For reasons which are beyond my control, but which have to do with my long-standing respect for democracy and the responsibility we citizens have for ensuring its continued health and viability, I will not be posting any political messages on this blog until October 15th.
Instead, RW will post a daily quote and/or anecdote from recent history.
Most of the quotes you will see over the next days will be from a book I recommend. It’s by Nicholson Baker and it’s called "Human Smoke".
Thank you for your indulgence.
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Quote of the Day…from Human Smoke, by Nicholson Baker
It was 1914.
Winston Churchill was England’s first lord of the admiralty and he initiated a naval blockade against Germany.
"The British Blockade," Churchill later wrote, "treated the whole of Germany as if it were a beleaguered fortress and avowedly sought to starve the whole population — men, women, and children, old and young, wounded and sound — into submission."
What?!! No Canadian politics from Jim Reed? Nowhere to comment? How will we manage? (ok, maybe a bit tongue in cheek but…)
I’m inviting everyone to come over to http://www.living-in-the-country.com in the interim. I’ll try my hand at some very basic political observation. Comment everyone, I’ll need the input!
Sam
Well I’m afraid you won’t have any from me sam…because i have to keep my hands clean and my mouth shut on anything to do with national politics. even telepathically. you never know who’s listening lol.