gdp's Comments

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:30:28 +0000

rhymes with the tune/poem "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and brock his crown and Jill came tumbling after" Cheers!

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:52:58 +0000

Your comment if way off base, since I made no statements about right and wrong. My poem was simply making a prediction. Here's a tip for you: Don't jump to conclusions, lest they lead you off a cliff.

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:07:59 +0000

How about a jingle that Liberals can first ponder, and Canadians can then remember if the coalition overthrows the government on this 'issue': Iggy tried with "Oda lied!" to get what he was promised. But the voters frowned so the Grits went down and back he ran to Harvard. (with my sincerest apologies if any Liberal intelligentsia were offended by this.)

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:23:02 +0000

My contention was that the opposition's perspective as it is today would be difficult to explain it in 100 words or less. You went way over that limit. Now, can you make your position pithy, relevant to the average voter, and easy to understand?

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:45:34 +0000

Your contempt for senior citizens and women who stay at home to raise their children is contemptible.

Macleans.ca : A test of our democracy

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:14:23 +0000

I don't think bringing down the government over this issue would fly for the opposition. What would the election question be for the opposition, one that resonates with a large number of Canadians since they are not fully versed with this complicated and still unresolved issue, in 100 words or less? And what would the government's response be - that they were brought down over confusion relating to a relatively minor $7 million dollar CIDA contract? Pick the side that's easiest to understand and defend.

Angry in the Great White North : Karlheinz Schreiber\'s long (and repetitive) history with Canadian courts

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:18:23 +0000

"It's amazing though how people who manage to avoid deportation for years somehow get their tickets punched just when they're about to embarrass the sitting government."

I think you've got the cause and effect backwards: Knowing his latest appeal was coming up fast, Schreiber filed an affidavit changing his previous story in yet another attempt to avoid German justice.