Posted by: wordbeeps on: August 30, 2011
Two weeks ago. In a field of wild yellow grasses wanting to lean on legs like a loving cat, a crowd stood, most in the shade of tall ancient jackpine. Beneath one full-leafed tree, rare for the area, wider than the rest, cooler, its branches reaching out in a hug, a hole had been dug [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: August 27, 2011
If you were a mourner, and felt genuinely sad about the passing of Jack Layton, the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, perhaps the state funeral wasn’t the place for you. The masses need their flesh even when it is cold. And on this day, they got it. The Layton family did their duty. Their [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: August 22, 2011
I never voted for Jack Layton, but did, when I was young, vote NDP. I was a union organizer, and in that capacity met many hard-wired NDP members. The NDP is unique to Canada, its loyal membership recognizing that party gave us socialized medicine, stood up for worker’s rights, and consistently and solidly stood by [...]
