The Week of October 14 to October 20, 2001

We Call It Fall
Sunday
October 14, 2001
Some refer to this season as autumn, that's nice, but it really is "fall".
Delegating Democracy To Experts
Sunday
October 14, 2001
Mario deSantis asks us to consider the way we grant to experts the direction of our lives and the future of our civilisation.
A Hunting We Will Go!
Sunday
October 14, 2001
Mechanised hunting expeditions have become the norm as sportsmen set forth on their annual trek into the woods. From the look of the machines the dangers to the hunters far exceed any threat to the moose population.
The Greenwater Report for October 15, 2001
Monday
October 15, 2001
Jerry Crawfords descibes life at the park as fall sets in. Coyotes, long grass in the ditches, time to get the boat and dock out of the lake and demolition of the Nature Centre.
Signs of the Times
Monday
October 15, 2001
The 9, 11 event has serious changed our world but today Kevin McIntyre illustrates those changes in the way he and others view the normal.
To The Bumper
Monday
October 15, 2001
Just a bit of rain and a vehicle falls through a recent excavation.
Thoughts as James deSantis Takes More Pictures In Shanghai
Tuesday
October 16, 2001
Mario deSantis reflects on the experiences his son James is undertaking in his adventure to Shanghai teaching for the University of North Dakota.
US Moves Conflict To New Phase
Wednesday
October 17, 2001
Spectre AC-130 gunships used in Kandahar area yesterday. Here is the story of this unusual gun platform.
Is Capitalism's claim of social growth a lie?
Wednesday
October 17, 2001
Mario deSantis points out the simple foolishness of the blind faith that seems to prevail in the free market system.
War On Terrorism: a shorter version of the Pax Romana?
Thursday
October 18, 2001
Mario deSantis poses this interesting question as he ponders the vast wealth of the developed world when compared with the equally vast debt load of the underdeveloped world.
New Mexican Tourists
Thursday
October 18, 2001
This is not a photographic story but instead gives some insight into an American couple touring Saskatchewan.
The Place to be at 0900
Thursday
October 18, 2001
"Coffee Row" no morning would seem quite right to a lot of people who make that important stop at Hannigans.
Still Fund Raising
Thursday
October 18, 2001
Raffle ticket sales in the mall as the Golden Age Centre group prepare for their annual meeting in the new building on this coming Monday night.
Golden Age Centre, the Inside Story
Friday
October 19, 2001
With the annual meeting in the new centre Monday night work has been moving continuously forward with finishing the inside of the building.
We As A Nation and World Will Adjust
Friday
October 19, 2001
Chuck Schom of St. Andrew's New Brunswick tells us about how he has changed and how he reflects on the changes since September 11.
Fighting violence with violence:
Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld defends his words with the stick
Friday
October 19, 2001
Mario deSantis is uncomfortable with the escalation of seemingly unstoppable violence as the war that is evolving burns onward.
Edging Toward Awareness
Friday
October 19, 2001
You can read or listen to these reflections that go these neighbourhood pictures and the gloom of October 2001.
Is the war against Terrorism out of place and out of control?
Friday
October 19, 2001
Mario deSantis wonders if every nation decided to go it alone against terrorism in wars would there be consequences?
The Northwest Wind Makes Us All Humble
Saturday
October 20, 2001
No matter how grand the accomplishments of humans there are two things that cut us all down to size, Mountains and the Northwest wind.
Honourable Allan Rock: Lives Before Money
Saturday
October 20, 2001
Minsiter of Health goes to generic form of drug to better prepare Canada to meet potential biological terrorist threat.
A Violent World and Today's Capitalism: US Airport Security, Social Inequalities and Shared Capitalism
Saturday
October 20, 2001
This story requires some very careful reading as Mario deSantis explains how poverty and crime are linked making capitalism the culprit in desabilising the United State's social environment.