Comments on: Idea alert http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sat, 18 May 2013 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530963 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530963 Abolition of the Senate - wow - that's a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps we should revisit our intentionality. Abolition of the Senate – wow – that’s a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian
democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political
leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing
of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of
speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We
shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to
running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked
and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have
abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with
it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps
we should revisit our intentionality.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530964 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530964 Abolition of the Senate - wow - that's a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps we should revisit our intentionality. Abolition of the Senate – wow – that’s a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian
democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political
leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing
of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of
speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We
shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to
running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked
and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have
abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with
it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps
we should revisit our intentionality.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530965 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530965 Abolition of the Senate - wow - that's a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps we should revisit our intentionality. Abolition of the Senate – wow – that’s a super bad idea, as is an elected Senate. A Senate is needed in an absolute way. We’ve know this from the inception of Athenian
democracy. There must be something in place that prevents political
leaders from passing instantaneous Bills and legislation. The appointing
of judges and directors deserves equal circumspection. The quality of
speaking, thought and debate within the Senate is truly worthwhile. We
shouldn’t complain about the minor cost. It’s nothing compared to
running foreign wars on a credit card. That the Senate can be stacked
and used like a common trollop is a separate issue. The people that have
abused the Senate shouldn’t be in a position to decide what to do with
it. It was never intended that it be mandatory for Senators to vote along party lines. Perhaps
we should revisit our intentionality.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530892 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:52:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530892 Hey Senator Hugh, how about we hold a referendum on whether people at their level of income should be taxed. What's wrong? Afraid to let Canadians have their say? Hey Senator Hugh, how about we hold a referendum on whether people at their level of income should be taxed.

What’s wrong? Afraid to let Canadians have their say?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530708 Anonymous Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:13:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530708 Beware of what you say. a. The conservative party has now been declared 'Canada's Party' by Dear Terminator. b. 'Canada's Party' is mulling over stripping traitors of citizenship. The implications are disturbing. . Beware of what you say.

a. The conservative party has now been declared ‘Canada’s Party’ by Dear Terminator.
b. ‘Canada’s Party’ is mulling over stripping traitors of citizenship.

The implications are disturbing.
.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530709 Anonymous Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:13:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530709 Beware of what you say. a. The conservative party has now been declared 'Canada's Party' by Dear Terminator. b. 'Canada's Party' is mulling over stripping traitors of citizenship. The implications are disturbing. . Beware of what you say.

a. The conservative party has now been declared ‘Canada’s Party’ by Dear Terminator.
b. ‘Canada’s Party’ is mulling over stripping traitors of citizenship.

The implications are disturbing.
.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530701 Anonymous Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530701 Referendums are a govt's way of avoiding decisions. The very decisions they were elected to make. Referendums are a govt’s way of avoiding decisions. The very decisions they were elected to make.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/idea-alert-52/comment-page-1/#comment-530700 Anonymous Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194889#comment-530700 He's much too much of an independent thinker to be a member of The Harper Senate - he was appointed by Paul Martin after all, at a time when it was viewed as immoral to appoint anyone.  Nowadays, in the highest standard of conservative moral fibre, we get persons who are under suspicion of breaking the Elections Act named to the Senate. He’s much too much of an independent thinker to be a member of The Harper Senate – he was appointed by Paul Martin after all, at a time when it was viewed as immoral to appoint anyone.  Nowadays, in the highest standard of conservative moral fibre, we get persons who are under suspicion of breaking the Elections Act named to the Senate.

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