Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Just Have to Post This!!!

Hey everyone,
I know it has been quite some time since I last posted on the blog, mainly I have been too busy to really get back into the political discussions that I have had before and partly because I just kinda forgot about it. Anyways, something politically just happened to me earlier in the day and I just wanted to share it with anyone who decides to read this. Earlier in the day, I was invited to a leaders debate party hosted by the NDP. Yeah, I know, but since I live in Sudbury now, and I have several friends who are members, I decided to go. In fact, one of the friends who invited me, is actually rather high up there in the NDP in Sudbury (before you guys ask, I will not say who it was due to his privacy and it is up to him to say anything). Anyways, the main reason why I wanted to go was so my friends and I could sit down in the pub and have a few drinks while watching the debates on the big screen, and have a frank and open discussion on the debates that just occurred. Well, when I arrived there at 7:10pm, I found my friends who were sitting at a table in the bar and there were a lot of NDP people there. I stood right beside them and started to talk to them about what I missed. I got quite a few looks when I walked in since I was wearing the same Liberal Party hat that I always wear (and I have worn several times to other NDP events) but I really didn`t care since I was here to watch the debates with my friends and maybe talk a bit with my MP who I have talked to multiple times over the last few years and could even consider him an acquaintance. Well, once more people started to see that I was there, the Blackberry`s started to come out and then someone came to our table and went to talk to one of my friends who was there. He talked for a few seconds, then came and sat back down, and the guy wanted to talk to me. He pulled me aside and told me that it was a closed event and I was not allowed to be there. I told him that I was invited by several people who were here but if you do not want me here, then I would leave. That is exactly what I did. So, because I was wearing my Liberal hat, I was turfed from a bar within 10 minutes. It must make you think that if your party is so insecure about it`s policies and support that it would not allow a dissenting point of view in the bar, then maybe people shouldn`t be voting for you to begin with. Way to go Jack Layton, your party is literally as open and accountable as the Conservative Party of Canada.