Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 14, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > > Steve Barbour writes in part: >> The third image, classic and playful, is Prime Minister Pierre >> Elliot > Trudeau of Canada/bw, sliding down a banister, like a kid, >> arms > outstretched, unusual to say the least for a great political >> leader. > > Trudeau was a 'great political leader', as was Josef Stalin, and > today most Albertan's remember him today with the same affection as > most Tartar's and Ukrainian's remember Uncle Joe. > > That said, I have that print on my family room wall even though most > people around here suggest I hang it over the toilet when they see > it for the first time. > > A great photo by Ted of an intelligent, but extremely unwise, > Canadian politican who ironically used a program with the same > acronym as Stalin's New Economic Program to legally steal from a > whole segment of Canada (the West). sorry Greg , that I inadvertantly touched a sensitive partisan Canadian nerve... It was not an attempt to stimulate a discussion of Canadian politics, Steve > > > Greg Lorenzo > Calgary, Canada > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information