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
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Baboon through a spider web
Lately, Canadian newspapers have been full of the tale of Michel Jalbert, a Quebec duck hunter who recently spent a month in a Maine jail. His crime: filling up at an American gas station in his hometown of Pohenegamook, which sits on the Canada/U.S. border. It's a daily routine the villagers have engaged in for years (the gas station's driveway is in Canada, but its pumps are in the United States). American authorities imprisoned him for crossing the border with a gun, not allowing him to contact his family for over a week. The Jalbert story has been huge in Canada, ignored in the States. Which only adds to Canadian irritation -- such affronts sting all the more since the Americans are no more aware of our outrage than a baboon who walks through a spider web. --Steve Burgess
Palema
3:34 PM
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