Lavrov: We Don't Like Anybody.

lAVROV: "wE DON'T LIKE ANYBODY"

1/7/2018

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says for Russia to be allowed in G8 Putin would have to "behave" [YouTube] himself. We never left, says Putin.

Sergey Lavrov's brilliant answer to a silly, high-school question: It's not about "liking" certain country leaders; it's about being able to work intelligently with them.

In other, less gentlemanly words: grow up, people!

This is Canada Day. I think we're supposed to be celebrating, but I'm hard-pressed to know about what exactly. That we're more and more American every day? That both my provincial and my federal governments are run by childish mannikins having sparse natural couth, little objectivity, next to no credibility, no innate dignity whatsoever - just a calculated need to please.

The Liberals -- except for one or two things they like to think of as demonstrating their trade-mark love of freedom and humanity -- could just as easily be Conservatives. When they speak they show hesitation and signs of having rehearsed (scroll to Harjit Sajjan video) someone else's words designed to feed the plebes what it's thought they need to hear.

Under the professional makeup, the long, straight hair that has to be constantly shoved behind the ear, the ubiquitous beads strung about the neck, the short skirts that reveal thighs in group photos (newly elected Ontario provincial government), and the look-alike, fresh-faced, often overweight mama's boys in their expensive suits and shiny shoes, acting so very grown-up -- not to mention the teeth, my gawd the teeth (members of Federal Gov't)!

In the animal kingdom, of which we are a part, like it or not, baring the teeth is a sign of intimidation. So why has it become such a fad in official photos? Ambitious people spend all kinds of money on cosmetic dentistry just so they can flash their teeth in photos as they pretend to smile. Maybe Jordan Peterson knows why? He never does it himself -- but then he isn't trying to disguise his self-serving aim for the jugular.

Today I watched the latest interview of Russia's Sergey Lavrov just to experience vicariously what it is that's missing in Western political officialdom. In a word - CREDIBILITY. Some other words: manners, dignity, intelligence, logic, couth, practicality, SUBSTANCE.

I encourage you to listen to the man and suspend just for a few minutes the impressions you've absorbed from the crass, hyped-up, under-educated, conscienceless, money-motivated media mouthpieces and ghost-written political hacks.

3 Comments

Penny link

2/7/2018 06:57:02 am

and speaking as if he has some intelligence!

unlike Trudeau or Ford- who speak in ...
don't quite know how to describe it but it's more like
feel good phrases and catchy sound bites.
As if some PR firm has coached them in how to speak rather then relying on their own intellect , experience and knowledge- like you and I have to do while writing our blogs. :)

2/7/2018 07:34:24 am

I'm still listening and LOVE the 'let's not speak slogans, let's speak facts' to the journalist, so called.

And she interrupts quite a lot.

Btw YaYa?

Where are western journalists when tough questions need to be asked of western politicians- it's always softball stuff- never mind it's nerf ball questioning while wearing kid gloves and blinders

YayaCanada

2/7/2018 10:07:29 am

"Let's not speak slogans" - YES, and he said it so gently! And all that info about the OPCW. Where else could we have heard it? Nowhere!

Our western journalists are paid to be trendy and camera-worthy, and not to probe too deeply -- unless it's about somebody the public is not supposed to like -- and then they get elevated to the Senate (or as governors-general!) where they mostly focus on formulating lies about their expense accounts.

Our politicians are former journalists or school teachers or even restaurant chefs - basically just somebody with an ego who fills an empty spot in a riding and knows how to talk a good show.

Meanwhile, somebody like Lavrov was educated in government, and has spent his whole life working his way through all levels of government to earn the stature he enjoys now. Russia intimidates the West through having real qualifications for the job and can see through all the political BS!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov

Neither you nor I wanted to spend our time trying to sort it all out, but somebody has to do it, right? If Google tries to hide our websites, it's a bit of a compliment, really.

lAVROV: "wE DON'T LIKE ANYBODY"

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