RIDING THE RODS

May 27/08.
Lloyd arrived with 4 railway ties on his half ton. These could have come from the very railway that brought a young Rod MacKillop from Cape Breton in 1926 (and the rest of us are history). We dropped off the ties near the north fence across from where neighbour might subdivide a second acreage. The ties will support young Rod's storage container which arrives this weekend. I imagined a used ugly box sitting there and recall Dad saying years after I settled here, "I'm glad you never put a caboose car down by the rocks because I came west by train and never wanted to see another one." Amazing how things come around.
larry

CLUSTER BOMBS KILL KIDS

Dear Editor
Canada under Harper has become a clone of US foreign policy. Because previous foreign affairs minister, Lloyd Axworthy worked against American resistance to achieve a ban on land mines, a lot of kids have not lost lives and limbs. Now the world aims to stop using cluster bombs which kill people without damaging buildings. These bombs, dropped in bright orange packages, are picked up by kids in the counties we aim to liberate (sic) like Kosovo. The US is again lobbying allies not to sign this treaty. Canada, once respected as a peace maker, is going along with Uncle Sam. Meanwhile at the UN we are not even trying to win a seat on the UN Security Council. Seems we'd rather kill kids than make peace.
Sincerely
larry mackillop
Box 633
Nanton Ab
T0L 1R0
403 646 5643