tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post1272567655643822232..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: From sea to sea to sea, by the NDPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-73721269980729124552009-05-12T18:14:00.000-04:002009-05-12T18:14:00.000-04:00If the Dippers care about the religious conservati...If the Dippers care about the religious conservatives, they've got more problems than a bit of noise.<br /><br />Myself, I liked the idea of the change the first time I heard it. The motto becomes uniquely Canadian instead of biblical, and psychologically makes people think North as well as East and West. (Or South, East and West in the case of the Northerners), instead of that annoying mental habit of thinking there's nothing North of 60.<br /><br />In a more poetic way for me personally, it's reflective of the three founding groups of the country. Native, French and English. The three...Cs.Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096047389811381098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-65582356935784716852009-05-12T13:40:00.000-04:002009-05-12T13:40:00.000-04:00"However, I hope the media will remember that it w..."However, I hope the media will remember that it was the New Democrats and not the Liberals who have been pushing this issue."<br /><br />Fine by me. The Dippers can wear this when it hits the fan among the religious conservatives that Canada is removing a part of its heritage that derives from the Bible. "From sea to sea" is from Psalm 72:8:<br /><br /><I>He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth</I>.<br /><br />These people haven't even gotten over "Dominion Day."Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-22469175585442250232009-05-12T13:20:00.000-04:002009-05-12T13:20:00.000-04:00Will Harper see to ceed 'sea to sea' to 'sea to se...Will Harper see to ceed 'sea to sea' to 'sea to sea to sea?'<br /><br />Repeat 10X fast.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-74189614003937843162009-05-12T12:16:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:16:00.000-04:00No, no, no! We can't change the motto. That mean...No, no, no! We can't change the motto. That means that I will have to change the motto on the right side of my blog. It's now <I>From Mary usque ad Marie.</I>An option could be to let British Columbia separate from Canada. Then we can have "From (Arctic) Sea to (Atlantic) Sea." Or we can go from the Arctice to the Great Lakes.Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.com