There are on-going battles on many fronts over corporate takeover –“harmonization”, “de-regulation”, “Integration”, etc..
ANOTHER VERY SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told participants that the U.S. and Canada are set to launch a pilot project next year which will allow law enforcement officers to operate on both sides of the border. (Click on http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=3354).
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I have not been able to keep up with reports from the U.S. – – the protests over Wall Street, the failure to prosecute, determination to take back their country is growing. AND the media is not reporting it. Abuses of police power accompany the protests.
The last thing we need is integration of the police and military.
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DEFEND THE RULE OF LAW. HOW? (THIS IS NO TIME TO BE SHY.)
Converse with those who are the collaborators. They must not remain anonymous. Phone them, even if it is their cell-phone number.
See the appended Wall of Shame, the list of people responsible for bringing Dick Cheney to Vancouver through the Bon Mot Book Club and the Vancouver Club.
I spoke directly with 2 people on the list and left messages for the others (every phone had an answering machine).
1. Leah Costello – offers as justification that they are only creating the forum for discussion. She tells of all the other speakers they have entertained – for example on the topic of homelessness.
2. Tamara demanded to know how I had obtained her personal cell phone number. Did I look it up? (No) I told her that there are listservs and connections among people in Canada, the U.S. and internationally who are working to bring members of the Bush Administration to justice. I have no idea who found her personal cell phone number. It is just information that is circulated in these international networks.
(Normally I am timid about using a cell phone number in this way. There is too much at risk for that to be.)
The basic message I left on answering machines: put yourself in the shoes of the people in Iraq, then imagine that it was Canada that the Bush Administration dropped the bombs on. Imagine the amount of hatred we would have for Americans (although the culprits are not them but their leaders). We, and I am sure the Vancouver Club/Bon Mot Book Club, are working to build a better world. Our individual actions need to make a positive contribution. They likely would not individually have made a decision to host Cheney; group decisions sometimes go awry. I encouraged them to talk with other members of the Vancouver Club about the decision to host Cheney. In some messages I made reference to American corporations that profiteered mightily from collaboration with the Nazis in WW2, etc.. This has elements of the same behavior.
And now I hear that Cheney is scheduled for Calgary on Tuesday! http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/09/24/calgary-protesters-to-greet-cheney Calgary protesters to greet Cheney 30
APPENDED Subject: Wall Of Shame
WALL OF SHAME
There are many people involved in bringing these heinous criminals to our fair city.
The top of the list is Leah Costello (founder, Bon Mot Book Club).
Please contact these immoral facilitators and let them know about your displeasure with their actions.
Bon Mot Book Club 604-922-5324
Leah Costello (Founder, Bon Mot Book Club) Cell phone 604-551-4344
Founding Hosts, Bon Mot Book Club
Elio & Rosanna Luongo Hm. 604-421=0437
Dave & Tamara Bustos Hm. 604-935-0374 Tamara’s cell. 778-994-8796
Ray Castelli Cell phone 778-998-4717
David Rowntree Hm. 604-913-7911
Ian Telfer & Nancy Burke Hm. 604-921-6049 604-921-6046
Michael & Lesley Bentley Hm. 604-298-0895
The Vancouver Club Board of Directors
Carolyn Coleclough – President 250-496-5277
cmc@webhudco.ca
Doug Christopher – Vice President, Planning Committee Chair 604-925-2994
dchristopher@telus.net
Russell Smith – Immediate Past President 604-844-5437
rsmith@odlumbrown.com
John Ellis – Finance Committee Chair
john.ellis@schenker.ca
Debbie Thomas – House Committee Chair 604-707-6304 cell# 604-313-0335
thomas_pement@telus.net
Doug Jevning – Membership Committee Chair
jdjevning@telus.net
Christopher Gaze – Ambassador’s Committtee Chair 604-732-8705
cgaze@telus.net
Cara Savege-Cocco – Signature Service Committee Chair 604-734-0970
cara@carasavege.com
Shirley Kepper
skepper@telus.net
Rachel Thomas
rachelelenorthomas@gmail.com
Trudy Van Dop 604-521-7887
trudy@art-bc.com
Barry Davidson 604-929-4918
barry@davidsonandsons.com
Andrew Hungerford 604736-8500
ahungerford@hungerfordproperties.com