Tuesday, July 19, 2005

CASEY LEBLANC TONIGHT!!!

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It's a big night for Casey Leblanc, and the people in her hometown of Nackawic.

Leblanc will sing amongst the top 10 Canadian Idol finalists for the first time, and try to convince Canada to vote for her. For the next 10 weeks, one person will be eliminated.

People in Nackawic like Natasha Cronkhite hope Aliant has fixed the problem that happened the last time they tried voting for Leblanc.

"You couldn't get a dial tone, and you we're waiting and waiting and waiting," said Cronkhite, "and I just thought there was something wrong with my phone line but I called my other friends and they were going through the same thing and we we're just going crazy because we couldn't do the voting like we wanted to, so."

Leblanc performs at nine tonight on CTV.

Roly MacIntyre in the hospital!!!

My prayers are with Roly during his time in the hospital!

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This is Roly's long time friend Pat Pelley. She was the brain behind Roly's first term in office!

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Monday, July 18, 2005

RENTALMAN TO CHARLES- IF YOU'RE POOR? YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS!!!!

GOOD NEWS!!! THIS BLOG HAS NO PICTURES!!!! < JUST ONE!!! >

I’m a very strong believer that there’s a reason for everything.

Why did I just found out 6 years ago that I have ADHD not earlier?

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Good question but it wouldn’t matter anyway because with this very disturb verdict from those racist members of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission that with ADHD are close to mental Retardation < verdict held behind close doors > It wouldn’t have made any different.


Anyway? This week, I am taking on a new route. It’s an issue that I have been holding back for months.

The issue is going to be the rights of boarders or roomers in this Province.

I realize that this could hurt me but the emotional question is this? How many other poor New Brunswickers are going through what I’m enduring as I write?

Once I moved to the Capital, I took a little room.

It’s not a bad little area.

I have my little stand up shower in the House.

I got the Soup Kitchen which I volunteer and eat there across the street and it’s not far from downtown.

The rent is $250.00 an month and since I only make $490.00 an month? It’s ok I guess!

The tenants < 3 of them > have drinking problems but they don’t bother me.

They’re not bad people.

Little did I know that huge changes were waiting for me around the corner.

The lady downstair decided to move next door so a boarder < used to live in the shelter > wanted to be the person in charge.

At first, I believe it wasn’t a bad move because he would guard the place like a pittbull!

One guy moved in downstair used his place as a hang out!

But the Caretaker –Maurice would chase them out of the building. Especially in the winter months.

I would laughed with him and I supported the job he was doing.

This all came to an abrupt end on March the 8th!

Tim Smith was going to travel to the Capital to make an appearance on Melanson Live!

We walked around the City and I remember that it was snowing very hard.

Tim had to be at Rogers for 7:00pm so we decided to go over my place and relax.

It was 4:30pm!

While enjoying a nice cup of coffee, Maurice showed up at my door < with a knife in hand > and in a very rude way said- Why are you disobeying my orders?

I quickly replied - What the f@ck are you talking about???

He reminded me that no one was allowed in the building!

He told the guy that I knew the rules and no one is allow in the building after 6:00pm!

He raised his voice- NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING!!! SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!! 24 HOURS A DAY!!!

I told the guy to take a hike and to call the police!

I won’t go into the details but maybe Tim will leave a comment on this issue because he seen and heard everything.

He went as far as saying- If I have no visitors? Why should other tenants have some?

I was upset to be degraded in front of my friend Tim!

The next day, I decided to make a complaint at the Rentalsman office.

Once there, myself and Tim asked the woman if we could speak to the Rentalman?

Once she heard that we were boarders or roomers? Her attitude on her face change big times!

She quickly said- Boarders??? Roomers??? We don’t take care of those people. Tim was right there!!! We were treated like a couple of peasants!!!

I demanded to know what was my right were?

The guy in charge told me there’s laws to protect roomers or boarders in New Brunswick.

I was furious!

After a few weeks, I demanded to meet with the rentalman and I guess this is the way it goes.

Under section 58 under the Landlord and tenants act.

The boarders are covered but there’s no mention on the name - Boarders or roomers.

He told me the Government never put in place a person to watch over the less fortunate people in this Province.

