tml12 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I don't know... Somebody must have asked me something about it. There are no campus lefties in Calgary Geoffrey??? Not that I've seen, the reign of terror has moved them all underground I guess? Or removed them all together. Talk about the transition team...I am moving there!!! We don't even have a Conservative MP on the island of Montreal... :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I don't know... Somebody must have asked me something about it. There are no campus lefties in Calgary Geoffrey??? Not that I've seen, the reign of terror has moved them all underground I guess? Or removed them all together. Talk about the transition team...I am moving there!!! We don't even have a Conservative MP on the island of Montreal... :angry: It's also going to be 11 degrees and sunny tomorrow, much like the rest of January has been. Its 7 degrees outside right now, I just came back from Timmy Ho's wearing shorts and sandals. Why wouldn't you live here? Good climate and good political climate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tml12 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 It is 0 and a blizzard here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 It is 0 and a blizzard here... Oh how I miss blizzards, I haven't seen a good ol' snow squall in 5 or 6 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanchateau Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 when I hear left-wing neo-commies talk about things like "we don't need an army" and "marxism is misunderstood" I start thinking maybe "brilliance isn't a good quality in a leader." Practicality is. You don't think China has an army? What's a left-wing neo-commie and how do they differ from right-wing neo-commies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tml12 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 when I hear left-wing neo-commies talk about things like "we don't need an army" and "marxism is misunderstood" I start thinking maybe "brilliance isn't a good quality in a leader." Practicality is. You don't think China has an army? What's a left-wing neo-commie and how do they differ from right-wing neo-commies? Of course China has an army. My point is you should never strive for extremism. The Chinese strove for Communism (extremism) ended up with totalitarianism (extremism) and are finally moving toward a capitalist society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Has anyone noticed that the "front runners" in this campaign are all people born with a silver spoon in their mouth, cut from the same privileged cloth as Martin. I just read up on Ignatieff, I mean the man is actually from a Russian aristocratic family. Not that this implies he could never be in government, but where is someone who actually understands what a normal life is like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
na85 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 on the back benches, unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tml12 Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Has anyone noticed that the "front runners" in this campaign are all people born with a silver spoon in their mouth, cut from the same privileged cloth as Martin.I just read up on Ignatieff, I mean the man is actually from a Russian aristocratic family. Not that this implies he could never be in government, but where is someone who actually understands what a normal life is like? But we should also note that there are different "spoon qualities." I think Martin worked for what he had more than Stronach, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers. The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tml12 Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers.The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). 2 I believe...the Liberal leadership campaign was in 1990, Martin got elected in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers. The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). 2 I believe...the Liberal leadership campaign was in 1990, Martin got elected in 1988. Still better (though marginally) then Stronach's zero days as a sitting member before she ran for the leadership of the tories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Campus-communists are my favourite. They tend to be those that never have to work during university and are either supported by the government or rich folks back home. My general profile of campus-communists.I am lucky enough to be at the most Conservative university in Canada, so I don't get to share in on this entertainment. um .. since you are "lucky" enough to attend an institution where freedom of opinion is suppressed and students are denied what has been traditionally been seen as one of the principal benefits of education - exposure to a broad range of ideas - what do you base the sweeping statemets in your first paragraph on? Heresay? Divine revelation? It doesn't seem to you there is something a little sad and suspicious about an institution whose governors and political masters deny students the right to the individual expression of opinion, something that was traditionally supposed to be a paramount concern in conservative thought? And please don't bother to say faculty are free to express whatever opinions they choose. If you hire only those who support a particular political view, you have passed on the right to claim impartiality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCGirl Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers. The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). 2 I believe...the Liberal leadership campaign was in 1990, Martin got elected in 1988. I was a delegate!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tml12 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers. The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). 2 I believe...the Liberal leadership campaign was in 1990, Martin got elected in 1988. I was a delegate!!! I thought you were a Conservative... Read a good bit on Kevin Taft today challenging Harper to attack Klein. Let's see where that goes because it is going to be interesting to see if Harper follows up on his provincial rights pledge. If Harper attacks him he is going to the Supreme Court no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 IMO Stronach and Martin are no different in terms of the amount of labour they invested in their political careers. The only difference may be that Martin had to spend a few more years in the House before he was a serious leadership candidate (then again he did run against Chretien, and I do not know exactly how many years he had under his belt in the late '80's). 2 I believe...the Liberal leadership campaign was in 1990, Martin got elected in 1988. I was a delegate!!! I thought you were a Conservative... Read a good bit on Kevin Taft today challenging Harper to attack Klein. Let's see where that goes because it is going to be interesting to see if Harper follows up on his provincial rights pledge. If Harper attacks him he is going to the Supreme Court no doubt. Kevin Taft has absolutely no political power in Alberta, so I would say its even less in Canada overall. We see him on the 5:00 about once a year complaining that because our hospitals have no bed, its evidence that more money will fix all society's problems. Other than that, you don't see anything of him. Harper won't attack Klein on it. In fact, I'm looking forward to not waiting hours to go to emerg or years to see specialists. Or more places like that beautiful diagnostic centre thats got cookies for me to eat while waiting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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