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Dec. 4th, 2008
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tzoq passed this on to me:"To condemn MPs for wanting power makes about as much sense as condemning firemen for being wicked, because they only live for fires. In this case, it makes even less sense, because we have one fire company that's sitting on its a** while something important burns down, and a bunch of others are saying, "For God's sake, then, give us the hose!" That's what they're there for. That's their job. That's why we send them to Ottawa....
... I've asked myself would I be feeling this way if the Tories were doing this to the Grits... as they would have liked to have done just a few years ago. In all honesty, I know I'd be pretty sore about it, but I wouldn't be arguing it was damaging to democracy, or illegal, or extraordinary. I know it's none of those things in our system — only rare, in Canada. And to be honest, if it keeps future minority governments in line, if it sinks in for the next Harper, so much the better."
One more thing...
Dec. 4th, 2008 10:56 amAs we wait to find out what fate awaits Parliament, one silver lining is that Governor General Michaëlle Jean has something useful to do, for once. Cause, you know, she's easy on the brain as well as the eyes, not to mention being our most personable and charismatic politician.
As The Globe and Mail put it in an editorial on her installation speech:
"Here is this beautiful young Canadian of Haitian birth, with a smile that makes you catch your breath, with a bemused older husband by her side, and a daughter who literally personifies our future, and you look at them and you think: Yes, this is our great achievement, this is the Canada that Canada wants to be, this is the Canada that will ultimately make way for different cultural identities."
I can't find video of her installation speech on the Youtubes, but here's something in French that sounds nice, whatever it means. :)
EDIT: She decided to suspend Parliament till January, so that the PM can try with a new budget. BOO! BOO! Down with outmoded royalist trappings! Death to the Aristos! Treason! Riot! Revolt! Anti-democracy! Everyone storm the Winter Palace and stand about on tables, waving bits of paper!
;)
As The Globe and Mail put it in an editorial on her installation speech:
"Here is this beautiful young Canadian of Haitian birth, with a smile that makes you catch your breath, with a bemused older husband by her side, and a daughter who literally personifies our future, and you look at them and you think: Yes, this is our great achievement, this is the Canada that Canada wants to be, this is the Canada that will ultimately make way for different cultural identities."
I can't find video of her installation speech on the Youtubes, but here's something in French that sounds nice, whatever it means. :)
EDIT: She decided to suspend Parliament till January, so that the PM can try with a new budget. BOO! BOO! Down with outmoded royalist trappings! Death to the Aristos! Treason! Riot! Revolt! Anti-democracy! Everyone storm the Winter Palace and stand about on tables, waving bits of paper!
;)
Suspended!
Dec. 4th, 2008 11:45 amThe Governor General decided to suspend Parliament till January, so that the PM can try with a new budget. BOO! BOO! Down with outmoded royalist trappings! Death to the Aristos! Treason! Riot! Revolt! Anti-democracy! Everyone storm the Winter Palace and stand about on tables, waving bits of paper! Down with the GG!
;)
;)