Huh? Please take a basic logic course. Your arguments make no sense at all.

My point was and still is that Al Jazeera seems to have journalistic freedom. Probably more than the corporate media in North America.

Have no idea what you are getting at.

We’re all hypocrites. Deal with it. That doesn’t mean we just abandon our ideals or beliefs just because we can’t adhere to them 100% of the time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/06/activists.kingsnorthclimatecamp

From the guardian article

‘Sure, we are hypocrites. Every one of us, almost by definition. Hypocrisy is the gap between your aspirations and your actions. Greens have high aspirations – they want to live more ethically – and they will always fall short. But the alternative to hypocrisy isn’t moral purity (no one manages that), but cynicism. Give me hypocrisy any day.’

Good to know you think everyone from Prince Rupert to Victoria is a parasite. BTW, where do you live?

“Al Jazeera often has excellent coverage of climate change issues. Often better that the American media. The fact that it is owned by oil rich Qatar hasn’t seemed to affect its coverage of the issue.”

To follow your logic then it’s ok to be a bully as long as you wear a pink shirt once a year. Or a homophobe as long as you sponsor a float in the Pride Parade. I think you are alone on this one Richard.

And to quote Michael Mann? You really do not follow what’s happening in the climate change debate.

Yes and no. Hypocrisy is not limited to Progressives but it is not the only the Al Gores I take exception to.

Progressives represent a world view of increased wealth redistribution (including from future generations) and increased dependence on the state but with limited economic growth. This combination is going to lead to a very bad outcome because of an aging demographic that lives longer and will consume more health services.

This means during their productive years people must produce enough to support themselves and their family, those who don’t produce enough, those who provide public services and still set enough aside to pay for their health care and longer retirement. And young people are delaying entry into the workforce which shortens their productive years.

So no, I am not ok with Progressives that avoid hypocrisy.

In this election, however, the suburbs seem to have been where the Liberals won the war. I think a much deeper analysis will have to be undertaken to fully understand why suburban values and voting patterns differ so much from those of their very close neighbours – cities – which are the likely locations of their jobs, entertainment and educational institutions.