The Three Amigos

 

Let’s cut through the crap !

 

As a Canadian Citizen it is not just your right to vote, it is your responsibility to cut through the crap and ask yourself and your candidates the really tough questions. A lazy voter will always get the government they deserve. An informed voter who does their homework will get the government they want.

 

Things you should be asking yourself during this 2015 Federal election campaign include: 

1 – Who has the nicest hair?

2 – Which party indulges the most in cyber bullying? (Attack ads)

3 – Which party has delivered a consistent positive message?

4 – Which party has fed at the trough the most?

5 – Which party is most represented in the senate spending scandal?

6 – Which party do you think will get the most support from seniors?

7 – Which party do you think will get the most support from the military?

8 – Which party do you think will have the most civil service support?

9 – Which party is more interested in Canadians than themselves?

10 – Which leader leads their party, which one demands that the party do as it is told?

11 – Which leader is the most passionate about what they are saying?

12 - Which party has spoken out the most about environmental protection?

 

And last but not least, which party is playing on your fears so you will choose them over the other candidate parties?

 

Elections should not be won based on:

1  - Fear mongering.

2 - Because your party has more money to spend on campaigns than the other guy.

3 - Because you think someone has nice hair.

Elections should be won based on:

1 - Your commitment to the environment (we need to breath)

2 - Your commitment to a strong economy (have a plan, and state it in public, let us decide its merit)

3 - Your parties and members adherence to the law (all law, not just those which suit your purpose)

4 - Your commitment to the people, not the party, or worse, yourself and your ego.

5 - Your protection of those in the vulnerable sectors
6 - Your commitment to those you send into battle

 

Remember, numbers don't lie, but liars use numbers. And one last thing, opinion polls are just that, opinions. Don't let someone else sell you their opinion, make up your own mind.

2015 Canadian Federal election

 

 

"Rough Rider"

 

Now, about that Canadian Election

lol

 



Never enough

 

Heaven Needed a Hero like You

We can never say thank you enough to those who choose to
put themselves in harms way to protect us.

We can never say sorry enough to the families of those
who gave their all to perform their duty. 

We can never stop helping those left behind,
for when we do, we fail them all.

R.I.P.
Lyrics by: Jo Dee Messina

Fathers and sons

In peace time, sons bury their fathers
In war time, fathers bury their sons

The Immortals

Youth in Transition

Brigette DePape

 

2011

 

 

2015

 

Youth Vote Campaigner for the Council of Canadians, calls on young Canadians to vote in the next federal election.

 

Former Senate page Brigette DePape says she does not regret holding up a sign reading "Stop Harper" during the 2011 throne speech, a stunt that made national headlines. More than three years after DePape became a household name, she is on a mission to encourage young people to better engage in politics. She's part of the 2015 Game-Changers Tour, which calls on Canadian youth to vote in the next federal election. 

 

"Nearly two thirds of young people did not vote in the last election,"I think it's time to break that vicious cycle of feeling like politicians aren't listening to us and so we're not voting."

 

This young lady has guts to be able to stand up to the Canadian Government in it's own house. Unfortunately it is not just the youth that are disenfranchised with the political fortunes in Canada.



 



Official Turnout Rate in Canadian Federal General Elections
1945 to 2011

 

(notice the downward trend)

 

This blogger has for many decades been less than satisfied with the political offerings in Canada and has more often than not voted against someone rather than for someone.

 

I was first introduced to politics at a very young age when Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker won the 1957 election.

 

In the House of Commons, Diefenbaker was repeatedly a candidate for the PC leadership and in 1956, on his third attempt, he became the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1957, he led the Tories to their first electoral victory in 27 years. (I should mention that at that time I was just 6 years old).

 

What, you may ask was a six year old doing listening to a politician. I was not listening to the politician, I was listening to the man. Not for what he was saying, or what party politics he was talking about (remember I was just 6 years old), rather, I was listening to this mans passion about what he was saying.

 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, and the youth of today, is what is missing from Canadian politics, Passion.

  

 

 

BuffaloCricket

PS - Go get I'm Girl

I’m a cop

If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.

 

Canada, October 22nd, 2014

Now isn't that a fish in your face. After many foolish attempts at being someone who really mattered on the world stage the Prime Minister of Canada must now face the probability of continued attacks on Canadian soil by extremist nut bars.... The current Prime Minister of Canada has for too many years considered his image to be worth more than the values Canadians have held dear for decades. Peace Keepers, generous, open arms held out to immigrants, non-violent.

Now, thanks to the Prime Minister's unrelenting quest for glory, he has changed the way the world sees Canada and Canadians; he has closed Canadian doors on the worlds diverse nature; and he has badgered his party into a goon squad approach toward world issues.

The Prime Minister is past his prime, has damaged Canada for all time, and he should resign. Being the coward that he is, the bully that he is, he should take a lesson from malala yousafzai. Stand up and be counted, but do it right. Coward that he is, he cancelled her appointment with a rare Canadian honour, Canadian Citizenship, so he could cowar in some remote dark place behind a security wall. Malala Yousafzai had no wall to protect her yet here she stands.

Shame on you Mr. Harper...