tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post7589318019815077802..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: And That Has Made All The DifferenceOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-89607229343376922422011-10-28T22:42:59.488-04:002011-10-28T22:42:59.488-04:00I heard an old saw today. Someone said that modern...I heard an old saw today. Someone said that modern Republicans avoid facts the way Superman avoids kryptonite.<br /><br />The same can be said for modern Canadian conservatives -- not least of all for Stephen Harper.<br /><br />Merkel and Sarkozy had the courage to face facts. They're not out of the woods yet. But perhaps they have learned something from the Icelanders.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19365558551021086212011-10-28T21:31:59.900-04:002011-10-28T21:31:59.900-04:00The Iceland model is an excellent example that the...The Iceland model is an excellent example that the media avoids talking about. But I suspect that Harper will pay a heavy historical price as did Hoover for not having enough sense to chose the needs of the people over the demands of their ideology. <br /><br />I think that both Merkel and Sarkozy are very typically European in as much as they are traditionally conservative but not nearly as ideologically driven as men like Harper. They understand that their ideology endangers the very system that they support so that compromise is better than total destruction. Harper, on the other hand is so driven by a blind ideology that he doesn't care if his policies utterly destroy the system and so egocentric that he cannot face the idea that he could ever be wrong.Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76942067715842188232011-10-28T17:00:57.093-04:002011-10-28T17:00:57.093-04:00I agree with you, ck, that those will be Harper...I agree with you, ck, that those will be Harper's arguments. He's on an ideological juggernaut; and the evidence which disproves his theology is simply ignored.<br /><br />But, if the voters of Toronto have finally figured out that the man who runs from Marg Delahunty is a fool, perhaps there is hope for the rest of us.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64061789454895673872011-10-28T16:28:45.542-04:002011-10-28T16:28:45.542-04:00Good on the Europeans for making that decision.
H...Good on the Europeans for making that decision.<br /><br />However, here in Canada, austerity will be brought forth, for one simple ideological reason: Harper & Flaherty don't believe in social safety nets,and are quite happy gutting them--basically, for sport.<br /><br />Canadians have already bought that austerity is the only way. In fact, I dare say they drank a lot of kool-aid. Harper,with the help of his media buddies will tell Canadians, well, it'll cost you health care in order to keep us safe from those dastardly Russians and those Mayhem Muslims, as well as keeping all those pot growers off the streets.ckhttp://sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.com