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Rob Ford: Charity gives city clogged arteries

Haha, this is pretty funny...

Deep inside Rob Ford
Shawn Syms / Xtra / Thursday, February 14, 2008


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IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES. If Rob Ford broadened his sexual horizons would his ideology follow? (John Webster)


Maybe Toronto City Councillor Rob Ford just needs to take it up the butt. And I'd love to be the one to give it to him.

Introduction to the sublime, transformative pleasures of receptive anal intercourse might be just the thing to allow Ford to "open up" and move beyond the miserly ideology of fear and insularity that's characterized his tenure since first rising to power in Etobicoke in 2000.

Even before his public shout fest from the stands at a Maple Leafs game last year — a drunken rant about "commies" and inappropriate overdisclosure about a sister's alleged drug-addicted past — Ford's modus operandi has seemed an orgy of willful ignorance and xenophobic distrust.

I've admired the rugged looks, masculine demeanour and hefty linebacker build of the burly pol — and noted high-school football coach — for some time. His actions on city council are another story.

Most recently Ford expressed outrage that Toronto's city council agreed to send gay councillor Kyle Rae to an AIDS conference in Mexico City this summer, claiming it's a waste of taxpayers' dollars.

Ford has previously complained about a meagre city grant to Ontario's Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line, a peer counselling line for queer youth, pointing out that the very notion of a trans person boggles his mind. He also tried to revisit a $100,000 grant to Toronto's Pride week, an annual economic boon to the city.

On the eve of Toronto hosting the International AIDS Conference in August 2006 he advocated slashing city funding for HIV-prevention programs. According to Ford AIDS is easily preventable — all you have to do is not be gay and not use intravenous drugs.

Ironically enough butt sex might be just the spiritual and emotional awakening the misguided politician needs. Ford's personal brand of rightwing politics — from the ethnic slurs against another councillor in 2002 and the recommendation in 2003 that Toronto be declared a "refugee-free zone" to ongoing antagonism toward the homeless — are firmly rooted in zealous self-interest and fear of difference and of the unknown. But he might be able to turn a new corner — if he would just bend over.

Exploring anal intimacy could finally allow the man a new openness to others who are different from himself — and in a sense that is tangible instead of just metaphorical. Allowing someone else to pleasure themselves inside you involves a spirited abandonment of personal interest — it's about giving, instead of always taking away. Maybe if he didn't have such a tight ass, the noted penny pincher might not be such a tightwad.

Successfully taking it in the rear is the ultimate lesson in vulnerability and trust — two qualities that could go a long way toward improving Ford's attitude toward the diverse and complex world around him.

Learning to experience and embrace deeply internal pleasures would be the perfect antidote to the rage and confusion of Ford's loudly externalized outbursts. It's a healthier outlet for all that pent-up aggression and a primer in empathy. Through spreading his cheeks, Ford might finally spread his wings as a human being — and experience compassion for others.

Some might consider teaching Ford how to be a back-door man a dirty job but somebody's got to do it. And I'm happy to volunteer — both for my own personal interest and for the broader public good.

Deflowering husky-sized guys is actually a personal specialty of mine. I know how to put their minds — and butts — at ease. I think I'm the kind of man Ford could relate to — I'm around the same age, and we've both got the same over-the-hill, ex-jock look going on. And, while my endowment has certainly received compliments, I'm no pornstar — so nobody's going to get hurt.

Admittedly intimacy with another man might be a bit too advanced for Ford, an avowed heterosexual. But there's still hope. Ford's wife could certainly do the deed herself. By now we've all likely heard about the increasingly popular phenomenon of "pegging" — women harnessing the power of strap-ons to penetrate their men folk. After all there's nothing intrinsically gay about taking it up the butt.

Many men experience a sense of dirtiness and shame about their assholes. Some of us even experience that same uneasy, awkward guilt about being an asshole. After his boozy tirade from the stands of the Air Canada Centre, Ford admitted that his behaviour stemmed from "personal problems." Indeed.

It's time for some emotional honesty, Rob. You've admitted there's a problem. Now change can only "come from within." Let me help you get started.
 
"It really upsets a lot of people," Ford said. "I don't think anybody is against charity. I know I'm not. It does raise a lot of money, but it does inconvenience thousands of people."

Over 12,000 thousand people would be inconvenienced by NOT allowing them to use the freeways. Why would the thousands in cars who are polluting the air, sitting in air conditioned comfort, and not raising money for charity be more important to the thousands on bikes one day a year raising money for charity?

Ford yesterday questioned why the event couldn't be moved to Exhibition Place.

Obviously Ford has never been to the Ride for Heart or he would realize that the CNE is used as a start and end point for the races already and that 12,000 bikes on the CNE grounds already creates a bit of cycling gridlock. Having all those bikes stay in the same area and try to do laps or something is completely impossible.

"I don't see why they have to close down major arteries in the city," he said. Ford said the closures hurt businesses because they discourage people from going downtown.

It is a Sunday morning. Many businesses are closed. It encourages people to go downtown because there is a once a year ride going on which they can participate in if they get off their lazy asses. It encourages others who go downtown to take transit.
 
It's all very well to say "take transit" but people still do come into Toronto and the overspill traffic completely savages surface transit in streets like Queen.

As for those saying "it's Sunday" - well we're all multicultural now aren't we? Leaving Toronto shutdown on Sunday is linked to the bad old intolerant days.

If a fixed link existed to the Islands I think it would be a great place to run part of a marathon course as the skyline pictures would be terrific :D
 
None issue. I participate in the ride almost every year. Traffic is completely dead on that summer morning. The only real congestion the event causes is cars taking people to and from the exhibition for the event itself with all the loading and unloading of bicycles. If traffic was an issue you would see build-up on arterials throughout the downtown. Doesn't happen.
 
Mayor Ford!

Ford ponders mayoral run
Miller sounds ready to face him
Kelly Grant, National Post
Published: Saturday, March 08, 2008


Mayor David Miller says he would not underestimate a challenge from any rival for his job, including Rob Ford, pictured, the Etobicoke Councillor who mused again this week about a mayoral run in the wake of his remarks about "Orientals" working "like dogs" and "slowly taking over." Asked about Mr. Ford's aspirations, Mr. Miller replied: "It's up to people who want to run for mayor to run for mayor. That's their prerogative.…I never underestimate anyone." Mr. Miller is often coy in public about whether he will seek a third term, but yesterday he ticked off his achievements and seemed eager to take on all comers. "I will be very proud to defend [my] record, because that's what I told Torontonians I would do and I'm doing it."
 
In another thread, I asked what would stop someone like Mike Harris from being elected mayor of Toronto. People said it couldn't happen. Now I'm not saying Rob Ford is like Mike Harris, but...
 
...but it still won't happen.

It's quite different to "run," than it is to be "elected." The political make-up would have to change extremely significantly for someone like Rob Ford and/or Mike Harris to ever be elected here.
 
I should hope so. Maybe we should ask Hazel to run against him... just to be on the safe side.:cool:
 

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