Comments on: Thoughts on prorogation

By: BERT

BERT — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:55:17 +0000

I really don,t think Canadians will ever again put a corrupt Liberal party into power.You idiots who still vote for them should have one of those interventions.Sit down and think,YES THINK YOU STUPID LIBERALS and ask yourself this…WHY do I vote for corruption…WHY do i vote for LIARS,(Liberal Chretien will get rid of the GST)…Why do i vote for a party who tried to to overthrow a legitimately elected Government and have a Leader who spent all of his adult life in other countries and knows nothing about Canada or it,s politics.YES YOU STUPID IDIOT LIBERALS ask yourself some questions..Cant be anymore clear than that you IDIOT LIBERALS.And lets prorogue some more..Maybe we can catch up to Trudeaus record,or Chretiens..Whats that you say,Chretien prorogued because he could not stand to be next to his finance minister MARTIN…Nice group of people these Liberals,can’t even stand each other in parliament.

By: jema54

jema54 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:26:56 +0000

Good metaphors Ward – perfect assessment.
I agree with BTDT and Mary T re: ‘educated’ ie indoctrinated people being more likely to be Liberal Party of Canada supporters (not many of them are dippers though, the three stooges are all the same ilk in my opinion). More ‘educated/indoctrinated characters work for the gument so they support the outfit that will keep them paper shuffling even as they run small business and big business on the rails. Unions people also support the Troika for self centered reasons. It has nothing with peace keeping or patriotism, it is all about their own pocketbooks.

By: ward

ward — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:56:02 +0000

I point I made on the NP thread was that sometimes you must fight fire with fire to extinguish the blaze. If you look at the unelected unaccountable Senate as the fire, Harper has instituted a controlled burn to put it out.

So has Harper started a fire – even though he says fire is bad? Certainly. Is it intellectually honest to call it arson which is what the opposition and media are doing? Absolutely not.

By: MaryT

MaryT — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:41:53 +0000

And does anyone have any idea of how many highschool grads can’t write, they only print. And when asked to sign their name they say, in script.

By: MaryT

MaryT — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:40:44 +0000

Speaking of the educated, listen to Adler today, re kids can’t spell, use grammar and all those kool teachers are allowing lots of slack in their classroom

By: Fay

Fay — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:39 +0000

Fortunately every Canadian has one vote. Show me a study that says only Canadians with a high level of education vote!!!!

By: beentheredonethat

beentheredonethat — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:52:58 +0000

Humans are born with the level of intelligence and common sense that they will live their entire lives with. Sometimes they are only gifted with one or the other, sometimes with neither. I have worked with people who had plenty of letters after their name but once you got a few of them outside of their 'book learned' area of expertice then trying to have a normal conversation with them about everyday common sense issues was like talking to a brick. My point was that just because the higher educated percentage of people polled has one opinion should do nothing to convince anyone that the dissenters therefore must be wrong. IMO that was the subtle hint that the article was trying to make and it was wrong to do so. If not then why even ask the question in the first place let alone mention the result? http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2010/01/31/12687776.html

By: Undecided Voter

Undecided Voter — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:09:03 +0000

Certainly was a gift to the lieberals even though past lieberal governments have used it many times. Hopefully, this too shall pass. If not, Canadians may again be stuck with a minority government.
Question is, which party – Lieberals or the Tories?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:03:53 +0000

Cundtator I tend to agree more with beentheredonethat. Education as presently enjoyed is far more about indoctrination than enabling thought. Thus I would say that the higher the level of education the more likely to oppose Prorogation is because the higher the level of education the more likely to be Liberal.

By: Cunctator

Cunctator — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:47:19 +0000

#2 – that really is rather offensive. Perhaps a better explanation, other than an insulting one, is that those with more advanced education are more interested in public affairs, often because they have the income and/or time that allows them that opportunity.

Proroguing parliament was a decision by a once-principled man who has lost his way. I think Rex Murphy’s comment that Harper is his own worst enemy is bang on. The other word one might apply is “hubris”.

By: beentheredonethat

beentheredonethat — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:23:29 +0000

One recent poll showed that of those Canadians most offended by this particular incident of proroging are those with the highest education. If that finding is accurate then this statement rings true.

“I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma. ”
The Wizard of OZ to the Scarecrow.