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Archive for June, 2003

O Canada

Jun 19

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[Gay Marriage Plan: Sign of Sweeping Change in Canada ]

“There is a centrist mentality in Canada that translates into the political system not tolerating the Pat Buchanans nor the leftist equivalent,” Michel C. Auger, a political columnist for Le Journal de Montréal, said. “There is a unified fabric here that is a lot stronger on social issues than it seems to be in the United States.”

Great news analysis piece in the NYT today. It is amazing how two countries (US and Canada, of course) can be so close, so similar, and yet so strikingly different. I find myself more and more offended on a daily basis by the extremists (both left and right) here in the US. Maybe it’s time for some good old centrist living in the country of my ancestors. Yes, there are more Rushtons in Nova Scotia than Kellys in Dublin ;-)

Father’s Day

Jun 16

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What a great Father’s day! A new lawn mower to replace the ancient things I have in my back yard, a day at the Silver Seas with my wife’s family, and some family pitures, of which this is one:

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Nothing could be better!

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Memories of England

Jun 3

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Back in 1981, I went to France and England with a friend who had come over from France the year before. His name was Olivier Mothe (not sure if this is him or not…), and we went to England for two weeks in the summer. We started in London, then took a bus down to Bournemouth. I had no idea about the place, but we ended up having fun. I remembered seeing my name, ‘Rushton’, on a street sign

which gave me the first clue that maybe I was of English descent. I first learned about skinheads there too, but that’s another story ;-)