“Full Speed Ahead” award…
Go Habs Go!!!
Tonight, the Montreal Canadians are facing the Boston Bruins in their first game of the 2008 series.
Photo by red collar, all week long, I’ve seen cars everywhere flying the Habs flag.
Montrealers are psyched. Everyone knows about it. Even those who haven’t watched a game all season long (ie: Me) are proud to see the Habs making the series, ready to kick ass.
But…
“It’s a question of respect,” Tremblay told the LCN television network. “They have pasted the fire hall with graffiti and we think that sets a bad example.”
Montreal’s mayor wants the firemen at this station (#25) to wash away the decoration they put on their building.
Photo: Montreal firefighters from Station 25 in downtown Montreal
with their support for the Canadiens painted on the front of their station
April 10, 2008. (Phil Carpenter/Canwest News Service)
The mayor of Montreal is retarded. At the very least, he doesn’t realise how much money is invested each year to promote tourisme for our great city. Showing pride for our team is not as valuable as showing respect for our soldiers…
…but it should be encouraged if not simply permitted. What’s your problem, man?
Why can’t we show pride any more?
Are gays and lesbians the final frontier of pride?
The last time I mentionned Gerald Tremblay, he used the 1% GST reduction to announce his own plans: Raise taxes in Montreal and maybe build highway tolls. So when we learned about the taxes going down, Montreal’s mayor was telling us we’d be paying a whole lot more that that.
So congratulations, you’ve put in the effort once more, so you clearly deserve the “Full Speed Ahead” award. May you head straight for a chasm, you weirdo.
The union, for its part, is flabbergasted that the mayor would take exception to any public show of support for his city’s hockey team and steadfastly said they will not remove the Canadiens’ colours from their trucks.
“We find it incredible that the mayor of Montreal doesn’t want to support the Canadiens,” union president Michel Crevier told the Gazette. “We feel pride for the Canadiens because they are Montreal’s team.”
“We’re not removing our flags,” said Joel Lapointe, 40, who has worked as a firefighter for 20 years. “This is nothing negative. We’re really doing this to support the Canadiens, because we’re proud.”
Vive les pompiers de Montréal! Merci pour vos services, merci pour votre fièreté bien placée.