tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post3458360016625068389..comments2024-03-29T01:09:22.557-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Gambling app and Clark's 'creeping sickness'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-34615454532703970092011-10-19T21:02:31.466-07:002011-10-19T21:02:31.466-07:00Great article in the Colonist today, Paul.Great article in the Colonist today, Paul.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042543377988798299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-24493379179334794792011-10-18T18:39:08.387-07:002011-10-18T18:39:08.387-07:00Powerful observation IMO, Paul.Powerful observation IMO, Paul.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-45771717271199441562011-10-18T17:04:26.905-07:002011-10-18T17:04:26.905-07:00I didn’t realize Clark was playing a game back the...<i>I didn’t realize Clark was playing a game back then, as I watched the debates. I thought the lives of children at risk were important enough that MLAs would be serious and honest.</i><br /><br />She sure had me fooled, I expected that she was ethical and believed in what she stated that she believed. So I guess this is all drama and politics too? If she wasn't sincere then she certainly isn't sincere now.<br /><br />I am always curious why a politician when faced with an embarrassing situation (CLBC), where the government has been caught out(by families in this case), responds by doubling down. This never helps and always guarantees more embarrassment and epic fail. It must be the bubble they create for themselves that ends up trapping them.<br /><br />One would think their own advisers would send out cautionary words telling them the ice is rapidly getting thinner. Maybe they are warned and have lost the ability to listen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-28596288855723798472011-10-18T15:53:25.282-07:002011-10-18T15:53:25.282-07:00Norm
It is a good topic, and I'll try to write...Norm<br />It is a good topic, and I'll try to write about it. I don't really understand what happens to people who are elected because they're respected in their communities, sensible, able to reach consensus, and then abandon common sense when they get to the legislature.<br />There was a hint yesterday, in QP, when Carole James asked Christy Clark a CLBC question.<br />Clark said the NDP was being negative, and added:<br />“And you know what? “I don’t necessarily begrudge them that. I used to sit as children and families critic. I know the game the member is playing.”<br />I didn’t realize Clark was playing a game back then, as I watched the debates. I thought the lives of children at risk were important enough that MLAs would be serious and honest.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-34005432091595457172011-10-18T15:44:33.142-07:002011-10-18T15:44:33.142-07:00Paul, I'd love to see you do an extended piece...Paul, I'd love to see you do an extended piece on why politicians so often lose their way. When I look back at the Liberals 2001 election platform, it still appeals to me greatly. However, if one measures performance against promise, there is a near complete disconnect.<br /><br />Clark understood how to sound reasonable and principled but today evidence of her hypocrisy abounds. <br /><br />Do people like those in the BC Liberal Party not believe what they promise to begin with or do events change their opinions and attitudes after taking office. Is there something wrong with the political culture they enter? Apparently, politicians make promises without feeling very obliged by the statements. That is a different ethic than that taught most of us.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-88939405588762479632011-10-18T15:09:44.458-07:002011-10-18T15:09:44.458-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-72909462025345554662011-10-17T20:22:20.657-07:002011-10-17T20:22:20.657-07:00Good grief, is there no issue where Christy Clark ...Good grief, is there no issue where Christy Clark is not proving to be hypocritical? <br />After listening to her radio show I had hoped that she would have learned something about how BC citizens feel about issues. If she did, she left it all behind her.<br /><br />I cannot fathom how politicians are so easily sucked into the political grinder and fail to live up to their best intentions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com