Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus, 3.326, p.19
Watching the 21:00 slot of Brian Lilley on July 02, 2011, I was amazed to learn that there are now over 4,000 public complaints with the appropriate public authority concerning Sun News TV! Why that can't possibly be true! According to their ratings that means that darn near everyone that watched complained!? And I was very shocked to hear Mr. Lilley himself admit that the very on-air presence was being threatened!
I was also shocked, shocked to hear of the news that the great man Theo Caldwell as of June 27, 2011 is no longer with Sun News TV! I suppose that means that the Caldwell Account has been closed? And much to my amazement and utter surprise the great mans article on Wikipedia is now a mere shadow of itself! And is again up for Speedy Deletion! (unreferenced claims, self promotion and lack of notability..ouch!!) Everything is happening so fast!
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But alas! The main subject of this humble missive concerns the subject of the Krista Erickson interview with the Great Canadian Margie Gillis.Although this interview happened on June 01, 2011 it has taken that long for the fragile left leaning presence and persona of the Oracle of Ottawa to heal and repair.. But onward we must go! It was at the end of the interview that just floored me. I have included that video below for reference. I will align all my comments, to the time signature of this video so that you can follow along.. I am sure that there will be a ton of people at the authorities that will also appreciate this...
At 1:40 Krista goes on about why the Canadian Government should not subsidize something that is not profitable? Just before this whooper she somehow compares funding of the arts to the 155 young Canadians that have fallen in Afghanistan? But yet the Conservatives seem to have all the money in the world to "subsidize" war! So is Ms. Erickson telling me that the Conservatives are making money from the war in Afghanistan?
Krista Erickson (2:00-3:00) gets on the very dodgy argument and takes great offense with Ms. Gillis when she rightly points out that the Canadian society is starting to lack compassion. But again all I can think about here is the lack of compassion of the Conservatives as they send our flower of youth to die on a flea infested road. And I also remember, and very well (see earlier post..) about how I overheard a minister of the Crown (i.e.a former Defense Minister..) being advised in a Hortons coffee shop, somewhere in Kanata, that if you want Canada to be a "World Power" that you had to get the population over the upsetting fact of young men returning in body bags! Point to Ms. Gillis....
Poor Krista ( 5:00-6:00) still seems to be under the impression that when you receive grant money that the artist just goes away and pisses it away in a huge debauch! I have a very strong feeling that it does not work this way! Receiving grant money is a lot like signing a book deal... you get an advance of money, but you are legally obligated to provide something in return as specified in the contract! For example in Ms. Gillis' case she would no doubt be obligated to hold a certain number of master classes, in Canada and abroad representing the finest that Canada has to offer to the world. Now 1.5 million dollars over a 39 year career is not much better then working at a third level Canadian media outlet!
The saddest part was right at the end! (8:00-10:59) Where Margie says that if you had a solution to world conflict wouldn't you want to do it, to try it? And the reply of Ms. Erickson; "But were not going to take money from the tax payers..." That was the saddest thing I have ever heard a Canadian say...
Part II of the Margie Gillis interview. time references to the bits that really troubled me and why as per above.... God help us all...
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