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Saturday, July 4, 2009
What Goes Around Comes Around
June 13, 2009 was Cobourg's first open street bash, when German photographer, Thorsten Deuter dropped in to take in the sights of Cobourg. He happened to be sitting amongst the locals at the Human Bean, when a gregarious poet approached everyone with a Free Speech card and requested a photo op.
This act made an impression on Thorsten, who thought the tables should be turned, that the gesture is international. Free Trade in Free Speech; Free Speech for Redefreiheit. OK, so the photo appears on his (Pearl Jam) German site here: Note the clarity of a professional photographer compared to a snapshot poet.
Friday, July 3, 2009
FREE SPEECH TAKES COBOURG ON CANADA DAY
The citizens of Cobourg have little problem displaying their FREE SPEECH Right. Below is a wonderful sampling of Canadians displaying their Right with a confident smile. No fear of truncheons, bullets, torture, gulags here.
Cobourg is a small town located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 100 km east of the Centre of the Unit Verse. It is famous, or infamous as the case may be, for the shenadigans of hometown poet, Wally Keeler, the leading proselytizer for FREE SPEECH Rights.
With enticements, enchantments, a pinch of Love Poetion #9, poet Keeler is able to convince ordinary Canadians to indulge in a display of an extraordinary moment on behalf of FREE SPEECH. (Poet Keeler is also known to carry a 45 calibre metaphor and is Poetic Licenced to skill.)
Dave Dunlop, a personal trainer for Extreme Rush, took the challenge to take his FREE SPEECH card to the top. Those societies and cultures in which FREE SPEECH is a treasured right, are also on the top, far above dictatorshit and its ill ilk.
Cobourg is a small town located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 100 km east of the Centre of the Unit Verse. It is famous, or infamous as the case may be, for the shenadigans of hometown poet, Wally Keeler, the leading proselytizer for FREE SPEECH Rights.
With enticements, enchantments, a pinch of Love Poetion #9, poet Keeler is able to convince ordinary Canadians to indulge in a display of an extraordinary moment on behalf of FREE SPEECH. (Poet Keeler is also known to carry a 45 calibre metaphor and is Poetic Licenced to skill.)
Dave Dunlop, a personal trainer for Extreme Rush, took the challenge to take his FREE SPEECH card to the top. Those societies and cultures in which FREE SPEECH is a treasured right, are also on the top, far above dictatorshit and its ill ilk.
We came to visit Cobourg to enjoy Canada Day and picked up some FREE SPEECH cards by birthRight.
Bob Irvine, former bon vivant of the Cobourg Kiltie Band, displays his FREE SPEECH with the casual dapper confidence of one who steps up the plate when opportunity beckons.
Karen Atkins, Bob Irvine & Neidre Harris make waves at Cobourg Harbourfront.
Mike is a voice for local radio station, 107.9fm, The Breeze. Mike makes his living by availing himself of FREE SPEECH, so it is incumbent that he readily displays his Right, and he did so without reticence or fear of what others might think.
Poet Wally Keeler put himself into the picture as a proxy for those who earn a living from FREE SPEECH but cannot bring themselves to display their Right in public.
She’s not in Kansas. A life resident of Cobourg, Dorothy continues to use and enjoy the Rites, Writes and Rights of FREE SPEECH while tripping down Cobourg’s main street.
Brendan, a summer apprentice for the Captain Canadada Coalition, made a safe landing in Victoria Park, Cobourg, to display how he handles his Right to FREE SPEECH.
From the very British Isles, where a great tributary of FREE SPEECH began its ascent in the English language, Peter and Susan get down and Canucky as they display their Right.
Now here is a DNA thread connecting mother to daughter. Not only was umbilical love passed from one generation to the next, but the Right of Free Speech. On the patio of the Buttermilk Café in downtown Cobourg, Janine Liboiron puts her Right where her mouth is, while her mother, Eileen Liboiron pointed the way.
Frank Godfrey, hanging out in the illustrated side alleys of Cobourg’s downtown, is an eager and rigorous practitioner of FREE SPEECH. “I have it Right here,” as he proudly displayed it.
Bob Irvine, former bon vivant of the Cobourg Kiltie Band, displays his FREE SPEECH with the casual dapper confidence of one who steps up the plate when opportunity beckons.
