canada. But fret not my common man, they are spending $500 million dollars on something just for you: prisons. Oh, and you get to pay for a flame. This is where I would say, if I was a former hockey commentator turned no-nonsense radio call in show host: A flame being the perfect symbol for the fat cat bureaucrats, as they're burning holes in the tax payers' wallets.

Long-forgotten fine leaves columnist stranded. "George W. Bush may want to call off the war on drugs now that border patrols have intercepted a notorious drug desperado trying to cross into the U.S." In other news, the cops 'busted' the Vancouver School of Drug War History. The bust was part of a 2 year surveillance program totaling 11 case officers, 2 wiretaps, a special prosecutor, and a bagel.

Will video surveillance cameras outnumber TV cameras at the 2010 Olympic Games? Fuck, I have no idea. Man, that is such a hard question. Ack! Better give some guy 2.5 million dollars to find out. Just write the answer on the back of that napkin.

Highlands Elementary students forced to wear pink to acknowledge bullying. Do it. Or I'll tell everyone you pissed yourself when you stayed at my house last summer.

photo by some douche named seanorr in the Beyond Robson photo pool on Flickr.