tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post8705991960929481535..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Ignorance Still Rules the RoostOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-61999573276592752172018-04-28T08:49:14.355-04:002018-04-28T08:49:14.355-04:00Things are getting prety irrational, TB. The argum...Things are getting prety irrational, TB. The argument has become unmoored from facts -- which even Ronald Reagan acknowledged are "stubborn things."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82996625869286635182018-04-27T22:52:24.076-04:002018-04-27T22:52:24.076-04:00The national crusade against Suzuki is a disgrace....The national crusade against Suzuki is a disgrace.<br />The action is quite comparable to racial or religious intolerance.<br /><br />Would we accept removing such a honorary degree from a person because he or she is a Muslim or Hindu?<br />Perhaps ,in Alberta, they would do the same because of political affiliation?<br /><br />On second thought ; maybe they would in Alberta!!<br /><br />TBTrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-61498335338285731062018-04-27T12:35:44.423-04:002018-04-27T12:35:44.423-04:00Point well taken, Cap. There is such a thing as wi...Point well taken, Cap. There is such a thing as willful blindness -- just as there is such a thing as willful ignorance.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-53551046217606457692018-04-27T11:56:46.172-04:002018-04-27T11:56:46.172-04:00Blindly marching into the future leaves us much le...Blindly marching into the future leaves us much less culpable than we are, Owen. The blind cannot be blamed for being unable to see. <br /><br />But many of us willingly put on ideological blinders so as to be unable to see. These people are far more culpable than the blind. But none are more culpable than the blinder merchants who see the future, know they won't be part of it, and then blind others for political or financial gain.<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-38819134477093597232018-04-27T11:17:41.623-04:002018-04-27T11:17:41.623-04:00Maybe I'm just getting old and crochety, Lorne...Maybe I'm just getting old and crochety, Lorne. But, more and more, it seems to me that we're blindly marching into the future.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-47459370807108559482018-04-27T11:15:48.316-04:002018-04-27T11:15:48.316-04:00Thanks for the link, Mound.There hasn't been a...Thanks for the link, Mound.There hasn't been any real change. What we're getting is more of the same.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-7559162313902678232018-04-27T11:02:32.255-04:002018-04-27T11:02:32.255-04:00These actions certainly reinforce the notion of Al...These actions certainly reinforce the notion of Alberta as being quite benighted, Owen. Somehow, however, I guess those who are loudly proclaiming their threats regard them as a mark of deep pride and principle. The new solitude of the twenty-first century?Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-77657893488215557002018-04-27T10:43:15.998-04:002018-04-27T10:43:15.998-04:00With the revelations of the past week from the Nat...<br />With the revelations of the past week from the National Observer, the Tyee, and DeSmogBlog, it is beyond evident that our governance, federal and in some cases provincial, has succumbed to corruption. It's not just the Tories. The Liberal government is corrupt, Justin Trudeau is corrupt. The rigging of the Trudeau government's remedial Trans Mountain review with a pre-ordained result is profoundly corrupt. Trudeau's breaking of his major election campaign promises on pipelines, social licence and First Nations consultation - all of those things were in furtherance of this corruption. Taking the federal chequebook to Texas to grease the wheels with Kinder Morgan - that can go onto the pile of a corrupt enterprise.<br /><br />Harper made me ashamed of my country. Trudeau was supposed to erase that stain. Instead, he's perpetuated it.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just getting grumpy in my old age. Maybe that damned sea lion whose faint but persistent barking roused me from my sleep at precisely 4:34 this morning has set me on a course for the day.<br /><br />BTW, if you missed it, check out Greg Fingas' (Accidental Deliberations) column in the Regina Star-Leader.<br /><br />http://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnists/liberals-dismissed-risks-when-they-approved-trans-mountain-expansionThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-57722040285706103782018-04-27T10:18:15.595-04:002018-04-27T10:18:15.595-04:00Big money has always bred arrogance, John. Devos p...Big money has always bred arrogance, John. Devos proves that ignorance is also no barrier to becoming Secretary of Education.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-58861235019251332042018-04-27T09:55:26.801-04:002018-04-27T09:55:26.801-04:00For all it matters to those willing to accept the ...For all it matters to those willing to accept the dominance of money in public affairs and the decision-making process, the plutocracy and its stooges have become refreshingly forthright. <br /><br />I'm reminded of this one:<br /><br />"My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican party. I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now, I simply concede the point. We expect a return on our investment."<br /><br />- Betsy DeVos<br /><br />Proud to be of service to ourselves: we'll assign the ignorance factor to the powerless losers in the audience who support us in all the little ways they do.<br /><br />That's blunt enough for me.<br />John B.noreply@blogger.com