tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1134232934347913646..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: CollapseThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91597210478870333522013-01-13T22:39:05.936-08:002013-01-13T22:39:05.936-08:00Hi Ed. I wish we had the time for what you envisi...Hi Ed. I wish we had the time for what you envision but I'm not at all sure we do. We're no longer comfortably within the "early days" you reference. The tundra is burning.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14884418742470770632013-01-13T19:36:41.318-08:002013-01-13T19:36:41.318-08:00That debate will come. First, the Liberals are in ...That debate will come. First, the Liberals are in disarray and the NDP are still getting it together.<br /><br />Second, it's early days yet in this Aboriginal-Stevie confrontation.<br /><br />This time, the aboriginals are educated and they got computers. Can't wait to see a protest in front of the UN or Buckingham Palace or both.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41378989759975841562013-01-13T15:37:30.102-08:002013-01-13T15:37:30.102-08:00What troubles me most, Anon, is how the debate we ...What troubles me most, Anon, is how the debate we so badly need to hold on this issue is skirted by all parties in the House of Commons. The wellbeing of the Canadian people and, especially, generations to come is essentially irrelevant to our political classes. Ten years ago I never would have believed that possible. The decline in Canadian leadership has been tragic.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4629958737763089962013-01-13T14:28:28.051-08:002013-01-13T14:28:28.051-08:00Interesting publication from the Royal Society. I...Interesting publication from the Royal Society. It will take me a week to get through the footnotes.<br /><br />Our political idiots in Ottawa, Alberta and B.C. should be reading this stuff. Maybe we can do our part in our little corner of the world and support the First Nations in their efforts to have the environmentally destructive omnibus C-38 and C-45 bills rescinded.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89485952209198333062013-01-13T14:12:05.144-08:002013-01-13T14:12:05.144-08:00@ Dana. No, I didn't take your remarks to be ...@ Dana. No, I didn't take your remarks to be shirty at all.<br /><br />@ Owen. It's lamentable that, now as the Liberals are nearing the choice of their next leader, they have no frontrunner in tune with today's climate reality. Like Harper, they all want to govern like we were somehow back in the 80s.<br /><br />At times it feels like being stuck in the club car with a runaway locomotive.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-47830102586626962932013-01-13T13:45:46.938-08:002013-01-13T13:45:46.938-08:00When historians write the history of our times --...When historians write the history of our times -- if they do -- they will marvel at just how pig headed we were.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68784041164318162132013-01-13T12:00:48.833-08:002013-01-13T12:00:48.833-08:00You will have water. You likely will have food fro...You will have water. You likely will have food from the sounds of things. Unless you're prepared to feed and water (and likely shelter) everybody who shows up at your door you will need to be able to say no forcefully enough to not be simply overrun. <br /><br />The times will not be conducive to neighbourhood parties. <br /><br />I didn't mean to come off as shirty. If I did I apologize. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25961186090184666242013-01-13T11:51:33.943-08:002013-01-13T11:51:33.943-08:00Of course, Dana, you're right. This isn't...Of course, Dana, you're right. This isn't the first report of dire predictions. It is, however, one of the most authoritative and comes just as the US government is about to release its own National Climate Assessment.<br /><br />As for the other business, I'm working on that. Can you explain your reference to "plan defensively."<br /><br />I'm not a "prepper" and I'm pretty sure I would make a damned poor one in any case.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16587172318834006622013-01-13T11:15:20.358-08:002013-01-13T11:15:20.358-08:00None of this is new news. This report is not the f...None of this is new news. This report is not the first to make such dire predictions. None of it matters to the corporate/free market/petro crowd. <br /><br /><br />As I said in another thread, if you can swing a piece of self-sustaining property and build on it then get on with it. And don't forget to plan defensively.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com