MEMORIES OF THE BESWICK HORSE

 

 

 

UNCLE SAM AND THE BESWICK HORSE

http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com/2011/04/uncle-sam-and-beswick-horse_18.html

 

FIRST NATIONS LIVING IN DIRE POVERTY - WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE ?

 

 

 

 

The news is full of stories about Canadian Aboriginal people who are living in dire poverty.

 

They have no clean water to drink. Their homes are rotting wood and tar paper. Their children are ill and unable to get good health care and education. They are freezing in their homes. They sniff and drink toxic substances to escape their grief and frustration. To meet their needs, some turn to smuggling cigarettes and gambling. 

 

Who would not be outraged by their suffering?

 

My first reaction is to demand that the Federal Government - whose predecessors stole the native lands and their human rights in the name of the Canadian People - be obliged to react immediately by providing generous funds and assistance to these victims of the colonialists.

 

But then I hear the other side. Millions of tax payers' dollars have been given to native tribes. Are the tribes that are in trouble among those who have received the tax payers' money or are they exceptions? Where is the money? What has it been used for? Show us how the money has been used.

 

An eye witness reported seeing large animals on a reserve  - I don't recall if it was bison or cattle - stripped of their hides, their carcasses left lying all over a field to rot. Nobody seemed to need their flesh for food there.

 

I am not interested in polls or statistics. I would like to read reports from objective eye witnesses. Where is the money? What has it been used for ? Who is really responsible for the suffering of the native children ?

 

All I want is the truth.

 

 

 

SENIOR'S WISH FOR THE NEW YEAR AND BEYOND - RESPECT

 

 

My calendar tells me I am seventy-five.

But that is not who I am.

 

I am certain that my situation is typical:

Our children and strangers

Forget who we are.

 

I am the same person today

As I have been through the years.

 

My body suffers the losses and ills of age,

But, I am so grateful to be able to say,

My mind is as sharp as the proverbial tack.

And my knowledge and wisdom have increased.

 

So -

 

Don't tell me what I should do,

Or what I can't do.

 

Don't tell me to take the train,

When my doctors and the government

Find me fit to drive my car,

And I have an outstanding driving record.

 

Don't tell me to sleep or to eat -

On your schedule.

 

Respect me

When I tell you what I want to do,

And what I can do.

 

Judge me by what I say and what I do -

By my performance -

Not by the labels pasted to my forehead

By others,

 

What I wish for is

Respect for who I am.

 

And above all,

Do not call me "dear".

If I am not your lover.

 

Beware of my wrath if you disrespect me.

I do not forget, and I do not forgive easily.

 

 

 

GIVE ME A BRAKE ! - DGB AUTO, USED CARS, MONTREAL

 

 

75 YEAR OLD MONTREAL JOURNALIST BUYS A USED CAR

 

Episode Five

 

 

 

I am a 75 year old Montreal journalist, widow, cancer patient, crime victim and blogger.

 

When I fell ill with bone cancer in April, 2009, my Plymouth Voyageur sat in the parking lot all through the winter and rusted out. I had to scrap it.

 

Driving is as natural to me as walking and I can drive better now than I can walk. I started driving at seventeen and I longed to get another car.

 

And so, on April 30,  2011, I found a used car dealer - D.G.B. Auto at 6965 St. Jacques West in Montreal - and I bought the first car that was offered to me.

 

And so my adventure began. After chasing the dealer to make essential repairs all summer long, I finally had them done at long established garages at considerable cost.

 

From April, when I bought the car, until December, I was only able to use the car for one short trip and a few local errands because of the persistent problems with the door handle and the brakes. The car looks good, purrs like a kitten, but the brakes were so badly damaged that my car could have been a death trap.  All the details are reported in these earlier articles.

 

75 YEAR OLD MONTREAL JOURNALIST BUYS A USED CAR

http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com/2011/06/75-year-old-montreal-journalist-buys_9737.html

75 YEAR OLD MONTREAL JOURNALIST BUYS A USED CAR - EPISODE TWO

http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com/2011/06/75-year-old-montreal-journalist-buys_8812.html

75 YEAR OLD JOURNALIST BUYS A USED CAR - DGB AUTO - EPISODE THREE

http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/75-year-old-journalist-buys-used-car.html

75 YEAR OLD MONTREAL JOURNALIST BUYS A USED CAR - DGB AUTO

http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com/2011/09/75-year-old-montreal-journalist-buys_22.html

 

From the time I bought the car, the brakes were squealing really loudly, particularly in one wheel. The dealer, Mike of DGB Auto, told me that the sharp noise was due to the fact that he had installed the very best brake pads. Nothing to worry about. The noise will lessen over time.

 

Finally, December 22, I could no longer ignore the problem. There was no point in going back to DGB for the umpteenth time.

