[OldChum]

Politics what a weird world un to it,s self

[ridenrain]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

238,953 views on YT, talk about free advertising.

Funny how when Iggy promotes a book he wrote, he's berated for it, yet when Harper plays the piano, he gets praise...

Iffy's book profits arn't exactly being donated to charity, are they?

[bootlegga]

ridenrain ridenrain:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

238,953 views on YT, talk about free advertising.

Funny how when Iggy promotes a book he wrote, he's berated for it, yet when Harper plays the piano, he gets praise...

Iffy's book profits arn't exactly being donated to charity, are they?

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

[2Cdo]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

I've heard that his books have been used to treat insomniacs!

[Alta_redneck]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Had any one of us within the Conservative group displayed similar behaviour, we'd be warned or banned.

I think your being a little harsh, I haven't seen anybody running around here saying the Liberals were a bunch of lying fucking cocksuckers, like Kenny goes on about the conservatives. You never know, that might be acceptable.

[2Cdo]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Had any one of us within the Conservative group displayed similar behaviour, we'd be warned or banned.

I think your being a little harsh, I haven't seen anybody running around here saying the Liberals were a bunch of lying fucking cocksuckers, like Kenny goes on about the conservatives. You never know, that might be acceptable.

Let's see how that works out for you.

[ridenrain]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

If they are so different, why force an ill fitting comparison on them.
This was just a bit of fun and no one expects Iffy to cut a rap album now.

[PluggyRug]

ridenrain ridenrain:

If they are so different, why force an ill fitting comparison on them.
This was just a bit of fun and no one expects Iffy to cut a rap album now.

He could, he keeps getting rapped on the knuckles for his gaffes.

[ridenrain]

"Can't beat Harper..caus the man keeps me down"

[dino_bobba_renno]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

The mans last book was about successive generations of men in his mother’s family, it's not something that's really earth shattering or worthy of a literary award . In a year or two the only place you might find selling it will be a flee market if he's lucky.

[OnTheIce]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Had any one of us within the Conservative group displayed similar behaviour, we'd be warned or banned.

I think your being a little harsh, I haven't seen anybody running around here saying the Liberals were a bunch of lying fucking cocksuckers, like Kenny goes on about the conservatives. You never know, that might be acceptable.

Funny how that happens. There was one person who was part of the Conservative group and was removed from the forum for similar child-like behaviour.

Many of us have been warned numerous times for doing things much less offensive than kenmore.

kenmore openly breaks the "rules" of this forum on a daily basis and despite posts being reported, nothing is ever done.

[Thanos]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Had any one of us within the Conservative group displayed similar behaviour, we'd be warned or banned.

I think your being a little harsh, I haven't seen anybody running around here saying the Liberals were a bunch of lying fucking cocksuckers, like Kenny goes on about the conservatives. You never know, that might be acceptable.

Well, you must not have read any of my posts then (and I can really understand you ignoring my genius because you're probably quite terrified of the flaming "C" ), but I've been saying that the Libs are a bunch of LFC's ever since I got here.

[bootlegga]

ridenrain ridenrain:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

If they are so different, why force an ill fitting comparison on them.
This was just a bit of fun and no one expects Iffy to cut a rap album now.

It's essentially the same sort of thing really. One person shows off his intellect and the other his musical skill. But hey, all those artists are spoiled crybabies aren't they...

[bootlegga]

dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Iggy's books contribute far more to society than someone playing piano.

The mans last book was about successive generations of men in his mother’s family, it's not something that's really earth shattering or worthy of a literary award . In a year or two the only place you might find selling it will be a flee market if he's lucky.

Yeah, I can pick and choose shit too. Harper wrote an article once about a 'firewall' for Alberta. Does that mean that is all he ever has done or will stand for? Of course not...

Just for shits and giggles, here's a list of Iggy's writing;

$1:

Non-fiction

* A Just Measure of Pain: Penitentiaries in the Industrial Revolution, 1780–1850, 1978
* (ed. with Istvan Hont) Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment, Cambridge University Press , 1983. ISBN 0-521-23397-6
* The Needs of Strangers, 1984
* The Russian Album, 1987
* Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New Nationalism, 1994
* Warrior's Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience, 1997
* Isaiah Berlin: A Life, 1998
* Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond, 2000
* The Rights Revolution, Viking, 2000
* Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry, Anansi Press Ltd, 2001
* Empire Lite: Nation-Building in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, Minerva, 2003
* The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror, Princeton University Press, 2004 (2003 Gifford Lectures; sample chapters)
* American Exceptionalism and Human Rights (ed.), Princeton University Press, 2005.
* True Patriot Love, Penguin Group Canada, 2009.

Recent articles

* Getting Iraq Wrong, The New York Times Magazine, August 5, 2007.
* What I Would Do If I Were The Prime Minister. Maclean's, September 4, 2006.
* The Broken Contract, The New York Times Magazine, September 25, 2005.
* Iranian Lessons, The New York Times Magazine, July 17, 2005.
* Who Are Americans to Think That Freedom Is Theirs to Spread?, The New York Times Magazine, June 26, 2005.
* The Uncommitted, The New York Times Magazine, January 30, 2005.
* The Terrorist as Auteur, The New York Times Magazine, November 14, 2004.
* Mirage in the Desert, The New York Times Magazine, 27 June 2004.
* Could We Lose the War on Terror?: Lesser Evils, (cover story), The New York Times Magazine, 2 May 2004.
* The Year of Living Dangerously, The New York Times Magazine, 14 March 2004.
* Arms and the Inspector, Los Angeles Times, 14 March 2004.
* Peace, Order and Good Government: A Foreign Policy Agenda for Canada, OD Skelton Lecture, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, March 12, 2004.
* Why America Must Know Its Limits, Financial Times, 24 December 2003.
* A Mess of Intervention. Peacekeeping. Pre-emption. Liberation. Revenge. When should we send in the Troops?, The New York Times Magazine [cover story], 7 September 2003.
* I am Iraq, The New York Times Magazine, 31 March 2003 [Reprinted in the The Guardian and The National Post].
* American Empire: The Burden, (cover story), The New York Times Magazine, 5 January 2003.
* Acceptance Speech from the 2003 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thinking
* Mission Impossible?, A Review of A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, by David Rieff (Simon and Schuster, 2002), Printed in The New York Review of Books, 19 December 2002.
* When a Bridge Is Not a Bridge, New York Times Magazine, 27 October 2002.
* The Divided West, The Financial Times, 31 August 2002.
* Nation Building Lite, (cover story) The New York Times Magazine, 28 July 2002.
* The Rights Stuff, New York Times of Books, 13 June 2002.
* No Exceptions?, Legal Affairs, May/June 2002.
* Why Bush Must Send in His Troops, The Guardian, 19 April 2002.
* Barbarians at the Gates?, The New York Times Book Review, 18 February 2002.
* Is the Human Rights Era Ending?, New York Times, 5 February 2002.
* Intervention and State Failure, Dissent, Winter 2002.
* Kaboul-Sarajevo: Les nouvelles frontières de l'empire, Seuil, 2002.

Yeah, there's nothing on that list that might help people understand current events is there...oh wait, there's several books and articles on terror, failed states, etc.

Sorry, that far more worthy of a PM than being able to play the piano.

[EyeBrock]

Yea boots, all those books have made Iggy very popular with the electorate and his party.

Maybe he should write another? We are all sooooo impressed.