Learning Stories
by
Mario deSantis
mariodesantis@hotmail.com
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign
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learn today (last saturday) that Russian Forces stormed the theater
in Moscow where Chechen hostage takers held some hundreds of
captives. The death tolls is in the order of many dozens among
hostage takers and captives. To learn once again that people are
willing to commit acts of terrorism by killing themselves is an
understanding that no dictatorial or Fascist Big Brother government
will have the power to curtail our liberties and enforce the
physical security of our lives (photo by Sergi Karpukhin, Reuters).
References Hostages die in Moscow operation, CNN, October 26, 2002 http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/26/moscow.standoff/index.html The Chechen War Comes Home, by Yevgenia Albats, The New York Times, October 26, 2002 file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/MARIO%20DESANTIS/My%20Documents/ensign2/pdfarchive/ChechenWar.pdf Wellstone Killed in Crash, Clouding Fight Over Senate, by Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times, October 26, 2002 file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/MARIO%20DESANTIS/My%20Documents/ensign2/pdfarchive/wellstoneNYtimes.pdf Statement about Paul Wellstone. Paul Wellstone was one of a kind. He was a man of principle and conviction, in a world that has too little of either. He was dedicated to helping the little guy, in a business dominated by the big guys. We who had the privilege of working with him hope that he will be remembered as he lived every day: as a champion for people. His family was the center of his life and it breaks our hearts that his wife of 39 years and his daughter Marcia were with him. Our prayers are with Mark and David and the grandchildren he and Sheila cherished so much. http://www.wellstone.org/ |
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also learn that Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone has died in a plane
crash. Senator Wellstone was fighting for reelection in these
troubling times and yet he listened to his heart as he was one of
the few senators who voted against a resolution authorizing
President Bush to eventually wage a unilateral war against Iraq. The
balance of power has shifted lately too much on behalf of the few
and privileged and there will be the need of more Wellstones to
counter the private interests to wage wars at home and abroad (photo
by Andy King (Reuter).