[lit-ideas] Re: with or without Bush
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:53:42 -0400
Aye, Aye, David. Speaking of disaffected Canadians, I was appalled at
our government's abstention on the UN vote about the Israeli wall/fence.
Where is Chretien when you need him?
My (Indiana) sister was here for a week-long visit and voiced her opinon
that, sooner or later, the US would take/incorporate/persuade (as in,
make an offer we couldn't refuse) Canada into the United States. I had
hoped that was only a canadian paranoia. (That small 'c' is an effort
to keep my head down...)
Ursula,
hiding from the real world in North Bay, ON
dsavory@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>And don't go blasting the government like it's a runaway train out of control:
>the problem is with all of us: with our 3 second attention span, our
>distinterest in history and our adolescent tendency to shirk responsiblity for
>our role in that history; that's all of us, even us disaffected Canadians who
>only raise our heads out of our feed troughs to moo mild disapproval. If we're
>not holding the appropriate feet to the fire, we're not doing enough.
>
>David Savory
>voicing his semi-potent rage
>in Vancouver
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