Donuts and Bikers

This past week US hard right-wing commentators attacked Rachel Ray and Dunkin Donuts for wearing an Arab looking scarf. No other nation on Earth would have even taken this debate seriously. Why is there no distinction between a military tactic and entire ethnicity. No word yet if Dunkin Donuts will stop selling another arab/terrorist symbol that originated in the Muslim world- coffee.

The Canadian example looked 2 weeks ago to be just as ridiculous. A foreign affairs minister should not be restricted who he can spend time with as long he is not divulging state secrets and seeking counsel from unscrupulous figures. The more we know about Julie Couillard, the more incumbent our government looks. Bernier has left secret documents at a former biker girlfriend's residence and brought her to state dinners. This incident is an embarrassment for Canada. Privy Councilors need to have more vigorous security checks and people who they are closely associated with need to be vetted also because people who are associated with organized crime should not given access to secure governments that are off limits to ordinary Canadians.