Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

For the new year - I just cleaned up a lot of the old site. Have a good 2007 and enjoy the Holiday weekend.

"You may find people who will contend that patriotism is something to be a little bit embarrassed about or that honor is somewhat outdated as a notion and that concentrating on America's imperfection makes you a realist. Not so. That's the sign of a cynic. Being a cynic is easy. You can just sit back, heckle from the cheap seats, while others serve, storm beaches, build nations, meet their destinies. Idealists write history's stirring chapters; cynics read those chapters and seem not to understand. Choose to be an idealist. There have always been those who contend that what's wrong with the world is America. Don't believe it." -- Donald Rumsfeld

As the article states "It's Grapes Turn"! "All of us can learn from Don Cherry's exemplary love of Canada, his unabashed patriotism and his untiring appreciation for our men and women in the Canadian military make him a contemporary Canadian icon.....Don Cherry is a Canadian icon but remarkably Don Cherry is not a member of the Order of Canada. How could that be? Who is more Canadian? He is as loud a patriot as there has ever been but he's also been a thorn in the side of the Liberals who have ruled this land for much of its 140 years. I'm urging you to call the Governor General's office at 1-800-465-6890, e-mail info@gg.ca or write to Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0A1. Asking him to be placed on the honour roll for the new year. There's not much time - but let's get him honoured... While they are at it, it would be nice to get Grapes in the Hockey Hall of Fame, too, and even a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. If ever a guy d...