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huh! I thought your shtick was playing the American... how do you get to vote in a Canadian election? Will you be voting in Ajax? :lol

Macadoo got it. You didn't. Edited by jbg
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Ummmmm as an 'merican.....how are you voting again?

At least you get it. Edited by jbg
  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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Macadoo got it. You didn't.

no! I most certainly got it... and then got your nonsense as in highlighted it. Of course, I edited my comment out even before you quoted it... 10 minutes or so, before. The very fact you captured it and then sat on it for ~10 minutes... and then saw fit to actually quote it speaks volumes. Keep trying to stir it up, hey!

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Why? You don't care what his plans are. You've already said you'll vote for him no matter what he does.

A position, by the way, I regard as irredeemably stupid.

Sounds like you have no firm political ideology and can be a liberal in one election and a conservative in another,depending on who wins the medias popularity contest..

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Under no conditions will I vote for Trudeau, Mulcair or Harper. Or any MP in the parties they head.

Kinda limits your options on who to vote for if all candidates are off your list..

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Sounds like you have no firm political ideology and can be a liberal in one election and a conservative in another,depending on who wins the medias popularity contest..

If you think the Liberal Party has any sort of firm political ideology you're kidding yourself. Like the Conservatives, they'll support whatever they think will get them the most votes. I remind you that the Liberals used to oppose both legalizing pot and gay rights. What changed their minds? Polls, not principles.

So yes, I'll continue to look, largely in vain, for an honest politician with integrity, intelligence, and strength of character. Haven't found one yet, of course, but I'm certainly not going to just vote for whoever has the proper colour of hat.

"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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Sounds like you have no firm political ideology and can be a liberal in one election and a conservative in another,depending on who wins the medias popularity contest..

It may come as a surprise to you but a vast number of Canadians fall into that pattern. There's a lot of truth behind voting Liberal when you're younger and Conservative when you're older. I personally have voted for both parties but have been stuck on Conservative since the Martin/Chretien fiasco. I'd vote Liberal again one day if they got a leader that had some substance and backbone. Seems like I'll be sticking with the Devil I know.....

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no! I most certainly got it... and then got your nonsense as in highlighted it. Of course, I edited my comment out even before you quoted it... 10 minutes or so, before. The very fact you captured it and then sat on it for ~10 minutes... and then saw fit to actually quote it speaks volumes. Keep trying to stir it up, hey!

No. Pulled it from the e-mail report.

  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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If you think the Liberal Party has any sort of firm political ideology you're kidding yourself. Like the Conservatives, they'll support whatever they think will get them the most votes. I remind you that the Liberals used to oppose both legalizing pot and gay rights. What changed their minds? Polls, not principles.

So yes, I'll continue to look, largely in vain, for an honest politician with integrity, intelligence, and strength of character. Haven't found one yet, of course, but I'm certainly not going to just vote for whoever has the proper colour of hat.

Don't you think politicians are supposed to do the bidding of their constituents? Who the hell doesn't smoke pot these days and who the hell doesn't think gays are just as much people as straights who deserve rights? Get with the times is one way of staying in power.

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Don't you think politicians are supposed to do the bidding of their constituents? Who the hell doesn't smoke pot these days and who the hell doesn't think gays are just as much people as straights who deserve rights? Get with the times is one way of staying in power.

In a broad sense they should be doing the will of their constituents. The problem is that by and large the ordinary Canadian knows almost nothing about almost everything. He's also interested much more in what's good for him than what's good for everyone else. That's why you need to exercise leadership and demonstrate to Canadians why something they don't necessarily care for is important.

Harper lacks the ability to show that leadership. He lacks anything remotely like charisma, and his party is completely incompetent at communicating any sort of persuasive message.

"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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In a broad sense they should be doing the will of their constituents. The problem is that by and large the ordinary Canadian knows almost nothing about almost everything. He's also interested much more in what's good for him than what's good for everyone else. That's why you need to exercise leadership and demonstrate to Canadians why something they don't necessarily care for is important.

Harper lacks the ability to show that leadership. He lacks anything remotely like charisma, and his party is completely incompetent at communicating any sort of persuasive message.

I don't know what part of Canada you live in, or how much of it you have seen, but I have started out in that big smoke that is the center of the universe and then I have lived on the both islands that bracket the geography and many places in between and have travelled to work from sea to sea to sea, and everywhere in between, and I could not disagree more with your outlandish statement of what Canadians know about things. I think you need to get out more.

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Canadians know nothing about governing. You can disagree all you want but it's the truth.

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Canadians know nothing about govrening. You can disagree all you want but it's the truth.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. - Maya Angelou

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The problem is that by and large the ordinary Canadian knows almost nothing about almost everything. He's also interested much more in what's good for him than what's good for everyone else. That's why you need to exercise leadership and demonstrate to Canadians why something they don't necessarily care for is important.

...I have lived on the both islands that bracket the geography and many places in between and have travelled to work from sea to sea to sea, and everywhere in between, and I could not disagree more with your outlandish statement of what Canadians know about things. I think you need to get out more.

No, I think Argus is bang on here. Most people just want to continually pay less in taxes yet see stellar results from the core departments (health, education, infrastructure) and their own pet interests. It takes some real leadership skills and a lot of charisma to get Canadians thinking about the greater good. "Ask not what your country can do for you..."

"Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire

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I remind you that the Liberals used to oppose both legalizing pot and gay rights.

and lets not forget their strong opposition to same sex marriage in Chretiens term.

Science too hard for you? Try religion!

Posted

Apparently you know nothing about spelling!

I don't have a computer and I find iPhone typing difficult.
Are you SIRIus?
  • Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone."
  • Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds.
  • Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location?
  • The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).

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