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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''Is this the time to attack Iraq?''--U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, September 15, 2001 I will never forget what a health care administrator, just appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Brooks Health Centre in Brooks, Alberta, told my wife Sharon in mid 1986 as he dismissed her: "you are too old and I don't have time to mold you." Today we have metaphorically the same social predicament between the Bush administration and Iraq. The Bush administration has no time to assist the Arab countries in their social and economic development as Arab oil is more important than Arab lives. Therefore, the Bush administration must impose the superior will of their neoclassical economic and military power and extract Arab oil on their own behalf and on behalf of the Arab oligarchies and at the expense of all common people of this world, including Arab people. There is no such a thing as an integral Rule of Law for the Bush administration as Bush's Rule of Law is a reflection of Bush & Co. crony capitalism: financial corruption, dirty tricks and bribery. So at this time, as Bush's lackeys are spying on the diplomats of the United Nations Security Council in a final effort to buy their loyalties for a war against Iraq, so I am satisfied to learn that Turkey's parliament has rejected the bribe of a multi billion dollar offer to allow American troops on their soil. We must end the neoclassical crony capitalistic theory to put money before lives, and it is not the time to attack Iraq. References Pertinent articles published in Ensign Vennochi, Joan What is missing in Bush's push for war (pdf) February 20, 2003 The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/051/oped/What_is_missing_in_Bush_s_push_for_war+.shtml The Observer US plan to bug Security Council: the text The text of the memorandum detailing the US plan to bug the phones and emails of key Security Council members, revealed in today's Observer. March 2, 2003 http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,905954,00.html CNN Turkey rejects U.S. troop proposal (PDF) March 1, 2003 http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/01/sprj.irq.main/index.html
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