I swear I was working on a post that would make the point that Rex Murphy made last night on The National. (go to the 43:29 mark for today only) I think it goes beyond the Long-Gun Registry and Kyoto. At a minimum you can throw the Sponsorship program into the mix. It betrays Liberal thinking on the matter. By there choice of solution it shows what they think the problem is. The problem is not climate change or crime or separation, the problem is a loss of votes for appearing to do nothing about said issues. By making grand pronouncement and spending large amounts of money the appearance of lack of action is solved regardless of whether or not it does anything to solve the actual problem.
Update: You can read the commentary here.
Comments (8)
Come now, it’s Liberal thinking, period.
Better to look like you’re doing something pious than actually do something useful.
Posted by Ben (The Tiger in Exile) | May 17, 2006 8:46 AM
Posted on May 17, 2006 08:46
Typical Rex Murphy. Take a reasonable policy like Kyoto, confuse it with Liberal Party incompetence and stir. Propaganda by a master.
Posted by Greg | May 17, 2006 9:41 AM
Posted on May 17, 2006 09:41
The Scary part is this is a comment on the CBC that gives the Liberals a real tongue lashing…and not in a favorible way!!!
Posted by MrEd | May 17, 2006 9:55 AM
Posted on May 17, 2006 09:55
umm…greg… you do understand that boiled down to the lowest common denominator, Kyoto is simply the ability of industrys that generate pollution to pay Costa Rican’s for “fresh air credits” for the right to polute Costa Rica’s share of the planets air, right?
Posted by MrEd | May 17, 2006 10:00 AM
Posted on May 17, 2006 10:00
No that’s the Liberal’s Kyoto plan.
Posted by Greg | May 17, 2006 11:31 AM
Posted on May 17, 2006 11:31
Remarkable to see such clear minded coverage on CBC.
Both Kyoto and the Registry are do nothing answers to real problems that were and are saddled on Canadians by a corrupt regime and much to my disgust, are still supported by a united front of the useless.
Pat
Posted by Pat | May 17, 2006 12:17 PM
Posted on May 17, 2006 12:17
Ah well, the CBC knows who its new masters are. I can almost see some CBC executive saying “We serrrves the master..gollumn gollum”
Posted by chris | May 17, 2006 3:25 PM
Posted on May 17, 2006 15:25
I guess I should clarify my title. I mean watch it while you can in the sense that the CBC National file is updated daily. Nothing more than that - no hidden CBC agenda. Furthermore Rex Murphy has been providing commmentary for CBC National for a long time. This is not pandoring to a new gov’t.
Posted by Greg Staples | May 17, 2006 3:36 PM
Posted on May 17, 2006 15:36