Karen Atkins, Bob Irvine & Neidre Harris make waves at Cobourg Harbourfront.
Mike is a voice for local radio station, 107.9fm, The Breeze. Mike makes his living by availing himself of FREE SPEECH, so it is incumbent that he readily displays his Right, and he did so without reticence or fear of what others might think.
Poet Wally Keeler put himself into the picture as a proxy for those who earn a living from FREE SPEECH but cannot bring themselves to display their Right in public.
She’s not in Kansas. A life resident of Cobourg, Dorothy continues to use and enjoy the Rites, Writes and Rights of FREE SPEECH while tripping down Cobourg’s main street.
Brendan, a summer apprentice for the Captain Canadada Coalition, made a safe landing in Victoria Park, Cobourg, to display how he handles his Right to FREE SPEECH.
From the very British Isles, where a great tributary of FREE SPEECH began its ascent in the English language, Peter and Susan get down and Canucky as they display their Right.
Now here is a DNA thread connecting mother to daughter. Not only was umbilical love passed from one generation to the next, but the Right of Free Speech. On the patio of the Buttermilk Café in downtown Cobourg, Janine Liboiron puts her Right where her mouth is, while her mother, Eileen Liboiron pointed the way.
Frank Godfrey, hanging out in the illustrated side alleys of Cobourg’s downtown, is an eager and rigorous practitioner of FREE SPEECH. “I have it Right here,” as he proudly displayed it.
SPOT THE FREE SPEECH CARD IN COBOURG
It’s been posted everywhere, because FREE SPEECH (as opposed to the Fee Speech of touring celebrities and politicians) is everywhere that a tongue torques poetry, prose or doggerel. Click on each photo to enlarge it to locate the FREE SPEECH card.
Begin the search for FREE SPEECH at the tourist information booth in front of Victoria Hall in downtown Cobourg. Festooned for the festivities of Canada Day, FREE SPEECH is reaffirmed to everyone who asks for directions.
One of the enticing characteristics of FREE SPEECH is that it is ‘unofficial’. That means The State is to abide by a big HANDS OFF. Remember that free speech is not a privilege free speech is a Right. For Poets it is more – it is a W/Rite. Poets are Poetic Licenced to carry 45 calibre metaphors and surface-to-sentence similes – licenced to skill until Poetic Justice prevails.
Zooming in – can you see his Right now?
Throughout the town, FREE SPEECH marked its turf on utility poles, available for any passerby or Freenik.
FREE SPEECH was provided to all public telephone stations, because genuine dialogue is facilitated with its generous usage.
It really shouldn’t need saying that FREE SPEECH is the raison d’etre of newspapers. Without it, the national/provincial/local community would eventually stagnate. FREE SPEECH is the oxygen of a living society.
Northumberland Today, formerly known as The Cobourg Daily Star, sheltered itself in the comfort of the community of cowards, when it declined to re-print the Danish cartoons of Muhammed in 2006. The Muslim anger that lead to murderous riots in several cities around the world was a cynical contrivance that duped the planetary news media. The Cobourg Daily Star editor, in an editorial asking, How Free Should We Be, (Feb 8/06) hung a transparently weak fig leaf over her smug righteousness, explaining why she refrained to reprint the cartoons thereby denying Cobourgers of their right to be informed of the cause of all the international fuss.
What were those certain responsibilities? The mealy-mouthed editorial never bothered to mention a single one. The is a betrayal of FREE SPEECH by an element of the fifth column which boasts that it is the chief defender of FREE SPEECH. “Certain amount of responsibility” is Newspeak for Nicespeak, which is Nospeak at all.
Begin the search for FREE SPEECH at the tourist information booth in front of Victoria Hall in downtown Cobourg. Festooned for the festivities of Canada Day, FREE SPEECH is reaffirmed to everyone who asks for directions.
One of the enticing characteristics of FREE SPEECH is that it is ‘unofficial’. That means The State is to abide by a big HANDS OFF. Remember that free speech is not a privilege free speech is a Right. For Poets it is more – it is a W/Rite. Poets are Poetic Licenced to carry 45 calibre metaphors and surface-to-sentence similes – licenced to skill until Poetic Justice prevails.
Zooming in – can you see his Right now?