The bottom line is this? The person in charge can evict anyone at anytime and there’s not much that can do done.

The former lady who took care of the building for many years was told by Maurice that she wasn’t allowed in the building!

This guy was really out of control.

Especially since it was her that gave him the job.

It was the first time that the homeless guy had power and he was going to use it!

The cops were called for foolishness. Maurice demanded that I apologizes in front of the cops but I had nothing to apologizes for.

The cops left after they had the understanding that everything was ok!

Once I went into my building? My key wouldn’t work!

Maurice opened the door and told me that I wasn’t allowed in the building!

I pushed the guy aside and told him to get lost!

Once again, the cops were called.

The officer started to get really upset!

What has happen was once Maurice called the cops? He quickly changed the lock of the door so my key would fit!

I told the cops that they had a hard time enough fighting the on the streets that they didn’t have time for games.

I could have said- F@ck that! I’m out of here!!

Being Charles? I wanted to know what was my rights as a boarder or roomer.

You see? People living in places like these around the province don’t complain!

They are fortunate they have a roof over their head so they are silent.

Myself, I am not a bad person in this place. I mind my own business and no one bothers with me beside the caretaker.

I noticed there were no smoking detectors in the building.< only one >

I phoned the fire marshall and I guess that he was not impress.

He made Maurice to change all the locks in the rooms! My new key was a skeleton Key!

I haven’t seen those ones in years!

A smoking detector was installed in every room!

The war have just begun and I wasn’t done yet!

Sh@t!!! Over 1,000 words already! Stay tune for more on this issue in the morning!!!!!

NEW BRUNSWICK HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ARE SPREADING THEIR VIEWS ACROSS CANADA!!!!

I've just received this email and it's very scary!

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Those racist members of the New Brunswick Human Rights are spreading their racist ways across Canada!

I wonder which racist was paid to go there?

I contacted this new commission and added them on my email list! Here's the sad story!!! A Human Rights Commission who supports and promotes racism must be eliminated!!!!



By the way? I was told that Susan Butterfield who's in this picture leave her dog in her vehicle while she goes to work. < morning >Many found that act disgusting!

Hey? If these people don't care for human rights? They should at least respect the animal rights to cool air!

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N.B. Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission supports proposal for coalition against racism (05/07/18)

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July 18, 2005

SASKATOON, Sask. (CNB) - Human rights commissions attending the meeting of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA), held recently in Saskatoon, agreed to provide support in principle for the work of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCU) calling for the establishment of a Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism.

Commissions supporting the initiative include: the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, the Manitoba Human Rights Commission, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission, the North West Territories Human Rights Commission, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission, Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Quebec, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and the Yukon Human Rights Commission.

Commissions agreed to promote the initiative within their own jurisdictions in keeping with their own priorities and resources.

The proposal to establish a Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism is based on the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) plan for an International Coalition of Cities Against Racism. Launched in 2004, its goal is to establish a network of regional coalitions around the world committed to fighting racism.

The preliminary proposal for the Canadian Coalition calls on municipalities to adopt 10 common commitments for combating racism in their communities in the areas of community development, employment, policing, housing, culture, and education, among others.

In the next year, the CCU and partner organizations will consult with municipalities, asking for their feedback and to consider joining the Canadian Coalition. Once a final proposal has been developed, municipalities will be invited to sign a declaration adopting the common commitments and would then develop their own local plans to fight racism.

The Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA) is a forum for federal, provincial and territorial human rights agencies which have as some of their functions the administration and enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.

05/07/18

MEDIA CONTACT: Francis Young, Human Rights Officer, New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, 506-453-2301.

05/07/18

BERNARD LORD TRUE AGENDA!!!

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LISTEN KID!! BLAME CHARLES BECAUSE YOU'RE FORCE ON RITALIN!! WE DON'T DEAL WITH TERRORISTS!!! UNDERSTAND???

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EMILY? UPDATE FROM A CANADIAN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE!!

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Hi: we, again, still in the dark, and enjoying every minute, so far.


The power is still on, the computer line is still working, and the coffee is
fresh. (we are saving the kahlua for when the power goes off, in the meantime
we are using milk from the fridge)

The winds have started to blow, from the north.

