tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post9141618665267695851..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Danny Williams- Good Riddence!Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-28013865623608907352012-02-28T17:11:36.915-05:002012-02-28T17:11:36.915-05:00Newfoundland is nowhere near the definition of Can...Newfoundland is nowhere near the definition of Canada's "Beverly Hillbillies", we have worked hard for what we got and are a proud people with a proud individual culture. It's typical of uneducated mainlanders to call us such things, when they really know nothing about Newfoundland itselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-8541901732863216752011-12-06T08:00:02.215-05:002011-12-06T08:00:02.215-05:00I say good for Danny he took all his tactic's ...I say good for Danny he took all his tactic's from Quebec's hand book the only diffrence he didnt go into the separitist thing as much as Queerbic outside of that he worked Renie's book to a T. So guess thats why Queerbic is squawking so loud and let's face it thats all a frog will do !!!is sit on a lilly pad and croak. But if it worked for 1 province why not give it a try . By the way I have lived in Queerbic a good part of my life never worked much here due to the fact Im not a frog and couldnt git into the CCQ or has I call it F.F.O. FOR FROG:S ONLY I had to go to the NWT and Nunavuit to ply my trade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-71951452610180433602010-12-04T19:00:07.082-05:002010-12-04T19:00:07.082-05:00Mississauga Guy to Anglo Montrealer:
Aside from y...Mississauga Guy to Anglo Montrealer:<br /><br />Aside from your last sentance, the rest of what you wrote was redundant. What DW did was good business. He did what most competitive businesses do--go after a competitor's market share. The auto industry does it. Coken & Pepsi do it. Fast food companies, departmeht stores, grocery stores, foood processors, everything.<br /><br />It's called open market competition. DW outduelled JC? Good for him! Danny Williams has only been in politics for 7 years! JC his whole life. He plays politics and thinks like a politician. DW thinks like a businessman.<br /><br />NF 1, QC 0. Grin and bear it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66109563693148501582010-11-30T12:23:24.240-05:002010-11-30T12:23:24.240-05:00Anglo Montrealer weighs in...
I do not know about...Anglo Montrealer weighs in...<br /><br />I do not know about William's legacy in Newfoundland, but it would appear to me that Newfoundland signed a deal about 40 years which screwed them over in the long run. In an attempt to make Quebec renegotiate this deal, Williams went on a whining spree against Quebec, calling it a bloodsucking province bla bla bla (which is true). <br /><br />We must now ask ourselves the following question: Had the deal benefited Newfoundland instead of Quebec and Quebec had requested new negotiations, do you think Williams would renegotiate? HELL NO! The Newfoundland premier of the time should have known that the prices of natural resources never, EVER stay the same price! This was a bad deal for Newfoundland and Williams only decided to point out the obvious truth about Quebec politics when it was to his own benefit. Ironically, this is exactly what Quebec does when it doesn't get its way; blamed everyone else for it and/or everyone else for their own failures. Two wrongs don't make it right!<br /><br />I, do, however have to agree with the commentators over your "deal of the century" statement, Editor. No province has the right to meddle in the affairs of another province. Simple as that. If Hydro Quebec would have bought NB Power, who do you think would be at the raw end of the stick? I think you know the answer to that!<br /><br />In conclusion, this Williams guy was just another opportunist, just like all politicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-60252106082959273522010-11-30T01:49:52.954-05:002010-11-30T01:49:52.954-05:00Mississauga Guy said...
