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- Dear Kate: That's called "projection."
- Must ... control ... fist ... of ... death ...
- Somehow, the word "irony" seems inadequate.
- Apparently, I have some entertainment value.
- The "L" word.
- A little consistency would be nice.
- Aaron Lee Wudrick: Credit where credit is due.
- Um ... no John, that's not quite the conclusion I ...
- No, Brian, don't thank me, I'm just trying to help.
- The CPoC loves itself some Al Gore. Or maybe not.
- If you blink, you can't even ridicule them anymore.
- Dear dog: You suck. Signed, the cat.
- And he started off so well -- a call to arms.
- Celestial Junk: The gift that keeps on giving.
- It's easier if you just assume they're ALL idiots.
- Blast! Paul has discovered our nefarious plot.
- Your daily "Whaaaaa?"
- One of these things is not like the others.
- And if you don't believe THAT version, well, I've ...
- Simple answers to simple questions.
- Why, yes, I HAVE stopped beating my wife. Why do ...
- Sometimes, too good to be true is just that.
- When you've lost the National Post ...
- Now, THIS is why we think they're idiots.
- Registered commenters only open thread.
- Been there ...
- Your daily parade of cluelessness.
- Um ... best two out of three?
- On the other hand ...
- That's a good little stenographer, Jonathan. Here...
- Dear Catholic Church: You got nuthin'.
- Yeah, it's JUST like that. Sort of.
- Maybe they're the lucky ones.
- You two should meet, I think you'll get along.
- If the irony were any thicker ...
- ... and a good beating might have prevented all th...
- Well, NOW you're just being mean.
- Apparently, bankruptcy is only for rich people.
- In the name of all that's supposed to be holy.
- "Why, I never ... of all the nerve ...!"
- Dragged kicking and screaming into the Middle Ages...
- Raising the honesty bar, Steve Janke style.
- Ego surfing, Pretty Unshaved Ape style.
- With religious fellow travelers like this ...
- But there's just all those words, and stuff.
- In the absence of shame.
- You sort of have to take one with the other, know ...
- Now THAT'S what you call a punchline.
- Unintentional humour, I'm sure.
- Think fa ... too late, you're dead.
- In defense of (wingnut) internment.
- You keep using that phrase "common sense" ...
- Because it worked so well the first time, right?
- Sorry ... you were saying something about dead peo...
- Dear Blogging Tories: Alberto ... Alberto ... A-l...
- Stick a fork in him ...
- She comes not to bring peace but some serious kick...
- Dear Blogging Tories: About that Nancy Pelosi pan...
- "Lie" is such a strong word, don't you think?
- And I'd keep a close eye on those Quakers, too.
- You just have to time it carefully, that's all.
- The courage of idiots
- No reason ... I'm just sayin', ya know ...
- Maybe they were all young Republicans.
- Ah ... I'm glad we cleared THAT up.
- Geeking out open thread.
- Heads, I win; tails, you're fucked.
- A little perspective would be nice.
- Right-wing logic, as it were.
- And tomorrow, he'll tell us all how biological evo...
- The upcoming water wars.
- Tanks for the enemies.
- The joy of semantics.
- Dick in a can.
- Todays News...
- Where Is They Now?
- Missing in Action?
- Current Events in Animal
- Casualties, once removed.
- Here's a quarter, buy a clue.
- I hear they won't give him any sharp objects to pl...
- "The overture is about to start! Cross your finge...
- About Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May ...
- Apparently, good lovin' don't come cheap.
- There's a limit to outsourcing, don't you think?
- In retrospect, I'm feeling pretty good about myself.
- Call it the "dumbassitude defense."
- Well, OK, we're sorry about THAT. But that's all.
- And so it goes.
- The surge in general.
- The stupid! It burns!
- ... and it all worked out nicely in the end.
- It's a matter of priorities, you know.
- In hindsight, perhaps a poor choice of words.
- Curses! Foiled again!
- Getting psyched for California open thread.
- Here ... let me save you some time.
- Paul Cameron: Hacktacular!
- No, stop! You're killing me!
- And every once in a while, a good cause comes along.
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5 comments:
Aw, crap, now I've done it.
I left a comment.
Sigh. See what you make me do? Now I'm going to have to endure these wankers throwing spitballs at my blog for the next few months.
You guys are a bad influence.
Apparently that's where you stopped thinking too. My blog post was asking why the Manitoba Tories were railing so hard against the possibility of hydro privatization -- to the point of taking the very same sort of automatic-dismissal attitude you show in your post right here . . . just "stop reading" and avoid the nasty business of an actual discussion.
Privatization, Contracting-out, and other such things can be done and have been successful when done with care. There are examples all over he world.
Jennifer went only a slight step further. . . she didn't stop reading . . . she just stopped writing - right after she threw out the typical one-liner about the US-bogeyman. . . ignoring successful examples of various sorts of privatizations from Canada to California to Canberra in the process. . .
Yes, I guess it is easier to just stop reading, stop writing, and stop thinking . . . since you're clearly too lazy to do these things yourself, maybe we can get a special and expensive government department or crown corporation to do those tasks for you . . .
Yeah, California, that was a brilliant one...
If you're talking power - Problem with infrastructure and implementation.
Try looking at the facts instead of having an automatic no-thinking-involved dogmatic hatred for privatization.
Or do you believe Air Canada should be a crown corp again? What about Petro Canada?
Ask Albertans how that was workin' out . . .
...problem with infrastructure and implementation.
Yeah, that's always the way, isn't it. You know, public power would also work perfectly if there weren't problems in infrastructure and implementation... California's electricity crisis was a pretty good example of a privatized system fucking things up on a scale that a public system (for all its warts) never would.
Try looking at the facts instead of having an automatic no-thinking-involved dogmatic hatred for privatization.
Admittedly my comment was pretty terse but that's a bit much in response, isn't it? I've looked at a lot of facts and I don't have a dogmatic hatred of privatization. However, there are some sectors where privatization is not appropriate - particularly essential services, since a scarcity in these sectors is never desired. Water and education are two examples.
There is some question as to whether electricity generation falls into this category. At least in the case of coal and hydro generation, privatization could be positive as long as there were regulatory measures taken to ensure the supply. Nuclear is a different question, as it is only financially viable due to legislation that sharply restricts liability in case of disaster.
There are no compelling arguments for privatizing distribution, which is a natural monopoly. The California example is perhaps the most stark in this regard.
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