tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post3751833842970662454..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Zelig, Anyone?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34845348628988077592017-04-25T20:09:34.047-04:002017-04-25T20:09:34.047-04:00Well said, Pamela. I think it is clear that people...Well said, Pamela. I think it is clear that people have to learn to look past the surface and media spin, and see for themselves the direction we are being increasingly taken in.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-82736389585432328952017-04-25T18:52:09.856-04:002017-04-25T18:52:09.856-04:00Political sovereignty is now being replaced by eco...Political sovereignty is now being replaced by economic sovereignty as corporate power is now in charge of governance.<br /><br />Welcome to Trudeau's world.<br /><br />Spurred on by an unquestioning media Trudeau spins double speak about how the concerns and anger of the citizens about neoliberal economics must be listened to by big business and governments. This he says as he constantly promotes his own neoliberal policies as being of great benefit to Canadians.<br /><br />"We have to address the root cause of their worries and get real about how the changing economy is impacting peoples live."<br /><br />He may have been addressing the elites in Germany, but his remarks were for the Canadian publics consumptions. I'm sure the elite German's knew that, because they do the same double speak themselves. I'm sure they marveled though at how quickly Trudeau has caught on and how good a liar he has become.<br /><br />There was also something very condescending about his remarks.<br /><br />I think your describing Trudeau as a skilled chameleon is very apt.I guess that's what they mean when they say he has charm.<br /><br />The only people around him, though, whose characteristics he can't take on are those politically intelligent and aware Canadians.Those are the ones he actually wants to avoid.<br /><br />A PM who has no core to his identity, including morally and ethically, can be manipulated to create policies and decisions dictated by those who "advise" him.This leaves the Canadian people very vulnerable.<br /><br />There is no way Trudeau can support the elites, as he is doing, domestically and globally, without having complete contempt for Canadian people at large.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-14854856829129516902017-04-24T16:25:52.936-04:002017-04-24T16:25:52.936-04:00Your trenchant observations sum up Trudeau perfect...Your trenchant observations sum up Trudeau perfectly, Mound. He reminds me of a quote when Claudius is speaking to Laertes about Hamlet:<br /><br />"He’s loved of the distracted multitude,<br />Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes.<br />And where ’tis so, th' offender’s scourge is weighed,<br />But never the offense."<br /><br />Until the distracted multitude start to apply some critical thinking to young Justin, nothing will change.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-21353787874007162292017-04-24T15:41:58.086-04:002017-04-24T15:41:58.086-04:00That's the touchstone, Sal. It's our corpo...That's the touchstone, Sal. It's our corporate media influence and the unwillingness of the current regime and its predecessors to restore a free press in Canada, without which we can never have an honestly informed electorate. That is the sine qua non of liberal democracy. These media conglomerates know that their concentration of corporate ownership is no mere financial matter. With it comes political power and the ability to manipulate pols as weak and feckless as the current prime minister.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-68993465986338702082017-04-24T15:38:20.520-04:002017-04-24T15:38:20.520-04:00When has this government shown backbone? The Saudi...When has this government shown backbone? The Saudi death wagon deal? Electoral reform? Pipelines and supertankers? Ramping up bitumen extraction and export? The surveillance state? Democratic restoration? Fighting inequality? Restoring balance between labour and capital? Climate change, really? This is the guy who shamelessly proclaims that the key to Canada's green future lies in expanding bitumen production to levels that will absolutely negate his Paris climate summit commitments. When, on challenging issues, has he not buckled at the knees? When, on these issues, has he deviated from Harper's course? Oh, well, of course - he's got a gender balanced cabinet.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-83361251346717185782017-04-24T13:39:17.614-04:002017-04-24T13:39:17.614-04:00There is little excuse for journalistic negligence...There is little excuse for journalistic negligence, Salamander, but the same can be said about the electorate at large that places any trust in our current politics. If they could rouse themselves to do even a modicum of research, they would understand what peril the world is in, and the total betrayal Trudeau and his ilk are engaging in with each compromise on climate change mitigation.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-47702707871224981302017-04-24T13:34:15.467-04:002017-04-24T13:34:15.467-04:00.. we are in the era of politics (aka 'governa..... we are in the era of politics (aka 'governance) driven by situational ethics. More and more I am calling for the destruction or ignoring of current political parties. They have zero interest at the riding & constituent level of hearing, reflecting or representing the needs dreams and wishes of those who elected them. They just re-enact the election ritual & lip service<br /><br />How we got to this stage baffles me.. and why 99% of mainstream media rolls over and sucks eggs for these deeply corrupted entities is a scandal. But then, Paul Godfrey signs many of their paycheques.. and thus holds them hostage. Its not just government and political parties that have been captured, its media as well. The end result is that we have media that is selling Canadians out. <br /><br />We have a media that still refers to our main political parties as Grits & Tories.. which must be the twin circus tents of the so called Liberals and Conservatives.. Deary me, they must think those terms or monikers have meaning to my son's generation.. The monikers had zero meaning to my boom generation, and any shreds of relevance or accountability left the room long ago<br /><br />That's right - media selling out Canadians.. so called journalists, forced to obey, but their jobs are in peril regardless<br /><br />the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com