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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Fascism and Contemporary Canada. Part 9. The 'Socialist Hor |
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:12 am
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| Are we actually waiting for the proverbial Phoenix to "leap from the ashes" though? It seems we are repressing this by voting for the very people who are determined to do in the society and economy we profess to be waiting for. The average voter doesn't get their knickers twisted over the revelation... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:29 pm
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:25 pm
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| The former is more aristocratic (in that it serves to protect established social class structures, even while evening them out economically) while the second is more meritocratic (the faster runner should win the race). One is more associated with inherited wealth while the other is more directed t... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Is the PMO a criminal organization? |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:34 pm
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| I think they can only be a criminal organization if they are convicted of something. Otherwise, it's an "alleged" criminal organization..............in the meantime, it's just politics as usual. |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part Two |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:22 pm
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| In my view, Canadians gave Stephen Harper a majority government precisely because he has moved towards the centre and pursued many of the centrist, Red Tory policies Canadians are known for generally voting against rather than for, parties. This instance is no different. The federal Liberals presen... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:10 pm
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| Canadian businesspeople and writers such as Peter Munk, Gordon Nixon, Dominic D’Alessandro, Donald Macdonald, Roger Martin, Dick Haskayne, Gerald Schwartz, Ian Tefler, Thomas Caldwell and Scott Hand have all expressed worries about how much of Canada’s economy is owned by foreigners. Of course they... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ron Dart's Review Of |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:00 pm
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| Arguing about religion is a waste of space and time. Secularism may indeed be a "narrow minded ideology" but that is because it is argued by narrow-minded people. At best, all that may be said about religion/secularism is that we just plain don't know what lays beyond the here-and-now. It's all just... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:25 pm
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| The Enbridge example is particularly apt in lighlighting my assertions. Christy Clark has just today (05 Nov) reached an informal "accord" with Redford regarding a potential toll on bitumen being pumped across BC. This, IMO, is the beginning of her promoting Northern Gateway instead of rej... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:14 pm
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| Tories have a passion for the commonweal and the commons. The good of the people and the nation, with each finding their place in an organic whole for the common good, is an essential part of Tory politics One of the things I have found out about our history, post-academia, is that Canada was (and ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism In Canada, Part One |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:00 pm
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| Many Canadians don't know very much about our national history. I have found out since leaving the school system some 40+ years ago, that the history we have been taught was definitely filtered through a white, anglo-saxon protestant lense. So disappointing to find out there is much more to history... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Part Five. Fascism And Contemporary Canada. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:13 pm
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$1: The first lie is the hardest to see, the biggest - The Killer there is no climate change that matters
http://www.history.com/news/little-ice- ... nsequences
Among the consequences:
The Great Famine
The Black Death
The Manchu Conquest of China
Witch Hunts
Thirty Years War
The French Revolution |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada Forcing Wounded Vets To Sign Agreement Not To Critici |
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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:33 am
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| It's just about customary to f*ck over the people we have come to count on to protect us. Some folks are born to wave the flag, Ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail to the chief", Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senat... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Is This Drug Company Taking Advantage of Canada? |
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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:29 am
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| If I'm not mistaken, Canada has "caved" to all like-minded challenges under NAFTA. |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: U.S.-Canada Cross-Border Intelligence Sharing, Data Collecti |
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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:26 am
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| I wonder how this fits in with the recently trumpeted CETA? |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: What Would You Barter For A Charter? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:48 am
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Replies: 9
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| The fact of the matter though, is there wil be "rulers". To the hoi polloi, it really matters not what the origins are of said rulers. |
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