tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70566517272583149442024-02-20T21:34:27.337-08:00Off the Bell CurveAnother expression of malleability born from my Neural Diversity. I say transformation is my middle name. The roller coaster of my life is ascending to another jumping off point. Wanna come along for the ride?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797800191322281145noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056651727258314944.post-65644649523887394862017-10-30T08:16:00.003-07:002017-10-30T08:37:47.397-07:00Federal Government of Canada Guilty of Genocide of Drug Users<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Drug Prohibition is not a drugs control act. This is what Canadian politicians call our drugs policy "Substance Control Act." Yet they give all control to criminal agents who commit the genocide for them by contaminating the drug supply.<br />
Last week I was resupplying at the Real Compassion Club on Hastings when I heard a cop siren outside. As I left the peaceful well run shop with my supply. I saw a couple of cops dealing with someone 5 meters from the entrance to the shop I had just left. Within that distance I was approached by a guy who whispered "Down...jib" in my ear. I kept walking giving no notice to him.Their was a continuing litter of dying humanity strewn along the sidewalk and within the next 10 meters an overdose was slumping and shaking.<br />
This is the success of the Canadian government Drug policy, Chaos. Death. Suffering. All the actors involved are guilty of being accessories during and after the fact while the government premeditates its actions and then carries out murder of Canadians. All other parties including ther police, Judiciary, crown prosecutors jailers doctors are guilty of being accomplices during and after the fact.<br />
Past Canadians Politicians were guilty of genocide concerning our native population which was continued until the present. These alcoholics made many mistakes and were cruel racists and today Canadians are paying reparations for their incompetence. No government can say it is controlling substances when it gives over to its criminal henchmen full control and distribution of dangerous substances.<br />
The continued lies about needing more police and not being ready to "legalize" Marijuana is based on what Studies of drug impairment effects upon users? The coroner of BC said a couple of years ago that the number of deaths relating to "Marijuana Impaired" driving was up.My friend asked for the statistics this claim was based on. After two years of back and forth emails no proof to back up his statement was forthcoming.<br />
The governments of Canada model their drug control policies criminal model to maximize profits and carry on criminal exploitation of its citizens. The only model that is legal to use is the one for alcohol where the government controls to manufacture standards and distribution to adults. All else is a crime of murder, premeditated and based on obviously failed policies. Canadians who want this continued are the same ones who blame natives for their own genocide. These people have been trained to repeat the government mantra which has served to justify a policy of genocide.<br />
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For trying to tell the truth and save lives I was arrested.<br />
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Is it something we like to share? Is it a default position? Can a society move forward in unity with an abundance of apathy? Why was I late for the Vancouver Anti Terror Bill C-51? Am I apathetic or only poor at executing an agenda? I should have followed my first plan and adjusted my itinerary to fit with my own goals while resisting being coopted into someone else's plans/agenda. I suppose for many it is the same kind of scheduling conflicts, unexpected life events which cause us to diverge from our chosen paths. I regret not being able to be at the Vancouver in time.<br />
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The reality is that time is on my side. I am glad to be free. Some important lessons have been learned by me. Personal life lessons have come to slow fruition with the help of my programs parole officer. I have come to terms with my poor choices and understand better why I made them therefore gaining an ability to advance beneficially in my growth. This allows me to be more reflective in my activism. It's all good.<br />
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Canadians not love or care for as much about the 1200 missing or murdered
women? Why the racist non response of the Federal Governments, as they do
about, the two sadly murdered soldiers in Ottawa compared the missing women?
The outpouring of sad formal tribute and the quick draconian response to limit our
privacy as well as give police more powers came in lightning moves at great
expense in costs and loss of rights. Yet Canadians don't seem to love our
natives to care enough to find out what has happened to twelve hundred of them,
let alone try to find and implement a solution. Could we still be a bigoted,
racist society with little growth during our last half century of lip service
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minister is setting the model defying the court ordered reversal of the wearing
of a Niqab with a challenge using government resources to fight the courts. I
can't understand why someone who can be identified in other ways must show
their face if they have endured and won the right as Canadians to be who they
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born Canadian, but I grew up here and am embarrassed by the blatant racism
practiced by Canadians and their Government on a day chosen for love. Grow up
Canada and elect an inclusive not a racist government. Share love don't bomb
other cultures to appease the USA. Fix your own country, and don't march to the
tune of haters<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797800191322281145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056651727258314944.post-73749116902095701642015-01-16T20:28:00.000-08:002015-01-20T16:05:23.940-08:00Turbulent Times need someone who likes to fly rock and roll on flex wings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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been a lot of sad news for Canadians happening lately. Just today the news is
full of unthinkable things. Alberta’s Premiere was being interviewed on the
possibilities of sales taxes to cover the shortfall from resources, 17,000
employees of Target Box Store retailers will soon be looking for work, Real
Estate prices are said to be over-valued with a possible drop in the near
future, and the Loonie is tanking. The world oil prices are so low it is a
losing proposition to mine Tar sands. All of the indicators the Harper
Government was so heavily reliant upon have shown that they were betting on the
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surprise the Harper government has switched its pitch from “You need to vote
for us because we have given Canada a surplus” to “You should vote for us
because at this time of economic crisis we are going to be steadiest at the
helm.” Anytime is the right time to vote Conservative according to Mr. Harper’s
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unaware of the turmoil in the world. From religious fundamentalism wrapped in
terror to a new reality of oil as an economic, cultural and social weapon we
live in an unstable world today. Can you reflect on how quickly this
instability has swept our blissful delusion of solid prosperity away in a moment?
