Comments on: Proroguing – a new Canadian tradition http://politicsandpress.com/2010/proroguing-a-new-canadian-tradition/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marilyn http://politicsandpress.com/2010/proroguing-a-new-canadian-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-14636 Marilyn Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:27:52 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/?p=408#comment-14636 Don't I recall the the Governor General (or whatever she's called) has to approve this proroguing business? Surely she can't have made the same stupid decision two years in a row. Is there a time limit on this nonsense? Or can he just "prorogue" in perpetuity? Jeff's right; the institution of the filibuster down here gives proroguing a run for its money when it comes to ridiculous, anti-democratic features of our ostensibly democratic governments. Don’t I recall the the Governor General (or whatever she’s called) has to approve this proroguing business? Surely she can’t have made the same stupid decision two years in a row. Is there a time limit on this nonsense? Or can he just “prorogue” in perpetuity?
Jeff’s right; the institution of the filibuster down here gives proroguing a run for its money when it comes to ridiculous, anti-democratic features of our ostensibly democratic governments.

]]> By: jeff http://politicsandpress.com/2010/proroguing-a-new-canadian-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-14634 jeff Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:55:49 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/?p=408#comment-14634 We are just coming out of our bomb shelters down South of you - scared spitless by Dick Cheney and the Amurcan press which spent the last couple weeks reminding us that we are all at risk but refusing to accept the fact that we are - yes - all at risk. Anyway I am tickled to hear of the U.S. youngsters showing some gumption up there in Saskatoon which Sarah Palin thinks she can see from Alaska. As for proroguing, we'll match your bet with our Senate filibuster, a uniquely Amurcan way to turn a democracy into a dysfunctional banana republic. We are just coming out of our bomb shelters down South of you – scared spitless by Dick Cheney and the Amurcan press which spent the last couple weeks reminding us that we are all at risk but refusing to accept the fact that we are – yes – all at risk. Anyway I am tickled to hear of the U.S. youngsters showing some gumption up there in Saskatoon which Sarah Palin thinks she can see from Alaska.

As for proroguing, we’ll match your bet with our Senate filibuster, a uniquely Amurcan way to turn a democracy into a dysfunctional banana republic.

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