Wednesday, April 05, 2006

A DELIVERY PERSON WAKES CHARLES UP AT 7:30AM BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!!!


Picture 005, originally uploaded by Oldmaison.

I got a brand new camera!!!!! Ain't she a beauty???? Got to wake up and get coffee!! Yes.....there's sure some good people around!!!!! It's action like this one that keeps me going!!!!

Picture 007

38 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks there are going to be more pictures of self-loving self-adoring, self worshiping pictures of yourself or your priest. Yuk.

Some crazy must have sent this camera to a fellow crazy.

Anonymous said...

I couldn't agree more with the post at 1:49 p.m. but hey, obviously he/she is on here viewing the blog !! As am I too.
Despite the fact that I too am Catholic, I would never flaunt it on here. There has been so much of Father Brien, it actually makes me wish some major tragedy or major political event would take place in New Brunswick that Charles would not put this priest in the blog almost everyday. YUK INDEED!
Enough already with Father Brien.
And if it's God's Minutes, Charles, all well and good, just go to Mass and shut up about it. We don't see to see Father Brien on here everyday forced down our throats, YUK!
I thought this was supposed to be a Povery blog or ADHD blog, gambling, etc.
A little bit of everything I guess, but lose the priest and I guarantee you you WILL have more visitors than you have now.
PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT THIS! I've told you this before!
WHY CAN'T YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PEOPLE THAT COME HERE EVERYDAY AND MAKE COMMENTS????
Is Sean O still with you? Maybe HE CAN SET YOU STRAIGHT!

Anonymous said...

I am also Catholic and I enjoy the God's minutes because I do not make it to mass everyweek so I open God's minute and read it when I have time. I say if you don't like it skip over it like you have been doing and move onto the next thing that catches your eyes.

Anonymous said...

Charles is not just an activist, he's a person and this is his blog. He can run it how it wants. How hard is it to scroll past the pictures of the priest? I am not religious let alone Catholic, I can't stand catholicism and of course it's ironic Charles talks about 'old germany' when we know the new pope used to be a 'nazi youth'.

But so what? If you aren't capable of scrolling then something is wrong with you. I come here for information and don't care whether there are blogs about the priest or whatever, I just ignore them. Blogs are personal, go to any other blog and try telling people to 'stop talking about themselves'. Hell, most blogs are ONLY people talking about themselves, at least Charles is including other people.

There are lots of things I'd like to see differently, but I accept the fact that Charles isn't doing a blog just for me. The great thing about Charles is that he has enough info in it and subjectivity that you always know which side he's on, unlike the Irving or national Press where you never know what the head honchos have up their sleeves.

I like to see pictures, but not so many that it would slow the page down. As I'm not in Fredericton I'd love to see more, in fact I wish there were a webcam. This is the next best thing. Get to work Charles! For those who want something different, try sending him some equipment and maybe he'll listen to you. Obviously whoever sent him a camera wants to see more pictures.

Anonymous said...

Hi all :

I was born into the Catholic Faith, then checked [ resigned ] before I got booted out as in Ex-Communicated [ lol ] when I became old enough to think for myself.

For heavens sake, lets all not get into Religion even though we have the right for the Freedom thereof.

We'll all end up Fighting [ lol ]

How does that old joke go, Don't talk about Politics, Sex And Religion :>)

Hope everybody is doing good and well, have Fun with the new toy Charles and Behave yourself :>)

The Wing Nut Sean'er

Anonymous said...

Those who are telling Charlie that religious stuff is good are not really helping him. Religion should be separated from other issues. Religion is a very private thing.

I thought this blog is not about Charlie Leblanc as he claimed that many times. It is to help children with ADHD, help poor and expose the stupidity of politicians as he claims that too. He is losing people who are interested in issues than read about his priest or religion or look at his self-pictures which make no sense.

