TEE HEE HEE

I saw this on Audacious Ontology's website and it made me laugh quite hysterically.

Pennies are Brownish, not Red

Well, I guess it's about time for me to get yelled at by bloggers about Palestine. I haven't made any comments in the past, not because I don't care, just because I was too busy making fun of The Harp. The Cons today have released a statement regarding Hamas and Palestine, proof read by The Harp, and P-Makkie won the task of dishing it out to the people.

Now, with just about everyone in politics, The Cons have gone too far on this situation. It's not as if they are the only ones to do it, but since they are in power now, I get to comment on them. Now, I do not condone terrorism in any way if it is either a guy strapping a bomb to his chest and blowing up half a city block, or burning crosses in front of a persons house, or bombing the crap out of a city to try to get one person who committed terrorism, but they could have used more tact when they were dealing with this situation. Instead of The Cons just flat out turning their back on Palestine, what they should do is open up the diplomatic channels and find any sort of way to hammer out an agreement. If you just turn your backs on them, they will just become more resentful and steadfast in their opinion. We should be sending our best diplomats on a plane to Palestine to talk to the leaders of Hamas to try to convince them to change their ways through sound open communication rather than sticking their fingers in their ears and screaming LALALALALALALALALA until they are drowned out entirely. We need to step up and help the Middle East by trying to broker a deal with Hamas and I would even volunteer to go down there myself, if I was in the political circle that would be able to get me there.

UUUGGHH!!! Work Bad!!!!

Started my first day of work at The Sony Store today, and I realized how much I hate working. I miss being on EI, with the nothing to do and all. It was almost first time having sex awkward for the first half of the day. Don't know what to touch, what not to touch, where to put things...just kinda freaky. But me kinda tired now, it's been a while since I have been up for more than 12 hours and I am gonna curl up into bed and sleep.

More of the Greatest Platform Ever

Well, time to add a few more issues for the greatest platform ever. I missed a few of them while I wrote the last bit and now it is time to put those ones back in.

National Unity- This one is such a no-brainer that I am still shocked as to why nobody ever thought of it. I would go to each province and ask them what exactly their problem is. Instead of constantly throwing money at the problem, why don't we just attempt to solve the problem in the first place. I would hold town halls in every province and territory to find out what their major issues were and try to solve them. The only way to solve a problem is to find out what it is and address it and that is what I plan on doing.

Child Care- Bring back the Liberal National Child Care Program. It is the best program out there as it actually provides child care. The Con's policy is just a hand out that can be spent on anything. If you don't need child care, then you just get a free $100 a month. The National Child Care Program that the Liberals put out was designed for the families out there that need child care, and not a simple cash handout that the Cons wanted. Canadians want the Liberal Child Care program and I will make sure that they get it.

Same Sex Marriage- Although it is a protected right I am going to make sure that it stays as a protected right. I don't want anyone to ever remove the rights of people because of religious beliefs and I will make sure it is protected by the constitution and not allow anyone to use the notwithstanding clause or any other means to remove those rights. The anti-gay movement has the right to be against it, but they do not have the right to infringe on the fundamental human rights of others because of their homophobia.

Crime- My stance on crime is a mixture between Liberal and Conservative thinking. I want to put extra money into hiring law enforcement officers across the country so they will be able to help prevent crime. I also want to help try to rehabilitate criminals during their first or second offence. There are people who just make one bad decision and we need to make sure that they are not lumped in with the dangerous offenders who have no chance of being rehabilitated. I will have psychological assessments done for those offenders to find out if they are in deed able to be rehabilitated. For the most dangerous offenders and the one's that cannot be rehabilitated, then tougher sentences need to be in place to make sure that they do not harm any other people.

Marijuana Laws- I would legalize it. Not because I am a pothead, but because of the fiscal benefits that would come from taxing the hell out of it. It would also reduce the workload from police as they would no longer have to spend their time dealing with a couple of harmless pot smoking people and would be able to deal with real crime. As I said earlier, I would tax the hell out of marijuana as well to obtain the large sums of money we need to help run the nation. The more weed we sell, the more social programs we can fund. Can't see anything wrong with that. Now I know some of you are thinking that smoking pot is a gateway drug, but it is not. The only thing it is a gateway to is a gateway to munchies. I know a lot of people who smoke pot and they are doing just fine in society. Yes some of them have experimented with stronger, more dangerous drugs, but it wasn't from smoking pot, it was because of their addictive personalities. If they drank, then they would become alcoholics, if they gambled, they would be penniless. It is not the drug that causes the problems, it is their psyche that creates the problem. The money that we collect would also allow for funding added counseling for gambling and substance abuse to help anyone who truly has a problem.

Now there will still be others and I will most likely expand on each topic in its own post but for now this is it. For any other posts or changes, I will put them in a different colour to differentiate between them.

The Platform To End All Platforms

Sorry about the delay in this, I got rather busy over the last couple of days, job interviews out of the blue and the 45 metric tonnes of snow that fell on Saturday made my weekend quite insane. Now, it is time for the post that you are all waiting for, the greatest election platform of all time. None of these are certainties, as I don't have budget tables available to me so I don't know what I can afford but we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Health Care- Federalize it. The provinces have done such a piss poor job managing the system that we need to rebuild and restructure the system. With a federalized system, we can stream-line our resources to free up funds to expand the services that we need. Federalizing health care will reduce wait times by allowing patients to go to another province to get their medical work done. Also, we should increase funding to health care to rebuild the closed hospitals and re-staff all our hospitals to cope with our health needs.

