Re: Very, very OT: Canada -- was [RE: A welcoming email]

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On Wednesday 20 October 2004 20:03, Brian Mury wrote:
>On Wed, 2004-20-10 at 19:21 -0300, Trevor Smith wrote:
>> "smart leadership"?
>>
>> Come on, we all know that we all voted for the Liberal party last
>> time only because the alternative was frighteningly similar to a
>> certain party to the south...
>
>First, we didn't all vote Liberal.
>
>Second, we got another yet another Liberal government because we
> were ready to turf them out and vote in the Conservatives when Paul
> Martin stood up and yelled "The bogeyman is coming!", and Ontario
> voters ran away in terror.
>
>Once again, the rest of us are stuck with the government Ontario
> wanted. Canadian democracy - government of the people, by the
> Ontario people.
>
>Third, the alternative to an arrogant, condescending, bungling
>government who can't keep it's hand out of the cookie jar looks
> pretty good.
>
>> The "smart leadership" in this country has just about shot off
>> every toe it has.
>
>They did that before the election, and you voted for them anyway,
> along with enough other people to elect them, and in the process
> send them the message that the Canadian electorate is not going to
> hold them responsible for their actions no matter what they do.

Gee, and here I thought all the crokks we know are in washington 
making bad laws.  Apparently the malady is more widespread than I 
knew.

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