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Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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Date: August 23, 2011 01:45PM On Monday we unexpectedly lost a great man and are all still reeling from his sudden passing. I'm still in a bit of shock, to tell the truth. He was a neighbour, a local fixture and a wonderful Canadian. He'll be missed.
[www.facebook.com] "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." Jack Layton Politicians don't usually say things like this, he was one of a kind. [cargocollective.com] Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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Tamukha
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Date: August 23, 2011 10:01PM Oh my God! I am actually shaking hearing this--the only thing on CBC this morning when I was flipping through the channels was what's going on in Libya. Oh, this is terrible. He was one of the few warriors for humanity and the planet in Canadian government--that house of theirs in TO!--what's gonna happen now? I'm sorry, coconuts. My sympathy to all Canadians who "give a damn." Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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cy
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Date: August 23, 2011 10:59PM We won't see any real important news in any major tv channel.
Me too,so sorry Coco. Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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KidRaw
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Date: August 24, 2011 12:27PM coco Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is > better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. > So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And > we’ll change the world." > > Jack Layton > > Politicians don't usually say things like this, he > was one of a kind. Ummm....those words sound familiar to me.... Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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Date: August 27, 2011 04:55PM Thank you, you guys. We are still heart sore over here. He was such a great person, he and his wife and their kids too, all working at the small local government level for many years, as members of their own community just as you or I would have done. They went on, all of them, to do great things for Canada and Canadians. He will be so missed, he was a funny guy with a big heart and a geniune stance on the things that matter to actual people. I can't believe how sudden it was. A blessing for him, I supposed. At least he did not suffer ill-health for very long.
God-Speed Mr. Layton. Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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Tamukha
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Date: August 27, 2011 11:39PM I watched part of the funeral today on CBC; very moving. Rewatched some videos of him from "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" and "The Mercer Report" online. I recall thinking, the first time he did one of these candid interviews, that he seemed like such a nice and caring man, and how sorely we need people like that here. Such a loss . . . Re: Prayers and thoughts for my country today, please.
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Date: August 31, 2011 04:36PM My ex reminded me the other day of a time when Jack and Olivia came to our door in Kensington Market when they were running in our riding, we had a little chat. They were so connected to the people they represented because they lived in our neighbourhoods, walked our streets and stayed in touch. I saw them snogging at an art opening once on Bathurst Street after a few glasses of cheap wine, lol. They were cute. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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