So here I am trying to convince myself whether or not to post on this humble blog. My problem is that the whole thing is boring right now.
There are two sides (at least) to this form me. The first is from the politics as a sport point of view. I am a huge sports fan and it is well known that politics can hold the same fascination for people. Right now it is not sports, it is the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. The Liberals are throwing the game right now and the Conservatives alley-ooping all over them. It is pretty sad really.
Similarly I have never considered myself a partisan - granted I am one hellavu an ideologue but at the end of the day it is policy I am interested in and I don't care which party adopts the policies I am interested. And while I am being completely honest I've been a member of a political party for only one year (the federal Conservatives) and that was because I thought it was absolutely necessary that Canada get rid of the Liberals after 13 years. Would I care if the Liberals came back to power again? Not so much, as long as we have a competitive democracy, that is fundamental for me. The whole party structure thing didn't sit well with me. I went to a couple of local meetings but it was a club not a place to discuss ideas. I volunteered to help during the last campaign but no one took me up on the offer.
It seemed that being a party member meant a constant barage of being asked to donate money and trust me, that gets old in an awful hurry.
So back to the sports analogy I am a fan without a team. And worse the game isn't even very interesting right now. So to make a long story short postings here are going to continue to be infrequent until things warrant comment.
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I’m more partisan than you are, of course, but I actually know what you mean. When things get TOO partisan, they just get boring. Not to mention discouraging, and just plain gross.
I just hate the tenet in Canadian politics that says that people like you and people like me should have nothing to say to each other—you know?
Posted by Idealistic Pragmatist | October 31, 2007 6:48 PM
Posted on October 31, 2007 18:48
Times are decent but less interesting, policy-wise.
Toeing a party line is boring.
Posted by Ben (The Tiger) | October 31, 2007 9:04 PM
Posted on October 31, 2007 21:04
Welcome to the world I have been in for close to a year now buddy. The turn from principles to partisanship in the NDP chased me out and the ultra partisan screaming, yelling and demeaning anyone who was not a {Conservative|Liberal} was disgusting.
I still see the politics in Canada as a gutter fight between ignorants right now. Why can’t we have frank, open policy based discussions?
Tell ya what, if you ever decide to resurrect the Hotstove, drop me a line. I’d love to have actual policy discussions free from partisanship. Oh I’ll still talk “from the left” but it certainly won’t be partisan.
What do ya say Greg?
Posted by Mike | October 31, 2007 9:21 PM
Posted on October 31, 2007 21:21
The Liberals are throwing the game right now and the Conservatives alley-ooping all over them.
Yeah, that Stephen Harper is a regular Meadowlark Lemon. But is someone who alley-oops by climbing on the back of taxpayers an athlete or a clown?
Would I care if the Liberals came back to power again? Not so much, as long as we have a competitive democracy, that is fundamental for me.
But we don’t have a competitive democracy. Well we do, sort of, but the competition is not over ideas and principles. The only issues at stake are, which gang is going to get their hands on all the loot? And to which groups of losers and flakes will they promise to shower other people’s money, in order to get the loot? What lies and logical impossibilities will they sell to the non-losers and non-flakes, in order to make them consent to the looting and vote-buying?
Partisan politics, with all its childish gamesmanship and downright sliminess, is not an unfortunate side effect of this competition but an integral part. And you’re right, it does get extremely boring and frustrating to everyone except the lifers who have staked their future on scoring government money if only they can get “their guys” elected. It’s hard to maintain any interest in politics in the face of Harper’s supercilious program to make an already bloated and arrogant government even bigger, plus McGimpy’s latest triumph over prudence and common sense, and the rampaging socialist human wrecking balls running the government of every large municipality in the province.
Ron Paul’s campaign has given me a few reasons to be optimistic lately. “Freedom is popular”, he always says, when asked by astounded MSM hacks why there is so much enthusiasm for his campaign. There is still hope.
Posted by In Case of Boredom and Frustration, Read Austrian Economics | October 31, 2007 10:50 PM
Posted on October 31, 2007 22:50
Calm before the storm. I see tinkering to the constitution (i.e. senate) in our future.
Posted by nbt | November 1, 2007 1:40 PM
Posted on November 1, 2007 13:40