 

I took the car into Gordon Good Year on St. Jacques. This company has been in business since 1955 under the same ownership and carries on business in a very professional manner. And here, to make a long story short, is the conclusion.

 

Front brake pads including labour - $159.95

 

Two new front brake rotors -             88.00

 

Caliper -                                        114.00

 

Brake Service - clean and adjust       25.00

 

Total to prevent a catastrophe        $440.84 *

 

 

Fortunately, my instincts saved me. I acted just in time. Since the car always stopped without a problem, I did not know the brakes were in a critical condition.

 

 

* This added to $623.22 for the repair of the door handle earlier.

 

Buyer beware.

 

 

WARNING - COMPUTER HACKER - THIS IS SERIOUS

 

I just had a call from my friend, Carolyn.

Her computer was hacked. Someone phoned her. Asked for her by name. He said he was from Microsoft and told her there was a problem with Windows. He gave her a (fake) code number and told her to put it into her computer.

She became a little suspicious because he had an Indian accent, so she asked his name and he said something like Bruce Taylor. She said that didn't seem right because he had an Indian accent. He said he had only come from India recently and because his name was hard to pronounce, he had been given the new name. He said he would give her his company ID number and his phone number so she would know the call was legitimate.

He said that when she put the code number into her computer she would see that his call was legitimate. But when she did, she saw a pop-up on her computer that said "FRAUD". She ended the call and phoned the RCMP immediately and they recognized the fraud. They knew about it.

She also had to call Equifax and other credit companies and the Montreal Police and make a report that took an hour and a half because the police woman was apparently not familiar with the procedure and she kept having to talk to others - but Carolyn said she was very kind and helpful.

She had to take her computer in and have it wiped clean, so all her files are gone, addresses, all her accounts, etc. And, of course, there was the cost.

She did put in her backup because three people told her that was safe to do. It seems to me the back-up could also be tainted.

Doing business on the computer is very risky. Beware of ANYONE who contacts you in any way and asks you to do anything on your computer.

 

 

ARE CORRUPT JUSTICE SYSTEMS KILLING LITTLE CHILDREN IN U.S.A. AND CANADA ?

 

Day and night,  month after month, I read the tragic stories of little children being taken from their mothers by the authorities and given to fathers who abuse them - even kill them.

 

Yes, we see that mothers also kill their children.

 

The question is - Why does this go on ? Are the social welfare systems so incompetent, so corrupt, that there is no way to prevent these tragedies?

 

Even when abuses are reported, the children are left with the abusive parent until, all too often ...

 

Here is just one example for your consideration.

 

 

Woman Charged with Prostituting Her 8-year-old Daughter

www.wmbb.com

The Panama City Police Department announces the arrest of Sue Ellen Mims, 33 years of age. Mims is being charged with one count of Selling A Minor For Prostitution. The arrest comes after Mims report

 

 

 

Janjelle  - Some parents shouldn't be parents if they do that to their children

 

 

Crystal  - Sick

 

 

Jennifer -  GOD BLESS THAT LITTLE GIRL!

 

 

Phyllis Carter   Everyone is so nice. Where is the rage? Where are the demands for justice?

 

 

Cheryl Bullock - In the bars talking about it

 

 

Phyllis Carter  Talking in the bars can be a beginning. But action - to be deserving of justice - must be sober and logical and organized.

 

 

Paige -  Wait until God gets a hold of her!! Bless that little girl. These people are crazy!!

 

 

Phyllis Carter  As long as people keep saying such criminals are crazy, you keep giving the judges excuses to let them off. Crazy is not an excuse. Nothing is. Stop giving the courts reasons to free criminals.

 

 

Rose-marie  -The worse part of it all is the judge will probably give this poor child back to the looney mom. That's what get me furious.  

 

 

Wayne H Pine

Folks when I responded to ambulance call child no vital signs, I found a 6mos old girl vitals absent, a frozen shitty diaper on her face and a deplorable mess and temp in apt was about 59 degrees. Her mom was @ hotel friend got her as I was ...working on child and thank God I brought her back to the living. Child survived and 3mos later was given back to the mother. 3mos later responded to same apt and child was D.O.A., choked to death on her own vomit. Judge felt mother suffered enough from loss of child thus got no jail time. This was in late 70s, so I can see not much as changed since then in child protection

 

 

Phyllis Carter    May I quote you Wayne?

 

Wayne H Pine    you may God Bless

 

 

Phyllis Carter  Copy your statements to members of government and the media. Just keep telling it. It is NOT ENOUGH TO POST IT ON FACEBOOK.

 

 

A REAL MAN

 

 

 

 

 

AN INTELLIGENT MAN

 

IS PROUD

 

TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH

 

AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN.