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Comment on Police state watch? by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:41:52 +0000

Hi Phillip… It was published in 1981 and several thousand copies printed. Then it was taken over by the Gabriel Dumont Institute which kept it in print til last year. The only copies left are second hand but I expect you can find some on line at Amazon.com. Glad you liked the book…

cheers, Murray

Comment on The NDP and left-wing populism by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:08:17 +0000

I don’t actually accept comments but word press doesn’t allow me to make that clear. Some comments make it through for some reason and I try to reply. But generally it is just too time consuming to moderate and/or reply.

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:54:43 +0000

Hi Bruce… Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I was down east for a week and am still catching up on correspondence. Your questions are all good ones but for the moment at least they will have to wait. No one likes to talk about the $500 billion in mortgages CMHC holds – a big chuck of which are those sold a zero down and 40 year terms. When many of them default – as the bankers know they will – it is govt money which will be spent paying off the banks. And I did do a follow up blog quoting the Bank of Canada and moody’s who clearly disagree with the notion that the banks are prudently managed.

I hope to get back to you…

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:48:04 +0000

Thanks for such a generous compliment. Good advice is hard to give re: journalism. It is, in this era, a dying profession as newspapers cut back and TV news become entertainment. Your timing, while admirable, is not good re: making a living. I long ago established a very small foot print and live on very little – part of my philosophy anyway, but also a practical response to the “marketplace.” I think your instinct is right: at a certain point you learn more from doing and engaging the world than you do at school. You could start by doing some volunteer writing for on-line publications like rabble or thetyee.ca and then you build up a portfolio that you could take to a daily paper. My best advice, unfortunately, is to find some paying job (related or unrelated to public policy) and try to do writing on the side until you have a portfolio that can attract attention and then transition into full time work. Good luck…

murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:40:30 +0000

Provincial and federal NDP parties are completely separate beasts and always have been. You can’t attack Layton for Manitoba’s policies any more than you can attack Manitoba for Jack’s.

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:00:20 +0000

Hi Crystal… If you are referring to Powell River, where I live, there are lots of activists here and perhaps you could find a place to fit in with their work. My email is mdobbin@telus.net. Get in touch. There is an interesting event – called the Chamber of Commoners – taking place at Club Bon Accueil on June 9 at 7:00 p.m. It’s a activist networking meeting and will also be lots of fun. I won’t be there but I know you would enjoy it.

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:54:16 +0000

Hi Erik… Send me the quotes you like to use and Iam sure we can come to an agreement…
My email is mdobbin@telus.net

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Sun, 23 May 2010 03:42:30 +0000

Hi Adrian… I would be delighted to have you use my writings any time you like. I would just ask that you credit me and/or the Tyee, if the work appears there, and to run the articles in their entirety rather than editing them down (unless you send the edits to me for approval). Also, if you couldlink people to my bog that would be appreciated…

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:10:28 +0000

Hi there… For sure feel free to use any of my articles. happy to have you link to my site…

cheers, Murray

Comment on About by murraydobbin

murraydobbin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:39:01 +0000

Hi Victor…That’s fine by me…

cheers, Murray