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A time in history when sports and politics has been so intertwined no not as her face of of course muhammad ali was a singular figure of global d influence and the 960 s. As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race facility the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today. And its going to so many instances i know you will for it for a long time i wish to what do you make on washington finally dropping the redskins well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the light theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner have been adamant ill never change
Good morning. Heres the front page of the globe and mail. Headline, simply, attacked. The murder of Corporal Nathan cirillo and the questions arising from the chaos is the sub headline to that that story. On to the montreal gazette. One shooter locks down the government is the headline. Attack reveals ottawa agencies lack of preparation. Follow up stories in the montreal gazette. To the chronicle herald. Also from canada, killer on Parliament Hill is the headline there. And most every u. S. Newspaper leading with this story this morning. Over to u. S. A. Today, shaken after soldier gunned down. Well be talking about this story this morning but also want to hear your thoughts on facilities here in the United States and whether you think they are secure enough. Want to hear especially from Government Employees that spes line is 2015853883. First a bit from Stephen Harpers address yesterday when he said canada would not be intimidated by this attack. This weeks events are a grim reminder