tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post8725538745485215811..comments2024-01-14T14:15:01.131-06:00Comments on The Rise and Sprawl: Back from the lakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-91009592492862690842008-07-24T09:18:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:18:00.000-05:00>>"A mural? We can do better than that!...>>"A mural? We can do better than that! Why not a 15-foot statue of Marx at City Hall?"<<<BR/><BR/>Because statues are used to honor dead people - and yet Comrade Karl is very much alive and walking at City Hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-844255711658350592008-07-23T23:43:00.000-05:002008-07-23T23:43:00.000-05:00Silly Tories.Marx rules! If we had a Marxist gover...Silly Tories.<BR/><BR/>Marx rules! If we had a Marxist government I would assure you that Winnipeg would have a Subway and Dallas Hanson would be our leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-63888659571343504122008-07-23T22:53:00.000-05:002008-07-23T22:53:00.000-05:00On the subject of not wanting private sector devel...On the subject of not wanting private sector development, there's a mural of Karl Marx, seemingly commissioned by the West End Biz, being painted on the side of Ellice Avenue's Samson Insurance, which sells government-monopoly car insurance just a couple of blocks north of the behemoth that is the government-monopoly liquor store on Portage.<BR/><BR/>A <I>mural</I>? We can do better than that! Why not a 15-foot statue of Marx at City Hall?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-29682135637886011572008-07-23T20:33:00.000-05:002008-07-23T20:33:00.000-05:00Fascinating post on several levels, not least of w...Fascinating post on several levels, not least of which because of it has a sample of the good old days of TV news - what was, that, a full four and a half minutes worth of interview with a *professor* about the future of the City, with simple direct questions asked instead of junior-league, partisan attempts to find the next Watergate in an afternoon? I think you'd be hard put to find a quote longer than ten seconds on most newscasts these days, let alone an actual civilized discussion.<BR/><BR/>"People will use their cars - it's that sort of City." - Walker. Amusing.<BR/><BR/>The Norrie quote, however much it may have referred to other things, is just too rich a gem to ignore as a replacement for "One Great City." 'Winnipeg: We Don't Really Want Private Sector Development."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-64319081087218475192008-07-23T20:22:00.000-05:002008-07-23T20:22:00.000-05:00Thank god for the Forks. Where would onetake out o...Thank god for the Forks. Where would onetake out of town visitors had it not been built?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-76363389950007712412008-07-23T16:02:00.000-05:002008-07-23T16:02:00.000-05:00I never noticed it before, but McCourt has a pocke...I never noticed it before, but McCourt has a pocket square.<BR/><BR/>And Norrie's comment, in context probably was in reaction to talk of housing at The Forks, and some people wanting to keep as much of The Forks remain public space. Nothing wrong with that. I was against the Hotel being put up there. No need for the Inn to go there when there was soo much room between Portage & Graham Avenues.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment on the local news videos on YouTube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100067.post-43281553044764431782008-07-23T13:31:00.000-05:002008-07-23T13:31:00.000-05:00Whatever did happen to Stan KubuchekWhatever did happen to Stan KubuchekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com