No worse than the norte´s in the winter, as of this moment. the eye of emily is over cozumel, so we are now about 14 hours to go, maybe as much as 18.

The major nasty winds will not arive for another couple of hours, but we may lose the power sooner, so i am sending this now to reassure you that we are fine, so far. ( as the man who fell off a 30 story building said to people while passing the 20th floor!)

One major change has taken place: we have taken down the large hurricane zone
map from the wall.

Saving it for later, will take pictures before we clean it in preparation for the next hurricane. and the wall clock is now face down in the storeroom, beside the glass from the front doors.

We have been looking at the pictures of florida and other islands of
the hurricnes aftermath, and we are not going to have as dramatic pictures
as in destin, florida or other places like that.

The reason is simple: the standard building material here is concrete blocks, with stucco on top.

If we get many pictures of ruined buildings the same as florida, we will be opening a bank account for charitable deposits for the poor, impoverished and
devastated residents of progreso!! (of course, my name is already on the account,

But only for convenience sake) there is an injustice being perpetrated here by murphy, or some other inimical force.

I have 6 cases of beer and rum and tequila and other alcoholic drinks, and i can not finish one drink before i fall asleep!!!

At new years i had one (count it:1) rum and coke, and fell asleep before midnight!! had to be carried to bed, missed the party!!

So now i have all the dreams of my youth when i was poor and could not afford the alcohol and beer, and no ability to take advantage of it!!!

So, i will send this now, to be sure you get it. if you do not hear from us for
4 or 5 days it is because the power and phone lines are down.

Eemily is being compared to hurricane gilberto, which completely wipoed out the north
shore in 1988.

Of course, all the building were wood then, and the beach was actually 50
feet farther out from where it is now, but the people survived quite nicely.
and they are still complaining that the storm ruined the fishing industry!!

We are going to have to find something to complain about, after we give
appropriate thanks for being alive to complain at all!

Our family of guests decided to go to the big city for the storm. some thought
this would be a great new experience, but some thought this was a lousy way to
commit suicide, so they went.

They are hoping to come back on tuesday, if the roads are open. i even offered a discount to them, but no takers.

Having fun here, hope you are there david

Hi: as you can see by the title, we have had some power problems.

The winds are now up to 35 mph, from the north. the waves are building, almost
covering the beach.

No worse than the norte in january for water, but an indication of things to come. we are now at 5:10 in the morning, and are listening to glass and other misc.

Stuff being blown around.

Some lights from the building have fallen, and others from neighbouring buildings have broken. we are going to close up shop and go to bed, not much point to being up.

It has been a long day.

Good night all

DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS? SOMEONE WILL BE THE 20,000 VISITOR TO THIS BLOG!!!!

Sometime during the next 24 hours? Some will be the 20,000 visitors to our little blog site!!!

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I would have never believed that I would hit that amount of visitors in such a short period.

On May 9th, I hit 10,000 hits and now we’re at 20,000. When we first started this blog? I believe that we would hit 10,000 by the fall!

Some people believe that myself and Tim Smith just push the refresh buttom to make the hits go higher?

Sorry! It cannot be done! Trust me I tried it!!!..lol.. Once you visit the site and if you come back later? It will still mark you for one hit!!!

I sure came a long way from writing letters to the Editor. I would be proud to have a letter printed in the papers. I just love to share my views with the readers on certain issues.

I started this a long time ago with the paper L’Evangeline.

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During the Frigate program? I was really out of control with my letters. I wrote 500 letters printed in the Irving’s newspapers.

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Someone told me that I should have a computer? I bought one and I quickly learned that it’s much easier to write hitting a keyboard than with a pen and paper.

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After the frigate program, I would collect emails and added them to my list! I would write a letter and send them to everyone on my list!

It was funny! I used to call Rick Mantle on the talk of the town show and always gave away my email. Rick would tell me - Charles you must be lonely?

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I just wanted to receive some comments on different issues!

Before the blog started, I wrote a letter about a poor family and needed money.

The next week, I received an envelope in my mail and it was from Ontario!

Inside was 10- 20 dollar bills with a note - Give this to that poor family!

The funny thing was that the person wasn’t on my email list!

I finally track down the generous individual and said- You trust me with
$200.00???? You don’t even know me???

