tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post2155795253830026108..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Marching BackwardsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40976973342616212682018-02-16T17:22:47.136-05:002018-02-16T17:22:47.136-05:00The word today is that he has been removed from ca...The word today is that he has been removed from caucus, zoombats. The party seems to be intent on burying him.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36162608751515469562018-02-16T16:38:01.990-05:002018-02-16T16:38:01.990-05:00Marching backwards could very well be the understa...Marching backwards could very well be the understatement. Is Patrick Brown really going to re-enter the race? Man, I could use a good laugh!zoombats in Hong Kongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-45188953960978126102018-02-16T14:05:27.817-05:002018-02-16T14:05:27.817-05:00It strikes me, sal, that it's wise to stear cl...It strikes me, sal, that it's wise to stear clear of those who claim God is on their side. I have likewise been impressed by Lincoln's somewhat tentative hope that he was on God's side.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74671672480228333982018-02-16T13:37:52.788-05:002018-02-16T13:37:52.788-05:00.. I have an older sister who's an education e..... I have an older sister who's an education exemplar... Seperate School Board.. now retired. i am as fearful of engaging her re 'curriculum' about as much as she would prefer not to go one on one on a basketball court with me for money..<br /><br />But here cometh the political aspirants, wannabe's & f'twits.. to tell us all not just how to teach our children well.. but what we should teach them & when. Kinda like a totally fake Dr Spock on paediatrics.. Now we (the boss n I n two dogs) caught the entirety of Steve Paiken's excellent roundtable last night.. a panel if you will. It certainly was not debate.. and the clear winner was... drum roll .. Steve Paikin.. Yes, the host shone the most.. <br /><br />Storming into 2nd place came.. Doug Ford ! ! (frighteningly) Somewhere back in the confused pack.. came the very decent earnest mudder ms Elliott.. then ms Mulroney plodding along.. and the other woman.. apologies but I do not know who the heck she is.. or whence she came from.. nor do I care.. ok, not fair.. I am about as curious about her as I am about where Patrick Brown relocates to.. or his sister's middle names<br /><br />I don't wish to pontificate on the entire scope of the hour... it was just curriculum that reached out grabbed me by the leg.. and started chewing. I know what I don't know re education.. and that's an entire ocean.. but darned if political animals aint the smartest on the planet eh.. educating us ignorami us's.. bringin us all reeligeeon... n book learnin.. Once I wuz ignotant.. but now I is savored... hell a loo ya eh!the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-29524329532909894872018-02-16T13:20:24.065-05:002018-02-16T13:20:24.065-05:00I suspect your analysis is absolutely accurate, B....I suspect your analysis is absolutely accurate, B.J. But I also suspect that they'll lose a few members on the way.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65119640924787204842018-02-16T13:01:24.277-05:002018-02-16T13:01:24.277-05:00Not really hard to see the reason. The platform th...Not really hard to see the reason. The platform they were running on was for Ontario voters overall, to sell themselves as a reasonable alternative to the Liberals. Right now they’re just competing for party voters, and the party is way more regressive than people in Ontario on the whole. They want the red meat of social issues and anti-tax rhetoric. <br /><br />Sad part is that once the leadership race is over, they’ll swing right back in pretending to be far more moderate than they really are, and most of the media will be happy to help them sell the “pivot”.BJ Bjornsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974279375101372134noreply@blogger.com