Cheated Auto Insurance Too Many Rules Madcow Sellout of Energy Reserves Media Corrupted Equalization Calgary Transit Doggone Dogs Knifed At Church Kids Running Wild Violence Cheated by the Rich Garbage in the Slum Vandals At Large Party Time Cheated At Work Drug Lords Prosper Innocent Victim of Discrimination, Prejudice, Hatred, False Accusations and Harassment Prefer not to deal with this subject, but failure to do so would be negligence. So responsibility, and a sense of duty trump my own personal feelings here. The problem is corruption - and specifically the corruption here in Canada. On this page is explained to Canadians some of my own personal experiences of being the victim of corruption here in Canada, and then add some thoughts. Perhaps people may assume that I live in some protected shell, or am some rich person, whose wealth, privileges, perks and social status protect him from exposure to the real world ordinary citizens must face. Not so. So what is the point of this exercise ? The point is ...there is simply too much corruption, and this cannot be ignored anymore. It is time to expose it, and time to start cleaning it up. One point must be made very, very clearly. We all have God given free moral agency. The spiritual is not being dealt with on this page. Most of our individual and collective problems are spiritual in nature and are the fruits of sin, and of too many people following their own carnal mind and nature into sin . However, these are spiritual matters and there is virtually nothing one small person can do here, except what pertains to their own personal life. No attempt is being made to convert people and change their hearts here on this web page. Instead let us look at how we can aim higher in regards to public standards of ethics, and start working to create a more positive and more ethical societal environment. What can we do in practical terms to improve the social climate here, so that honest folks, and others with still some semblance of public morality - can live, function and even flourish ? If things keep going the way they are there will continue to be this downward spiral into the gutter. I don't like living in a gutter. Do you ? So lets work so our society gets out of the gutter, and cleans itself up a bit. In that way our country will be a better place for all of us to live in. And yes we all have free moral agency, and let God deal with men's hearts. However, lets work to create a society that provides the soil and climate where honest, hard working, law abiding and just the salt of the earth type person's - can live, survive and even flourish. So please do not try to put a spiritual twist to what is being said here. Yes our real problems are spiritual in nature, but that is not within our scope and power to do anything about. That is a spiritual matter between each person, and their Maker. There are things we can do to make our land a better place for all of us to live in. Right now there is too much litter and garbage stinking the place up. So let us roll up our collective sleeves and start cleaning it up. It isn't possible to clean it all up, but we can make the place look fairly clean. Then most of us will feel better about it. It is not fun to collectively live in a gutter, or a garbage dump. So let's take our country and society out of the gutter, and out of the dump. Some Personal Examples of Being Cheated - How Can We Change Matters ? Auto Insurance 1. Do you own a vehicle ? Do you drive ? Do you own a business that employs drivers ? Then you must be aware of skyrocketing insurance premiums. Why are auto insurance premiums so high ? Have had a drivers license since around age 21. Have never lost my license. Have never had any demerit points. Had only one (rather minor) traffic accident where the insurance company had to pay out damages. Have only been ticketed for a very few minor traffic offenses like speeding in Stanley Park, not wearing a seat belt once, and naturally some seemingly inevitable parking tickets. Have never been caught driving while impaired. Our old car had died. Bought another one, but the guy selling it cheated us (being lied to and cheated by a used car salesman is quite common in Canada). So bought another one, but it was too old, and soon died too. Was going through some very challenging financial times and just couldn't afford another vehicle, so ended up going without a vehicle, and naturally without insurance - for about 5 years. Well later on got a little money scraped together and got another vehicle. Unfortunately all those years of careful driving didn't amount to a hill of beans, and had to start all over as a new driver. Used to pay about $ 250 a year for minimum insurance coverage. Contacted the insurance company we dealt with before, and they now wanted $ 1,600 a year for premiums. Shopped around and found the cheapest rate to be $ 800 a year. They promised that if I had a good driving record (no accidents or convictions) then the rates would start going down in subsequent years. Purchased an older car, and it died too. Well next year comes along and low and behold they now want around $ 1,400 a year for premiums - after promising that the rates would not be going up if I had a good driving record. Cheated again. Lied to again. So what else is new ? So - couldn't afford to buy a vehicle, because the insurance is too high. So end up insuring the old immobile car for fire and theft to keep up with the insurance (so next time I would not have to start over as a new driver). The old car had been used to store empty bottles and cans. Well in 2004 they insisted the vehicle be insured fully (which would cost around $1,400 per year) - this is in spite of the fact that the car was immobile - the motor was shot. So told them to shove it. I will not allow