I relate very much with this ode to independence, self-reliance, and community spirit. My father was a child immigrant from Ireland whose father, my grandfather, started in Canada by putting tin cans on shelves in a Dominion store. He built himself through a ma and pa shop to constructing Hall's Cottages in Honey Harbour on Georgian Bay, where I spent my early summer vacations while growing up in Toronto.
My mother was definitely Old Stock, a descendant of my great, great, great gandfather, Adam Fergusson, a cattle breeder who helped start the Guelph agricultural college and the CNE in Toronto. The town of Fergus is named after my ancestor. Fergus is a sort of the spiritual home of the Scots of Ontario. It is the home of the annual festival of Scottish sports known as the Highland Games.
Through hard work, including a Ph.D. in History at the U of T, I became a Native Studies Prof in Sudbury and then Lethbridge Alberta where I am now. I loved the work and got involved in the patriation of the Canadian constitution from Great Britain in 1982 with a clause affirming the recognition of "existing Aboriginal and treaty rights."
I liked to highlight in my lectures folks like Sir William Johnson who advocated justice-minded relations with the Indians. As the first Superintendent of Indian Affairs in British North America, Johnson was the primary adviser responsible for the wording of the Royal Proclamation of 1763. In my view this Royal Proclamation was a great contribution to British North America. It laid out rules for just treatment of Indians in the western expansion of the British Empire. Some of the Anglo-American colonists rejected becoming subject to the rules for acquiring Indian land as stipulated in the Royal Proclamation. The rebels grouped together to revolt against the British imperial Crown creating in the process the United States of America. This history is referred to in the Declaration of Independence where King George is accused of "bringing on the merciless Indian savages." What this wording really meant was that the King, with Johnson's advice, called for decent treatment of the Indians in the Royal Proclamation. They were to be negotiated with fairly as human beings whose rights in their ancestral lands had to be taken seriously.
Because of the rules laid out in the Royal Proclamation, which survived the creation of the United States in what remained of British North America, Indians tended to side with the imperial government against the US government that is well known to this day for conducting ruthless Indian wars. In the War of 1812 an Indian Confederacy encouraged by the Crown sided with the British against the US attempt to annex Canada.
The leader of Indian Confederacy was named Tecumseh. I see him as a brilliant individual and as one of the key founders of Canada. Without Tecumseh's leadership of the Indian Confederacy in partnership with General Brock, Canada would have probably been conquered by the United States. Brock and Tecumseh succeeded in defeating the US Armed Forces at the military base of Detroit. A short time latter Tecumseh was martyred defending Canada from its enemies. What happened in Canada to allow this proud chapter of our history to disappear into the oblivion of amnesia? If you want to know more, read my book, The American Empire and the Fourth World.
Yes Trudeau has demeaned Canada by dumping patronage money to elevate his Indian friends in the Liberal Party in ways that leave out the majority of Native people, too many of whom end up addicted on the streets. Yes, duplicitous insiders contemplate exploiting the UN's UNDRIP as a device to dispossess Canadian land owners, whose hard-earned proprietorships are essential to maintaining the Canadian way of life. But the building of Canada was based on a more nuanced and complex project than it appears on the surface. We need to consider some of the ironies in this complexity by assessing the true nature of the land we have collectively inherited. We need to reflect on the country we might have had, and that we still could have, if we were to get serious about rising to a higher standard in building a Canada of, by, and for the people of Canada.
Anti-Semitic? What? Presently the mostly European Ashkenazi Jews in Israel are conducting a genocidal campaign against the Palestinian Arabs. Arabs are Semites and Ashkenazi Jews are not Semites. Who is being "Anti-Semitic"? Jeremy's reference to paid IDF trolls on the Internet might meet some dim-witted people's idea of Anti-Semitism.
Recruiting Grounds: Afghanistan, Chechnya, Tunisia, Libya, and Somalia
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Common Factors: In every case the aggressors are Muslims who now make up a majority in the country. The combination of Islamic indoctrination, combined with low average IQ scores, in the 60’ies, 70’ies and low 80’ies, are major contributors to the conflicts.