If Leblanc continues to post his self-portraits and portraits of his priest and talking about himself then he is not fighting for the cause that he said he was. He is repeatedly making a liar of himself. He also is exposing his own stupidity instead of politicians' by doing that. Stupidity of self-portaits, religion and priesty preechy stuff etc.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me all yee that are down on your lives and or are obvious shut ins living under a dark cloud of discontent.

This is a BLOG I repeat an amature induced information outlet"A BLOG"

None of you who are seemingly too quick to judge the wrong people obviously have enough of a desire to take on the idiots we so passionately call politiceans in this same fashion but are just curious enough to come to the blog arena to see if someone just like you can do what the rest has not.

His name is Charles Leblanc and he is obviously tired of being constantly lied to when it comes to the poor in this Province as well as the disadvantaged,physically challenged,Handicapped and much much more.

So might I suggest you all try a different site or webpage or blog and basicly just do the old fashioned disappearing act if there is obviously nothing here your looking for and let that be the end of it.

Congratulations Charlie on accquiring a new camera and I'm quite sure you'll put it through the consumer testing trials as only you can.

Anonymous said...

Those who are congratulating Leblanc are screwing his ability to be effective and bring a change. If he is devoting so much time he should pay attention to constructive criticism. Why there is such an allergic reaction from goody two shoes whose intentions are of suspect nature.

Spinks said...

Charles, do you what you want. It's YOUR blog. Never mind the naysayers. They're just jealous ;)

Anonymous said...

Jealous he being wacko?? Yes some will like him to be sidelined and ignored. Most Conservatives love that. But for his own sake he has to pay attention to good criticism. These people are not jealous they wish him well and be effective.Do not give him kiss of death.

Anonymous said...

To 8:12 and a couple other discontents please push the back button and scroll back up to the top of the front page and remind yourself of the Title of this blog

CHARLES LEBLANC""ADHD""Activist.

"Attention Disorder"

The explanation speaks for itself.

Charlie certainly has no hidden ajenda for getting better or getting worst ADHD persons such as charlie or myself are just happy to see another morning come in and as far as the day at hand you just follow it.

No Plans No Directions you basicly just follow yourself around and take care of what is in front of you at the time.

Now with this new information for those of you who still do not know what a blog is all about hopefully this will clear up any more questions you may have.

Thank you for taking the time to read this comment and have a very nice day!! :)

Good Job Charlie! Keep it up!

Anonymous said...

The Above Comment has been brought to you through the generosity of readers like you and also by this blogs ability to except any and all comments "Without Bias"

((No Cash Has Changed Hands))

Spinks said...

Well 8:12, you're jealous enough to lament. If you don't like Charles writings, go elsewhere. The Internet is a big place. I'm sure you can find something you like. Cheers.

PoliticsNB said...

Hey cool Charles
I have a powershot also, only a slightly older model. It's a dandy little camera. Enjoy it!

Regards
PNB

Anonymous said...

Just to be clear though, the guy above does have a point. I too have told charles that he loses a lot of readers by being too extreme. I try to get my family to read his blogs but they just think he's crazy.

The idea expressed above is that if Charles were set up as some kind of professional lobbyist then he'd get more honey isn't off the mark. However, you have to respect that Charles does what he can. As also mentioned above, it should not be up to one person to try to carry the load for a province. If you don't like politicians or the media setup or whatever then the onus is on US, not Charles, who, whether you agree or disagree with him, is certainly playing a political role.

I too often feel the need to wish to 'edit' his site in a way I think would be more conducive to political change, but that is nobody's right. Charles runs his blog the way he wants, however, the above poster is certainly within his rights to criticize Charles on it. Charles did say from the outset that when he brings in new ideas, they are on a 'tryout basis' so obviously all feedback is necessary.

So for those who object to seeing his face,well, get used to it, but for those who don't mind his face, get used to the criticism-its an open blog. Irving also tells people if they don't like it, don't read it. However, that's not really a defence.

If there were some kind of compromise available, that would be nice. Perhaps Charles should have one of his little polls on THAT subject:)

As a final note, if I WERE christian and/or catholic, I think I'd object to the very notion since obviously EVERY minute belongs to God, and if I were God and saw people saying 'hey, we're busy, but here's ONE MINUTE of our day we'll give to you' I'd be more pissed off than flattered! But, hey, that's just ME as God!

