Snouts at the trough
Is anyone else getting offended at the number of people speculating upon the common good. Lists of potential Senators are being tossed around like lottery winners' tickets. Even if you like the idea of an appointed Senate, each one costing $150,000 plus plus, turns some noses. An unelected Senate is a throwback to to the class riddled, House of Lords at Westminster, where chinless wonders affected by years of inbreeding strut their stuff and sit in Pater's seat. Totally unrepresentive and devoid of the knowledge needed to govern common folk. Just look at the recent spat in the Island of Sark where the two richest men on the Island didn't get their slate elected in an exercise of democracy, the first in 400 years, and promptly shut their businesses down and destroyed the island's economy. That's the same attitude as in an unelected Senate - feudalism!
Today, a patrician of the G&M - Lawrence Martin, another man elevated to the stratosphere by the quality of his thinking (or so he implies) makes his list. And even more offensive than his punditry, to progressives, is his number one choice - Mike Harris. Read the article here
Just to change the subject, there is no place to escape the snow, but I'd rather be here to enjoy it!Today, a patrician of the G&M - Lawrence Martin, another man elevated to the stratosphere by the quality of his thinking (or so he implies) makes his list. And even more offensive than his punditry, to progressives, is his number one choice - Mike Harris. Read the article here
2 comments:
By recommending Mike Harris, period, let alone putting "The Knife" at the top of this list, Martin has lost all credibility as a non-partisan journalist. Perhaps he needs a holiday in the asylum.
The thought of Mike Harris being appointed to the Senate makes me need a holiday in the asylum too. What an affront to the country, and especially to Ontarians, that would be.
Who's the next frightening prospect? Ralph Klein maybe? At least if Harper chose both of them they would each have a good drinking buddy to hang out with.
The Senate may be historically feudal, but those guys are just thieves and low-lifes, hardly aristocratic. Why I'll bet they don't even know the proper alignment of one's silverware aside one's fine china dinner plate! Probably eat with their hands for god's sake.
I think I'll just hibernate for the next few months to avoid the whole Senate appointment thing entirely.
DJO
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