tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post6374025022488660850..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: The Transformation of Michael IgnatiefGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-62195491905113560052011-04-08T16:33:02.490-07:002011-04-08T16:33:02.490-07:00Sorry Grant, can't agree with you about Ignati...Sorry Grant, can't agree with you about Ignatieff. He will be just like Chretien before him - say anything to get elected and then dump his new Red Book in an outhouse somewhere. The only hope we have to survive as a nation is to have a minority government with the NDP holding enough seats to hold at least some power in decision making. Think about it; after this election which nobody wanted, Canadians will have no stomach for yet another one. The Liberals are the nice guy in the two cop interview technique, but they are the same lousy side of the capitalist coin they have always been. Mark my words; if Igantieff gets elected to a majority he will sell out Canada just like Harper did. Just like Campbell sold out BC. Just like Chretien did when he reneged on his promise to renegotiate NAFTA. Just like Mulroney sold us down the river with the FTA and then NAFTA. Globalism is a world wide scam and Ignatieff is in it up to his eyeballs. I can agree that we only get 'democracy' when there is an election, but it's not really democracy in any sense of the word. You want effective government? Look at China: Take away the human rights violations and what is left is a government which thinks of its own country first, second and third. Soon they will own most of BC; so exercise your 'democratic' right to vote and then go back to sleep. Move along folks, nothing to see here, just politics as usual. Same media lies. BTW, did you notice in the news that Taiwan is advising its citizens to not go outdoors unless absolutely necessary? And to discard their clothes when they get home; and have a shower to wash off any radiation which is still on them. You won't get that kind of truth here in BC or Canada, although there is that guy in Masset who sent off rainwater to a private lab and found that radiation levels on the Haida Gwaii (in the rainwater) are 30 times above normal and he had the sense to advise the people there to stop drinking it. As we all know, once radiation gets inside your body, the effects can be multiplied by up to a million times. We're talking about cesium 137 here; half life 30 years - if your children live that long. All the media talks about is iodine - because it has a half life of 8 days. All the Government of Canada says is that levels are too low to be of any concern. BS. After Chernobyl the radiation didn't just sort of dissipate in the air - it fell in rain on places hundreds and even thousands of miles away - in Sweden to this day there are areas with high rates of cancer with lakes which are still too irradiated to fish from or swim in. Same as Germany where some agricultural areas are still too unsafe to take food from. Iggy never mentions it, Iggy is in it for Iggy. And if he gets elected we will be in the same rotten, corrupt ship of state. The only answer is elect representatives who can have a free vote on every bill. Or even better, to return the power to the people in the form of a binding vote on issues at every election. You might think we are too stupid but I ask you - could we possibly have screwed things up worse? It is that middle layer of 'representative party government' which is so susceptible to corruption which keeps the rich people happy and the rest of us up to our eyebrows in taxes. BC should be one of the riches areas in the world, yet we don't have enough for decent health care, let alone education and a decent standard of living for the poorest 20%. Something very wrong with that picture. Which is why you are absolutely right about at least one thing: Encana and the Northern Gateway. They are part of the whole system which has been set up for centuries to benefit the rich at the expense of everyone else. It's the system, and you can't change it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-33386885777110019322011-04-07T11:25:10.871-07:002011-04-07T11:25:10.871-07:00If Harper wins a majority, we can kiss Canada good...If Harper wins a majority, we can kiss Canada goodbye. He has given the wealthiest corporations in the world, billions of our tax dollars. They already get huge tax reductions. I watched this motion pass in the Federal House. Now Harper wants to give these big outfits, another tax reduction. This reductions will be taken off Canadians paychecks. Harper is giving this country away, and citizens are being exploited by him to, give our money to big business. The HST was designed for big business