tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7091920904630493307..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Blood On Our HandsLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53580813665123463192018-04-30T14:35:25.210-04:002018-04-30T14:35:25.210-04:00Increasingly, our values look inverted, Sal. But h...Increasingly, our values look inverted, Sal. But how many Canadians are looking at them critically?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-46069810400050473082018-04-30T13:22:26.130-04:002018-04-30T13:22:26.130-04:00.. I must be getting old and senile.. a poorly opi..... I must be getting old and senile.. a poorly opinionated Canadian farmer in fact. But I recall Ed Fast, a Harper era Minister saying 'arms manufacture and exports will be key drivers of Canada's economy'.. about when PM Harper declared we would become a petro super power. I don't recall a Canadian sponsored NASCAR race car.. petro or arms.. perhaps I missed it<br /><br />Of course I was mortified, though I come from a military family<br /><br />For years I have wondered why Canada is not feeding the world or exporting irrigation equipment and expertise. And why did we allow the east coast fishery to die.. and are intent on doing so to the west coast fishery? We seem to have trouble moving grain from the prairies via rail.. tho we gave away the Grain Board and all its related properties and ancillary infrastructure.. for what Mr Harper? Nothing? If not mistaken it was his first act as PM<br /><br />Why do we need 300 to 400 supertankers thrashing the Salish Seas to deliver dilbit to as yet unidentified countries ? Remember, every supertanker arrives and departs.. so 6 to 8 hundred transits. Of course the actual market is mainly Washington State who pay more than Asia for Alberta dilbit.. refine it and sell back to us, the refined components.. aviation fuel, heating fuels and gas for our cars<br /><br />So we subsidize foreign owned Big Energy.. yes we pay them to do this.. and this is 'The Economy' and thousands of high paying jobs.. for whom? Temporary foreign welders? And the payoff is more tailings ponds? More fracked land & species extirpation? Poisoned inland waters? For what? Some meagre royalties we never see? Excuse me.. I did not realize it was silly season<br /><br />Thus we have Justin Trudeau and ms Catherine McKenna, plus ms Notely and Jason Kenney & old Joe Oliver lecturing and hectoring Canadians on the untold wealth and opportunity.. otherwise we lose the opportunity of climate management.. it truly is bizzaro 'reasoning' .. but we should suck it up as important policy & roll over for National Interest.. and Energy Security For Canadians.. even moreso if we can get the sludge to Asia.. which bye the bye.. they neither Alberta or the Feds can produce documented purchase agreements for or even documentation of any interest at current or future prices<br /><br />I'm a big fan of science fiction.. but this hardly qualifies.. reminds me instead of how Britain, France, Spain and Dutch magnified getting a ship or two each to the exotic Indies for spice.. we must have the pepper, saffron, silk, fragrances and other essentials ! And if the ships should wreck, the crew drown, rounding Cape Horn, its the price of progress.. and the spice !<br />the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-16005912110119071242018-04-30T12:43:20.127-04:002018-04-30T12:43:20.127-04:00A prescription, Mound, that far too many people se...A prescription, Mound, that far too many people seek to fill. 'Nuff said.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-67263142075046177482018-04-30T12:21:17.516-04:002018-04-30T12:21:17.516-04:00Sunny ways, Lorne, sunny ways. I know what'll ...Sunny ways, Lorne, sunny ways. I know what'll fix you up. You're jonesing for a selfie with the Dauphin. Get it right there on your phone. Show your friends. Carry it with you everywhere. Post it on your Facebook page. Just do that and you'll be able to put up with no end of hypocrisy, deceit and under the table malevolence.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com