tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5867497117458134171..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: A Pipeline Plebiscite in 2017?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68097994217286826792016-11-30T18:03:40.263-08:002016-11-30T18:03:40.263-08:00I did a long Facebook post earlier today about Cat...I did a long Facebook post earlier today about Cates Park (my neighbourhood after all) and the Deep Cove waterfront and the Tsleil Waututh people and the increase in tanker traffic from 5 a day to 34, and the tanker lineups all the way to Lions Gate and beyond, and the 24 hour traffic and the loss we would all face and dilbit, dilbit, dilbit. <br /><br />None of the people who've responded knew of dilbit, the toxicity, the temperature required, the pressure required - they all thought it was oil. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15341456406452304692016-11-30T17:35:17.109-08:002016-11-30T17:35:17.109-08:00PLG, I know a good many of "upper middle"...PLG, I know a good many of "upper middle" Vancouverites in their multi-million dollar abodes for whom comfort and privilege ordinarily rules their lives yet, on this, they're remarkably engaged. The pipeline issue may have better legs than we think across the spectrum,especially in the Lower Mainland.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49963096489650488892016-11-30T17:01:00.558-08:002016-11-30T17:01:00.558-08:00The post is about Clark, so why is the photo lead ...The post is about Clark, so why is the photo lead of Notley and Trudeau from last February? PTSD? He asked charitably.<br /><br />From what I heard today re Kinder-Morgan, Clark is still asking "What's in it for us?" as if in this so-called country of ours, every little satrap ruled by our intellectually nitwitted premiers expects to exact a tithe for being neighbourly. We have the real Balkans beat by a country mile, since the Montreal mayor seems to be on the same wavelength as well.<br /><br />This is all by-the-by compared to the disastrous pipeline approval, but it shows that we cannot expect straight dealings between provinces on any matter whatsoever.<br /><br />A recent round of pre-Christmas meals and imbibings split between colleagues and relatives shows that whatever the blogosphere thinks, your average Canuck thinks JT is just wunnerful. In fact, one can be shunned for saying anything negative about the man whatsoever as I discovered. Not that I give a shit about what a few of the almost 8 billion violent apes inhabiting this world think. Really, all people want is nookie, food and shelter and will individually go to great sociopathic lengths to achieve it.<br /><br />As great philosophers have portentiously intoned : "The future of the human race, blah, blah, blah ..." There is not much of a future, but most people couldn't care less. They're all Bacchanalians at heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14783716846461829612016-11-30T15:53:03.195-08:002016-11-30T15:53:03.195-08:00I dunno overall, but the local Vancouver TV may no...I dunno overall, but the local Vancouver TV may not want to toe the oil line for the simple reason that the reporters and staff are upper middle class people who very likely like walking the seawall, hanging out by the waterfront and so on, and are not likely to be enthusiastic about the prospect of all that being buried in toxic black ooze.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41863629577282499472016-11-30T13:30:42.450-08:002016-11-30T13:30:42.450-08:00I think they may have to be kickstarted by demonst...<br />I think they may have to be kickstarted by demonstrations, etc., but I'm hopeful they will, Dana. The Times Colonist ran an insightful series of stories on the perils and pitfalls of pipelines and supertankers a couple of years ago. That's easy content to recycle.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1365572907868304472016-11-30T13:02:01.246-08:002016-11-30T13:02:01.246-08:00You really think the media, especially the legacy ...You really think the media, especially the legacy media that most people still think is news, are going to dig into this? <br /><br />I don't. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com