tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post4085536371825137831..comments2023-08-01T04:17:03.628-04:00Comments on Liberal Arts and Minds: What's wrong with this picture?Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-33178356267752385052007-06-14T16:38:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:38:00.000-04:00But despite being incredibly untrustworthy, and de...<I>But despite being incredibly untrustworthy, and despite being the weakest foreign minister in a generation, I think his seat is safe. </I><BR/><BR/>Sigh, isn't that a sad statement about the electorate?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-90855429750337019622007-06-14T11:13:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:13:00.000-04:00BTW Thanks for commenting on my blog. I hadn't re...BTW Thanks for commenting on my blog. I hadn't responded because I hadn't visited it in a couple of weeks, but I have finally got around to updating it again.MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393076456828228044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-50620684243367717762007-06-13T22:34:00.000-04:002007-06-13T22:34:00.000-04:00knb - thanks for a very insightful post. I've bee...knb - thanks for a very insightful post. I've been quite busy of late and hadn't been paying attention to the news or the blogosphere, but I'm catching up. I think there is a natural limit to how tightly Harper can personally dictate the entire agenda of his government before the back benches get restless. We are starting to see the symptoms now. McKay may well be only Tory MP left on Nova Scotia after the next election. But despite being incredibly untrustworthy, and despite being the weakest foreign minister in a generation, I think his seat is safe.MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393076456828228044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-19066811635099939902007-06-12T15:58:00.000-04:002007-06-12T15:58:00.000-04:00So what you get is the PM telling the NS Premier t...So what you get is the PM telling the NS Premier to sue him like a tort liability lawyer --- wait a minute, Flaherty was one in his past life!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-85460932219926512872007-06-11T23:20:00.000-04:002007-06-11T23:20:00.000-04:00Hey KNB - Good point. The uber right are spinnin...Hey KNB - Good point. The uber right are spinning, mainly because their view of the world is well grounded in ideological fantasy. It was always plain that eventually Stephen Harper would have to confront - Stephen Harper.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-37927991133384249742007-06-11T23:01:00.000-04:002007-06-11T23:01:00.000-04:00"Will MacKay cave too? Doubtful. Me thinks he's gr..."Will MacKay cave too? Doubtful. Me thinks he's grown accustomed to the perks of his position."<BR/><BR/>Knb, he ain't <A HREF="http://farnwide.blogspot.com/2007/06/captain-shes-taking-on-water.html" REL="nofollow">happy</A>.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-80674199894662620452007-06-11T22:00:00.001-04:002007-06-11T22:00:00.001-04:00Love these "anonymous" posters... They were all c...Love these "anonymous" posters... They were all crying when a Liberal MP called someone a "moron", yet here they are tossing that word around "liberally". <BR/><BR/>I don't think the point (and I'm sure YOU missed it) of the blog was to point out Harper's exact words. It really is focused on Harper's continued bullying tactics - including with his own caucus, members of the media (who don't work for CanWest), and any opponents. Diplomacy is not part of his neo-Con vocabulary. <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah... And Liberals being sour? Eh-eh. We built the greatest G8 economic growth over our 13yrs, and we are rofl right now, at the fact that we'll soon be back for another decade or so - because of the inadequacies of the stone-age neanderthals struggling to run the govt right now. Once the neo-Cons and Pro-Cons work things out again sometime in 2015, we might feel a little (mild) apprehension...<BR/><BR/>Cheers!WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-1623346094827083672007-06-11T22:00:00.000-04:002007-06-11T22:00:00.000-04:00wilson, do you not think it more appropriate that ...wilson, do you not think it more appropriate that a province would go up against a Federal Government, than the other way around?<BR/><BR/>Forget that it's Harper, if it was Martin or Chretien saying that they would "take the province to court", it's ridiculous and just another example of Harper playing the bully...my way or the highway.<BR/><BR/>He is out of his depth playing PM, plain and simple.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-63908005111968064912007-06-11T21:55:00.000-04:002007-06-11T21:55:00.000-04:00Huge difference moron.ahhh, the high level of deba...<I>Huge difference moron.</I><BR/><BR/>ahhh, the high level of debate that the current government delivers is present in it's believers.<BR/><BR/>red canuck...I started thinking about MacKay's odd's this evening. I agree that he is as cunning, but he's proved that he is not the brightest bulb. Nor is Harper for that matter, in spite of all that is said of him.<BR/><BR/>Interesting outcome isn't it? Their goal was to kill the Lib's...instead we have, what's the term...fratricide? We'll see.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-38077966341411037062007-06-11T21:53:00.000-04:002007-06-11T21:53:00.000-04:00Actually, it was the Nova Scotia gov that threaten...Actually, it was the Nova Scotia gov that threatened legal action against Ottawa, in March 2007. Harper just said 'make my day' and told Rodney to proceed with his threatened court action.<BR/><BR/>Canadian Press, March 27,2007:<BR/><BR/>'....Nova Scotia's Tory government accepted Ottawa's recent equalization offer in his government's budget, <BR/>but Finance Minister Michael Baker promised the province would use "every capacity," including potential legal action, to maintain the accord in the future.'wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975909423123353387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-71195484647496003902007-06-11T21:47:00.000-04:002007-06-11T21:47:00.000-04:00Bet that Librano kool-aid still tastes sour. Mr. ...Bet that Librano kool-aid still tastes sour. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Harper didn't threaten to sue. He challenged the premiers to take him to court. Huge difference moron. <BR/><BR/>MacDonald's reply...I have the court of public opinion on my side. Just another grand-standing East Coast politician scared to get off the public teat!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30594727.post-61687214575938973992007-06-11T20:58:00.000-04:002007-06-11T20:58:00.000-04:00I think it's highly unlikely McKay will jump ship....I think it's highly unlikely McKay will jump ship. Not because of principles, of which he has none, but because, as you suggest, he likes the perks. And should Harper ever lose the support of his MPs (fingers crossed!!), McKay is well positioned to succeed him. He may have sold his old party down the river, but make no mistake he is as cunning and self-serving as Dear Leader himself.Red Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856310732637244052noreply@blogger.com