A few weeks ago the Prime Minister of Hungary,Viktor Orban gave a speech in which he called for his country to abandon Liberal Democracy, in favor of an illeberal state. This is his second elected term and he is very popular and he does not like being told what to do.
Like Vladimir Putin of Russia he believe the flaws in Western democracies like ours warrant electing leaders who distance themselves from of the European Union. He went on to say he would not deny voters the fundamentals of liberal freedom.
He finished by citing Putin and Xi Jining, the Chinese President as fine examples of how democracy should evolve. Strong leaders unquestioned.
Last week Mike Nichols, the great director and writer died. He spoke often of how life is a pendulum and the good times can be long but the pendulum will swing and our live seems to get jumbled for a while.
Our democracies are flawed and the state of progress and cooperation that we have enjoyed for the last 100 odd years seem to be fraying. In the USA congress cannot get past the black president ( A Stranger In The White House, one new book is titled.)and Republicans seem to want to use tactic unheard of heretofore to further their agenda and confound the damn liberal democrats. In Canada Mr. Harper is a bully and cynical of the opposition as do the Conservatives in Britain. We have not evolved our democracies and the bad guys around the world like Orban and Putin and Xi are pointing it out and taking advantage.
Maybe true pure democracies are not the best way to govern. Maybe a little stick and enlightened dictatorship works better? It does not, but a lot of folks worry we are spoiled and too brazen for our own good.
John Ivison, of The Canadian Nation Post, interviewed former Russian PM Kasyanov, who was in Ottawa this week and gave a talk around this world changing phenomenon. He asked; Is Putin Mad? "I am sure he isn't and he is bluffing" He replied." If the West stays strong and gives Putin to understand that there are consequences, he will go no further."
Democracies need to stop fighting among the Left-Right party mentality and work together to keep our system strong and working and evolving to be better.
There are times, as we all know, which are critical and as the world is being gamed by madness and arrogance we need to be aware and act to protectwhat we have. Britain's Nevill Cumberland in 1938 returned from Hitler's Berlin with confidence stating that Hitler was cool and we would have peace in our time. All the while Hitler was building an army and armaments to us against us. We need to stay awake amid all the noise and see evil ambition when it rears it's head. We are not doing that and it's dangerous.
Saturday, 29 November 2014
Saturday, 8 November 2014
I'M SURPRISED.
I am surprised we are not getting more noise and genuine editorial from the USA on the Jian Ghomeshi Mesh. After all he was heard on over 150 American radio stations. I'm also surprised he has not cried out and said something, ( sorry all) but my friend Ed says psychopaths do not have remorse and he might have something there. Even if he did shout out remorse he just might be acting out.
Charles Adler a Calgary based radio talker and Sun news commentator. and CBC's Rex Murphy had the best, insightful and wise responses to Jian's actions. Mr Adler who was born and raised in Montreal around the same time I was,(1950's) always seemed to me to be a tad strident but then again I never really gave his work time and consideration until this week when John Doyle, the Globe And Mail TV columnist and a writer I admire, gave a shout out to Charles as an observer who gets the pulse of politics in Canada.
The truth about Jian, I think is, he is a bully. Probably he came late to that status as he does not strike me as having been a school yard bully but indeed may have been bullied himself as a youth and learned the craft from that experience.
I have not written anything for over two weeks because I couldn't. The two fine Soldiers here in Canada being killed. so cowardly. Obama losing the mid terms, The Justin Trudeau playing politics with the accusations that two of the Liberal MP's were sexually abusive to two female NDP MP's. The women did not want the complaints to be made public but what did they think would happen. One of the women sat down at a chance meeting with the Liberal Leader, Mr Trudeau at one of the soldier memorials and tells him what happened to her earlier this year. And, she thinks he was not going to game this horrible story in his favor by looking, the tough on abuse guy, to all female voters.? So he goes public and suspends his two MP's
Her mistake was misreading Trudeau. This lad is on a mission from Pierre to prove he's as good as dad and don't get in his way.
I am also surprised that Pierre Trudeau did not insist his sons be scholarly, as he was himself and he let them off with that. Neither of the three boys went to post grad school.Knowing your way around the media and being able to give a descent speech does not a wise leader make. To make up for that one needs to be very well read and have lived a few more years than 42. It's how we get mediocre leaders as I predict Justin Trudeau will be. If he becomes PM, the magic of the office will mask some of that for a while.
Heather Comway, a CBC V.P. of English Services says publicly today that Jian is 'egomaniacal and tyrannical.' And that he lied to his bosses about his sex life when it became a source of serious accusations and was brought to their attention. She said, management needs to find out what should or could have been done differently.
I say; someone should have taken Jian by the scruff of his shirt and said,' look here you little shit. I been watching you and how you are fucking up the people who work for this program because you think you are bigger and more important than anyone else and if you don't smarten up, I'm gonna expose you and then I'm gonna fire you. Consider yourself warned.
Charles Adler a Calgary based radio talker and Sun news commentator. and CBC's Rex Murphy had the best, insightful and wise responses to Jian's actions. Mr Adler who was born and raised in Montreal around the same time I was,(1950's) always seemed to me to be a tad strident but then again I never really gave his work time and consideration until this week when John Doyle, the Globe And Mail TV columnist and a writer I admire, gave a shout out to Charles as an observer who gets the pulse of politics in Canada.
The truth about Jian, I think is, he is a bully. Probably he came late to that status as he does not strike me as having been a school yard bully but indeed may have been bullied himself as a youth and learned the craft from that experience.
I have not written anything for over two weeks because I couldn't. The two fine Soldiers here in Canada being killed. so cowardly. Obama losing the mid terms, The Justin Trudeau playing politics with the accusations that two of the Liberal MP's were sexually abusive to two female NDP MP's. The women did not want the complaints to be made public but what did they think would happen. One of the women sat down at a chance meeting with the Liberal Leader, Mr Trudeau at one of the soldier memorials and tells him what happened to her earlier this year. And, she thinks he was not going to game this horrible story in his favor by looking, the tough on abuse guy, to all female voters.? So he goes public and suspends his two MP's
Her mistake was misreading Trudeau. This lad is on a mission from Pierre to prove he's as good as dad and don't get in his way.
I am also surprised that Pierre Trudeau did not insist his sons be scholarly, as he was himself and he let them off with that. Neither of the three boys went to post grad school.Knowing your way around the media and being able to give a descent speech does not a wise leader make. To make up for that one needs to be very well read and have lived a few more years than 42. It's how we get mediocre leaders as I predict Justin Trudeau will be. If he becomes PM, the magic of the office will mask some of that for a while.
Heather Comway, a CBC V.P. of English Services says publicly today that Jian is 'egomaniacal and tyrannical.' And that he lied to his bosses about his sex life when it became a source of serious accusations and was brought to their attention. She said, management needs to find out what should or could have been done differently.
I say; someone should have taken Jian by the scruff of his shirt and said,' look here you little shit. I been watching you and how you are fucking up the people who work for this program because you think you are bigger and more important than anyone else and if you don't smarten up, I'm gonna expose you and then I'm gonna fire you. Consider yourself warned.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)