tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post8180388961074870780..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Big Steve, Working StiffCChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-40723003507936371572008-09-25T09:55:00.000-04:002008-09-25T09:55:00.000-04:00Well, all I can say is THANK YOU! On behalf of a y...Well, all I can say is THANK YOU! On behalf of a young woman who studied the arts, who is surrounded by artists who struggle to make a living...goddamn I needed a good rant! :)Post Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08801311105281956273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-77404630903336600672008-09-25T07:34:00.000-04:002008-09-25T07:34:00.000-04:00Thanks, Frank! It's up over 4000 now.I don't know ...Thanks, Frank! It's up over 4000 now.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that these Facebook groups actually *do* much, but maybe if enough bloggers mention it, the MSM will pick it up.cedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520445190743827633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-39483218413124215142008-09-25T06:36:00.000-04:002008-09-25T06:36:00.000-04:00Peter, context. Context, Peter. I'm sure you two...Peter, context. Context, Peter. I'm sure you two will have plenty to talk about.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-48796800500813033312008-09-25T06:34:00.000-04:002008-09-25T06:34:00.000-04:00Just wondering. Is there much overlap between psa...Just wondering. Is there much overlap between psa's noble "ordinary working Canadians" who Harper is screwing and CC's "ordinary Canadians", meaning <I>those of you who are still such intellectual illiterates that you'll happily suck up the latest scientific idiocy that you're spoon fed, and who are mentally deficient to the point where you can still be cowed by spooky stories of nasty Islamojahidafarians and the like.</I>?<BR/><BR/>I guess there is ordinary and there is ordinary, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-55110970903703422242008-09-25T00:47:00.000-04:002008-09-25T00:47:00.000-04:00damn, PSA, that's gonna leave a big bootmark on St...damn, PSA, that's gonna leave a big bootmark on Steve's pants!Rev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-10728970022343893422008-09-25T00:10:00.000-04:002008-09-25T00:10:00.000-04:00Thanks, Cedar! Just joined and sending out invites...Thanks, Cedar! Just joined and sending out invites.Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-43988994185661264422008-09-24T23:03:00.000-04:002008-09-24T23:03:00.000-04:00i don't know if folks are interested, but there's ...i don't know if folks are interested, but there's a "Ordinary Canadians DO SUPPORT the Arts, Mr. Harper. You are dead wrong" facebook group here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.new.facebook.com/ grou...gid=41692823152<BR/><BR/>2,700 members, and climbing.cedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520445190743827633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-88255166826753373172008-09-24T20:24:00.000-04:002008-09-24T20:24:00.000-04:00Righteous.After a day of fighting it out with cons...Righteous.<BR/><BR/>After a day of fighting it out with conservative ignorance about the arts, it's nice to come here and see someone getting it. My industry deserves to survive and thrive, and these cuts are a devious way to deny both. Thanks for saying it.MK Piatkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121227101455959849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-66310264507489090222008-09-24T19:50:00.000-04:002008-09-24T19:50:00.000-04:00Yo Harper is all for privatized prisons.He's got M...Yo Harper is all for privatized prisons.<BR/><BR/>He's got Mike Harris' old correctional services minister (responsible for Ontario's failed private prison experiment) "reviewing" the federal system. <A HREF="http://www.straight.com/article-119340/stephen-harper-opens-door-to-prison-privatization" REL="nofollow">Link</A>liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-45621853638916429702008-09-24T14:08:00.000-04:002008-09-24T14:08:00.000-04:00Loved it! But, why would anyone possibly take heed...Loved it! <BR/>But, why would anyone possibly take heed of the advice coming from those in the Ivory Towers, when you can get the real goods from a grounded charitable organization like the Fraser Institute?Canadian Hegemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401519313667640428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-38316124792028783592008-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:34:00.000-04:00Well said!Well said!P. Drānohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412231793647016993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-91378250957419753442008-09-24T12:50:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:50:00.000-04:00Yay! Nice work, psa.Yay! Nice work, psa.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458917081261136618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-38782602579977745142008-09-24T12:47:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:47:00.000-04:00Fantastic rant PSA! Bravo!I think Phyl is onto som...Fantastic rant PSA! Bravo!<BR/><BR/>I think Phyl is onto something on the prison industry front. It is a lucrative market in the US. I wouldn't put it past Harper to privatize our prisons under the ruse that the private sector is better suited to house all the new prisoners we'll have once he institutes all his "tough on crime" legislation.<BR/><BR/>As for his hatred of arts and culture, and his absolute disingenuous and manipulative actions on that front, I'll just post what I said elsewhere on this subject.<BR/><BR/>It's a myth that the "Tim Horton" crowd dislikes arts and culture. It's a myth that is being promoted by Harper based on lies.<BR/><BR/>The cuts he has made so far to Canadian Heritage and DFAIT (ProgArt) are industry oriented programs that help develop and strengthen cultural industry sectors, which are primarily made up of SMEs.