tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3100668382464131734..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Canada's Mythical Middle Class and the Quislings of Parliament HillThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25762563318083918502014-02-24T17:32:03.773-08:002014-02-24T17:32:03.773-08:00...world-view......world-view...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65005657319275967972014-02-24T17:30:41.076-08:002014-02-24T17:30:41.076-08:00I would suggest that liberalism is a living, worl-...I would suggest that liberalism is a living, worl-view, among other things, that is subject to changes in evidence etc. That's the beauty of it. To say they've "jettisoned those values" that we hold is to discuss history while we should be talking about how to help put those values back in place. That is our civic duty. Have a great day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27188112655683984722014-02-24T17:08:11.597-08:002014-02-24T17:08:11.597-08:00I agree entirely. I am a very committed, small &#...I agree entirely. I am a very committed, small 'l' liberal and it troubles me no end to see how freely the LPC has jettisoned those values.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-184496977337359982014-02-24T16:15:20.302-08:002014-02-24T16:15:20.302-08:00Excuse me Dis, but being of the school of liberali...Excuse me Dis, but being of the school of liberalism, just society and true freedom of the individual, I believe there is much more to it than being a supporter of any party. It's a way of *doing* better``for everyone. Those that choose not to, (because you cannot legislate kindness) fine. It may or may not be in their heart. As for hope *and* hard work, we people of Canada have almost always choosen that any day--over LuntzyRoveyAttwater jingoism and dog-whistle, race-baiting, coded commitments to their base. And for every Thatcher/Regan/Bush/Harper economist(?) they throw up, I would offer John Stuart Mill and Bertrand Russel. FDR and JFK. Martin Luther King, Tommy Douglas, Lester Pearson and, yes...Pierre Elliott Trudeau (the most fun PM we've ever had!) who, in his September 12, 1968 throne speech, said "THE ATTAINMENT OF A JUST SOCIETY IS THE *CHERISHED HOPE* OF CIVILIZED MEN"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48085293443505352132014-02-24T11:48:09.145-08:002014-02-24T11:48:09.145-08:00Yeah, that aspect doesn't sound entirely coinc...Yeah, that aspect doesn't sound entirely coincidental. We can be confident that the picture has worsened significantly since 2008.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41451938954573882462014-02-24T11:27:15.058-08:002014-02-24T11:27:15.058-08:00So the document "was prepared last October by...So the document "was prepared last October by experts in Employment and Social Development Canada", drew on "three years of internal research", and covers the 14 years from 1993 to 2007 - yet stops the year after the global recession began and the Cons came to power? Really?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40029115245173404882014-02-24T07:23:41.238-08:002014-02-24T07:23:41.238-08:00L&LI - I can't imagine why you're a Li...L&LI - I can't imagine why you're a Liberal supporter. You're not part of their natural constituency nor, for that matter, any other party's. <br /><br />We had a good run with the NDP here in B.C. in the late 70's/early 80's. What became apparent during the end of Glenn Clark's premiership was that the NDP really didn't give a dam about the poor or working poor but, instead, their focus was on trades and union labour. <br /><br />Hang in there and hope. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87283605649786777922014-02-24T04:05:52.113-08:002014-02-24T04:05:52.113-08:00...if you think being middle-class is difficult, l......if you think being middle-class is difficult, let me tell you; we working poor, food insecure, hand-to-mouth types left difficult ages ago. We've now entered, flying by the seat of our pants--despair. Let us know when there's food and shelter for 'everyone'. We're too hungry and cold to look any more...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18836086724181208282014-02-23T18:59:24.930-08:002014-02-23T18:59:24.930-08:00Of course, we could have told 'em that. Indee...Of course, we could have told 'em that. Indeed, we often do.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com