also. That is who the HST benefits, not the people who are forced to pay it. The HST is nothing other, than a tax grab for greedy, huge outfits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-3992810193851298782011-04-06T15:05:35.472-07:002011-04-06T15:05:35.472-07:00And Mr. Gordon Wilson has quite a bit to say on Ha...And Mr. Gordon Wilson has quite a bit to say on Harper. Canada will not be Canada if Harper receives a majority. <br />http://gordonfdwilson.com/<br /><br />Thanks Mr. WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-43316604982483169872011-04-03T08:08:21.780-07:002011-04-03T08:08:21.780-07:00The thought of Harpo is scaring a lot of people an...The thought of Harpo is scaring a lot of people and the neo-con machine rolled right through Delta, dumping long time political type, Dale Saip, in favour of a shrill Harpo clone-ette.<br /><br />Sadly, Layton and the NDP just do not have the political savvy to get elected and it is high time the NDP start some soul searching about politics and candidates or they will face getting the booby-prize for many election yet.<br /><br />I see that May's Greens are taking votes away from Harpo (see Alex T.'s blog) and the right wing is dumbfounded, but do as they always do, smear, attack, libel their opponents.<br /><br />Good old Canadian politics, democracy for a day, every 2 to 4 years, at its glorious finest.<br /><br />Where is Mr. Peanut when you need him most.Evil Eyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-62017817636870121302011-04-02T19:36:12.994-07:002011-04-02T19:36:12.994-07:00Stephen Harper should stick to music. He plays pia...Stephen Harper should stick to music. He plays piano well, and can sing, too. He would be bigger than Buble and Bieber.Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-76818696191072102112011-04-02T17:59:55.110-07:002011-04-02T17:59:55.110-07:00Two small points:
* I wish to gosh that people wo...Two small points:<br /><br />* I wish to gosh that people would look at Jack Layton and say "What a guy! He must be exhausted; he must be in pain; but he's marching onward to defeat the Harper gang.: He's OK. <br /><br />* The big advantage with Michael Ignatieff is that he isn't dragging old baggage into the fight. What could be better than a strong academic background and his familiarity with the wide world? He's OK too. <br /><br />There's a strong possibility, in my opinion, that we might get it right in this federal election.BC Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-2265628427218263122011-04-02T17:57:03.326-07:002011-04-02T17:57:03.326-07:00I'm old time NDP but live in a riding where th...I'm old time NDP but live in a riding where the neo con will get voted in again.<br /><br />Haven't heard hide nor hair of the Lib candidate in the riding; not one sign anywhere.<br /><br />I'm voting NDP; our guy came in 2nd last time. And will again. The Lib was a distant 3rd.<br /><br />I'd rather see Iggy beat Harper though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-11876531179955508572011-04-02T15:47:08.450-07:002011-04-02T15:47:08.450-07:00I am a bit suspicious of the polls at present - gi...I am a bit suspicious of the polls at present - given the big business bonuses that Stephen harper hsa doled out. I am getting pretty cynical over the way the MSM and the Polls have, for the most part, sung the praises of Campbell and the BC Liberals - and they appear to be doing the same with the federal conservatives.<br /><br />There is a huge amount of money at stake just now - HST, business tax breaks etc. and I can see that the benificiaries will do what ever they can to get Harper returned to Ottawa.<br /><br />Gotta make sure the Conservatives don't get back in.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-6171795473322544442011-04-02T15:13:48.898-07:002011-04-02T15:13:48.898-07:00Grant, good insightful post. What is going on in B...Grant, good insightful post. What is going on in BC? A CTV poll today shows Iggy in a strong 2nd place and the NDP sliding badly into 3rd place. Maybe you are right. Maybe we have to vote for the Reds to keep the HarperCons out!<br /><br />Maybe everyone thinking what you are thinking?Elwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-6596535195087378892011-04-02T15:06:16.261-07:002011-04-02T15:06:16.261-07:00Ignatieff has taken me by surprise too. He seems ...Ignatieff has taken me by surprise too. He seems to be in it for the good fight - to give Canada something better. Meanwhile, as you say, Harper seems to be even worse than usual. What I can't understand is the polls show Harper staying strong as ever, even increasing a bit. Maybe many people aren't paying attention to the election yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com