tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1755376610693418883..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Corporatism versus Unionism. That's Why I Vote Green, for EnvironmentalismThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38223351881361408492017-05-09T22:09:58.374-07:002017-05-09T22:09:58.374-07:00Hopefully, we get an NDP minority government, with...Hopefully, we get an NDP minority government, with Green Party support. Have the two parties announced any sort of cooperation together should the NDP win 42 seats and the Green 2?Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65697408644918706652017-05-09T20:02:51.708-07:002017-05-09T20:02:51.708-07:00Credit where it is due.
The Provincial Liberals ar...Credit where it is due.<br />The Provincial Liberals are a right wing coalition whose success comes from a common purpose; which is greed.<br />The Progressives cannot or will not find common ground to take power from the Liberals .<br /><br /><br />TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5518964297867935682017-05-09T15:41:26.952-07:002017-05-09T15:41:26.952-07:00Me? Why does Weaver hate the Green Party so much o...Me? Why does Weaver hate the Green Party so much ought to be your question? Why not ask him?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1475797965897786362017-05-09T15:19:14.465-07:002017-05-09T15:19:14.465-07:00The Green Party's day will only come if we get...The Green Party's day will only come if we get proportional representation (especially with frankly pretty lame Green parties like we have in BC). And we will only get proportional representation in the near future if the NDP are elected in this election. So the Green party's only medium-term chance in BC is to elect the NDP today. Why do you hate the Green party so, Mound?Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-26082810313903465522017-05-09T14:37:17.474-07:002017-05-09T14:37:17.474-07:00No, the only meaningful information on BC Rail and...No, the only meaningful information on BC Rail and Site C came from Norm Farrell. No argument there. I neither need nor want anyone's absolution for voting for the party I support. I'm not claiming I want her out. I want her out. That doesn't somehow oblige me to vote NDP. I did that with Adrian Dix and I'm still bitter about how, in my opinion, he threw the last election.<br /><br />The last NDP leader I supported was Mike Harcourt. I loathed Glen Clark and felt only slightly less disdain for Carole James, Queen "Axe the Tax." I simply can't support the party and I deeply regret the one instance when I did only to see Christy mop the floor with her NDP rival. <br /><br />The Green Party's day is coming and it may arrive before the NDP gets another shot at screwing the pooch. I'll invest my vote in something I'm committed to, the environment.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30931679776173683442017-05-09T13:52:09.736-07:002017-05-09T13:52:09.736-07:00MoS. I am not seeing scams, just observing the new...MoS. I am not seeing scams, just observing the news coverage. It is not only about the Greens but about most news stories. If you agree that the BC media covered BC Rail and the Health Care firings honestly and openly, then one needs to take a closer look. I see your point about all the losses but it does not absolve anyone who claims to want CC out, but votes for another party. I am not NDP, but they have the best chance to rid us of this corrupt bunch. The Greens have some good ideas, but so does Bernie Sanders and look were that got him. I am a big Bernie fan, because he seems to bring a human approach to politics. <br />J MacDuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49816237016235647432017-05-09T13:23:24.890-07:002017-05-09T13:23:24.890-07:00Seeing scams now, are you MacDuff? Why would you a...<br />Seeing scams now, are you MacDuff? Why would you assume I'll feel smug when Christy is re-elected? There always has to be some mysterious, sinister force to be blamed for the NDP's now chronic-failure to resonate with the public. Remind me, how many governments in how many years? And that goes back decades before the Greens existed. You're just using the Greens as the whipping boy for your party's in-house failures. Good luck with that.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71733351190973850542017-05-09T13:17:26.147-07:002017-05-09T13:17:26.147-07:00That's very generous of you, PLG. Always nice ...That's very generous of you, PLG. Always nice to hear how Greens should vote - from a New Dem. Sorry you're disgusted. Lunch? Or are you content to feed on your emotions?<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24757514218077284342017-05-09T12:17:20.630-07:002017-05-09T12:17:20.630-07:00One can rail against what one desires. However log...One can rail against what one desires. However logic should trump (no pun intended) ideology. The Liberal support the Greens because the Greens drain votes. They have no chance of forming anything other than a minority government. I have never seen an election were a party with one seat out of 84 and the chance of maybe winning an additional two seats, has been given so much credibility. I would suggest that the BC media ( a wholly owned subsidiary of the BC Liberal party)is in on the scam. At the same time, vote how you feel, but don't ever feel smug when the most corrupt government in BC history is re-elected.J MacDuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15057781822292816852017-05-09T11:42:36.788-07:002017-05-09T11:42:36.788-07:00Oh, to clarify: By "he" I meant this Ma...Oh, to clarify: By "he" I meant this Mark Leiren-Young fellow. Incidentally, another thing that disgusts me is your headline. Have some guts and follow through--so you're anti-union and anti-working-class now? Make your damn case then, show your colours.