tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post6258125213753121548..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: We Can Do (And Be) Better Than ThisLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-64923402200774592802016-02-03T20:54:01.729-05:002016-02-03T20:54:01.729-05:00I suspect, Pamela, that the Liberals have the same...I suspect, Pamela, that the Liberals have the same capacity for self-justification as the previous government did.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-40542994036600313822016-02-03T19:55:39.449-05:002016-02-03T19:55:39.449-05:00I too have a guarded optimism Lorne, my gut though...I too have a guarded optimism Lorne, my gut though is telling me something different. I do not like obsfucation. In fact I despise it. It usually means at the very least our government is hiding something or at the worst their getting ready to lie to us.I still don't know how you sell arms to a country that chops peoples heads off and is now in another country, Yemen, bombing civilians. I would like to know what Trudeau and the other Libs involved in the Saudi deal told themselves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-68341097805640502232016-02-03T17:28:12.608-05:002016-02-03T17:28:12.608-05:00In the twisted world those two inhabit, I am sure ...In the twisted world those two inhabit, I am sure it makes perfect sense, Salamander. For those of us from Planet Earth, not so much.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-20798105386545445772016-02-03T15:01:08.685-05:002016-02-03T15:01:08.685-05:00.. be sure to review who 'our' current Amb..... be sure to review who 'our' current Ambassador to Kuwait is... still Harper's ex bodyguard? Let me know if you can find a person on Planet Earth who can explain that appointment.. aside from Steve or Ray Novak ...the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-14868115305845845352016-02-03T13:02:45.739-05:002016-02-03T13:02:45.739-05:00It's time the government understands that we c...It's time the government understands that we can't have it both ways, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-3003397371662060852016-02-03T12:47:42.308-05:002016-02-03T12:47:42.308-05:00From Peacekeeper to Arms Dealer. That's not pr...From Peacekeeper to Arms Dealer. That's not progress, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-14811933443785158422016-02-03T12:12:38.066-05:002016-02-03T12:12:38.066-05:00It is clearly time for much reflection on the part...It is clearly time for much reflection on the part of all Canadians, Mound. From reading your blog regularly I am acutely aware of the perils facing all of us, perils that most governments barely acknowledge. it is enough to cause one to lose hope that total catastrophe can be avoided.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-1834623967674676552016-02-03T12:05:08.390-05:002016-02-03T12:05:08.390-05:00Yeah, well, there you have it, Lorne. Once you tak...Yeah, well, there you have it, Lorne. Once you take away the tinsel you're left with Kinder Morgan, the eastern pipeline, the Saudi arms deal and TPP as the true face of what is, not what we might have hoped. Makes a guy proud to be a Green, Lorne. The only party that's been against all of that (and C-51) right from the get go. Unlike Mulcair, Elizabeth May didn't need to find out which way the winds were blowing before taking a stand.<br /><br />It's all ridiculously simple. If the world is to have any reasonable hope of the 2C target, 80 per cent of known fossil reserves have to be left in the ground and that means starting with the highest cost/highest carbon forms - coal and bitumen.<br /><br />People are dying. People are losing their livelihoods and their homes. People are being put to flight - migrants, refugees - every day. We pretend this is about jobs, jobs, jobs - at home.<br /><br />What have we become?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com