tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post632415118942628795..comments2023-09-12T12:07:08.126-02:30Comments on Web Talk - Newfoundland and Labrador: Party Leaders Pressure Networks into Undemocratic DecisionPatriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364831921954903098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-33544571420388708992008-09-14T22:40:00.000-02:302008-09-14T22:40:00.000-02:30Agreed the Green Party leader should be at the deb...Agreed the Green Party leader should be at the debate. <BR/><BR/>But at the debate Deon and May should be taken to task for their anti-democratic behavior of not running candidates in the opposing leaders contested riding.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line, May and Deon are hypocrites and do not believe in democracy -- they have proven this by their anti-democratic actions.<BR/><BR/>Hurray for communism!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-39101318934530789672008-09-10T17:05:00.000-02:302008-09-10T17:05:00.000-02:30Well what do you expect. That the election is goin...Well what do you expect. That the election is going to be fair. What a farce. The citizens of this country are brainwashed into believing that we live in a free society. How wrong that assumption is. This government controls most aspects of lives and they do it mainly by robbing us of our hard earned dollars and using it against us. History has shown that these types of societies do not survive, they destroy themselves eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-56698220194443304432008-09-10T16:28:00.000-02:302008-09-10T16:28:00.000-02:30sniff sniff !!!sniff sniff !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-50891680577321002972008-09-10T13:47:00.000-02:302008-09-10T13:47:00.000-02:30The Fascist, corporate, militaristic, secretive (B...The Fascist, corporate, militaristic, secretive (Bush-Bot) Harper Neo-Cons are trying to banish democratic populism. Ohhh, the blatantly authoritarian hypocrisy.<BR/><BR/>1) Are there not enough Green Party seats ? The (populist) Reform Party only had 1 seat in 1993 and Preston Manning was permitted in the debates.<BR/><BR/>2) Is there not enough Green Party support ? The Green Party received much more support in their last election than the Reform Party did in 1988. Currently, between 1 million and 5 million Canadians are considering voting for the Green party in 2008. The establishment is obviously feeling threatened by a populist leader whose party is the epitome of progressive, environmentalist policy. <BR/><BR/>3) The Green Party doesn’t have official party status ? Well, Neither did the NDP and Progressive Conservative party in 1997, but both were allowed to debate .<BR/><BR/>4) Are there not enough Green Party candidates ? The Greens ran candidates in all 308 ridings in the last election. Now, how many ridings do the Bloc run in again ?<BR/><BR/>Again, the authoritarian, secretive, manipulative, hypocritical Neo-Cons are behind this.<BR/><BR/>“You can’t have one leader on stage that has already endorsed the candidacy of another and signed an electoral co-operation agreement,” said Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas.<BR/><BR/>“When it comes to the debate, they can have May or they can have Dion,” he said. <BR/><BR/>“But they can’t have both.” <BR/><BR/>That sounds like the decree of a self-appointed dictator.<BR/><BR/>Canadian political parties have long had agreements not to run candidates in the riding of the leader of another party. But the Neo-Cons attempt at Green Party banishment and blindly authoritarian hypocrisy shows that that Harper is a ruthless, dictatorial, oblivious Neo-Con just like Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld and Bush. Instead of free debate and genuine democracy, the Neo-Cons have (again) chosen blatant, partisan stifling and hardline repression of opposing viewpoints.<BR/><BR/>Why ? Because they are frightened of a genuine threat to their entrenched power and their desire to exponentially INCREASE that power.<BR/><BR/>We are witnessing a full frontal assault on democracy and free speech by Harper & Company.<BR/><BR/>In 2002, Harper said, “Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations.” Harper & Co. have recently devised a politically expedient, ideological flip-flop in order to capitalize on earth-friendly popular sentiment. But they are all Dick Cheney oil men at heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11333084.post-75186812275774213122008-09-10T13:25:00.000-02:302008-09-10T13:25:00.000-02:30This is another clear example of the slow and inci...This is another clear example of the slow and incidious decline of democracy in Canada, just as has been happening in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>George Bush's Republican regime has been slowly chipping away at entrenched rights and freedoms for years. Unwarrented wire taps, the patriot act, incarcerating individuals without the benefit of a fair trial are all examples of an erosion of basic rights.<BR/><BR/>Stephen Harper, is on the same path.<BR/><BR/>It starts slowly enough but over time the freedoms we are accustomed to are picked away at one by one and we don't even realize it's happening.<BR/><BR/>The ideas and ideologies of those who disagree with the current regime are silenced. Laws of the land are usurped (fixed election dates for example). Democratic processes are skirted as in the case of selecting a Supreme Court Justice without following protocol and past vetting practices. The cutting off funding for those who would challenge the government in court over human rights issues. These are clear examples of what is happening in Canada today as it moves from a democracy, flawed though it may be, to an autocratic state where we are only allowed to hear the edicts and pronouncements of the ruling party.<BR/><BR/>We are on a slippery slope people. Over time, as our rights and freedoms are quietly eroded we will find ourselves in political climate not unlike those that exist in some of the most cruelly run dictatorships around the world.<BR/><BR/>Now is the time to act. Tomorrow may be too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com