He wrote back and said that he investigated me before sending the money! Now? This was all before this here Blog!

Bloggling is much better because it reached more people around the world!

It’s funny how the email system works. If I just meet a girl and asked her for her phone number?

She would quickly answer- Excuse me? But with an email? It’s no problem! I wonder why?

Then the Irvings moved in and quickly ordered the papers not to print my letters to the editor.

During my protest, I would collect names and of course I had many long time readers on my list!

Since the Irving’s media went by the orders of the Irvings to not cover my protest?

It was very difficult to spread the word of what was going on the front lawn of the Legislature.

After the protest ended? I wrote my book about the protest and 4 months later, I asked the Government for work and I was told that they were going by the
decision of those racist members of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission that I wasn’t able to work!

Mind you, there’s many people on my list who never asked me to be on. Many were upset they received my views in their computers.

Over six months ago, someone approached me and asked me if I WOULD LIKE TO BE A BLOGGER?

At first, I wasn’t interested. The guy was WCIE!

Well? We started the blog and it so funny how far we came with this blog.

At first, we put all my long winded column in the blog.

Than people were complaining that it was too long.

We cut them down to a read more system. We add some pictures. Than we walked around with a camera in tow taking pictures.

Than more people noticed the blog from the information Highway!

Take a look at this stats from this blogsite!

VISITS Total 19,818

Average Per Day 149
Average Visit Length 4:46
Last Hour 11 Today 139
This Week

1,042 PAGE VIEWS

Total l66,678
Average Per Day 485
Average Per Visit3.3
Last Hour 29 pages
Today 628 pages
This Week 3,394 pages

That's a lot of pages been read by the public.

Yes, I sure came a long way from sending my updates to everyone on my list!

Today my blog site will hit 20,000 visitors and I believe this is a good thing.

I wish that I had some money to buy a bottle of champagne? o well..c'est la vie!!!

There’s many high profile people reading this blog and that’s good!

Hey? I'm the only guy hanging around the Legislature who's not getting paid!

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This blog got better when this young guy from Ontario emailing me a letter that he wanted to joing the team of blogglers.

I named him artist WCIE!!!

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I must admit that he does really good work!!!

Lets not forget WCIE Junior who will step forward if we need him.

Ohhh Lets not forget Tim Smith who’s always pushing the issue of VLT’s via this blog site! He also comes up with some good ideas for the blog!!!!

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So thanks for reading this long winded blog and I’m very surprised that my blog has come so far in so little time!

Good word WCIE!!!! If it wasn’t for you? This would have never happen!

Thank God for the information Highway!

This is truly the larger blog in the whole province and I wonder what more changes will happen when we hit 30,000 visitors? I might add that this is the summer months and the hits are low.

Hey? Maybe someone from the media in this building will do a little story on our blog? Nahhhh...just like the protest? They just wish to ignore this guy!!

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With God willing? This blog could be around for a long time! But it doesn't pay much but it's worth the effort to debate issues.

Please excuse the style and grammar of this update because I just write the darn thing and send it along the information Highway! Bye bye

Sunday, July 17, 2005

A NEW BRUNSWICKER IN THE MIDDLE OF EMILY!!!!!

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Hi: live, from downtown progreso, yucatan, mexico. it is the emily countdown
show!

We have basically everything done, some small things to make me feel better, but the die is cast, what will be will be.


Right now it is starting to get dark, the sunset is hidden behind a layer of
clouds, nice day for a swim.

Lots of people walking around and looking, nothing open, many people holding their breath.

The tension is not bad here, it will get much worse when it gets dark.

The eye is going to travel across the yucatan in the night, so it will seem worse.

The coast of quintana roo, and particularly cozumel is now getting the outside
bands of wind and rain.

The forecast is 10 feet of water to come in on the coast, which will extend up to 10 miles inland before it runs out of steam.

Here we have no idea how much water will come in from the ocean, but many
people have taken their vehicles to merida, 24 miles inland.

Within the next half hour i will be turning off the gas at the tank,
and all the shut-off valves in the system.

We may be getting hundred mile an hour wind, there is no way to know if the tie-downs are sufficient to hold the tanks in place and then i have to wrap the fridge in plastic and wrap the water pump, on the chance that we get 3 feet of water here.

