tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post9062901981982169700..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: THEMSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-21045296526533445812010-10-03T16:29:31.855-04:002010-10-03T16:29:31.855-04:00"Harper is supposed to be a good Christian - ..."Harper is supposed to be a good Christian - hatred in not being a good Christian."<br /><br />That's just for "display purposes". I think Harper is a classic elitist disciple of Leo Strauss - he thinks religion is good for the "common people" because it keeps them under control. Only GIANT INTELLECTS like "himself" can be trusted with not believing in God. Strauss himself and his acolytes were all atheists (some were gay as well - but that is a whole other topic) - but they thought that OTHER people had to be religious to "keep them in line". I suspect that Harper privately is a total atheist who knows that religion is "the opiate of the masses" - and he just pretends to be believer for political purposes.<br /><br />That's just one example of how cynical he is.DLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587165866597795302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-25479772331310267672010-10-02T15:13:02.984-04:002010-10-02T15:13:02.984-04:00What positive initiatives has Harper pursued?
Th...What positive initiatives has Harper pursued? <br /><br />There must be some.<br /><br />And I ask this sincerely not as a opportunity to slag Harper.<br /><br />I can think of one, his apology to the first nations for the treatment they suffered in residential schools.<br /><br />Any others?Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876442776701189706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-67120778903752486862010-10-01T11:56:14.841-04:002010-10-01T11:56:14.841-04:00Great post! The party of "haters" has t...Great post! The party of "haters" has the ideal poster-child PM. The Reform-a-Tories have been seething anger since their first days. I grew up on the Prairies, and watched their stump speeches on the local news. It was always anger, anger, and more anger. Preston Manning was also fairly anti-everything, but his shrill demeanor was cause for some humor, and that often made him appear more of a "softy" than he really was... Harper, on the other hand, is the "real deal" - a "hater" extraordinaire. <br /><br />Interesting thing about Harper is trying to ascertain what he actually likes... Does he really like to play the piano? Does he even like hockey? Has he ever EVER laced up a pair of skates and had a stick in hand? The guy likes very little of the Canadian fabric. Certainly his handlers from the US have coached him to wrap himself in Canadiana. <br /><br />I recall Reformer acquaintances on the Prairies whining about how the (old/Chretien era) Liberal logo was just us wrapping ourselves in the flag... Of course I would just rub it in by adding that our party colours are Canada's colours... lol... It is safe to say that Harper (with much Republican coaching) is trying to create some sort of a Canadian image for his party while trying to appeal to the Tim Horton's crowd (WHATEVER the definition of that really is?)...<br /><br />The common denominator is that Harper and his "hater" ilk know everyone dislikes or distrusts something, and that by galvanizing that dislike they can win some votes. In order to win their arguments against reason, all they need to do is muddy the truth/facts, and the best way for them to do that is by actually removing and/or underfunding the bodies that create and study the facts (Stats Can, universities, NGOs).WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-76117692930748767592010-10-01T09:06:42.043-04:002010-10-01T09:06:42.043-04:00"Funny, they (the Cons) praised Martin when h...<i>"Funny, they (the Cons) praised Martin when he wrote a scathing book about Chretien."</i><br /><br />Indeed. I got a good laugh watching Lawrence Martin respond to those allegations that he's a Liberal hack on P&P yesterday. When Evan brought that up, Martin just gave a bit of a snort and replied that's not what they thought of me when I wrote my book about Chretien, or my many G&M articles criticizing Paul Martin.<br /><br />But you have to excuse the Reformatards. After all they can't recall history very much, especially anything prior to 2006 unless it involves Adscam or the NEP.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-72556827157410989862010-10-01T08:10:29.132-04:002010-10-01T08:10:29.132-04:00Harper is supposed to be a good Christian - hatred...Harper is supposed to be a good Christian - hatred in not being a good Christian.<br /><br />Nixon was a very intelligent man - what brought him down? Paranoia and hatred.