Well apparently we are in election panic. Since today, I have not thought about something useful for society, I may as well join in the fun of the election stampede. Looking over some blogs written by others about the listeriosis issue, I saw how some are turning the deaths of these victims as a political issue and blaming the current government in charge. Think about it for 3 seconds.... our country is like a ship at sea and we have traditions that have been implemented for cleaning and repairing the engine while out at sea. Over the generations, we have gone from cleaning and repairing the engine on a daily basis to cleaning and repairing on a weekly basis. Why? Well because we can put the cleaners/repairers to better use and we play the odds that the engine will not need to be cleaned or repaired daily. The typical capitalist mindset: do more with less: you know what I mean, give half the daily food required to the Olympic athlete so that he can outperform last year's results.
This metaphorical ship goes out and changes captains on a monthly basis, we call this elections. The engine goes kaboom and we want to blame the current captain? Foolishness! It doesn't matter who would have been at the helm of this ship, since the underlying tradition was not changed. The captain still follows the traditions set out by the culture of the ship, otherwise he wouldn't be captain. I blame the culture of moving without thinking, the "lets not take the time to do the job correct but lets get the job done fast, irrelevant of the quality" way. Blaming the current government for listeriosis is playing childish games of "my daddy wouldn't allow his car to get wet while it rained if he drove outside!" (variation of "my daddy is bigger than your daddy").
This election stampede is enough to get any thinker angry. We keep hearing foolishness coming out of the mouths of those who wish to be elected.... I guess its the nature of the beast to use rhetoric and sound like you are speaking truthfully by playing with the emotional assumptions of people.
Case#1-->Harper takes accurate quotes from Dion and pokes fun at them. Dion says he is misquoted but never explains his thoughts, he never corrects the quotes. He just tries to deny his own message. Dion takes a misspelled word in one of Harper's messages and gleefully points out that we should not trust someone who is bad at spelling. Harper apologizes for bad grammar and admits his fault, Dion claims to accept the apology, but still insists on pointing out the admitted gaffe.
Case#2-->A one issue party claims that other leaders are afraid to have a televised debate with her which is why they refuse to have her in the debate.... no one ever bothers to think for 3 seconds to see how the system really works as to why a one issue party may be vetoed (right or wrong reasons is not the point, rather what the actual reason may be, is the point).... If anything, this one issue party will only take away votes from other like-minded parties.... to the benefit of the Conservatives.
Case#3-->Duceppe is treating Harper like he is a Dion. Dion had used the baseball bat against Quebec complaints: "If you dare talk about seperation, we will use this bat against you." Harper, on the other hand was conciliatory: "How do we work together as Canadians to solve your complaints?". Duceppe can no longer talk credibly about Canada being a bully against Quebec, yet he still tries. Duceppe is now trying the strategy of "because we are different, we must refuse to work on a consensus with others" (which will not work well). Before the strategy was: "we are different and they don't want to have any type of consensus with us", this worked because Dion so beautifully reminded everyone of his "baseball bat".
Case#4-->NDP using fear tactics to try to link Harper with soft-core fascism?!
From the perspective of someone just watching the news as an outsider, ignoring the often foolish advice given by the experts, I would say that the Conservatives will win with a very small majority. The Liberals will lose seats. The Bloc will lose seats. The NDP will gain seats and may even surpass the Liberals. The Green will have about 3 seats but not for the leader.
Well that's my perspective from the first week of election's stampede.
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