The liberal media suggests that we should all brace ourselfs as "anything" can happen on that weekend. June 29th, the day of protest will come and go,unless some radical native band members decide to use their traditional attention getters by blocking roads, occupying land and interrupting rail road traffic etc. Such actions in the past attracted no consequences from law enforcment officers.
I sense that if any of such illegal actions should materialize, and I hope not, then the good will and desire by most Canadians to try to solve some of the more pressing Native relationship issues in a short time,will quickly evaporate.
Everybody should be able to exercise his/her right to demonstrate legally and peacefully without breaking existing laws. In the remote event that matters would spin out of control somewhere in his country,then I would hope that such actions would not be tolerated by any law enforcement authorities. The law of the land applies to everybody and must be respected by all citizens of the country.
I invite readers to re-visit my previous blog " Native Challenges" posted through this media.
I'll have my Schnapps on July 1st to celebrate Canada Day.

Ok I think I will throw out a scenario and see if anyone can define or put forth or suggest a term or word which represents it.
Ok that made no sense but herrewe go

I am a person who...
For politicial or financial gain, to put forth an ideaology(sp)or as retribution for past acts, plans / initiates/ finances and performs an act endorsed and assisted by a group of individuals or I act alone.
The purpose of the action is to impair the ability of individuals of another group, whom are randomly selected and may not be responcible for situations initiating the action and have not or were not involved. The purpose is to impair the ability to pursue life in a normal manner and/ or causes physical or emotional harm to the above to draw attention or as retribution for a cetain situation. The above action is not sactioned by a accredited or democratically appointed government.

Who am I?????

answer here .........................................
Wt

terrorist

I was disappointed in the result of a public survey on the question: Do you support the First Nation's Day of Action?
80 % voted " No".
In Canada everybody should have the right to demonstrat/protes peacefully and legally. We could have done without the terrorist actions of Mr. Brant and his thugs, but then again the world does never unfold the way we want it to. Kudos to Chief Fontain for his strong positive influences and leadership during the day of protest. I hope that as a Nation we can now build on this momentum of goodwill and work harder with the AFN to address and solve some of the pressing issues of the day.
PS: I would like to believe that people who participated in the survey failed to understand the question.

Unfortunately protests like the 'Day of Action' provide a forum and platform for the likes of Brant. His actions stole the spotlight and cast a big shadow on all the other activities. Why dont the first nations people deal with the likes of Brant? Why are we negotiating with him?

Chief Fontaine says

"We are looking for the basic necessities of life that come with being Canadian: clean drinking water, decent housing, education and health care".
"We are looking for equality of opportunity so we can get good jobs and support ourselves and our families. We are looking to control our own destinies. Improving our lives won't only be good for us, First Nations people, it will be good for Canada."

I say if you want to be 'Canadian' then you must live by the same rules as the rest of us. Get off the reserves, get a mortgage, send your kids to the same schools as other canadian children, get a job like everyone else and pay taxes like the rest of us ... then you will be well on your way to having what the rest of us Canadians have. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Protect and maintain your unique culture like the Chinese, Greek, Italian, and all other cultures do in Canada (with the exception of the French who for some reason need special treatment to keep their culture).

I don't have a problem with protest; done it many times myself. But, I have never impeded anyone in my protests. Protest all you want, but stay out of my way. If you or I tried these types of shenanigans we would be locked up faster than you can say 'mohawk'.

If I had been polled, I would have voted NO.
kltpzyxm

History quiz time: Who am I? ...

• I seized a government armoury and led an armed protest
• I marched on city hall intending to beat any there and then overthrow the government.
• my army of 100 met a government force of 1000. oops -- we, ah, kinda failed in our coup. the government arrested many of my followers and burned our farms and houses.
• I fled the country and set up a republican government in exile.
• I was imprisoned there for inflating casualty counts when the government illegally invaded that country in an attempt to intimidate my followers.
• I was later granted amnesty and served in the legislature, and my rebels were all compensated for their property losses.

