tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5075754401498266225..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Canadian Republicans?Owen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-14131691486048160012011-12-06T12:44:58.666-05:002011-12-06T12:44:58.666-05:00I agree, thwap. "We" did it. We get the ...I agree, thwap. "We" did it. We get the government we deserve; and not voting is making a choice.<br /><br />The fact is that "we" will be stuck with Harper until a solid block of Canadians -- certainly more than 25% of us -- decides we want someone else as prime minister.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-23845521449645366932011-12-06T12:24:01.190-05:002011-12-06T12:24:01.190-05:00Owen,
It looks like "we" did. I use the...Owen,<br /><br />It looks like "we" did. I use the "" because, obviously, it was only around 25% of us who did. But we appear to be complacent in the face of this massive failure of our system.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74689744728797003392011-12-06T11:10:09.105-05:002011-12-06T11:10:09.105-05:00If Canadians are smart, thwap, they will take what...If Canadians are smart, thwap, they will take what is happening south of the border as a cautionary tale.<br /><br />We would be fools, indeed, to walk down that same path.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-17806111405939308742011-12-06T11:05:50.220-05:002011-12-06T11:05:50.220-05:00Excellent post. We need all sorts of reforms to pr...Excellent post. We need all sorts of reforms to prevent this atrocity from ever happening again. Electoral reform for one.<br /><br />Because the crop of hopefuls in the present Repug race is truly a shameful indictment of the political culture of the greatest country in the world.<br /><br />Is it really the case that the brilliant minds of the people of the USA can only barf out such dreck as Newt, Cain, Romney, Bachmann, Santorum?<br /><br />Obviously not.<br /><br />But those idiots are useful to some people. But even then, their usefulness comes at a price. Dumbing-down the collective intelligence of the people as a whole until they are ungovernable.<br /><br />This is the problem with the lack of accountability in the USA and now here.<br /><br />People like Rumsfeld, Cheney, bush II, Obama, harper, should be behind prison bars, and their propagandists should have committed suicide out of shame and fear.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.com