tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post139858193103581956..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: As Good a Take as Any. The Roots of America's Malaise.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21893730595129198602018-05-23T11:30:45.629-07:002018-05-23T11:30:45.629-07:00And even a smaller percentage of non baby boomers ...And even a smaller percentage of non baby boomers which includes me, are responsible for this mess. Anyong<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-44185265520349624522018-05-22T11:29:26.482-07:002018-05-22T11:29:26.482-07:00.. I always remember, we sleep with the elephant -..... I always remember, we sleep with the elephant - perhaps never more true<br />We have a major political party dedicated to emulating the Republican Party<br />Uh that would be Canada's Faux Evangelical Party - hello Andrew Scheer<br />and hello Doug Ford, here in the flatlands of Ontario<br />Yo Saskatchewan !!<br /><br />Young 'conservative politicians' <br />attend American weekends and rallies, workshops, lectures<br />to 'pick up tips and tricks' for vote suppression or outright fraud<br />they pretend 'black ops' are governance or public service..<br /><br />All that aside.. No Trump, whether Donald or Jr or Eric<br />Ivanka or Melania or Kushner will ever do hard time<br />They will spend tens of millions in legal fees<br />to reinvent the legal world, turn it sideways<br />or upside down<br /><br />There are double standards dontcha know<br />and the monied folks are deemed immune<br />the rest of us can go down the drain to jail<br /><br />They make one phone call to a 5,000 $ / day law firm<br />and return to their country club caviar & 2 ice cream scoops<br />sheltered by the Secret Service<br />who must pay to stay.. and to have golf carts<br />to follow and protect these fatheads<br />the rest of their useless livesthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40712116701567008662018-05-22T11:28:04.053-07:002018-05-22T11:28:04.053-07:00"not all baby boomers signed on to the selfis...<br />"not all baby boomers signed on to the selfish wagon" That's true enough, Toby. It was a very small segment of the boomer gen who were part of this. The benefits were narrowly held and accumulated. Trudeau is a perfect example of the "silver spoon" class. He's wealthy today, insanely wealthy for a grade school drama teacher. The ladder of social mobility was never pulled up on him. He talks such a good game but he never really worsens his own advantaged position. Then look at Mulroney. His aide, Luc Lavoie, said Mulroney left Ottawa broke. Yet he bought a mansion in Montreal and paid a million dollars in cash for the renovations according to Stevie Cameron's sources even as he concealed cash payments from Karlheinz Schreiber and who knows who else?.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15830511175842748332018-05-22T11:12:21.714-07:002018-05-22T11:12:21.714-07:00It's not just about standing mute. Leaders su...It's not just about standing mute. Leaders such as Harper and Trudeau surround themselves with toadies who shield them from such as me and you. They only want to hear praise; anyone who asks <i>what about?</i> is shut out. The only party that even acknowledges my emails is Greens.<br /><br />I object to Brill's title, <i>How Baby Boomers Broke America</i>. Sorry but not all baby boomers signed on to the selfish wagon. <br />Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41985339331441206972018-05-22T10:03:19.035-07:002018-05-22T10:03:19.035-07:00Again, at the risk of becoming the broken record, ...Again, at the risk of becoming the broken record, I go back to Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal" speech of 1910 that laid out the maxims of progressivism. It was these progressive principles that were jettisoned for most of the past half century and, by their absence, brought America to its current, sorry state.<br /><br />I remain convinced that, without the restoration of progressive democracy, to which this blog is dedicated, there is no coming back. We either restore progressive modes of organization and governance or we succumb. It may be too late to rescue America. Canada will go down the same path but only if we stand mute and allow it to happen.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84983672164787299572018-05-22T09:52:01.641-07:002018-05-22T09:52:01.641-07:00Thanks for this thought-provoking excerpt, Mound. ...Thanks for this thought-provoking excerpt, Mound. One of the things I have been pondering of late is why, despite the great wealth they have, do the deeply-entitled want even more? Why, for example, do the fabulously-wealthy Koch brothers direct so many of their millions toward climate-change denial? Is it some fundamental flaw in the human species that so many care only about their own advancement and have built the moats that ensure their survival when the world goes to hell?Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com