Seems I'm a bit:
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My Brethren Missed a Sermon?
Hey there lampost, how's it going? - 2006-05-22
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I'm okay with it, though. Even though the man with the hair that hasn't been seen since Ken divorced Barbie now controls our future as a country for the next while, he's going to be kept firmly in check. And, Jack and the boys from the NDP (Americans and sundry-- think 4th place party with socialist leanings) picked up another dozen or so seats which, in this system is fucking incredible so I can't be a total Sour Sally, shitface or no. I woke up that morning with hope. I woke up with hope on January 24th because the Conservative party has no natural ally in Parliament so no one's going to let them get away with anything too insane. I woke up with hope because maybe, just maybe, that $24B that seems to have been curiously absent from the Conservatives' budget might just turn up and help those who need it. I am hopeful that Harper knows he's on very thin ice and we are watching him like hawks, ready to storm his house and muss up his hair and make him hug his children and pluck out his husky-eyes the moment he starts to be a total fuckup instead of just a harmless douche. I woke up that morning and still loved my country. I love that we're a nation of inside jokes. I love that we're so spread out we can't possibly have universal connections, yet we manage to get along pretty well besides (pull up your socks on that one, Quebec). I love that we are so unconcerned about our leaders that we let our most important member of parliament get hit in the mug with a pie. I love that we bitch about the cold, are wary of warmth, give until it hurts and carry on no matter what. We will survive through Harper's reign. If we're smart about it, we'll even thrive. And that's a pretty big accomplishment, even if we have to do the whole run with a face full of shit.
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