It was totally beyond our ability to influence it, let alone control it. No
matter what spin the party politico talking heads will attempt to color it
with, the reality is that there is much beyond Canada’s control. We have not
asserted ourselves as an independent nation and are rightly judged to an
American Colonial vassal state. The colonial part is<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1485340054"> </a></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/bp241-e.htm" target="_blank">aligned to the Monarchy of Great
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under the Conservative’s view is still primarily a resource producer. Conservatives
believe to stay solvent it is Canada’s role to provide the resources that
America will market to the word. I would agree we have neither the manpower,
nor the total “skillpower” needed to do this on the scale required that makes it
economically viable. Especially when the viability has been undermined by the
falling oil prices. The beauty of the whole situation is that the oil producers
have full control of something we in the West are severely addicted to:
Gasoline. We claim the evils of climate change, begin to search actively and
successfully for alternative renewable energy sources, all the while
reluctantly burning more and more expensive fossil fuels. In fact this pricing
of oil is a brilliant strategy which can in the long run damage or even destroy
our lifestyle if we aren't prepared to change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sustainable fashion which increases our independence from the control of other
more powerful states or interests via our addictions to cheap fossil fuel
energy, cheaply produced commodities, and our consequently lowered ethical
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970610 km<sup>2</sup> (The world's second largest country) and the
population of Canada as of October 1996 was 30 000 000 (30 million) Canadians
would/should be sitting pretty in a global warming future, at least in the
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won’t have the level of corruption of a society ruled by the one percent like
our neighbors to the south? Just what do you need to be happy raising a family?
A flat screen TV? Three Iphones? Two cars and a play station in a pool room?
Just what is it that is making our children so prone to drug abuse and
violence? Are we presently a healthy society? Is this the only model we have,
driven by marketers, for a happy productive society? I just heard an
interesting piece on CBC Radio one the other day </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2015/01/15/teenage-brains-not-a-problem-let-them-make-decisions-says-dr-epstein/" target="_blank">concerning <span style="font-size: large;">our youth and the problemsthat plague them.</span> </a><br />
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need to evolve in our understanding and give our youth as well as everyone more
control over their lives. Freedom is a liberating joyous celebration of
creativity which has always moved humanity forward to a new paradigm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Conservatives who wish to deny people freedom even to vote
lawfully, to achieve what state of consciousness they wish, drive people to
disobedience of poor laws in a spirit of rebellion. Corruption and violent
lawlessness are the consequences of poor laws created by poor lawmakers. Conservatism has always
historically concentrated power and wealth into the hands of the one percent.
Some of this concentrated wealth always falls into the hands of powerful
criminals who flourish in this type of social setting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The one percent has the wealth to hire marketing mercenaries
who are able to coerce the collective viewpoint into whatever shape they
please. This is where our unbridled powers of Canadian Prime Minister’s Office
can coopt elections using the public purse creatively. The PMO has too much
power in Canada. There is a propensity to become dictatorial for any leader
that might hold that office. Canadians have suffered for a century or more
under the rule of powerful tyrants. Only occasionally have moments of
enlightenment held sway. Mostly we have had rough handed, colonial, racist,
narrow minded, anti-labor, short sighted governments. The easiest thing these
talentless people could do was to steal resources from our natives and sell it
to their corporate friends cheap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The great Pierre’s vaunted statement “Canada is a mouse
sleeping with an elephant” is a direct reflection of Mr. Tudeau’s mindset. He
saw Canada as a “sleeping mouse.” I can’t understand why CBC is in such awe
over this blunder. “We could be the 50 kilogram Elephant driver sitting between
the beast’s ears making it do our bidding with a twitch.” That by KK in 2011.
It is all about vision and ethical leadership which are in short supply in Mr.
