tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5894234084232704338..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Profoundly IgnorantOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-35251423107644403912013-04-02T18:54:13.947-04:002013-04-02T18:54:13.947-04:00Power corrupts, Dana. It's merely a question o...Power corrupts, Dana. It's merely a question of degree.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-49063260514613125042013-04-02T18:38:59.191-04:002013-04-02T18:38:59.191-04:00And these creatures are preferable to many Libs an...And these creatures are preferable to many Libs and Dippers over strategic cooperation with one another.<br /><br />And those Libs and Dippers call *that* principle. <br /><br />Empty word, devoid of meaning, now. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76023867129505773942013-04-02T14:48:54.773-04:002013-04-02T14:48:54.773-04:00Thanks for the link, Mound. It's beginning to ...Thanks for the link, Mound. It's beginning to make sense. They really are a spineless bunch of cowards.<br /><br />And they call it "principle."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-14582555176734936062013-04-02T13:59:02.769-04:002013-04-02T13:59:02.769-04:00Owen, it wasn't pure spite after all. Maude B...Owen, it wasn't pure spite after all. Maude Barlow told the G&M last week that the Drought Convention is hoping to reach a protocol on drought and desertification next month that might finger fossil fuel producers and major GHG emitters. In other words, Canada saw itself coming under scrutiny and ran for cover.<br /><br />http://www.the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/2013/03/turning-canadas-back-on-world.htmlThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-16321604692433175742013-04-02T12:01:47.264-04:002013-04-02T12:01:47.264-04:00It appears, Anon, that Harper withdrew from the an...It appears, Anon, that Harper withdrew from the anti-drought convention out of pure spite.<br /><br />There seems to be no upside to his decision.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80779066744029109252013-04-02T11:50:15.990-04:002013-04-02T11:50:15.990-04:00Harper was furious, the U.N. Security Council bann...Harper was furious, the U.N. Security Council banned him a seat. Harper is backing out of, the anti-drought program. Then there was, Copenhagen, Durban and Davos. Another country was angered regarding, Harper gave them false statements, of the toxicity of the tar sands oil.<br /><br />Harper hates BC for, fighting the Enbridge pipeline and, the behemoth dirty oil tankers from China. He was angry, BC citizens forced Campbell to resign. Harper and Campbell forgot to tell BC people, Campbell worked for Harper, not for the people of BC.<br /><br />Both Harper and Gordon Campbell, are full of, hate, spite and malice. BC and the citizens have been victimized by both of them, many times. That's why they are known as, spiteful Stevie and, spiteful Gordo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-88253487510614653072013-04-02T11:05:52.898-04:002013-04-02T11:05:52.898-04:00The language is positively Orwellian, salamander. ...The language is positively Orwellian, salamander. It's meant to obfuscate.<br /><br />Whether it's Rights and Democracy, CIDA or Parliament itself, the Harper agenda is simple -- shut it down.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-51776822565909612402013-04-02T10:32:17.902-04:002013-04-02T10:32:17.902-04:00In part .. one needs to look at what all members w...In part .. one needs to look at what all members were to provide at the imminent meeting of the UN anti drought convention<br /><br />If I'm not mistaken the requirement was analysis of poverty co-related to desert and shrinking or impacted grassland within each member's respective country.<br /><br />Another requirement was to provide factual evidence of what the respective countries have undertaken to alleviate desertification.. and one would assume the related poverty if applicable.<br /><br />"governments will provide concrete data on the status of poverty and of land cover in the areas affected by desertification in their countries." 70 per cent of the Earth’s arid regions are threatened by desertification<br /><br />This is simply Stephen Harper now deciding to muzzle an entire country and do so on the global stage via John Baird and play hide and seek with the media re Julian Fantino.<br /><br />This is a government that hid the folding of CIDA under Fantino into Baird's Foreign Affairs. Well, in fairness, the budget item was right there in plain sight and put there by Jim Flaherty on page 241 within the Budget Chapter 'Supporting Families and Communities' .. in Harper Speak an “enhanced alignment” to “leverage…synergies” and “maximize the effectiveness of the resources available.”<br /><br />This is much like Harper's bizarre rational upon eliminating the busiest Coast Guard rescue station in Canada '“The paramountcy of government resources in this area is on public safety and the government is allocating its resources in a way that we believe, based on the advice we have received from the coast guard, that is best in terms of public safety,” the Prime Minister said.<br /><br />“That is to put as many of the resources as we can into actually having rescue boats in the water. That’s where we put our investments going forward.”<br /><br />??? !! ???the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com