these people to rob me. Then the lady at the insurance company threatens me by saying that if the coverage lapses then I have to start as a new driver again later on, and it will then cost double - about $3,000 per year for coverage. The corporate thieves even threaten you, that if you won't let them rob you today, then they threaten and try to bully you- by saying they will just steal more from you next time. Have driven most of my adult life. Have almost always had a vehicle. Yet here I sit in Ralph's world - not even being able to drive my kids out to see the mountains in our own vehicle. Our family cannot afford to own a vehicle, because of corruption. For 5 years I and my kids never got out of Calgary once ! What is wrong here ? The answer ? Corruption is eating the life out of this country. (this article was written back in 2004 - we have been able to finally afford a vehicle in May 2007 - so we are now motoring around, but still paying too much for insurance). The risk of me getting into a car accident is very, very small. Why any insurance company wouldn't be happy to insure such a low risk customer at a lower premium - is beyond my ability to understand. There is almost no risk involved on their part. Am a very careful driver - the record proves it. Why are my insurance rates so high ? Corruption ! That's why ! There are too many people trying to cheat the system. Too many who lie about their injuries, and who exaggerate the extent of their injuries just to collect a large settlement. Many people these days will sue at the drop of a hat. There are too many crooked and sue happy Lawyers. Too many garages and auto body shops who are milking the system, over charging, and doing repairs that are not needed. Too many insurance companies, who are just milking consumers - and we consumers are a captive audience, because auto insurance is compulsory. There is too much corruption. The Alberta provincial government is in the pockets of big business. They won't go to a government run auto insurance system, even though statistics show that other provinces like Manitoba (who have government run auto insurance) have much lower premium costs. Yes there are some legitimate reasons for some of the increases in premiums, like the higher cost of repairing newer vehicles. However, the lions share of the reasons people like me are subject to such high insurance premiums - is simply corruption. And that is what it is folks. It is legalized robbery. Profits in the insurance sector have gone way, way up. Legalized robbery. Some men rob you with a gun, while other's rob you with a fountain pen. It is a very, very serious problem. So many people are spending so much of their disposable income on their vehicles. We need justice done here. The problem is especially serious with young male drivers, who never had an accident. It has gotten to be so serious that now many people are just taking their chances and driving without insurance. The whole system is collapsing right in front of our eyes due to corruption. We need to clean up this awful mess. This is a serious problem. Many people are being cheated. We have to collectively fix this problem.
Too Many Rules and Regulations 2. Cheated by all the rules the authorities make. I am expected to keep them, while many others just pay lip service to all these rules or just ignore them. Why should I be subject to a thousand laws, while others just ignore them ? Since I claim to be a Christian - I follow the Biblical laws regarding the respect for legitimate authority, and teach my family to do the same. The basic doctrine is that Christians are supposed to respect the legitimate authorities, and their legitimate authority. There is a big difference between legitimate and illegitimate authority (I do not pay attention to the illegitimate laws and illegitimate authority, and teach my family likewise). Respect the law as long as the law doesn't require you to disobey God's laws. If there is a clash between man's laws and God's laws then God's laws take precedent. Romans 13:1-7 " Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. " The problem is that there are too many rules, and the lawless and law breakers just basically ignore the rules. I and my family, due to our religion, are expected to respect the law and legitimate authority. Consequently we are in chains while so many others (who disrespect the law and authority) are free from the constraints of the rules. So we end up getting cheated. And more often than not the rules are not enforced. So there is little deterrent for many law breakers to respect the rules. At my worksite I have over 100 rules to follow, and management can add new ones as they see fit, and get rid at me at anytime for any reason. My two daughters both went to Junior and High school here in Calgary, and one is still in High School. Fortunately they couldn't be kicked out of school without any reason, like I could lose my job at the whim of the big boss. At Sir John A Macdonald Junior High there were about 70 different rules, and each teacher in the six different classes had about five rules each - this comes to a total of roughly 100 rules to follow. At John G. Diefenbaker High School the school Agenda has about 100 rules. As well there are about 8 different classes over two semesters, and each teacher has about 6 rules. So there are approximately 125 rules at school. Add to this all the many, many City of Calgary, Government of Alberta and Government of Canada rules, laws and regulations we are subject to, and we are just plain overburdened, and trapped in red tape, like helpless flies in a spiders web. Yet we are expected (due to our religion) to be subject to the higher powers. In the meanwhile many others, just ignore the rules, or merely pay lip service to them. Cheated again.
