tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post6487610482176134704..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: One Hundred Years LaterOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80223785867540767302014-08-05T16:59:41.507-04:002014-08-05T16:59:41.507-04:00"Toxic" is the appropriate word, salaman..."Toxic" is the appropriate word, salamander. It sums up his legacy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-23709293486312901052014-08-05T16:17:58.384-04:002014-08-05T16:17:58.384-04:00'honourable in our dealings and courageous in ...'honourable in our dealings and courageous in our undertakings' .. spoken by one Stephen Harper<br />Impossible to connect to him or his 'base', MP's Ministers or vast political apparatus of lawyers, electoral wonks, trolls or corporatist partners<br /><br />Seeking a single example that Harper personally or via one of his various associates during one of their political larva stages exhibited such 'Canadian character' as per Canadian WW1 combatants is impossible..<br /><br />Examination of the entire Harper timeline in Canadian politics reveals a chameleon like passage. Using Canadian citizenship as cover for a mealy grub-like political creature.. <br /><br />Better persons than me will define the stunning failure & deceit.. and the costs of his bizarre ascendancy.. and the toxicity of his legacythe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11271945244619393832014-08-05T16:10:32.747-04:002014-08-05T16:10:32.747-04:00It will all have been for naught, thwap, if we ref...It will all have been for naught, thwap, if we refuse to learn the lessons it should have taught us.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-51035651246330251922014-08-05T15:55:12.284-04:002014-08-05T15:55:12.284-04:00The First World War did much for Canada the abstra...The First World War did much for Canada the abstraction. It made us an independent nation in the world, it helped us to industrialize.<br /><br />It also did a great deal of damage to the 60,000 dead, the thousands more wounded, the even thousands more traumatized, and the families of all of those.<br /><br />It existed, it happened. It contributed to who we are today. But let's try to avoid a further senseless slaughter.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40407943861437032892014-08-05T14:46:07.358-04:002014-08-05T14:46:07.358-04:00The people who were there knew what it was really ...The people who were there knew what it was really like, Toby. And, unfortunately, they're all gone now.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-68632356918608935492014-08-05T13:18:06.379-04:002014-08-05T13:18:06.379-04:00There was a time we had a Ministry of War. Now we...There was a time we had a Ministry of War. Now we have a Ministry of Defense. How Orwellian. We don't get involved in foreign wars as a matter of defense.<br /><br />My grandfather was one of many to come back from WWI totally disgusted with the rulers of the day, both in England and in Canada. He regarded WWI as the stupidest endeavor he was ever involved with and he had lots of company at that. All the flag waving and glorification by the political classes and their supporters dishonors the truth that all those people died for nothing.Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-29834978259840031162014-08-05T13:02:15.373-04:002014-08-05T13:02:15.373-04:00At some point, Anon, Mr. Harper will be held accou...At some point, Anon, Mr. Harper will be held accountable.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55382448898020610392014-08-05T12:49:07.068-04:002014-08-05T12:49:07.068-04:00No-one adds up Harper's ethnic votes. How many...No-one adds up Harper's ethnic votes. How many Chinese in Canada? There are 413,000 Chinese in just Vancouver. 45,000 more want in.Kenny just did a major suck-up to China. So did Christy Clark<br /><br />How many East India people in Canada? Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Canada is calling under the *FEDERAL* scheme. jobs.monsterindia.com ashakiranimmigrationlive.incanada The perks the Engineers from India are given? I was in disbelief.<br /><br />How about the Jewish, Ukrainian and Harper just gave Poland, the BC ship building contract. Harper still has a lot of time, to give more of Canada away to foreigners, to gain their votes.<br /><br />Harper encourages Israel to make war on Palestine. The dead children of Palestine, are merely collateral damage. <br /><br />Harper and Israel are the worst evil, since Hitler. I truly hope, they are tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-58443712350517439512014-08-05T11:16:41.960-04:002014-08-05T11:16:41.960-04:00Your two cents are always welcome, Ed. Let's h...Your two cents are always welcome, Ed. Let's hope that a majority of Canadians show up at the ballot box and put an end to this tragedy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-70405385094734016872014-08-05T10:20:34.332-04:002014-08-05T10:20:34.332-04:00"And, one hundred years later, the whole ente..."And, one hundred years later, the whole enterprise seems rather futile." — the English language can be vague; what is this "whole enterprise"?<br /><br />Is Canada futile? No. Has the process of maturing from a semi-independent colony been futile? No.<br /><br />Mamzers are eternal, every generation has 'em, Stevie is the current poster boy for our domestic sociopaths. We will get rid of him, because more and more Canadians everyday are realizing that evil happens when good people stand by and do nothing.<br /><br />My 2¢.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.com