tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post7951965510038464515..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: Carole James, time to resign!Grant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-62349040769131764442010-12-06T17:20:21.247-08:002010-12-06T17:20:21.247-08:00Why can't we bring back the STV voting system ...Why can't we bring back the STV voting system as recommended by our very own citizens - AbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-78511924867400308192010-06-15T14:55:57.030-07:002010-06-15T14:55:57.030-07:00carol james has to resign or nobody will vote next...carol james has to resign or nobody will vote next time. just listen to her voice, she gives everyone a headache just listening to her.. whine ,whine ,whine.. thats what she sounds likeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-80563834645027266642010-04-22T23:08:16.653-07:002010-04-22T23:08:16.653-07:00Why don't you start a petition?Why don't you start a petition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-3107790693973676532010-01-04T01:12:34.576-08:002010-01-04T01:12:34.576-08:00The MSM and self-serving political pundits keep on...The MSM and self-serving political pundits keep on saying that Carole James is responsible for resurrecting the NDP after the 2001 slaughter. The truth is that Joy McPhail and Jenny Kwan did more in keeping the Gordo gang's feet to the fire than Carole has done since. She is just too principled and caring to make a good leader and more importantly, a saleable product. The saying that "nice guys finish last" was never more appropriate.<br /><br />The BC Liberal party has served up so much fodder, both political and personal, that the NDP should be battering them from every angle possible. That doesn't seem to be happening. It's almost as if the two parties have made a behind the scenes agreement to put certain issues off limits. Grant, you have uncovered so much information on so many issues that would be perfect ammunition for the NDP, and we hear not a peep from them. What's with that?<br /><br />Another thing the NDP needs to do is cut all formal ties with the unions. They may be a great source of funding but do not deliver the votes at the ballot box. As a person who worked in union shops all my life, I can attest unequivocably that many of my union brothers and sisters placed their votes elsewhere. The MSM's ties to big business and their overwhelming willingness to carry big business's message has swayed too many people's thoughts away from logic, and that includes many union members. The other problem with having union ties is that the majority of union members left in BC are public sector members versus private sector, and that just gives the business sector and other right-wingers more to dump on by laying all the cost increases the various ministries face at the feet of the union members and ignoring the increases these ministries have created in the management side of the equation.<br /><br />As an example, Carole Taylor was lauded by the MSM and the majority of big business by gaining labour peace a few years back by offering a $1 billion bonus to the public sector unions that signed agreements that would not expire until after the winter olympics have come and gone. As Mike Smyth has stated many times, what do you think the reaction would be if the NDP was in power and used the same tactic? The NDP would have been tarred and feathered by both the MSM and the business sector if they had been in power and employed this strategy.<br /><br />Having stated my views on the NDP, I must say that I do not support our political system and abhor the political party system we have both federally, provincially and now even municipally. I believe that any candidate that is elected should be a representative of his or her constituents, not of an entity that is answerable to the chosen few. Our system creates a dictator, whether they be right or left of centre, and his or her flock of sheep who become nothing more than spineless robots that do as they are told. This is not democracy, but rape. We need to find a way where we can have only independent individuals get elected based on what they envision, not on what some corporate or union entities decide what is best for us all.<br /><br />The elite and the connected opportunists will always find a way to keep on feathering their nests at the expense of the masses, but with a concerted effort we may be able to lessen their impact on our lives. It is time that we make the word democracy reflect its definition.Crankypantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-58586644418927040392010-01-03T23:20:39.483-08:002010-01-03T23:20:39.483-08:00Well done! Without a doubt, this is the best start...Well done! Without a doubt, this is the best start of a new year ever. Get that drunk, womanizer, addict out! Take his crew of thieves with him. Take all his lovers, drinking buddies, and gangsters with him. As you said, time for a new start, a new voice. Enough of good, baldry and smith, they are on the other side. Smith lies and covers, baldry lies and covers, and good is just a baffoon. Can't think by himself. Again, great start to the owelipic year. More please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-48869379764643877172010-01-03T19:57:19.379-08:002010-01-03T19:57:19.379-08:00Exactly Norman! There are few bloggers I visit on ...Exactly Norman! There are few bloggers I visit on a daily basis, Grant is one of them. He does the people of BC a greater service by speaking truth the way he does...than any politician I can name these days. Few see, then print the truth the way Grant does, too bad Palmer, Baldrey and Smyth couldn't take lessons!Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-88170313982044774362010-01-03T11:45:41.109-08:002010-01-03T11:45:41.109-08:00NDP leadership?