Harper’s gang-of-thugs government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Don’t believe what the slick talking heads tell you. Reform
is what we need at a time like this. A time for the blossoms of freedom to
bloom again in Canada in 2015. Let the small minded Conservatives take a break
and elect a minority government to show all parties who the heck is the real
boss. We as Canadians want performance, cooperation and less political bs from
our elected members..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"There were humans long before there was history,"
writes <b>Yuval Noah Harari</b>. Still just in his thirties, Professor
Harari's book <i>Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind</i> is an
international best-seller. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2015/01/12/sapiens/" target="_blank">IDEAShost Paul Kennedy in conversation with Yuval Noah Harari,winner of the Polansky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the HumanisticDisciplines.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2015 is underway and, while we’re working hard to build our people-powered election campaign,</span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">we wanted to follow up with you on an important campaign you participated in last year.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Over 26,000 members of the Leadnow community joined you in supporting the Reform Act, a bill designed to challenge the growing centralization of power in the hands of party leaders. </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Last month, I was invited to Ottawa to present to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC), the committee that's currently holding hearings into the Reform Act.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To prepare for my presentation, I compiled feedback from the 4000 survey responses we received from people who had participated in this campaign. </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It was so great to be able to tell the MPs studying the bill what our community thinks about reforming our democracy</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> - not just my own ideas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We've been to parliament a number of times for Leadnow's campaigns - to deliver petitions, give press conferences, and meet with MPs - but this was actually </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the first time we've been asked to formally present to a committee.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It was a fascinating experience. The government MPs sat on one side of a huge rectangle of tables, opposition MPs on the other side, with the chair of the committee at one end and the "witnesses" at the other. Along with myself, representing the Leadnow community, three other witnesses were there: Lori Turnbull, an Associate Professor at Carleton University; Former Speaker of the House of Commons, Hon. Peter Milliken; and Ned Franks, Professor Emeritus in Political Studies, Queen's University.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">First we all presented a short opening statement (and you can read my remarks below at the end of this email), then the MPs asked questions. It was a thoughtful discussion of the merits and challenges of various parts of the bill, which tries to restore more power to MPs and local ridings, while balancing the needs of the parties centrally. What surprised me most was how different it was to the hyper-partisan and confrontational nature of - for example - question period. I think in part that's due to the hard work of Michael Chong, the Conservative back-bench MP who introduced the bill and has worked to build cross-party support for it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I wish more of our politics could be deliberative and thoughtful, rather than brash and confrontational; perhaps the Reform Act will be a first step in the right direction. It will be interesting to see where the bill goes from here.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thank you again for your participation in this campaign, and we'll be in touch soon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Enjoy your week,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Matthew, on behalf of the Leadnow team</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">P.S. If you're interested in more details, below you'll find </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">links to the audio recording</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> of the hearing, and also </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the official transcript</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, as well as tweets from the CBC's Kady O'Malley who was covering the hearing and my opening remarks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">[1] Audio Recording: PROC Meeting No. 60 (Parliament of Canada) </span><a href="http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/parlvu/ContentEntityDetailView.aspx?contententityid=12375&date=20141202&lang=en" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/<wbr></wbr>parlvu/<wbr></wbr>ContentEntityDetailView.aspx?<wbr></wbr>contententityid=12375&date=<wbr></wbr>20141202&lang=en</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">[2] Transcripts: PROC Meeting No. 60 (Parliament of Canada) </span><a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=6812548&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/<wbr></wbr>HousePublications/Publication.<wbr></wbr>aspx?DocId=6812548&Language=E&<wbr></wbr>Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">[3] Tweets from Kady O'Malley, CBC Parliament Hill Reporter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=from%3Akady%20since%3A2014-12-02%20until%3A2014-12-03" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/search?f=<wbr></wbr>realtime&q=from%3Akady%<wbr></wbr>20since%3A2014-12-02%20until%<wbr></wbr>3A2014-12-03</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">[4] Leadnow's campaign in support of the Reform Act </span><a href="http://www.leadnow.ca/reform-act/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://www.leadnow.ca/reform-<wbr></wbr>act/</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">[5] My opening remarks to the committee:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)Reform Act, 2014 (Michael Chong)Opening Remarks: Matthew Carroll, Leadnow.ca</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Good morning everyone, and thank you for inviting me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I'll say a few words about Leadnow in just a moment, but I'm going to begin with a couple of quotes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The first is from Bruce Woollatt, a Leadnow member from London, Ontario:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I'm tired of the MP for my riding being the representative of his party in his constituency, rather than my representative in Ottawa."