tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post537177285024425138..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: Will It Be All Talk And No Action?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-43863445388817374702017-08-02T22:11:30.992-04:002017-08-02T22:11:30.992-04:00And thus I have little faith when I read that Free...And thus I have little faith when I read that Freeland is very concerned, will look into this, and take appropriate action, Mound. Talk is cheap. and unfortunately the Liberals are increasingly convinced that words without action can carry the day.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-44882258058353358952017-08-02T20:59:49.822-04:002017-08-02T20:59:49.822-04:00We knew from a previous sale of LAV fighting vehic...We knew from a previous sale of LAV fighting vehicles that Saudi Arabia is perfectly willing to use them against civilians. Some of those earlier batch were photographed rolling over the causeway and into Bahrain when the Saudi Army was sent in to crush pro-democracy demonstrations.<br /><br />Trudeau and Dion would have had this history at their fingertips when the LAV contract came up after the Liberals took power. They had a chance to do the right thing. They chose to do the politically expedient thing. That set the tone for every tough decision Trudeau has faced ever since.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-20145514146469670842017-08-02T14:57:35.986-04:002017-08-02T14:57:35.986-04:00We clearly live in a fractured political world tha...We clearly live in a fractured political world that suggests all things are possible, Sal, (eg. pipelines AND climate change abatement) something people should be smart enough to see for the lie it is.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-54960009387176349362017-08-02T14:29:16.741-04:002017-08-02T14:29:16.741-04:00.. this nasty reality is part of the vaunted Harpe..... this nasty reality is part of the vaunted Harper Legacy.. I recall his flunkie Ed Fast crowing that arms manufacturing & export would be key drivers of Canada's economy going forward. Obviously the huge Saudi deal typified typical Harper style bad economics, with shocking penalties for cancellation & strict secrecies emplaced. Now the Trudeau government can deal with the fallout & ugly aftermath.. of that 'legacy' (legacy - which is supposed to be a 'gift')<br /><br />Aside from those who benefit from such manufacture.. I would be amazed to hear what % of Canadians actually support arms manufacturing and export. Maybe Ezra Levant could comment, or Hon Peter Kent or Laureen Harper. We already know what Harper & Trudeau believe - that these armored weaponized military vehicles are simply transports or just jeeps. Wondrous horse twaddle!<br /><br />Meanwhile, what initiatives are underway to stimulate creation of tools and technology to feed the world, or filter toxic water.. yes yes.. we give away water to Nestle to pack in disposable plastic bottles, but we subsidize foreign entities to come here, frack for gas or gouge out the tar sands.. and poison our water, obliterate species and habitat. Harper ensured that via ripping up environmental protections, defunding biologists and science as requested by Jim Flaherty's demanding clients & political donors at his annual 'retreat'<br /><br />Imagine what Justin Trudeau could accomplish by putting the brakes on this military arms manufacturing madness & enforcing a vision or focus on feeding people and ensuring clean water and clean air. And if Donald Trump wants to toxify the Great Lakes he should be bluntly told to go F himself and that Canada will look after & protect those bodies of water.<br /><br />Elected servants in Canada have lost their way, become blinded via mindless partisanship, whipped caucuses, endless political polls, been captured by the forces of neoliberalism.. sheltered by corrupted mainstream media..<br /><br />selling all of us out in the process seems the new politik..<br />pissing on our leg.. and telling us its raining..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com