Paul Tomblin ) writes:

I was going to say that I am a Canadian and the CBC was my main source of
TV news (we could only get two channels where I lived, and I hated CTV)
through the Reagan years, and yet at the time I knew all this stuff about
James Watt. But then William Watt now has the full resources of the
Internet at his beck and call, and he's still ignorant.

.... Canadian living in the USA where he has a higher income and
lower taxes making paddling a more affordable passtime.

I've switched to CBC Radio 2 and am listening to operas instead of left
wing news broadcasts and interviews on CBC Radio 1. every time they
mentioned paddlign on CBC Raio 1 they link it to Canada's arch socialist
Prime Minster (Trudeau) who liked to be photographed in a canoe. When he
paddled teh Back River in the arctic with the Morse's he got bored with
the flat sections. How spiritual can you get?


There is a famous exchange, usually attributed to Disraeli and Gladstone:
"After listening to your explanation, I'm still ignorant."
"Yes, but you're much better informed."

sorry, but by definition one can't be ignorant and informed. they have
opposite meanings. I think it better illustrates the propensity for a
politcian to speak endlessly without actually saying anything. Politics
appeals to the emotions, not the intellect.

why do people blame James Watt? he didn't appoint himself Secetary of some
government department. somebodyh else did. in spite of his politics, you
have to admire anyone in Washingtom who speaks plainly and means what he
says. maybe that's why GW Bush has been reelected. It's why Mike Harris
was reelected in Ontario, and Ralph Klien keeps getting reelcted in
Alberta.

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