When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Strange that the U.S., with its gun-loving ways, would arrest a Canadian for toting a weapon (or something like that). And keep him under wraps.
Of course Canadians are riled over this. And apparently Mr. Bush doesn't care. I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it has something to do with his being from Texas.
Let's try on this thought: Early in our country's history, we thought of Canadians as British, and therefore enemies, to some extent. By the middle of the nineteenth century we had begun to think of them as neighbors. In the period leading up to the Civil War, Canadians cooperated with the Underground Railway, making space for runaway slaves. New Englanders may have appreciated this, but I bet Texans and other southerners did not. So maybe.. just maybe... there's a historic, inherited resentment there.
The President will go on his merry way, endangering the country, its allies and even the planet (in various ways).
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Anti-terrorism fowls on Canadian duck hunter
Strange that the U.S., with its gun-loving ways, would arrest a Canadian for toting a weapon (or something like that). And keep him under wraps.
... he's out on bail. Well, he's out for the wrong reasons. First, mainly I suspect because the American Secretary of State, Mr. Powell paid a visit here today and they didn't want the lunacy of what's going on with Mr. Jalbert to rob Mr. Powell's visit of all of its charm.
Well that's not good enough. It isn't the optics of Mr. Powell's visit that are at stake, it's the dumb folly and petty tyranny of trying to make Jalbert an example of something. For what, I wonder? Duck hunting? Cross border shopping? It's the shoddiness of treating a citizen of your neighbour to all the weariness and pointless of officialdom.
Mr. Jalbert has yet to face a trial for illegal entry. So today's bail release doesn't go to the substance that the war on terror is being manipulated in this one particular case to harass a neighbour and show who's boss. I think Canadians have earned better, much better than this sorry episode illustrates.
And that Mr. Cellucci wants to put mean on his appreciation of how Canadians treated Americans when they needed help and succour. He might want to turn his full ambassadorial attention to putting a stay on this whole ludicrous proceeding. --Rex Murphy, Point of View
Of course Canadians are riled over this. And apparently Mr. Bush doesn't care. I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it has something to do with his being from Texas.
Let's try on this thought: Early in our country's history, we thought of Canadians as British, and therefore enemies, to some extent. By the middle of the nineteenth century we had begun to think of them as neighbors. In the period leading up to the Civil War, Canadians cooperated with the Underground Railway, making space for runaway slaves. New Englanders may have appreciated this, but I bet Texans and other southerners did not. So maybe.. just maybe... there's a historic, inherited resentment there.
The President will go on his merry way, endangering the country, its allies and even the planet (in various ways).
Palema
5:47 PM
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