tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post2859839371208574621..comments2023-11-03T08:33:10.119-04:00Comments on JAMES LAXER: On Markets and Democracy: Harper is DangerousJames Laxerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581079200019338423noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-61292279234937091082010-01-14T12:13:12.424-05:002010-01-14T12:13:12.424-05:00Bill Bell: Thanks for pointing out the sloppy for...Bill Bell: Thanks for pointing out the sloppy formulation in my post. Your are right, of course. When Canadians vote, they do so individually. The result of their individual votes in 2008 was that the Conservatives did not win a majority of seats in the House of Commons. They were thus denied any claim to governing without the full participation and consent of the opposition parties.James Laxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177908948911314714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-46030489457352294682010-01-13T13:15:00.779-05:002010-01-13T13:15:00.779-05:00"[Canadians] were instructing the parties in ..."[Canadians] were instructing the parties in the House to work with one another to govern the country." Dr Laxer, I know that you are proceeding using what Bourbaki would call "an abuse of language" in order to avoid being long-winded or pedantic. However, the problem with arguments like this is that groups (like the entire collection of Canadians) do not have intentions or Bill Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011994572197226528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-18911622772323240812010-01-12T20:08:46.573-05:002010-01-12T20:08:46.573-05:00Canada is in a very precarious position ... akin t...Canada is in a very precarious position ... akin to Germany in the early thirties when another minority-leader successfully manipulated his way into ultimate power.<br /><br />Harper will re-introduce de-funding of political parties in the March budget, packaged of course as a austerity post-recession necessity. This will sound plausible to many voters.<br /><br />He will use the fact of the Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-62463096934127987622010-01-12T14:19:57.442-05:002010-01-12T14:19:57.442-05:00Harper and his not-so-veiled threats make me very ...Harper and his not-so-veiled threats make me very angry. Dare - just dare! - to defy him and he will bring the shaky economy down on your head. If he cannot control it, he will destroy it. This guy is dangerous.<br /><br />I felt sick when he was elected the first time and even sicker the second time. Sometimes you have to pay attention to a gut reaction. Everything he has done since tells me my Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.com