tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post8288406091847646150..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: "These People Never Stop"Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-87928343067710634932011-08-30T14:25:22.377-04:002011-08-30T14:25:22.377-04:00"Most people have an internal mechanism which..."Most people have an internal mechanism which would prevent penning that piece"<br /><br />Blatchford had an external mechanism that failed - her editor.Mark Dowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399115211805036553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-75541788410994399202011-08-29T11:22:14.175-04:002011-08-29T11:22:14.175-04:00Jack's death has, among other things, served a...Jack's death has, among other things, served as a kind of larger social sorting event, separating those among us who have class, from those who are bereft of it. You have definitely shown yourself to be of the former.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-18891299484644337472011-08-29T01:01:32.709-04:002011-08-29T01:01:32.709-04:00Full disclosure, I could not abide Mr L.
In my es...Full disclosure, I could not abide Mr L.<br /> In my estimation he was a hypocrite and the worst of everything that a carrier politician represents.<br />For me, only Muldoon, Clive Wells, Ralph Klien & our present PM out pace him in this category. <br /><br /> But I was saddened by JL's death. <br />But this; whatever it is around his death offends me, but I was offended by CB's column to my bones. When I calmed down I re-read her column & did not disagree with her PoV; but her insensitivity - wow!<br />Here is the thing you missed; the disconnect.<br />CB has made her livelihood on the backs of those who have suffered. She puts potatoes in her pantry by telling one and all how much pathos we should feel for families of the dead. However; the story of one who finally actually achieved something tangible in life (even if this achievement is 9 years of our present PM rule) how he overcame a disease only to be cut down by it - & the great printer of pathos has none for Mr L's grieving family? <br />Is it me or does the hypocrite-O-meter not jump to 11?JimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-18952743534291481892011-08-28T19:21:02.207-04:002011-08-28T19:21:02.207-04:00one of the better posts on this subject. Kudos St...one of the better posts on this subject. Kudos StevesLT McDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760191794587989262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-31732520635613674312011-08-28T17:38:24.999-04:002011-08-28T17:38:24.999-04:00Great post Steve. Your words are great. Good respo...Great post Steve. Your words are great. Good response Jerry. I totally agree with you. As for Blachford, once a bitch, always a bitch.<br /><br /> Well done and the responses are exactly right.<br /><br />This post is what Blatchford's column should have been, but really, really wasn't.<br /><br /> That's typical of the Partisan so called journalists of the Harper bought Media. Attack with their pens as they are to cowardly to do it face to face.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878825121729826425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-62520150853168431332011-08-28T13:56:15.732-04:002011-08-28T13:56:15.732-04:00Well done, Steve.Well done, Steve.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-45094543044192817652011-08-28T13:27:50.675-04:002011-08-28T13:27:50.675-04:00This post is what Blatchford's column should h...This post is what Blatchford's column should have been, but really, really wasn't.Jae/Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607520034520271802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-16110563074034475622011-08-28T11:18:33.816-04:002011-08-28T11:18:33.816-04:00Blatchford and her ilk are hustlers who hawk a pro...Blatchford and her ilk are hustlers who hawk a product for a small constituency of 'like-minds'. I don't know why clear thinking individuals give them the time of day.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-48809781759964858442011-08-28T11:06:53.963-04:002011-08-28T11:06:53.963-04:00I wonder if Belchforth has figured out the differe...I wonder if Belchforth has figured out the difference between ordinary people on the internet and nationally syndicated columnists?<br /><br />Nationally syndicated columnists must realize that what they write will affect more people than what anonymous shmoes write on the internet. And they should temper their hateful, prejudiced bile accordingly.<br /><br />Of course, I've completely written off Belchforth since she allowed herself to be used to smear Richard Colvin and help harper get away with war crimes.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-50109411474202160992011-08-28T09:43:16.831-04:002011-08-28T09:43:16.831-04:00Of course the reality for Blatchford, is that two ...Of course the reality for Blatchford, is that two men went to Ottawa at the same time, one sold his soul and all his principles to become PM, the other lived, breathed and died with his principles intact.<br /> When Layton was lying in state in Ottawa, Harper was off in the Arctic shilling for the right of gold companies to dump processing wastes into fishing waters.<br /> One man is a pimp for big business and always will be, the other man has become an inspiration for equality and democracy.<br /> Harper's legacy will be corruption, with folks like the king of pork barrel Tony Clement, serving as the tip of the iceberg of corruption to come.<br />Blatchford supports the most corrupt politician Canada has ever seen, and despises one of the more principled MP's to ever lead a party, what else can she do but bitch, she has nothing else to say about anything.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-8193325582933897402011-08-28T09:42:22.834-04:002011-08-28T09:42:22.834-04:00I think Jack Layton's final statement will out...I think Jack Layton's final statement will outlast his legacy and that of his contemporaries. Political or not, it was a defining document especially for the right wing who have taken great umbrage to it. Which is a good thing. The left needs some defining moments. We don't do well at such things. Jack did it for us. I hope we continue his fight.Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-42856617217366286862011-08-28T09:25:06.305-04:002011-08-28T09:25:06.305-04:00Finer words than I would pen. Good one!Finer words than I would pen. Good one!Bill Oateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507269917691694060noreply@blogger.com