No stopping at stopping the VIA for our boy, boys, not in your life! Inconvenience and obstruction? Maybe, but do shoot a general or two in the process! So, now, for 200 points on 'Knowing Whence You Came', do tell: who am I?

(insert game show clock-tick theme music)

Time's up, pens down: Got your answer?

I be none other than the first Mayor of Toronto o'course! And hear now all proper, the whole and complete story, in limeric, told by our Toronto poet laureate Dennis Lee:

William Lyon Mackenzie
came to town in a frenzy;
he shot off his gun
and made himself run
William Lyon Mackenzie!

Och, lads. One man's rebel rebel be another man's founding father. For bonus points, can you tell us why old Will Lyon took to armed insurgence? Here's a hint: think "unjust allocations on land claims" ...

Ok I know this is the similiar to the village idiot trying to match wits on Steve Hawkins (ings??) but I will give this a go:)
Ok lets think about this one....
In 1814 four Brothers named Tanner were bequethed "Tanners Mill" in Alvescot England.
Now Tanners Mill had been in the family for a day or two and without access to the resources to get at it it was somewhere documented to be submitted and added to the Doomsday book that the area and habitation was under the umbrella of Tanners at that time (1086)
So for 800 years this part of Oxfordshire was under ownership by the Tanners.
The four bothers had a spat or something as 2 moved to Canada and one moved to Australia. While the siblings were in transit to this country the remaining brother met with an accident and apparently didn't abide by the Health and Safety laws of the time and was killed.
According to the documents found it was almost two years before the 3 brothers learned of their brothers demise and it wa almost one year before the reply was received and processed.
By this time the Crown had seized the Mill and the surrounding property because of no payment of the designated retribution to the government of the day.
Despite the unfairness and politics of the day the remaining brothers were resigned to the fact that the Mill and such was gone and nothing could be done about it.
Now on some of the property in question a large British air base now sits and I imagine that it would be worth a few quid.
Now would I be far removed from the facts to say, I a 12th generation later have every right to block the access to the pub in Alvescot, tell the locals they can't come in because according to a 200 year old document which was never settled my family still has a claim to this property. The government at the time apparently never properly served the brothers of the day and because of logistics and lack of knowledge at the time of the law this travisty was allowed to pass unresolved but uncontested, till now.
I would now be the proud owner of a village, an RAF air base and several acres of prime realestate in a location, location, location part of England. This would be well worth a bit of a scuffle , and if I got a few Tanners from around the world to get on side I think the new British government would give me a few Million pounds to settle this.
wt

hey wayne, here's an idea for you. gather up some of your tanner relatives, arm yourselves with guns, blockade the entrance to the air base, and see how long it takes to have your ass hauled off to jail. i'll bet they won't be in the mood to negotiate with you either.
kltpzyxm

mxyzptlk, first of all. let's get it straight. Foreigner came to this continent and took away land from the Native people is not bad enough. Now we have to demand that they live the "foreign way"?

I have a very unpleasant experience coming home after the boys' soccer games last night. Driving our old beat up family van, I turned onto D-line to head home to a quiet residential area in Sauble Beach. A short distance before 5th street, the police car behind me flashed the light to signal me to pull aside. I did. A 20 something policeman walked up to the van and told me that my licence plate was difficult to read in the dark (it was barely 9pm and Gary looked at the plate today and said that the letters are reflective so there was no reason why he could not read it). He asked for my driver's licence. I said that I did not have it on me. When I was just about to explain to him that I was told that I had 24 hours to take it to a police station, he turned really hostile and rude. He kept bombarding me with questions like, Don't you know it is illegal to drive without a liscence? I responded, "I had a licence, but..." he interrupted me and started interrogating me again.

