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Why I'm Not Patriotic

advocatus diaboli

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I'm proud to be Canadian, but I'm currently not proud to be a Canadian, at least not domestically. Why? Well:

 

Federal Government

 

1. There's the ongoing Senate scandal. Senators on suspension are having criminal charges placed against them for, effectively, stealing tax payer money. Many things have happened as a result of this:

 

a. The NDP want to abolish the Senate completely. They feel as if it's a complete waste of time and energy. The Senate is so muddled by party politics that nothing is getting done, so just get rid of it.

 

b. The Liberals kicked out all their Senators from the party. Two things arise from this: i). If you think they're not still Liberals in everything but name, you're silly. ii). If you think Justin didn't see criminal charges coming against Liberal senators and is distancing himself, you're silly.

 

2. Harper. I don't even know where to begin. He just needs to go. His time is up. Period.

 

3. Justin. Firstly, he's riding on his father's coattails politically, I think. He came out of nowhere and suddenly he's federal leader? What? How did this happen? The other thing, is he doesn't know the difference between his opinion personally and his opinion as a politician. When asked what country he admired most, he said China. Why? Their dictatorship-like structure allows them to move quickly and get stuff done. Words do not describe.

 

Provincial (Ontario) Government

 

1. Kathleen Wynne. I don't even know where to begin. Unelected. Scandals. No regard for tax payer money. Just... wow.

 

2. Andrea, the provincial NDP leader. Proping up Wynne's government. Why?! I'm embarrassed - ashamed - to consider myself an NDP because of this.

 

Municipal (Toronto) Government

 

1. Leave Rob Ford the fuck alone. He was elected to be the Mayor of Toronto, for which he is doing a fine job. He was not elected to be the Moral Compass of Toronto. If he doesn't want to go to Pride? Fine, no problem. I don't blame him, I don't want to go either. Norm Kelley is a tool, also.

 

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Our government, on all levels (I image other municipalities and provinces have it just as ad) is so broken it's embarrassing and laughable. Can we hurry up and just have the entire system crash, so we can start over? Pretty please, with a cherry on top.

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Zombie

"Municipal (Toronto) Government
1. Leave Rob Ford the fuck alone. He was elected to be the Mayor of Toronto, for which he is doing a fine job. He was not elected to be the Moral Compass of Toronto. If he doesn't want to go to Pride? Fine, no problem. I don't blame him, I don't want to go either. Norm Kelley is a tool, also."

 

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Isn't there something a bit worrying about political dynasties though? They seem like irrefutable evidence that democracy's been pushed aside. Maybe they can be stomached if they're outstandingly competent and show some respect for the dignity of their office and country, but this guy seems to revel in scandal, tawdriness and being a Class A obnoxious git. Kind of rubbing your noses in it don't you think?

And then there's the small matter of him being an ignorant homophobic jerk... :lol:

(Ford denounced Toronto providing $1.5 million to help prevent AIDS saying that most tax payers should not be concerned with AIDS because "If you are not doing needles and you are not gay, you wouldn't get AIDS probably, that's bottom line...those are the facts.")
 

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advocatus diaboli

He's not perfect, and he isn't not homophobic, which isn't something I'm overly fond of. However, the media is going out of their way to attack him and portray him in a negative light. They don't (completely) make everything up about him, but they're not giving fair, even, unbiased coverage.

 

I fully acknowledge that Ford id a walking PR disaster - I've said as much, even before the crack scandal. However, he's pissed off a lot of left-wing politicians and this is a smear campaign more then anything else.

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Zombie

Yikes, a triple negative! :P

Well I dunno, they do say there's no smoke without fire :lol:
- allegedly conspiring to have the man beaten in jail.
- acknowledged last year that he had smoked crack
- public drunkenness
- ranting, putting on a Jamaican accent, and using profanities to describe Toronto's police chief.
- threatening "murder" in an incoherent rant.

He seems, at best, a pretty tacky and unseemly kinda cove :o
Oh, and all these smears are sourced from the true-blue right wing conservative Daily Telegraph :funny:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/10606235/Toronto-mayor-Rob-Ford-accused-of-organising-jailhouse-assault.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/10496272/Toronto-mayor-Rob-Ford-tried-to-buy-crack-video.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraphtv/10595298/Toronto-Mayor-Rob-Ford-gets-stuck-in-a-lift.html
 

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A.J.

Rob Ford is a disgrace and should not hold public office. Your suggestion that the current system should collapse so it can be replaced with something else bothers me as well because your support for Rob Ford shows you would support people utterly unfit to hold public office.

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