Where was I? The Idle No More movement is set or not to meet with the government of Canada to try and work out some differences or not. It's been an off and on thing all week. Here's the thing for all to agree there's three factions that must come together. The chiefs representing all the first nation tribes, Steven Harper representing the government of Canada and the governor general who represents the crown. All because of some treaties that were signed in the 1700s and broken ever since. Now some would have you believe that the indians just want a bunch more money which to some extent is true. In looking into their history they got far less in education benefits and other goodies than most white kids. They are considered a ward of the state as it were in Canada with few rights. But what set this firestorm of protest off was bill C-45 which effectively took away many of their land rights without their agreement. All done to make building pipelines through their land much easier. And I must say these people do have a respect for the land. It's what they rely on to survive. As primitive as they may seem and who wouldn't be after getting the short end of the stick for a couple hundred years they still have a bit of common sense. They smell a rat in Harper and the politics being played out. So we shall see what happens later today.
bank fails later
Keeping my fingers crossed that this hard drive doesn't crash too.
UPDATE: One bank in Wa. failed this week making it the first of the year.
10 comments:
I'm not sure who the "primitives" are, the ones who want to preserve the land or destroy it.
I've been telling you for a few years to get a new computer, stop being so cheap.
Good point Roger never thought of it like that.
Billy I can ill afford to buy anything that expensive at the moment with no income.
I'm a goddamn bum, I figure that if I can afford a 300 buck cpu anyone should be able to.
Look at how pissy rich fuckers get when The Man wants an extra 8 bucks/year.
I'd steal one of our zillions of computers and send it, but there are cameras everywhere. High crime zone in the city of lights.
".....All done to make building pipelines through their land much easier....."
This will allow the Government to make more money which in turn will be sent to Welfare folks on the East Coast who will in turn vote for the Conservatives next time around.
Isn't democracy grand?
I hope the Idle No More movement succeeds. They deserve more autonomy than they've been getting (same as their counterparts here), and that tar sands oil pipeline should be jammed up the asses of everyone who's in favor of it.
Randal your lucky to have any man hole covers left in Clevelanistan.
A.L.F. That money never makes it to welfare folks it's siphoned off by corrupt contractors and local mayors. Bribes don't come cheap ya know.
Tom I think you've found a solution to the runs there.
Demeur said,
"......A.L.F. That money never makes it to welfare folks it's siphoned off by corrupt contractors and local mayors. Bribes don't come cheap ya know......"
How did you become so cynical at such a young age? I mean, I know how I did, I'm just wondering how you learned to wallow in the bliss of cynicism.
DeMeur you young whipper-snapper, get a job.
and a haircut.
and git rid of that damn moustache'.
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