tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post114689416832542721..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Blogging the LPC(O), Night One: LeadershipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147347052916400752006-05-11T07:30:00.000-04:002006-05-11T07:30:00.000-04:00OMFG TEH NAZIS LOLWTFBBQ!!!11! Way to Godwin the ...OMFG TEH NAZIS LOLWTFBBQ!!!11! Way to Godwin the leadership, Rae.RP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13458092074352874747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147317918752169072006-05-10T23:25:00.000-04:002006-05-10T23:25:00.000-04:00Lets not compare the US president to Nazi Germany....Lets not compare the US president to Nazi Germany. That is bad form and bad politics, and it looks crassly superficial in rural Canada, where the LPC is on the precipice, being propped up only by a biased media. These are strong remarks from Rae. If they came from any other party the press would be burying him. Isn't it great to be coddled so warmly by the MSM. It is an advantage that the NDP and the Tories must envy. Why isnt the CBC all over this? Comportement Bizarre!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147305659859570942006-05-10T20:00:00.000-04:002006-05-10T20:00:00.000-04:00Sroll a little further up Chris and you'd read whe...Sroll a little further up Chris and you'd read where I said:<BR/><BR/><I>Talking with someone last night I'm told there is such a thing as clean coal, it involves something like planting trees to offset CO2 emmisions or something like that. Anyway, I guess it is an actual thing after all, so my bad.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147304479365642622006-05-10T19:41:00.000-04:002006-05-10T19:41:00.000-04:00Ignatieff is right and you are wrong.If you believ...Ignatieff is right and you are wrong.<BR/><BR/>If you believe coal is akin to a cigarette other than the fact that both can be burned, you should shut your computer off now, because we can't keep Canada running without it.<BR/><BR/>Clean coal is a marketing buzzword... and also a statement of fact, using techology to burn coal more completely and scrub waste gas emissions.<BR/><BR/>In the 1970s, air quality, due to "dirty coal", became a major crisis in North America, which is why we had so many smog days in major cities in the 70s and 80s.<BR/><BR/>Government and industry acted to reduce coal-burning emissions with great success. There are cleaner alternatives, of course: windpower (noise pollution, dead birds), solar power (which heats the surrounding environment due to absorbing the Sun's rays, itself a type of pollution), hydro power (impacted ecosystems, damages or destroys spawning grounds e.g. reduces salmon runs), nuclear power (clean, yet with safety concerns and a small amount of dangerous radioactive waste pollutant and hot waste water released back into streams and lakes), natural gas (cleaner than coal, rarer, still produces burning waste products), etc., but each are not without its concerns.<BR/><BR/>To make an off-the-cuff remark disparaging Ignatieff demonstrates your ignorance and his understanding.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/><BR/>A CPC supporter who really doesn't care who you pick, but will laugh heartily if it's Bob RaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147287192463320652006-05-10T14:53:00.000-04:002006-05-10T14:53:00.000-04:00It figures that Ignatief would promote clean coal ...It figures that Ignatief would promote clean coal - this is one of the US's big initiatives, for they are well and truly hooped if "peak oil" is anytime soon (and there is reason to believe that this is so).<BR/><BR/>The US has lots and lots of coal, but not all of it easy to get at. However they have more coal than they have oil, thus the interest in "clean coal".<BR/><BR/>Clean coal refers, generally speaking, to particulate matter reduced but very little, if any, actual reduction in greenhouse gas output from the processes.<BR/><BR/>GHG like CO2 is a real issue, and one of the reasons why the US doesn't want to sign on to Kyoto. <BR/><BR/>Imagine you are a policy maker and you know that sometime over the next 20 years - perhaps as soon as 2 - 4 years - that your country, the USA, can't meet its massive energy consumption needs through current imported energy or domestic production. Pumping more oil is an impossibility. But you've got all this nasty dirty coal and states that want to dig it (and also BC, ALberta and Saskatchewan, where almost all of Canada's coal lurks).<BR/><BR/>Voila, thus began the multi-year dual-focussed marketing plan "Clean Coal" and "Kyoto Stupid/Global Warming a Fallacy" to prime the public.<BR/><BR/>Only problem: global warming is proving not to be a fallacy. Uh oh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147274362383798182006-05-10T11:19:00.000-04:002006-05-10T11:19:00.000-04:00Yes, right you are, my bad. I blame Ken's watermel...Yes, right you are, my bad. I blame Ken's watermellon martinis for my mind being a little loose as I typed that, causing me to lose my spelling ability. :)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147274151889542212006-05-10T11:15:00.000-04:002006-05-10T11:15:00.000-04:00“Loosing stinks” he said, and his thesis was “we n...“Loosing stinks” he said, and his thesis was “we need to win.” I agreed with him when he said “you win together and you loose together, but for too often we won apart.” That’s very true. <BR/><BR/>Loose means not tight<BR/>Lose means didn't winJ Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869885001268043334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1147013171896931432006-05-07T10:46:00.000-04:002006-05-07T10:46:00.000-04:00Talking with someone last night I'm told there is ...Talking with someone last night I'm told there is such a thing as clean coal, it involves something like planting trees to offset CO2 emmisions or something like that. Anyway, I guess it is an actual thing after all, so my bad.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146954888996324472006-05-06T18:34:00.000-04:002006-05-06T18:34:00.000-04:00I just watched the video on ctv.ca and thought Ger...I just watched the video on ctv.ca and thought Gerard was good. Of course I'm biased but if that's how good he is when he's sick he'll be great otherwise. There were a couple stumbles but he was fine.<BR/><BR/>Ken Dryden was also really great.Dan McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070628161551970252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146943964218455602006-05-06T15:32:00.000-04:002006-05-06T15:32:00.000-04:00You are right about Kennedy being sick. He had th...You are right about Kennedy being sick. He had the flu. Stay tuned. He will come back swinging once recovered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146926510439960332006-05-06T10:41:00.000-04:002006-05-06T10:41:00.000-04:00Jeff,Good commentary for those not there.Thanks.Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Good commentary for those not there.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146922737267126182006-05-06T09:38:00.000-04:002006-05-06T09:38:00.000-04:00Clean coal is what they use, I think in nuclear po...Clean coal is what they use, I think in nuclear power plants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146917143484363632006-05-06T08:05:00.000-04:002006-05-06T08:05:00.000-04:00Sounds like the shortlist is Dryden and Dion.Dion ...Sounds like the shortlist is Dryden and Dion.<BR/><BR/>Dion was brilliant on Duffy Live yesterday - showed his thoughtful approach.<BR/><BR/>Dryden is a nice guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1146896800552007812006-05-06T02:26:00.000-04:002006-05-06T02:26:00.000-04:00No sign of Ken? You must have come early. We'll fi...No sign of Ken? You must have come early. We'll fix that tomorrow!<BR/><BR/>MWMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287295355147760571noreply@blogger.com