tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post7002291637767343193..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Harper: The ramming of religious tribalism down your throatDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-20492781465585948362012-03-28T18:31:24.562-07:002012-03-28T18:31:24.562-07:00Meadowlark you nailed it, we must never forget har...Meadowlark you nailed it, we must never forget harper's background in all of this. <br /><br />KootKoot, I'm usually an optimistic fellow but when it comes to harper, he has way too many supporters and fence sitters to disappear by/after the next election. I think we're stuck with him for another round or two. He will not give up leadership either so that's not in the cards. bcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-29717866738828630182012-03-28T13:53:54.457-07:002012-03-28T13:53:54.457-07:00Harper is no Conservative. He is a Neo-Nazi Reform...Harper is no Conservative. He is a Neo-Nazi Reformer, of his Northern Foundation Party from 1989. The skinheads assisted to organize, that crud of a party.<br /><br />All dictators have the same typo, sort of personalities. Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, all had the same type of character. Harper has the same character flaws to perhaps, a lesser degree. Never-the-less, Harper is a sociopath too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-52830870118864984872012-03-28T12:43:00.694-07:002012-03-28T12:43:00.694-07:00Harper has always been on a crusade, I've been...Harper has always been on a crusade, I've been saying that since well before Martin lost power. I don't know how much of it is religiously motivated or whether they are fellow travelers for him, and in practical terms it doesn't matter. I spent many years warning about just how far this man was outside of the norm for our political culture, what extremist positions he held not Scotianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284856315992405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-7693297154771345592012-03-28T11:24:08.760-07:002012-03-28T11:24:08.760-07:00I'm with you there, Holly. Harper is a curious...I'm with you there, Holly. Harper is a curious creature. He has convictions, I think that much is clear, but whether they're sourced in some religious apocalypse-cult or some authoritarian psycho-pathology, I likely favour the latter to which the former is a convenient vehicle. At the end of the day, the man is dark in a way that is better described by poets than conventional political Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-18069381850347511012012-03-28T09:25:45.844-07:002012-03-28T09:25:45.844-07:00I've never been able to decide if Harper is a ...I've never been able to decide if Harper is a believer in the church he joined, or if it's just something that is useful to him. Not good either way, though.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-4681908570777083932012-03-28T09:04:05.912-07:002012-03-28T09:04:05.912-07:00I remember the chill that went down my spine a few...I remember the chill that went down my spine a few years ago when someone I know very well, working in local government, discovered that a disproportionate number of colleagues were evangelical Christians.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-64111281383885633922012-03-28T07:50:09.028-07:002012-03-28T07:50:09.028-07:00ed, sorry, it was bcwaterboy's pessimism that ...ed, sorry, it was bcwaterboy's pessimism that creeped me out, your attitude is more like what I'm trying to hold on to.kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-74963108697484820952012-03-28T07:47:41.819-07:002012-03-28T07:47:41.819-07:00"So, to what level would a modern-day crusade...<i>"So, to what level would a modern-day crusader sink to fulfill God's will and gain power?"</i><br /><br />To paraphrase a former P.M., whose ass Stevie ain't even qualified to wipe. "Just watch the asshole."<br /><br />Edstock, hopefully, you are being too pessismistic, if not I will be looking to relocate before long.<br /><br /> I saw an encouraging doc on kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-61209787060159426552012-03-28T06:10:01.889-07:002012-03-28T06:10:01.889-07:00Unfortunately Ed, that's quite a few years off...Unfortunately Ed, that's quite a few years off. Nothing resonates on this guy, not even the spectacle that "he" cheated to get this coveted majority. Will be interesting to see throughout the remainder of this session of parliament if we actually have an opposition, not that it will do much good in this environment, but at least if the heat is turned up a couple of degrees, harperbcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-43906271511630454932012-03-28T05:39:12.880-07:002012-03-28T05:39:12.880-07:00Stevie will do whatever it takes to keep power, un...Stevie will do whatever it takes to keep power, until the political ziggurat he has built collapses — which it will — and that will be the end of the conservative political movement in Canada for the next 35 years. We have to be active in resistance, and patient — Stevie will self-destruct, with our help.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.com