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The Partitioning of INDIA
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The long-term solution in the Israeli-Hamas conflict will be a Two State Solution, similar to the partitioning of INDIA and PAKISTAN in 1947. The current situation has similarities as well as differences.
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SIMILARITIES
The population of GAZA has been doubling annually since its creation. 1948 – 200,000, 1968 – 400,000, 1988 – 800,000, 2008 – 1,600,000, 2028 – 3,200,000 (projected).
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The Middle East was once 95% Judaea-Christian, however today Christians make up 6% of its population. Muslim populations have been increasing their numbers and waging war on their neighbors for 1400 years.
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DIFFERENCES
In the case of India and Pakistan, a far greater number of people were displaced.
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Israel is a small country. The land areas involved are much smaller. If you overlayed the northern border of GAZA with Yonge Street in Toronto, and imagined a 7-mile wide strip of land, extending Eastward 25 miles along the north Coast of Lake Ontario, you’d have an area of similar size and population.
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TRIVIA
Jerusalem (aka Al Quds) is not mentioned once in the Qur’an. It does describe a miracle where Mohammad travelled overnight to ‘the northernmost Mosque’, where he met with Abraham and Jesus. The Hadiths that were written centuries later, suggested that the northern Mosque was the Al Quds Temple in Jerusalem, site of the Jewish Wailing Wall.
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The two things you are most likely to hear Muslims chanting is ”Allah Akbar’ and “Mine, Mine, Mine”.
I relate very much with this ode to independence, self-reliance, and community spirit. My father was a child immigrant from Ireland whose father, my grandfather, started in Canada by putting tin cans on shelves in a Dominion store. He built himself through a ma and pa shop to constructing Hall's Cottages in Honey Harbour on Georgian Bay, where I spent my early summer vacations while growing up in Toronto.
My mother was definitely Old Stock, a descendant of my great, great, great gandfather, Adam Fergusson, a cattle breeder who helped start the Guelph agricultural college and the CNE in Toronto. The town of Fergus is named after my ancestor. Fergus is a sort of the spiritual home of the Scots of Ontario. It is the home of the annual festival of Scottish sports known as the Highland Games.
Through hard work, including a Ph.D. in History at the U of T, I became a Native Studies Prof in Sudbury and then Lethbridge Alberta where I am now. I loved the work and got involved in the patriation of the Canadian constitution from Great Britain in 1982 with a clause affirming the recognition of "existing Aboriginal and treaty rights."
I liked to highlight in my lectures folks like Sir William Johnson who advocated justice-minded relations with the Indians. As the first Superintendent of Indian Affairs in British North America, Johnson was the primary adviser responsible for the wording of the Royal Proclamation of 1763. In my view this Royal Proclamation was a great contribution to British North America. It laid out rules for just treatment of Indians in the western expansion of the British Empire. Some of the Anglo-American colonists rejected becoming subject to the rules for acquiring Indian land as stipulated in the Royal Proclamation. The rebels grouped together to revolt against the British imperial Crown creating in the process the United States of America. This history is referred to in the Declaration of Independence where King George is accused of "bringing on the merciless Indian savages." What this wording really meant was that the King, with Johnson's advice, called for decent treatment of the Indians in the Royal Proclamation. They were to be negotiated with fairly as human beings whose rights in their ancestral lands had to be taken seriously.
Because of the rules laid out in the Royal Proclamation, which survived the creation of the United States in what remained of British North America, Indians tended to side with the imperial government against the US government that is well known to this day for conducting ruthless Indian wars. In the War of 1812 an Indian Confederacy encouraged by the Crown sided with the British against the US attempt to annex Canada.
The leader of Indian Confederacy was named Tecumseh. I see him as a brilliant individual and as one of the key founders of Canada. Without Tecumseh's leadership of the Indian Confederacy in partnership with General Brock, Canada would have probably been conquered by the United States. Brock and Tecumseh succeeded in defeating the US Armed Forces at the military base of Detroit. A short time latter Tecumseh was martyred defending Canada from its enemies. What happened in Canada to allow this proud chapter of our history to disappear into the oblivion of amnesia? If you want to know more, read my book, The American Empire and the Fourth World.
