My Personal Journal
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U.K. Teacher to be deported from Sudan
Dec.4th, 2007; I read in the news that
the middle-aged British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, who was in Sudan to teach
Sudanese children English, has been pardoned by the president of Sudan. Isam Abu
Hasabu, an office assistant at the Unity school, where Gibbons was teaching, had
raised the complaint against Gibbons. The Unity school is a Christian-run
co-educational private school that teaches both Christians and Muslims and is
popular with Sudanese professionals and expatriate workers. What was Gibbons
great crime to warrant her arrest and 15 days in prison? Gibbons had used a
stuffed teddy bear which the children had named "Muhammad" as a teaching aid for
her class. The children had proposed three names for the Teddy Bear, Muhammad,
Abdullah or Hassan. They had voted on Muhammad. The original charge for the U.K.
schoolteacher was inciting religious hatred. Can you believe that? The penalty
for this "crime" is 40 lashes with a whip and six months in prison and a fine.
The Sudanese court in Khartoum had sentenced Gillian Gibbons, the British
schoolteacher to 15 days in prison, after finding her guilty for insulting their
so-called prophet, Muhammad, who is the founder of Islam, which is the Moslem
pagan moon god religion. What really had attracted worldwide attention, was that
many Sudanese Moslems became so angry, they wanted a death-sentence for the
54-year-old British teacher, because they felt that Gillian Gibbons had insulted
their most revered prophet. This kind of incitement by Sudanese has caused such
an embarrassment to the president of Sudan, that he had no choice but to pardon
Gillian Gibbons. Gillian Gibbons has arrived back to the U.K. safely. Moslems
have the strange notion that Muhammad was a true prophet of GOD. Might I remind
Moslems that Muhammad was not a true prophet of GOD. Muhammad had failed to do
what GOD had commanded him to do. Instead, he went off to accomplish his own
agenda. Because of that terrible deed, Muhammad was a disgrace to GOD. Muhammad
was no prophet of GOD, but choose to worship the pagan moon god Allah, and is
symbolized as the crescent moon. Muhammad was more like a tyrant, such as
Charlemagne, Hitler or Pol Pot who were involved in ethnic cleansing campaigns,
which claimed the lives of millions of "undesirable" civilians. This incident
which had taken place in Sudan, really shows people throughout the world how
blind, warped-minded and insidious these Moslem people can be.
I also read in the news that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in
2003 and has not restarted it since. This is a stunning new revelation, given
that President Bush had repeatedly gave warnings about Iran becoming a nuclear
power which could lead to a nuclear third world war. That the US and Israel had to
confront this danger before it is too late. This new revelation contradicts an
assessment made by the United States that Tehran was making nuclear weapons.
This revelation has once again undercut the credibility of President Bush. His
repeated warnings that Iran was making nuclear weapons and that a nuclear third
world war was imminent were found to be false. According to C.B.C. news, U.S.
President George W. Bush refused to be deterred by the United
States intelligence agencies report that suggests Iran has halted its bid to
build nuclear weapons, insisting that the new information only proves how much
of a threat Iran is. It seems to me that any rational person view the report
that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003 and has not restarted
it since then would not see Iran is a threat, as George W. Bush claims. But
then, who would in their right mind sugguest that George W. Bush is a "rational"
person?
On the weather front, we are having a break from that severe snowstorm which
has dumped a good amount of snow in Haileybury and the surrounding area. We are
still digging out from that snowfall, though we came out of it in fine form.
People in southwestern Ontario, as far east as Oshawa and north to Barrie, are
being warned that snow squalls will continue to be a risk. Snow squalls are also
possible in the Fort Albany area on James Bay. In the far north, various
communities such as Nunavut are facing blizzard warnings. Those include Arviat,
Cambridge Bay, Resolute and Cape Dorset.
Tackling the Fresh Deep Snow
Buddy and I went out with the dog sled to travel over the fresh deep snow which had fallen in the past few days. As we were prodding along through the deep snow, we found it hard going. I had
forgotten to take along my ski's which I had shortened so that they would act more like snow
shoes than ski's. Had we any weight in the empty dog sled, it would have been almost
impossible to haul it unless I dragged it myself through the deep snow. I remember that I had
once read that under such circumstance, a person needs to pack down the snow ahead of the
dog and sled. 
The dog sled was a vital form of winter transportation for the fur traders in the North, and was used by both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company.
The main role of dog sleds was to carry goods, furs, meat, and messages to forts in the winter. Dogs were less expensive than horses to keep. Every voyageur would have two or three dogs to pull a sled.
