I feel like writing something right now, so...here goes:
I'm kind of bored at home at the moment, just had dinner, about to go watch one of those 50 DVDs that I burned at my uncle's during the Holidays, but I still feel like writing before I go. Thing is: Everytime I sit down in front of the PC and get ready to write an entry, I kinda lose all the feeling, y'know, that gut thing that makes you go and write like a possessed madman for hours. Anyways, that's what it used to be, and that's what happens when I gotta do 10+pages written assignments for college.
And since I'm tired of this journal being a R2W-wrestling-based thing, I won't do anything else than mention our upcoming show's next Saturday night, January 14th, and that Lufisto is one of our guest wrestlers.
So, what is there to talk about? Well...let's jump straight to my second favorite journal-filling topic: Politics, of course! Federal elections will be taking place on January 23rd, and I still haven't quite made up my mind who I'll be voting for. I've watched 3 of the 4 national debates, 2 of the English ones and the last one that was in French...and none of the potential Prime Ministers has impressed me. Actually, they all have very, very interesting points, but each of them has got something very, very dirty, some kind of a super-visible and reeking shitstain they carry around that makes me wanna avoid giving them my vote, even if my life depends on it.
Therefore, I'm not going to list all the nice things each party/party's leader has in store for my beautiful country, I'm just going to point out what annoys me about them.
Ex-PM Paul Martin(Liberal Party of Canada): Well, old Paul's got some bad shit going his way lately. It seems like each of the other 3 parties' campaigns are based on tarnishing his party's reputation, and, according to me, that's a good thing. His party being the instigator of the much-publicized Sponsorship Scandal that, even though it hasn't been widely talked about in the US media, has made quite a stir on a few American-based blogs, Mr Martin shouldn't have been expecting too much cordiality from his political opponents this winter. But, as if Adscam wasn't enough, it turns out the RCMP is currently investigating Minister of Finances Ralph Goodale for playing dirty Initiated games with a bunch of big Canadian shareholders during his tenure as minister. And Martin, whose hands seem to be getting dirtier with each passing second, decides it is wiser to back up old man Ralph than to shit on him and let him die, which makes me wonder: Are the Liberals actually aware that everything that goes on in their world of lying, cheating and stealing eventually makes it to the evening news, for every citizen to watch at dinner time? Oh...and what a mastery of the French language you got, Paul. For a French Canadian, you sure as fuck don't shine during the French debates, do you?
Stephen Harper(Conservative Party of Canada): Stephen is...well...A guy who sure tries. A bit like his Liberal counterpart, Stephen isn't quite a king at speaking French. I can still remember those hilarious radio clips of him struggling to pronounce "Psychologique"...first it comes out as "Pissiologique", and then "Piss-ologique"...before he finally gets it right...a word that is almost exactly the same in French as it is in English...please...God...couldn't he just cut it from his speech if it is so hard to pronounce right? Unlike Paul, however, he might have a good excuse for his miserable lapsuses, being that he is from Alberta and wasn't actually raised anywhere near a French-speaking town, like the other 3 candidates. But that still doesn't make him a guy I'd associate with, morally speaking. Since he's so high on bringing back death penalty, which was abolished back in the 40's, and tends to bring up the idea of getting rid of abortion a bit too often for my liking...and all. Don't get me wrong, the Conservative party's got great ideas for the new budget, tax cuts and all, that I totally agree with, but morally speaking...bleargh. And most of their candidates in my province aren't even francophones. Steven Blaney in Lévis-Bellechasse...does that sound Lévisien to you? To me, it doesn't. And I don't expect an outsider to be able to represent my interests and I justly in the House of Commons. Sorry, but xenophobia's still the name of the game during electoral campaigns.
Jack Layton(New Democratic Party): To be honest, had the elections taken place back in November or early December, I probably would've voted for this guy's party. Honestly. They've got a great program that doesn't seem to favor any social class above the others, some nice tax cutting plans that we need so badly right now, and Mr Layton claimed he was willing to give a hand to the people of Québec, which just might help calm down the rabid separatists. The problem is...he made some rather uninspiring comments in mid-December, comments about "punishing" provinces who used PPPs(Public-Private Partnerships, they were used in Québec to help the health care system run more smoothly, and besides a bunch of angry communists, this didn't affect anyone negatively, since most of the machines or facilities borrowed by the private entreprises were used in the weekend, when public-employed doctors are at home, ie...NOT USING THEM. PPPs were also used in other domains, but the big fuss is about the health care system). Now, don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the left-wing ideals. I mean, I was willing to give my vote to the NDP, a social-democratic party, a no-name party that has no chance of ever gaining any power in Canada, when faced with the Liberals and the Conservatives, but that...that totally discouraged me. I don't wanna live in some kind of half-communistic country, where making use of the private system(a system that has proved its worth over the years, here in Québec at least) is nearly considered a criminal act by the central government. Therefore, sorry Jack, but you're not getting this boy's vote in 2006. Better luck next elections. On the other hand, unlike Paul and Stephen, Jack Layton sure showed he could speak the country's second language quite clearly, save for a few mistakes here and there. Sure helped that he was almost born on the Québec-Ontario border, but, heck, Paul Martin spent his life in Montréal and still looked like a retard compared to Layton during the French debates. Lâche pas la patate, Jacqueau.
Gilles Duceppe(Bloc Québécois): I voted for old man Gilles' party on the last elections, out of desperation, and...right now, it seems like I'll once again have to vote for the Bloc this time around, even though it is monstrously useless to do so, since that party can never be anything more than an opposition runner-up for whichever one of the Liberals or the Conservatives do not get elected. In other words, all by itself, the Bloc can't do shit. They needed to ally with the Conservatives(which is kind of contradictory, seeing as the Bloc is a social-democratic party, whereas the Conservatives are...well...conservative) or the NDP to oppose or introduce a project. The thing is...the whole point of the Bloc is to show the federal government that the province of Québec wishes to get separated from the rest of Canada. I don't want that, but...the guys do a fine job of representing the province in the House of Commons, I gotta give them that. And Duceppe is one heck of a debater. He obviously annihilated all 3 other candidates on the 2 French debates(surprise, surprise), but he also held his own during the English debates. Definitely the most charismatic of all 4 party leaders, it's just too bad his party's virtually useless and that I do not support their cause, because then, I'd know exactly who to vote for on the elections. I don't really like giving my vote to a party that shits on the rest of the federation during the federal elections, but I find myself in a jam when all 3 other "real" parties have proven to have a painfully obvious little something that irks me. I'm just hoping the Rhino party(a joke of a party, their candidates generally are actors and their plans for a new society, totally unrealizable satirical proposals, such as abolishing the law of gravity, reducing the speed of light because it goes way too fast, stop pumping oil because that oil is necessary for the Earth to move around its axis, without it, the damn thing will stop, putting the national debt on a Visa credit card and making the Canadian people stronger by adding steroids to tap water) will have a candidate here in Lévis, or an Independent candidate will be there.
Wish me luck.