Buffalo Declaration
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Not really. I have a general knowledge of the international oil industry, which Boomster clearly doesn't.
You read the article the USA is energy independent..
Shell is a US company pulling resources out of México.
Note most of the US energy companies have pulled up stakes and left Alberta.. Can't get the resources out, to much political fallout
The commercial rental space in Calgary is a bust with management companies going bust.
https://calgaryherald.com/business/...tection-for-56-properties-citing-poor-economy
Shell is a Dutch company pulling resources out of Mexico and selling them in the US.
PE Ben is the Mexican giant.
PE Ben is the Mexican giant.
Not a single elected separatist in Western Canada.
It would lend some credence to an otherwise spurious document if these people were to resign from their party and run in the next election as the separatists they suddenly want us to believe they are.
Talk is cheap.
It would lend some credence to an otherwise spurious document if these people were to resign from their party and run in the next election as the separatists they suddenly want us to believe they are.
Talk is cheap.
BTW appropriating a First Nations symbol for the nattyistic new party is hilarious.
Especially given that there are no Buffalo in Alberta and never have been.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/its-bison-not-buffalo-and-other-american-bison-facts
Are bison and buffalo the same?
Though the terms are often used interchangeably, buffalo and bison are distinct animals. Old World “true” buffalo (Cape buffalo and water buffalo) are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are found in North America and Europe.
Both bison and buffalo are in the bovidae family, but the two are not closely related.
How did the names get so mixed up? Historians believe that early European explorers are to blame, though the details are a bit murky. According to the National Park Service, it’s possible it stemmed from the French word boeuf, meaning beef. Others posit that bison hides resembled buff coats commonly worn by military men at the time, inspiring the name. Whatever the case, the misnomer stuck.
Especially given that there are no Buffalo in Alberta and never have been.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/its-bison-not-buffalo-and-other-american-bison-facts
Are bison and buffalo the same?
Though the terms are often used interchangeably, buffalo and bison are distinct animals. Old World “true” buffalo (Cape buffalo and water buffalo) are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are found in North America and Europe.
Both bison and buffalo are in the bovidae family, but the two are not closely related.
How did the names get so mixed up? Historians believe that early European explorers are to blame, though the details are a bit murky. According to the National Park Service, it’s possible it stemmed from the French word boeuf, meaning beef. Others posit that bison hides resembled buff coats commonly worn by military men at the time, inspiring the name. Whatever the case, the misnomer stuck.
I'm so tired of these white rednecks appropriating our culture.
Blue jeans, a band T-shirt, and a gimme cap are the traditional ceremonial dress. . . of my people!
Blue jeans, a band T-shirt, and a gimme cap are the traditional ceremonial dress. . . of my people!
And high powered scoped rifles and seine boats are traditionally used for sustenance and ceremonial food gathering for millinia.
You're in an interesting position being First Nations (or whatever the current term happens to be in your neck of the woods), & a Lawyer, & former Military, & I'm assuming for Law & Order with your profession.....with respect to what we're seeing up here on this side to the 49th with respect to the "Civil Disobedience" or "Domestic Terrorism" or whatever where Rail Lines and Highways and Border Crossing are being Blockaded by everyone and their dog (Eco-people and Anti-oil and some First Nations and those that protest everything, etc...) disrupting commerce and supply chains and people's access to just get back and forth to work, etc...for several weeks now.
Have you followed this? Do you have an opinion?
First off, no law enforcement on my CV, otherwise your summary's accurate.
Second, if you follow my attitude on Natives (let's compromise on that term), it is and has always been "no special treatment."
So I say treat 'em the same way you'd treat a bunch of Euro-Canadians blockading the roads of Montreal, Toronto, or Calgary, which I presume is let 'em have their fun for a few days, then clear 'em out. Let them decide how violent the clearing-out is going to be. Charge the key people with whatever ordinary crimes (blocking a highway, littering, assault on a peace officer) they merit, keep whomever else you've detained overnight in jail, then offer 'em a choice: go home or face charges. Drill the cops extensively on minimum force, polite speech, and the gentlest restraint possible.
O'Connell, Gandhi, and King, the fathers of modern civil disobedience, all said that one of the keys to CD is willingness to bear the penalties. Without that, you lose the moral high ground that is essential to successful CD.
Special treatment, whether malignantly or benignly intended, has ALWAYS worked to our detriment. If we demand our rights, we must pay for our crimes.
As always, this is my take and my perspective in general terms. I claim no right or interest in how Canada chooses to deal with its Natives. That's why I've stayed out of this, barring the occasional dumb joke. But as we've seen down hereabouts, sometimes CD (or even violent revolution) is the only way to deal with an intolerable situation. The authorities have the power to enforce the law, and if they have any sense, they focus extra-hard on "firm but fair." Only history can tell us whether a given protest was "right" or "wrong."
