{"article":{"id":167136,"heading":"Thank you ( to the real Americans)","author":"ted... (victoria BC, canada)","created":"2006-07-05 14:16:22","modified":"2006-07-05 14:25:36","last_modified":"Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:25:36","article":"<p>Thank you... <br><br> ----  Thanks for teaching me something ------ <br><br> Canada's birthday is July 1st. <br><br> This year I waved the flag of our Nation <br>  <br> (our home on Native lands) <br><br>  <br>  <br> Some in our \"activist-communitty\"  asked me <br><br> \"Why are you waving Steven-Harper's flag\" <br>  <br> (Harper..? priminister of Canada) <br><br>  <br>  <br>  \" It's NOT HIS FLAG...! \"   I said <br><br> this flag...????? <br><br> It represents the \"VALUES\"  this country was built on...! <br><br> VALUES THAT REPRESENT  \"HUMAN-RIGHTS\"  <br><br> Harper represents the \"CROWNS OPPRESSION\" <br><br> an OPPRESSION we canadians fleed....!!!!!! <br><br> ie:   the king passes power down to the wealthy \"land-owners\", <br><br> who act as a \"suido king\"... <br><br> ------  Futher <br><br> The King uses his power to attack other Nations, <br>  <br> and draws his soldgers from the general population. <br><br> Harper,,,?  like a king <br><br> blames the poor <br>  <br> for their own poverty... <br><br> Harper like a king, <br>  <br> rewards the rich, for being rich...! <br><br>  <br>  <br> ----  simply he doesn't care about \"normal\" people <br><br>  <br>  <br> THE FLAG DOES NOT REPRESENT HIS VALUES... <br><br> &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;   RE-CLAIM THE FLAG  &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <br><br> My \"Canadian-Flag\"  represents the VALUES <br><br> my nation was built on...! <br><br>  <br>  <br> they are NOT the same values, <br>  <br> dictated by our current leaders...!!!!!!! <br><br>  <br>  <br> ted...  ( Canadian's  flag,,,,   NOT yours Steven-Harper...!) <br><br>  <br>  <br> thanks for empowering me neighbor ... <br><br> ted  (victoria BC, canada)<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A quick note to thank the real Americans\r\n\r\n\r\n","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/07\/167136.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":167137,"heading":"a tune to help with thinking about bush","article":"Some of you might not understand this tune.\r\n\r\nPlease check your own historical record\r\n\r\n\r\nand then think about the consquances\r\n\r\n\r\nof fallowing the &quot;dictator's&quot; dictates...\r\n\r\n-----  perhaps, there is a lesson for all of us\r\n\r\n\r\nted... (wow, we got a madman running our country too)\r\n\r\n","author":"ted... ( words to think about)","parent_id":167136,"mime_type":"audio\/mpeg","created":"2006-07-05 14:25:36","modified":"2006-07-05 14:25:36","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/07\/the_war_of_1812.mp3"}]}