3. Cheated by the packing plants. Where is the cheap beef ? Governments in Canada have shelled out around $ 1,488,000,000 of tax payers money in support of the beef industry, during the ongoing Madcow Crisis. Income for producers is way down, yet beef prices in the stores for ordinary consumers like me and my family have stayed fairly high. Why ? Just more corruption. 4. Cheated by government and oil companies. Our resources are sold out to foreigners, while we pay a high price for natural gas. Why should this be in Alberta ? The natural resources of Alberta belong to Albertans. Yet these resources have been and are being sold out to foreigners at unprecedented levels, particularly in the area of natural gas, forests and oil. Natural gas reserves in Alberta will basically be almost all gone in roughly 20 years, if current rates of export and utilization remain. Alberta and Canada are cold, and we need these resources for ourselves, and our children in the future. Yet our famous rulers, who are in the pockets of big business, sell the resource out to foreigners. And they have never had any legitimate mandate to sell out these resources. The FTA, NAFTA, have never been approved of by the Canadian people in any kind of referendum. I and my family are Albertans, and we are being cheated out of our heritage by our rulers, who sell out these precious resources to foreign interests. Cheated again. Why ? Corruption - that is why.
5. Cheated by the media. Most of the established media these days is so corrupt, that it might be best for a guy to just have absolutely nothing to do with them. Have made all kinds of contacts with all kinds of media outlets and media persons from coast to coast - asking for publicity for the House of Israel Party. There has been almost no response. Yet the media has printed literally millions of words about notorious killers and convicted criminals like Clifford Olsen. Murderers, thieves, criminals and other assorted creeps and bums get all kind of time on the radio waves, on the television and in the printed media. Yet the leader of a political party in the process of formation, cannot get any kind of publicity through the established media. Legitimate causes like that of the concept of the House of Israel are ignored. Why ? Corruption by much of the media - that is why !
6. Cheated here in Alberta by the corrupt, political system of equalization payments. An Ontario economist's report proves unfair economics are happening in Canada. The report is named, Where the Money Goes: The Distribution of Taxes and Benefits in Canada, by Finn Poschmann, - analyst with C.D. Howe Institute. Basically the report
says " poor people in richer provinces commonly subsidize the
living standard of people who are better off but happen to live in poorer
provinces." I don't mind sharing the wealth with the legitimate needy (if I had it to share) - but it must be a fair system of sharing. I am not a wealthy person. The current system is obviously not fair for me here in Alberta. Cheated again. Why ? It is the same old thing. Corruption. The current system of equalization payments has been corrupted by corrupt federal politicians for corrupt political purposes.
$ 75.00 per month for an adult transit pass is excessive. Someone who is poor needs to shell out $2.25 a crack for a bus ride, so they can look for work. Too much. The problem is made worse by the fact that Calgary is so spread out. The city is designed around the automobile. The industrial areas (particularly Foothills Industrial) are usually many miles from the places where most people live. Thus the necessity of the long commute for many. Thus the need for more and more very costly roads, and interchanges. People like me are cheated both ways. The government and insurance companies conspire to cheat us regarding excessive insurance premiums. So cheated am I here, that I cannot afford a vehicle, so am forced to take mass transit. However, I am also taken advantage of by excessive transit fares. And there is also the inevitable overcrowding on the major bus routes. There doesn't seem to be much money for more buses, but lots of dough for roads. Have any of you ordinary transit riders seen a politician or journalist riding the bus ? Have you ever seen King Ralph riding the bus, or the Mayor, or any of the Alderman ? Have you ever seen, or met any top city manager riding the bus, especially those who manage the transit system ? These people for the most part would be embarrassed to have to share a bus seat with ordinary people like me. Why are not us commuters, who take the bus not given a break ? 8. Doggone dogs - In the City of Calgary as of May 2007 there are around 100,000 dogs and a similar number of cats. When my children were small we lived in a basement suite of a house in the Montgomery area in Calgary's NW. There were renters upstairs as well. We had the backyard for ourselves and the upstairs tenants had the front yard. We did not have any pets. My children were very small and were frightened of dogs. I was having severe problems with the upstairs tenants, because of the many, many drunken noisy parties they would have. Sometimes like three nights a week, and even more during the holidays. There was poor insulation between apartments, and I am a light sleeper, and so there were a lot of sleepless nights. The landlord was aware of the problem, but did nothing. The police were called frequently, but very little was done. One day the tenant upstairs tied a dog to the tree right in the backyard. It was a medium size animal - big enough to scare my kids, but not a Pit Bull, German Shepard or any other sort of larger bred. The people upstairs had plenty of room in front, but just blatantly decided to lay claim to the backyard as well. My kids were scared of dogs. They played in the backyard, since our front door opened up to the backyard. My kids were very small at the time - about 2 and 3 years old. I took the dog, and locked it in our washroom, and called Animal Services. The lady