Dog sleds usually left in 'trains' of several dog sleds, with each dog team following the track of the one in front of it. Most or all of the men travelling with the train would wear snowshoes and run along with the dogs.
Two men would go before the lead dog on the run in snowshoes to beat a track, which the dogs instinctively follow. These men are relieved every two hours, as it is very laborious work.
The sleds could carry fairly heavy loads. In the 1700-1800 Century CE, sledge was pulled by two dogs and carried 150 pounds of furs and provisions for a five day trip. This hauling ability is why dog sleds would often be sent to pick up meat from animals that had been killed by the fort's hunter.
This packing down the snow ahead of the dog and sled I did, and found that Buddy was better able to haul the sled. Still, this method
would be quite slow going and is quite a chore especially if a person had to cover a lot of miles.
A snowmobile or an Agro with tracks would have come in handy for this kind of snow travel if
one had to cover ten or twenty miles. I am glad that I was only a short distance from home. It
is good to have this practical experience so that I can better prepare myself for what I will need
to do when I am ready to move myself into wilderness living. I have no problem using modern
tools to make life more pleasant. After all, I am not a glutton for any kind of punnishment or
hard living, if I have a choice, when there are other alternatives to make life a little more
easier and a whole lot more pleasant. If that is not possible, then all one can do to live that dream
is do the best you can under the circumstance. After Buddy and I had arrived back home from
our little excursion, I gave Buddy a harty treat and had myself a cup of coffee and a smoke
while reflecting on the experience we had today. All in all, it was a good day.
Anti-Smokers are stepping over that invisible line.
December 8th, 2007; Bridgewater N.S. is considering a law that would make it illegal to
smoke in any public place in town except on the two bridges located in that town. That's because the bridges are owned by the province and the bylaw would apply
only to town-owned property. If the town bylaw is approved, people won't be allowed to smoke
while walking on the sidewalk or driving in a car. Some moron by the name of Kevin Marlin,
who is a town councilor, had proposed the bylaw. He boasts that it would be the toughest
anti-smoking law in Canada if it's passed. But he may have a tough time getting it past first
reading. The motion to have staff draft a bylaw for first reading was passed by a vote of 3-2
with a couple of councillors missing. Mayor Carroll Publicover is one of the two who voted
against it. ''I think it's an unreasonable restriction on those who smoke,'' he said.
For starters, he said, with 66 kilometres of streets and 34 kilometres of sidewalks in
Bridgewater, it just won't be enforceable. ''I think it's a prohibition that's just too widespread,''
he said. I was expecting something like this would eventually happen from those anti-smoking
morons who would pull this kind of stunt just to see how far they can push it. Maby it is time
that smokers get into the act and beat these anti-smokers at their own dirty little game.
Smokers need to become councillors in their local towns and cities so that they can protect the
rights, what's left of those rights, for people who are tobacco users. If there is a majority of
councillors who do smoke, they can rescind any by-laws that prohibit smoking in public places.
Towns or cities who happen to have councillors who smoke, who happen to hold the majority of
seats, could also challenge the provincial and federal governments on any anti-smoking laws
they had enacted. If these anti-smoking morons want to be that unreasonable, maby it is time
for smokers to be unreasonable and beat these Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco advocates at their own game!
21st century Apartheid in Canada
I have been surfing the web since I had heard that Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco advocates have
started to ban smoking in one's own privet vehicles to see exactly what these Anti-smoking,
anti-tobacco advocates are saying about people who are tobacco users. Here is a small sample
what these Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco advocates are saying;
"A lot of us can't abide the fact that 45,000 Canadians die every year because they became
addicted to sour and smelly little death sticks that eat away at their hearts and lungs". This
statement is one of many lies these Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco advocates are spreading.
"Smoking amounts to more deaths each year than Canadians had died during the entire six
years of Second World War combat. Here is another blatant lie these Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco
advocates are spreading that is not only ridiculous, but also baseless.
By comments like these, it is plain to see that smokers are the new "coloured" citizens,
coloured by their freedom of choice for a lifestyle that these "Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco
advocates" has decided to target and "socially demoralize", and "demonize" tobacco users.
Across Canada, local chapters of tobacco users associations are starting to crop up and are
leading the charge in fighting municipal bans on smoking. Some anti-smoking advocates are
claiming that Canada's fight against the ban on smoking is being directly or indirectly funded
by tobacco companies. That kind of statement in just another one of their lies that they are
spreading around. Tobacco users are not being funded by any tobacco companies. This is a
fight to protect tobacco users from unreasonable and oppressive laws that are being perpetuated
by the Anti-smoking, anti-tobacco advocates. These people have a propensity to lie in order to defend
their stance. Such is the make-up of these anti-smoking advocates.
