“I can tell you one thing. We came here to work, we didn’t come here to play games. That means getting on with the job of voting on bills, legislation, the spending of the taxpayers’ money and holding the government to account.” ~ Jack Layton See that? He wants to spend taxpayers’ money. And of […]
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A Press Release From The Lanark Landowners Association: Contrary to the Minister of Natural Resources (David Ramsay) assertions, four Lanark Landowners Association (LLA) members have been charged under the fish and game act relating to their actions on June 19 2004. In a Canwest News article (Ottawa Citizen September 25, 2004) David Ramsay is quoted
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I don’t know what the meaning of life is. Do you? If so, and I’m convinced, maybe I’ll throw some bucks your way. In the meantime, I’ve committed to keeping a list here of folks who are either committed or semi-committed to the upcoming Toronto Blogfest, to be held on November 5th, here. I just
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I’ve been in touch with “Always Up For Drinks” Bob Tarantino about a Toronto blogfest. We both seem to think November 5, 2004 would be a good date. So, mark that on your calendar, with more information to follow regarding place and time. I missed the last one, in February so I’m looking forward to
Bruce Montague now has a website. For those who don’t know who Bruce is, he’s a gunsmith in Dryden Ontario, who refused to obey the Canada Firearms Act. In the past, he has invited the police to arrest and charge him, but until a couple of weeks ago, they refused. While at a local gun
To fly the Red Ensign on my site. Not because of what I think of the Red Ensign, or having some “patriotic” feelings towards it – no. Instead, to honour those Red Ensign bloggers that emailed me today after my utter and crazy posts of last night that were motivated by anger, and prompted by
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Back to our regular programming… Most have probably heard the tune, “Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier.” What some don’t know is that not only was David Crockett a king of the wild frontier in Tennessee as well as one of the fighters that lost his life while fighting for Texas independence at
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Last night, I received a bunch of ANONYMOUS emails without any name, calling me a “Chicken Shit” and also suggesting I had no character and so forth. There were quite a few of them, all obviously aimed at my recent posts regarding drafts and conscriptions. I have my suspicions as to who they were from,
Randolph BOURNE on war “War is the health of the State.” — Randolph Bourne, The State (1918), available at http://www.slip.net/~knabb/CF/bourne.htm. Richard CARTWRIGHT on the rights of individuals in Canada “I think that every true reformer, every real friend of liberty, will agree with me in saying that if we must erect safeguards, they should be
On Second Thought…A Case For Monuments To Draft Dodgers Read More »