“I think what we saw as a very dramatic death bed conversion by Mr. Harper… and Mr. Harper’s problem is that he’s still alive, so he’s got to live with that.”
“Is it perfect? No, it’s not perfect. Do we like the Conservative government? No. I didn’t vote for it, but the fact it it’s there. They have a 140 odd members; some of them odder than others, but there you are… that’s the government.”
“You know, I’ve been in politics for thirty years… I’ve seen good morale, bad morale, I know what it’s like.”
Update: Hey, let’s take a peek at what’s going on behind the curtain…
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Awesome. Find me a single con with the wit of Rae or Iggy.
For what it’s worth:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12007
I know Rae supporters (some still whining) are upset, but I think Rae is where he is meant to be. Foreign Affairs – he knows his stuff and he’s known to be a good negotiator.
In different interviews I heard Ignatieff say he was not comfortable with some areas of the coalition and Rae said something about a problem with chemistry and I think the problem is Layton/Mulcair. There’s no way those two can co-operate – they’d make such demands and posture so much the coalition would collapse. I could be wrong, but that’s the way I see it.
The way they came out slamming, attacking and acting like school kids convinced me.
SR — Fascinating. I remember hearing about this when it was announced, but took it at face value. Silly me.
Red, the kicker in the above article is, IMO:
“The recipients of the bank bailout are also the creditors of the federal government. The chartered banks are the brokers of the federal public debt. They sell treasury bills and government bonds on behalf of the government. They also hold a portion of the public debt.
In a bitter irony, the banks lend money to the federal government to finance the bailout, and with the money raised through the sale of government bonds and T-Bills, the government finances, via the CHMC, the bank bailout. It is a circular process. The banks are the recipients of the bailout as well as the creditors of the State. The federal government is in a sense financing its own indebtedness.”
From collapsed international ponzi scam to another shell game, it’s biz as usual. The snake eats its own tail.
So it would appear. Amazing.
Furthermore, the CAP is the only political party that has constructed a platform upon which a spade is being called a spade…a platform for adults, if you will, beyond the stupid blinders of Lib and Con.
Alas, the CAP has been hung out in the political winderness to dangle in the breeze. If they would only put on their thinking caps and propose a merger with the Bloc, then my support would be there in a NY moment.
The CAP? Sorry I haven’t a clue who they are. The Canadian Alliance Party? If that’s the case Doctor where is your Tardis? I want to go home.
CAP = Canadian Action Party
http://canadianactionparty.ca/
“he knows his stuff®”
- looks better registered….
About that photo RT – there’s a photo on Huffington Post of Obama and his bunch working in shirt sleeves – Harper is copying him for his photo-ops. LOL. Stevie boy, you are no Obama.
Rural. Repeat after me. Hope. Change. Hope. Change. Hope. Change. Either is Ignatieff my friend.
I feel a pain coming on between my ears.
Alas, the CAP has been hung out in the political winderness to dangle in the breeze.
This is the problem with fringe or novel interpretations and analyses. The people who are aware of them don’t have the focus (or the energy) to advance them further into mainstream public discourse and would prefer to fracture into smaller and smaller factions. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply wrong.
The only thing I’ve been retaining about the government’s interventions in the banking system in the last while is the 75 or so billion dollar figure, which is very much the equivalent of the 750 billion bank bailout we’ve seen in the US. The fact that the news media seems to have accepted the assurances from the government that this isn’t going to cost Canadians anything is disturbing. I’ve seen little that tells me the media have really examined these assertions. I know I can’t understand them myself, since I’m not a financial analyst and, to be honest, have a really hard time examining and manipulating debt as something tangible for very long.
But this is something that needs to be looked at. I long ago resigned myself to the fact that when I have an inordinate difficulty understanding something, it’s because it fundamentally doesn’t make any sense or it’s being explained by people who don’t understand it either.
James – give it a rest. I was talking about a photo-op. Get some anger management classes or have a drink – your obsession is getting out of control.
Unbelievable. No matter what you discuss, Curran has to insert in some way and Iggy bash. Sad and sick.
Anyway, Harper’s photo-op is pretty much a copy of Obama’s photo in the oval office. (Iggy had nothing to do with either)
You know what Sandi? That’s just about the fifth or sixth time I’ve read you telling me to take a drink. Life’s pretty good for you from the cheap seats. So here’s what i’m gonna say. Have another cola and take up drinking. Some of us bloggers know a little more about the commenters than you think my friend.