So the Liberal minority government has fallen (and not even mightily), thus the polls shall open soon and the election bells will toll alongside the yuletide ones.
It’s not very unexpected, eh. I mean, we’ve known for the past few weeks that a non-confidence motion was going to happen. We’ve known that the Bloc, NDP, and Conservatives would team up to defeat the Liberals. There was very little doubt.
Then it actually happens.
It was kind of cool to watch it; I’ve never actually “watched” a non-confidence motion before. 
All the MPs stood up and their names were called out, it is all very ritualistic and fascinating. Just not surprising. 
Being too young to vote, I can only gripe and rant, but I like to think I do that well. Let’s just say that I’m disappointed with Paul Martin. I liked the Liberals! Or, at least, I liked their ideology! And they have to go off and ruin the government with their poor leadership and management! Leaving responsible, liberal people like myself with an unpalatable choice to make. Do we continue to support the old, corrupt leadership? Or do we support a new, corrupt leadership.
I do not want to have the say the words “Stephen Harper” immediately after the titles “Right Honourable” or “Prime Minister”. 
I’d rather have Jack Layton as Prime Minister, eh. But really, I say the Liberals need better leaders to … well, lead them. Jean didn’t work out, and now Paul doesn’t look too attractive anymore either.
This is why Mr. Pilot should run for politics. Most of you don’t know who Mr. Pilot is. He taught my history and geography. He’s funny, but more importantly, he is blatantly direct to the point of offensive sometimes. He is not afraid to say something he means, even if it may not be what a person wants to hear. He‘d at least end the ceaseless rhetoric on the Hill. 
If it comes down to it though, I would much rather have Paul Martin as Prime Minister than Mr. Harper. But it’s not like I can actually vote or anything.
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No, the question is simple. It’s five words and a punctuation mark. The answer may be a bit harder to get, but then again, even Google has a calculator function, eh! It keeps me safe from rampaging bots selling poker and pharmaceuticals.
I’ve often thought about letting the Conservatives have a turn so that we can just call them corrupt, oust them, and give the government back to the Liberals with new leadership. I agree that Martin isn’t all that hot.
But looking at the time in which we live, I’m starting to realise that such an idea may be a bit selfish. Think about Africa. Think about the starving children in our own country. Think about global warming, about First Nations, about post-secondary education, about healthcare… . The list goes on. There’s too much going on in the world, and in our own country, to let Mr. Harper have a chance to muck it all up. Not now.
Hey! 
Laura told me that you had quite the post about the recent election news so I thought I’d check it out 
Honestly, I am absolutely unimpressed by the Liberals … BUT … their misdoings are such that I honestly do not feel like I have been personally wronged. I mean, I always hear Conservative propoganda that says how I should (well, assuming I were 18) feel violated and betrayed by our Liberal government … hehe, you see, they are acting like we were naive enough to completely trust ANY politician in the first place :P
Like you said, its about choosing between the two evils … and honestly, looking at Stephen Harper makes me want to vomit in my mouth. LOL. Well, to be a little less profane, I suppose that I could just say that his mundane mannerisms, lack of character, and absolute ‘phoniness’ are reasons enough to not want him as our national spokesperson.
I’m personally very left-ish, so the NDP are all fine and dandy in their spew, but I doubt many actually think they could be able to handle operating at a significant level in the government. I mean, ideologies are just that - ideologies … and in practice, the NDP will have alot of trouble practicing what they preach.
Just my 2 cents
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What is sixteen plus five?!! That was almost too hard, Tachyon.
It’s not “simple” if it’s too hard, dude.
Anyway. It isn’t 42, that’s for sure.
Anyway. Politics is very blah these days. I can start to see why today’s generation isn’t very interested in politics. Those who are are either very umm let’s use the right words…well okay, they‘re either very..THAT. Or they’re responsible citizens like this here Tachyon fellow. Which is always, ALWAYS a good thing for the common good of society.
I’ll dare to say this: PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STEPHEN HARPER.
The IDEA, like any idea, should not be totally rejected all at once. One should not not want to go over, take a little glance, shiver, and delve, umm, hurt yourself even. Take action where no action means no results.
I’m a socialist. Almost a communist. I took the same ideology test I did 2 years ago and I‘ve moved so far to the left it isn’t even funny. But still I say, Stephen HARPER, give him a chance. To mess things up. He’s already doing it anyway, ROFL. These sorts of guys, and the brilliant minds of today’s society don’t act up until they see big mistakes happening. Tell your Mr. Pilot to go run for politics. (He probably won’t, if he’s an experienced teacher of , well, especially history.)
They’re all a bunch of chickens though. Even Mr. Dithers is a chicken. And Harper is a chicken. Hahahahaha. Still, I say, all the power to Harper. Give the hungry man some bread and see what he does with it. Liberal governments have been in power for so long in history because everyone just tends to vote Liberal, eh. Liberal with a capital L. Martin’s government is pretty much as far right as Harper is.
I dunno. I want someone more in the centre. I want too much.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 12:03 AM