tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post1545011742934784372..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: "Thou Dustiness Command"Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-69160198227229428472010-03-05T15:48:40.429-08:002010-03-05T15:48:40.429-08:00Rick Salutin wrote something like - how about one ...Rick Salutin wrote something like - how about one to victims of capitalism; better yet, a National Monument to Victims.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-54113376053647753852010-03-05T12:47:44.890-08:002010-03-05T12:47:44.890-08:00Beijing : re National Monument to the Victims of C...Beijing : re National Monument to the Victims of Communism :<br />George put one up in Washington DC a couple of years ago and Steve has actually publicly endorsed the idea several times previously, including in last year's throne speech, if memory serves. It's spearheaded by a group called "Tribute To Liberty" and they got permission to build it on national capital region land last September. There will be a design competition. The TTL board chair wrote on <a href="http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/12/jason-kenney-to.html" rel="nofollow">Western Standard's Shotgun blog</a> two years ago that public funding will not be solicited.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-37154386431224979632010-03-05T11:05:37.329-08:002010-03-05T11:05:37.329-08:00Yes, the current version is an improvement on the ...Yes, the current version is an improvement on the one with all the standing on guard, but it could be improved more. Still, I don't want the Conservatives to do it because they will screw it up.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-43613094770519779242010-03-05T10:45:01.987-08:002010-03-05T10:45:01.987-08:00Thanks for backing me up! I've been going nuts...Thanks for backing me up! I've been going nuts reading comments that indicate that the anthem is sancrosanct and <i>ne'er shouldst be edited</i> - yet it has only been around in it's latest form for 30 years or so.<br /><br />Not that I don't recognize that bringing the lyric change up as an issue is just the Conservatives blowing smoke in hopes we won't notice/remember the rest of the bullshit. Sorry Cons, much as I think better lyrics would be a good thing, it's only symbolic. Trashing equity legislation and funding - that shit was concrete. We haven't forgotten.Deannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84041237355830630512010-03-05T08:18:51.928-08:002010-03-05T08:18:51.928-08:00O Canada, our home and native land
True patriot lo...O Canada, our home and native land<br />True patriot love in all thy sons command<br />With glowing hearts we see thee rise<br />The true north strong and free<br />And stand on guard, O Canada<br />We stand on guard for thee<br />O Canada, glorious and free<br />We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee<br />O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.<br /><br />I think that's it, from memory.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-39145937912173224432010-03-05T07:36:46.978-08:002010-03-05T07:36:46.978-08:00Now that you mention it, I don't even know wha...Now that you mention it, I don't even know what version I recognize. I don't actually sing it ever.<br /><br />And what is this crap about a Monument to the Victims of Communism?Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-4214407677510019712010-03-04T19:11:37.841-08:002010-03-04T19:11:37.841-08:00I can't remember them either, Deanna, but I kn...I can't remember them either, Deanna, but I know you're right.<br />To this day when we get to "From far and wide" I have the vague impression we're singing the wrong words but I can't remember what they were before.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-55666820950945730572010-03-04T09:49:05.762-08:002010-03-04T09:49:05.762-08:00Am I the only one who remembers the lyrics changin...Am I the only one who remembers the lyrics changing on us in grade school? Like in 1980 or something? I remember teachers holding up poster boards with the new lyrics for us to sing. <br /><br />Not that I can remember the old words.Deannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-78106945409635416282010-03-04T07:41:07.017-08:002010-03-04T07:41:07.017-08:00I was thinking of commies and dust bunnies comingl...I was thinking of commies and dust bunnies comingling under the bed. ;-)<br /><br />And in the states, kids sing "My friends are leeches in a bag" instead of "I pledge allegience to the flag".Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-36223614868526199982010-03-04T07:14:34.832-08:002010-03-04T07:14:34.832-08:00PS: If you'd been listening to Walter Winchell...PS: If you'd been listening to Walter Winchell on the radio in the early 1950s (as I was), you'd know what lives under beds. Those ARE commies, Alison! Not dust bunnies! Under your bed -- commies! And if you were reading the billygoats gruff at the same time, you could have thought they were trolls too.skdadlhttp://www.pogge.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-53958248013835445002010-03-04T06:48:55.012-08:002010-03-04T06:48:55.012-08:00Great minds, and all. The first thing I thought wh...Great minds, and all. The first thing I thought when I saw Clement's proposal was what little kids were going to make of "thou dost." <br /><br />Remember what little kids used to make of "Wolfe, the donkless hero"? <br /><br />LOL. Conservatives are funny.skdadlhttp://www.pogge.canoreply@blogger.com