tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post2418573712806669834..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Groupie from Down UnderSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28116627639356577092014-10-14T07:20:43.775-04:002014-10-14T07:20:43.775-04:00Actually this is a laugh..NO one is Australia know...Actually this is a laugh..NO one is Australia knows or cars a fig about S Harper OR Canada. Canada is insignificant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764854882223877447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-32430572248230093502014-06-10T06:20:04.063-04:002014-06-10T06:20:04.063-04:00hi David...yes you're right, debt and deficit ...hi David...yes you're right, debt and deficit get confused all the time. But what it does show is that countries can prosper even when they are in debt. And reducing it too quickly can throw our moribund capitalist system into yet another recession.But then I see everything the Cons are doing these days as criminally irresponsible, and if I had my way they would all be on trial...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-747200078885629822014-06-10T06:16:13.760-04:002014-06-10T06:16:13.760-04:00hi e.a.f...I find it mind-blowing that Abbott woul...hi e.a.f...I find it mind-blowing that Abbott would use Stephen Harper as a good example of anything. But apparently he is trying to use Canada to further his brutish austerity policies. And of course as climate change deniers they do have to cling teach other, because their ghastly little club is shrinking by the day...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27108047306148316592014-06-10T06:13:59.828-04:002014-06-10T06:13:59.828-04:00hi anon...yes I am familiar with some of the scien...hi anon...yes I am familiar with some of the scientific research coming out of Australia, and the stuff about solar energy is very exciting. That kind of research is what will take us into a new era, and let us hope that Abbott doesn't do to science what Harper has done here....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65823815471854623942014-06-10T06:11:23.986-04:002014-06-10T06:11:23.986-04:00hi anon...what is so stunning about Abbott's p...hi anon...what is so stunning about Abbott's position is that Australia is so vulnerable to climate change, as are we, and still he gets elected just like Harper was here. Both of them are dinosaurs and should be removed from power as soon as possible...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47033030211459416622014-06-10T06:09:46.058-04:002014-06-10T06:09:46.058-04:00hi anon...yes it is a creepy mutual admiration soc...hi anon...yes it is a creepy mutual admiration society isn't it? And so criminally irresponsible. Especially since our north is so vulnerable, and Australia is slowly becoming a furnace. Let us hope at least that one day they share the same cell...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-32948634206779993302014-06-10T06:07:41.467-04:002014-06-10T06:07:41.467-04:00hi kootcoot...I replaced the video of him plagiari...hi kootcoot...I replaced the video of him plagiarizing Howard's speech, with one of Tony Abbott calling Canada Canadia. I just couldn't resist. ;) But yes Harper's love affair with the Cons in Australia is yet another shabby episode in the life of his ghastly regime. But as I pointed out Abbott is really unpopular these days in Australia, and him and Harper are heading in the same general direction...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-74263084196877008412014-06-09T18:00:32.213-04:002014-06-09T18:00:32.213-04:00“Certainly there are many things that Stephen Harp...“Certainly there are many things that Stephen Harper has done well but I guess most noteworthy is taking a $55 billion deficit in the immediate aftermath of the (2008 economic) crisis and turning that into a surplus in the coming financial year,” Abbott said.<br /><br />*<br />But wouldn't the uncritical reader THINK Harper's government is going to eliminate the net debt in 2015?<br /><br />That is going to be part of the smoke and mirrors of the Con's 2015 campaign: confusing "net debt" with "deficit". The REALITY is that Canada's net debt will still be over $600 billion dollars whether Harper has a surplus for the 2015 budget or not.<br /><br />In 2006-2007 Canada had a net debt of $523.9 billion<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2206407566038093172014-06-09T16:26:05.503-04:002014-06-09T16:26:05.503-04:00Of course Abbott will encourage Harper. It gives ...Of course Abbott will encourage Harper. It gives him something to say and not have to deal with Australia's problems. what is entertaining, is neither of them are saying anything about China. Most likely because Abbott is smart enough not to enrage China. It is much closer than Russia is to Australia.<br /><br />It is interesting that while Harper rants like a banchie about Putin, he has nothing negative to say about China, Pakistan, Eygptian rapes. Harper forgets, Putin, originally was democratically elected and then set about to dismantle that democracy. Sort of reminds me of Harper. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72138145233176813182014-06-09T15:51:29.173-04:002014-06-09T15:51:29.173-04:00Australia has this wonderful organization. It is...Australia has this wonderful organization. It is called CSIRO- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. It is busy doing all sorts of research into everything. It has recently found a way to maximize solar energy to a point that it might power the country. I suppose Harper will convince Abbot to shut it down since killing scientific research has been part of Harper's austerity/ kill the deficit/ support the oil industry at all costs plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81546604277144004652014-06-09T13:00:42.846-04:002014-06-09T13:00:42.846-04:00Australia has had extreme weather patterns. There ...Australia has had extreme weather patterns. There have been horrendous floods, severe drought and horrible forest fires.<br /><br />Someone should tell Abbott? We went to war so we wouldn't have, fascist dictators running our countries. However, Fascism is on the rise again and Harper and Abbott seem to support it.<br /><br />Watching Abbott on TV? He lies and denies just as well as Harper does and that is disgusting. Abbott doesn't believe in climate change either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-74740767435300141682014-06-09T12:20:24.324-04:002014-06-09T12:20:24.324-04:00AUSTRALIA . . . ANOTHER FAILED STATE IN THE MAKING...AUSTRALIA . . . ANOTHER FAILED STATE IN THE MAKING. No climate change problems there, either. Good thing he has stevie to look up to, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77411242087785351732014-06-09T09:55:04.333-04:002014-06-09T09:55:04.333-04:00Ha Ha, John Howard is Harper's speechwriter - ...Ha Ha, John Howard is Harper's speechwriter - for QP. Perhaps Abbott could be his sparring partner, knock his block off and return to Australia and watch the rest of it burn up. kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.com