The question which really ticked both me and him off was "Where are you from?" Now, I have to explain here that every since I moved here from Hongkong, I have never felt like home. So, I still consider Hongkong as my home. So, I answered, "Me? I am from Hongkong originally." That is the same answer I have always given anybody who has asked me the very same question. Then, in front of my boys, 9 and 7, he said, "Don't try to be smart with me. We are talking about 3 or more charges here. Not to mention that your licence plate cannot be read." Then he took down my name and date of birth, and went back to his car.

We waited, and waited. Finally, I turned the engine off and waited again. While waiting, Nolan asked me what would happen to me if he put me away in prison. Kaelin almost burst into tears because of the threat from the policeman. Almost 15 minutes later, he came back all apologetic and let me go without a ticket. Why that change? Is it because he has verified that I really was from Hongkong and that I am not Native? Even if I were Native, what threat would I have posed, being a mother with 2 young children?

Have Canada given Native a chance to be completely Canadian?

kee-may, open any history book and you will find many examples of conquests and subjugation. unfortunately, that's the way the world works...i don't like it any more than you do. my issue is with the unequal application of canadian laws. if you or i tried to take over a government building, blockade a national railway, or any other such activities we would be locked up and the key thrown away. if someone wants to take up an armed revolt, then they should be prepared to be shot without apologies. if the natives want to live the way their ancestors did, then, provide them with a place to do so, but then they should not be looking for government money, education, social services, heath care, electricity, clean water (sometimes), etc. enjoyed by the rest of us who live and work here, pay taxes for all those things we collectively desire, and abide by the rule of law.
kltpzyxm

Yes, I did apologise. Not once, not twice. A few times before he started interrogating me. I was confused by the cocky policeman. Why did he ask me where I was from after I had told him a few times that I lived just around the corner? "What is your address ma'am" would have been a more appropriate question, don't you think? Could it be that he thought I was lying?

The boys won their games. But the encounter with the cocky policeman has done more than spoiling our evening. Kaelin was almost sobbing when we were finally told to go. Nolan has been, it the past couple of days, asking questions like, can a police put somebody away for speeding? can a police go into a home and shoot children.

As for me, every time I go out in the vehicle without Gary, even in broad daylight, I get really scared that I may be stopped by another cocky policeman. Really scared.

Am I angry? Yes, I am angry. I am angry at that policeman for making myself and my children living in worries. I am angry at myself for not being able to protect my children from the effects of the threat by the policeman. And I am sad that there is nothing I can do about it. Very sad.

kee-may, if there is nothing wrong with your licence plates then you should go to the opp office in wiarton and file a complaint. it is illegal for the police to pull a vehicle over for no reason. if you were illegally stopped, then the police officer should be reprimanded. your incident was unfortunate, and you should not let the police intimidate you. after all, we pay their salaries and they are here supposedly to 'serve and protect'. not all police are 'bad cops' and i certainly do not envy them their job, but they need to play by the rules (even though the rules are in their favour). And for your kids, yes, they can put you in jail for speeding, and it would not surprise me if a police officer somewhere has gone into a home and shot children. if you are in trouble, they are only marginally safer than a random stranger, imo.
kltpzyxm

For your consideration, I direct the blog to Exhibit A, the alleged 'illegible' license plate. Since everyone in SBP knows my license plate number anyway I'm not concerned with any privacy issue here ;) but just here now for the record, this is the object that prompted Kee-May's incident.

True, I am biased, but it looks quite legible to me, especially in the twilight when the reflective surfaces further enhance the plate. Even if I squint, the most distorted read I can glean would be LIHUX, plenty close enough for practical moving violation purposes, and this plate has passed all litmus tests by other road patrols, but now here is a whole other sticky issue: this plate is not 'dirty' as our rude plaintiff asserts, the plate is defective!

The companion front-plate is perfectly fine, crystal calgonite clean like the day it was purchased, and I'd swap the two of them gladly were it not for the corner sticker -- the protective coating on the bad plate has bubbled up, cracked and has worn away on the surface surrounding the lettering, exposing the white background beneath to discolour! The plate was badly made, the letter-stamping ruined the protective coating; it is clearly the fault of the manufacturer, which means it is MTO's fault.

