tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1989345802645018408..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: My Fellow Americans: We Are Fools, by Margot Kidder mike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-61641602880933466322016-07-31T16:51:30.550-04:002016-07-31T16:51:30.550-04:00Harper did some damage, but he was stymied by Cana...Harper did some damage, but he was stymied by Canadian culture. I'm not happy with the sycophantic posturing of the Canadian government, but that's all it is. It's not representative of the Canada I live in. Harper flushed our international reputation down the crapper and he did it without the support of a majority of the public. The current government is in a similar situation - a majority of seats without a majority of the vote.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-26741473024249170082016-07-31T09:53:51.139-04:002016-07-31T09:53:51.139-04:00Hey, Margot Kidder can say this because she is Ame...Hey, Margot Kidder can say this because she is American, but Canadians specialize in -- we have a competitive advantage in -- hypocrisy. We just got rid, after 10 years, of a government that was far to the right of Obama, and which marched to footsteps of AMERICAN republicans. We abetted the coups in Haiti and Honduras, spent a decade as the hardest troops in Afghanistan (in Kandahar), worsened the lot of our first nations, exploited the tar sands (some of the dirtiest oil anywhere), were the most rabid supporters of Netanyahu and Israeli west bank colonialists, were the world's leading opponents of Kyoto and subsequent climate change measures. Our current government is sucking up to Ukrainian ultra-nationalists to appease the huge Canadian population of Ukrainian origin, and we are walking in lock step with the NATO-EuroConsensus in provoking Russia (we sending units to Latvia, in an empty show, since there is nothing we could do to impede Russia). I could go on...<br /><br />Margot Kidder, y'know, I know where she is coming from, but it is better to conceive this in class terms than in national ones.Marian Rucciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944531845226157076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-63869424279963990472016-07-31T06:13:05.556-04:002016-07-31T06:13:05.556-04:00I would recommend JB's writings for everyone, ...I would recommend JB's writings for everyone, and specifically for Canadians who are uncertain of the difference between Canadians and Americans.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-13840462221128126342016-07-31T06:01:34.796-04:002016-07-31T06:01:34.796-04:00A lot of USAians oversees are shocked when someone...A lot of USAians oversees are shocked when someone tells them they are not 'exceptional' and that USA is not the 'best country in the World' (not by most sane standards at least), this comes specially true from liberal minded americans who many times at core are also possessed by the same kind of magical thinking even if they are not aware as their 'conservative' counterparts.Ignaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082008115484199316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-17508231886580470062016-07-31T04:33:22.358-04:002016-07-31T04:33:22.358-04:00Although I never met him personally, I became a fa...Although I never met him personally, I became a fan of Joe Bageant after reading "Deer Hunting with Jesus".<br /><br />RIP.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7600979207387164662016-07-31T01:33:40.208-04:002016-07-31T01:33:40.208-04:00One message has been shared through the ages, yet ...One message has been shared through the ages, yet never grows old: - 'what you are looking for is within you'. Prem Rawat brings this timeless message to today’s world.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timelesstoday.com/" rel="nofollow">Welcome to TimelessToday.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-90075824143122918082016-07-30T22:03:29.287-04:002016-07-30T22:03:29.287-04:00Joe Bageant... and now Margot Kidder. Their eyes a...Joe Bageant... and now Margot Kidder. Their eyes are open.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com