i'm afraid of americans...
americans do some bizarre things. I should know better by now, yet it never ceases to blow my frickin mind. is it something in the water supply? could it be the air quality? perhaps contaminated food supply? democracy should only be in place when the people aren't dumb as fucking ROCKS! i remember reading a bush quote where he said something along the lines of 'my job would be a lot easier if this was a dictatorship'. well yeah... and if he actually agreed with the concept that 'his job' was running america and not 'creating business for his buddies and increasing revenue for his personal and family business interests', i would say 'get on it, switch to a dictatorship.' but alas, the american public can't even get their shit together to elect a sensible dictator.

which leads me back to my own personal politics...its hard for me to believe that 10 years ago i was fighting to make canada more right wing...but preston manning was so different from what bush is. it was never the right wing mentality that made me support him. i do believe that government should be fiscally responsible. it is not acceptable for a government to spend money it doesn't have. as a consumer i shouldn't buy shit i can't afford. neither should the government. credit should be used for emergency situations, not for maintaining regular expenses. i believe social programs are important as hell, but without the financial chaos associated with the extreme left wing...i don't believe the church belongs in government. in a multicultural environment, its fucking WRONG to govern that environment based on religous beliefs.

preston is very religious, and i know the loons tagged onto his platform...it just went downhill. but the concept was good. i don't think i'll ever doubt that. he was the first honest politician i ever met. he is just a great guy and his integrity was overwealming.

there was a time when i was a big populist, but time and time again, the people keep voting for morons and liars. like chretien. when he was first running for PM, his mandate was to abolish the GST. He wins, and when the next election came along, he didn't say 'hey, you know what? i was wrong, we couldn't afford to abolish the bloody tax.' instead he says 'i never said i would abolish the GST.' WTF is up with that? he lies, and CBC was showing video of him saying 'i promise to abolish the GST'....and he fuckin gets re-elected.

i don't believe the general public is smart enough to elect its own government. how fucked up is that...maybe i'm the one in the wrong...i seem to be the minority....

- posted by tart @ 5:09 p.m.