Anonymous said...

Some would want you to go astray. It is a ploy to tell you that you are doing a great job no matter how damaging to your credibility is some of your stuff. You can choose to be on the side of corrupt politicians and indirectly buy in the tactics of those who praise the Lord (Bernard Lord and now Harper) and are Conservatives to the boot or you can choose to stick to your mission of helping children, poor and expose the lousy politicians. Those who praise you are not necessarily your friends and those who are criticizing you are not necessarily your enemies. Be smart and do not play in the hands of soothsayers whose mission & motives are to lead you astray from your mission.

As far as God is concerned he is Almighty and the most powerful and he does not need the help of mortals like you or rest of us contrary to popular and misleading beliefs. All the minutes belong to God as the poster above put it well. Belief in God and your priest is very personal thing and you need not post priest's pictures to please God. As you admitted it is to please yourself. If you want to succeed in any mission you have to set yourself aside and concentrate on the mission which in this case is children, poor and indifferent, incompetent politicians. Trust me God’s minutes and your priest's pictures do not belong in this blog if you are true to your mission.

Finally soothsayers are more appealing given the human nature and need for praise but such soothsaying can be poisonous at times. For example those who give you guidance for improvement cannot be jealous. Can you not see through that ploy of the soothsayers? Jealous of what??

Anonymous said...

By the way posting your self-pictures and other pictures you being in it (with politicians and others) shows a lot of immaturity. It means you are self-absorbed and self-centred. It does not contribute to your over all effort to help others. Sooner you overcome that immaturity more helpful it will be to you and your mission. Even the pope refrains to talk about himself and that should be a great guide for you. Again I am not a soothsayer and my advice may not appeal to you but sometimes well-wishers do come across harsh but the purpose is to help.

Anonymous said...

BLOG comes from 'web-log'. It is a personal diary to most people but it's 'format' has been used for all kinds of things. Charles has had his 'gods minutes' for, what, eight months now? Suddenly NOW its an issue?

As Charles stated, sometimes he gets tired of this, and its no wonder. As somebody who has recently taken it upon themselves to finally read and study about how politics is done in this country I can sympathize. It truly is disgusting, narcissistic, often criminal, always infuriating, and contrary to popular belief, needlessly anti-democratic. I"ve learned that people's instincts are completely right to 'tune out' of politics,the reality is FAR worse than they imagine.

So everybody needs something to keep them going. Usually organizations fill this role, so that one person doesn't have to do it all. Some of us try to take some work off by sending Charles info, or making lots of comments, but in the end it comes down to him to post each day, sometimes multiple times.

Because he's not part of an organization and few people have volunteered to take some of the responsibility off his shoulders, it isn't surprising that he's returned to his faith. It is a PERSONAL blog, not a newspaper.

So for those who think there should be 'less Charles' and more coverage of issues I'd suggest they get involved. Find the issues nobody is talking about and if you have pictures, send them to Charles.

The government pays CLOSE attention to blogs like this because they want to know one thing: how many people are upset enough to actually DO something. So long as people sit home or at Tim's and gripe, then there is no problem. And contrary to popular belief it is NOT just tories or the party in power doing this, everybody SHOULD know that it is bureaucrats and corporations that run this province. By and large they don't care which party rules, you just need to go read the Q&A from the House to see that. It is a ONE party system with just different emphases.

So to sum up. Charles has refound his faith in God, if people want him to stop advertising the fact, then help restore his faith in PEOPLE. Namely, help out. Do something. Write letters, do research, take pictures, ask questions. Perhaps if he didn't have to carry the whole load himself-and reassure government that they need not worry, only one or two people will actually care enough to do anything, then perhaps he'll have more of those 'focus on PEOPLE' stories like he used to have, like his 'person of the week' and things like that.

Anonymous said...