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-73734982061926860932017-05-09T11:39:45.971-07:002017-05-09T11:39:45.971-07:00He's full of it. So are you on this issue. A...He's full of it. So are you on this issue. After the NDP is elected and brings in proportional representation, I'm fine with Green votes unless they turn even further into Liberals with composters. But right now, you're just pushing for Christy Clark to get elected again, with a clever stack of sophistry. Disgusts me.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88332792791370880052017-05-09T07:58:51.151-07:002017-05-09T07:58:51.151-07:00"lemming" nice touch, NPoV. That's s..."lemming" nice touch, NPoV. That's sooo Dipper of you.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57475775328780880812017-05-09T07:27:38.330-07:002017-05-09T07:27:38.330-07:00Supporting the Green party (federally or provincia...Supporting the Green party (federally or provincially) under the fptp system has been thoroughly demonstrated to be suicidal behavior.<br /><br />Oh and Weaver was the architect of the anti-BDS nonsense. He will either take enough votes to hand CC a victory or hold the balance of power and repeat the Lib-Dem UK tragedy. (or we'll get lucky and get a Horgan govt)<br /><br />Hope the water is nice, enjoy the swim, lemming.<br />Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33871161731473899122017-05-09T05:20:35.815-07:002017-05-09T05:20:35.815-07:00I do agree with Mound that Clark and the rest of h...I do agree with Mound that Clark and the rest of her wrecking crew is rotten to the core and richly deserve to be sidelined like our PC's to the east. A vote for Green though in reality at this point is a path for victory for the bastards. Sadly, their machine has been completely bought and paid for and the stooge at the helm only needs to repeat a few well rehearsed lines and they win. The NDP remain crippled by their public sector union base and will not be able to move much beyond. That said, a surprise could happen, nobody expected the dolt Cluck to win last time and she pulled it off. Horgan is a decent chap and would give us the much needed break from the harper gang that we've been stuck with for the last 16 years.bcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46452332179138430832017-05-09T04:16:07.079-07:002017-05-09T04:16:07.079-07:00I am a social democrat and always have been so I w...I am a social democrat and always have been so I will always vote NDP, which like other parties, does not always live up to what it should be. It is up to me to work to point it in the right direction. <br /><br />I love Liz May, but am aware the Greens are conservatives with compost bins and I certainly wouldn't trust a person who said he would work with the most corrupt provincial government I have ever seen and I have seen some. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53742966961119419302017-05-08T23:08:26.096-07:002017-05-08T23:08:26.096-07:00Trail Blazer, I've done the strategic voting t...Trail Blazer, I've done the strategic voting thing before and always came away disappointed in myself. The reason I posted this critique is that every argument this fellow makes I've experienced myself. I'll never hold my nose to vote again. Vote for whomever you support. The rest is crap.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71210731081687486172017-05-08T23:07:40.936-07:002017-05-08T23:07:40.936-07:00http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/2017/05/we-n...http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/2017/05/we-need-to-have-this-figured-out-by.html<br /><br />I have no doubt that the Clark Liberals ( in name only) have used their huge election fund to partake in the kind of 'mind think' that is portrayed in the above article.<br /><br />Does this make the Green vs NDP discussion redundant?<br /><br />TB<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18010056712179231812017-05-08T19:54:22.030-07:002017-05-08T19:54:22.030-07:00Mound said, "I went to the advanced polls and...Mound said, "I went to the advanced polls and I voted for my party. I voted Green."<br /><br />So did I for similar reasons. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61819628425382442522017-05-08T19:23:27.315-07:002017-05-08T19:23:27.315-07:00The Greens have no chance of forming Government an...The Greens have no chance of forming Government and little chance of holding the balance of power.<br />With an NDP Government we would have some chance of environmental enlightenment. <br />With a Liberal win we will likely see an escalation of environmental damage.<br /><br />Whoever gains power I think it likely we will see BC Hydro rates rocket upwards or we will see the sale of this taxpayer owned resource; for it is almost bankrupt.<br /><br />I will hold my nose and vote NDP.<br /><br />TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com