tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66170632024-03-07T05:44:11.083-04:00RGM Unlimited"And all this only for the public good." -- John LockeRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.comBlogger687125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-36778081007931117312011-11-01T10:17:00.003-03:002011-11-01T10:18:46.963-03:00Movember PageI am donating my mug to the good people at Movember to help raise awareness for prostate cancer and other men's health issues. You can check out my page, track the 'stache, and make a donation at: http://mobro.co/RGM81Thanks for your support.RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-64978009153101430472011-07-11T11:16:00.002-03:002011-07-11T11:18:21.844-03:00It's Been 7 Long Years....It's almost time again...RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-58174621206113034032010-12-16T21:54:00.001-04:002010-12-16T21:54:34.030-04:00An Open Letter to the CBCDear CBC,During the first period of the Montreal Canadiens/Boston Bruins game tonight, Canadiens defenceman PK Subban delivered a clean and crushing body check to Bruins forward Brad Marchand. The hit, as noted above, was perfectly clean - after the play concluded several Bruins players wanted to fight Subban, who was not interested and skated away. He made a hockey play, and that should have RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-14758925596922668732010-07-09T10:20:00.002-03:002010-07-09T10:29:44.559-03:00Just a Little Patience....I saw this little news item today and it's got me thinking...DALLAS MORNING NEWS: Mike Heika reports former Stars goalie Marty Turco texted him to say nothing was currently going on regarding his efforts to sign with another NHL team. While the Philadelphia Flyers were rumored interested in Turco their negotiations with winger Nikolai Zherdev could prevent Turco from signing there. Heika suggestsRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-91992819014325766752010-07-05T12:36:00.002-03:002010-07-05T12:41:25.504-03:00A Re-Awakening of SortsThis blog has been glaringly quiet lately on the international relations front. For anybody that enjoyed reading my thoughts on global politics, IR, and the advance of liberty and democracy throughout the world, I do apologize. I hope to make that change in the not-too-distant future.This past week I've re-read Natan Sharansky's impeccable The Case For Democracy and it has lit a spark in me that RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-10765567378766757092010-07-01T10:02:00.000-03:002010-07-01T10:03:13.935-03:00Happy Canada Day Everybody!Enjoy the day, get some fun, have a BBQ, celebrate everything that makes this country great!RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-75781588107149541662010-06-23T13:18:00.002-03:002010-06-23T13:25:12.387-03:00Plekanec - 6yrs/$30MAll in all, I think this is a very good signing. The team, the city, and the player are a mutual admiration society, so it's a great fit that will hopefully make all parties involved happy for the duration of the deal.There was a lot of talk that Plekanec could have hit $6M/season on the open market, and I don't doubt that for a moment. NHL general managers have demonstrated that they are more RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-5885039857450760272010-06-21T13:22:00.002-03:002010-06-21T13:57:24.640-03:00Reports of the Liberal Party's Death Are ExaggeratedWho wants some more coalition talk today?Good.Andrew Coyne muses today that Michael Ignatieff has self-imposed a terminal wound on his own party by refusing to immediately and firmly squash all talk of a coalition. In so doing, the NDP's hand will only continue to strengthen as the Liberals continue to flounder, all of which will result in the NDP claiming domain over the political left in CanadaRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-84038981511192729702010-06-18T14:30:00.004-03:002010-06-18T14:56:22.367-03:00Thanks For the Memories...It has now been nearly 24 hours since Jaroslav Halak was traded to the St. Louis Blues for prospects Lars Ulri Eller and Ian Schultz. As to be expected with any move made by the Montreal Canadiens, it has been a much-discussed issue that has seen many more negative comments than positive directed at Canadiens management. After all, it is barely a month since Halak's playoff heroics against RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-76344892690980149812010-06-17T13:44:00.002-03:002010-06-17T13:48:06.579-03:00OverhaulAnother year, another template re-design. Plus, new links! Exciting stuff, I says.Michael Ignatieff was in town last Saturday. Nobody bothered to tell me - I found out on Facebook the next day - or else I would have posted something about it by now. The communications team does a horrible job of announcing when important people are coming around - apparently Ken Dryden was here not long ago too. RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-82007037213701079532010-06-10T15:52:00.002-03:002010-06-10T15:55:31.238-03:00Congratulations Chicago!Hats off to the Blackhawks for their Stanley Cup victory last night. If it couldn't be my Habs, thanks to Philadelphia, I'm glad that it could be a team that I like, all the moreso since they beat the team that beat the Habs. 50 years is a long time to go without a Stanley Cup--get ready to know what that feels like, Leafs fans--so to end it with this great group of young players is a really coolRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-47868981456975235752010-06-09T12:43:00.002-03:002010-06-09T14:14:03.138-03:00The Polls Say...Regarding the proposed cooperation/coalition/merger of the Liberal Party of Canada and the NDP, a recent survey gives us the following:Twenty-eight per cent of those surveyed favoured a non-compete pact between the two parties, wherein they would agree not to run candidates against each other in some ridings across the country.When Stephane Dion gave Elizabeth May a free pass in the last electionRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-52118428557527140602010-06-04T12:43:00.002-03:002010-06-04T13:44:20.699-03:00I