Send Warm Wishes to Canada

I hope you all are noticing the struggle for democracy in your backyard.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/05/stephen-harper-parliament-suspended-canada Harper appeared on national television on Wednesday night vowing to block a coalition from coming to power. "Canada's government will use every legal means to protect our democracy, to protect our economy," he said. The Liberals AND the Socialists have put aside their differences to unite in a DEMOCRATICALLY elected parliament. They areunited because they belive Mr. Harpers economic policies are dangerous to the nation of Canada. The nation, is not the same as the government. The president is essentially saying *your government will protect you from democracy*

There is something else i want you to watch because ignoring the struggle of other countries and knowledge of history is dangerous.This stuff is important and i hope you will do more research on it, and share what you learn with concern, not combatance. There is a coalition of parties in Thailand. They represent the majority of the people, many poor rice farmers and other less powerfulpeople. The parties are unbited against the old Chinese-Thai families and royalists who are rich and powerful. They PAID protesters to shut down the airport in Banghkok recently and dissolved the democratically elected government. By paying the protesters, who called themselves'People's Alliance for Democracy, ironically, and also by controlling media and convincing people the opposition used voter fraud and is corrupt, they have suppressed a government who represented the needs of poor workers in Thailand. Most westerners do not care, they just care their vacation plans are disrupted. Many news articles give incomplete information you will have to read different sources. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5271710.ece http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812372511594298.html

Btw, In your own neighborhood there are numerous grassroots activists who are organizing on issues that you may find important. I just thought this was interesting if anyone wanted to get motivated about schools or something. http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?event_type=231&zip_radius%5B1%5D=150&type=advanced&orderby=zip_radius&zip_radius%5B0%5D=23116&x=22&y=15

Happy Reading!