9:13 AM your remarks are good and reasonable. I think others should get involved. However if others, especially well wishers, suggest some changes then they must not be shot down. You cannot ask people to join in if they are told to get lost every time they make a suggestion.

Religion is good but does not belong here if the intent is involving people from various backgrounds. Also photos of oneself do not reflect well on the person when the person claims that it is not about him but about children, poor and corrupt politicians. It does not matter that such photo is with the Prime Minister and big industrialist it still comes across as infantile and lack of self-respect and trying to enhance that respect through these silly photos and props. Photos of politicians and others in the stories do make lot of sense but photos of blogger in a story unrelated to the blogger as such is childish.

I agree on politics issue with you. Conservatives and Liberals are not that far apart and that does make it one party government. There are ways to make bureaucrats accountable if we continue to expose their follies.

This blog has great potential and that potential must not be thrown away for personal egos and self-worship

Blogger Charles LeBlanc said...

As was said in the past, this is not a newspaper. The only reason that I have pictures of myself and the other individuals is just to show that I was there and I know the person. If my picture wasn't there? It would look like I took the pictures from someone else. The God's minute blog stay till the end of times and really? If you don't like it? Just stroll down to the next blog. It is not really a difficult task to follow? is it????

Anonymous said...

Hey Charles :

It's your blog, post whatever you want. The bottom line is, if those of you who don't like what he post's, Shut The Hell Up, and don't visit the Site.

Those of us who like his site, will not miss you in any way, shape or form.

SHUT THE HELL UP

At least he has the Guts to say what he's thinking and feeling, which is a hell of a lot more, than I can say for those of you, who just want to Dump On His Site.

To Those of you who complain, take a long walk off a short [ u know what ]

Get A Life :

Anonymous said...

Someone is not trying to help here. If you want Leblanc to stay on the other side of the sanity then be it. But he has a lot of potential which is lost in self-love and infantile behaviour.

It is his that kind of behaviour and erratic behaviour which worries commissioners at the legislature. They may be Quebecois but they are all nice people.

No one is going to question whether you took the picture or not. Most all photographers do not put their picture along the picture they took to prove that they indeed took the picture. It is deep inferiority complex and insecurity, which shows itself in this manner.

You have potential to make a difference and do not be taken by soothsayers. They want you to amount to nothing or they do not know better and or themselves on the fringe judging from the abuse tone.

Anonymous said...

It's a blog, so everybody is allowed to chip in. It IS Charles blog, but at a certain point an activist belongs to the people so people aren't out of line. Charles CAN be erratic, and we should call him on it when he is. I don't think its too much to ask that he not have dozens of pictures of himself, but now that the commment is made, that will most likely be the case. In fact, with the new camera the only pictures with him in it have been old ones.


However, those of us who like Charles want to see his face every once in awhile, but as said, not in EVERY picture. That point has been made and Charles has definitely acted on it.

As for the religion one, well, charles has stated his intention on that quite clearly. I'd love to see those 'person of the week' things again, they don't even have to be people Charles knows, just people who have done something he agrees with. Perhaps that could be a regular feature as well.

If we are including religion that is a good point that other faiths could be included, and if somebody of another faith sent the necessary info to Charles then I doubt he'd object, but again, it's HIS site. We can criticize, cajole, beg, plead, whatever, but in the end he calls the shots. However, it's out of line to tell those who criticize him to 'shut the hell up'.

After all, what's good for the goose....if you don't like reading the criticisms, simply don't come back to this thread. Charles, like the rest of us, can have off days, can get out of line, can make mistakes. It does no favours to sit back and laugh and say 'oh that Charles'. Like any person in our society he has responsibilities in the society.

Keep in mind that many use the site to get information and who may not live in NB. They may not 'like' charles, but like his site. So telling people NOT to come to the site seems quite counter productive. The far more democratic line would be 'Come to Charles blog, one of the last places where you can freely express yourself. Don't like something, just post it' Irving owns the presses and will ignore comments they don't like, but they rarely say 'don't like it, stop buying it'. Being a LITTLE politic goes a long way.

