Thread: The wanna bes

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but I don't know if I am flattered about the whole thing.

Canada’s two tiny Trumps to call our own - Macleans.ca

Bob VD and Scar BFD

I find it rich when people in places that are countries of immigrants start spouting off about immigrants. When I heard people from England going off about immigrants, it made me think, well you guys colonized 1/3 of the world and now we are coming full circle. First second and third generation Canadians don't want any immigrants coming here. Post WW refugees came here by the ship load. Oh and don't try playing the Muslim card with me either. Have you seen the history of Christian religions? Very few of them don't have blood on their hands. Don't get me started on trade either. If you want to quit feeding IIS or ISL or whatever fundamentalist terrorist group how about quit buying OPEC oil, because that is where the fundamentalists get their money from. As for the refugees coming here we have a choice, extend a hand and try to save them from the madmen trying to either wipe them out, or convert them to their extremist thoughts, or leave to to either die or become the force that you fear in the first place.
Now, party politics.
Party politics have become like the Gangs of New York movie. This is not democracy. It is divisive politics. Divide and conquer and build your little empires and line your pockets with all the side deals you set up while in a position of authority. I say axe the parties. Two places on the ballets. One spot for the figure head of the country, the other for the district leader. Now cooperatively run the country and respresent the people who elected you, NOT YOUR PARTY. That would be real democracy!
Ok. My mini rant is over. Just my thoughts. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
If any feelings were hurt in the making of this post, I do apologize, I was just trying to vent off some alternate views on Canadian politics.

Damn, I feel like such an idiot having too few letters after my name! No KISS Army membership, and my Hip Club membership has been effectively dissolved with the band itself.

Hilarious read, Bob. See if you can catch Stephen Colbert's cartoon Trump skit opening for his Friday show this week. It's great for a chuckle.

"You simply cannot afford to alienate idiots"

Best line in a long time

Originally Posted by RezDog

I find it rich when people in places that are countries of immigrants start spouting off about immigrants. When I heard people from England going off about immigrants, it made me think, well you guys colonized 1/3 of the world and now we are coming full circle. First second and third generation Canadians don't want any immigrants coming here. Post WW refugees came here by the ship load. Oh and don't try playing the Muslim card with me either. Have you seen the history of Christian religions? Very few of them don't have blood on their hands. Don't get me started on trade either. If you want to quit feeding IIS or ISL or whatever fundamentalist terrorist group how about quit buying OPEC oil, because that is where the fundamentalists get their money from. As for the refugees coming here we have a choice, extend a hand and try to save them from the madmen trying to either wipe them out, or convert them to their extremist thoughts, or leave to to either die or become the force that you fear in the first place.
Now, party politics.
Party politics have become like the Gangs of New York movie. This is not democracy. It is divisive politics. Divide and conquer and build your little empires and line your pockets with all the side deals you set up while in a position of authority. I say axe the parties. Two places on the ballets. One spot for the figure head of the country, the other for the district leader. Now cooperatively run the country and respresent the people who elected you, NOT YOUR PARTY. That would be real democracy!
Ok. My mini rant is over. Just my thoughts. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
If any feelings were hurt in the making of this post, I do apologize, I was just trying to vent off some alternate views on Canadian politics.

Being first generation Canadian I am really offended, as you are, by what is happening today in politics, both here and elsewhere. It would be funny if it wasn't so scary.

Bob

I am not a history nut but from what I see today is not a whole lot of different than the attitudes of 50, 100, or 200 years ago.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am not a history nut but from what I see today is not a whole lot of different than the attitudes of 50, 100, or 200 years ago.

Could easily be. There is always an undercurrent of hatred and bigotry in any country. It is when that gets used politically, making it somehow acceptable, to stir up fear then trouble usually follows. It should never be acceptable.

Bob

I am not trying to justify it but things have not changed, and I am sorry to say they probably will not.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am not trying to justify it but things have not changed, and I am sorry to say they probably will not.

I am saying that things have changed because the fear and hate that is always in the background looks to be going mainstream. In so doing is increasingly an acceptable behavior for an ever larger number of a population. Sugar coat it all you want and wrap it up neatly with a covering of nationalism it still stinks.

Bob

It does seems like there are repeats of history all the time. I believe there was a ver notorious German leader that began his first campaign for office with a slogan recently used in another election. I guess we keep seeing some of the truly bad things repeated. I wish I could figure out how to focus on really great things that have happened in history and look towards them repeating.