Saturday, October 29, 2011

The Diefenbaker Sanction by Louis Evan Palmer


The federal Conservative Party of Canada displays a dangerously dogmatic, even zealous, streak in dealing with people and programs with which it does not agree. Its tack is not only to deal with it in the here and now but to eliminate it from any potential future as well. Let's call it the Diefenbaker Sanction after the notorious 1958 cancellation of the Avro Arrow project. Not only was the project cancelled but the prototypes, production plane and line were destroyed along with the blueprints and technical data. There was such a rush to destroy the program that some workers almost risked injury or death applying acetylene torches to the planes. They quickly reassessed their approach and the planes were sawn apart. However, the production lines were cut apart with the acetylene torches. The Conservatives of the day denied it later but here we are again in 2011 with the Long Gun Registry and they are not only stopping the program but destroying all the data. Doesn't it smack of the Avro Arrow. Canada must keep the Conservatives away from substantive power because they will end up destroying anything they ideologically determine is the enemy.


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Saturday, October 15, 2011

OCCUPY - This is only the beginning! by Louis Evan Palmer


Pendulums swing and injustice occurs at each extreme of those swings. The OCCUPY crescendo that is building around the world is the result of everything evil that's happened and is still in the world over the last few decades. The evil deeds and the cover ups; the lies and the deliberate obfuscation; the thefts and killings and wars. People have been getting sicker of it every year and now the vast financial boondoggles in the guise of unrelenting crises has set it afire. People are burning with indignation and rage. We are facing a society and world where the practice and furtherance of fundamental liberties and freedoms is under threat when anything substantial is involved - anything beyond fluff and celebrity gossip or the party line. People don't want change, they want justice in all spheres and regions. Where justice is doing the right thing: Social justice. Financial & Fiscal justice. Criminal & Corporate justice. Environmental justice.

People are sick of it all: sick of the misguided prohibition-like war on drugs (especially where it's clear governments are involved and profiting); sick of illegitimate wars around the world by all sides; sick of government assassinations, torturing and show trials; sick of the bought-and-sold mass media that trumpets this and then that propaganda to further corporatist and government goals of enormous profits for the few; sick of stealing from the poor to give to the rich; sick of the wars on dissent.

The vile frankenstein fascist-lite capitalism we have now serves only its government and corporate masters and their lackeys. It was never free or open. It is only now when a few more larcenous greedsters were trying to crash the 1%'s gluttonous party that it finally and irrevocably woke up the 99% to the ongoing theft. But the malaise was already there and it was deep and widespread. It will not be a flash in the pan; this is only the beginning; expect us.


OCCUPY - This is only the beginning!, Louis Evan Palmer, The Way It Can Be, http://twicb.blogspot.com

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the novel "Oaklane Woods"; short stories "Tales Told to a Tree";
poems "40 Poem Fragments" Order via Kindle link below or at right of screen

Copyright 2011 Louis Evan Palmer lives in Ontario Canada. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications.

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