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And this next quote is from Lori James in Yorkton, Saskatchewan:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I've had enough of MPs waving talking points rather than debating issues and working together to resolve them. I want my representatives to work together for the good of the country NOT the good of their party."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Leadnow is an independent advocacy organization. We're working to bring Canadians together from coast to coast, and across party lines, to take action on the issues that matter.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Since our launch just before the last federal election our online campaigning community has grown to include over 360,000 Canadians.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Together, through online consultation and face-to-face gatherings, our community has decided to focus on three areas: building a fair economy, action to protect our environment and address climate change, and democratic reform.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">What we keep hearing over and over again from our community is a grave concern about the state of our democracy, as well as a deep desire for positive change.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Democracy isn't an end in itself, it's a means by which we can come together to make progress on the major challenges we face as a society, and that's why when Mr Chong introduced the reform act, we felt compelled to act. There are issues that we believe Canadians want to make progress on, but the reality is that action to improve the functioning of our democracy and to empower MPs to better represent their constituents truly cuts across all issues and cuts across all party lines.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Over 26,000 Canadians have now signed on to Leadnow's campaign in support of The Reform Act. Yesterday I sent out a survey asking all of them for their opinions on the issues this bill encompasses, as well as their thoughts on democratic reform more broadly. In just a few hours, over 3,000 had responded. That's where the quotes I opened with come from - the voices of regular Canadians across the country who care about these issues.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">These are Canadians who self-identified as being supportive of The Reform Act, as opposed to a random public poll, but I do believe it will be useful to the committee get a sense of the reasons why many Canadians support the bill.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">First we asked about the freedom MPs have to represent their constituents over the interests of their parties. 91% told us it is "very important" for MPs to be able to disagree with, speak out, or vote against the official positions of their party.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">One of the issues we've seen debated within the context of this bill is the ability of parties to ensure a diversity of Candidates. That's a goal that is in tension with the aims of increasing MPs' freedoms to represent their constituents. Despite that tension, it is something that is important to the Canadians we surveyed: 75% said it is very important for parties to be able to ensure a broad diversity of candidates.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My understanding is that Mr Chong's latest proposed amendments would give each party the power to decide what mechanism it puts in place for the approval of candidates. We asked people who they thought should have the final say in whether a candidate gets to run for a party. This was more varied, but 53% said it should be the sole control of the local riding association. 37% were in support of regional nomination officers, chosen by the local riding assocations. Only 6% were in support of nationally appointed nominations officers, and less than 2% believe the status quo of the party leader signing nomination papers is a good idea.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The last point I want to make is that while we believe the Reform Act is a useful first step towards democratic reform, and one we very much hope to see passed into law, it is just that - a first step. We have a very, very long way to go if we're going to meaningfully restore Canadians' confidence and trust in our democracy. At the end of our survey we asked what other reforms - that are outside of the scope of this bill - they would support. It's notable that over 96% believe our current first-past-the-post voting system is broken, and that we need electoral reform.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Catriona Sinclair, a Leadnow member from Millbrook, Ontario summed this up. She says:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I believe the Reform Act is extremely important. I also very much want to see Proportional Representation brought into our voting system."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">On behalf of everyone who signed on to our campaign, thank you again for inviting me this morning, and I look forward to the discussion.</span></div>
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Harper has not thought his pipe dream all the way through. When his powerful
backers were whispering in Mr. Harper’s ear, pushing him into their directions
they were saying things like this: “Be tough on them Natives, Stevie. Don’t let
them lefties derail our gravy pipe line train, Steve, and certainly don’t give
up your firm grip on our power to do Canada good. Prorogue Parliament once a
year if you have to. Getting the oil out will make Canada and the Conservative Party prosper. It’s a
guaranteed thing….. We've got your back Stevie, just stay in power and stay the
course. Canadians will vote for Conservatives for at least one more generation.
All your friends can retire on our boards…….”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">The problem with Stevie is, he has no record of making
good judgment calls, (alcohol dulls the judgment) while holding a consistent record of backing losers, or at
least not able to fully, accurately assess the worth of those who catch his
ear. His myopic focus on the pipeline promises failed to take all eventualities
into account especially where the real control in the oil business resides.
That in essence is the major problem with any one man rule government. They
fail to allow facts to seep in through their ideology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">A wise leader would have maybe broadened the scope of
his dreams and tailored them to what Canadians need instead of feeding the long
term Tory Wannabe Triumphant Machine first. Yes, he did the right kind of derriere
smooching, stood up in the Knesset, sent jets over to pound brown people with
Americanism, and generally kissed America’s ass, but to no avail. The Tory back
benchers/yes men failed to see anything amiss as they were slapping each other
on the back and shouting yes to the Harper government. Canada is not as big a
player as Steve’s focussed hob knobbing seems to suggest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here is where the real jobs are created.
