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Comment on The way forward, part 1 by David Kendall

David Kendall — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:13:38 +0000

I am anxious to read the conclusion of this …

This kind of sounds like when my favourite politician, bar none (and my own MP for the past 4 years, but I’ve been an admirer of the man for about 20 years now) Bill Blaikie ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party in 2003. He was definitely the best candidate, and the sensible candidate (I believe, going in he had the most support among fellow MPs and other delegates), but in the end they chose Jack Layton, because he’s a) from Toronto and b) more charismatic (a point I would argue quite vehemently). Picking Layton, instead of the best candidate, was done to bolster the party’s showings (appeal to voters in the most populous area of the country, and present a politician that is camera-worthy), neither happened. I can’t really guess what would have happened if Blaikie was elected (he was house leader until Layton won a seat in 2004 (yes, Layton didn’t even have a seat and they elected him!), although Layton, as elected leader, was the party’s “public face”, Blaikie was named “deputy leader”, and currently is deputy speaker of the House) but one really has to wonder. I still think, considering how America is wired (and how the MSM presents things) that no matter who the GP elected, even if it was God Himself, that a GP candidate would make much of a dent in the polls in November (although, as I said before, I’ll be closely watching how they do do, and see how that might make things come to pass in ‘12).

Comment on The worst by Zargon

Zargon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:47:58 +0000

Actually, the most apt “worst president” nominee that would be comparable to dubya would be U.S. Grant. Both are two termers, and when one factors out Grant’s war record, they are about the same. Both administrations were marked by corruption and incompetence. Grant’s inept and inconsistent Indian policy is just about as horrific in it’s consequences as dubya’s misguided Iraq adventure (which we’re apparantly now winning).

Comment on Thinking caps by Weapons: Swords

Weapons: Swords — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:42:50 +0000

How often do you yourself play basball and what position, or do you just write about it?

Can I ask though - how did you get this picked up and into google news?

Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google and is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?

Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..

Baseball greats you should write about next!

Comment on The very uncomfortable area by scooterbird

scooterbird — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:14:51 +0000

If you read the testimony, they not only didn’t take responsibility - they denied they knew anything at all about it, even in the face of documents proving otherwise. It was the only way they could justify not stopping it from happening to the court…Doenitz himself may not have been in a position to stop it, but it’s harder to defend the claim that he’d never heard of it.

Comment on The very uncomfortable area by David

David — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:01:37 +0000

I can’t really see how he could take responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, how is the head of the German Navy resopnsible for Auschwitz, for example? That’s like blaming the US Secretary of the Navy for the current housing crisis, or the Secretary of Agriculture for the war in Iraq …

Comment on The very uncomfortable area by scooterbird

scooterbird — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:11:01 +0000

That the U.S. Navy defended Doenitz in no way changes my opinion (as it’s likely they did so in part due to his desire to surrender to the Americans and not the Soviets). He was an unrepentant Nazi and thoroughly anti-Semitic; he, like the others, denied knowledge and abrogated personal responsibility of the worst of the Nazi regime. Though I described Goering initially, the point stands quite nicely apart from him, and would do so with George W. Bush or any of his cronies equally.

Comment on The very uncomfortable area by David

David — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:12:20 +0000

I’m with Shawn here, from what I know about Doenitz he seemed quite different from your average garden-variety Nazi leader, and Hitler, in one of his few sane moments, probably did the right thing in choosing him as Reichspraesident following his death, I can’t really think of any other major player in the government of the Third Reich that would have been more palatable. (Goebbles, as leader and Reichchancellor, of course, would have been just as bad for Germany as Hitler, but fortunately we didn’t have to worry about that.)

Comment on The very uncomfortable area by Shawn Malone

Shawn Malone — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:37:14 +0000

You obviously are ignorant to the role that Karl Doenitz played during WWII. The US Navy strongly DEFENDED Doenitz at the Nuremberg trials. Check my web site for written confirmation about his defense from US Navy admirals. Doenitz is the most misunderstood man of WWII and of history.

Comment on The worst by David

David — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:55:40 +0000

There’s a lot of different thinkings as to who the worst are (there seems to be more consensus as to the best, usually Lincoln (another Republican!) tops the list). Of course, we can find a compilation of some of the historical rankings of US presidents by various agencies, pollsters, scholars, etc. To the Wikimobile!

None of us own a crystal ball, we’ll have to see what the next POTUS will do, there have been single-handed saviours of the nation that turned the country around after a time of severe crisis (war or a particularly bad predecessor) - again, think Lincoln -h the next one could do it, we can only see.

Comment on The worst by starfyrone

starfyrone — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:01:25 +0000

“the next President, whomever it may be, will have to spend pretty much an entire term erasing the wreckage that has been done to not only the office, but the Constitution, and indeed the entire makeup of the United States”

Ha. If it can be done (not sure it’s possible) it’ll take 50+ years to restore the damage that has been done in the last 8.