tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post930386023726218594..comments2024-03-28T15:34:01.401-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Freedom's CostLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-84306926666217747722022-07-03T08:19:44.975-04:002022-07-03T08:19:44.975-04:00Thanks but not mine. Unfortunately, I failed to sa...Thanks but not mine. Unfortunately, I failed to save the attribution so that the author gets due credit.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-46503320752668207802022-07-02T20:23:45.694-04:002022-07-02T20:23:45.694-04:00I did not hear it, Anyong, but will see if it is a...I did not hear it, Anyong, but will see if it is available at the CBC website.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-66623064585196508182022-07-02T19:32:33.849-04:002022-07-02T19:32:33.849-04:00CBC’s the “House” this morning with Chris Hall was...CBC’s the “House” this morning with Chris Hall was interesting and surprising. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53552797599000310412022-07-02T13:30:21.618-04:002022-07-02T13:30:21.618-04:00We live in strange times, don't we, Bill, when...We live in strange times, don't we, Bill, when we can see Richard Nixon as a kind of environmental exemplar, just as Brian Mulroney is when it came to acid rain. Truly, the race to the bottom that the Republicans are currently running has accelerated precipitously.<br /><br />Here at home, I can well imagine the old rhetoric of the right being resurrected, the one Harper liked to use: for competitive purposes, we can't hobble our businesses by saddling them with environmental restrictions the Yanks don't have.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-61616282424823377132022-07-02T13:06:08.599-04:002022-07-02T13:06:08.599-04:00The EPA was established under Richard Nixon's ...The EPA was established under Richard Nixon's administration. Obviously a raving commie to this band of judging lunatics, to whom a good lungful of coal-burning emissions is a tonic to set oneself up for a wonderful day.<br /><br />If the EPA is illegal, and Congress critters need to manage emissions, then what of all the other myriad agencies of the US government? Are they illegitimate too?<br /><br />It's like the hearings into the Jan 6 riots. On my hobby forums, it has become clear to me that Republican voters have simply tuned them out. They pay no heed whatsoever to the revelations coming out, and simply do not listen. The Democrats running that show are dismissed as lying partisans<br /><br />On the emissions front, the SCOTUS majority decision simply means environmental disaster will happen sooner, given the US's profligate use of energy. Not that we're any better on a per capita basis, but we do have a lot of hydro. Never fear, the UCP is poised with shovels at the ready at the tarsands to dig us deeper and faster into oblivion when the right wing of America gives the OK.Bill Malcolmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2435234889535836792022-07-02T12:09:39.623-04:002022-07-02T12:09:39.623-04:00And sometimes the stench is unbearable, Owen.And sometimes the stench is unbearable, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-70906118802157490122022-07-02T12:08:38.315-04:002022-07-02T12:08:38.315-04:00And what our neighbours conjure drifts across our ...And what our neighbours conjure drifts across our border.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-56473294795301388002022-07-02T09:58:11.582-04:002022-07-02T09:58:11.582-04:00An excellent story that really puts things into pe...An excellent story that really puts things into perspective, jrkrideau!Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-79434401171799163922022-07-02T09:28:13.243-04:002022-07-02T09:28:13.243-04:00d God turned to Gabriel and said, “I shall create ...d God turned to Gabriel and said, “I shall create a land called Canada of outstanding natural beauty, with majestic mountains and soaring hawks, sparkling lakes abundant with bass and trout, forests full of deer, and rivers stocked with salmon. I shall make the land rich so the inhabitants prosper, and call them 'Canadians', and they shall be praised as the friendliest of all people.”<br /><br />“But Lord” asked Gabriel, “is this not too generous to these Canadians?”<br /><br />And God replied, “Just wait and see the neighbours I shall inflict upon them.”jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com