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need to counter that with a new mind set featuring open creative consciousness not
restricted by the narrow minded Conservative barren single track donkey cart
lane of the same kind of thinking as had hindered Canadian independence for a
century. Have we been resource extractors long enough? We need to reinvent our
priorities and secure a future not dependent on a one horse pony show. As a
society we need to use psychedelic medicine and be inspired by the new
perspectives. Canadians need to down size our consumer cravings and be
pragmatic with a multi solution approach that engages Canadians in every nook
and cranny. Canada’s elected representatives should not be locked out of
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been aware of Rupert Sheldrake for quite a while. Due to my strong materialistic bias, stemming from being exposed to a snippet of science education, shunning him from my fields of research easy. Of late (at least the last year, it has come to my attention via direct understanding and several out of body experiences, that my consciousness is not generated within me. This guy makes more sense in this area to me than atheists like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins. These people seem to be zealots in the area of religious zealot exposure, rather than open minded inquiry. For quite a while Sam Harris has been spouting research of the brain showing that we have made up our mind long before we become aware of it. But he has no explanation for it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What convinced me that my brain was not the origin of ideas which I thought were my creative genius was a revelation. It is exactly the analogy she used describing how the Romans thought of creativity. I understood I was doing something not of my origin in a great sense but plain old ordinary everyday stuff at least where creative genius is concerned. It is only channeled through me if I am receptive to it. I could be unavailable at any given time if my mind were busy with other things. It comes when you are tuned in.</span></div>
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be so. If a pipe dream evolves into a spectacular success, it must not have been
a pipe dream to begin with.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Or so would logic dictate. Again, as in the observer influencing
the experiment, and causing the wave function to collapse in the double slit
demonstration, it is the vantage point and fact of the observer which
determines the outcome. Therefore, if one observes the outcome from the vantage
point of a successful</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">conclusion the only valid description of the chain of events would
be that it was a fortuitous, miraculous concept come to fruition. No way could
it be defined as a pipe dream. Of course, if circumstances were 180 degrees
different and the venture had been a failure, for whatever reason, it could
only take on the color of a pipe dream. The magic</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">which makes one or the other happen, is of course the performance
capacity, the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">will and sweat of those involved.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> <i>It seems to me that the
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eviscerate our beautiful country of its tar sands bitumen in order to serve the
world’s general craving to pollute the planet by using dirty technology. We don’t
know the outcomes and consequences to us. Is this all that our so called
talented "leaders" can do? Why can't Canadians lead the way to a
better future for the entire world in the long run? Can we not rise above</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">being selfish and greedy in the short run? Maybe not.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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serve the corporations that will "secure" our future under corporate
law? I think it is a watershed moment in Canada's history. Hopefully people all
across this country will come to realize this and do something to help create a
rational consensus that serves Canada well for generations with values we can
all be proud of, while holding on to our resources in the eventuality we might
need them. The oil boom Mr. Harper so desperately counts on, is like a sugar
high: empty. And like a sugar high it is bound to go bust. Oh wait a minute! Is that is what is
happening now with oil in the high fifty dollar per barrel price range?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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inheritance on a money grabbing scheme designed to feed the world’s addiction
to oil. Here Mr. Harper on the one hand is belligerently telling Afghanistan to
cease opium production because we are feeling the results of heroin addiction
on our streets, all the while blithely feeding a much more dangerous-to-humanity
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797800191322281145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056651727258314944.post-52006369035496608522014-12-29T10:00:00.000-08:002014-12-29T10:53:10.885-08:00Someone Mr. Harper has dismissed as irrelevent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This man speaks from a position of reason. The Harper government is bereft of reason. These Resource Plunderers, such as Mr. Harper are working for those who hope to escape the cull which is coming for the poor. James Lovelock believes it may only be thirty years off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the thinking behind my goal to unseat the Harper government. The foundation for caution is built on reasonable men and a reasoned approach which seems to escape Mr. Harper. His mentality is geared to resource extraction, specifically bitumen from Alberta. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who will benefit directly in Canada by the exploitation of the tar sands?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In whose vision does <b>NORDI CANADIA</b> reside? Why should Canadians care less about the global environment and our impact on it, rather than more? Does the role of hewers of wood, drawers of water, and extractors of resources, not have a conscience that comes with it? Why must it be only this role that the Harper government focuses on? With the wild fluctuations of prices in the oil markets recently Canadians are beginning to realize that they might have too many eggs in one basket. Elsewhere in the world entire futuristic economies of scale are being brought to fruition in the areas of renewable energy. A limited mindset has not considered these complexities in the long term and Canada is not any further along the road to development in non traditional areas in order to become competitive with the rest of the world. Which will limit our future choices if we have any.