Can't Believe I'm Saying This...But pass the beer & popcorn, Mr. Reid, because I agree with you wholeheartedly.For as long as I can remember, the Liberal Party has operated as a "big tent" party capable of attracting people on all sides of the political spectrum in this country. As a social progressive with right-of-centre foreign policy views including an activist agenda to make the world safe for democracy plus a strong RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-43932191548420243082010-06-01T16:04:00.002-03:002010-06-01T16:12:27.821-03:00Feeding the TrollsYoung Liberal President reminds me why I couldn't get out of the categorization of being a Young Liberal fast enough: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/young-liberal-pushes-stop-harper-coalition-conservatives-brag-on-economy/article1587660/Seriously, all of this rejuvenated coalition/merger talk just makes me ill to my stomach. The Liberal Party stands (used to stand?) RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-16716769548677274402010-05-31T09:23:00.002-03:002010-05-31T09:32:26.824-03:00I Just Threw Up A Little In My MouthOver this headline: "Prime Minister Layton?"For some absurd reason known only to the Harperites that are fabricating the story's foundation point to make political hay, coalition talk is all the rage in Canada again. And of all the complex and multitude of ways to formulate such a coalition to topple Stephen Harper, apparently the idea that Jack Layton should head it up is the most popular among RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-45766380536023166202010-05-26T09:57:00.001-03:002010-05-26T09:58:39.927-03:00Uh-OhPierre Gauthier has tipped his hand with regards to his future plans for the two goalies. You just have to read between the lines:“We’ll take the best decision to make sure the team grows in the future,” Gauthier said. “We’ll do the right thing for the organization and them. I won’t speculate. Honestly, all options are open. The worst thing to say is we’re going to do this. Then you lose your RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-12486703182910091512010-05-04T08:44:00.003-03:002010-05-04T09:02:19.112-03:00If They Keep This Going, He'll Be a Sung Hero Pretty SoonI enjoyed this article in the Globe and Mail this morning because it got me to thinking a little bit about one of my favourite players.For a good long time now, people have been referring to Josh Gorges as an "unsung hero" for the Canadiens. Once considered the "throw-in" to the deal that sent Craig Rivet to the San Jose Sharks for a 1st round pick (which turned out to be Max Pacioretty), Gorges RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-37121319267718971012010-05-02T21:46:00.002-03:002010-05-02T21:52:42.942-03:00Post-Game 2 ObservationsIn Game 1, the Penguins hinted that they may have learned the strategy to beat Halak: shoot rarely. Today, they learned that the more they shoot on him, the better he is.Sergei Kostitsyn has watched the last few games from the pressbox. Today, Andrei Kostitsyn may as well have - 1:43 total ice time. Think they'll be gone after this season's over? I'd bet the farm on it.This could end up being RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-87256858889809567442010-04-29T09:29:00.000-03:002010-04-29T09:31:24.981-03:00'Nuff said.RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-71563876057973789092010-04-23T16:04:00.002-03:002010-04-23T16:23:52.270-03:00No Tomorrow Scenario For Habs, Probably One GoalieWell, the Habs are down 3-1 to the mighty Capitals in their first-ever playoff match-up. While the fact itself wouldn't surprise anybody who hasn't seen any of the games, for those of us who have sat through every minute it is a major disappointment. The Canadiens have dominated significant portions of Games 2 and 4, but both times could not sustain the effort for a full 60 minutes and thus endedRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-53857583375063973862010-04-16T12:16:00.001-03:002010-04-16T12:17:47.164-03:00That is all.RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-75196802747001456982010-04-15T09:50:00.002-03:002010-04-15T09:53:11.920-03:00The Fun ContinuesThe puck hasn't even dropped yet and the Habs-Caps series is already a ton of fun. First we had the neat Tomas "Don't Call Me Jagr" Plekanec/Jose "Not Quite Martin Broduer" Theodore commentaries, and now we get this:"The situation in Washington this season is different from years gone by. In the franchise's early days, the Caps courted fans from out of town. But the arrival of Alex Ovechkin and RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-56078783142518525582010-04-13T13:23:00.003-03:002010-04-13T13:30:40.650-03:00"Plekanec States the Obvious" - Should Have Been the Headlinehttp://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=317881I appreciate the gamesmanship and on top of that, I think it's the truth. Yeah, Theo and Varlamov had pretty good seasons, but I think that Price and Halak are better too. Doesn't mean that the Caps' goaltending is brutal, just that the Canadiens get the upper hand in that department.Also, this:RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-6433962554086822382010-04-10T22:58:00.001-03:002010-04-10T22:58:31.003-03:00Habs Playoff ScenariosSo I'm thrilled that we're in the playoffs, earning one point in our final 3 games to really demonstrate that we're ready to hand with the elite teams in the NHL. And I say that because we will be playing one of them.By "virtue" of their 88 points the Habs presently sit in 7th place. They can finish no higher than that.Habs finish 7th if the Rangers defeat Philadelphia tomorrow.Habs finish 8th ifRGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-60475385410607654422010-04-09T13:04:00.000-03:002010-04-09T13:05:22.087-03:003rd Post of the Day for My Habs' 1st StarCouldn't happen to a better guy: http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/32513Way to go Josh!RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.com0