<br /><br />You can't think reasonably or make good decisions when you are over-whelmed with hatred.<br /><br />The Cons can object all they want to Martin's book, but people already know a lot of this stuff anyway - they doth protest too much.<br /><br />Funny, they (the Cons) praised Martin when he wrote a scathing book about Chretien.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-46335615699696968082010-09-30T23:48:04.941-04:002010-09-30T23:48:04.941-04:00One only has to look at the so called RECORD of th...One only has to look at the so called RECORD of this person to see it is about breaking stuff not building stuff.<br />Life is too short to wallow in hate. Travel, help a neighbour, love more, hate less.<br />Heck read a sentiment from a greeting card & act on it; or move to Montana.JimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-8796407953019902022010-09-30T23:45:35.156-04:002010-09-30T23:45:35.156-04:00In a book I highly recommend, called The Angry Mar...In a book I highly recommend, called The Angry Marriage, the author postulates 6 styles of anger, which I regard as 6 modes in the language of anger. Two of the modes are overt, four are covert. Venting and provocation, are overt while enactment (eating, drinking etc, instead of getting angry) displacement (us versus them), validation (someone is sick, and someone is their caretaker) and suppression (denial of anger) are all covert.<br />Politics when used for spite is always displaced anger. In a couple it becomes a shared contempt for in-laws, neighbours, bosses, countries, etc. In Harper's party it's contempt for Liberals, socialists, sovereigntists, Toronto elites (probably the ones that piss off Stephen the most, since what he most wants, is to be loved in the city of his birth, only the vast majority of Torontonians don't trust or respect him, local boy or not. I guess his attack on Iggy as a guy who has been away too long could be seen as revenge for Harper being regarded in Toronto as the TexAlbertan tool of his oil executive father's friends.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-889327141266780792010-09-30T19:10:17.336-04:002010-09-30T19:10:17.336-04:00"I firmly believe, if Harper had nothing to d..."I firmly believe, if Harper had nothing to dislike or decry, he would have little impetus or inspiration to achieve anything."<br /><br />Actually his head would implode to such an extent that a quantum singularity big enough to threaten the entire universe would form in the Langeven Block.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-84893361927627114162010-09-30T17:16:10.275-04:002010-09-30T17:16:10.275-04:00KW
It was pretty pathetic to see Harper suddenly ...KW<br /><br />It was pretty pathetic to see Harper suddenly using Canada's proud history at the UN to try and swipe a SC seat, when we all know he despises the very things he mentioned.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-11511023407729705852010-09-30T16:34:04.013-04:002010-09-30T16:34:04.013-04:00Anya, it is odd, is it not? After all, the man was...Anya, it is odd, is it not? After all, the man was once a Young LIberal. But then our PM also quit the Progressive Conservatives and quit as a Reform MP.<br /><br />While I don't entirely agree that Harper <i>only</i> "wants to tear down, disband, undermine, question, divide,", I'm with Steve that "there is little where one can point to a positivity."Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-89120395855367359432010-09-30T16:23:05.686-04:002010-09-30T16:23:05.686-04:00I'm just waiting for the rest of the world to ...I'm just waiting for the rest of the world to pass judgment on us by giving our usual turn on the UN Security Council to Portugal. That's how much we've fallen under Harper. Since WWII we have always punched above our weight-class under successive Liberal and Progressive Conservative governments. Now small European nations can take our place.<br /><br />Now if only Canadians could see what the rest of the world has already figured out about Mr Angry.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-52390253046905431012010-09-30T16:13:19.874-04:002010-09-30T16:13:19.874-04:00What on earth made the man hate the Liberals so mu...What on earth made the man hate the Liberals so much and he is poisoning the voter against them..he is demented and needs help, fast.A Eliz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11088834823455226692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-54906161102056623522010-09-30T15:37:08.745-04:002010-09-30T15:37:08.745-04:00Excellent as usual... I agree with every word you ...Excellent as usual... I agree with every word you said..<br /><br />Harper is a very sick man , I am ashamed of having himas our PM.Damehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548065189088501935noreply@blogger.com