Thanks for the emails.
I’m here.
We’ve had amazing weather the past week, and I’ve walked away from the computer, gone down to the lake and watched wildlife move around.
I’m tired. Last week I learned something online I haven’t done before.
Most errors are human, not technical, and I was once again reminded how human I am. I wrestled for a couple of days out of sheer stubborness to get where I needed to go.
Finally did, and there was no sense of satisfaction. Just fatique and frustration. Just an wrong attitude about how much I don’t know, and how much compromise is needed to get even simple things done on a computer sometimes. I need time to adjust the attitude.
I’m angry at the federal government at the moment. If we Canadians wind up going into an election in June, I’m going to have to swallow this irritation and vote. I don’t want to vote, I don’t want an election. I wish I could be apathetic. Why the big surprise at the fact there are corrupt people taking advantage of their party status, party connections or friends, or their opportunity for money and power?
What good is an election going to do? Some of the problems are systemic.
It doesn’t matter what party is in power, there are always going to be senior members of government and politicans and people that are going to find loop holes and walk right through them.
I’d like to see the Gomery Inquiry finish what has been started. I’d like to see people that have broken the public trust stand trial. I’d like to see consequences. Justice. But I’m not optimistic.
An election won’t accomplish that, ideological rhetoric and polls seem to run our political decisions. That isn’t good for this country.
I’m missing some of my favorite bloggers who for technical or real life reasons aren’t posting regularly at the moment. Their posts feed and encourage.
I’m missing the spiritual, mental and emotional online connections, I think.
When I have tuned into the news the past few weeks, I realize I’m kind of burned out. CTV is one of the few western media outlets in Angola at the moment. It is a broken and destroyed country gripped by fear as the Marburg virus causes terrified people to make all the wrong decisions. Angolans are hiding sick relatives from the ‘medicine people’ or ‘astronauts’ (because of the bio-hazard suits) The mortality rate is exceptionally high. It is heartbreaking as most news is.
And I’m sitting at a lake, frustrated with myself and tuning it all out.
I was reading the part in the bible where Jesus was telling disciples what it would be like to follow him. Most of them walked away. Jesus turned to his core group and asked them if they were going to leave too.
I like Peter’s answer.
“Where would we go?”
Indeed.
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I think I have an idea as to why you don’t want an election. You just don’t want the Torries to win. To see your party do what its doing puts you between a rock and a hard place. Torries win vs. condoning the existing party. for youb its a lose-lose situation. I’m sorry and feel for the pain you are facing even though I feel a Torry Canada would be good for this continent.
Indeed, Bene, where would we go? Unfortunately, I’ve been going in all sorts of directions lately, none of them the right one. Maybe at some point I’ll find that I had really been following Jesus the whole time, on some torturously circuitous route, but right now, it sure doesn’t feel like it. I need to spend some time in silence, with scripture and the Rule of St. Benedict.
Peace and blessings,
RiverStone
DH: No. It isn’t about what party is in.
When you have a minority government (we had 11 between 1958-67) the election fever tends to allow governance to be set aside.
Part of the difficulty we are in with the Gomery situation is a good idea gone bad, sloppy middle and top management and flat out corruption and law breaking.
If we held a federal election today, conservatives have to consider the PQ.
I doubt any party faithful are ready for the necessary alliance.
The middle level federal managers won’t change because of an election DH. The conservatives would be stuck with the same people and same procedures.
Media fueled anger is not a good way to drive an election process.
How would a Conservative government effect the balance of power between feds and the provinces?
Or the charges laid against people testifying in the inquiry? A change of government eventually would be a good thing, all the rhetoric aside, the opposition is not equipped to take power.
Oh and DH. In this country we don’t have to register for a party to vote. My party? Excuse me.
My own family doesn’t even know my choices, and I’d appreciate an apology for your jumping to conclusions.
I know you are from the US and the words have different meaning, but since I have not shown partisan ship on this blog, I want to be very clear in any political discussion I resent that kind of iqnorance from you.
dh:
With so many political parties in Canada, many of us do not have loyalty to one party, we a non-partisan and vote for the candidate most likely to do the job. The politicians don’t run the government, the bureaucrats do. Therein lies the corruption. It’s a case of a bureaucracy rising to it’s incompetence. In the end we hold our politicians accountable, but how can a back-bencher from a small community thousands of miles from Ottawa who just happens to be Liberal even begin to understand the complexity of Ottawa’s back rooms? Our MP hasn’t been in office long enough to be noticed, and now he may be out of a job should there be an election. The next guy going in has the same problem. It money and power that corrupts, and our high level bureaucrats are well-paid, fat and happy.
Maybe it’s time to do a little trimming?
It seems to me that the people of Canada need to do the right thing and choose a Torry. It seems to me that there have been more problems than before since the non-torries took office. That’s all. I wasn’t saying “your party” in the sense that you vote for them but from a stand point of ideology. I personally think the ideology clouds true reform that I feel is needed in Canada especially in light of the wonderful vote south of the border. Oh well, I’m just a lousy American what do we know.
Sorry DH; No name calling here. You aren’t allowed to call yourself a lousy anything:^)
I’m inclined to be a bit rougher on you because I respect the fact you take the time to read blogs from outside the US. I was tired and there was not excuse for letting it out on you.
Apology accepted.
Going back to what I said. All south of the border aside, What did you think of my previous post? I would like to hear your insight on my comments.