If You Remember Just One Thing During The Next Week

Remember this. The Liberals, NDP and the Bloc represent a majority of voters in this country and they have a majority of the seats in the House. Stephen Harper is the head of a party that represents a minority in both categories. Stephen Harper likes to pretend that this is not true, but he will, much to his dismay, discover this is the truth during the coming days.

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The Games, The Games

I had hoped that the greatest economic crisis in 70 years would be enough to focus the mind of this government. I was obviously silly to hold that hope. I thought, "Surely, they will put aside the silly games they so love, for the good of the country?" What a fool I am sometimes. To Conservatives, I am sick of games. I am sick of "the game". For the love of God, will you just govern? If you aren't interested in the job, then for all of our sakes, please resign, enmasse and let someone else do the job. There is no shame in admitting you haven't a clue how to do the work for which you were elected. There is only shame in playing silly games while the country is sinking into economic despair.

Friday Update:Wells feels the same way, but says it so much better.

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Ok One Thing

Note to opposition parties and their friends on the nets. Do not bite on the cuts to party subsidies. Go after the government on its passivity during the economic equivalent of Armageddon. That is all.

Update: Btw, it occurs to me that do this will only ensure that the Liberals will simply abolish the rest of the financing rules, if and when they regain power. Nice one Steve.

Update 2:Best take of the day. I love the way he outlines the cooperative efforts of governments and opposition parties around the world and then turns his eyes to Ottawa. The bush league Bushies are in for a world o hurt.

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Nothing To Say

Canadian politics will be consumed with deficits and the Liberal civil war for the foreseeable future. I have nothing to say about either issue other than I support both. I am trying to take a more positive attitude toward life (since cynicism has only made me miserable), so I may not have much to contribute to the blogosphere for a while. I will drop by other sites to leave comments and I may write here from time to time, but I think the blog-intensive part of my life is on the wane.

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Gee, This Sounds Familiar

Oh "progressives", will you never get a clue?

This on a day when one anonymous Democratic aide bragged to Chris Cilizza that letting Joe Lieberman keep his chairmanship would mean: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes. Their influence would be in question." It's odd that Buchanan shows more respect for the left than leading Democrats do. The Lieberman decision is an abomination, and Obama and the Democrats may well regret it. Buchanan is no friend of the left, obviously, but he's an old-time pol who understands the importance of keeping the base happy. Too many Democrats seem to think the first thing they should do when they get power is display contempt for their base.

Of course, "progressives" in the U.S. have an excuse, they don't have many voting alternatives. Canadian "progressives" on the other hand, just keep getting kicked in the nuts and come back for more.

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Funk Will Save The World

The meltdown in the world economy, Stephen Harper, and God the Liberals, always with the Liberals. Is the constant flow of bad to apocalyptic news getting you down? Never mind. The groove is in the heart.

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Coincidence?

From the great minds think alike department. Conservatives in Canada and conservatives in the U.S. are eyeing the furniture and pricing the silver, in a desperate attempt to meet the rent, or so the story goes. Really, this is nothing more than more of the same, from the same geniuses that gave us the 100 year deal for the 407.

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