tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post2048623768261525665..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: WHY DUNDERDALE CAN'T CONNECTDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-9473747636975544102013-07-05T08:04:32.034-02:302013-07-05T08:04:32.034-02:30Excellent piece. Pity our people lack the will of ...Excellent piece. Pity our people lack the will of Egypt for good government. There they show their displeasure after 1 year, and throw out the government by mass protest. We will allow 4 years to utterly destroy our financial future. A public protest here gets 50 people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-1974241128049275552013-07-02T09:08:44.663-02:302013-07-02T09:08:44.663-02:30You write very well Des. You articulate positions...You write very well Des. You articulate positions that merit thought and public discussion. In good democracy, one must always be prepared to contemplate that which one may or may not agree with. Donna Thistlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-5743510184093514402013-07-02T07:55:05.219-02:302013-07-02T07:55:05.219-02:30It is purely symbolic but a politician first conne...It is purely symbolic but a politician first connects with the people in the chamber of the people. The House of Assembly in this case. The problem with dunderdale is that she holds the democratic institutions in this province with contempt. Whether it is the PUB, or the HOA she does not respect the process. Instead decisions are being made by Nalcor, or her own 'bubble' of advisors. To connect with the population you need to engage the population. Few within the PC party understand this, as their propulsion into power was due to a very weak opposition, and a verystrong leader. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-77323326127153999082013-07-01T21:12:03.230-02:302013-07-01T21:12:03.230-02:30That day has already arrived and is long past. Thi...That day has already arrived and is long past. This premier cannot recover from her many self-imposed mistakes and gaffes because she was not forged to be a "leader". Power, like that of aristocracy and petty dictatorships, was given to her by those who chose to hijack democracy and set themselves(and her)on a wobbly pedestal. That she lacks many of the qualities of charisma...the silver tongue, the ability to sew facts without tripping over herself, her inability to remain calm and poised under hard questioning....has hastened her political demise.<br /><br />Unfortunately, her predecessor is still manipulating the will of the PC Party...albeit behind the scenes...despite protestations of such assertions. I submit that the people of this province anointed him in 2003 and are having grave difficulty recognizing their own folly in placing all their trust in a person who has so badly let them down. Therefore, they find it easier to heap scorn on his "successor", and it is for that reason that so many are now so eager to pillory Ms. Dunderdale. In a way, I pity her but, on the other hand, history will record that neither she nor her colleagues had the good sense nor intestinal fortitude to stand up and be counted when it came to opposing Danny's ill-conceived scheme to mess up the provinces finances....by developing an uneconomic and unnecessary "small" hydro dam at massive expense.Cyril Rogersnoreply@blogger.com