tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post111645254271598115..comments2024-01-06T13:49:05.888-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Chilihead: Boot, Belinda, Boot!!!Pepperfirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15347653950060339626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1117943529762712772005-06-04T23:52:00.000-04:002005-06-04T23:52:00.000-04:00Belinda is an opportunist who saw a chance to expa...Belinda is an opportunist who saw a chance to expand her luke warm political career. Believing anything else would be just plain foolishness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1116612092804201392005-05-20T14:01:00.000-04:002005-05-20T14:01:00.000-04:00Great comments folks... Read today's blog for my r...Great comments folks... Read today's blog for my response... :D<BR/><BR/>T.Pepperfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347653950060339626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1116605451079339452005-05-20T12:10:00.000-04:002005-05-20T12:10:00.000-04:00........well, well...this is getting interesting. ...........well, well...this is getting interesting. I wonder where our host is ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1116561148471325652005-05-19T23:52:00.000-04:002005-05-19T23:52:00.000-04:00I'm confused Tina. You claim to be a separatist, b...I'm confused Tina. You claim to be a separatist, but are happy "that Belinda by booting across the House floor to sit in the Liberal Cabinet, has... saved Canada." Shouldn't that be a bad thing in your book? While I'm not happy with any major national party agreeing with the Bloc, I can see why, according to the political math, the Conservatives found it necessary to do so. However, they did not go any further than that. They did not ally with the Bloc, they did not offer the Bloc any concessions, they did not agree to any sort of post-election coalition. As for giving the Bloc more legitimacy (something else I would think you'd like) by working with them , the cause of the Bloc's increased legitimacy in Quebec is not the Conservatives, but the Liberals. The Sponsorship Scandal has so damaged the Liberal Party (and through them the federal government) in Quebec, that most people, even federalists, feel they have no option but to support the Bloc, at least for the time being. If the Liberals hadn't so stupidly used the sponsorship program to line their own pockets, they wouldn't be in this mess and the Bloc would probably still be polling at 30% or less (the real support for seperatism). As someone who once worked in inter-provincial relations, I know how successful the sponsorship program was, and the fact that it's been discredited by some greedy politicians sickens me. I still don't fear for the future of my country, or worry about Quebec actually separating, but someone has to answer for the Sponsorship Scandal, and Paul Martin and the Liberals are at the top of the list (actually, the top is really Jean Chretien, but we all know that he'll survive this scandal as he survived all the other ones). Stronach's motives were not primarily concerned with the Bloc; they had more to do with ambition and personal politics, and she may pay a price for her choices. <BR/>Oh, and one more thing. Allowing the NDP to throw money around to their pet projects is <I><B>not</I></B> a good budget. It's political and fiscal idiocy, and Martin should have known better.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142850060979422358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1116461480911144632005-05-18T20:11:00.000-04:002005-05-18T20:11:00.000-04:00But then, Arabia, you're not exactly famous for "d...But then, Arabia, you're not exactly famous for "deep thought" yourself; are you?<BR/><BR/>:DPepperfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347653950060339626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677065.post-1116461236626523822005-05-18T20:07:00.000-04:002005-05-18T20:07:00.000-04:00I would like to think that she put Canada first in...I would like to think that she put Canada first in her decision, but I don't believe it, not from everything I have read/seen to this point. Being born into millions and taking over her dad's company, indicates Belinda always got what she wanted from a young age. Me thinks, she just made this move over to the Liberal Losers for what? Power? Certainly not money, and most likely not for caring about Canada. Being a women? What is that all about? If she was a man, she would still be 'snaky' to say the least, so she is women 'snaky'.<BR/><BR/>What are her goals? Is she a philanthropic person? Is she a deep consciensous thinker who is doing her best in the Canadian Political System to help Canadians? Is she an activist with certain concerns to help certain causes? <BR/><BR/>To me, today, she is this. I see her as a spoiled rich child, doing what she wants, when she wants. I don't see anything else at the moment. Time will tell won't it.<BR/><BR/>Put it this way, I have not seen any evidence of deep thought to date anywho.<BR/><BR/>Me HereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com