A rant, if I may?
We are in the midst of the most terrifying democratic conflict in the history of our country. The Liberals have completely relinquished the moral authority to govern, are bribing people to cross the floor or abstain (using the exact same talking points each time: "my constituents don't want an election right now"), and are locked into a breathtaking symphony of spin. And what are the newspapers talking about? The Queen's dress? AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!
Billionaire daddy's girl jumps ship because another billionaire father figure waves some candy at her. She gets a plum cabinet position with absolutely no qualifications. BC MP shows up with a taped conversation suggesting that the PMO could arrange something for him and his MP wife if they abstain - and reporters go over him for taping a conversation without permission! (Which isn't actually illegal, by the way.)
This kind of manoeuvering in order to squeak by a vote of non-confidence at any cost is actually making my sense of public outrage hurt! It's been a long, long time since I was idealistic enough to care much about the moral failings of the government - I've been desensitized by years and years of lies, abandoned promises and Albertan outsiderness at the Ottawa feast. But right now... Holy simpering fuck, people! Does Martin actually have to stage another free-television-time-by-executive-fiat, and scream "Bend over, Canada!" before people realize what the hell is going on?!
And the yellowish-green part of the bruise, the crowning turd in the waterpipe that backs up the toilet all over the floor, the gas bill attached to the arrow shot into the Canadian gut... is the fact that the Liberals. Will win. Again.
Could we take power away from them? Just for four years? Just to make for a real consequence to all the shit that's been going down, rather than the slap on the wrist of a minority government instead of a majority - a minority that Martin's been running as a carte blanche regardless... Perhaps losing control of the country (which they would never really do, since the bureaucracy and the primary national media are firm Liberal supporters) could mean a change of leadership and we could have some fresh air through the corrupt old corpse. I would even embrace four years of the NDP's hosing money at absolutely every social cause.
The only response these power-mad, directionless rapists of the public trust need is: Oooh... Harper scary... Martin waves a flashlight under his chinfolds and all of a sudden, the entire province of Ontario lines up obediently to vote for the fucking Liberals again! Which means, because of this messed-up representational system we insist on sustaining, that the Liberals are back in power. With more reactionary regional parties elected than ever.
Do I have to be a crazed, shotgun-wielding redneck to consider an independent Alberta? How far away from that am I, really? Sure, we could carry BC, Saskatoon, Manitoba and the Territories if they wanted to come - possibly even Ontario until Thunder Bay. You know, I could even welcome the Maritimes and the native-run expanses of northern Quebec.
Fuck the rest of them. And from a ranting, over-educated, left-leaning Redmonton boy who writes for an independent arts weekly and loves both the French language and Quebecquois culture, I mean that sincerely.
Ahhh. You know what? I actually feel better. Which makes me, down to the very core of my being, Canadian: ineffective ranting and public acceptance. Yay!
Billionaire daddy's girl jumps ship because another billionaire father figure waves some candy at her. She gets a plum cabinet position with absolutely no qualifications. BC MP shows up with a taped conversation suggesting that the PMO could arrange something for him and his MP wife if they abstain - and reporters go over him for taping a conversation without permission! (Which isn't actually illegal, by the way.)
This kind of manoeuvering in order to squeak by a vote of non-confidence at any cost is actually making my sense of public outrage hurt! It's been a long, long time since I was idealistic enough to care much about the moral failings of the government - I've been desensitized by years and years of lies, abandoned promises and Albertan outsiderness at the Ottawa feast. But right now... Holy simpering fuck, people! Does Martin actually have to stage another free-television-time-by-executive-fiat, and scream "Bend over, Canada!" before people realize what the hell is going on?!
And the yellowish-green part of the bruise, the crowning turd in the waterpipe that backs up the toilet all over the floor, the gas bill attached to the arrow shot into the Canadian gut... is the fact that the Liberals. Will win. Again.
Could we take power away from them? Just for four years? Just to make for a real consequence to all the shit that's been going down, rather than the slap on the wrist of a minority government instead of a majority - a minority that Martin's been running as a carte blanche regardless... Perhaps losing control of the country (which they would never really do, since the bureaucracy and the primary national media are firm Liberal supporters) could mean a change of leadership and we could have some fresh air through the corrupt old corpse. I would even embrace four years of the NDP's hosing money at absolutely every social cause.
The only response these power-mad, directionless rapists of the public trust need is: Oooh... Harper scary... Martin waves a flashlight under his chinfolds and all of a sudden, the entire province of Ontario lines up obediently to vote for the fucking Liberals again! Which means, because of this messed-up representational system we insist on sustaining, that the Liberals are back in power. With more reactionary regional parties elected than ever.
Do I have to be a crazed, shotgun-wielding redneck to consider an independent Alberta? How far away from that am I, really? Sure, we could carry BC, Saskatoon, Manitoba and the Territories if they wanted to come - possibly even Ontario until Thunder Bay. You know, I could even welcome the Maritimes and the native-run expanses of northern Quebec.
Fuck the rest of them. And from a ranting, over-educated, left-leaning Redmonton boy who writes for an independent arts weekly and loves both the French language and Quebecquois culture, I mean that sincerely.
Ahhh. You know what? I actually feel better. Which makes me, down to the very core of my being, Canadian: ineffective ranting and public acceptance. Yay!
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