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|    Norm X to All    |
|    Remembering Pierre Eliot Trudeau    |
|    13 Nov 16 23:19:15    |
      XPost: bc.politics, can.politics, ab.politics       XPost: alt.politics.democrat       From: someone@microsoft.com              My fellow Canadians,              Native cultures esteem their elders. I am old beyond years. I remember       Pierre Eliot Trudeau, his pros and his cons. His son Justin would be wise to       emulate his father in foreign policy. Pierre Eliot Trudeau was anti-American       and defined Canadian identity in those terms. He embraced Cuban communism       and helped in the sugar cane harvest. He was neutral WRT the US war in Viet       Nam. But boys will be boys, and many Canadian boys volunteered and went to       Viet Nam to "kill Viet Cong gooks". Justin should withdraw all support for       current American wars started by Barrack Obama. Isolationism never hurt.       Pierre took some baby steps towards socialism for example PetroCanada which       developed the Hibernia oil play off New Foundland. This help the grateful       Newfies and kept oil prices low. Unfortunately Trudeau lost the National       Energy Program fight with blue eyed Arab Peter Loughheed. and we were left       with OPEC oil prices.              The major downside of the Pierre Trudeau regime was youth unemployment. I       only voted Liberal once.              Canadians suffer the highest telecommunication costs in the world with our       home grown cartels. The economic history is that telecommunications started       in Canada with Alexander Graham Bell. Hence the cartels enjoy market power       which Canadians lack. There has not been any job action in BC since 1955       because employees are too happy. The cartels are rich beyond imagining and       buy up unrelated assists, much like Mafia heroin traffickers bought       legitimate pizza restaurants. Nortel went belly up and now the cartels buy       all their electronic infrastructure from China. Cartel business involves       transferring money from one pocket to another just like the casinos. Justin       should move quickly to nationalize telecommunications cartels. If American       oligarchs complain, Justin should reply "bite me", just like his dad said       "fuddle duddle" and "watch me".              Our health care costs are far higher than imagined by Tommy Douglas, father       of socialized medicine in Canada. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the       poor. Canada's most celebrated surgeon was Norman Bethune, a flaming       Communist. Cuban medicine is the best in the Western world. The medical       school in Havana is certified in pinko California. The Cuban Communist       government invites poor young Americans to apply for scholarships and study       in Havana. Dr. Fidel Castro is not dead yet and Justin should invite him the       remodel our system along Cuban lines. If American oligarchs complain, Justin       should say "bite me". It is not too late to close the border to American       oligarchs.              Pierre was a Law professor not an economist. Economics is a hard subject for       even the best students. No one in the world has got economic justice to       work. Pierre Trudeau was a Keynsian. Keynesian economics was invented in the       1930 depression to prevent revolution. What do we see South of the border?       Constant militant revolutionary action as I speak. Homelessness was invented       by Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulrooney, a result of regressive taxation and       infinite austerity. If American oligarchs complain of effective economic       policies in Canada, Justin should say "bite me".              Pierre Trudeau was a pacifist on the international stage but not at home, as       in the October crisis. If Canadian rioters get out of hand as the do       tonight, Justin should bring in the Canadian Armed forces.              On the other hand, Canadians should not worry about America or Americans.       America has a hundred year history of war. Woolly headed Democrats start the       wars and isolationist Republicans end them. This may be bad for US, Canadian       and Ukraine war industries but it does not bring ruin, just like the closure       of Nortel did not bring ruin, only more profit for greedy telecommunications       cartels in Canada.              There is great hope for Canada as Justin can "make Canada great again". If       anything goes wrong, Justin should just say "bite me", a modern version of       "fuddle duddle". If Trump builds a wall against Mexicans, Justin should       threaten a wall along the Canada/US border and demand Trump pay for it. One       can best fight fire with fire.              My fellow Canadians,              Thank you and good night.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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