Oh-Oh Canada! I can feel the prickly hairs standing up now -- anyone care to give me odds on the Motor Vehicles Branch accepting any responsibility and granting me a replacement? How about a cheap discount re-do? Yeah, I thought so too. "We stand on guard" don't necessarily mean they do ;)

But back to the issue at hand, regardless of the ugly discolouration of their bad craftsmanship, this condition has existed in the present form for at least 5 years, possibly more, without nary a single comment or alarm being thrown anywhere by any other constable or otherwise throughout all our travels across Southern Ontario. So .. is the plate truly illegible?

Or was it just an opportune excuse for a no-witnesses profiling harrassment in hopes of provoking something better?

UPDATE -- called the Licensing office, and no, there's no warrantee on their work; the trucks office said "once you bought them, they are your responsibility" and then he laughed. He directed me to the license office, who are technically not government but just have a contract to do this service, and the woman there said I would have to get new plates, for $90 -- she wouldn't formally endorse my Plan B, but she could sell me a replacement sticker for $7 so I could swap the front and back in hopes that the discoloured front would escape the petty officer's ire.

My wife has gotten this machine, from where I do not know, that can detect poker chips and money which has been designated to the purchase of beverages not matter how well it is hid on your person.
The other night I walk out the door and all the car/van doors locked, a cage came down, and the driveway turned into a moat full of wasps. This sort of survellience technology should of stayed behind the iron curtain where it belonged. If the Russains are thinking about selling this then soon they will be able to buy the arctic as it will be in every household.....
The only way to deactivate the system is when it detects a grocery list or a similiar item
Beware guys, a conspiracy is begginning
wt

Take 100 nurses
100 retired people
100 school teachers
100 firefighters
100 computer techs
100 natives
100 post pubesent school children
100 tall people
100 short people like me ( who are the most bullied and picked on group out there)
and so on and so on
, your will probably find an equal amount who are truly bigots in the white supremasist sense of the word
a % who are indifferent
a % who go way out of there way not do anything which could be percieved biggoted
a % secretly have had 3 0r more a biggotted remarks cross there mind in the last year
a % who own an SUV ... ok thats another poll
I really hate the R word, because it only covers a small portion of what a human being views as being different than himself and this difference facters in in his/ her everyday thinking.
As for the OPP, Since they are in the fish bowl all the time I imagine when an incident pops up they are assumed to have a higher percentage of bigots in thier ranks than the average.
If a funeral director had daily "confrontations" with all classes, groups, genders and intellects, and one of these moments became newworthy, the funeral directors association would be bombarded with complaints of a industry of bigots.
I chose funeral directors because they are all scary old men who never smile, whose suits smell like moth balls and must thave death fetish issues to get into that occupation.... OOOps did I let that slip out...( *this remark was meant as a joke and a example of a biggotted remark and has no bearing on my true feelings about funeral directors
Now to say the OPP should be above this, would being saying the officers of the OPP should be above being human.
The training of our soldiers is based on an us and them atitude when put into conflict.
In the Movie Band of Brothers a telling moment was when the soilders walked past a group of German prisoners, and taunting them and jeering " the enemy", until one spoke back and told him he was from his very own home town in the US and entered the war on the German side. All of a sudden the US soldier looked past the uniform as this guy was really one of them, and now a good guy, just on the unpopular side of the fight.
Look past the uniform, please
Just a note, when we have a call to one of the singles campgrounds on a long weekend my own personal first reaction is, are the OPP going to be there. Because all young adults are drunken beer bottle throwing acid taking potential cause of bodily arm to me, idiots.
OK this may not be true of all, but I have had enough beer bottle tossin drunken slobbery, causes of concerns for my safety situations going on around me on one of those calls, I may be justified in at least leaning towards that notion at 3 in the morning...
I get there and a sweet well mannered young individual had a little too high of a sugar count and the group shakes our hands and thanks us for our time.
But the next time, I still want the OPP there anyway