tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8956587142265206233..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Are Republicans "Victims"?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20633938817148090232017-07-11T11:10:38.126-07:002017-07-11T11:10:38.126-07:00Gyor? I don't know much about Mr. Caron, but I...Gyor? I don't know much about Mr. Caron, but I wish them all well, and hope Charlie wins!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50350465439938754412017-07-11T11:09:15.631-07:002017-07-11T11:09:15.631-07:00Sorry to disappear, my daughter came (from Steelto...Sorry to disappear, my daughter came (from Steeltown) for a visit. Those kids are some funny today. Were we that funny?<br /><br />So, yesterday I was somewhere on the scale between sad and nihilistic. I take a short-term view on the miniscule time we have here. Compared to the time the universe has existed. I see a Higher Court, if you will, than the kangaroo shite we've developed...ah well, we try eh? I do agree with your reply to me and if you are saying 'changing hearts and minds' I daily practice that. One person at a time it always was- but it's not statistically safe outdoors alone, for women. Even at midday on a bus or on a bike path. Whatever. The keyboard has a larger reach so here it will be.<br /><br />Principles before personalities is my application to dilemmas. The choices I make now are always between imperfect or evil. We will keep up the fight and teach our youngers by example, to do the same.<br /><br />Top of the day to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25738412236525923062017-07-10T10:01:28.984-07:002017-07-10T10:01:28.984-07:00The problem with your outlook, LALI, is that you y...The problem with your outlook, LALI, is that you yield to these enormous challenges. It's akin to how so many of us capitulate to climate change. We resign ourselves to something we imagine we can't fix. Fair enough, we can't. What we can do, however, is make the future much worse than it need be by giving up. That's what keeps me going. I want to see if by changing my behaviour and perhaps that of a few others, I might manage to make life a little less difficult for my grandkids and theirs. That goal that won't be realized in my lifetime is what makes it worthwhile to keep up the fight.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87864504621627509792017-07-10T08:58:02.246-07:002017-07-10T08:58:02.246-07:00I don't make much of what any of the pols have...I don't make much of what any of the pols have done or will do. I, uh, don't really care. It's all crap and it's only gonna get crappier. I do appreciate your words, because I love learning about our history, science, art- even future conjecture...I have compassion and empathy for us people, being one. I always hope for the best and prepare for the worst- with laughter and prayers. Lotsa laughter. I'm just an observer and a 'helper' here. <br />That is all I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-8512578296442882952017-07-10T07:39:54.300-07:002017-07-10T07:39:54.300-07:00No, LALI, Reagan was naive and very shallow. Our L...No, LALI, Reagan was naive and very shallow. Our Liberal government has the benefit of 30-years of the neoliberal experiment. 30 years to see how neoliberalism diminishes the nation state through the surrender of elements of national sovereignty such as the inability to protect critical components of the economy or implement environmental and labour protections. 30 years of experience that explain why the IMF and the World Bank have rejected the neoliberal order as destructive of societies. When the International Monetary Fund says, "we were wrong, this is a load of crap" and your government's response is to double down on that same load of crap, what do you make of it?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56748493416333013502017-07-10T06:34:02.543-07:002017-07-10T06:34:02.543-07:00Dis, Macron built a new party- correct?
And, I kn...Dis, Macron built a new party- correct?<br /><br />And, I know your stance on neo-liberalism, although I name it differently. But, do you believe our Liberal government is akin to President Reagan's boat-floating swindle?<br />(I use loaded terms on purpose.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87181793847471154192017-07-10T03:53:32.007-07:002017-07-10T03:53:32.007-07:00Guy Caron and the other NDP leadership contenders ...Guy Caron and the other NDP leadership contenders are providing a new vision for Canada, it's an interesting race. Gyorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773307017058386989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59416359057840429742017-07-10T03:53:29.191-07:002017-07-10T03:53:29.191-07:00Guy Caron and the other NDP leadership contenders ...Guy Caron and the other NDP leadership contenders are providing a new vision for Canada, it's an interesting race. Gyorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773307017058386989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-47001699684296259392017-07-09T11:31:38.516-07:002017-07-09T11:31:38.516-07:00Interesting, Bill. John Ralston Saul makes a simil...Interesting, Bill. John Ralston Saul makes a similar observation in his 2005 book, "The Collapse of Globalism." He shows how economic models, political ideologies and religions are all faith-based. They're all belief constructs which is why they have impermanence sometimes measured in just a couple of generations. Yet we are nothing if not fond of our orthodoxies which explains why we cling to self-defeating even self-destructive behaviours. We do it because it's what we've always done and we employ coping mechanisms, including cognitive dissonance when necessary, to grease the wheels.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70378238451402465302017-07-09T10:59:03.960-07:002017-07-09T10:59:03.960-07:00a blog I read by charles Hugh smith was all about ...a blog I read by charles Hugh smith was all about how the only solution for America is to create new political parties in yesterdays entry. history has shown over and over that change only occurs when new political movements emerge and for better or worse change history. the latest book I am reading is called the nordic theory of everything and the author points out that after only fifty years even Scandinavia is showing signs of rust and paint pealing on arguably the best political system the world has produced. maybe it is time to stop hoping the existing parties in the world will change and start talking about what we will need going forward. Funny but the only thing I remember from two years of sociology in high school was this- the only thing in life you can depend on for sure is-CHANGE.billnoreply@blogger.com