tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5781252436631144859..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Rebound of the Fuel of ExtinctionThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38230772919655262122018-04-27T09:52:50.004-07:002018-04-27T09:52:50.004-07:009:00 AM...what an unadulterated snob you are! Comp...9:00 AM...what an unadulterated snob you are! Complete and absolute. As for your 12:39 comment, what I remember Jean Chretien for...all the money he took.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9130413169731092622018-04-23T12:39:13.674-07:002018-04-23T12:39:13.674-07:00Lorne's question, "Think Trudeau will get...Lorne's question, "Think Trudeau will get the memo, Mound?" caused me to write a new post on the contrast between great prime ministers and the current crop of political leadership, Dion, Harper, Ignatieff and J. Trudeau.<br /><br />I am convinced as perhaps never before that a great nation is a work in progress requiring leadership of vision if it is to remain healthy and able to respond to the shifting conditions of the day, the challenges and the threats.<br /><br />One reason we're left floundering today is the absence of that essential leadership. We've had to settle for administrators, technocrats.<br /><br />I recall that Harper's former BFF, Tom Flanagan, gave a lecture on Salt Spring island offering insights into our then prime minister. Flanagan said that Harper completely eschewed vision. He wanted nothing to do with that sort of thing. Harper was a back door operator, preferring to implement change stealthily, incrementally with the public none the wiser.<br /><br />Recently I've taken to asking people what they remember Jean Chretien for. Almost invariably they come up empty handed. Harper too is utterly forgettable. No peacekeeping, no flag, no Charter of Rights, no just society, nothing of that nature. Nothing that strengthened and built Canada. <br /><br />The next post contains a biographical summary of Pearson taken from the Nobel Prize organization web site. The contrast with the current crop of political leadership is beyond disappointing.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43927351306443802212018-04-23T11:22:56.142-07:002018-04-23T11:22:56.142-07:00Economics are clearly against fossil fuellers, Mou...Economics are clearly against fossil fuellers, Mound. But they'll go down kicking and screaming.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14590490374666856752018-04-23T10:44:21.503-07:002018-04-23T10:44:21.503-07:00No, I don't think Trudeau or, for that matter,...<br />No, I don't think Trudeau or, for that matter, his successors will get the memo, Lorne. Had I any reasonable hope of even that I would never have joined Dark Mountain. I believe we have a responsibility to continue the fight because as humans we must but I have no confidence that we will win. As I've said so often, we cannot win but if we do nothing we only ensure that the future we bequeath our grandchildren will be much worse than what's already inevitable. We cannot make their future much better but we can definitely make it far worse.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71008105502435834032018-04-23T10:30:11.458-07:002018-04-23T10:30:11.458-07:00Lorne said, "Think Trudeau will get the memo,...Lorne said, "Think Trudeau will get the memo, Mound?"<br /><br />I do think that's a big part of the problem. Like all managers at the top he is surrounded by aides and sycophants who only tell him what he wants to hear or what they want him to hear. When you or I raise a hand and politely say "But what about . . . ?" we are shut out, not heard. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1081642408693700562018-04-23T10:06:35.394-07:002018-04-23T10:06:35.394-07:00Think Trudeau will get the memo, Mound?Think Trudeau will get the memo, Mound?Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35214385379347246192018-04-23T09:15:30.047-07:002018-04-23T09:15:30.047-07:00Perhaps I'll cut & paste your comment to t...Perhaps I'll cut & paste your comment to the author ... to make him feel better. ;-)Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40964359558894116692018-04-23T09:00:50.443-07:002018-04-23T09:00:50.443-07:00NPoV, I tend not to pay much attention to Nova Sco...<br />NPoV, I tend not to pay much attention to Nova Scotia, a pretty little place with very little going for it. It's smaller, in both territory and population, than Vancouver Island.<br /><br />I read this guy's op-ed and I understand your takedown of him but let's face it - he's from Nova Scotia. Now, in fairness, imagine if you were in his shoes and had to pump out a couple of columns every week from that well of dreariness.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-83288550704695118282018-04-23T08:52:38.706-07:002018-04-23T08:52:38.706-07:00Hugh, these arguments are getting tiresome. I resp...<br />Hugh, these arguments are getting tiresome. I responded to a piece in The Guardian on population to 2100. It was an interesting op-ed, quite logical except that it failed to consider Earth as a finite planet. I then trotted out three figures. One, during the 20th century, male longevity (in North America) roughly doubled from barely 40 in 1900. Two, during that interval the total population increased three-fold. Three, during the 20th century, GDP growth ran to a five times increase (using UK stats). In other words 2 X 3 X 5. Mankind's ecological footprint on Earth's finite ecology increased by thirty fold in but one century.<br /><br />Sure, if we abruptly cut out fossil fuels, we collapse (not that it has to be done that way). If we don't transition to alternative energy sources we collapse. If we don't stop growing and actually shrink the economy within the boundaries of the planetary environment - yeah, we collapse.<br /><br />It's like holding 20 pounds of wet manure stuffed into a 10 pound paper bag. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71826219580942937082018-04-23T08:32:43.436-07:002018-04-23T08:32:43.436-07:00Related....
I found this nonsense on my Twitter fe...Related....<br />I found this nonsense on my Twitter feed today:<br />"Why not call election in B.C. to resolve pipeline impasse?"<br />http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1564112-leger-why-not-call-election-in-b.c.-to-resolve-pipeline-impasse#.Wt2xp9KljpA.twitter<br /><br />I tweeted this as reply:<br />"We don't govern by dubious poll results. <br />Majority Gov'ts all over Canada are often based on 38%. (See, we need PR.)<br />In our 2017 election in BC over 60% of the people choose parties that oppose #KinderMorgan Besides we will need PR ref, b4 election #StopKM #bcpoli <br />So bugger-off"<br /><br />Got this from the author:<br />"He almost made it to the end, but blew it at the last second."<br /><br />So I sent this:<br />"Too bad you feel insulted by the uncouth version of 'mind your own business'. (ran out of twitter space, 😉) Your calling for a BC election in this situation is in fact, much more insulting. Pound salt!Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48610370265864995522018-04-23T07:36:00.780-07:002018-04-23T07:36:00.780-07:00If fossil fuels were taken out of the economy, GDP...If fossil fuels were taken out of the economy, GDP would drop like a stone. Human populations would shrink since agriculture and food transport relies on fossil fuel. Hughnoreply@blogger.com