<BR/><BR/>He has not made cuts to the Canada Council for the Arts who are responsible for administering grants to non-profit arts organizations and to individual artists at various stages of their career. These are the types of artists that Harper's retrograde supporters keep attacking in their posts and letters, conflating to very different methods of public support for arts and culture.<BR/><BR/>But rest assured, should Harper win this election, he will go after the smaller independent artists as well. He has already telegraphed his intentions by replacing Karen Kain with an investment banker to head the Canada Council.<BR/><BR/>I'm no psychic but I also believe that if he gets a majority, he will privatize the CBC and dismantle the CRTC. There will be less, if any, controls over foreign investment in the cultural industries and large media mergers. And the Canadian content system that is very much responsible for the development of a very successful Canadian recording industry and television industry will be thrown out the window.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-62922034767146422322008-09-24T12:12:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:12:00.000-04:00Yeah, here are more of those snooty elitists, with...Yeah, here are more of those snooty elitists, with the presently ivory tower-dwelling pals of Harper in front of the gala.<BR/><BR/>Calgary, my cowtown<BR/> http://daveberta.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-are-concerned-that-conservative.html<BR/><BR/>As for Harper's stance on crime. I heard an interesting comment about what engages voters of different ages. Crime 'control' appeals to the older, suburban voting population who are more afraid of what *might* happen to their security and pensions, while younger voters are interested in education and employment.<BR/><BR/>What demographic do you think Harper is trying to reach here? Our country is still 'small town' enough, when one violent death happens, it's a national story and we all participate in the grieving, even if for a second.<BR/><BR/>The national emotional bite of those events (and frankly, I'd rather have us grieve each time rather than become calloused about it) gives rise to a need to 'do something' to ease the grief<BR/><BR/>Too bad it's easy to play off in a caustic, cynical way, dismissing the 'ivory tower' elite criminologists because they dissent from the fearmongering. Someone is experimenting with the national psyche alright, considering us bugs under glass to get an A on the science project, but it's not the criminologists.Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096047389811381098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-60722888117769783282008-09-24T11:53:00.000-04:002008-09-24T11:53:00.000-04:00As to the prison industry, PSA, I've come to the c...As to the prison industry, PSA, I've come to the conclusion that since the industry is so huge, and Harper and the other Cons are such big corporatists, one purpose of their fake "tough on crime" stance is to <I>provide more product for the prison industry to feed on</I>.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't put it past these monsters for one second.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847701912261320347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-52450976289754591492008-09-24T11:28:00.000-04:002008-09-24T11:28:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, lest we forget about 'elites' attending '...Oh yeah, lest we forget about <A HREF="http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/nacnews/viewnews.cfm?ID=1584" REL="nofollow">'elites' attending 'rich galas'</A> that are <A HREF="http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/09/23/btc-at-a-rich-gala-all-subsidized-by-taxpayers/" REL="nofollow">'subsidized' by the taxpayer'</A>.<BR/><BR/>Leaves me with one last question. Since Phat Stephen hates the elites so, <A HREF="http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060313_122920_122920" REL="nofollow">will John Baird be her escort</A> that evening?Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-43150646694442967502008-09-24T11:03:00.000-04:002008-09-24T11:03:00.000-04:00In case anyone didn't click through to the Friends...In case anyone didn't click through to the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting link, please note the paragraph <I>following</I> the paragraph about the 2003 employment figure.<BR/><BR/>"Including direct and indirect contributions to employment, <B>the report estimates that culture accounted for <I>1.1 million jobs</I> in 2007."</B><BR/><BR/>Who knew Canada had so many "elite"?Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-28495646085345340792008-09-24T10:58:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:58:00.000-04:00Most excellent, psa.Most excellent, psa.Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-60927457027770295932008-09-24T10:35:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:35:00.000-04:00you have a point there mark, but harper won't be v...you have a point there mark, but harper won't be very pleased if it turns out that he has mobilized those 616,000 to get out and vote against him. i know i'll be putting down my snifter and sullying the soles of my artsie elite shoes to stamp a ballot against him.<BR/><BR/>and back atcha prole. ;-)Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-51933986333048497452008-09-24T10:24:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:24:00.000-04:00I love you when you're angry, PSA. Righteous rant....I love you when you're angry, PSA. Righteous rant.Prolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578610891796675822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-77225856625080031992008-09-24T10:17:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:17:00.000-04:00"The report put 2003 employment in the cultural se..."The report put 2003 employment in the cultural sector at 616,000 jobs."<BR/><BR/>And Harper knows few vote for him, so he doesn't give a crap.<BR/><BR/>You're either with him, or against him.<BR/><BR/>True enough.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.com