tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post4272743018801622152..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Confronting It Head OnOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18685411017613162072016-09-16T08:11:52.561-04:002016-09-16T08:11:52.561-04:00Appealing to ignorance -- in many of life's as...Appealing to ignorance -- in many of life's aspects -- can be highly profitable, Anon.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-13436133750202950092016-09-16T08:02:08.405-04:002016-09-16T08:02:08.405-04:00What is truly amazing about these folks, Mound, is...What is truly amazing about these folks, Mound, is that they are so incredibly dense. What do we say about those that vote for them? I live in Clements riding and during the election campaign not a word was spoken by Clement yet he was voted right back in by those very supporters whose intelligence must be questionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-33857977307509631572016-09-16T07:36:02.034-04:002016-09-16T07:36:02.034-04:00Unfortunately, Steve, Leitch doesn't see thing...Unfortunately, Steve, Leitch doesn't see things that way. For her, that's them.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-33962891565233914192016-09-16T07:12:48.837-04:002016-09-16T07:12:48.837-04:00You see all those bad dispicable barbaric people, ...You see all those bad dispicable barbaric people, thats us.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52374071529743758392016-09-15T21:57:54.906-04:002016-09-15T21:57:54.906-04:00"irony impaired" - I love it. Kudos to K..."irony impaired" - I love it. Kudos to Kirby<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-54994489432116469032016-09-15T14:25:58.010-04:002016-09-15T14:25:58.010-04:00That's a good phrase, Kirby -- irony impaired....That's a good phrase, Kirby -- irony impaired. The pot calls the kettle black and no one notices.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-79470473293418912972016-09-15T13:40:19.184-04:002016-09-15T13:40:19.184-04:00We can tell the degree to which people's ratio...We can tell the degree to which people's rational powers have declined by this fairly simple fact: a shocking number of average people see nothing anomalous or ironic when rich politicians condemn their opponents as elites. Leitch is a wealthy surgeon and Trump was born a billionaire yet they condemn others as elites. Our society is becoming irony impaired. Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-75674848231592194382016-09-15T11:28:54.626-04:002016-09-15T11:28:54.626-04:00What is truly amazing about these folks, Mound, is...What is truly amazing about these folks, Mound, is that they are so incredibly dense.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76046250067786883792016-09-15T11:13:04.687-04:002016-09-15T11:13:04.687-04:00Leitch revealed a little more of her Trumpian natu...<br />Leitch revealed a little more of her Trumpian nature yesterday when she denounced her critics as "elites." I wonder if she has calculated that, if only she can dig in on the values issue and keep her leadership candidacy intact long enough, she'll turn her party, force them to fall in line. Already that moron, Tony Clement, has shown himself willing.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-20171200713487567702016-09-15T10:08:54.422-04:002016-09-15T10:08:54.422-04:00That term "old stock Canadians" captures...That term "old stock Canadians" captures the prejudice exactly, Lorne. It tells you a great deal about the man who used it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-32264471272381144702016-09-15T10:00:29.634-04:002016-09-15T10:00:29.634-04:00A very good point, Owen, although I am still waiti...A very good point, Owen, although I am still waiting for Leitch to use the term 'old stock Canadians, as her former master did. Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com