Yes Trudeau has demeaned Canada by dumping patronage money to elevate his Indian friends in the Liberal Party in ways that leave out the majority of Native people, too many of whom end up addicted on the streets. Yes, duplicitous insiders contemplate exploiting the UN's UNDRIP as a device to dispossess Canadian land owners, whose hard-earned proprietorships are essential to maintaining the Canadian way of life. But the building of Canada was based on a more nuanced and complex project than it appears on the surface. We need to consider some of the ironies in this complexity by assessing the true nature of the land we have collectively inherited. We need to reflect on the country we might have had, and that we still could have, if we were to get serious about rising to a higher standard in building a Canada of, by, and for the people of Canada.
This is why I like combat vets. Give them enough time to study the problem, they’ll find a path toward victory.
JEREMY
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Did you forget to include your usual ANTISEMITIC comment, or have you turned a new leaf ???
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Anti-Semitic? What? Presently the mostly European Ashkenazi Jews in Israel are conducting a genocidal campaign against the Palestinian Arabs. Arabs are Semites and Ashkenazi Jews are not Semites. Who is being "Anti-Semitic"? Jeremy's reference to paid IDF trolls on the Internet might meet some dim-witted people's idea of Anti-Semitism.
Everything you need to know about HAMAS, Arabs and Israel … ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING !!!
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https://rumble.com/v3xchkp-pat-condell.html
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Whose car are we takin?
Here is a list of the ongoing ISLAMIIC JIHADI conflicts world-wide. They are most typically fought against Christians but not always.
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• ARMENIA – Azerbaijani Muslims, aided by Turkey vs Christian Armenians
• NIGERIA – Boko Haram Fulani Muslims vs Igbo Christians in the South
• SUDAN – Muslim Military in the North vs African nativists in the South
• Mozambique – Muslim Jihadis vs government
• Democratic Republic of the Congo – Muslim Jihadis vs government
• The Sahel Countries: Mali, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania
• YEMEN – Shiite Houthi rebels vs Sunni government backed by Saudis
• Indonesia – Invasion of East Timor, Government vs ethnic Chinese
• IRAQ and SYRIA – ISIS vs moderate Kurdistani Muslims
• INDIA – the partitioning of INDIA and Pakistan into two countries
• ISRAEL – Palestinian Jihadis vs Jews
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55147863
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https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/explainer-jihadist-movements-2021
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https://www.crisisgroup.org/jihad-modern-conflict
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor_genocide
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Recruiting Grounds: Afghanistan, Chechnya, Tunisia, Libya, and Somalia
.
Common Factors: In every case the aggressors are Muslims who now make up a majority in the country. The combination of Islamic indoctrination, combined with low average IQ scores, in the 60’ies, 70’ies and low 80’ies, are major contributors to the conflicts.
.
The Partitioning of INDIA
.
The long-term solution in the Israeli-Hamas conflict will be a Two State Solution, similar to the partitioning of INDIA and PAKISTAN in 1947. The current situation has similarities as well as differences.
.
SIMILARITIES
The population of GAZA has been doubling annually since its creation. 1948 – 200,000, 1968 – 400,000, 1988 – 800,000, 2008 – 1,600,000, 2028 – 3,200,000 (projected).
.
The Middle East was once 95% Judaea-Christian, however today Christians make up 6% of its population. Muslim populations have been increasing their numbers and waging war on their neighbors for 1400 years.
.
DIFFERENCES
In the case of India and Pakistan, a far greater number of people were displaced.
.
Israel is a small country. The land areas involved are much smaller. If you overlayed the northern border of GAZA with Yonge Street in Toronto, and imagined a 7-mile wide strip of land, extending Eastward 25 miles along the north Coast of Lake Ontario, you’d have an area of similar size and population.
.
TRIVIA
Jerusalem (aka Al Quds) is not mentioned once in the Qur’an. It does describe a miracle where Mohammad travelled overnight to ‘the northernmost Mosque’, where he met with Abraham and Jesus. The Hadiths that were written centuries later, suggested that the northern Mosque was the Al Quds Temple in Jerusalem, site of the Jewish Wailing Wall.
.
The two things you are most likely to hear Muslims chanting is ”Allah Akbar’ and “Mine, Mine, Mine”.
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