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Post by chrisfan on Apr 25, 2006 14:53:43 GMT -5
Well I did it……….. $99.00 flag pole kit $29.99 flag all @ Canadian Tire. Fucking Harper….priceless. It’s getting installed after 4 p.m. & the local press is coming @ 4:30. I’ll be sure to scan & post. PS won't appear in our local rag till next Tue Bravo Rockkid! |
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Post by tuneschick on Apr 25, 2006 15:01:00 GMT -5
Awesome, RK... nicely done, girl. Can't wait to see pics!!
Hoping to see your letter in papers 'round my neck of the woods too...
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Post by rockkid on Apr 25, 2006 16:54:42 GMT -5
Okay now sit here nervous as almighty fuck.
The other ½ has already informed me he’ll have to scarce as DND personal are not allowed to espouse politically one way or the other.
So it’s all up to moi.
I sure as shit hope I cause no trouble as far as his career goes.
Call me terrified yet pushing through.
tunes I think I hit Globe & Mail & TO Sun
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Post by rockkid on Apr 25, 2006 17:11:02 GMT -5
From the ED Sun
A question of honour
Klein bucks Harper, will lower flags for funerals of fallen Alberta soldiers
Alberta will lower flags on all provincial buildings on the days of funerals for soldiers born or based in Alberta.
Premier Ralph Klein said his caucus will honour Alberta soldiers killed in the line of duty, even if the federal government will not.
"It's our way of honouring the men and women who are killed while serving in Afghanistan or other areas," Klein told reporters yesterday.
Klein said his "gut feeling" tells him that's what Albertans would want and he's not worried about undermining Ottawa.
"From what I understand, we're not the only province to do this," he said.
Klein said that when he saw the flags at the Legislature at half-mast Saturday he thought they had been lowered to honour the soldiers killed on the weekend, but later discovered the flags had been dropped to honour two deceased former MLAs.
MLA Thomas Lukaszuk, whose north Edmonton riding is home to the families of many soldiers, raised the issue yesterday. "Sometimes we have to step up for what's right. In my opinion, lowering the flag would be right."
He's not alone. The father of one of the soldiers killed Saturday in Kandahar has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lower flags to honour the bombing victims.
Lincoln Dinning wrote to the PM and Liberal MP Paul Steckle earlier this month, asking that each soldier who dies in Afghanistan be honoured by flags being lowered on federal buildings.
The Liberals plan to use Dinning's letter to hammer the Conservatives over their policy against lowering the flags to mark the deaths of Canadian soldiers abroad.
Opposition leader Bill Graham urged Harper to rethink the policy shift, adding it sends the wrong message to Canadians and to the troops.
"I think there is a concern that it will be perceived by the troops themselves as a lack of respect for the sacrifice they're making," Graham said.
NDP Leader Jack Layton said his party supports lowering flags to honour fallen soldiers as a show of respect.
Cpl. Matthew Dinning, Bombardier Myles Mansell, Lieut. William Turner and Cpl. Randy Payne were killed early Saturday when their Mercedes G-Wagon was hit by an improvised explosive device about 75 km north of Kandahar.
The Royal Canadian Legion issued a statement yesterday supporting the Conservative government's decision not to lower the flag on Canadian buildings, adding the selective application of the policy does more harm than good.
"The Legion considers the lowering of the flags on the Peace Tower and all government buildings ... to be discriminatory," the statement says, pointing out that not all soldiers who died on active duty have received the same honour.
Where they are fucking up with that statement is there is a difference between active duty & a theater of combat operations.
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Post by rockkid on Apr 26, 2006 20:23:29 GMT -5
So far not one reply from the body politic. Day 1 & counting.
Let’s see how much they care about Joe Canadian.
Any one want to start a pool?
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Post by rockkid on Apr 26, 2006 20:57:16 GMT -5
Wow how’s this for ignorant……………..
I received a curt e mail back from the Montreal Gazette telling me I need to learn how to spell before I send letters.
Seems I spelt it Steven Harper instead of Stephan. Oh whoop they ever hear of editing?
I don’t think it deserved a reply telling me & I quote “For what it’s worth you should learn to spell the prime ministers name”
And they wonder why people bad mouth Québec.
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Post by riley on Apr 26, 2006 21:01:59 GMT -5
If that's a direct and perfect quote, they need to learn singular possessive and add an apostrophe to ministers.
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Post by rockkid on Apr 26, 2006 21:13:56 GMT -5
Must be the french translation do ya think  I actually think it probably went like this 75% my letter was in English (how dare I) 25% some one very very immature working that paper. I must admit I’m PISSED. Totally unnecessary if you don’t want to print it then don’t but that was uncalled for. |
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Post by rockkid on Apr 26, 2006 21:15:38 GMT -5
Sad thing is all those mail outs say Steven too.
Oh well I guess I care as much as he cares LOL
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Post by rockkid on Apr 27, 2006 8:16:19 GMT -5
Here it is in all it’s glory.
From: "letters, (mon_exchange)" <letters@thegazette.canwest.com> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: "'tonklingulf@yahoo.com'" <tonklingulf@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Letters to the editor
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:07:28 -0400
A suggestion, for what it's worth: learn how to spell the prime
ministers
name before sending letters.
Sincerely,
Gaz letters
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> From: tonklingulf@yahoo.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:41 AM
> To: letters@thegazette.canwest.com
> Subject: Letters to the editor
>
> email: tonklingulf@yahoo.com
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Post by rockkid on Apr 27, 2006 8:40:29 GMT -5
Ha Ha Ha  |
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Post by maarts on Apr 27, 2006 9:12:44 GMT -5
LOL on that response, rockkid. Perhaps you should write them....
From tonklingulf@yahoo.com
to letters@thegazette.canwest.com
re: spelling
Am I to understand that I have to take a comment in regards to 'spelling of the premier's name' serious coming from a person who cannot write out their own name in full?'
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Post by phil on Apr 27, 2006 9:18:57 GMT -5
Wow how’s this for ignorant…………….. I received a curt e mail back from the Montreal Gazette telling me I need to learn how to spell before I send letters. Seems I spelt it Steven Harper instead of Stephan. Oh whoop they ever hear of editing? I don’t think it deserved a reply telling me & I quote “For what it’s worth you should learn to spell the prime ministers name” And they wonder why people bad mouth Québec. The Montréal Gazette used to be my favorite newspaper until CANWEST bought it a few years ago ... CanWest as in Can West Global Communication corp. which also own the National Post and the Global TV network ... The Montréal Gazette may still report news from Québec but it takes its editorial orders from out West ... If I was you, I'd take this matter higher up in the chain of command BTW ... That was very rude of them ... !! |
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Post by phil on Apr 27, 2006 17:23:34 GMT -5
And they wonder why people bad mouth Québec.
In that case, you could have specified Anglo.Quebec ... Because I'm still perplexed on how a stupid response from an anglophone newspaper in Montréal owned by a Westerner can serve as another excuse to "break sugar on the back of ALL Quebecers" ... 
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Post by phil on Apr 27, 2006 20:29:08 GMT -5
So they've finaly settled the Softwood Lumber dispute
between the U.S. and Canada ...
Looks like a political decision to me and we got shafted big time ...
Or as we like to say in Québec, "On s'est fait passer un sapin" !!
Proof once again that the U.S. is all for Free Trade
as long as they're the ones cashing in ... !!
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