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LOUIS RIEL needs your help ... We're almost there

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April 9, 2007 - 9:32pm
 

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saigon
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April 9, 2007 - 9:32pm
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Thanks to everyone who stood tall against Torys, fascist and racists. LOUIS RIEL has made the Final Four of the context to pick the Greatest and Most Inspirational Canadian Politician.

Just 2 rounds left. Voting in this round is open now and closes at 1159 PM eastern time zone, Thursday 12 April.

Vote at: http://www.timhudak.ca/final-four-louis-riel-vs-maurice-duplessis

There should be no question Riel is better than Duplessis but from past round it look like Duplessis dead stuffs the ballot box as much as Duplessis alive. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]

We need your help. Defend Riel. Avenge Riel. Vote Riel ...

You can vote only once per IP address but it looks like the system unblocks every half day or full day so try voting again. Spread the word it is important.

Still not sure how to vote? Maybe this photo of Riel on trial for his life in a white man Kangaroo court will help clear things up for you


Left Turn
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April 9, 2007 - 11:13pm
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Just voted for Louis Riel, and he's winning 15 to 2.

I do have to reiterate my comment and question from the previous thread though. I'm not sure I would have picked Louis Riel in the matchup of Louis Riel Vs. Tommy Douglas. Was Louis Riel substantively left on any issues other than defending the first nations and metis from Canadian imperialism (I honnestly don't know, I'm not arguing that he wasn't, at least not unless I see evidence one way or the other)?

[ 09 April 2007: Message edited by: Left Turn ]


saigon
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April 10, 2007 - 8:23pm
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Please help vote. Duplessis has taken the lead. We need everyone.

M. Spector
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April 10, 2007 - 8:38pm
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quote:Originally posted by saigon:
You can vote only once per IP address but it looks like the system unblocks every half day or full day so try voting again.
My Sympatico High-Speed assigns a different IP address to me each time I log in to the web. So I can vote multiple times by logging off and back on again in between each vote.

saigon
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April 10, 2007 - 8:59pm
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We are being watched. Look here http://80soft.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=9424&st=0 our talk about IP addresses already being relayed to Hudak what like minutes after we post here.

What garbage on that site. hateful talk like

quote: Syphilitic Dementia is the only plausible explanation

and

quote: God, some of those people need a mental check-up. Note they neglect to mention Riel was also an extreme delusional religious fanatic, who took it upon himself to try to rename the days of the week

Maybe they should read Tom Flanagan [big right winger] in PROPHET OF THE NEW WORLD page 161 where he says

quote: Although Riel's new names may seem strange today because they were never put into use, one should remember that renaming is a fundamental aspect of politics. During the French revolution the Jacobins brought in a new calendar that replaced the old pagan names of the days and months with 'rational' names related to the characteristics of the seasons...New names put forward by a failed leader seem like whimsy in retrospect, but the impulse of renaming is far from whimsical.
See http://books.google.com/books?id=damuXwkMI2QC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=%22louis+riel%22+aurore&source=web&ots=q49zX7qakA&sig=f8_bucKl7UmsMx6Z1CJ_YO4_zH8

Ken Burch
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April 10, 2007 - 11:36pm
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Just voted. After my vote for Riel, that fascist shitbag Duplessis was STILL three votes ahead.

saga
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April 11, 2007 - 4:32am
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Duplessis still winning!!

help ... more voters!


Unionist
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April 11, 2007 - 4:45am
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Hang Duplessis for treason!!!

PS: Why is anyone paying attention to Tim Hudak?


Caissa
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April 11, 2007 - 4:51am
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A decent case could be made that Riel was suffering from a mental illness and might not have been found to be compis mentis under modern standards.

Unionist
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April 11, 2007 - 4:55am
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quote:Originally posted by Caissa:
A decent case could be made that Riel was suffering from a mental illness and might not have been found to be compis mentis under modern standards.

Wasn't it the latter-day Soviets that declared political opponents insane and locked them up in "hospitals" rather than vanilla prisons?

Louis Riel is a hero.


Caissa
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April 11, 2007 - 5:22am
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Being a "hero" does not preclude being mentally ill. Given his American citizenship, treason charges were a bit "questionable" to say the least. In grade 12, I had the honour to "play" Riel in a mock trial. I didn't hang.

Unionist
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April 11, 2007 - 5:44am
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quote:Originally posted by Caissa:
Being a "hero" does not preclude being mentally ill. Given his American citizenship, treason charges were a bit "questionable" to say the least. In grade 12, I had the honour to "play" Riel in a mock trial. I didn't hang.

Were you cured?


Caissa
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April 11, 2007 - 5:52am
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There is no "cure" for American citizenship. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]

Le T
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April 11, 2007 - 6:02am
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Seriously, why are you guys getting emotional about winning a web pole on some PC guy's webpage?

And why do you think that it should be posted in the aboriginal issues and culture forum?


Unionist
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April 11, 2007 - 6:22am
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quote:Originally posted by Le Tйlйspectateur:
Seriously, why are you guys getting emotional about winning a web pole on some PC guy's webpage?

And why do you think that it should be posted in the aboriginal issues and culture forum?

The "aboriginal" part must be because of Louis Riel.

The "culture" part must be because of the horrible bacteria which grow on PC websites.

And the sidescroll is annoying.


Cueball
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April 11, 2007 - 7:27am
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quote:Originally posted by Le Tйlйspectateur:
Seriously, why are you guys getting emotional about winning a web pole on some PC guy's webpage?

And why do you think that it should be posted in the aboriginal issues and culture forum?

Well, I voted because it was fun.


Ken Burch
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April 11, 2007 - 9:27am
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Duplessis always did say that a high Dominion Dust-up vote was more important than a seat at the UN.

saigon
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April 12, 2007 - 6:35pm
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Need more votes for RIEL!!!!
http://www.timhudak.ca/final-four-louis-riel-vs-maurice-duplessis

This is crazy cant let Duplessis win. Duplessis was a thug. He sent thousands of children to mental hospitals to save money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans


quote: "The diagnoses were always swift — the children went to bed orphans and woke up psychiatric patients. The reason? Shrewd fiscal planning; federal subsidies paid out more to hospitals than to orphanages. Some children allegedly endured lobotomies, electroshock, straitjackets and abuse"
[URL=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-70-1633/disasters_tragedies/duplessis_orphans/[/URL]


The amount of hate against RIEL and against us is terrible. Many hurtful words It is like they want to hang him all over

Vote LOUIS RIEL. Please

Time running out

[ 12 April 2007: Message edited by: saigon ]

[ 12 April 2007: Message edited by: saigon ]


Ken Burch
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April 12, 2007 - 10:28pm
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Riel made the final against Pearson.

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