comes looking for her dog, and I tell her I called Animal Services and the dog is safe and sound in my washroom. Shortly afterwards I get a visit from the Police. I am no longer sure who showed up first - the Animal Control Officer or the Police. I think it was animal control. The Animal Control Officer said to me that the dog has right to that backyard too. He said that when the dog was in the backyard - I was to take the kids and keep them inside until the dog was gone, or until the dog left ! This in spite of the fact that the dog did not even belong to the lady upstairs - she was just taking care of the dog for a friend for a few days. So in other words - the dog was more important to that City of Calgary By-law Officer then were my children. The dog to the Animal Control Officer had more rights to our yard then my small kids did, who lived there. Yet I was paying the rent ! Isn't that astonishing. Folks this is a true story. The Police come, and tell me that if I don't let the dog out of the bathroom I would be charged with stealing. I did not immediately release the dog, but insisted on making my point first. I brought up the point with them that the people upstairs had the front yard and we had the back, and my kids were small and were scared of dogs. The cops agreed with me that everything would be fine, if the lady upstairs would just keep the dog in front. So this is what they told the lady, and everything was fine. But isn't it amazing how a stinking dog is more important to many people - even to an Animal Control Officer - then my children. This is open and blatant discrimination against me and my kids, by the City of Calgary. Horrific discrimination. How do you think my kids felt when a City of Calgary By-law Officer gives a stinking dog more rights than them - saying that the dog can displace them from their own home, and from their own backyard - that they enjoyed so much to play in ? My children are not as important as dogs in Calgary. I had quite a few other encounters with irresponsible dog owners. Once on Douglas Fir Trail I was hiking with my small kids. This a beautiful trail and we were having a really fun day. This is an area where dogs are required to be leashed. A young muscular man comes up from behind us - wanting to pass us, and he has a dog, and the dog is loose. The dog comes up to us. It was a larger breed of dog. I myself am not afraid of dogs, and can handle dogs very easily. However, my kids were small and did not have my knowledge, experience and size. You have to realize that for a little kid a bigger dog can be very frightening for them - especially if they are unfamiliar with dogs. There is a little 30 or 40 pound kid, with a 70 pound dog coming at them, and maybe trying to jump on them. Dog owners should understand this, but many just don't give a damn. Anyways the dog comes up to us, and starts sniffing the kids. I mention to the man to please keep his dog under control. I realized that the dog was just sniffing around, and would not harm us, but the kids were crying, and this incident was ruining our pleasant day. The owner did not have any consideration towards us, and did not respond when I asked him to keep his dog under control. The dog comes up to us and won't go away - the kids are screaming and crying. I kick at the dog to chase it away. The owner then walks up to me and attacks me physically. I was not going to let him bully, intimidate and beat me up. I have to defend my children, and myself. So we had a fight right there on the path. It was a physical attack. The young man initiated the attack. He was around 30 years old, and very muscular. I am no weakling, and I gave him a good battle. I could have been serious injured or murdered. After the incident I had a bloody nose and reported the assault to the Police. My youngest daughter was so traumatized and frightened that she poohed in her pants. This is not funny. I and my family have been treated like junk in this City. I noticed afterwards that there was for quite awhile much more strict enforcement of the by-laws regarding dogs being leased on Douglas Fir Trail. I had previous experiences with Animal Services. I had made a number of complains of loose dogs in places where dogs were not supposed to be, or were supposed to be leashed, like in playgrounds, and in parks. We went to the park regularly. The children just loved the park. One day we were in the playground at Edsworthy Park. There was a guy there who had two dogs - both were loose, and one was a Pit Bull. The owner was having the Pit Bull cling to the seat of the swing by its teeth. The Pit Bull was just hanging there, and the owner was showing off and swaggering. There were a bunch of school kids at the park that day on a field trip, and the guy was showing off how his dog could cling to the seat of the swing with its teeth. I walk up to him with our small baby in my arms. I mention to the man that there was a sign right there that said there were to be no dogs within a certain distance of the playground, and I pointed out to him the sign that was right there a few feet away. He said he could not read ! So what I did was to go up to the other dog, and start looking for the number on its dog tag. I was prepared to get the dog tag number, and report him to animal services. He backed off right in front of all the school kids, who had stopped to watch the encounter. He left muttering the words, " you have a lot of balls. " I am a jogger, and one day at the same park I was almost attacked, and almost bitten by a loose German Shepard. In the park, if there is no sign in the park clearly stating this is an off lease area, then it is an area where dogs are restricted, or required to be leashed. I called Animal Services, and the Animal Control Officer said that the area in question was an off leash area, but I knew this to be untrue. So I called up his supervisor, and explain the matter, and sure enough I was right. The Animal Control Officer did not even know the rules he was supposed to enforce