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I should have added, and if people defend those bums, hippies, etc. etc. who deserved police brutality, they must be bums, hippies, etc. etc. themselves, and most certainly under 30 and without property ownership (and after all, only people that are property owners and over 30 can rightfully...

Yeah, the crowd in that video really looks like it's about to riot :rolleyes: But in any case, nothing strange about that, there is a segment of the population which is wholly uninterested in police abuse because the victims are perceived bums, hippies, etc. etc. and therefore deserve it...

Private vs public sector unions are two different beasts. Unions working in the private sector cannot push a company to the point where it becomes unprofitable; or if they do end up doing it, it means everyones job disappears. And since the city can put out a tender every X amount of years, it...

I think that could only be if we defined an extremely narrow left/right political spectrum or if we changed the meaning of the spectrum in its entirety. The Liberals are nowhere near far left, provincially or federally.

I don't think the second comment is really all that true -- the Liberal place on the spectrum has always been a moving target, often in a single mandate and I think that's just how most Liberal supporters like it. But Liberals are definitely not a left-wing party; in any case, broad left/right...

Surely not an automatic assumption. It's not like Ford is subtle. As Roy G Biv notes, Ford has a certain history up to this point, so it's hardly unfair to make such assumptions.

Liberalism has never been about protecting the downtrodden. It's incredible how terrible education truly is in this country. How can you possibly conflate liberalism with Bolshevism? Now, I do find it interesting that neo-liberal (i.e. modern conservative) parties and people have managed to...

Nothing strange about that though. How many people have the vaguest idea of what the budget of the city of Toronto looks like?

Conservatives have historically supported targeted social programs. Similarly, several NDP governments have cut taxes. So nothing lol worthy in that.

A quote that needs to be framed on city hall. I cannot think of a big, important city that has elected such a joke for a mayor recently. Next time someone wants to make fun of the Tea Party loyal, let us remember who Toronto just elected. It cannot be a bigger embarrassment, especially...

Eugenics (and racial 'hygiene') was indeed a part of the intellectual discourse in US/CAN/Europe in late 19th century until WWII. The NAZI party (and, for that matter, the communist party in USSR) was supported by certain intellectuals and disliked by others. A lot of anti-NAZI intellectuals...

I'm not big on libertarianism -- I think shrinking government to law/order and the courts and leaving everything else to the markets is a bad idea. Indeed, I think basic libertarian assumptions are highly questionable. However, the point is moot in any case since the Tea Party is more than...

I agree. One thing that always strikes me about the US: they light and showcase buildings of note. I always thought they kicked our A$$es in this aspect, and never really understood the almost complete lack of lighting on heritage buildings in most cities in Canada. Overall, glad to see this...

^ I'm actually quite in awe that a considerable amount of American Christians of various stripes have managed to turn such an obvious pinko-communist fellow (Jesus) into a free-market champion. Hats off.

But this is nothing but speculation. TC is exactly what was politically palatable - large expansion without spending anywhere near the money for very extensive subway construction. Politically smart without costing an arm and a leg. I'd say they've far from thrown money away (addressing a...

Well I certainly don't think you can build 50 km of subway for the price of TC (and neither does anyone else), so I'm talking about current funding commitments and what that could fund in terms of subways. In any case, let's see a budget breakdown and a time line so we can keep talking about...

Intolerant? And regurgitation? That's rather rich. In any case, I'm pointing out that there are severe funding constraints on transit and that the provincial handout so far has been extremely generous, but that it's not realistic to expect even more considering the record deficits. I...

Scarberiankhatru, seeing as how you've been spinning the same yarn for years, and because you obviously DO get it (a rising transit consultant, to be sure) -- especially in terms of budgeting -- why waste time on the forums, which is an exchange of opinions?

Isn't it just? I don't get this -- yes, we 'could' build this by having the province tack on many billion of dollars to the deficit for every year. We could use that funding for an eventual 50 km of subway sometime (if ever, the political and economic considerations make this an uncertain...

TTC's operating budget's busting at the seams. The province is deep in the deficit territory and will be so in the coming years with just the current funding commitments, and yet we are talking about 50 kms for subways? Where? How? With what money? I'd love to live in the unlimited...