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do not approve of the linear, singular thinking of the Harper government and its rough-shod autocratic ways for good reason. It is clear that the conservatives have no environmental, or ethical conscience other than the bottom line, as their corporate masters have decided they should.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To me, the Ministers of the Environment this government has presented seem less than incompetent. All the Ministers, including the Minister of Defense seem clueless yes men/women. They can be easily scammed, like McKay was on the F-35 boondoggle. They seem to be a bunch of American Bootlickers, less savvy than the Arabs are with the Americans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, on the Verbinator's Cross Country checkup, CBC radio one, two men named Stephen Harper as the Man of the Year. One of them bemoaned the fact that it was his dislike of the senior Trudeau's policies which drove Harper into Politics, only to be now faced by the elder's son in the upcoming popularity contest. Pierre's kid is doing better than him according to the polls. I almost felt sorry for Steve. Poor guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The I think about all the poor quality people Harper appointed, all the poor laws he created which are based on political bias, not on practical outcome basis. I think about how he has not dared to keep his promise about the Senate. I think about how he and a few of his candidates tried to throw the last election, Prorogued Parliament and generally made all the decisions, most of which are turning out to be poor. The man of the year? Because he made a speech in Israel? Yeah right!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797800191322281145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056651727258314944.post-91981667780418014522014-12-28T08:00:00.000-08:002014-12-29T11:00:08.433-08:00Fond memories of my wolf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I loved this guy so much that I went to jail trying to get him back for five months. He was stolen from me by the person who claimed to be taking care of him for me and then decided to keep him. They lied in court and had the help of a VPD cop. That will teach me not to mess with the VPD, eh.</div>
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Slime ball cops, always under investigation for something, the VPD. the Chief of the VPD stood behind a cop who executed Paul Boyd for no good reason, before an investigation was done and l<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=207_FGF3wZk" target="_blank">ong before the video surfaced.</a><br />
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As in any powerful institutions run by humans, without oversight, police forces and in particular the VPD are vulnerable to corruption. Many people don't care, even if they notice. At least not until it's too late. Take our neighbor's city police forces' propensity to execute young black men. This paradigm is deeply entrenched through hiring and mal-practice of the law for generations. Never an accounting, anywhere. The final insult in Canada is always the Royal Commission or coroner's Inquest, which means there never will be any criminal charges, never an accounting. <a href="https://dnchome.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/dnc-position-paper-on-drug-law-policy/" target="_blank">Yet we are always held harshly to account to arbitrary laws.</a> Why is that?<br />
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<span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The damages done by drugs other than alcohol and tobacco is negligible compared to everyday things we do, yet thousands of lying politicians are elected every year on propaganda installed three generations ago. Mostly these lies are designed to trigger emotional responses to things that your parents and grandparents were told were harmful. These</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> "facts"</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> have</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> never been updated with science based on impartial</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> information. This disinformation</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> can be counted on by savvy politicos to garner a standard emotional response on average.</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> If you </span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">listen to </span><a class="Hyperlink SCX130399533" href="http://budoracle.blogspot.ca/2010/08/alex-carey-edward-bernays-free.html" style="-webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alex Carey and study Edward Bernays</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> you might begin to g</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">rasp how much we are influenced by the subtle and blatant</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> manipulation we are subjected to on a moment to moment basis in our daily lives. This obscures individual reason and makes the </span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">most dangerous things in modern society h</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ard</span><span class="TextRun SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to recognize.</span><span class="EOP SCX130399533" style="-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For
myself, the less stimulation I have from the social context I live in, the
calmer my world becomes. If I let myself override any guilt that crops up, the
sadness that is its inevitable consequence, dissolves momentarily into a
blissful state of awareness. The guilt of course, like everyone's, comes from
the realization of my many faults and the disasters others have derived from
them. These include failures in relationships, especially with my children. I
could go on. We all know these sad feelings. The trick is not to wallow in
them. "Tune them out."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That
simple phrase leads me to wonder in another direction. I have come to believe,
like many philosophers do today, that we have very little freedom of choice,
but seem to be walking, talking, receivers, or more correctly, experiencers of
a universal consciousness. This "state of mind," universal consciousness,
can never be entirely shut out even while we are sleeping. From the bark of a
crow in the relative quiet of a ravine park on a Surrey Christmas morning, to
the sparkle of sunlight on a gurgling creek, every moment we experience is
shaped by an external dynamic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why
wouldn't our social "compasses" be entirely shaped by the herd
mentality? Isn't our species' entire evolution influenced by a dull awareness
of something greater than our individual selves? Doesn't our definition of this
entity transcend individual societies over many millennia of development in the
common form of some or other deity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gaian Consciousness?</a> I can't see it any other way. Very few humans can
remove themselves, even momentarily from the state of being, this web of mind,