That would flood the lower floor and ruin the electric motors. need to save them and it is cheaper to wrap in plastic than replace.

On the bright side, now that the rooms are all empty of furniture and junk, we
can paint the last rooms that need it.

Small comfort, but one must be optimistic.

We will be running the computer until the power cuts off or the wind gets too
high, whichever happens first. at this moment we are taking the last of
the hot showers, and relaxing.

In my computer i have stored a random selection of pictures from the area.

After the storm passes i will revisit the same places and take the same pictures. then i will create a story and publish it so that anyone can see.

I am hoping it will be boring, but i am afraid it may be interesting.

Will write again later tonite.

FRANK MCKENNA DOESN'T COMMUNICATE WITH PEASANTS????

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As Premier? Frank McKenna was the best when it came to communicating with the public.

I used to send him my views on certain issues and he would quickly reply!

It sure isn’t this way with the Lord Government. I never received one email from Bernard Lord!

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Ok…Going back to Frank!!!

I don’t know if it was because I wrote letters to the Editor and he wanted to make me happy?

I’ll never forget the time Frank flew me in a helicopter from Saint Martin to Saint John.

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This was my only time in a helicopter and I must admit it was a wonderful experience.

I bumped into Frank McKenna at the end of my protest and he gave me his email address.

Months later, I deleted it by mistake so I emailed one of Frank’s closest friend but I never receive an email from the individual.

All I wanted was Frank McKenna email so I can add him to my list so he can read what’s going on in this Province?

Maybe Frank McKenna doesn’t communicate with the peasants!

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I mean? He’s way up there these days!

Maybe he heard that James Irving gave the orders to all the newspapers not to print my letters?

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Maybe he also learned that I appeared in front of the Senate Committee blasting the Irvings?

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Why bother emailing poor moi???? Maybe he's too high class these days?

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But I will confront the former Premier the next time we come face to face!!!

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I’m not asking much! I just want to add Frank Mckenna to my mailing list!

Is that too much to ask???

CHARLES'S PERSON OF THE WEEK!!!

This is Burt Paulin Liberal Mla for Restigouche-West.

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Many readers wouldn't even know this guy but I live in a tent for six months in front of the Legislature so therefore this is the only reason that I know all the MLA'S!

I bumpred into Burt last week while he was in Fredericton.

The reason that I decided to name this Liberal MLA as the person of the week?

He’s the only elected official who goes around his riding with a sign on his vehicle telling pass by who he is!!!

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He told me that once he parks his car in a parking lot and goes into a mall?

Once he arrives, there’s always people waiting for the MLA!

What a great way to communicate with the voters of this province.

Every elected official should follow the same fine example.

Lets pray that once the Liberals goes in power and Mr.Paulin is still around? I hope that he still drives around with a sign on his car! Good work Burt!!!

BOW TO KING BERNIE!!!

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LORD PROTECT US!!! EMILY IS COMING!!!!!!

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Hi: the projected track for emily is about the same, right on us at about
category 3. we are planning on following the official government instructions:

When notified of arrival, sit on chair place head between knees kiss ass goodbye!!

We are taking before, during and after pictures, the eye is supposed to go over
us, so i hope to get some good pictures of the inside of the eye.



Will post them on the web somewhere, will let you know where.

Put this address on the blog, please, i am not getting it here.

Yesterday was panic day here in the yucatan, everyone and their dog was in to
the stores to buy supplies.

So when i went today to get a couple of things, nothing left.

Fortunately, there was nothing truly urgent, but i did find a good quality cooler, for a semi-reasonable price. It was in the wrong pile and had the wrong sign on it, and the clerk did not want to check with the computer for the actual price.

He was very surprised when i went to the service desk and had a supervisor come out to check the price for me, and it was half of the price on the sign.

So he had to go and make up a new sign, and generally work, for a change.

We have customers in the building for the hurricane, and friends from down the
beach are staying in a hotel about 15 miles from the beach.

That is here my car will be, so that it does not get ruined by the salt water. We
expect to see possibly 3 to 4 feet of water here, for a few hours. Hopefully not, but
planning for the worst.

I want to use politicians and do-gooders to talk the thing to death, but it is the summertime, so they are all on vacation, gone to vegas, florida, baja california....

