Why Jack will be back, and the NDP will be just fine...
July 26, 2011 - 6:13pm
I wanted to share an article I wrote about Jack's new illness and why the NDP will be fine. I hope you like it!
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Thank you, and this below is most important...for me.
The idea that all government policy should be in service of the people. That we can do better, be better, and that no challenge is insurmountable when we leave the interests of the richest few aside, and champion the cause of the powerless many.
As my daughter states, she knows she was a socialist when she was 6.
She thought to herself and then said to me after she realized there were 'hungry kids' in her class; "no kid needs to be hungry, its wrong that there is hungry kids, how can any adult allow kids to go hungry"Thanks remind, your daughter sounds like a smart girl!
So, remind, in which riding does your daughter live, how old is she, and would she be thinking about trying to join the wave of young New Democrats in Parliament.
Encouraging more younger people to seek NDP nominations should be easier in the next election, so why not start planning early?
Well these days my daughter is old enough to hold an MP's position. Not sure if she would though. However, I suspect she could get rid of Cathy Mcleod in this riding if she put her mind to it.
But her daughter, my granddaughter is now 14, fluently bilingual, and is interested in becoming PM one day. ;)
You'd be surprised just how good our young MPs are. They aren't random and they'll knock all our socks off, mark my words!
I posted in Socrates blog but I thought it was such a well written and heart-felt ode to Jack. The young MPs are wonderful & I am just so happy they are there. And you are right Socrates - they do attract lots of younger progressives to get involved in politics & see it as a space for them to make change and a positive difference for the many!
Thanks again Jan! I appreciate the kind words.
It really is just a matter of getting started now and organizing over the next four years to win. Our caucus will do its job...
Socrates, unless you are a medical doctor, treating Jack directly, I don't really see the value of the following:
Jack will be back. I've never known a stronger man, or one who could accomplish so much through sheer force of will.
I wish Jack Layton all the best, he is a warm person and competent leader.
But I have lost 2 relatives to cancer from my Mother's side of the family in the last year, and both were strong people (btw one a long-time NDP activist in the Lakehead);
so the above thread title and text offers no real insight, although it may make people feel better at a distance. Nobody knows anything at this point.
Socrates, unless you are a medical doctor, treating Jack directly, I don't really see the value of the following:
Jack will be back. I've never known a stronger man, or one who could accomplish so much through sheer force of will.
I wish Jack Layton all the best, he is a warm person and competent leader.
But I have lost 2 relatives to cancer from my Mother's side of the family in the last year, and both were strong people (btw one a long-time NDP activist in the Lakehead);
Thank you for this post. I wish Jack well but this focus on his superior qualities being able to over come cancer has a corollary that says people who die from cancer are inferior.
His positive attitude and will to live will help in his fight but the over the top insistence that that alone will make him better does a disservice to all friends and families of brave people who have been lost to this insidious disease. While I am sure nobody means it the message for those of us who have lost loved ones is, "If only they were like Jack they could have lived."
It wouldn't be babble if we didn't find a way to diminish a post.
I think it's quite a stretch to say that I'm demeaning people who have died of cancer. All I'm saying is that he lives to lead the NDP, so whereas someone else might quit to concentrate on their health (which would certainly be reasonable), if he's ambulatory in September he'll be back.
Yes there are pros and cons to positive thinking but I would say this is a time to be positive to the point of naivety until it is is impossible to think any other way. The NDP will be fine, the young MPs are way smarter than the media is letting on and they have four years to become experienced parliamentarians, with or without Jack. Mathieu Ravignat lead the way!