in the park ! Amazing incompetence ! There were a number of other occasions where I reported loose dogs to Animal Control, because my kids were very small, and they were afraid of dogs, and would cry when one came up to them, and large dogs are potentially dangerous for small children. Small children have been killed by dogs in Canada. Some owners told me I was making too much of a fuss - their dogs just wanted to play and were harmless, etc, etc. The point is this. Dog owners like dogs. It is their right to have a dog, and to take them to places where they can exercise them and have fun. They have rights as dog owners. However, not everyone loves dogs like they do. It is my right not to have a dog. It is the right of children and families not to be harassed by dogs in the park, if they don't want to be. It is a matter of respect. However, too many dog owners have no respect towards others, especially parents with small, vulnerable children. The Canada Safety Council estimates that dogs bite 460,000 Canadians annually:
The Canada Safety Council says that " most dog bite victims are children, " and " small children should never be left alone with a dog. " I and my kids were cycling near our home and were going through the back alley. A loose dog comes up to me and bites me on the finger. This time I get justice. I go to the Doctor to get stitched up, and get my tetanus shots. Called up Animal Control. They come over, and take pictures of the stitches in my finger, and lay charges against the irresponsible dog owner. Another incident happened when I was jogging early in the morning in the NE. It was very early and I had to pass through a gate to access the area along the Nose Creek pathway. There is a ridge, which can easily be seen from Deerfoot Trail when one first enters Calgary from the north. There is a place to walk and jog up on the ridge, and more room down by the bicycle trail near Nose Creek. It is an off leash area. Well I was jogging along one early morning, and was prepared to pass through the gate. There was this older woman with an enormous Doberman. This was a huge dog, and it was loose. I am not afraid of dogs, and know how to deal with them on the trail. But even I was a bit leery about this monstrous hound. The dog kind of woofed towards me, and I stopped and kept my distance. The lady and the dog wanted to go through the same narrow entrance gate that I wanted to go through. The older woman gets her leash and leashes the dog up, but she begins muttering. She said that she did not understand why us joggers jogged up there on the ridge, rather than down by the trail. " Why don't you people jog down on the trail, instead of up here ? " she said angrily. This got me upset. I said to her that it is okay for here dog to run up here, but for her it was not okay for me to run up on the ridge. Then she responds and replies, " No that isn't what I said. " Then I answer back, and tell her plainly that that is exactly what she said. Her huge dog can run up there, but she doesn't think I should be allowed to do the same. In other words her dog is more important, and takes precedent over human beings. Incredible discrimination directed towards me. In Calgary many people care far more for their dogs then they do for their human neighbours. I have encountered this sort of perverse, twisted, corrupt attitude constantly here in Calgary. Sure there are responsible dog owners. And yes there are many Calgarians who do have their priorities straight regarding their dogs. However, there are way too many in this city, who treat their dogs far better than they treat their fellow human beings, and who care far more for their dog then they do for me and my family. 9. Cheated by a former employer. In Canada it seems like many folks love their neighbours at church on Sundays, but go for each other's throats at work on Mondays. Have a very depressing story of being cheated by a former employer. However, when the severance package was offered - after being laid off - they cleverly protected their butts, by getting me to sign some papers where I agreed to never disclose what went on at work - if I did not sign then I was not eligible for the severance money. Figured that seeing these corporations have tons of money to hire very expensive Lawyers, and me being quite poor - it would be an exercise in futility to try and address the injustices. And the court system is corrupt anyways. And who would the Judge believe - a lady manager, or an older bearded white male. Hah ! There wasn't a hope in hell to get justice here in this corrupt system. There is only hope in the life after - in the resurrection and in the Judgment where Christ will judge each of our lives. He will judge this matter. It is not forgotten and buried. Management and corporations can hide behind all kind of legal fences and barriers - but they cannot hide from God. Christ will judge these matters. There is hope for justice. It isn't really pleasant the many corrupt shenanigans that go on in the corporate, and business world. So - just signed and took the severance money. So am not allowed legally to publicly deal with the matter and disclose information, without risking a law suit. This is common practice companies and corporations use to protect themselves, and hide from the public the actions (far too often corrupt actions) of management. Sure employers need to protect themselves. We are living in a sue happy society, and Judges can award millions to real or perceived victims. I heard a Lawyer say that employers these days would be foolish not to protect themselves in this way. Yet we never used to have much of, if any of this legal stuff many years back. Is it not just another serious symptom that we are living in such corrupt times, that workers are being forced to sign all kinds of legal papers and contracts - that are basically designed to protect the corporation's collective butts ? How sad and depressing. Far too many Canadians are cheated by employers - this is a monumental problem.