Here is another way these anti-tobacco advocate groups deceive people. First, they ask the
question... "Does second hand smoke (SHS) actually cause diseases"? Notice how they do not
use the word Cancer? They answer their question with an affirmative, Yes. and add, "And it can also kill you". Then they
slip in a false claim like this.... It is estimated that over 800 non-smoking Canadians died of
coronary heart disease in 1997, attributable to exposure to SHS in the home.[1] Data from
1994 indicate that 336 non-smoking Canadians died from lung cancer as a result of SHS
exposure.[2] Health Canada[3] reports that more than 1,000 non-smokers will die this year in
Canada due to tobacco use - over 300 lung cancer deaths and at least 700 deaths from
coronary heart disease will be caused by second-hand smoke. Few issues have been subject to
as many scientifically rigorous reviews as SHS. James Repace, internationally recognized
health physicist and SHS consultant, provides a summary of scientific consensus.
Then they publish a report like this; "…the EPA
Report on Passive Smoking is just one of a sea of authorative reports by expert panels of the
Surgeon General. In 1993, the U.S. EPA published a major report on the effects of second-hand
smoke, based on a thorough review of all the scientific literature. The Report states;
Of the 4,000 chemicals identified in SHS, 69 of them are carcinogens, including benzene,
cadmium, formaldehyde and toluene.[4] Of these 69, 11 are known human carcinogens, 7 are
probable human carcinogens, and two suspected carcinogens have yet to be evaluated by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In 1992 the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) classified SHS, or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a
"Group A" (known human) carcinogen. This ranking places SHS in the same EPA
classification for the most deadly cancer-causing substances, including arsenic, asbestos,
benzene and vinyl chloride. There is no known safe level of exposure for these substances. In
2002 a group of 29 experts from around the world was convened under the auspices of the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, an agency of the World Health
Organization). After carefully reviewing all of the available evidence, the group determined
that SHS does indeed cause cancer. The agency went on to classify second-hand tobacco
smoke as a Group A human carcinogen.
Sound familiar? What these anti-tobacco advocate groups do not tell you is that; On July 1998, a U.S. District Court
judge in North Carolina ruled that the same EPA report that was mentioned above, had failed to
follow scientific procedure in reaching its conclusions about the link between cancer and
second-hand smoke. The report was found to be invalid. I have found that these anti-tobacco
advocate groups use the very same tactics of lies and deception as do Christians when they try
to defend their apostate Christian religion. This is not surprising to me, because the majority of
their members who head these anti-tobacco advocate groups are Christians. Just as those who
were involved in the Temperance Movement, which was headed by Protestant Christians who
were totally against drinking alcohol. These anti-tobacco advocate groups are professionals at
lying and using deception as part of their bag of tactics they use. After all, they have almost two
thousand years of practice to hone their art of lying and using deception to con people into
converting to Christianity.
Interesting stuff in the news today
Dec. 11th/2007; I read in the news
that the search continues for the missing Manitoulin man. Jason Maurice, 27, of Mindemoya
was last seen 6 days ago when he left a friend's house in M'Chigeeng (formerly West Bay) on
foot, and was headed for another friend's residence during a heavy snowstorm. He never made
it to the second residence and was reported missing later that morning. Recently, about 35
people had joined in a second day of searching for the missing Mindemoya man. The
Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police and the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service have issued
an appeal today for the public's help in finding the missing man. Maurice is six-foot-six, weighs
180 pounds and has green eyes. Having searched for stories about what has been done already
in trying to locate this missing person, I have not heard that they had used dogs who are trained
to find people lost under a lot of snow. This person must by now be buried under a pile of snow,
being that he had left the safety of a residence during a snowstorm. If they do not find him soon,
there is a good chance they will find him in the spring, when all the snow has melted.
I read that the deportation of Laibar Singh, who had entered into Canada with a forged passport, was delayed by
a thousand Sikhs at the Vancouver International Airport. When Singh was caught trying to
get into Canada in 2003 on a forged passport, he claimed that he sought refugee status on the
grounds that he would be persecuted by police in Punjab, India. While Singh was being escorted
by immigration officials, around 1,000 people, mostly Sikhs, had protested his scheduled
deportation at the Vancouver International Airport's departures terminal Monday morning.
