Comments for The Words on What... http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com Anything worth talking about, is worth blogging about Thu, 16 May 2013 00:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Orange crushed by Rob F http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/orange-crushed/#comment-1861 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:38:49 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2646#comment-1861 From 1952 to 1986, the Socreds (that era’s right-wing party) won all but one election, so dynasties are unfortunately possible.

If it’s any consolation, Clark is part of the moderate wing of her party (a federal Liberal, in fact).

]]> Comment on Orange crushed by The Arbourist http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/orange-crushed/#comment-1860 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:06:09 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2646#comment-1860 Elected a different political party within my life time? Wow, what a dynamic province you guys have…it must be nice to see change in government – we should try that in Alberta sometime.

]]> Comment on Election day tomorrow by Orange crushed | The Words on What... http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/election-day-tomorrow/#comment-1859 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:50:55 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2640#comment-1859 […] at the polls would have easily predicted an NDP win. The Liberal win is therefore truly an upset. I myself said that “it seems likely that NDP flags will fly in enough ridings tomorrow to give them a […]

]]> Comment on Marriage equality is coming to France by auguries8 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/marriage-equality-is-coming-to-france/#comment-1855 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:28:42 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2614#comment-1855 Reblogged this on auguries14.

]]> Comment on Chalk this one up under “Ironic” by Marriage equality is coming to France | The Words on What... http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/chalk-this-one-up-under-ironic/#comment-1854 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:13:00 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-1854 [...] And regarding those protests, they were weird in light of something I mentioned years ago: [...]

]]> Comment on Link farm Sunday in April edition by Rob F http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/link-farm-sunday-in-april-edition/#comment-1853 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:32:16 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2603#comment-1853 I agree. With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that many environmentalists’ opposition to nuclear power is a mistake.

]]> Comment on Link farm Sunday in April edition by thevenerablecorvex http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/link-farm-sunday-in-april-edition/#comment-1852 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:21:36 +0000 http://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/?p=2603#comment-1852 Yes, the reflexive opposition to nuclear power is baffling to me, particularly since it comes largely from people who are overwhelmingly in the right on the subject of climate change. I guess a lot of people just involuntarily flinch at the mention of the word “nuclear.”

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