Aptenobytes

Nov 27, 2000

Election Day. Once again I walk into the voting booth and count the candidates, and figure out what rude words to write in the circles. This time I was able to fill in f*ck you all. Ten candidates and nobody to vote for. The results were just as dissapointing. Comparing the popular votes against the electoral results confirms once again that our current first past the post does not work as most people would like it to. A quick look at the Elections Canada website can confirm this. Personally I am absolutely disgusted that the Liberals were handed another majority government. I am appalled by the support shown by the west for the Alliance. As I write this, I'm watching the election returns get discussed. The general feeling I get is that most people were voting AGAINST a candidate as opposed to voting for a candidate. This is not how it's supposed to work. I for one would like to see a party that has a broad platform, which is fiscally conservative and socially liberal. when I did the world's smallest political quiz, I was put in the libertarian corner, and I doubt I'm alone. The libertarian party of canada is dormant, but I could see the Progressive Conservative Party swinging in that direction to differentiate themselves from the Alliance. Or maybe the west will just seperate...

I'm off to Ottawa on Thursday for my Grandmother's 100th birthday, but I'll be back on the 4th of December, just in case you're wondering where I am.

Nov 4, 2000

It's been a while since I last wrote anything here. Been busy. Work has been really busy, and so has the ret of my life. Nobody to vaote for. Seems to be the theme of the elections both up here in Canada and south of the border. Rarely has the lesser of two evils been such a clear case of choosing between two truly **EVIL** things. Here in Canada we are choosing (basically) between Jean Chretien's Liberal Party which has shown a complete lack of understanding of majority rights in a democracy, and Stockwell Day's Canadian Alliance which shows a basic lack of understanding of minority rights in a democracy. South of the border, the same hands are being played by Bush and Gore. While I agree with many of the rightists fiscal policies, I just don't trust them when it comes to their social policies. I see some merit in the social policies of the pseudo leftists/centrists of the Liberal/Democrat, but I don't want their hands on fiscal policies at all. If I were an American I would probably be voting for Harry Browne of the Libertarian Party, but I'm not. <sigh> I guess that once again when I go to the ballot box I'll have to refuse my ballot. Or spoil it.