tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2094363088708458374..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Why Do Trudeau and Mulcair Want to Govern Canada?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33334840934289733532014-01-28T19:10:50.572-08:002014-01-28T19:10:50.572-08:00Hi, Sam. Thanks for that. I'll check it out....Hi, Sam. Thanks for that. I'll check it out.<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48455943894719774922014-01-26T10:43:32.673-08:002014-01-26T10:43:32.673-08:00http://sfu.collegestoreonline.com/ePOS/form=robots...http://sfu.collegestoreonline.com/ePOS/form=robots/item.html&item_number=9781554701919&store=472&design=472<br />In Not a Conspiracy Theory, Donald Gutstein skilfully documents one of the most important but least recognized political developments in the last thirty years: the prolonged propaganda campaigns mounted by business to influence our opinions on fundamental issues of social and political life. Think tanks with impressive names and populist-sounding agendas - churn out research that purports to be both independent and free of bias. But peel back the curtain and what do you find? Big business with its big bucks and anti-democratic agenda, maximizing and maintaining profits no matter what. Independent and free of bias?<br /><br />===========<br />So as we're all aware, taxes, big government inefficient bureaucracies/programs, red-tape/regulations are core elements in the demonization of government by the decades of business propaganda that got rolling in the 1970's as a counter-attack to the outbreaks of democracy in the 1960's... e.g. civil rights, anti-poverty, environmentalism.<br /><br />Gutstein's work connected a lot of dots for me.<br /><br />So Mulcair and Trudeau and their political strategists know they can't ignore the core political realities/boundaries that have been created or they know they'll lose like Dion did with the Green agenda.Sam Gunschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84192444022225990132014-01-25T15:25:22.486-08:002014-01-25T15:25:22.486-08:00Hi Sam. Can you tell me a bit more about Gutstein&...Hi Sam. Can you tell me a bit more about Gutstein's book?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77558243098264146532014-01-25T10:15:33.695-08:002014-01-25T10:15:33.695-08:00Donald Gutstein's book explains Mulcair and Tr...Donald Gutstein's book explains Mulcair and Trudeau's choices.<br /><br />Not a conspiracy theory: How business propaganda hijacked democracy.Sam Gunschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84263766703685551952014-01-24T13:14:17.521-08:002014-01-24T13:14:17.521-08:00I think you can anticipate my answer to the questi...I think you can anticipate my answer to the question, Mound. JT and TM want to be Prime Minister because, well,they both think they should be.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43534381024232451482014-01-24T13:11:32.692-08:002014-01-24T13:11:32.692-08:00The thing is, LD, these two jokers are giving us a...The thing is, LD, these two jokers are giving us all the reason we could ever need to have no confidence in them and the election is more than a year off.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-23557396676293340142014-01-24T12:47:22.263-08:002014-01-24T12:47:22.263-08:00I was looking for the definition of a politician a...I was looking for the definition of a politician and I came across this one:<br /><br />"One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence thereafter."<br /><br />It looks NDP and Liberal leaders are not much different than the current regime. While ago Mulcair was interviewed on Atlantic CTV. He said that the pipeline from Alberta to Saint John, NB will bring a lot of prosperity. Go figure. There is a lot public opposition to this pipeline. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.com