Archive for December, 2007

Guns And Idiots

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Hello all Henry here. I grew up with guns. My father gave me my first one when I was about 12 years old. I was the most feared hunter of posts, trees and the odd crow bothering our corn. Guns were a part of life for everyone. Care with guns was essential if no one […]

Benazir Bhutto

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Benazir Bhutto 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007

War Is Normal

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Henry here. When I was in cadets there wasn’t much training but I chose to train as a medic. I thought that was the most civilized role. I especially was not eager to kill people.

I had an old supervisor, long since dead, who made the same choice. At 15, he lied about his age […]

Conrad Black Sentenced To 6 1/2 Years

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Hello today, Steve here. Just a quick post today, a quick note on Conrad Black. Lord Black of Wherever was sentenced yesterday to 6 1/2 years behind bars for, well, for being a criminal, for taking people’s money and making people suffer. There has been a written about this in the last few months and […]

Change Is Coming

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Henry here. This morning’s paper was headlined Magdalene Islands datelined the CanWest News Service. The headline reads Erosion threatens Magdalene Islands. We are generally able to dismiss concern about rising sea levels to the future or to far off places out of our experience. But here is a set of islands in our […]