Saturday, March 26, 2011

Mandatory Poilievre - the virtues of block letters.

Pirate Fish says: Good idea. Let Pierre be the front guy during the election.

Hon. Marlene Jennings: (Gerstein and Finley, facing jail time for election fraud) - ...How can Canadians trust a Prime Minister who holds our democratic elections in such contempt?

Poilievre: the Liberal Party is holding democratic elections in contempt. It ignored the results of the last election when voters spoke and gave this party increased seats and increased votes. It formed a coalition with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP.

Sort of like the older, dumber kid in the schoolyard, who having been held back several grades comes out with such brilliance as: “oh yeah? You’re the dummy!”

Hon. Marlene Jennings: ...Why do the Conservatives think that they are better than every other Canadian? Why do the Conservatives think they are above the law?

Poilievre: ...I do not know why that member thinks that her party is above the democratic process. After the last election, which the Liberals lost, they then tried to overturn the result by forming a coalition with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, a coalition that would dramatically raise job-killing taxes and destabilize our economy.

Wow. Coalition. Democratic process. Job-killing taxes. Economy. Destabilize.

Toss those words in a hat, add a few random pronouns and verbs, grab a few and form a sentence. Be sure that you have extra “coalition” and “economy” tokens, though.

Then even Pierre can pretend to be a politician.  Maybe we can design picture blocks so he can do away with words altogether.

5 comments:

Beijing York said...

I hope Poilievre loses his seat. He is one of the most annoying PoS and is as deep as an ink pad.

Anonymous said...

The fact that the Liberal Party and the NDP even formed a coalition with a separatist parties. They are no better then the conservatives in my eyes. Why bother bashing the conservatives when all your doing is helping the Liberals. Sure if your all NDP, they will ruin the economy, it's nuts that they didn't support the conservative budget when they were getting a lot out of it. I'm a green voter, but I know my vote is a waste and I might as well be voting conservative, as that's who my vote helps when I vote green.

I think for political activism, if you hate the conservatives why not focus on trying to change the party system so the we vote for individuals that stand for something, and can vote on government with there own free will. As it is now, if an MP doesn't vote for what the party wants, they will kick that MP out, it's crazy!

I'm just ranting, and not bashing your efforts, (i hate all 3 main parties equally) but I wish more political activists focused on changing the democratic process then focusing on what party is doing what. But unless your a lawyer and know the law, and know people in government, or can create a viral campaign that speaks to average canadians there is no chance that your efforts will do anything but help those in power already.

Scott MacNeil said...

@Anon.

re: "...there is no chance that your efforts will do anything but help those in power already."

Unless of course it leads to a CHANGE in ehtos, in manner, in priorities AND in government... but, that is the first step. THEN and only THEN can all other necessary steps can be pursued with elan, vigor, and determination - but until THEN we need to fight for a government that represents our values (coalition of not) that represents the MAJORITY of Canadians and is, in short: reflective, responsive and compassionate regardless of its composition. WE NEED CHANGE.

In closing, I would humbly suggest that you think happy thoughts :) Take care.

Alison said...

Pierre reminds me of a particularly unattractive male version of Sarah Palin. He's a major purveyor of nonsensical word salad.

900ft Jesus said...

anon - "if you hate the conservatives why not focus on trying to change the party system so the we vote for individuals that stand for something"

yes, the system needs change. Agreed. But we can't bring about that change under a harper government because he plays loose with existing laws and legislation to do what he wants resulting in less and less power in the hands of the public.

So before we can change systems, we need to get rid of the guy who rules like an autocrat. I don't hate conservatives, and I don't consider harper a conservative. Diefenbaker, Clark, Stanfield would never have done the things harper has done undermining democracy. Even Mulroney wasn't that bad.

I agree that the Libs aren't the greatest either, but as Duceppe said on Friday in the House, they aren't as bad as harper's party.

What I'm saying, anon, is get rid of the guy who has no respect for laws and legislation, then pressure the other parties to effect change.

I'd vote Bloc to get harper out, not because I hate CPC blue, but because he is damaging our country and ignores rulings and legislation that get in his way.

The other parties will be more careful if we send a strong message by kicking steve's ass. And we voters can't be complacent, we need to keep pressuring whatever party or coalition holds power to work for us, not for themselves.