Friday Blog notes Oct. 12/07
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Next week we can look forward to the opening of Parliament and the fireworks there.
Meantime, the fall-out continues over the MacDonald/Mackay brokered deal with the Feds over the Atlantic Accord. Many believe it is a sell out. I think they’re wrong. It is better than what we were given in the budget. It is pretty much the same thing as Martin signed. You can villianize Harper for backtracking, but you can’t blame Peter for his efforts — the Conservatives aren’t wrong all the time you know! People will say, well, you can’t say it’s a good deal because you haven’t seen it; well, you cannot decry what you haven’t seen either!
The motivation for Harper to get even with Bill Casey and Danny Williams probably means we will do well with this new deal. What is really happening now — and I can hear it with callers — is rank cynicism. People just don’t believe anything, nor do they trust.
On Monday we’ll look at the coming bird flu pandemic — it may eventually kill millions. Don’t buy in bulk!
Also, next week, “what’s wrong with the Americans”? Now they want flight lists for planes not even landing in the U.S. just flying over (?!). Where will America’s paranoia end? Is any of this Homeland security hysteria effective anyway? it is a bureacracy that seeks its own power with fragile predicates, or any basis in reality.
Instead of just looking at security procedures, why not look at foreign policy as well?