Throughout the town, FREE SPEECH marked its turf on utility poles, available for any passerby or Freenik.
FREE SPEECH was provided to all public telephone stations, because genuine dialogue is facilitated with its generous usage.
It really shouldn’t need saying that FREE SPEECH is the raison d’etre of newspapers. Without it, the national/provincial/local community would eventually stagnate. FREE SPEECH is the oxygen of a living society.
Northumberland Today, formerly known as The Cobourg Daily Star, sheltered itself in the comfort of the community of cowards, when it declined to re-print the Danish cartoons of Muhammed in 2006. The Muslim anger that lead to murderous riots in several cities around the world was a cynical contrivance that duped the planetary news media. The Cobourg Daily Star editor, in an editorial asking, How Free Should We Be, (Feb 8/06) hung a transparently weak fig leaf over her smug righteousness, explaining why she refrained to reprint the cartoons thereby denying Cobourgers of their right to be informed of the cause of all the international fuss. The self-censorshit editor defended herself, claiming ““Freedom of speech and freedom of the press comes with a certain amount of responsibility.” That’s it. That "certain amount of responsibility" included rejecting this extremely offensive letter-to-the-editor in response.
What were those certain responsibilities? The mealy-mouthed editorial never bothered to mention a single one. The is a betrayal of FREE SPEECH by an element of the fifth column which boasts that it is the chief defender of FREE SPEECH. “Certain amount of responsibility” is Newspeak for Nicespeak, which is Nospeak at all.
FREE SPEECH PARKING IN COBOURG'S DOWNTOWN
Imagine the delight of hundreds of visitors to Cobourg when they found a FREE SPEECH ticket under the windshield wipers of their cars.
Sub-Verse Agents of the Creative Intelligence Anarchy, of the Peoples Republic of Poetry, flooded the streets of the downtown area, leaving a trail of liberty lovin’ luck that asks for no price except vigilance.
Below are photo documents of several selected vehicles that were anointed with the salutations of FREE SPEECH. Every vehicle deserved two photos; of the vehicle in context; the other a close-up of the Right. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Even the professional practitioners of FREE SPEECH need a reminder.
Sub-Verse Agents of the Creative Intelligence Anarchy, of the Peoples Republic of Poetry, flooded the streets of the downtown area, leaving a trail of liberty lovin’ luck that asks for no price except vigilance.
Below are photo documents of several selected vehicles that were anointed with the salutations of FREE SPEECH. Every vehicle deserved two photos; of the vehicle in context; the other a close-up of the Right. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Even the professional practitioners of FREE SPEECH need a reminder.
FREEDOM: IT'S WORTH IT
Remember to click on an image to enlarge it. There can be pleasure in details.
The Cenotaph has stood its ground for decades in Cobourg’s Victoria Park. On Canada Day, 2009, it is surrounded by tents of hucksterism, selling cheap goods from Pakistan, India, Korea, China, and other developing countries, fast foods, etc.
Surrounded by mediocrity, it stands tall with dignity. The Lion’s Club of Cobourg still thinks inside the box by sponsoring a poster drawing contest for local school children; the theme is Peace. Sadly, not once, is there a community organization that sponsors the idea that FREEDOM has any value. It’s wilful neglect.
While people play out their daily lives in the shadow of this cenotaph, a poet adorns it with a pearl, a Free Speech card, as a reminder that the blood spilled was not in vain.
The Cenotaph has stood its ground for decades in Cobourg’s Victoria Park. On Canada Day, 2009, it is surrounded by tents of hucksterism, selling cheap goods from Pakistan, India, Korea, China, and other developing countries, fast foods, etc.
Surrounded by mediocrity, it stands tall with dignity. The Lion’s Club of Cobourg still thinks inside the box by sponsoring a poster drawing contest for local school children; the theme is Peace. Sadly, not once, is there a community organization that sponsors the idea that FREEDOM has any value. It’s wilful neglect.
While people play out their daily lives in the shadow of this cenotaph, a poet adorns it with a pearl, a Free Speech card, as a reminder that the blood spilled was not in vain.
REST IN PEACE
LIVE IN FREEDOM
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Unfashion Statement in Cobourg's Canada Day Parade
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Cobourg residents restrain themselves as Northumberland Today photographer saucily saunters the lite fantastic on the catwalk of King Street East.
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