which overrides all. "Awareness" is very engaging. To be able to
distort our awareness is as close as we can get to disengagement. That is the
primary reason why humans tend to seek to distort our state of consciousness,
isn't it? Many of us seek relief from the pain of our social consciousness
because we can't hide from "god," even in the Garden of Eden. We are
not alone. Humans know that we are part of an entity, whether science knows it
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Therefore,
one of the few things I can choose to do is to either wallow in the knowledge
and guilt of my miserable failures, or, wonder about why it is so many are
felled by this common awareness of a less than socially perfect life. I mean,
many end their lives at this time of the year in a self-pity fest destined to
be dire. The next thought that tries to intrude immediately after the last in
my mind is: "What deficiency is it within me that causes me not to be able
to feel the guilt as I should?" Could it be that I have moderated the
influence my ego has over me, via the use of psychedelics? Maybe that's what
they are for?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe
it's a strength and not a deficiency? To that some would say psychopathy is not
a strength. Lack of empathy is a clinic illness isn't it? Then I realize that I
don't lack empathy, at least not for others. This leads me into the knowledge
about to whom, and when, to apply it. Being a small part of the imperfect herd
of humanity it could only be unbridled arrogance to believe we are better than
others. Those who foster and nourish such thinking as individuals, for
societies or for nation states are dangerous. <a href="http://www.saynoeh.com/about.html" target="_blank">When a leader tries toencapsulate a country’s history as being born of war, like Mr. Harper, it iscompelling to understand why.</a> Are not people with dangerous aggressive tendencies
always in favor of war as a solution for instilling national pride? Many people
believe a strong, firm military stance on the international scene is the definition
of a Nation. This is tolerating a mindless endless slaughter of people for every and any reason under the sun. I am not of that camp. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
wonderful understanding which calms and soothes me on a quiet Christmas day, is
that I should apply this empathy to myself as well as to others. Forgiving my
own faults and bad behaviors is the only option I have that will allow me to
live in a healthy mental state. I hope others will achieve this wonderful state
and leave off with the ego induced guilt fest. This should be applied especially
those who revel in laying it on to others. My ego knows my limitations and isn't
afraid of them when compared to others. Long ago I had a close look in the
mirror while under the influence of LSD and found I was wanting/lacking perfection. Since then I have learned to accommodate my imperfections into a realistic view of myself.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If a snippet of wisdom
can be considered a gift,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent5;">please
accept it in a spirit of empathy and enjoy it peacefully.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #70ad47; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent6;">Merry
Christmas</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So far the consensus is that we have no real purpose over there except to shore up support for our trigger happy neighbors. There is no threat other than what the USA has created through foreign policy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harper's march to war is not an overly popular thing. He may have have over reached His support this time.There is little chance that ISIS can shoot down an F-18 unless it acquires the weapons. So Harper is gambling on cutting Canadian losses, but at what price in honor will it be worth it for Canada to roll over to the side of the problem makers to try to make a lie stand?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While on a dog walk I came across a memorial. The emotions I felt for the family and friends of the young woman were transferred to other victims of American aggression and soon to be Canadian aggression</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t
believe that a 30 million Canadian donation is gonna impress me or other
rational Canadians when we have an understanding of of the cost of an air
mission to fight ISIS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am speaking of
the Sept 20 2009, Huffington Post article “Libyan Mission Racked Up $11M In
Hotel Bills.” It goes on to quote the CBC:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“In May, the
military said it had spent more than $30 million on food, transportation and
accommodations for the mission.”</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/20/libya-hotel-bill-canada_n_1899362.html"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/20/libya-hotel-bill-canada_n_1899362.html</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">IMO this directly
relates to the increase in Canadian aid to West Africa to help in the American
fight against Ebola of 30 million (Loonies). Just looking at the armament expended on
that Libyan mission tells me that the cost was likely in the billions (With an
S.) Therefore, I am cynical about all the inflationary hype by CBC about our
PM’s, “Canada’s,” generosity, a paltry contribution of 30 million, in the face
of the Ebola crisis. I believe that CBC is doing what their mandate requires and
trumpeting the government’s “message.” At the time of Libya mission bagging
Ghadafi was on the horizon, whereas in Iraq the mission is open ended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comparatively,
while the CBC spent hours upon hours speculation about the missing Malaysian
airliner MH 370, it spends zero time reflecting on the obvious discrepancy
between what the Canadian government is willing to spend killing people and
helping them. The Liberals are on board with this policy too..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"What moves us to serve humanity, to
achieve meaningful change, is genuine empathy; the capacity to feel the pain of
others, to experience an intimate shared humanity, to accept discomfort and
sacrifice in the path of a greater cause. In entering an authentic communion
with others, we also discover a profound expression of our own dignity.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I found his
interview on CBC Radio Program Ideas very stimulating. The link is below the video. Here are some
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span id="goog_70219609"></span>Interview with Payam Akhaven<span id="goog_70219610"></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Empathy is a
state of perception based on the spiritual communion of life. The interview
with the lawyer Payam Akhavan, although I have a generally low opinion of
lawyers, gob smacked me into a higher understanding of what confronts humanity.
