Harper Moves To Destroy Canadas Political Parties

Flaherty has confirmed, that in his budget on June 2, he will begin to phase out public funding of our Political Parties. This planned move, will in fact, remove choices from our Political Spectrum, that will eventually lead us into a two party system, like the good old US of A.  In other words, he is moving to insure that no matter how evil, how incompetent his party is, he will be a choice.  As for other choices, well, that will depend on which giant conglomerates rush to support, because the day of representing people, is about to pass.

A two party system does NOT work.  Clearly shown in the United States, this type of system breeds corruption, and deceit. Elections no longer are about issues, but about personalities, and who has the most bucks to spend. It isn’t about what is good for Canada, but what is good for Stephen Harper.

We can look forward to more and more attack ads only, instead of issue driven ads.

We can look forward to more corruption, just as our last check and balance is about to retire, the Auditor General Fraser.

I hope all who voted for the Conservatives are happy, because soon there will be no National Health Care, no National Education Policy, and no Central Government. We will become, rapidly, a clone of the United States, with mega prisons, unjust laws, and rampant corporate fraud and deceit. Prices will climb at will, as we will lose all independence, all compassion for people.

We will become a jungle, where it isn’t about the fittest surviving, but the Richest.

Thank you, all who gave Stephen Harper a Majority.

NDP Already Self Imploding?

So the Brosseau issue keeps getting headlines, but it makes a guy wonder, would it get so much ink if she was a Conservative Rookie MP?    I DOUBT IT.

Now that doesn’t make it less stupid, or wrong, but geez, give me a break. Like there aren’t other issues to consider, like the rising gas prices? (  Ooops, must not talk about that, or Stevie might get annoyed. After all, the Oil Industry does fund his new Majority Government ).

Thing is, what was Jack Layton & the NDP thinking, when accepting Candidates, without checking their resumes?  And then too, the whole ‘I am on Vacation’ while in the middle of an election, and the ‘Gee, never been to the riding I am hoping to represent’.  Frankly that is the kind of crap I’d expect from Harper & his gang, not the NDP.

Myself, I’d call that FRAUD & MIS REPRESENTATION.  Honestly, if you aren’t even willing to step foot in your own riding, during an election, how the fuck can anyone in that riding expect you to properly represent them.

Which begs the question, why the hell did they even vote for her?

Kind of makes you wonder a lot, about why Voters turned away from the Liberals, went to the NDP, and not the Conservatives.  Also sort of makes you wonder, how many other ‘candidates’ have fudged their resumes, and  more than that, it shows WHY we need to have more than a two party system.

Gotta Luv the Media

Let’s see, the election was May 2, and today it is May 10th.   You’d think they’d have figured it out by now, that the Election is Over, and We’ve had our say.   But no, they are still rehashing it, trying to explain to us (supposedly) why Harper got a Majority, and why Jack Layton is now the Leader of the Opposition.

Course they are also trying to explain how they didn’t quite call it like it turned out, but that little part gets buried under all the speculation, hyperbole, and other Media Bullshit.

The NDP won more seats than the Liberals because Jack Layton wasn’t attacked as much as Michael Ignatieff, or as viciously, so he was the logical choice for a change.   Harper’s attack ads pretty well neutered the Liberals, but that is simply due to the Liberals ( mainly Michael Ignatieff ) NOT answering all those 5 second barks.

But hey, it worked for Harper, he made nearly 40% of Canadian Voters ( okay, those who actually voted ) afraid of the other guy so much, that they bought into his crap and gave him a pass.   I mean why not, given there was a rather dirth of confrontation on his policies, or his abilities.

AND you can see, the Media aren’t exactly thrilled with a Jack Layton led opposition. I mean just look at how they are going after every miscue, and the final tally of votes isn’t accredited yet.  I mean geez, you would think that Stalin was reborn and came down to earth.  The Socialist Horde has landed in Ottawa and is about to Consume Us All.

IF the Liberals are smart, they’ll let the Media keep going after them thar Socialists, while they quietly rebuild, so that come the next election, Harper gets blindsided.

TRUTH IS, this is one more example of WHY we must maintain our multiple party system.  Think about it, if all we had were the top two parties, that means come the next election, our choices would be NDP or CONSERVATIVE.     So where would someone who is leery of the NDP Social Agenda go to vote, if they were just as leery of the Far Right Fake Conservatives of Harper?

They’d have no where to go, which means, it becomes an either or situation, leading to more extremism on both sides of the fence.   HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT US?

It also, will turn off far more voters, than turn them on, and we need people to become MORE ENGAGED in our political system, not LESS ENGAGED.