Editor, I repeat, you'...Mississauga Guy said...<br /><br />Editor, I repeat, you're a sore loser. Your readers and contributors have spoken! Case closed!<br /><br />I agree with Anon @ 6:22PM last night that DW should run for PM if for no other reason than to exact revenge on Quebec. It's about time!<br /><br />DW did constructive stuff over his 7 years in office. Charest has been in twice as long as he's better at covering his ass than anyone else, but what has he done that has been constructive? Allow overpasses to collapse under his tutelage? Form $5 million Royal Commissions to act as sounding boards for s long slew of rabid anti-accommodation racists?<br /><br />One of those overpasses should collapse on his fucking head! He'd probably survive because his head is harder and pointier than the concrete that would land on it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-90100325899651918852010-11-29T19:30:54.864-05:002010-11-29T19:30:54.864-05:00Dany Williams is retiring in full glory while Jean...Dany Williams is retiring in full glory while Jean Charest will be kicked out of politics in a utter and miserable disgrace. <br /><br />What a disgraceful and dispicable character (Charest I mean, Williams is retiring appreciated and in full glory, a thing Charest can never expect to get or even try to obtain or reach).Tym_Machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815495714187962909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-25918764496622025092010-11-29T18:22:55.318-05:002010-11-29T18:22:55.318-05:00You will be missed Danny. As for the way he treate...You will be missed Danny. As for the way he treated Quebec, good for Danny, Quebec deserves it and much worse. He only spoke the truth…<br /><br />To the editor, you’re bashing and hatred of Newfoundland is pathetic and reminds me of the way the English are treated in Quebec. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised seeing you have to live with these bigots. Oh well some of that hatred must have rubbed off on you. Hope you feel better now.<br /><br />Danny run for PM, that will really stick it to Kebec and put a big smile on our faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-9360176952356827482010-11-29T10:31:16.533-05:002010-11-29T10:31:16.533-05:00Quote
"So cruel and selfish is Danny William...Quote<br /><br />"So cruel and selfish is Danny Williams that when New Brunswick was offered the deal of the century by Hydro-Quebec, he hurriedly pissed in the soup by spreading the fear that after Quebec swallowed NB Power, the evil Quebecois would swallow the entire province."<br /><br /><br />The deal of the century! Are you kidding me. A provincial run crown corporation meddling in the affairs of another province. You call that a deal of a century. And how did NB get screwed in all of this? That new power line will pass thru NB on it's way to Maine. <br /><br />Danny Williams can be called a lot of things. He did nothing more than what Quebec has been allowed to do for the past 40 years. <br /><br />Williams has given Newfoundland Labrador a leg up towards a better future. And has put limits as to what that province will put up from Quebec. Nobody in the media dares to look at Quebec's colonial expansionism into NL, and NB. He called it for what it was and still is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30744264438508499802010-11-29T08:12:16.371-05:002010-11-29T08:12:16.371-05:00Mississauga Guy said...
Editor, as Apparatchik wr...Mississauga Guy said...<br /><br />Editor, as Apparatchik wrote above, "all Danny did was take from Quebec's playbook and adapt as appropriate."<br /><br />Apparatchik and I have a battle going on from the thread on Friday, and there is unfinished business on that thread, so for readers who love a good political rhubarb, there will be some unfinished business I'll address to Apparatchik later on today. On this occasion, I copied and pasted his words because I couldn't have put it better myself.<br /><br />I've been to NF a few times on business and while the weather there most of my visits left much to be desired, they are very nice folks and I say score one for DW. My visits have left me with positive experiences.<br /><br />I was born, raised and educated in Quebec as long-time readers of this blog know, but I was screeched in several years ago, so I'm an honorary Newfie.<br /><br />I'm now a loyal Ontarian and I will be buried in Ontario soil when my time comes. The rest of my family has been and will be buried in Quebec. Their choice. I have a son here in Ontario, and I don't imagine he'll be returning to his North American roots, the "happy place", Sherbrooke, QC. <br /><br />In all fairness, Sherbrooke is a nice little city, and there is a plenitude of outdoor activities just beyond peoples' back yards all year round. If it were not for the politics, I may have taken a job there for a spell. My brother returned to the Townships for ten years before transfering back to Montreal. He chose to integrate. Fortunately, it worked for him, he got a job in the parapublic service, worked his way up and retired before age 60 on full pension. Only in the public service!<br /><br />Anyway, I digress as I often do when I write. The bottom line is DW defended his territory as doggedly as Quebec does its territory. That Danny Williams found a way to circumvent Quebec from eventually screwing New Brunswick, and you can be sure they would, I say looks good on DW!<br /><br />Editor, you're a sore loser!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30378749381150069992010-11-29T01:23:17.476-05:002010-11-29T01:23:17.476-05:00Lol!
Love the Joke!Lol!<br />Love the Joke!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576195935175392020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-91085158155759683262010-11-29T01:00:19.794-05:002010-11-29T01:00:19.794-05:00@Editor
You make several good points about the po...@Editor<br /><br />You make several good points about the pot calling the kettle black, even though I deplore your virulent Newfie-hatred along with your having depicted an entire province as appalling parasitic scam-artists. <br /><br />(Ask me what I love about the maritimes...)<br /><br />At the same time, I wonder what you make of Danny Williams' premiership within the larger context of the often-heard argument suggesting that Newfoundland actually got the short end of the Confederation stick?<br /><br />There are those who will likely suggest that all Danny did was take from Quebec's playbook and adapt as appropriate. Aren't all politicians *supposed* to agitate/militate on behalf of their own constituents? And when they fail, aren't they supposed to whine about how the whole system was rigged against them from the get-go?Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.com