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Solutions

Posted on Monday, February 09 at 20:16 by Kory Yamashita
Now, before I go further, I should be more specific about what types of problems I'm talking about. So here's a quick list, which will only grow with time, I'm sure: drug use and trafficking, poverty, pollution, large-city infrastructure expansion, small city neglect, transportation, the looming energy crisis, organized crime, government corruption, economic inequality, etc, etc... Those, of course, are pretty much all domestic issues. There are many, many more. And I think it's time we took advantage of this new and very democratic medium at our disposal and actually solve some problems. I'll bet that there are solutions to a LOT of our problems that are a hell of a lot more effective than pouring in $$$ or privatising. I think the public would enthusiastically embrace real solutions instead of the semblance of solutions that they're used to. Lets do what the government is too corrupt to do and the opposition is too petty to do. Lets be what we've been claiming to be: progressive. Hell, lets do what Canadians are best at: reluctantly succeeding where all others have eagerly failed. -KY

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  1. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:28 pm
    Sounds like a good idea. I'm in.<p> Oh, and the 'impending energy crisis' has been 'impending' since the 1970's. :)<p> Why..back in the old days, there was no Intarweb. We had an old Sears catalog beside the rotary phone that we doodled on, and we liked it!<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain <br />"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato

  2. by KevinGagnon
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:17 am
    Good Idea! It can also be a good section to discuss some of the CAP ideas for the economy and social issues.

    Kevin Gagnon

  3. by sthompson
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:44 am
    Dr Caleb, I\'ve spoken directly with oil company and energy officials in northern Alberta and seen publicly available government and industry graphs and charts that show there is a declining amount of oil and an increasing amount of demand. Hence the urgent turn towards unconventional sources like oil sands.

    Yes, the impending energy crisis has been impending for a while but that doesn\'t mean it doesn\'t exist. Wake up.

  4. by sthompson
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:52 am
    Couple things--We do have an actions section already, and this is meant to be a place where people can do something positive to address the things we speak about. A solutions section may overlap that a bit. It may also make more sense to discuss solutions within the relevant topics. But it\'s an idea to think about.

  5. by Kory Yamashita
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:19 am
    Susan, that\'s a fair enough point about the action section. I guess my concern is that the topics getting the most attention are the newest ones, leaving the older ones with a bit of a discussion and often little more. Maybe the articles that are getting lots of attention and that have room for further discussion could be kept in a more prominent position on the opening page or something!?!!? Just a thought..

    As for your comments on oil consumption and your support for my assertion that there will be an oil crisis, can you post some links to these charts and sources you\'ve mentioned? My declaration was intuitive. It was based on political and military observations, some sustainability theory, and plain ol\' common sense. But I\'d rather be able to back it up with hard facts if possible.

    -KY

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    Kory Yamashita

    "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
    -Oliver Wendell Holmes

  6. by avatar whelan costen
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:38 am
    actually I think we are getting some very interesting, solutions type dialogue going, with or without the trolls, It certainly gets my blood boiling, which is good for circulation and should help with health care costs! Of course new ideas are always welcome, that is how problems get solved, brain storming is what I call this, or intelligent debate. Some of it is better than the House of Commons I must say....

  7. by tifani
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:31 am
    Fellow young Viver Kory, how old are you? I\'m 20. (Off topic, but I\'m just wondering)

    A solutions section to discuss ways to solve problems would be great. Before you do an action, don\'t you need to have an idea of what you are asking for?

  8. by Perturbed
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:20 am
    The Sears catalogue is pretty exciting the first time a young guy reads it, before his teens, or in his early teens before the advent of the internet.

    Perhaps that\'s why Eaton\'s went under. Not enough catalogues. Eaton\'s cancelled theirs, Sears has like 3 or 4 a year.

    Never underestimate the power of the babes in lingerie!

    :) hehehehehe

  9. by Perturbed
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:21 am
    I\'m still 18, I win! :)

  10. by avatar whelan costen
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:33 am
    Perturbed you always shed an interesting perspective, and I thought my boys were looking at toys in the Sears catalogues....

  11. by avatar whelan costen
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:37 am
    Perturbed, still, sounds like you\'re holding...like I\'m still 29...which I am of course
    But if you are, I am impressed that you are so interested in the future of Canada, now if we can get the rest of the 18 yrs olds interested enough to vote, we\'ll be making progress.

  12. by Perturbed
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:16 am
    And I\'m from Toronto. So there, Ottawa!

  13. by Anonymous
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:12 am
    Tifani, I\'m 19... which technically means that Perturbed \"wins\"...

    Whelan, I agree wholeheartedly. The youth of this country SHOULD be voting, even if for no other reason than selfish foresight. But with the right to vote comes the responsibility of societal autonomy and that means looking out for the those of us too young or otherwise unable to vote. And so in a lot of cases, I\'m actually fairly glad that most 18 year olds don\'t vote. One of my friends told me today that he thought Paul Martin was doing a good job of \"cleaning up after Chretien\". Apparently, some of finer nuances in the media articles are being misread: the parts about Paul Martin being #2 in the government for 2/3 of Chretien\'s term.

    But that\'s another story. Point is: youth (like the rest of the population) should vote, but they ought to know what they\'re voting for first.

    -KY

  14. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:14 pm
    Wake up? I worked there for 10 years. I know there are limited resources, but the limit when I was there was about 100 years at current production levels. By the time traditional oil runs out, the oilsands should be in full swing.<p> 'Impending' indeed.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain <br />"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato



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