tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post6948732524596327755..comments2024-03-18T20:18:14.088-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: A Perfect -- And Predictable -- StormOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-79836280516407153422015-08-06T18:30:34.520-04:002015-08-06T18:30:34.520-04:00Your strategy seems to be very popular, Mogs. Lots...Your strategy seems to be very popular, Mogs. Lots of folks are going to take Danny Williams' advice and vote ABC -- Anybody But Conservative.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-37719670153441230422015-08-06T18:20:18.470-04:002015-08-06T18:20:18.470-04:00I choose putting him [harper] out of power through...I choose putting him [harper] out of power through a united vote any candidate except harper-cons it will be seminal the great debate tonight. I am curious what the 'harper handlers' have told him what he can and can not say?<br /><br />We will see Owen we will see...Mogs Mogliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086959842254833850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-72090917931909156582015-08-05T12:02:51.630-04:002015-08-05T12:02:51.630-04:00This really is a seminal election, Mogs.This really is a seminal election, Mogs.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84882631794200203572015-08-05T11:50:18.687-04:002015-08-05T11:50:18.687-04:00Anon you left that comment about Economics 101 bef...Anon you left that comment about Economics 101 before and I believe that anyone that knows how to 'balance' their household budget knows Steve is a fraud artist.<br /><br />And now he is campaigning on two things Number One: 'security' and we know he has willingly with knowledge committed random acts of terrorism ie: terrorist bombing raids that murdered innocents. Also he has commanded the release of Afghanistan prisoners of the Canadian Armed Forces into tortures hands... <br /><br />Number two: 'The Economy' how can one so unenlightened individual who has had seven consecutive deficits dare be that brazenly brash? Hint he loves to lie which is the direct honest description of someone who paints with a different brush...<br /><br />The man is a loser and always been a loser and what does that say for the trolls that put him in power? <br /><br />So now we have two choices either put him out of power or live under the worst dictatorship of the 21st century.<br /><br />MogsMogs Mogliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086959842254833850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-56201815194973993602015-08-05T11:06:09.919-04:002015-08-05T11:06:09.919-04:00It's been clear for a long time, Anon, that Mr...It's been clear for a long time, Anon, that Mr. Harper's economic policies have been bought and paid for by oil barons. And they keep him on a short leash.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-12399632012483428922015-08-05T10:58:58.934-04:002015-08-05T10:58:58.934-04:00Every one who has taken an Econs. 101 course knows...Every one who has taken an Econs. 101 course knows, or should know, about the principle of diversifying the economy. <br /><br />Steve should have taken that course, even at the University of Calgary's economics dept., not really ranked as one of the top Econs. schools in Canada (LOL). Unless he had skipped that class to attend the Reform Party meeting.<br /><br />But then again, Steve did take about twice as long as the average student to get his two degrees in Econs., so perhaps he might be having some trouble understanding the lessons?<br /><br />However, I suspect the real reason for putting all the economic eggs in the oily basket is because Steve's personal fortune, and those of his family and friends, are mostly tied up in the bitumen industry. His father worked for Imperial Oil in Toronto. I believe his brother still works for an oil company in Alberta. It would be interesting to see where the bulk of Laureen's stock portfolio is invested in (Michelle Obama has to declare her portfolio but our "First Lady" apparently does not have to divulge it publicly).<br /><br />I think Notley best summed it all up when she retorted to Steve bad mouthing her competence when she had only been in office all of 2-3 months. She said that the NDP government in Alberta works for regular Albertans whereas Steve works for his wealthy Cons friends and insiders. And the latter, at least in Alberta, are mostly tied to the bitumen industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18799692002031405192015-08-05T10:33:22.450-04:002015-08-05T10:33:22.450-04:00I keep coming back to Santayana's warning, Mou...I keep coming back to Santayana's warning, Mound. Those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-37847165971657891912015-08-05T09:59:18.129-04:002015-08-05T09:59:18.129-04:00The Masters of the Universe - Klein, Stelmach, Red...The Masters of the Universe - Klein, Stelmach, Redford, and now even Notley plus the gaggle of Ottawa notables including the past and present leadership of the mainstream parties right up to the major domo, Harper - wouldn't have it any other way, Owen. It wasn't that long ago that Iggy declared the Tar Sands the "beating heart of the Canadian economy for the 21st century."<br /><br />Lost beneath that heap of political detritus is the memory of Peter Lougheed, the last man to grasp both the promise and the enormous perils of bitumen trafficking. The Norwegians understood Lougheed's message and adopted his wisdom as their own which is why Norway now holds the world's largest sovereign wealth fund while Alberta staggers from boom to bust like a drunken miner on payday.<br /><br />Athabasca is Canada's shrine to neoliberalism and all the rot that it carries.<br /><br />The criminality in their leadership isn't so much the current mess as the fact that it's all happened before and they chose to ignore the clear lessons of the past - again and again. There's this element of willful blindness that anchors their culpability.<br /><br />Today, while the world burns, we know we must leave it our bitumen in the ground. On its own that is enough reason to shut down this fiendish project but it's still not enough for the Masters of the Universe. That goes for Junior and Angry Tom to boot.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com