tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post954451289543995271..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Pack It InSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-75801208863170121002012-05-29T19:06:06.405-04:002012-05-29T19:06:06.405-04:00Man alive, you lot have all still got stars in you...Man alive, you lot have all still got stars in your eyes about the people of this sad little colony. <br /><br />There aren't going to be any stirring displays of oppositional unity in Parliament and there aren't going to be any cathartic parades with banging pots on the streets. <br /><br />The vast majority of the people in this country have no real idea what the Harperians are doing. They have vague ideas of some things, passed along as small, non-specific tidbits by the corporate press. They see some members of the cabal on TV and think they don't much care for the attitude or the tone or the words. <br /><br />They don't know the country they think they know is being dismantled and discarded. <br /><br />The LPC and NDP have no particular interest in telling them because they know they would be blamed for some of it. As they should be. <br /><br />Elections Canada will probably fail to make any more headway in the fraudulent election investigation. Helped along by the Supreme Court either punting the whole hearing until sometime in late 2013 or early 2014 or maybe they'll just have it next week and declare for the Conservative candidate. <br /><br />It would be far too much cognitive dissonance for them to declare that an election had been tampered with in squeaky clean Canada. <br /><br />A few hundred thousand people in the streets, equipped for a long haul. <br /><br />Think Tahrir Square. <br /><br />Not happening. <br /><br />Canada is basically fucked.Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516990599047585574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-60073387351665512222012-05-29T17:12:42.002-04:002012-05-29T17:12:42.002-04:00Show up for pot banging duty every night of the st...Show up for pot banging duty every night of the streets of Canada at 8pm.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-74915518281970871332012-05-29T15:34:36.346-04:002012-05-29T15:34:36.346-04:00Well it's a perfect farce right now, although ...Well it's a perfect farce right now, although I'm looking forward to the Green-Liberal amendment marathon.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-49318039831990009342012-05-29T09:55:06.125-04:002012-05-29T09:55:06.125-04:00Steve, I tried to float the idea among the opposit...Steve, I tried to float the idea among the opposition parties to attend just one Question Period wearing black armbands embossed with an inverted, red maple leaf to symbolize Canadian democracy in distress. One simple, non-partisan gesture by the entire opposition. Can you guess the reaction I got to that - from the Libs?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-4509946518059036002012-05-29T09:40:06.180-04:002012-05-29T09:40:06.180-04:00If it was close to an election, I'd say the mo...If it was close to an election, I'd say the move could backfire (picture the "not showing up for work" attack ad). This far out in a majority situation, I'd say go for it. Nothing to lose, some gain is possible.Dan Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748983441289138048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-47120919379607868242012-05-29T08:26:54.782-04:002012-05-29T08:26:54.782-04:00Imagine all the opposition MP's walking out en...Imagine all the opposition MP's walking out en masse during QP and simply leaving Ottawa. Not sure where the downside kicks in, considering it would become an argument about MP's role in Parliament and make everyone look at the abuses of power we witness daily. Sounds a bit overly dramatic, but it really would be a sound move, not to mention a moral imperative at this point.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-12802969947175515662012-05-29T08:21:24.023-04:002012-05-29T08:21:24.023-04:00I agree. Something has to be done and leaving woul...I agree. Something has to be done and leaving would be a substanial signal to Canadians that Harper and the Conservatives don't care about parliament or democracy.rickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-30407803225900344742012-05-29T08:17:36.592-04:002012-05-29T08:17:36.592-04:00Indeed yes!!!Indeed yes!!!sassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423260743909863283noreply@blogger.com