tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post1004029379282309981..comments2024-03-26T20:19:35.180-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: O'LearyOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82017058817545362912017-01-10T01:32:12.702-05:002017-01-10T01:32:12.702-05:00You may be right, library guy. Quebecers would nev...You may be right, library guy. Quebecers would never see O'Leary as one of nous autres. And ordinary Canadians would have a hard time buying his pitch that he's an ordinary guy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-70658886250617009602017-01-09T22:07:23.665-05:002017-01-09T22:07:23.665-05:00Thing about O'Leary is, he's not a populis...Thing about O'Leary is, he's not a populist. I'm sure he's just as vain and blusters just as hard as Trump, but the man seems incapable of opening his mouth without trumpeting the joys of globalized turbocharged capital and how wonderful the super-rich are. Trump appealed to people's resentment of all that--implausibly as all get out, but he did (and boy are lots of them going to be upset if they figure out how bad he's deceived them). O'Leary appeals only to billionaires' resentment of still paying the tiniest smidge of taxes, and I suspect he'll be really bad at pretending different. I think he's going nowhere.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67255663105842836392017-01-09T18:02:48.596-05:002017-01-09T18:02:48.596-05:00I caught an interview with Charles Bronfman on the...I caught an interview with Charles Bronfman on the CBC awhile ago, Mound. He said he knows people who have done business with Trump who vow they'll never do business with him again. I suspect you could find people who have done business with O'Leary who would say the same thing.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-49973839239697329222017-01-09T16:27:18.134-05:002017-01-09T16:27:18.134-05:00I think O'Leary knows how far he's managed...<br />I think O'Leary knows how far he's managed to get by staying just far enough out of the public eye. He can boast of his acumen on TV shows but exposed under a bright light he's a much different "businessman" with a chequered history. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-83989296870315867792017-01-09T13:56:29.041-05:002017-01-09T13:56:29.041-05:00I suppose that expensive suits are supposed to def...I suppose that expensive suits are supposed to deflect criticism, salamander. There will be a reckoning and it will be ugly.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-17009662488797147192017-01-09T13:40:35.681-05:002017-01-09T13:40:35.681-05:00.. suggest you lower any expectations regarding O&..... suggest you lower any expectations regarding O'Leary .. In my view he's an opportunist only looking to expand or enhance his public persona.. & that's simple vanity or greed.. somewhat different from the toxic ideological ego path of smartest guy in the room Stephen Harper.. or latter day lesser snouts, Saint Kellie & St Kouvalis Inc.. or the preening foppery of Scheer or Blaney who also seek to raise their public stature & profit within the private partisan club - The Conservative Party of Canada. <br /><br />You know, get a seat at the head table rather than seated nowhere near the warm glow of the Commons cameras, the eager but lazy mainstream media attention. O'Leary will 'play it' & he has the $$ to stay in the poker game.. see who folds. But make no mistake, he does not want to enter the dirty little world of partisan politics.. No, he's a wordly man, interested in wines, travel, and spouting off on how smart he is. <br /><br />Glibness is useful to an extent.. Just read some of the convoluted defenses Donald Trump threw up (vomited) about how he did not mock a disabled journalist.. These are case studies in deflection, denial & bald faced deceit.. backed of course by a now locked n loaded spin machine & that bizarre entity - the Republican Tea Party, willing & able to hitch a ride on a Mississipi sleigh ride to ignomy & political oblivion. Goodness, do these creeps order a side of lead poisoning at every meal? Or are they mainlining it in liquid form. <br /><br />The mad hatters, the Alice in Wonderland gang plunging down their own private rabbit hole.. fat, content, greedy.. unwilling to accept that a honey badger, or worse.. a wolverine has moved into their fantasy world.. They talk about 8 years ? When the nasty beast called 'Media' turns on these folk it won't be pretty.. But how frauds, phonies, fakers, snake oil salesmen n women are allowed to be public servants, is astonishing. Good luck Mr O'Leary.. like all the other Harper drones.. you've shown us nothing... nothing but lip flapping & expensive suits ..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-89520508219802633482017-01-09T12:55:24.062-05:002017-01-09T12:55:24.062-05:00I hope you're right, Lorne. I read that Conser...I hope you're right, Lorne. I read that Conservatives in Alberta invited Kelly Anne Conway to speak at one of their dinners and then cancelled the affair. Perhaps that's a good sign.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-32084701944312543842017-01-09T12:52:47.803-05:002017-01-09T12:52:47.803-05:00Perhaps he'll melt away in the spring, Steve.Perhaps he'll melt away in the spring, Steve.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-77670716660800732522017-01-09T12:50:53.989-05:002017-01-09T12:50:53.989-05:00That's why some call the ruins of Aleppo victo...That's why some call the ruins of Aleppo victory, Dana. William Golding knew what happens when we surrender to the Lord of the Flies.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55922913711020258422017-01-09T12:32:41.159-05:002017-01-09T12:32:41.159-05:00Maybe I have too lofty an opinion of the majority ...Maybe I have too lofty an opinion of the majority of my fellow Canadians, Owen, but somehow I don't think the credulity that led to Trump's ascension in the U.S. is as pronounced here.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80674958813965697482017-01-09T12:24:10.660-05:002017-01-09T12:24:10.660-05:00He should just campaign on a Canada without Quebec...He should just campaign on a Canada without Quebec. I Canada without reason. He is a snowflake that has never seen summer.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-14027432364706491372017-01-09T11:45:07.257-05:002017-01-09T11:45:07.257-05:00It's only surrender if you consider demons to ...It's only surrender if you consider demons to be evil. <br /><br />If demons are your source of power its victory. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62486171658815498022017-01-09T10:51:25.797-05:002017-01-09T10:51:25.797-05:00That's what I'm afraid of, Dana. Surrender...That's what I'm afraid of, Dana. Surrendering to our demons appears to pay benefits these days.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-2669854970184974812017-01-09T10:49:36.244-05:002017-01-09T10:49:36.244-05:00The only thing Conservatives would have learned fr...The only thing Conservatives would have learned from events down south is that Trump is about to be potus. They, and I do mean every single one of the small minded turdlets, are concerned about one thing and one thing only and they watched in rapt drooling fascination as bigotry, narcissism and ignorance won bigly. <br /><br />Expect them to double down and even go further. <br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com