Comments Round-Up

Some of the best we've seen, here, there and everywhere, in the past week.
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North of the 49th

"Stockwell Day likely believes that Jesus had stocks in pharmaceutical companies and a mansion on a hill overlooking his followers"
...lenin's ghost on 'Stockwell's Daze' at the Gazetteer.

"BC Liberals have picked scapegoats to rally support. Its a disgusting practice that any person with a conscience would never use...."
...Jeff Barkley on 'Why Liberals Hate The Poor' at the Gazetteer.

"The financial connection is much more likely to result in a desire for recompense (than the NDP ties to Labour).....Personally, I believe the money contributions (18.5 million) to the BC Libs from the BC business world buys a lot more legislation. At least the business community knows how to get value for their dollars."
...New'Wester during summing up a great discussion on whose zooming who in BC Politics on 'Just Like Selling Laundry Detergent' at Public Eye.

"I am an ndp member and a union member who voted green last provincial election, and I may vote green again.....If Carole James continues to drift to the center and continues to say that we may have to live with many of the liberal cuts under a future ndp govt...you can be sure i will vote green again."
...electric, raising an important issue for many of B.C.'s progressives on 'Where Will All the Greens Go?' at the Tyee.

"We have freedom of speech, but what we NEED is freedom of intelligent speech"
Timothy, commenting on 'Take a Breath' a plea for commenting reason at MBlog.

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South of 49th

"Did you hear about the guy in New Mexico who is selling a kit to American travellers, (Canadian t-shirt sticker, lapel pin and patch)?"
...eteba, stirring the pot on 3-Dot Lounging at the Gazetteer.

" With God as my waitress, you'll be on that ballot in 2008"
....A blown away Missouri Mule on 'F.o.D Donald Rumskull Meets Troops' at Blondesense.

"As a firm believer in engaged nonviolence, I must respect Hinzman's choice to reject participation in what he sees as an illegal and immoral war.....My heart goes out to others who are in Jeremy's position, and I hope that Canada opens its doors to them. The civilized world needs to take a stand against growing fascism in the U.S...."
...Michael Hawkins, the proprietor of Spontaneous Rising, on the American War Resister Jeremy Hinzman on 'Where Have all the Soldiers Gone?' at the Gazetteer.

"First off, thank God we allow older people to vote. Second, why do we care what chile thinks of Bush?"
....Daniel, commenting on the dangers of enfranchising the young while also waxing xenophobic in response to First-Hand Pictures and Commentary from the Anti-Bush Protest in Chile at American Bodhisattva.

"Dan, the type of sentiment you just expressed is the EXACT reason why terrorists attack our country. Its so disgustingly selfish and ignorant."
....Forrest, the propietor of American Bodhisattva responding to Daniel's comment above.

"The Stalinization of the U.S. continues apace: Wasn't confinement to a mental hospital one of the standard tactics used against dissidents in the bad old U.S.S.R.?"
...prof fate, responding to the story of an American Serviceman who was sent to the looney bin for being crazy enough to tell his superiors that there was torture going on in Iraq before Sy Hersh blew the whistle on Abu Ghraib on 'Cancer Ward' at the AllSpinZone.