tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8969177241858027073..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Why "50 by 30" Matters This YearThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21644253028856274622019-09-08T12:47:24.364-07:002019-09-08T12:47:24.364-07:00I expect you're right, Anyong. Vision and cour...<br />I expect you're right, Anyong. Vision and courage have little currency in the neoliberal era.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46787752552582558062019-09-08T12:16:30.964-07:002019-09-08T12:16:30.964-07:00The Liberals and others have used the negotiation ...The Liberals and others have used the negotiation technique within the confines of neoliberalism to the point, they cannot think outside that box until one of the boards loosens enough and wacks them in the head hard enough they will see the light. By that time, it will be too late. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71963092107841936092019-09-08T09:24:57.480-07:002019-09-08T09:24:57.480-07:00What frustrates me, Sal, is that the Liberals, eve...<br />What frustrates me, Sal, is that the Liberals, even if they are well-intentioned, will declare a national emergency but won't accept that same fact. True to form they believe you negotiate your way out of existential threats. How do you negotiate with a house engulfed in fire?<br /><br />Justin's sophomoric approach is to contrive a "win-win" solution. Fight climate change while also expanding the petro-economy. He tells us, as though it was fact, that we can have both but that's political horse shit that has become so commonplace today. Nowhere does he lay out a specific plan showing that can be done. He wants us to take it "on faith." It's magical thinking which is a hell of a weapon to bring to bear on an existential threat.<br /><br />I don't believe he is either sincere or well-intentioned. Were he either of those he would be able to defend his meagre emissions cuts plan against the '50 by 30' warning. Why is he not adopting that target? Why can we do so much less?<br /><br />You will never hear a Tory or a Liberal mention the fact that Canada is both a top overall GHG emitter and one of the three top per capita emitters. Why not? Is it because that would make plain Canada's responsibility to lead the fight to decarbonize instead of lurking in the shadows waiting for other countries to lead? The facts speak for themselves so why do the Tories and Libs always avoid them?<br /><br />We are in an emergency, a truly existential emergency. When you're informed there are three bombers coming over the pole you don't say that, maybe if you can get two of them you can still take in that movie tonight.<br /><br />Churchill put it more eloquently when he said that "Sometimes it is not enough to do our best. Sometimes we must do what is required." You won't hear that coming from our leaders.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11219659773636580182019-09-08T04:29:41.669-07:002019-09-08T04:29:41.669-07:00.. maybe Dame McKenna will explain it to us ..
.. ..... maybe Dame McKenna will explain it to us ..<br />.. maybe she needs a harsh anology<br /><br />she's currently emulating Peter Kent's vapid performance as Minister or Mistress of Environment.. oddly she also seems to hold the portfolio of Mistress of Propaganda and Good Cheer.. I do not like it.. but the term 'glide path' was a much needed head smack.. I caught a few of those from linebackers when I visited the middle of the field as a 170 lb flanker at U of G.. my ears rung for 3 daze.. and I was introduced to smelling salts by our outstanding trainers.. <br /><br />But back to 'glide path' .. for them that know, its a scary term.. its most often used to describe a flight thats going to end.. by happenstance - and to a certain tiny extent.. Instinct and brilliance of the crew piloting an aircraft.. perhaps the engines flamed out.. or not enough fuel was loaded.. or or or.. and does it even matter ? Panic time.. The aircraft is going down with no power, looking for a Hudson River.. but sadly is over the vast Canadian Arctic where the polar bear do roam, the boreal forest (or what remains of it) or the burning Amazon.. not much luck re runways nearby eh ? So brace yerself.. we augering in.. or more properly explained.. we are setting up our future generations for the truly spectacular 'augering in' .. Let's just call it 'The Wrong Stuff' .. The Nation Dismantling' .. A Great Delusion <br /><br />.. when the adults failed <br />and the children were left to be the adults in the room.. the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com