Sikh protesters were blocking Laibar Singh from entering the airport terminal. They had blocked
traffic and caused delays for other air passangers who were trying to get to the terminal. The removal order for Singh has been
delayed for "safety and security reasons," Derek Mellon, a spokesman for the Canadian
Border Services Agency (CBSA) told CBC News from Ottawa Monday afternoon. Singh had
suffered a massive stroke in 2006 that left him a quadriplegic and unable to care for himself.
He was first scheduled to be deported on July 8, 2007, but had eluded the federal government
immigration officials by hiding himself at a Sikh temple where the Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib
Society was located in Abbotsford B.C. The Canada Border Services Agency then arrested
Singh on Aug. 13 at an Abbotsford, B.C., hospital, after he had left the Sikh temple to seek
medical attention. Singh has since argued that he will die if he is deported to India because he
won't be able to get proper medical treatment. In the city of Chandigarh, they have the
Chandigarh Administration National Rural Health Mission to provide health services at the
doorsteps of villagers. There is also the Fortis Healthcare center in the city of Chandigarh and
also a Hospital. In Punjab, they also have the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). Recently, a Health Dept team made a visit to
the Amb Sahib colony where a survey of the Amb Sahib Colony was carried out by officials of
the Health Department. Family Welfare Programs; With the multiple efforts of the State
Government especially in terms of improvements in the standard of living and availability of
medical facility. The city of Amritsar is located in the northwest part of India in the State of
Punjab. It is home to the Golden Temple, and is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh
religion. They have the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. It has been developed as a world-class
health care institution with ultra-modern super specialties. Consultants in the field of hospital
infrastructure had been engaged for the facelift of the hospital and soon it would emerge as
one of the leading health care institutions of India. Given this information, Laibar Singh's claim that
he will die if he is deported to India because he won't be able to get proper medical treatment is
a lie. Do not forget that Singh had entered this country with a forged passport. A forged
passport do not come cheap, they cost a lot of money and time to obtain one. It is obvious that
Singh had deliberately planed to enter this country illegally when he had left India to come to
Canada. For a people who claim to be religious, what a bunch of hypocrites these people are!
I read that Canada continues to be on the receiving end of criticism during the UN (Big Brother, New World Order Crowd) climate
change summit in Bali, Indonesia because of its position on the issue. UN climate chief Yvo de
Boer, who met with Environment Minister John Baird Monday, questioned Canada's call that
developing nations like China and India also need to accept binding emissions before Canada will
fully comply. In the meantime, Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty accused the federal
Conservatives of "hindering" the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. McGuinty said that;
"We shouldn't be dragging our feet. We shouldn't be reluctant. We should be ambitious. What
Canadians want their government to do is lead on this score, and we're not leading, we're
following. Worse than that, we're hindering''. In a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
McGuinty called for Canada to agree to "deep and absolute emission reductions'' at the
conference. I wonder what ever happened to that McGuinty plan he had back in October where
he was going to allow the use of low-speed electric vehicles in the province. He did say that he
didn't want the current rules to be an "impediment" to what's viewed as an environmentally
friendly transport technology. He did say that he wants to find a way to ensure that our
regulations don't become an impediment from using electric cars (LSV) like the ZENN cars or
their equivalents, from being on Canadian roads, because that is the right thing to do for the
environment which will drasticly cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking about
Premier Dalton McGuinty, he stated that; "Smoking in cars carrying young passengers is
"reprehensible'' given the dangers of second-hand smoke". During the recent Ontario election
campaign, the Liberals didn't promise to ban smoking in cars with kids, and McGuinty ruled
out the idea just a few months ago, calling it a slippery slope. But as these Anti-smoking
advocates rally around a private member's bill which would give police the right to pull people
over for smoking in a car with passengers under the age of 16, McGuinty now says he's open to
the idea. Yes; The "New World Order Police State" is not that far off now. I notice that many of
these Anti-smoking advocates now call themselves "Health advocates". If these so-called
"Health advocates" are so concerned about the health of our Canadian Citizens, why have
they not banned buses, trucks, trains, automobiles, jet liners, snowmobile, outboard, inboard motors
and all other products that run on gasoline or diesel? Lets make a little experiment, shall we? Have a room
full of tobacco smokers and they will walk out none the worse for ware. The worse can be said
is that they would smell of tobacco smoke. Have a room full of people, filled with auto exhaust
fumes, and you will find these people all dead! These anti-smoking or health advocates sure talk a lot
about wanting to safegard the health of Canadian Citizens, but do very little about it when it
will have a direct impact upon them and cramp their personal living lifestyle. What a bunch of hypocrites!
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