I am pissed off. I just watched Stephen Harper end his platform speech on the National with the words "God Bless Canada". God Bless Canada? That is a nice kiss to the Socons Stephen, but where the fuck do you think you are anyway, Texas? Newsflash, you are not running for Pope, so stop blessing people! You must really think you have this all sown up if you can start in with that kind of nonsense. You need a humbling, just as much as Paul Martin does.(link)(via)
I don't understand why people act with so much vitrol to the slightest religious invocation in this country. If you aren't religious, then I would simply take a blessing as a blessing... It means he means nothing but good intentions towards you.
I guess blessings have been banned from Canada under some new form of common law I am as of yet unfamiliar with. Maybe not all blessings, just Christian ones... Something tells me that blessings from other religions are all the more welcome by this person.
And his reaction to the So-Con backlash?
The experience tells me a lot about what we could expect from a Harper majority government, should we elect one. These supporters of his, are like alcoholics cut off from booze for 12 years. They are going to get drunk with power and very quickly. Woe to anyone who gets in their way. The vibe I got from these folks was very reminicient of the Harrisites, early in the Mike Harris era. There is an arrogance about them that you can feel as a physical force. They know what needs to be done and they will do it, regardless of anything the opposition (including internal opposition) says or does. Indeed, any opposition will convince them of their righteousness and push them onward.
Someone is going through withdrawal but I highly doubt that it's so-cons. This blogger would be well to do a better analysis of who exactly is in control of the Conservative party... We have a party that is now officially "pro-choice" based on the last policy convention, that is merely promising to allow a true free vote on SSM in the next parliament. That contrasts well with the NDP, that will boot people out of caucus if they don't believe in SSM, and the Liberals which wouldn't allow a vote in the first place.
Sure, the CPC is just overwhelmed with So-Cons taking control...
Now just who is drunk on power these days?
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