Lewis Deserves Nobel Prize
Has anyone seen this online petition to have Stephen Lewis nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize? I think it's a fab idea. He has long been a remarkable Canadian and I, for one, think he deserves to be recognized in a big way for his efforts in Africa.
Go sign it if you agree!
Go sign it if you agree!
Labels: Canadiana, Celebs, Foreign Affairs, Integrity
posted by K-Dough at 10:54 AM
32 Comments:
He's a very powerful public speaker. Had me in awe.
Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for this link for a while but had lost it....
We've all got so much to learn from him.
I'm surprised you couldn't find it being the dippy dipper you are- it's on the fed NDP home page!
A person I respect deeply saw him speak a last month at a private college event in Ottawa. (name escaping me...) and was very moved as well.
It's too bad he isn't in government.
It pains me to say it, but I think the value of his altruism, sensitivity and intelligence would be lost on Canadian politics.
Intelligence seems to be respected, but sensitivity and altruism generally get shat on in politics. I think Ken Dryden was attempting a "Stephen Lewis lite" image. (Lewis made tears well up in my eyes with his impassioned anecdotes, Dryden makes zzzz's well up.)
leather- if you think Dryden is dry, wait till you get an earful of Kennedy! He makes you wanna slit your wrists and pray for a quick death by the time he is half way through one of his passionless, wonky, monotonal speeches.
LOL...I've heard from more than one source that Gerard's a bit of a prick. Not surprised.
My currently favoured shackup companion is a Kennedy doppelganger. Still trying to figure out what scandalous photo op we can stage and milk for profit...
I think he is generally earnest and smart. But really, the guy is a human yawn. Not leadership material. But then again, it will be a bunch of geeky politi-cultists voting for a leader, so who knows...
Sheena: I know a lot of gay guys who would envy you. Does your doppelganger actually have a personality?
Right now, I am picturing the Flintstones episode where Fred is cloned by aliens. Holy fuck. Just imagine all those Kennedys running around Toronto talking about the nuts and bolts of education policy at exhausting length, and lulling the city into a dim-witted narcosis.
Yabba... dubba... doo.
K-Dough: Whoops, I checked out the petition and realized I'd already signed it. Must have been drunk at the time because I didn't even remember it.
Leather: Try as I might, I still find it nearly impossible to think of Dryden as anything but a hockey player. And I'm not a huge hockey fan either, but somehow, I find it difficult to envision a hockey player, turned lawyer, turned businessman, turned cabinet minister in charge of daycare. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone or something.
Diku- He got his law degree from Cornell. He was a lawyer before he was a goalie for the most famous and glorious Canadian hockey dynasty of all time.
I would never question Dryden's God-like achievements on the Canadiens and the summit series of '72. His spiderman goalie mask is the coolest of all time. Of ALL TIME...
K-Dough: Really? You learn something new every day. But I still can't shake that image... darn social constructs.
Maybe I should start thinking of him as a hot jock, rather than a dumb jock. Hmmm. That appears to be doing something good already...
Makin' your binkie twitch?
First of all, I just want to say, I bet we won't find the name of Rob Anders on that petition.
After all, he was the guy who called Nelson Mandela "a communist and a terrorist," and "the politically correct Left-Lib poster boy of today", and he's an MP (Conservative -- quelle surprise!). Check out this fun site I found: www.voteoutanders.com/
How do you explain that chucker, joecalgary, and gwgm (which is, I have to say, awfully hard to pronounce) or does it not matter to you what ridiculous, extremist views your MPs hold?
K-dough: "leather- if you think Dryden is dry, wait till you get an earful of Kennedy! He makes you wanna slit your wrists and pray for a quick death by the time he is half way through one of his passionless, wonky, monotonal speeches."
What the fuck are you talking about? Kennedy speaks sexily, I mean..., he's passionate and interesting. Yeah, that's it. Besides, he's totally hot. Drool....
Sheena, are you by chance dating my ex-boyfriend? Is his name Paul? Was he gay before? One of my exes looked a lot like Gerard Kennedy. God, he was HOT!!!!!!!
homo,
my answer is: because all parties have MPs with "extremist" views. That's true no matter how many martinis you've shaken tonight.
Libby Davies - after the two avalanch tragedies - says, "we should have a moratorium on outdoor activities."
Sorry, Homo, but that's a lunatic. Raving, extremist lunatic. Nive lady? Yes.
You see, Homo, lunatic extremists abound. They are in your family! In your circle of friends! You can't get away from them. Cherish them. Accept them.
Because when people get hysterical over other people's extremism its because they are extremists.
(And no one's talking about the bad example she sets for having a rootbeer problem, I note.)
CC- lol! Where you bin at dude?
homo,
LOL...was he gay before? Was he gay before he met you? That's the real question.
Boring trumps hot, in the Gospel of Pam.
No Pam, I meant was he gay before he met Sheena. The guy I dated was definitely gay, and thank God for that!!!
on the road. oklahoma and then pittsburgh. being un-nerdy in computer stuff, when my WIFI doesn't work instantly in the airport or hotel, I don't fiddle with my "settings" or "proxy-this" I just give up and go back to reading. Or watching my prophet center, Fox News.
wow. prophet and profit. I never noticed that before.
Chucker: Sweet Lord, no comparison! I've never heard of that anecdote and I'm taking you at your word you're not distorting the story.
Still, the suggestion of a moratorium on outdoor activities is somewhat silly (though perhaps a populist) reaction to tragedy. Compare that to CPC MPs systematically, consciously targeting minority groups and promoting discrimination against those groups!
I'm sorry, I'd rather have a jolly lesbian tell me I shouldn't ski rather than a frigid fundamentalist (e.g., Cheryl Gallant) tell me that I'm the equivalent of a pedophile.
Homo: Obviously, you've never had to transcribe one of Kennedy's public comments. As a good friend of mine says, "Kill me dead."
It's one mass of rambling, incoherent verbal diarrhea. Too bad there's no aural version of Pepto Bismal.
Kennedy is oratorial salt peter.
diku,
arsenic and lace - the crippling hand of communism. no thanks. quieter - nay, muffled death. indiscriminate? yes, everybody hurts as REM said.
the pedophile thing I have no idea about. But, I'm not a fan of MP Gallant.
diku: who cares? He's still HOT!!!!!
Leather, Dryden is not dry. I have talked to him face to face because he is my MP and he is very calm but he is far from dry. He just doesn't know how to shout like a lunatic like the rest of the MPs on all sides do. He probably knows that you can get your message across without acting like there are crazy dogs after you.
K-Dough, I am amazed that you are not behind Dryden since he was the main reason behind your Habs' wins in the 70s.
Your website has a useful information for beginners like me.
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