It struck me that without empathy one can’t have true compassion, tolerance, or
the ability to compromise. In my opinion these are the best human traits a
leader might possess in today’s complex world, especially when they are combined
with a larger intellect directly coupled with a diminished Ego. This seems to
be an ideal checklist for a benign and beneficial, truly responsive, elected
representative in a so called free multifaceted society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sadly, we
still as a species adhere to the genetically programmed leadership model which
served our primitive aggressive primate troop well. We haven’t evolved yet,
because our species is currently in the grip of a conservative ideology which
has been necessary as a survival mechanism. It probably is a remnant left over
from harsh primeval times were aggressive strength in leadership was important
to our species survival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In my
opinion this is a reflection, as I said before, of the tendency for accurate transmission
of genetic material via replication in cellular reproduction. There is also a
natural force which is equally important, but naturally weaker, to mutate, or
make slight changes in our genetic material. This I see in the reflection of
human political nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those whose main
thinking revolves around conserving power, control, accumulating wealth,
supporting a strong military and taking aggressive action, don’t want change or
any kind of genetic mutations, against the very nature of natural selection. Their
goal is to be mired in a stagnant state. (Maybe even to revert to a spiritual
state in a “blissful” Armageddon)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe
intuitively we, as a self-aware thinking species, understand this and know that
the mechanisms of change are freedom of thought, tolerance and compromise, and
since genetic mutations are caused only by radiation, heat and ingested
chemical compounds. Perhaps we can infer (that the) prohibition to use
different substances, also is at its root a barricade to natural change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is no
mystery to me that Psychedelic substances have been found to help create
empathy which can last a lifetime. Certainly there is no evidence that their
use is any more dangerous than alcohol which creates violence in its users.
These substances, which may be the only natural bridge our species has, are
being forbidden in a global spirit of repression by the right warlike primal
human conservative drive, a once necessary mechanism to our species survival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In this year
of a Canadian election, I will wonder about all aspects of the human condition
and why we find ourselves so poorly served by our leadership. I mean wouldn’t
we all want better outcomes / results in our lives instead of more of the same:
caused by the same old thinking? I am wondering who amongst the current crop of
wannabe Prime Ministers (Canadian) would have the most empathy for humanity?
These jokers have all thrown their hats into the old model political leadership
ring, where it seems the most vicious, financially well-endowed, the most beholden
to corporate power interests’ campaigners will entertain us with rude conflict
of bullshit in epic proportions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Isn’t that
why they seem so totally interchangeable in their attitude and behavior? They
are the same contenders for our primate troop loyalty we have always had and
will fight hard to eliminate one another. We enjoy the spectacle, just as we
always have. No wonder the solutions to our problems evade us and there is ever
more strife in the world. We pick our leaders for their confrontational
qualities to perpetuate our political ideologies, to entertain us, not to find
solutions to human social problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Empathy is a
human state of being which can be a basis for pre emptive action in everyone’s
lives that seeks solutions through compromise, not conflict.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you care
to click on the link provided below the video you will be able to access these
cameras live. This is the Crow’s eye view from above the scene of the crime. To
the south you can see the crowd of addicts in front of the Carnegie Center,
monitored constantly by the traffic cams! The Vancouver cops and city officials
will deny that these events I WILL DESCRIBE, NEVER HAPPENED. Because the
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jail is made extra dangerous by the policy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">"Let the inmates establish the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Rule of Law"</span></span></div>
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The breakdown in the Rule of Law is a direct consequence, a mirror image, of the fault in the way the drugs Act is administered and therefore applied. The best legal argument I have ever seen is the Drug Policy Position Paper of the Down Town East Side<u><b> Neighborhood Council </b></u>which can be found at:</div>
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<span style="color: lime;"><a href="http://dnchome.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/dnc-position-paper-on-drug-law-policy/" target="_blank">Full Position Paper </a></span></h1>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797800191322281145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056651727258314944.post-90396435397933485202013-08-15T23:40:00.000-07:002013-09-23T10:59:38.779-07:00Tyrannisoars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">"Drones" should be the name for the US
citizens who are remotely controlled by others.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="userContent">The name for these
devices should be "Tyrannisoars" because they are flying instruments of
tyranny.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">I checked on Google no one else has used this and I hereby copyright this definition and the word I created. I have created this word on the 15 day of August 2013</span></span><br />
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