A better place to look would be an elected senate!!! Atleast we would have something accountable there.... What btw does Steven Harper's likablilty have anything to do with the monarchy??
Prince Charles: Let's kill off the cul-de-sac
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i was just saying when u have a leader who isnt too good, it's nice to remember the monarch is also there. If things get really bad in the UK she can step in and tell the PM to bugger off
yes but you are forgetting that as much as Canada may have traditional ties to England , it is only tradition, there would be an uproar here if a UK citizen i.e. the Queen actually stuck her nose in Canadian affairs...
People here have generally a health respect for the Queen but I wouldn't test that by crossing lines...btw as it stands right now as much as people are not that happy with Steven Harper, they are no more happy with Stephane Dion, an election now would give us the same returns as we have right now...Possible the Liberals would win but as well have a minority.
We need better leadership, not figure heads
People here have generally a health respect for the Queen but I wouldn't test that by crossing lines...btw as it stands right now as much as people are not that happy with Steven Harper, they are no more happy with Stephane Dion, an election now would give us the same returns as we have right now...Possible the Liberals would win but as well have a minority.
We need better leadership, not figure heads
I know the monacrhy seem useless but i think their effect is usually very subtle. I admit the richness and giant amounts of money that go to them is unfair, but a figurehead can be very useful in times of crisis
Other than contributing to "urban spread", I don't see what is wrong with a cul de sac. When our kids were young it was nice to live on a street where the only vehicle traffic was people who lived there. Sure you'd get the odd car that strayed into the cul de sac by accident but for the most part, the traffic was neighbors. We had stores and shopping within walking distance. I think Charles is being a bit anal.:?:laughing7:
Since I learned 'cul de sac' means 'a bag of ass' I can see your confusion.:smilebox:
yeah he's an idiot. I grew up in a cul-de-sac and it was a good thing. It wasnt middle-class, it wasnt overly posh or snobby, and it was the perfect place to learn to ride a bike and play football
they are so totally useless and an insult to our people. so many people are starving and like we need them why? i dont like the queen, her family or the whole system.i keep asking, but no one tells me, what exactly has the queen ever done for canada that makes it worth having her as our head of state????
You're right. we'd be better off giving the starving kids the money. BUT the royal family wouldnt like that very much, and they are rather powerful. basically what i'm saying is your suggestion is unrealistic, whereas enjoying what they CAN give us, ie morale boosts, a great deal of charity work and someone to wave the union jack at, is probably the only realistic option anyway.
bugger all, in your opinion. IMO they give a giant amount of charitable donations, and morale boosts to those who seek them in that way, set up all sorts of organisations. I honestly can't give u any more specifics but i bet there are some who can. problem is i know what they do in england (not a great deal but more than you think) i just don't know what they get up to here.
all i'm saying is don't write them off entirely. I'm sure they're not worth what we pay for them but they're worth something.
all i'm saying is don't write them off entirely. I'm sure they're not worth what we pay for them but they're worth something.
Well, notwithstanding the question of whether Prince Charles should be our future King, he's absolutely spot-bang-on right in his ideas regarding (sub)urban development.
I'm not convinced that the cul-de-sac per se is really the culprit, but low density most certainly is - it doesn't make any sense from an economic or environmental standpoint to be so utterly dependent on the car to run even the most mundane errands, but that's what living in the usual type of subdivision forces us to do.
Here's one of Prince Charles' pet projects:
http://www.poundbury.info/
Poundbury looks to me like a good place for kids, and on a purely aesthetic level the results are pretty nice, too:
http://www.poundbury.tv/
I'm not convinced that the cul-de-sac per se is really the culprit, but low density most certainly is - it doesn't make any sense from an economic or environmental standpoint to be so utterly dependent on the car to run even the most mundane errands, but that's what living in the usual type of subdivision forces us to do.
Here's one of Prince Charles' pet projects:
http://www.poundbury.info/
Poundbury looks to me like a good place for kids, and on a purely aesthetic level the results are pretty nice, too:
http://www.poundbury.tv/
I'd buy a croc, cut its tail off, paint it brown, and call it Rover.Can you imagine Liz as a neighbour??? Too funny a picture..I'd be calling the police about her legion of dogs...
"Hey, you little Corgies, got a treat for ya".
My nearest otwn is Nelson BC and it's 35 kliks away. I go in about once a week. Mostly hike everywhere although I may take the boat across the lake for a beer or two now and then. I cannot stand living in noisy, filthy, smelly places like cities; although the ants ... sorry, I meant people in em keep me entertained quite well.
I long ago ceased to take Prince Charles seriously, ever since he started seriously promoting homeopathy as a legitimate medical practice. I think the man's an ignorant idiot with no concept of what it means to have less than several million dollars in assets and income every year. He's a child of the most extraordinary privilege available on the planet and most of the time has no idea what he's talking about. I'd like to have him at my kitchen table for a few hours so I could straighten him out on a few things.
Not that I believe he'd listen...
Not that I believe he'd listen...
I think he speaks from a heavily populated urban point of view. England does not have the vast area the NA countries do. It may make more sense for them to build more densely than we do. Plus anything which reduces are reliance on cars is a good thing. Cul-de-sacs are quiet areas to raise kids with no through traffic but that is about all they have good about them. Mass transit cannot reach them well, snow removal is more difficult and supplying utilities such as hydro and sewage are more expensive.