10. Cheated by government immigration policy. Immigrants are being treated better than me, and ordinary Canadians like me. 11. Cheated at church Why should honest church goers be hounded and put out of the church by corrupt clergymen ? It is time to fix this problem.
12. Cheated by criminals like in BC where the illicit marijuana trade is a billion dollar industry. The illegal marijuana trade may now be British Columbia's second largest industry right behind forestry. Gangsters, and criminals are flourishing, while ordinary, honest working people are taxed to death, over regulated and cheated. Welcome to Canada - the haven of drug smugglers and dope addicts. BC has an estimated 20,000 or so marijuana grow operations, with around 120,000 or so persons growing the stuff. The dollar worth of the illegal marijuana is estimated to be around $ 5 billion or more. About 95 % of this is apparently exported illegally to the good old USA. Apparently only the manufacturing sector in BC has more workers than the illegal pot industry. However, there is no clear data on marijuana production and sales, so the figures given are estimates at best. Whatever, way one slices or smokes it - we are dealing with one humungous billion dollar illegal drug trade in British Columbia - and it is a growing concern in other parts of the country too. Marijuana in BC is now so part of the economy and culture that it may soon be politically impossible to eradicate it. Criminals are prospering while honest working
people, are suffering. As it stands now, growers and distributors pay some of
the costs and reap all the benefits of the multi-billion dollar marijuana
industry, while the non-marijuana-smoking
tax payer sees only costs. Welcome to Canada - the doped up, corrupt great white north. Cheated again.
13. Used car salesman - will add this at a later date. 14. Cheated by a lot of the rich - a long twisted tale - please wait for the story. There are a lot of incidents that come to mind, but perhaps this one true story will illustrate the mentality of too many of the rich towards ordinary people like me. I and my family - my wife and two girls - were on a pleasant outing a few years back to Fish Creek Provincial Park, which snakes through south Calgary. We have been there many times, and it is a wonderful place to enjoy nature. We were on the western edge of the park. High up on the southern edge of the park are many very expensive homes. There is a terrific view from up there, and most of the homes right up on the ridge bordering the park are mansions. This is no place for poor folks. These are multi-million dollar mansions. Well there is one place on the southern edge of the park towards the west end where you can actually climb up the steep slope and access part of the ridge, yet still be within park boundaries. The park boundary runs right up to the fences of the expensive houses - way up on the high southern ridge of Fish Creek. So this one day I decided to take the family up that slope, and walk around up there to enjoy nature and the view. I saw an older white haired man on his balcony. We were perfectly within our rights to be up there, since this is park land and public property. Well he sees us, and obviously did not like the unwashed masses venturing too near his land. He yells out to me, " Did you see the bear ? " He said that just a few minutes before we came up there, he had seen a bear go in the same direction we were going. This kind of at first startled me, and I was almost ready to turn around. However, I got kind of suspicious, since we had seen no bear signs up there, and in fact we have never, ever encountered any bears there. It was also the season of the year where there were no berries around for a bear to eat. Why would a bear want to climb way up there on the ridge - when there was no food there ? Do bears like to see the view ? It suddenly dawned upon me what the rich old man was trying to do. He wanted to frighten us off, so he could just have that part of the park all to himself, and his rich neighbours. And he was prepared to lie to do it. I yelled out to him that I wasn't worried about any bears, and we just kept on going to our destination. There naturally was no bear, but there was a lot of deer and deer signs up there.
