Political fodder or just plain BS!!

There is something brewing here...... oh dear **** soup. Could be that there was a listerosis outbreak in the Green Room at the debate. I woke up in the middle of the night as I do sometimes and for some crazed reason decided I would look at the Star online. Voila there is was staring me in the face like pasty mouth after being sick. The english leaders debate. Oddly enough the picture they chose was a picture with all the leaders obviously looking at the camera and Stephen Harper typically with his back to the camera walking away from the other leaders. Subliminal as it may be this is exactly how I picture Harper, with his back to the constituents, with no real concern or conscious towards the people and the land that he represents. I would put a link here to the picture but of course as I sit down to write this of course the picture has been changed.

There are some very interesting things to point out here. One of them being Stephen Harpers' denial that Canada is undergoing a recession. Curious what it would take for him to actually realize this. The second and this has been going on for awhile is his refusal to put a plan forward in this election. It's very easy for him to pick apart others plans cause hey!!!! they actually have some. I think my biggest question that continually nags at me is this - I am pretty certain we will end up with a minority Conservative Government that is unless the conservatives have rigged the election as they did when good ole Bush got elected.
In fact I think they will end up with fewer seats than they now hold. But the burning question is......... Harper claims to have called this election because the Government was dysfunctional and he couldn't get things done, so if we end up in the same situation what is his call going to be. Oh I think I will just call another election or will he actually get down to the task at hand and show some leadership?

Leadership..... that's my next burning topic, it's percolating in my head and I don't just want to spew it out hapharzardly. Why? Well the leadership of this country is in peril so maybe we need to actually take a closer look into what good working leadership is.

For now enjoy the ongoing saga of familiar regurgitated pat answers of the political arena and the avoidance of putting forth any real plans.

Lily

Election Broo Ha Ha!!!!!

OMG!!! All this election stuff is really starting to grate on my nerves. And sadly the US election seems ultimately much more exciting than our own here in Canada which can be very distracting. Makes one think if that was part of Harper's election strategy to call an election right at this moment.

OK so here it is, I'm just going to come out and say it. A vote for Harper is a vote for Bushlike politics. Wake up people look at the mess happening in the US. And don't stick your head in the sand and deny there is no mess here. Harper and the rest of anyone who is anyone that works within the financial arena are all in denial. Of course they don't want to admit things are not all that rosy. They want consumer confidence. All PR reps will always put a positive spin on things and the fact that Harper has barely said a peep about the economy makes one wonder if the PR train has left the station and just how much denial there is.

Can we really afford Bushlike politics in Canada. Take a look at your bank account, your investments and so on. Look at the bigger picture.

I found it kind of interesting watching a news show this weekend in which they spoke about the economic crisis that we are apparently not in. It was interesting from the stand point that the men on the panel were all painting a rosy picture and No Canada is not going to undergo the same kind a downfall as the US. Which actually I believe! (However, I must also interject that it is a very fine line that we are standing on.) But the women on the panel, sadly yes only one represented, did point out that consumer confidence is already down and people are tightening their belts. The question is how would four more years of a Harpercons affect us financially. Remember, look at the bigger picture people.

Let's not forget Harper is more interested in cutting trade deals that would badly affect our bottom lines as it is. I got to say it - IT's TIME TO LOOK OUT FOR CANADA FIRST. Let's not become a part of the global economic detritus.


WAKE UP CANADA!!! GO OUT AND VOTE TO SAVE CANADA, A CANADA YOU ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN!!
Time is running out.

Just a few post scripts here....... it is my prediction that ultimately Canadian will end up with the same government we now have, still a minority with Harper at the helm, although I do think there will be a surprising pick up of more NDP seats. That's just my prediction.

Here's another postscript for those who are following the US eco bailout situation, here is a look into what may be the background to what and how things have come about at Divine Cosmos. David is generally a voice of calm in a sea of chaos. Most of his messages are uplifting.

The Stephens - you have some 'splaining to do!!!

So I picked up a Metronews this morning after dropping my child off at school and I came across this article, which I thought was pretty funny and so timely.

Here's a little excerpt to bring you up to speed.

What campaign attack ads need is a commentary track, just like the ones that come on DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, except these commentaries would tell you what the people who made the ads are really thinking.

from Metronews, Mike Tennant

Here's the thing - the attack ads are a strategy that Harper actually brought in let's not forget that. They changed the legislations saying that they could do whatever they wanted. Damn to the standards council! But Mike does have a point about the intention behind the ads. However, there is one minor thing he left out. Although they are attacks ads there is always some grain of truth there. The onus is on us the voters to uncover the truth behind those headlines.

It's nice they give us these pointers and these markers to look into, but really whose got the freaking time. Instead, let's forgo all the crap that's coming at us and start looking at those topics that personally effect us. Aside from just looking how things just effect us personally we than need to take into account the bigger picture. For instance, I may not live in Alberta, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned of all the Multi-National entities coming in and carving up the land and not taking into consideration the environment. Plus all the jobs that go to non-canadians. Which quite frankly I find absolutely hilarious and short sighted on Harpers' part.

Let's not forget the current conservative government is in the midst of making a trade agreement with the European Union which implies that more and more of this will be happening. Let's also not forget Harper has a way of giving corporations many tax breaks. So ultimately if you look down the road, in 20-30 years we will be left with and even huger mess to clean up. Harper is in fact going to sell out Canada, bankrupt the government or worse!! He doesn't have the best interest of working Canadians in mind. As a country we can not survive alone on just importing everything and providing service. It's seriously an unbalanced approach.

Our country CANADA is a great country!! Is worth more than just a little thought about putting an X next to someone's name and making them responsible for our future. CANADIANS need to stand up and make sure our voices are heard at election time and beyond.

The ultimate question should be - What kind of CANADA do you want to live in?????