Better to have him outside the te...NDP leadership?<br /><br />Better to have him outside the tent pissing in than inside the tent pissing out.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-13151351843877556182010-01-02T13:23:33.907-08:002010-01-02T13:23:33.907-08:00What a great comment!!! but did I get a slight hi...What a great comment!!! but did I get a slight hint that Grant G would be interested in going for the NDP leadership if he were drafted??? if so, COUNT ME IN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-60724466178321569542010-01-02T10:30:42.335-08:002010-01-02T10:30:42.335-08:00Carole, you always say that Gordo is not listening...Carole, you always say that Gordo is not listening to the people, which is true.<br /><br />So Carole, why are YOU also not listening to the people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-17420430721711460552010-01-02T10:06:21.077-08:002010-01-02T10:06:21.077-08:00It's pretty obvious to me that Carole James in...It's pretty obvious to me that Carole James integrity level is a perfect match to that of Gordon Campbell. Neither to be trusted, neither to be spared. No matter who sits in the chair of leadership of the NDP - I'll never vote for them again. <br /><br />It's time to build a NEW political party in this province...NOW. While there is time to build, disseminate, gather, share, and take on both parties. It's time to shred them, and bury them in the potholes of history. <br /><br />Time: NOW<br />Question is: Who?Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-91764952370931913462010-01-02T08:46:07.499-08:002010-01-02T08:46:07.499-08:00well done grant those fools need to go,and piss up...well done grant those fools need to go,and piss up a rope they have done nothing as an opposition,they should be ashamed with all that ammo not one salvo was shot shame!what we have now is the business telling the government what to do,corporate Communism a lot for the few and nothing for the many,the streets are full of homeless food banks are at mass capacity and not one word of any wrong doings on the fable and feeble so called news media and the rape continues is james a liberal plant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-30387612710884237232010-01-02T07:02:52.375-08:002010-01-02T07:02:52.375-08:00The only comment about Carole Jmaes that is printa...The only comment about Carole Jmaes that is printable is..............<br /><br />“you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!.”<br /><br />Oliver Cromwell addressing the rump parliament. April 1653. <br /><br />James and the NDP utterly failed to address the Vancouver METRO debacle and in doing so, failed the people. The people responded and did not vote.<br /><br />Do we have to charge this b**** with treason and have her head cut off?<br /><br /><br />“my design is to make what haste I can to be gone.”<br /><br />Cromwell’s last words; in Cromwell, by John Morely.Evil Eyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-77744323388550207672010-01-02T05:17:07.118-08:002010-01-02T05:17:07.118-08:00Thank you, thank you and thank you. Yes, it is a t...Thank you, thank you and thank you. Yes, it is a time for change!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-33489902361035483762010-01-01T22:45:37.324-08:002010-01-01T22:45:37.324-08:00Ah, British Columbia. Where the Liberal Government...Ah, British Columbia. Where the Liberal Government is not liberal and the Official Opposition does not oppose.<br /><br />With apologies to Bill Shakespeare,<br /><br /> "PRITHEE, GET THEE GONE."Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-85088948716492400082010-01-01T19:50:30.341-08:002010-01-01T19:50:30.341-08:00Grant,
That was beautiful. A perfect start for th...Grant,<br /><br />That was beautiful. A perfect start for the new year. Thank you.<br />.BC Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597928683019021273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-15534267882663266692010-01-01T15:34:43.443-08:002010-01-01T15:34:43.443-08:00It can,t be said any betterIt can,t be said any betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-8603660475469744112010-01-01T14:16:06.522-08:002010-01-01T14:16:06.522-08:00Grant, the glory days were under Dave Barrett betw...Grant, the glory days were under Dave Barrett between 1979 to 1983. Over those four years Dave ripped into the Socreds, had major media presence, the media made the Socreds look bad and the NDP good. The NDP was always leading in the polls. <br /><br />Sigh, if only we can have another Dave Barrett at the helm. He would leave no stone untouched and every issue you raised above would be the lead story every day on the 6 o'clock news. That's the way it was back then. Today everything is either buried on page 56 in the news or not even published.<br /><br />Who will be our new Dave Barrett? That's the question I want answered and also made to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com