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Canada Votes… Obama.

by Lon on October 13, 2008

Canadian Elections are tomorrow night.

The elections were officially called in Canada six weeks ago and will be over long before the twenty-three of campaigning in the U.S. elections wraps up.

Some folks I know created electionproject.ca to help people decide and the Toronto Star has a decent section on the 40th Federal Election. Some groups have created sites to help with strategic voting based on issues rather than parties such as voteforenvironment.ca

Is it unpatriotic that I’m a hundred times more tuned into the American Elections though?

I know I’m not alone though.  Polls even show that the majority of Canadians prefer Obama over our own leaders.  I guess in this case it would be unpatriotic for me not to be an Obama-fan.

See sites like Canada votes Obama & Canadians Love Obama

and if that wasn’t enough check out this youtube video.

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Worth dying for…

by Lon on May 20, 2008

Some provoking words from our American brother (since it seems us Canadians have no real heroes besides the queen):

To our most bitter opponents we say:  “Throw us in jail and we will still love you.  Bomb our houses and threaten our children and we will still love you.  Beat us and leave us half dead, and we will still love you.  But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer.

One day we shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.  ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “The American Dream”

Who opposes you today?  Who or what are you willing to go to jail for, or be beaten for?  Do you have something you are this passionate about?

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Reclaiming youth at risk…

by Lon on October 2, 2006

I just finished reading Reclaiming Youth at Risk. I had my doubts at first. It uses Native American child-raising philosophy in helping create redeeming environments for our youth today. It has caused me to have a much deeper respect for the natie american people as well.

A quote from poet Edwin Markham:

He drew a circle to shut me out.
Heretic, rebel a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win.
We drew a circle that took him in.

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