Just a note from this wireless hotspot to thank everyone for your kind emails in response to the Post column. I'll try to reply to them all in the coming days, but at the moment my time at the laptop is limited.
As you were, and thanks to the guest bloggers who are picking up the slack !
Your welcome Kate - just keep those columns coming..
Posted by: The Progressive Indian at February 15, 2008 11:42 AMAdd my compliments. I read your column and look forward to many more.
Posted by: DrD at February 15, 2008 12:56 PMBy the way, on the NP website today (Feb 15th) the First Most Read - was Kate's article. And Third Most Emailed - was Kate's article.
Posted by: ET at February 15, 2008 2:48 PMI loved the Nat Post column! Where else am I going to read lines such as "Dig deep, darling. The pup's at the bottom"? (The context is to suggest that in a real famine, the family dog will eventually look yummy.)
On so many issues, it seems we have lost all sense of proportion. An awful lot of energy goes into being upset by trivial things. Regarding Kate's column, my only concern is that a tiny, tiny number of readers will realize the title is a reference to Jonathan Swift's classic tongue-in-cheek essay.
Posted by: Marc_M at February 15, 2008 3:24 PMHuh! I read that column yesterday and thought, "What awesome insight into the realm of the ridiculous we now live in." I didn't, however, move past the end of the item to see it was you who had written it.
I should have known. Thanks for telling it like it is... again!
Gee's I hate it when you go on these road trips, wanted to mention the video clip of Dion, playing on the Western Standard's web site(Feb 15th) I'm sure all here could have some fun with that !!! P.S. K, you hit it out of the park with your oped piece. wow!
Posted by: Carl at February 15, 2008 6:12 PMPretty damned fine piece of prose for a Wicked Witch. Perhaps the reason WK got fired! (oops, quit writing for NP).
Keep up the good work!
I thanked the NP for Kate and Kathy and actually got a nice answer back from the NP suggesting that I spread the word and I will.
I also subscribed to Maclean’s .
Great column,you have my vote for 'BEST IN SHOW'.
Posted by: wallyj at February 15, 2008 9:50 PMAlthough I have stopped short of wishing for such a calamity, I have wondered how our current culture would face the truly desperate deprivation of the great depression. Less than honerably, one would expect.
In our "how can I make someone else pay for my desires" culture, that would again be the first resort.
Posted by: Woodporter at February 15, 2008 11:38 PMA bit late, but great, Kate (the NP column).
Not just good, but signature writing. Original, intuitive, home grown style. Recognizable in the first few lines, like Steyn and Rex Murphy. Not easy in our increasingly homogenzized world.
Kwirky! Provocative.
Keep it up Kate!
Posted by: PiperPaul at February 16, 2008 2:28 AMGreat article Kate - I am certain that the NP will be getting some letters!! Many people who have never heard of Johnathan Swift or, for that matter, the Irish famine, will shrieking!! Congratulations to the NP for snagging a page of your writing.
Posted by: Jema54 at February 16, 2008 3:15 AMNP writer has picked up on the "It's Your Fault" me-me. He even puts the blame on the Citoyen-Dion Liberals for learning how to debauch Canadians. Is that fair?
How did the socialist me-me become so pervasive? What is it about socialism that corrupts humans; saps their spirits; destroys their livelihoods even? Is this an exaggeration? a whine?
Read Fulford's short essay.
Quote: "With politicians so willing to shoulder responsibility, we always have someone other than ourselves to blame."
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http://tinyurl.com/39eujg (NP)
...in other news, to the front on fighting terrorism we have:
Dial-a-marriage, eh!
Islamic law allows telephone nuptials, which enables Muslims to sponsor loved ones to Canada
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/02/16/4851689-sun.html