tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2915762881502106175..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Contempt Of The Electorate - Part 2Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-91586278168468628862014-05-27T09:07:48.904-04:002014-05-27T09:07:48.904-04:00You remind all of us of what a determined core of ...You remind all of us of what a determined core of people can accomplish, Salamander. Far too many of us have bought into the neocon notion that that individual is helpless before the juggernaut of state and economic forces. Clearly, resistance is not futile.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-42450155792986511442014-05-27T08:12:27.130-04:002014-05-27T08:12:27.130-04:00.. best to carefully examine & identify the ag..... best to carefully examine & identify the agendas, unofficial caucus movements & treachery that have taken root in our Parliament.. Yes, the PMO zealot panzer corps included. <br /><br />Extreme Corporatism is one obvious agenda.. not mandated by electorate or an election promise, rather by corporate capture.. the late Flaherty's annual weekend getaway with corporate controllers a shameless example <br /><br />The evangalism & pro life 'not so secret' caucus is another.. Big Oil is a major one.. again, unmandated via electorate or as election promise. Military adventurism & personal choice pro Israel foreign policy via Harper/Baird another. Farmed salmon is a truly odd one.. so odd nobody has called Harper/Gail Shea or Keith Ashfield out to resign over it. Virulent anti-environmental attacks by government is huge.. no mandate, never mentioned.. just hammered out via boat anchor Omnibus Bill. <br /> <br />It does seem the Harper Party Government is going to extremes and as quickly as possible.. and failing. Despite attempts to deceive.. one could select essentially any Harper MP and find they are plain and simply... quite ignorant. Some have never held a job, others are obvious political animals, others are dull sheep... many though, are astoundingly glib, or at least able to repeat the endless mantra, dogma & desired evasive talking points.. especially re Environment, Procurement, Fair Elections, Treasury, Israel, Election Fraud, Nigel Wright.. <br /> <br />I believe a majority of Harper Ministers are avoiding scrutiny re their religious or evangilical positions. Strange we don't know more specifics on the matter.<br /><br />Intensive groupwork with a focus on every Harper MP, candidate and unelected PMO would be quite informative. Look what Emily Dee accomplished by herself.. or Amy MacPherson re the pro life caucus operating with an office in the parliament buildings.. or Alexandra Morton re farmed salmon.. Imagine what a determined cadre of 1,000 could achievethe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-4406239865158819822014-05-26T16:17:34.923-04:002014-05-26T16:17:34.923-04:00Thanks for your input on this issue, Anon. You'...Thanks for your input on this issue, Anon. You've given us more pieces with which to solve this puzzle.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-60899176478681052852014-05-26T15:50:26.917-04:002014-05-26T15:50:26.917-04:00There are many reasons the neoliberal zombie lies ...There are many reasons the neoliberal zombie lies will not die. The obvious ones are: oligarch control; corporate media indentured to the 1%; 30 years of liberals stamping their approval on these theories by tacking right - Clinton, Blair, Horvath), but for me you must consider human nature as the number one reason it will take years to kill this beast. Neo-liberalism has been the ingrained "truth" since the late 70's and it's human nature for columnists and economists (and others, of course) to run like hell from the horrific psychological consequence of admitting they'd been dead wrong on their central question for 30 plus years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-43960034501977459722014-05-26T15:22:34.398-04:002014-05-26T15:22:34.398-04:00And in the 300 + years since that dark era, Owen, ...And in the 300 + years since that dark era, Owen, society seems to have learned remarkably little.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-18246126255318333242014-05-26T14:57:07.937-04:002014-05-26T14:57:07.937-04:00Witch burning in Salem was based upon the same kin...Witch burning in Salem was based upon the same kind of flawed doctrine, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-3448832387367079052014-05-26T14:12:35.121-04:002014-05-26T14:12:35.121-04:00An interesting proposal, Troy, but of course, if p...An interesting proposal, Troy, but of course, if progressives were to try such an approach, they would invariably be accused of 'bullying,' 'stifling debate,' trying to incite 'class warfare,' etc. the vary tactics the American right uses whenever someone doesn't pledge obeisance to their twisted perspectives. That being said, I think we should go for it!Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-83011879162257533812014-05-26T13:19:06.122-04:002014-05-26T13:19:06.122-04:00Honestly, I worry the Conservatives have the right...Honestly, I worry the Conservatives have the right sort of mindset for politics. They <i>believe</i>, and because they're true believers, they identify with each other. They share values they believe we, their opponents, don't share.<br />Which is bunk, of course, but for a myriad of reasons, we don't appeal to them. Nothing we say can convince them to change their opinions of us unless they suffer a crisis of faith.<br />What the left needs is year round propaganda. Repetition is a key manner of convincing people of our arguments. So too would a year round assault on the arguments of the right. Discredit their arguments. As well as bullying their arguments into submission. A year round show of force from the left.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.com