tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post1656463490587144926..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Whose Terrorist?Owen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30397931986330962202014-12-21T16:27:54.557-05:002014-12-21T16:27:54.557-05:00It's worth remembering, Scotian, that once the...It's worth remembering, Scotian, that once the epithet "Lyin' Brian" became common currency, Brian Mulroney was gone.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-66419355487540948892014-12-21T15:43:13.277-05:002014-12-21T15:43:13.277-05:00Owen:
I'm torn at the moment between Captain ...Owen:<br /><br />I'm torn at the moment between Captain Closet and the Closet Commando for which pejorative nickname best describes his inexcusable conduct on that day. Normally I do not do nicknames for politicians, but this incident is a exception for me. I might have left it alone if he apologized afterwards and admitted he acted in a moment of human weakness instead of this fictionalization he has been spreading as with Mansbridge, or wasn't trying to campaign as a serious stable trustworthy leader in tough times against the feckless opposition, but this act of physical and moral cowardice is something beyond the pale of acceptability in ANY political leader, let alone a supposed war leader.<br /><br />If CPCers can use things like "shiny pony", "Justine" "True-dope" and the like for Trudeau, I see no reason not to have a pejorative that actually ACCURATELY describes Harper and his actions at a time of crisis, which is where the true nature of any human being will dominate. We know what that was in Harper now, and it needs remembering, especially if, as it looks likely, Harper plans to use that attack to make the case for his reelection as PM.Scotianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284856315992405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-68393250400896283332014-12-21T14:47:05.802-05:002014-12-21T14:47:05.802-05:00Captain Closet is a particularly apt moniker, Scot...Captain Closet is a particularly apt moniker, Scotian.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-90040080323758424102014-12-21T14:41:39.907-05:002014-12-21T14:41:39.907-05:00Harper has a remarkably selective memory, Anon.Harper has a remarkably selective memory, Anon.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-60437656419097693812014-12-21T14:24:32.328-05:002014-12-21T14:24:32.328-05:00I see Harper as every bit as hateful as, Stalin, H...I see Harper as every bit as hateful as, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini.<br /><br />Harper calls Russia and Putin evil Communists and then, sells Canada to Communist China with his FIPPA deal. <br /><br />Harper shoots his mouth off regarding, Putin annexing the Crimea. However, he says nothing about Communist China doing the same. China is menacing and threatening other countries around the globe.China sinks other countries boats and uses water cannon on them. China does out and out atrocities to the people of Tibet. China does atrocities to their own people and to the people of Africa.<br /><br />Harper knows exactly how much he is hated? His security bill has doubled.<br /><br />As far as the media? They are no different than, Goebbels propaganda machine and a disgrace to their professions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76054319663348078372014-12-21T14:19:20.386-05:002014-12-21T14:19:20.386-05:00The latter of course, duh.
All of Harpers enabler...The latter of course, duh.<br /><br />All of Harpers enablers bear some responsibility, not just the media ones, all of them Owen. The media ones just happen to be some of the more powerful in their influence, but if the NDP enablers had instead acted properly they would have made it far harder for the media enablers to do their part without being blatantly obvious to even the most disconnected voter that they were shilling for one side only. This goes back again to my issue with Layton and the NDP leadership, they gave Harper cover from his version of reality, and for his allies in the media and those he has cowed/broken to sell his propaganda as something more credible.<br /><br />In a more perfect world partisanship would not be placed ahead of the good of the nation, but that is not the world we live in, and one of the main reasons we have the world we do today is the sad reality that the federal NDP have never had anywhere near the support to form a government, yet cannot accept that, and sold out the nation for the one chance of changing that by eliminating their main electoral rival by teaming up with their most serious philosophical/ideological enemy, the Harper CPC. Now that they reached the pinnacle of their ability to win, instead of recognizing that and focusing on the real threat to the nation they are still preferring to try and dream the impossible dream, even if it leaves the nation in literal ruins. If the NDP thinks winning in Canada is hard, imagine how Dippers would feel if in the end this nation breaks up and over time gets absorbed by our American neighbours. Which is thanks to the Harperium far more possible now than it has ever been since before Confederation, and if he gets another government, especially a majority could become even more likely because of how completely the destruction of what fundamentally differentiated us at the governing levels will have been, and the cultural shifting that has been happening under Harper with as you noted those media enablers.<br /><br />Only in the Harperium would we be having these terrorist fantasies and massive overreactions being seen as acceptable, it is after all what Harper was clearly desiring Canada to act like since 9/11/01, just read old Hansards (while they still exist, I'm actually waiting for when Harper gets Hansard restricted/edited/under his cone of silence/paywall) for evidence of that. <br /><br />We always understood that one mans terrorist can be another mans freedom fighter, so we used to be careful about how easily we used that word in this nation. Yet another glorious change for the worse brought to us by Harper aka Captain Closet!Scotianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284856315992405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62158098626722195482014-12-21T11:34:00.881-05:002014-12-21T11:34:00.881-05:00Harper is where he is because he has lots of enabl...Harper is where he is because he has lots of enablers in the press, Lorne.<br /><br />Those enablers bear some responsibility for the harm he has done.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74853203845194795152014-12-21T10:43:33.818-05:002014-12-21T10:43:33.818-05:00Fear has always been a potent motivator, Owen, a f...Fear has always been a potent motivator, Owen, a fact that the Harper regime knows well and ruthlessly exploits to its advantage. Hopefully, there will always be a few journalists who speak the truth without fear of corporate reprisal, one of the main reasons I subscribe to The Star.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com