tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4902883056644977196..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Turning Of The ScrewThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61224801022720701142013-11-19T14:41:09.938-08:002013-11-19T14:41:09.938-08:00I don't know about our health care system, Any...I don't know about our health care system, Anyong. A couple of my friends went through some pretty extensive medical troubles this past year and they got quite good treatment. I, personally, have no complaints.<br /><br />It's been a few years since I was in Mexico but I've heard others make similar comments. I wonder why that is?<br /><br />We, you and I and others of our generation, managed to enjoy what may come to be seen as Canada's golden years. The world in which the Canada of our early and middle age was formed is long gone and the generations that follow us will have to face a much more challenging world. It's too bad we can't leave them something better.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19307747029739016232013-11-19T12:06:51.337-08:002013-11-19T12:06:51.337-08:00Canada is not the country I left in 1999 and retur...Canada is not the country I left in 1999 and returned in 2011. I have to agree with everyone above...it is so disheartning and the reason progressives are giving up. Now...all I want to do is find a spot that provides some comfort through its pleasant visual view, in a well built cabin and mix with the locals. Just returning from Mexico and while teaching got very ill and had to fly home about three weeks ago. Can you imagine my utter disbelief at how our medical system has gone down hill after spending almost three weeks in hospital? Mexico has become much more dirty than it was not to long ago....at least where I was and have been has.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53153161576773662202013-11-19T08:56:10.849-08:002013-11-19T08:56:10.849-08:00We seem to live in an age rich with charismatics. ...We seem to live in an age rich with charismatics. Rob Ford is one. Who else could admit smoking crack while in a stupor and see his popularity rise? They can be extremely dangerous and destructive.<br /><br />Anon, I agree that Canadian society has changed quite a bit since the mid-70s. As a people, we were much more cohesive then. Harper's standard wedge politics has created a "them versus us" condition in which one segment of the population is presented as the enemy of the other. Remember Vic Toews proclaiming that anyone opposed to his legislation supported child porn? Was he tossed from cabinet for that? Of course not.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86929210576961618962013-11-19T08:37:19.261-08:002013-11-19T08:37:19.261-08:00I could not agree more.
That said the Canada we no...I could not agree more.<br />That said the Canada we now live in is a far different Canada to the one I migrated to in 1974.<br />It has become much more selfish , much less caring be it government policy or the person on the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68446276550949709072013-11-19T08:34:35.361-08:002013-11-19T08:34:35.361-08:00You articulate what I would rather believe, Mound....You articulate what I would rather believe, Mound. By far. <br /><br />But who will be the articulator of the progressive movement? As time rolls on I see fewer and fewer progressive minded people willing to stand before the onslaught. Linda McQuaig is being silenced by the leadership of the NDP for example. By the time the moment arrives progressivism will be a historical artifact and will have to be re-invented.<br /><br />A charismatic type is the probable outcome of the scenario I envisioned. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35788010456018674632013-11-19T08:25:07.850-08:002013-11-19T08:25:07.850-08:00Dana, your vision is far darker than mine. If you...Dana, your vision is far darker than mine. If you're right, we're indeed lost.<br /><br />What I foresee is something more akin to the progressive movement in the States at the turn of the last century. A public that reaches a point of social inelasticity, that won't be stretched and ground down any more. A point at which the many compel their own Square Deal, a leveling of the keel. At least that's what I hope for.<br /><br />What I fear is the rise of a charismatic of the type we saw in Europe in the 30s.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63812323147854156022013-11-19T07:57:53.210-08:002013-11-19T07:57:53.210-08:00You mean the people will attack each other and bur...You mean the people will attack each other and burn one another's homes down? Like Watts? <br /><br />I don't believe there will be anything approaching an extended offensive against the people and institutions doing the stretching. <br /><br />I believe people will take their rage out on one another while the wealthy and connected take extended vacations. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com