15. Cheated out of a clean neighbourhood. We try to keep our area clean, yet the neighborhood often looks like a dump. Why ? Do some people prefer to live in a slum and dump ? Had the opportunity to take a vacation in Edmonton in the fall of 2003, and we have been there since. The first thing we noticed was how clean Edmonton was compared to Calgary. It was a remarkable difference. Calgary has a reputation as a fairly clean city, and it is in the more posh and rich sections. In the poorer, more working class areas it is not as clean as it could be. Bus shelters are often very, very dirty. You can see the difference with rental accommodations versus private property. Pride of ownership seems to kick in strongly, and most owners seem to keep their places up fairly well. Apartment complexes are different stories, since those living there are renters, not the owners. As well there are so many very transient people nowadays - who just keep moving around. Why one should have different standards of cleanliness if one rents, or owns - escapes my reasoning. When you rent by the month - that is your home for the month. So why foul your nest ? It is a matter of manners. Why should one have bad manners, just because the area one lives in is poorer ? Why ? Who says poor folks should be dirty. Why should there be so much garbage and junk laying around ? Is it once again a matter of corruption, and corruption of manners ? Seems likely. 16. Cheated by all the vandalism. We don't do that, yet we suffer the consequences of this form of corruption. How many others have the same problem ? Vandalism is a huge concern throughout the country. This is no different where my family lives. Why is there so much vandalism ? Is this just another symptom of a corrupt society, and a corrupt culture ? Much of this vandalism has no logic behind it. It is an act of willful destruction. We had a large sunflower head ripped right off the stalk right from out of our yard, when we went out one day. Yet the seeds were not even ripe, and so were not even filled out. So stealing it was senseless. Vandalism is an act of destruction, and may have something to do with the vandals lack of opportunity to contribute within society in a productive manner. We need to open up more avenues for productive participation.
17. Cheated by people who let their kids run wild - stolen and damaged property. Not to brag, but honesty my two kids have been taught to respect their neighbour's, and their neighbour's property, and they do it. And if they don't, then they will have to deal with ME. Too bad there are so many parents who have not returned the favour of teaching their own flesh and blood to respect their neighbour's rights and property. Have lived for around 10 years in our current apartment. Out of control kids are a major problem. They smash things, like fences. They often trespass on other's rented property wantonly. They will rip and tear up plants and flowers, if given a chance to. A garage just across the back alley was burnt down by some young punks. Heard their voices at night when the blaze started. An act of arson. The annex to the local catholic school was torched - with damage in the hundreds of thousands. One morning a few years back there were numerous car windows smashed on our street. Once confronted some young punks who were rampaging around and playing - totally out control in our fenced back yard. They were wrestling, and shouting loudly. So grabbed the one young punk, and broke up the wanton skirmish he was involved in with this young girl. He was right on top of her. Tossed him onto the soft grass, and told him to get the hell out of our yard. He runs off - frightened - which was my aim. He tells Mommy and she comes over screaming and swearing. These people had just moved here from Newfoundland. Mommy is very abusive, swearing like a drunken sailor, and screaming to get my hands off her kid, or she will lay assault charges. She yells that I was violent, and she doesn't want her kid to learn violence. Tell them again that their kid and the others were trespassing. Talk to the Father of the kid, when the Dad gets home from work. Get a more reasonable response. Yet even he says I must not touch his precious offspring, and that I was definitely violent and this just teaches more violence - was his opinion. Yet this kid was bullying the other kids in the neighbourhood, and in fact the police were called to deal with him beating up some other kid or kids. And then Mommy and Daddy say I am teaching their kid violence, while their precious Johnny is out merrily bullying and beating up other kids. His kids were trespassing on the property of their next door neighbour, and the poor man was resorted to call the police. Talked personally to this man. He was totally upset with these out of control boys. Yet these people claimed I was violent, because I threw their kid on the soft grass and told him forcefully to get out of our fenced yard - where they had come uninvited and where there were wrestling around violently. This sort of thing has been routine fare in our neighbourhood. We have had our bicycles and the neighbours bikes stolen right from our fenced yard. Our neighbours vehicle was damaged. It just goes on and on. There are no problem kids - just problem parents. In fact I once yelled at some gang of boys who were milling around in the back alley, just hanging around looking to cause mayhem. Yelled at them that I did not blame them so much as their parents - and amazingly one of the young punks agreed. Yes folks - there are no problem children - just problem parents. These kids need direction. They need discipline, and they need parents to pay attention to them and do useful things together. They need love and attention, and too many of them are not getting it. So they act up, and are rebellious. These are just more symptoms of a corrupt society. And I have to suffer because of parents who don't love and discipline their kids properly. Go to The Real Canadian Terrorists for a more thorough review of the problem and solutions. 