tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post113387575638207629..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Prajer Political Punditrydpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1134064496652109392005-12-08T12:54:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:54:00.000-05:00"Lots of heat, little light" - nice job of summing..."Lots of heat, little light" - nice job of summing things up, Scott!Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1134061842616452052005-12-08T12:10:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:10:00.000-05:00Hey WP, I'd love to banter Canadian politics with ...Hey WP, <BR/><BR/>I'd love to banter Canadian politics with you but you keep expressing my own thoughts so smoothly, there's not much rock to get a toe-hold. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm glumly resigning myself to a Conservative minority (or a Liberal one, for that matter). The pattern of federal moneyhoarding and perks-for-patrons will continue, of course, but the Conservatives will also claim a moral victory that will give me the creeps.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised the Liberals aren't playing up the fact that Canada's economy is so robust under their rule of late but I assume they're just protecting themselves from a later fall as the stretched-thin American economy looks set to drag us down with it. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and that other party? Once again, you're also bang-on about Jack Layton's deficiencies as a counterbalance. I'll probably vote for him but, again, glumly. I think this is why most people don't like talking politics -- lots of heat but little light.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329360007920754967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1133968810059532262005-12-07T10:20:00.000-05:002005-12-07T10:20:00.000-05:00"Superior knowledge" - ha! Doesn't take much, doe..."Superior knowledge" - ha! Doesn't take much, does it? Actually, I see you link to Colby Cosh, who devotes considerably more thought and passion to these matters than I do. My knee jerks in a different direction than his does, but of all the pundits, he speaks the most persuasively. Fess up, Bearded - methinks it more likely you impress my Canuckle-head brethren with Cosh-speak.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1133939734590767442005-12-07T02:15:00.000-05:002005-12-07T02:15:00.000-05:00You could say whatever you want, label it "Canadia...You could say whatever you want, label it "Canadian Political Punditry", and we'd lap it up and believe every word.<BR/><BR/>I do work with a couple of Canadian ex-pats: I read your posts, I can go blather politics at them and confound them with my superior knowledge. Makes a change from BushBashing and Immigration Woeing.Xenoversehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067895289265719351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1133901306378141602005-12-06T15:35:00.000-05:002005-12-06T15:35:00.000-05:00Consider yourself quite the lucky guy, WP, as ther...Consider yourself quite the lucky guy, <B>WP</B>, as there is at least some remnant of humour (and therefore intelligence?) up North in the political wars. Down here, no joking, just serious takedowns of political freedoms, pushed along by the three-headed Cheney-Rove-Bush munster. Plus, you have Newfoundland!DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1133893186188418612005-12-06T13:19:00.000-05:002005-12-06T13:19:00.000-05:00Ah, my beloved Rhinocerous Party! (Named in honou...Ah, my beloved <B>Rhinocerous Party</B>! (Named in honour of Ionesco's delightful play, if I'm not mistaken.) They are no more. Brian Mulroney's Conservatives were earnest about their political energies - much too earnest to indulge the informed antics of the Rhinos - and changed the Official Parties Act to insist that a political party could only be official if it had a member running in at least 50 of the country's ridings (a privilege that has to be paid for with $1000 cold, hard cash - <I>per riding</I>). Now, it might be somewhat unfair of me to impugn Mulroney and company with the extinction of the Rhinos; more likely they were hoping this would nip the budding threat of Reform, spreading so virulently in the West. The strategy backfired, with the unfortunate effect of extinguishing all traces of humour from the political scene.<BR/><BR/>Unless, of course, you have it in you to snicker at the absurdities of the BQ. Built on a fantasy that would put the Magic Kingdom to shame, it seems they still haven't managed to lure someone with any facility for simple math to figure out just how fiscally feasible their proposed castle in the sky might be. Thankfully, not one of their voters or pundits has taken them to task on this, so their circus continues to entertain an ever-growing crowd of slack-jawed citizens who been done wrong. The show must go on.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1133888678641314892005-12-06T12:04:00.000-05:002005-12-06T12:04:00.000-05:00I'll enter said fray only on the condition that I ...I'll enter said fray only on the condition that I can come in here, tromp around a while, and then leave without cleaning up my mess.<BR/>The <B>BQ</B>? Is that now Quebec's watered down version of the <B>PQ</B>? And, if so, does that mean that my favorite PQers, those fine chain-puffing fellows blessed with oodles of personality and no awareness of fiscal responsibility, have now been replaced by French-speaking Chartered Accountants?<BR/><BR/>And while we're on an Inquisitivition, wasn't there a party out there in BC called the Rhinocerous party? (or some other pachyderm of poor eyesight but of frightening appearance). The reason for the question is, if they're still up, are they then up to something out there? From my ever-disintegrating memory, I recall their positions, while demonstrating a firm grasp on the ribald and the ridiculous, always lent an air of the unregistered insane to the general politic. Or have they too gone the grey suit way and been absorbed into the minor key masses?<BR/><BR/>Just adding something to this political pot, as your invite was so graciously open.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com