Liberal View

I'm a liberal. Yep...that evil word in the present state of affairs. I have an open mind, and believe in the rights of others.

A good example of where I stand on certain issues.
I am:
Pro Gay Marriage
Pro Choice
Pro De-criminilization of Hash and Marijuana
Pro Sheep Molestation...err...nevermind that one.
Pro Religious beliefs
Pro Free Speech

I am one of those people that can't even fathom how conservatives can even justify the word convervative.

con·ser·va·tive
adj.

1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.

The world is a constantly changing tapestry of views, religious beliefs, technologies, politics, and lives. How can one who is conservative face or deal with a world that is constantly in flux and changing daily with the view that they oppose change.

Change is good it breeds evolution in not only ideals, ideas, and morals. It promotes a dynamic society, not a static society.

Now don't get me wrong not all change is good, there are things that should remain constant, fitting into the category of "Don't fix it if it isn't broke." But you can always improve upon things.

I look at the governing party of Canada and the United States now, and I truly fear for us. I won't even get into the reasons concerning the United States but if you are one of those that don't involve yourselves in the Political situations, here are a few links for you to take a peek at:

http://tinyurl.com/2dcgj
http://tinyurl.com/4x9ld
http://tinyurl.com/bk45v

As for Canada, my main fear isn't in regards of world domination, but us falling back into a deep debt. I work hard and pay high taxes so that hopefully my children will not have the same burden that my generation does. It was the Brian Mulroney government that really put us all in the hurt locker, and from that stemmed the GST, and high Income Tax.

I fear that his strong empathy for the US administration will place Canada in a position where we are expected to participate in the upcoming war of IRAN. Oh yes, boys and girls...it is coming, and it is inevitable. You see both Iraq and Iran want to do away with oil being paid for only by US dollars, they prefer the Euro...and the US just cannot have that. Regardless of this, I don't want to see Canada involved in that type of thing. I don't want to see our Men and Women killed because of the US outlook on the rest of the world. I don't trust Harper, I never have since his Alliance days. Too many Canadians have forgot some of the things he has said during his political career.

The next year will be very interesting to see what type of changes are brought forth, and what the reaction of the Canadian population will be. We are a very passive people, we don't tend to take as passionate a stand on issues as our neighbours to the south, and I'm afraid that passivity will allow this government to pass some ultra conservative bills.

Let's hope this doesn't happen for all of our sakes.

What we need is a Common Sense Minister, one who can look beyond the veil of partisanship and political nonsense and say, "you know what, that makes no sense at all" and quash it with extreme prejudice.

Here are a few quotes from Harper:

"In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don't feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don't feel bad about it themselves, as long as they're receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance."

- Conservative leader Stephen Harper, then vice-president of the National Citizens Coalition, in a June 1997 Montreal meeting of the Council for National Policy, a right-wing American think tank.

"Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it. Canadians make no connection between the fact that they are a Northern European welfare state and the fact that we have very low economic growth, a standard of living substantially lower than yours, a massive brain drain of young professionals to your country, and double the unemployment rate of the United States."

- Conservative leader Stephen Harper, then vice-president of the National Citizens Coalition, in a June 1997 Montreal meeting of the Council for National Policy, a right-wing American think tank.

"Now 'pay equity' has everything to do with pay and nothing to do with equity. It’s based on the vague notion of 'equal pay for work of equal value,' which is not the same as equal pay for the same job."

- Stephen Harper, NCC Overview, Fall 1998.


"I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans."

- Stephen Harper, Report Newsmagazine, March 25th 2002. As it turned out, Harper wasn't the only one who didn't know all the facts.

- Seth