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Originally Posted by james t kirk
As for Martin, I actually think he's to be admired in all of this. He has since the begining done the right thing. He immediately cancelled the entire sponsorship program, he fired all those involved.
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WTF?
What do you expect him to do? Martin, as with Cretien, as with Mulroney, all do the wrong thing over and over until they get caught. If you think Martin is innocent and has clean hands simply because he was not implicated in THIS thing, then you just have too much faith in the rich shipping magnate who worked (?!) his way to the top of the political arena. My god, what a load of crap.
I have voted in every election I was eligible to vote in since I turned 18, but in all honesty I find it leaving a more and more bitter taste in my mouth every time I stand behind one of those cardboard dividers to scribble and X in front of some crooks name. Why is it that I always feel my sphincter tighten ever so slightly when an election is called?
Out of the 400 or so politicians that I presently see in various houses at various levels of government, I think there may be about a dozen that are truly there for the right reasons, and have the integrity to represent their constituents, even in our badly unbalanced political system(s).
The rest are like Cretien, or Mulroney, or any of the rest of them. Maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good, but the more I look for reasons to justify a positive attitude towards politicians, the more I get slapped upside the head. Fuck, a building doesn’t have to fall on me to see who's running the show and pocketing the dough.
It all comes down to three words - abuse of power - and they ALL DO IT.
And, we all vote for them, how fucking SICK IS THAT!?
Anarchy now!
Peace,
Pierre