Comments on: Some more on the GTA Prog Blog BBQ - pics. http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dan http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6519 Dan Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:32:26 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6519 Sounded like a good time had by all. Sorry that I missed it!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6519','Dan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6519','Dan','Sounded like a good time had by all. Sorry that I missed it!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sounded like a good time had by all. Sorry that I missed it!
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]]> By: BlueBerry Pick'n http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6501 BlueBerry Pick'n Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:18:57 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6501 OOPS, dropped the linkage... http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/this_canadian/2007/07/animals-getting.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6501','BlueBerry Pick\'n'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6501','BlueBerry Pick\'n','OOPS, dropped the linkage... \r\nhttp:\/\/thiscanadian.typepad.com\/this_canadian\/2007\/07\/animals-getting.html'); return false;">Quote</a></div> OOPS, dropped the linkage…
http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/this_canadian/2007/07/animals-getting.html
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]]> By: ThisCanadian http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6394 ThisCanadian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:46:52 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6394 <strong>"Animals getting drunk..." Shades of a PB BBQ?...</strong> hey... one of those looked a lot like The TribeMan himself... ...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6394','ThisCanadian'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6394','ThisCanadian','<strong>\"Animals getting drunk...\" Shades of a PB BBQ?...<\/strong>\n\nhey... one of those looked a lot like The TribeMan himself... ...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “Animals getting drunk…” Shades of a PB BBQ?…

hey… one of those looked a lot like The TribeMan himself… …

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]]> By: Aaron Unruh http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6351 Aaron Unruh Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:47:19 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6351 "It again makes me think that its too bad that those on the “progressive” side of politics have to run against each other in the adversarial form of government we have. At best, we create a zero-sum, and at worst, we allow the Conservatives to slide up the middle in key ridings. I again believe that switching to a form of Proportional Representation is the best answer to that." The NDP exists in spite of, not because of, our current system. SMP generally encourages two-party systems. Furthermore, it's likely that under mixed-member proportional, all of the existing parties would splinter into the factions that currently exist within them.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6351','Aaron Unruh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6351','Aaron Unruh','&quot;It again makes me think that its too bad that those on the &ldquo;progressive&rdquo; side of politics have to run against each other in the adversarial form of government we have. At best, we create a zero-sum, and at worst, we allow the Conservatives to slide up the middle in key ridings. I again believe that switching to a form of Proportional Representation is the best answer to that.&quot;\r\n\r\nThe NDP exists in spite of, not because of, our current system. SMP generally encourages two-party systems. \r\n\r\nFurthermore, it&#39;s likely that under mixed-member proportional, all of the existing parties would splinter into the factions that currently exist within them.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> "It again makes me think that its too bad that those on the “progressive” side of politics have to run against each other in the adversarial form of government we have. At best, we create a zero-sum, and at worst, we allow the Conservatives to slide up the middle in key ridings. I again believe that switching to a form of Proportional Representation is the best answer to that."

The NDP exists in spite of, not because of, our current system. SMP generally encourages two-party systems.

Furthermore, it's likely that under mixed-member proportional, all of the existing parties would splinter into the factions that currently exist within them.

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]]> By: janfromthebruce http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6343 janfromthebruce Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:46:51 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6343 Good idea Scott. So Gerald should have run in a different riding. Didn't he mention that he was going to run in Manitoba?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6343','janfromthebruce'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6343','janfromthebruce','Good idea Scott. So Gerald should have run in a different riding. Didn&#39;t he mention that he was going to run in Manitoba?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Good idea Scott. So Gerald should have run in a different riding. Didn't he mention that he was going to run in Manitoba?
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]]> By: Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6327 Scott Tribe Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:47:05 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6327 (decides to withhold remark about humourless NDP'ers) I guess you had to be there IP :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6327','Scott Tribe'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6327','Scott Tribe','(decides to withhold remark about humourless NDP&#39;ers) \r\n\r\nI guess you had to be there IP :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> (decides to withhold remark about humourless NDP'ers)

I guess you had to be there IP :)

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]]> By: Idealistic Pragmatist http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6326 Idealistic Pragmatist Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:44:27 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2007/07/29/some-pics-of-the-gta-progressive-bloggers-bbq-in-the-gta/#comment-6326 <em>Every blogger within earshot, including the Liberal bloggers, laughed.</em> I guess I'm not seeing what's funny about that--it's just true.  Don't you usually say that the challenger is the one "running against" the incumbent?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6326','Idealistic Pragmatist'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6326','Idealistic Pragmatist','<em>Every blogger within earshot, including the Liberal bloggers, laughed.<\/em>\r\n\r\nI guess I&#39;m not seeing what&#39;s funny about that--it&#39;s just true.&nbsp; Don&#39;t you usually say that the challenger is the one &quot;running against&quot; the incumbent?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Every blogger within earshot, including the Liberal bloggers, laughed.

I guess I'm not seeing what's funny about that–it's just true.  Don't you usually say that the challenger is the one "running against" the incumbent?

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