tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10290429.post115747830648104425..comments2023-11-02T06:37:23.839-06:00Comments on daveberta.ca: on partizanship.davebertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06822739409684978316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10290429.post-1157585855212771972006-09-06T17:37:00.000-06:002006-09-06T17:37:00.000-06:00Political parties are ass. Welcome to my world.Political parties are ass. Welcome to my world."Steve Smith"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00619594380611546733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10290429.post-1157568404673351472006-09-06T12:46:00.000-06:002006-09-06T12:46:00.000-06:00I share you dismay over party politics. Stephen L...I share you dismay over party politics. Stephen Lewis in theGlobe and Mail today reaffirms the potentil seing a "renaissance" amongst youth interest without cynicism. the we have the CPC Party rejecting a challenge to Myron Thompson's seat in the same edition. Sad state of affairs.<BR/>Stay engaged - go to the convention and keep commentig on these things - it is the only way to change them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10290429.post-1157492894221766982006-09-05T15:48:00.000-06:002006-09-05T15:48:00.000-06:00c-lo,Heh. That sounds more like a sloooooow fix t...c-lo,<BR/><BR/>Heh. That sounds more like a sloooooow fix to me! But you're right, it's probably the only way to go. Proportional representation would speed things up a bit, as the parties would *have* to learn to work together, but even that wouldn't really solve things overnight.Idealistic Pragmatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296481430598981678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10290429.post-1157481843341122312006-09-05T12:44:00.000-06:002006-09-05T12:44:00.000-06:00Oh, dear. When you can get more hopeful about Alb...Oh, dear. When you can get more hopeful about Alberta provincial politics than you can get about federal politics, that's saying something.<BR/><BR/>I'm telling you, though, it's Canada. We have a toxic political culture in which all the parties are constantly at each other's throats instead of looking for common ground and attempting to work together. Most other countries aren't like this, so it's not a requirement for political partisanship. Hell, most other countries manage to form *governments* with more than one party in them. <BR/><BR/>I just wish there were a quick fix, because it sure gets to me, too.Idealistic Pragmatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296481430598981678noreply@blogger.com