Monthly Archives: August 2007
We Will Remember Him
| 8/29/2007 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul– Afghanistan August 29, 2007
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
Justice at Last
| 8/28/2007 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
Stephen Truscott has finally received justice — an acquittal on the charges of rape and murder for which he was originally sentenced to hang in 1959. It is not a full declaration of innocence but in our system, an acquittal is innocence. The provincial Attorney General now will have to develop a compensation package for Truscott for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Makes you wonder how many more miscarriages of justice are out there.
We Will Remember Them
| 8/23/2007 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Mst WO Mario Mercier– Afghanistan August 22, 2007
Mst Cpl Christian Duschesne — Afghanistan August 22, 2007
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
Another Canadian Falls – Honour His Service
| 8/19/2007 | Posted by Patti under Afghanistan |
Another young Canadian has fallen in service to this country today. Sixty-five years ago today, 913 young Canadians fell in service to this country another 1900 would spend the next three years in captivity at the Battle of Dieppe. The difference is that even though the battle was a defeat, Canadians across the country paused and honoured “all the boys over there”, squared their shoulders and moved forward, Canada was at war. Canadians understood what was going on.
Today, Canada is again at war. Unlike the war of previous generations, Canadians don’t truly understand what this war is about because the ‘new’ government has failed in its duty to clearly articulate what Afghanistan is all about. (more…)
We Will Remember Him
| 8/19/2007 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
Pte. Simon Longtin– Afghanistan August 19, 2007
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
O’Connor Heading for the Door?
| 8/6/2007 | Posted by Patti under Canadian Politics |
Rumour has it that Gordon O’Connor, the lameduck Canadian Defence Minister is due to be shuffled out the door. That move is long overdue. How the guy made it to Brigadier-General during his days in the military is beyond me. Although, I suspect that his biggest gaffe as Minister of Defence is that he forgets he doesn’t command the troops and has failed to consult with the Chief of Defence General Rick Hillier. He likely needs to remember that ego doesn’t a minister make.
Steven Staples at Ceasefire Insider asks if O’Connor goes do the generals win? While he agrees that O’Connor should have been gone, he thinks now is not the time. He perceives the recent ‘difference’ between O’Connor and Hillier as the generals undermining parliament by openly trying to influence Canadian policy. Knowing that the military and Hillier in particular is not Staples favourite people provides understanding of his perspective to a point. (more…)
Controversy Over Doc’s Article
| 8/3/2007 | Posted by Patti under Afghanistan |
The July/August edition of Mother Jones, an independent publication, carried a piece by Dr. Kevin Patterson entitled “Talk to Me Like My Father: Frontline Medicine in Afghanistan“. It is a 7,000 word piece about the time he spent serving in the base hospital in Kandahar, a Canadian civilian doctor on contract to the military.
Some of what he wrote is very graphic and a portion of it describes in detail the final moments of Corporal Megeney’s death as the medical staff fought to try to save him. Cpl Megeney was killed by accident when a weapon discharged in his tent. The death is still under investigation by the military. Although not in as much detail there is also some graphic details about the death of Captain Nichola Goddard’s, Canada’s only female soldier killed in combat. Patterson was repeating what another doctor told him about it, he wasn’t present. (more…)
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