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These last few comments prove exactly what I was s...

2010-01-25T16:02:14.329-05:00

These last few comments prove exactly what I was saying about a lack of tact and grace. If you read closely I said that EVERYONE, whether leaders, citizens and corporations should be held accountable, so I wasn't making the point that you should say nothing if you don't agree with something. The point I was making is that there is a mature way to express yourself and an immature way. Notice I didn't resort to name calling like you did; this is the way that children act.

It's funny that Stephen Harper is a "right-wing extremist" for proroging parliament, but Jean Chretien wasn't. Jean Chretian was trying to hide way more than our current Prime Minister.

So let me get this straight: if a right-wing extre...

2010-01-25T09:44:17.700-05:00

So let me get this straight: if a right-wing extremist anywhere else in the world, single-handedly closes their legislature to shut down torture investigations or bully critics into silence, we rightly call it a dictatorship. But according to you, when the same thing happens in Canada everything's fine?

How did someone as dumb as you, even get through high school?

There is absolutely no point in expecting to have ...

2010-01-25T09:33:29.480-05:00

There is absolutely no point in expecting to have a civil dialogue with such closed minds. Democracy is in danger when 1 person can shut down our governing body, which is Parliament, not the MP from Saskatchewan who assumes absolute control over his ministers, the House, and soon the Senate. Anywhere else this would be called a dictatorship. I am a proud Canadian and I will scream and yell if I have to when the leader of my country imposes his will on my rights and those of my fellow citizens and chief among those rights is to be represented by an elected member in the House of Commons.So, Kevin, you may have instructed your wife how to speak to you in order to get what she wants, but we have a Prime Minister who listens to no one but himself.

The argument that other people in the world have t...

2010-01-25T09:30:35.578-05:00

The argument that other people in the world have things worse than we do, so we should just shut up is the sort of rationale that Harper counts on.

Our democracy has been thwarted by Harper's actions, and that is unacceptable. Do we need to wait until Harper and his gang instill a Christian Taliban in Canada before we stand up?

It seems to me that the time to fight against an undemocratic government is before the democracy is dead.

Sort of similar to all those people squalking abou...

2010-01-25T09:17:47.097-05:00

Sort of similar to all those people squalking about a 'coup' a year ago. Maybe everybody needs to get a grip.

Shut down for 17 working days...geesh..get a grip!...

2010-01-24T13:48:29.286-05:00

Shut down for 17 working days...geesh..get a grip! Democracy is alive and well. Don't worry. The controversies will return in full bloom March 3rd and then your shaken up little world will continue on its merry way. You can resume your endless and ever more shrill screams for Harper's head. He's such a beast isn't he? Don't worry..you can boot him out, but you won't.

This prorogue issue is a problem. Canada would rig...

2010-01-24T13:02:27.362-05:00

This prorogue issue is a problem. Canada would rightfully criticize another country if its government shut down its parliamentary body in the face of controversial issues.

I find it quite telling that while screaming that ...

2010-01-24T12:54:45.418-05:00

I find it quite telling that while screaming that Harper has crushed democracy..they're demonstrating feely without interference? Kind of ridiculous. Lizzie's speach was very welcomed also. What a hysterical basket case. The gift that keeps on giving. Iggy puffing out his chest and talking like he's God's gift to us all was making me gag a bit. Apparently the Great Canadian Nation as a whole is just not that mad about this. Go figure..

Your comment about spoiled children throwing a tan...

2010-01-24T08:05:36.515-05:00

Your comment about spoiled children throwing a tantrum rings very true. That is what this is about...they aren't getting their way, they stamp their feet and yell and scream and threaten to leave home.

Thanks for the insightful post!

The rights of these people to act like idiots, is ...

2010-01-24T02:32:39.937-05:00

The rights of these people to act like idiots, is why I am a Conservative. Let them behave like uninformed radicals, let them rant and form stupid Face book sites that are full of uninformed Canadians. No problem.

However when a media body that I am FORCED to support with my tax dollar becomes an enabler, I am not going to sit in an idling position.
This must be stopped, dead in it's tracks and I am suggesting that we form a RID OUR COUNTRY OF CBC website.
Those of us that are mature and understand democracy and the Constitution, will actually JOIN face book to get rid of THAT garbage, guaranteed. What a pox on reality and intellectual journalism that group of tax leeching entitled ones are on Canadians. Disgusting!

Good post. You bring real perspective to this iss...

2010-01-23T22:55:22.386-05:00

Good post. You bring real perspective to this issue.

Hardly a big rally. The fact that it exists shows...

2010-01-23T22:23:16.897-05:00

Hardly a big rally. The fact that it exists shows that proroguing is no big threat to democracy. Do we see cops arresting anyone? These mis-guided souls are free to speak on a nice day for a winter walk. The CBC listens, but not the rest of us.