Re: Jennings honoured with Order of Canada



On 11 Aug 2005 14:57:02 -0400, in a place far, far away, nfitz@sentex
(Nicholas Fitzpatrick) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

>As you all seem to be so interested in this great man, I'm sure you'll
>all be pleased to hear that it was announced today that Peter
>Jennings was awarded Canada's greatest honour. Article at:
>
>http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/11/Jennings-Order-050811.html
>
>Apparently the decision was made a few weeks ago, and Jennings had
>accepted before his death.
>
>Great news! A Canadian we can all be proud of!

I assume that you mean all Canadians. I'm certainly not proud of him.
And I doubt if I would be if I were a Canadian.
.



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