Education- Federalize it as well. We need to make sure that every child in Canada has the same level of education. We also need to allow our children the same opportunities that we had in school by allowing them to participate in extra-curricular activities and have teachers available for the students if they need them. I also want to subsidize post-secondary education to allow everyone the chance to get a better education.

Accountability- Change the Ethics Commission so it holds 1 member of each party. This will bring balance to the system and allow for fairer scrutiny to our political system. I would also expand the Auditor General's role in Parliament and have them make sure the money that we spend, will be going where it needs. We don't need to have our departments blowing their money just so they use up the money in their budget. Budgets will be flexible to allow for extra funds if needed in certain areas and to save money if we don't.

Foreign Affairs- This one is a long one, but I believe that Canada should play a larger role in foreign affairs. First off, we should look into debt forgiveness for third world nations to allow them to start getting a level footing in global affairs. They are burdened with too much debt and as one of the richest nations on the earth, we need to help make sure that they have a chance to make something of themselves. We should also send extra aid to those third world nations to stabilize their resources. We need to send engineering teams to their countries to help irrigate their land so they can produce their own food and become self-sufficient. Food is their biggest priority and will allow prosperity in the region if we help them feed all of their people. If this issue is solved for the people of third world nations, then they can focus their efforts, with our help, in more advanced areas of life like technology and business. Canada is also a nation of peace and we should help bring that to the world’s stage. Canada should play a leading role in creating a lasting peace between many nations which have a long history of hatred between them. A stabilized world will allow for greater prosperity and if it is done peacefully, it will be a longer lasting stability and will not have as much of a detrimental effect on the people of those nations.

Social Security- We have been able to obtain large surpluses over the last several years and my theory on how to fix social security is to invest our surpluses to allow a larger winfall. This, I know, is a radical idea but I believe this may be the best chance to obtain the funds that we need to help make sure that there are funds available for social security in the future. Feasibility options would have to be done to make sure that this is possible and we would have to make the investments secret so we don't disrupt the natural flow of the stock markets but it may just be the best bet to save social security before it's too late.

Native Affairs- We have done a lot of damage to the native communities over the last 500 years and we need to start making amends to them. Land claims are just one example of how we can help them as this will give them the land that was taken from them so many years ago. I want to increase the land that the native groups have so they can live their lives as they see fit. I would also allow self-government for the native peoples in a broader role and look into the feasibility of giving them the same rights as a territory of Canada and have an elected group of representatives to address the needs of their peoples. We would also re-draw the electoral districts so there is more representation of the native people in federal politics.

Amateur Sports- I want to increase federal funding to amateur sports athletes and training. Canada should play a lead role in the Olympics as well and our athletes need to be able to train for their events without taking a second or third job just to pay the bills. Canada will help pay for the training facilities and pay the athletes to be able to live while they train. If the athletes want luxuries, then they will have to take a part time job, but we will pay for all their essentials so they will have a lot less to worry about.

Gun Control- The Liberal plan during the last election was good but needs to be increased. There should be a ban on all handguns for everyone except law enforcement and professional shooters. Professional shooters will have to have their guns locked in a safe at the shooting range and will have to be escorted to and from events by police officers to ensure nothing happens to them. There will be no option to use the notwithstanding clause for this as this will be a national law and there will be no exceptions. Handguns are used for only 2 things, competitive shooting and killing other people. We have to find a way to make sure that we keep handguns out of the hands of criminals and this is one major step to do so. We will also increase border security to make sure guns do not come into Canada from the US and also invest in better detection methods to stop guns and dangerous goods from entering the country.

Taxes- Increase the minimum amount that people have to earn before they are taxed. The poorer people of Canada need to be able to pay for their food and their essentials and we need to be able to help them. We will also increase taxes on the richest bracket of people as well to be able to compensate for the lost income and gain additional funds. They are rich people and can afford the extra income that the government will take to help the less fortunate. We will also increase taxes on large businesses to help pay for our initiatives. I also plan to make churches pay taxes as well. This one is controversial but there is no reason why they do not have to pay taxes. They collect large sums of money and that money should be given to the greater good rather than a select few.

Electoral Processes- Keep them as they were last year. They have done a good job for the last 139 years and we should keep them as they are. No fixed terms, no elected senate, no elected judges, no proportional representation. Our country works just fine as it is, and we don't need to change it.

Military- Increase funding so we can equip our troops with the most up to date equipment. We also need to help pay for extra soldiers to help increase our role as peacekeepers in the world. These funds will be used only for peace and not for war with other nations. We are a nation of peace and we need to maintain that role. I would also reduce our role in Afghanistan after our term is up. We will still be there, but only in a supplementary role and we will also help train the Afghani military and police so they can become more self-sufficient.

I will add more as the topics come up but this is a very good start. These are all preliminary ideas and some may be scratched due to economic feasibility. My main goal is to do all this while still being under budget and things will be adjusted to be able to keep that going. Also, these points are just a rough draft and if they were to become an official policy, would be cleaned up to make it a lot more professional and would be re-written to make sure that nobody would be able to find a loophole and exploit it.