Have you bought shares in vaseline company yet?

You should, the way that lord is reaming the poor taxpayers of n.b. you should be using it by the ton!!

Going to get a couple of hours of sleep now, the staff comes in at 9 am for the
last of the preparations.

Lots of work, mostly dumb labour, carrying books and mattresses and kitchen stuff up to the second floor.

I have to supervise, and I have to move a water tank. and chase down the gas company, and pick up the bread from the bakery, the eggs from the market, more cat food and
litter,and...adn...and.....

Look at this site: www.nhc.noaa.gov

Have fun

David

NASA IN NEW BRUNSWICK????

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Saturday, July 16, 2005

THERE ARE NO HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA!!!!

My God? Did I ever start a little war with my comment on the Chinese Students in Saint John.

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Some people are so touchy!

I wrote that the students should considered themselves lucky that it was a mellow attack compare to what could happen in China or the way the minorities used to be Treated in the Loyalist City?

I received a lot of feedback and I didn’t even send the email out yet.

So? I stand by my views on this issue!

Remember this one?

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or visit this website-

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I still say that racism is very much alive in the Loyalist City.

As a matter of fact, I was talking to someone about this very issue in Saint John a few weeks ago.

Of course, it’s not like the old days when the Acadians and the Blacks were often attack!

In those days? Many Acadians were force to change their French Family name to English. Such as LeBlanc to White!!!

But racism it’s still going on today.

Go read my complaint to the Human Rights Commission!????

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Of course, the Irvings have the backing of those racist members of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission so we can we do?

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Yes, maybe you can cover the issue of racism but it’s very much alive.

As for human rights in China? We know there’s no such rights in the peoples Republic!!!

Did you know that any website sites has to be register through the Government of China?

Thank God that we don’t have to follow this practice here in New Brunswick because I don’t believe this blog site would be accepted!

Did you know that many bloggers are jailed in China?

This blogger defence rest!!!

CHILDREN KNOWS BEST!!!!

QUESTION????

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ANSWER INSIDE

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A READER < FROM MEXICO > COMMENT ON HURRICANE EMILY!!!

Hi: i guess it is our turn now. this is projected to be right on top of
us, and the cone of probable landfall is getting smaller and smaller. and
centered on us.

So we are now officially getting propared to cover our asses!!


We have food and water, cat food and kitty litter, enough plastic to cover the
building, and hammocks to sleep in.

There is no official word on evacuation yet, but we have no idea if the government here does that sort of thing.

They do in cancun and on the coast on that side, but mostly because of the tourists.

We have notified the reservations that the deposits will be cheerfully refunded
!?!):( or the dates changed.

I have 6 cases of beer, 2 bottles of brandy, one of kahlua, rum and enough pepsi to keep me in mixer for a month.

We expect to be without power for 3 to 5 days, the only power generating
station in the yucatan is in the direct path of the storm. and the wires on the
building have not been refastened yet.

Something about getting ready for a storm, we are too low on the priority list. after the storm we go to the head of the list because we are a hotel.

We had practice last year so we know what to do for the building, and the boys
we hired last year are happy to do it again this year. they are of the belief
that since we did all this work last year and nothing happened, then
this year will be the same.

I hope they are right, but i am not betting on it!!

The paper is comparing this storm to hurricane gilberto, from 1988.

That was the storm that wiped out the entire north coast of the yucatan.

Keep your fingers crossed that this does not happen again. of course, we now have
the concrete malecon wall, and the buildings are now mostly brick, and we
have much better warning than existed then. i will be taking a pile of pictures
before during and after the storm, but will probably not be able to post them
for a few days. there is a satellite computer connection in a rental house
down the street, so we might get lucky and use that, if the antenna dish stays
on its foundation. we will see.

I have an inverter and vehicles to charge batteries, so i will have power for the computers.

Stay tuned, this is going to be fun!!!!

love david

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE???? PLEASE LET US KNOW!!!!

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Friday, July 15, 2005

CHINESE STUDENTS IN SAINT JOHN SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES FORTUNATE!!!!!!!!

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I just watch the news on Global news and they showed the Mayor of Saint John Norm MacIrving meeting with the Chinese students concerning being attack for the sixth time in one week!