18. Violence and crime on our street. We had a pedophile arrested just two apartments over - a few years back. The pervert was preying on kids from other areas, and bringing them here. Welcome to Pedophile Street. There was a shooting around 5 years back, right in front of our apartment. There were empty shell casing scattered over the street. There is a bullet hole still there in the shed across the street. There was a stabbing. We had a murder - suicide a few blocks from our neighbourhood a few years back - the mother of a little boy in my daughters class was the victim. The Calgary Police Helicopter has been seen and heard whirling over our neighbourhood, and adjacent neighbourhoods quite often. Once the light from the spot light skimmed right over my bedroom window. A few springs back I was up late and went to the yard to cover some plants. It was very dark. Hear a dog barking and growling, and a man screaming in the back alley. Thought someone was being mugged or murdered. Go over there with the hammer I was using to pound in some stakes. Get close and yell out into the pitch black darkness " What's going on ? " Someone shouts, " Calgary Police - go back inside ! " It was a take down by the Canine Unit . Apparently the cops had some sort of choke hold on the suspect, and he was resisting and screaming. Welcome to my neighbourhood. 19. Cheated out of a peaceful neighbourhood by all the partying, loud music and general trouble making - we don't do that. Used to live in this one place in the west end in the Montgomery area. Very beautiful, with a lovely view of the Bow Valley, and the ridge on the other side. Close to the river, and to the park. Used to go jogging down by the Bow River. Unfortunately the place we lived in had very poor insulation between floors, and the various tenants upstairs loved to drink and party. And not just party once a month, but a couple times a week. It is amazing at how much some folks party, especially around the holiday season. Complaints with the landlord got nowhere. Started calling the cops, because of all the partying, and not getting sleep. It was useless. The cops themselves could do virtually nothing. They could only issue a warning, and if there was another complaint within a 24 hour period they could then issue a ticket to the offender. However, if there was a gap of more than 24 hours then they would have to go through the whole warning procedure again. The drunkards and partiers just basically laugh at the cops and at complaining neighbours. The only thing that can keep them in check is the landlord. But if the landlord doesn't give a damn (and many landlords don't care) then you are screwed, if victimized by this sort of abuse. That is what happened to me. The one cop said that my only option was to move. The cops came over so many times that I became friends with them. Found out that morale among the Police back in the early 1990's here in Calgary was rock bottom. Whether this has changed since - don't know. We were punished by being good neighbours. The noisy partying gang of drunkards just kept right on a partying. So we end up having to move. For some strange reason I feel there are a lot of tenants, who have had the same problem as me. The real culprits here are negligent landlords. Just more corruption. So what else is new ? 20. Backstabbing at work - details later. 21. Corrupt employment agencies - details later. 22. Cheated in BC - details later. 23. Cheated for keeping the weekly Sabbath - details later . 24. Cheated on a regular basis - details later.
Corruption is a very, very serious problem in Canada. However, much of it is covered up. Many, many people here in Canada are innocent victims of corruption. We have to do something about this. This is very serious business. These matters of being a victim of corruption is just the fulfillment of the prophecy regarding the Philadelphia Era of the true Church Revelation 3:10 " because you have patiently obeyed me despite the persecution - I will keep you from the hour of temptation which shall come upon the whole world to test them. " Honest hard working people are constantly being cheated, and the society has become in general very corrupt. Canada has become a very corrupt country. The whole world is corrupt, but Canada is corrupting its ways faster than most of the world. The corruption has to be dealt with, because it is preventing us from dealing with many other issues, like the high cost of the health care system, high taxes, government waste, crime, family breakdown, etc.
Many people are my enemies for no reason. Why ? John 17:14-16 " I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. " John 15:18-20 " If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. "
It isn't me they hate, but the ones who live in me they hate - God the Father and Jesus Christ. Saul hounded and persecuted the early Christians. Saul was on his way to Damascus with authority to arrest and bring back to Jerusalem - Christians - the followers of Christ in chains. Saul saw a bright light shining in the sky. Acts 9:4-6 " And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. " Saul was persecuting Jesus Christ when he was persecuting God's true servants. Jesus said to Saul, " Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? "........ Saul was persecuting Christ when he was persecuting Christ's true servants. It is the same today, because Jesus Christ never changes (Hebrews 13:8). It's not me that people hate - it's Christ living in me that they hate. Jesus Christ takes this hatred and persecution of His servants personally.
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