tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2557179439832449596..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Speaking Truth to Powerful FoolsThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24462751380764009002018-05-18T13:29:39.410-07:002018-05-18T13:29:39.410-07:00I read your comments a few times, Troy, and I'...<br />I read your comments a few times, Troy, and I'm left wondering if there wasn't a time when everyone knew those things. Probably not. We were organized differently and for different purposes in European history. Direction, not wisdom, came down from above and damn little was permitted to trickle up.<br /><br />Almost from the time I started this blog I've argued the need to re-establish posterity in our policy and planning. That was almost entirely purged with the advent of the neoliberal order.<br /><br />Even if there was some epiphany, a general willingness to embrace this wisdom, I'm not sure there's enough time left for it to take meaningful hold. Maybe that's just me being pissed-off lately. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72684818461145271882018-05-18T12:21:35.715-07:002018-05-18T12:21:35.715-07:00My grandmother straddled a number of lines: she wa...My grandmother straddled a number of lines: she was somebody who understood the ways which the earth was changing under her feet, because she remembered it as it had been; she also retained her teachings from her own parent and grandparents, but had observed these teachings decline as she grew up.<br /><br />She was a great observer, and was able to relay her observations to the people she spoke with through patience and repetition.<br /><br />She was a storehouse of old Secwepemc knowledge. It'll take generations to relearn what'd she'd already known that has been lost upon her passing.<br /><br />Technically, I'm a stepson. She didn't enter my life until I was in my teens, so she was always a sort of background figure to me, personally. But, I took many teachings from my stepfather, who took many teachings from his parents and grandparents.<br /><br />It's not the words you pass along to the next generation, but what you do. That's the Secwepemc understanding. You speak once, and then you show it, over and over. You get the learner to do the thing you're teaching. It's similar to how medical students (and now apparently law students) learn at Harvard, or how the old Chinese Confucianists used to teach their students. That's how my grandmother tried to teach those who would listen to her, but she lamented she didn't have enough time.<br /><br />Another Secwepemc teaching she often exhorted, over and over, was the principle of consensus. Everybody gets a say. Consensus is built, and then decisions get made.<br /><br />She also spoke of all life as being connected: the trees, the earth, the water, the insects, the animals, and the people. There's no true dominance, there's no dominion over any one sector of life. If you take, then you need to give back. If you give, then you need to take. It's... thermal-dynamics as a philosophy. Everything in balance, and when balance is thrown off, then it'll all come back on you eventually.<br /><br />It's all about the long-term. Seven generations. Important community-effecting decisions are mapped out over seven generations. If a community leadership makes short-term decision without considerations down the line, then that leadership has failed.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35621628554917689312018-05-17T23:41:57.454-07:002018-05-17T23:41:57.454-07:00For those of you who have read some of Troy's ...For those of you who have read some of Troy's contributions to this blog over the years, here is some background on his grandmother, Mary Thomas. An incredible life story.<br /><br />http://shuswappassion.ca/history/the-rich-legacy-of-dr-mary-thomas/<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-39226756916023602362018-05-17T23:30:09.790-07:002018-05-17T23:30:09.790-07:00I've read she was a great educator. That came ...<br />I've read she was a great educator. That came when I realized I knew very little about your Secwepemc nation. When I came across mention of Mary Thomas I just had to ask. Was she an influence in your life? From what I've learned from you over these past years I'm left with a hunch she might have been. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19016461746220624002018-05-17T22:03:52.642-07:002018-05-17T22:03:52.642-07:00Yeah, Mary Thomas is my grandmother on my stepfath...Yeah, Mary Thomas is my grandmother on my stepfather's side.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-80199416835369797682018-05-16T18:02:02.775-07:002018-05-16T18:02:02.775-07:00.. she is a superstar..
We got a few in Canada
but..... she is a superstar..<br />We got a few in Canada<br />but she is one of them..<br />Makes Harper look like an idiot<br />and Trudeau best not contest herthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30076132503277218752018-05-15T23:09:22.871-07:002018-05-15T23:09:22.871-07:00
BTW, Troy, are you related to Mary Thomas?<br />BTW, Troy, are you related to Mary Thomas?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40721591484477128592018-05-15T22:52:46.656-07:002018-05-15T22:52:46.656-07:00The problem with your best case scenario, Troy, is...<br />The problem with your best case scenario, Troy, is that KM's numbers have not been accurate. They started off with 5.4 billion, then 6.8, now 7.4, tomorrow, who knows. They've been playing fast and loose with their numbers from the start. What else can we expect from the bastard child of Enron?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38363665759869416272018-05-15T22:48:38.267-07:002018-05-15T22:48:38.267-07:00Best case scenario: KM isn't lying, and its nu...Best case scenario: KM isn't lying, and its numbers are accurate.<br /><br />Worst case scenario: KM is under reporting its numbers by double the total costs.<br /><br />Most likely scenario: costs have been under-reported anywhere from 30% to 50%.<br /><br />Basically, a case of heads, KM wins, and tails, Canada loses.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19172918179867575562018-05-15T17:26:58.338-07:002018-05-15T17:26:58.338-07:00We are being hosed by big corporations with the ap...We are being hosed by big corporations with the approval and collaboration, even cheering, of our political elite. That's corruption. Tobynoreply@blogger.com