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They claimed that they were thrown ice, water or rotten eggs!

One young Chinese girl approached the Mayor with tears in her eyes!

Hey? This is Saint John!

Do you know for how many years the Acadians and the Blacks were violently attack for their cultures?

Hundreds were assaulted.

But these days, it’s not as bad!

The Chinese’s attack was very mellow compare to what the Government of China treats it’s own citizens.

So really? The Chinese has it made in Canada compared to their own country of origin!

ANTI - RITALIN ACTIVIST DIES!!!!!

Pioneer in toxicology studies dies at 79
By Kelly Hawes
Correspondent

Published July 15, 2005
GALVESTON — Marvin S. Legator literally wrote the book on documenting the health effects of toxic wastes.


“He came in one morning and told me he was going to do it, and the next thing I knew the book was finished,” said Jonathan Ward, who succeeded Legator as director of the division of environmental toxicology in the department of preventive medicine and community health at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Legator, who died Monday at the age of 79, was the co-author of “The Health Detective’s Handbook: A Guide to the Investigation of Environmental Health Hazards by Nonprofessionals,” published in 1985. An update, “Chemical Alert: A Community Action Handbook,” was published eight years later.

The book led to numerous requests from communities seeking to document the health effects of toxic chemicals, and those studies, in turn, led to numerous articles.

“One of the things that Marvin ended up doing a lot of was serving as an expert witness in cases of individuals and communities injured by toxic chemicals,” Ward recalled.

One of the earliest cases involved a lawsuit filed by a chemical plant worker who developed leukemia after years of exposure to benzene.

“That case led to a judgment for millions of dollars,” Ward said.

In the 1990s, Legator wrote a weekly question-and-answer column called “Living in a Chemical World” for The Daily News.

Legator, who founded the division of environmental toxicology when he joined UTMB in 1976, retired from the director’s position in 1999, but he remained active in research until the time of his death. His final project involved the cancer effects of Ritalin.

“Marvin noticed a study that found a link between Ritalin and the development of cancer in rats, and he went out and raised $100,000 for some research,” Ward said.

The study of a dozen children in Texas City gained national attention and has led to follow-up studies.

“And he did all of this while struggling with his illness,” Ward said.

Before joining UTMB, Legator was a professor of genetics at Brown University, chief of the genetic toxicology branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and toxicologist at the Shell Development Co.

Legator was born in Chicago, and he earned a doctorate in microbial genetics and biochemistry at the University of Illinois in 1951.

He and his wife, Donna, were married in 1960. They had three children and five grandchildren.

SARAH MCLAIN DIED TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEKEND!!!!

This weekend will mark the second anniversary of the death Sarah McLain.

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I remember that awful day like it was yesterday.

I was sitting on my beach chair near my tent and I noticed this lighting bolt hitting the ground.


During the protest, I would always look towards the shy because you never know when the bad weather will hit.

During the summer of 2003, I’ve witness many lighting storms.

I always love lying down in my tent while the storm passed by. It was great.

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Dangerous but great!!

I noticed last summer there were not too many lighting storms during the summer months.

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Going back to that awful day that Sarah McLain died.

It wasn’t dark and the girls who were playing soccer never had a warning that lighting was in the area.

There were no rumbling of thunder!

Nothing! It happened to fast.

I was surprise to hear a couple of hours later that a young girl was killed by that bolt of lighting?

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It only took one bolt and the little girl was gone from this world!

My sympathy goes out to their family on this very sad day!

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She was from the State of Maine! God Bless!

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Life was very short for this little girl.

Here’s the story that was posted on the CBC website-

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IS BERNARD LORD BEING AN HYPOCRITE????

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Please let me know if I’m the only one who’s confuse here.




For months and months Bernard Lord would stand in the House of the Legislature and give a blast to the Federal Liberals about the sponsorship scandal.

Even if it had nothing to do with the issues in New Brunswick.

He would always condemn Paul Martin in the Legislature.

Now? He turns around and want some money????

Excuse me but is it only me who’s missing the point here?

There was no way in the world that the Federal Liberals would give some money to Bernard Lord for Point Lepreau after being blasted in the House for months and months!!!

Am I right or wrong???

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I believe that Bernard is being an hypocrite on this issue!!!