tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6437777320661642324..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: An American Goes to Europe and Discovers AmericaThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57574678545448034732010-12-07T17:06:39.455-08:002010-12-07T17:06:39.455-08:00Sorry about that missing link, Anon. I just added...Sorry about that missing link, Anon. I just added it to the first line of this piece. Thanks for pointing that out. cheersThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29611422275154938972010-12-07T15:14:14.635-08:002010-12-07T15:14:14.635-08:00What is the link to the article on AlterNet?What is the link to the article on AlterNet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-8696890836573127552010-12-07T14:20:27.650-08:002010-12-07T14:20:27.650-08:00Saskboy, at times it becomes depressingly obvious ...Saskboy, at times it becomes depressingly obvious that we of the "great unwashed" are being set up against each other to sap our collective power, confound our shared interests and distract us from what is truly happening. Wedge politics is the vehicle of puppet masters. The sad truth is that the centre has not held.<br /><br />This shift of the political centre to the right is unnatural. In Canada this is what Harper expressly set out to do but, rather than pushing back, the Libs have followed a man who would also position them to the right and, in the process, enables Harper's prime objective.<br /><br />The political centre is the natural home of the middle class who never venture too far right or too far left.<br /><br />This shift, levered on the back of wedge politics, undermines social cohesiveness. With the 21st century environmental, social and security challenges setting in this is the worst of all times to be crippled with a sharply divided society.<br /><br />I am glad that we see eye to eye on these things.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48471184057503563622010-12-07T13:45:11.327-08:002010-12-07T13:45:11.327-08:00You keep writing what I'm thinking. If more pe...You keep writing what I'm thinking. If more people understood the world as we do, it might be a less hostile place for people concerned about the attack on Wikileaks and investigative media.saskboyhttp://www.abandonedstuff.comnoreply@blogger.com