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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Apr 23, 2011 2:53:33 GMT -5
Persuasion if you move to Calgary.
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Apr 23, 2011 10:19:16 GMT -5
That sounds awful.
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Post by junastarrider on Apr 23, 2011 20:13:07 GMT -5
Thanks America, for giving our politicians the idea to ride your anti-PP coattails.
To tell you the truth, despite me not liking the Conservative party, they're rather okay. Now the Christian Heritage Party? Those are some creepy Mother..... they're our version of your tea party, although they've been around longer. They get a pitiful amount of votes though, but their supporters are vocal.
Makes me wish we still had the Rhino Party.
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Apr 23, 2011 21:59:02 GMT -5
According to a list of parties my substitute social studies teacher read to the class, they're still around. Of course that list could've been outdated.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Apr 23, 2011 23:18:54 GMT -5
There's a new version of the Rhinos that was recreated a number of years back, but they don't have the same presence as the original.
The Tories aren't completely horrible. They're well-organized, Harper has good leadership skills, we managed to get through the recession with only minor damage while under them, and they've introduced a few good policies (raising the age of consent, for example). They're also far from being as conservative as the current era of bible-thumping Republicans down south. Unfortunately, their politics, as well as the lack of transparency and some questionable ethics tend to overshadow all of that. Harper's anti-gay-marriage stance alone does a lot of damage to his credibility in my eyes -- I have a difficult time believing that he would have dropped the issue if he'd gotten his majority. Still, the other parties would do well to learn from the Conservative's ability to organize themselves under a strong leader.
The Christian Heritage party is definitely wonky. Thankfully, they don't get enough votes to inflict any serious damage on the country, so I tend to ignore them. I can't recall even seeing them get any seats.
And as for Calgary, the plan is to get as many liberal-leaning people as possible to move here so we can take over the city and turn it into a progressive utopia. We've got jobs, a good economy, some beautiful scenery (provided it's not swallowed up by the tar sands), and a number of other things going for this town -- the only major downside, excluding urban sprawl, is the conservatism. Especially here in god damn Calgary SW, which is Harper's home riding.
On second thought, maybe I'll just move to BC.
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Post by affirmedatheist on Apr 24, 2011 6:36:08 GMT -5
Interesting.
We're seeing a sharp jerk right here in Oz too. It's happening everywhere... Sadly even the Left (Labor - and yeah, the douches spelt it the American way on purpose) have lurched right, with our atheist prime minister still persisting on giving the fundies their censorshit (I suspect they're using each other - the fundies for keeping us in the dark ages and promoting 15th Century standards of "morality", Labor for the future potential political control) - even though it's the greens holding the balance of power in the Senate (with Fundies First (Family First - a covertly Christian "Family Values" party).
Not that the Liberals (who are actually the conservatives - don't you love how twisted Australian politics is?) are any better, especially under Tony Abbott. If anything, they're even more rabid right wing, and haven't managed to raise their language in opposition above mudslinging.
Neither party gets my first vote anymore (that goes to either the Secular or Sex party (neither of which have any representation yet, but the small secular party best represents my views, aka determining policy rationally, and the sex party party is pretty much an anti-censorshit party).
We're either in the last grabs by religion for political power (I hope so) or a long, slow slide back into another dark age.
The more I read, the more I fear it's the latter.
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