Anonymous said...

1:51 PM you said it well. It is a criticism to help out and for Leblanc to make a diference. I agree with your comments.

Anonymous said...

No of course the Irvings won't say, Stop buying our Newspapers, because a lot New Brunswick Morons will still keep supporting their Newspapers anyway.

Their [ the Irving Empire ] are still going to Benefit from the Advertising Dollars being brought in by the Newspapers.

I have seen some of the people who protest the LNG and other Irving related Issues, running in and out of the Blue Canoe Locations.

New Brunswickers get what they deserve, a Massive peaceful protest around King Square and Down King Street, will get National Media Attention.

Not just calling into Talk Of The Town. Or 2 or 3 hundred people at some public meeting. [ and the same faces all the time ]

Anonymous said...

Hey 3:00 PM

I'm glad that's all you have to say, because I think your on more of A Soap Box than Charles could be in a Lifetime.

What do you think of that ??

Oh Holy One

Anonymous said...

I agree with 5:22 p.m. he/she said it all for me, what I was going to say, not to repeat again.

Anonymous said...

Hey 7:10 PM

It's a good thing 5:22 p.m. he/she said it all for you, becaue I bet you have to look at your Mickey Mouse Club Photo ID, Just To find out who you even are, don't know you. Gezzzzzz

And 7:09 PM

Who do you think You are ?

A Dr. Laura Wannabee ?

It shows Insecurity, On Man.... You have everything Figured Out, Dont Ya !!

CHARLES

Load the page up with your Photo, just to Irk these Goofs

Blogger Charles LeBlanc said...

Do me a favor? Condemn me if you wish and I see the sad day coming and the comments will have to approved by me first.

I deleted all comment with my Priest name on it.

Please leave his name from the comments.

Merci!!!!

Anonymous said...

Shame on all you people that are saying not so nice things about the priest,he's not only a good priest but a good man.We are all God's children and should all get along with each other.But when it comes to the priest you should maybe keep your thoughts to yourself.

Anonymous said...

Are you still here, I thought I told you to find a good book to read or go for a walk, do something else, don't bother the good people reading this site.You know who you are, now get lost.

Anonymous said...

Charles, I think you are doing a great job and your pictures are very nice to, even the ones with you in them. Some people would call it your "MUG" but I don't talk like that.Your a good looking man and should be proud of the way you look and the work you do. So be happy and keep doing what you love to do.You have a lot of other people that feel the same as I do.You go Charles.

Anonymous said...

I didn't see any bad remarks about the priest. Interesting that any thread that goes on too long suddenly brings up the 'banning' idea. Why are people even on this thread anymore? Somebody says they don't like something on the site and everybody starts screaming. Strangely, people get more strident after those with criticisms have pretty much settled down. Odd, that is.

Anonymous said...

Ignore all the negative omments! Happy to see you have a working camera and you will out there getting us some factual news and good luck!

Irving ragg and no TV news is what we have now!

Anonymous said...

Charles some of us are looking forward to more information. Thank you!

Anonymous said...

I agree with the commentator above. No one said anything negative about the priest. Most probably he is a great priest. I think Leblanc is belittling him by posting his pictures among other baloney that he posts. Surely a good priest is not looking for that kind of notoriety and surely not from Leblanc.

Problem is Leblanc likes soothsayers and those who praise only and that is his failing. Criticism is to help improve his methods to put the message across. I suppose he is beyond help. Even God cannot help him. The minute He will point out his failings he will aggravate God too. Leblanc will be the guy outside Parley gate fighting with the guards. Some of them could be Quebecois.


His own photos, Yuk. That is overcompensating for inferiority complex and lack of self-respect.

Anonymous said...

Hey 10:18 AM

I didn't see the Last Name as being Einstein on your comment :

Ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhm that one's gotta hurt, 2 ponts for me, 0 FOR YOU

Swoosh on 10-18

Anonymous said...

Yes Einstein good for you.