tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post3220373436712414799..comments2024-03-23T20:50:38.503-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: Escapismthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-86101324743113246362014-08-06T19:27:50.907-04:002014-08-06T19:27:50.907-04:00On a side note, it's the late Chalmers Johnson...On a side note, it's the late Chalmers Johnson's birthday today. I remember you posting about The Sorrows of Empire in the past. He is sorely missed in times like this. <br /><br />http://conversations.berkeley.edu/content/chalmers-johnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-60538630036132243732014-08-05T11:12:29.927-04:002014-08-05T11:12:29.927-04:00EdStock,
Yes: "Weak" as in "United...EdStock,<br /><br />Yes: "Weak" as in "United we stand, divided we fall."<br /><br />And, we're divided. For a number of reasons, including our inherent inability to get our act together.<br /><br />And the leadership of the Cosnervatives, Liberals, the military, corporate Canada is more powerful than a few progressive celebrities and business people and unions.<br /><br />The balance of forces isn't inherently against us and the Canadian people. But it is at the moment.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-5808703608925063262014-08-05T10:47:24.664-04:002014-08-05T10:47:24.664-04:00"Given the fact that the left is so weak and ..."Given the fact that the left is so weak and so despised by our society's leadership," — Um, you are pissed-off today. Given the fact — it's not given, and it's not a fact.<br /><br />"the left is so weak": English is delightfully vague. The "left" is a whole pastiche of folks who are NOT right and it is not so much that they are weak as much as they are un-organized, because, unlike Stevie's crowd, they come from all over Canada.<br /><br />"and so despised by our society's leadership": again, English is wonderfully vague. "society's leadership": well, Canadian society has a lot of people that make up our society's "leadership". Sure, Stevie despises the left, but what about Rick Mercer? Currently, he is very much part of our society's "leadership". How about Neil Young?<br /><br />What the left has to do is get marketing skills. I've tried, over the years, to get the NDP to get with the 21st century, but the aparatchiki reject advice, as they've got nice jobs, in out-of-power circumstances, so they are reluctant to change something that gives them a living. Until the NDP figure this out, and the Greens read some Ted Bates and get their sales act together, it will be a Liberal-led effort — for now.<br /><br />Hang tough, live long, prosper, and with a little luck, you'll be around to take a dump on Harper's grave.<br /><br />Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.com