Meech and Chong
What happened yesterday?
Quebec is now officially a nation within Canada. I guess unofficially, the PQ is its national party? And, they are, by their own definition, socialist leaning. What does that make them?
Say what you will about the tenets of the PQ, Dude, at least it's an ethos. And I guess that makes sense given the need for more white babies and a stronger work ethic.
A nation. Its first act as a nation? To elect a former gay prostitute turned Roman Catholic Priest to the House of Commons. Representative democracy: lower Canada indeed.
But, its not much better in Upper Canada. The whitest Asian man I have ever met says that he doesn't support any form of Ethnic Nationalism and to that end he has quit Cabinet. He was replaced by the whitest white man I have ever met and not exactly what I would call your prototypical sports minister. Ultimately, as intergovernmental affairs minister, Mr. Chong was either a) not doing his job or b) wasn't being listened to or c) was doing his job, was being listened to, and was ignored entirely.
200 Klicks down the 401 in London a lady who was received a total of 290,000 votes from Londoners in the past has finished third in a by-election. THIRD. I haven't thought about why yet, but I can assure you it wasn't a referendum on the war. Early reports tell me that she didn't campaign very well, or much, and figured that worked for her in the past. The last time she ran for office she went on vacation and still won....Handily.
Though, the second place finisher makes some sense- the heightened profile of the Greens is something that I have explained (and lamented) before- and the fourth place finish by the NDP can't be good news for anyone who isn't a Liberal in Ontario. Good luck in Cape-Breton-Canso Ms. May.
I suppose I should be happy about the result given the fact that a fire-breathing republican was denied a seat in the House, but I can't remember the last time I was this wrong about an election result. This speaks to a general malaise that I have about my chosen profession: even when you make sense and look at something analytically, democracy can make you look dumb. I am sure that I will get between 40-60 "I told you so" emails today saying that the Liberals held that seat for...blah blah blah.
Also, it reminds me that when your profession is the analysis of something that every person has a constitutional right to participate in, they think their views are as valid as yours. They never say anything when you are right, though.
Quebec is now officially a nation within Canada. I guess unofficially, the PQ is its national party? And, they are, by their own definition, socialist leaning. What does that make them?
Say what you will about the tenets of the PQ, Dude, at least it's an ethos. And I guess that makes sense given the need for more white babies and a stronger work ethic.
A nation. Its first act as a nation? To elect a former gay prostitute turned Roman Catholic Priest to the House of Commons. Representative democracy: lower Canada indeed.
But, its not much better in Upper Canada. The whitest Asian man I have ever met says that he doesn't support any form of Ethnic Nationalism and to that end he has quit Cabinet. He was replaced by the whitest white man I have ever met and not exactly what I would call your prototypical sports minister. Ultimately, as intergovernmental affairs minister, Mr. Chong was either a) not doing his job or b) wasn't being listened to or c) was doing his job, was being listened to, and was ignored entirely.
200 Klicks down the 401 in London a lady who was received a total of 290,000 votes from Londoners in the past has finished third in a by-election. THIRD. I haven't thought about why yet, but I can assure you it wasn't a referendum on the war. Early reports tell me that she didn't campaign very well, or much, and figured that worked for her in the past. The last time she ran for office she went on vacation and still won....Handily.
Though, the second place finisher makes some sense- the heightened profile of the Greens is something that I have explained (and lamented) before- and the fourth place finish by the NDP can't be good news for anyone who isn't a Liberal in Ontario. Good luck in Cape-Breton-Canso Ms. May.
I suppose I should be happy about the result given the fact that a fire-breathing republican was denied a seat in the House, but I can't remember the last time I was this wrong about an election result. This speaks to a general malaise that I have about my chosen profession: even when you make sense and look at something analytically, democracy can make you look dumb. I am sure that I will get between 40-60 "I told you so" emails today saying that the Liberals held that seat for...blah blah blah.
Also, it reminds me that when your profession is the analysis of something that every person has a constitutional right to participate in, they think their views are as valid as yours. They never say anything when you are right, though.
posted by Atlas Hugged at
7:13 a.m.
1 Comments:
You called it: you said the Greens didn't have a chance. They were soundly tromped.
11:52 a.m.
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