Soap boxy is good. We need more of it. In fact, here's some more...
Back when we were circulating the petitions, I spoke to people who were absolutely devastated by all this. Especially in Manitoba. There are large parts of this province that are cattle country, and that's about it. There is no job in town. Town is too far away. There is no option to grow grain. There certainly was no oil patch, with the exception of one corner of the province, and that was in it's infancy back then. The cattle were a lot of people's only source of income.
The thing that sticks in my mind was when I got a message from a girl who heard that we were trying to help, and who was watching her father suffer terribly. She said that it made her cry when she saw that finally someone cared. I will never forget that.
There were a lot of people suffering, and who had no hope for the future, and were watching their life's work just fade away to nothing. They were feeling isolated, and alone.
This is about much more than money. We all used to be the ones who were so proud to be able to make it on our own. We didn't need any government handouts. We didn't need any charity. Cattle were a major force in this country's economy.
Overnight, suddenly the joke was that leaving your kids the cowherd was the worst form of child abuse. Any time you met up with your relatives, the first question was "Why haven't you sold the cows yet?" Personally, I got pretty sick of all that very quickly.
Then I got mad.
Which is what we all need to do. We finally have a chance to see some justice, so we can't let this opportunity slip away. It will be our last one. I suggest everyone put their thinking caps on, and go over a list in their heads of all the people they know, to find just the right ones to help make this right. They are out there. We just need to find them.
Back when we were circulating the petitions, I spoke to people who were absolutely devastated by all this. Especially in Manitoba. There are large parts of this province that are cattle country, and that's about it. There is no job in town. Town is too far away. There is no option to grow grain. There certainly was no oil patch, with the exception of one corner of the province, and that was in it's infancy back then. The cattle were a lot of people's only source of income.
The thing that sticks in my mind was when I got a message from a girl who heard that we were trying to help, and who was watching her father suffer terribly. She said that it made her cry when she saw that finally someone cared. I will never forget that.
There were a lot of people suffering, and who had no hope for the future, and were watching their life's work just fade away to nothing. They were feeling isolated, and alone.
This is about much more than money. We all used to be the ones who were so proud to be able to make it on our own. We didn't need any government handouts. We didn't need any charity. Cattle were a major force in this country's economy.
Overnight, suddenly the joke was that leaving your kids the cowherd was the worst form of child abuse. Any time you met up with your relatives, the first question was "Why haven't you sold the cows yet?" Personally, I got pretty sick of all that very quickly.
Then I got mad.
Which is what we all need to do. We finally have a chance to see some justice, so we can't let this opportunity slip away. It will be our last one. I suggest everyone put their thinking caps on, and go over a list in their heads of all the people they know, to find just the right ones to help make this right. They are out there. We just need to find them.
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