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Jan. 23rd, 2006 02:02 pmGeeky bumpersticker seen today:
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Jan. 23rd, 2006
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Jan. 23rd, 2006 05:54 pmThis was an interesting experience:
http://www.votebyissue.org/cbc
Being American, the Canadian system of government is (of course) vastly different from ours, so half these questions wouldn't even come up in America. Very important, serious questions about how to spend or distribute National Healthcare funds are a little difficult for me to wrestle with when we don't have such a concept in the first place, and I'm against any attempt to try. It certainly gave me an interesting insight as to how other countries view our elections, except I believe most other countries are pestered by America a little more during our election cycle. The side effect of our stampeding elephants and kicking donkeys gives other countries a little more worldly sophistication, whereas I didn't recognize half the party heads on the Canadian ballot. This is a major handicap to me, as the mettle of a man (or woman) running for office is important to me. I haven't seen any ads or debates with these people, so I have no grasp as to who may be a principled leader and who may be a career pol hack. Therefore, I played politics and went with vague policy absolutes, and I'm moderate enough to cringe at any absolute that may be summed up in 1-2 sentences.
As an example, I'm a libertarian -- I firmly believe that anything our (or any other) government touches is suspect, so if there is to be governance, local is better than national. Therefore, by political absolute, I believe in an independent Quebec. In reality, I realize this issue is so very much more complicated than any difference that, say, Texans and Californians might have concerning the future of America.
So, my answers are, of course, meaningless. But, it was fun for someone with political interests like myself.
Agreed with:
Stephen Harper -- 10 Issues
Gilles Duceppe -- 8 Issues
Jack Layton -- 5 Issues
Paul Martin -- 5 Issues
http://www.votebyissue.org/cbc
Being American, the Canadian system of government is (of course) vastly different from ours, so half these questions wouldn't even come up in America. Very important, serious questions about how to spend or distribute National Healthcare funds are a little difficult for me to wrestle with when we don't have such a concept in the first place, and I'm against any attempt to try. It certainly gave me an interesting insight as to how other countries view our elections, except I believe most other countries are pestered by America a little more during our election cycle. The side effect of our stampeding elephants and kicking donkeys gives other countries a little more worldly sophistication, whereas I didn't recognize half the party heads on the Canadian ballot. This is a major handicap to me, as the mettle of a man (or woman) running for office is important to me. I haven't seen any ads or debates with these people, so I have no grasp as to who may be a principled leader and who may be a career pol hack. Therefore, I played politics and went with vague policy absolutes, and I'm moderate enough to cringe at any absolute that may be summed up in 1-2 sentences.
As an example, I'm a libertarian -- I firmly believe that anything our (or any other) government touches is suspect, so if there is to be governance, local is better than national. Therefore, by political absolute, I believe in an independent Quebec. In reality, I realize this issue is so very much more complicated than any difference that, say, Texans and Californians might have concerning the future of America.
So, my answers are, of course, meaningless. But, it was fun for someone with political interests like myself.
Agreed with:
Stephen Harper -- 10 Issues
Gilles Duceppe -- 8 Issues
Jack Layton -- 5 Issues
Paul Martin -- 5 Issues