Comments on: Summer of love

By: LB

LB — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:40:59 +0000

@Janis I loved your photo essay on Poppytalk of Cougar Annie’s garden! For those who didn’t see it or who don’t know who Cougar Annie was, see here
http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/06/walk-on-wild-side.html

By: considered design

considered design — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:38:40 +0000

Oh let’s not mention the americans… they will get all sensitive, at least the english can take it!

By: LB

LB — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:32:02 +0000

In reply to considered design. Hear hear. Screw pride, let's see some gratitude and some commitment to the weird, unique, clumsy multicultural experiment that this country is. Ha, yes to Britain, but I was thinking of a closer neighbour!

By: considered design

considered design — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:28:44 +0000

I’ll mention the other nations…. the BRITISH. LOL I’m Irish I can get away with it!

I think it should be a… ‘we are lucky to live in canada… day… so let’s not fuck the place up anymore’

By: LB

LB — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:25:19 +0000

YES. And then there’s THAT gigantic elephant in the room, the biggest one of all.

I thought the hallmark of Canada was always that we were not so nationalist as some other nations I could mention. But politicians seem to be whipping up a form of hyper-nationalism these days, the same way they whip up hockey fans. Not pretty all round. If you’re going to feel smug, especially when you have nothing to act smug about, it’s best to keep it to oneself, no? The Ugly Canadian is increasingly in evidence.

By: considered design

considered design — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:18:13 +0000

perspective?
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/our-home-on-native-land

By: LB

LB — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:13:01 +0000

Oh, yeah, that was a pretty move, wasn’t it. And how about 9 BILLION FOR NEW FIGHTER JETS!

I’m thinking of today more as a Canada Memorial Day.

A new game could be “which is more right-wing and draconian, the BC government or Harper’s federal government?” At this point it’s very hard to tell, but it’s a certainty that in BC we’re going to be hit twice. (Unless we get rid of the BC (so-called) Liberals.)

By: considered design

considered design — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:08:35 +0000

Let’s not even mention the forcing of postal workers back to work!

ANYWAYS
HAPPY CANADA DAY!

By: janis - pinecone camp

janis - pinecone camp — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:31:49 +0000

Were you ever in the right place in the right time. Love these images, and they are miles better than all the images of masses of knobs rampaging through the streets.
As for our government, I really can’t understand how they have a majority, but I guess we shouldn’t be surprised by lots of lies and trickery over the next few years. The best thing, so far, is the “gift” of an amazing job for Gordon Campbell – high commissioner to the U.K. I guess Mr. Harper thought that was a nice way to say “thanks” for pushing the HST through.
Happy Canada Day!