NDP & Liberal Merger?

Perhaps the remarks by former NDP leader Ed Broadbent shows what both the NDP & the Liberals, need to stop thinking about.  That is a Merger.  Honestly, that just isn’t what I’d expect from either of these parties, and yet, somehow they have the notion that joining of two distinctly different parties, is somehow gonna sit well with Us Average Joes.

I mean let’s be honest, any talk of mergers is nothing more than a power play, for some to go from ‘has been’ to being ‘in power’.   Harper did it when he took the reins of the Reform Party slash Alliance Party, in his buying the Conservative Party.   The result is that he became Prime Minister.

AND look at how that has turned out for Canada.

To think that any of the leaders of the NDP & LIBERALS would have seriously considered such an option, turns my blood cold. It is why so many are dissillusioned with our Political Parties today.  I mean what happened to standing by your values, your ethics?

YES, we have sort of a two party system in Canada, since Confederation. It has either been the Liberals or the Conservatives that have formed our Government.  Yet, it has also been the THIRD PARTY that has helped shaped this country, into its unique position.

I am not an NDP party member, BUT I happen to like our social programs. I need our National Health and Canada Pension Plan.  As do many, if not most of Us do.  Without our National Health, our sense of Federalism, we’d be a United States territory long ago.

IT was the NDP who helped get us that National Health Act, along with Lester Pearson & the Liberals.  Without that THIRD PARTY, where would Canada be today?  So talk of a merger, is nothing more than an attempt by those who want to be IN POWER, than in holding true to their Canadian Values.  It is a VOICE that gives US CANADIANS an alternative, based not on personalities, not on charisma.

IT GIVES US A CHOICE.

This last election clearly showed that Canadians wanted a choice, otherwise we’d have Michael Ignatieff as Leader of the Opposition or Prime Minister.  We’d not have Jack Layton as Leader of the Opposition.

AND THAT CHOICE IS GOOD.

IF we have any doubt what it means to have less of a political choice, we just need to glance southwards at the good Ol United States.   Politics has evolved to where you don’t VOTE for the idealogoy, or the policies, but for who is the least evil of the two candidates.

What kind of choice is that?

Stephen Harper is trying to do that here. And the result is apparent, we have nasty elections, mean spirited name calling ads that pretend to help us decide who to vote for.  It creates division, within the country.  Again just look at how divided the United States is.

Is that really what we want for our Country? I know I sure as hell don’t. I kind like to have a strong Federalist country.  It means we can see a doctor, without checking our bank account first, or taking out a second mortgage if we get real sick.

But hey what do I know, I am Just a Canadian.

Only True Blue Fans Can Listen to Harper Speak

Seems that a couple of University students got escorted out of a Harper Rally, before it even got started. See, you had to pre-register to get in, which they did.  And somehow, the fact that one had a picture of her with Ignatieff on Facebook, was enough reason to deny her, and her friend, access. 

Like you couldn’t make up this shit.

Kind of explains why Mr Harper doesn’t want taxpayers to subsidize political parties, or why he accepts the ruling by the Broadcast Consortium. After all, how else do you stifle free disccusion?  Oh, wait, you can put them in concentration camps, but uh, he isn’t Dicator yet, so that will have to wait a bit.

The whole idea of holding public rallies, isn’t to convince the faithful, but to convince people like me, the undecided.  It should be about answering the tough questions, not about smiling & trading cliches about how good you are.  You don’t get a majority by playing to the few. You need to convince the majority, and twice now, Stephen Harper has not convinced the majority of Canadians to support him, his party, his policies.

How can anyone support a party that is so paranoid, that it does security checks on peole coming to his rallies, yet hires convicted fraudsters? I don’t get the double standard, but then again, it seems Mr. Harper is nothing but a double standard type of guy.

He says his tax cut benefit the majority of Middle Class Canadians, but the majority earn $50,000.00 a year, while his tax cuts impact those earning 50% more than the average. So how does that help?

I want to know answers, like how can a fighter jet supposedly cost $75 Million a pop, but everyone else, including the downstairs maid, says it’ll cost about $148 Million.  Like if you got the papers to show you are right, we are wrong, why won’t you show them?

Why do you want to prevent choices from being heard? I mean the more political choices we have, the more we will be inclined to vote, instead of making it a personality contest, like the US Presidential elections are.  Yet that is what Mr. Harper wants, a two party system, where it is either him or him.  No other alternatives. 

Think of all we would NOT have today, if we only had two political parties. No Universal Health Care, no Charter of Rights, no National Flag.  Just to name a few.

ANYONE BUT CONSERVATIVE