Liberals, NDP's, and underhanded politics Oh My!

I've just finished recording the soundtrack to Julia's demo reel... but I'm taking a moment away from that before posting it to bring up some current events. (Finally have a half a day to do some work on my music, heh).

According to CBC, and a number of other news sources, Liberal leader Stephan Dion is in negotiations with the NDP party to cast a vote of no confidence on Conservative leader Stephen Harper's team.

This is unacceptable.
We JUST FREAKING VOTED! The people have made it clear (incredibly clear) that they trust the Conservatives more than the Liberals.
Yet, here comes Stephan Dion, ignoring the votes of the people, and trying to cast a vote of no confidence.
In his mind, if he can't be voted into power... he'll just steal it.

THIS IS NOT BECOMING OF A DEMOCRATIC NATION.

The democratic process has spoken only a few months ago. The results? The conservatives gained almost twice the votes as the Liberals. The PEOPLE want the Conservatives in power.


Conservatives : 143 seats.
Liberals: 77 seats.


Basically, the Liberals will need to persuade both the NDP (with 37 seats) and la Bloc d'Quebecois (with 49 seats) in order to hold majority on the voting process... but they can't get it.

So instead, they're calling a vote of no confidence.

Really?

You just lost the election by an incredible margin... and you expect the public to support you siezing power through alternative means?

Screw that. The democratic process must be respected... if he can't handle the fact that we voted for the other guy... maybe, just maybe you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.


So, say it with me guys and gals... "MR. DION, WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR AUTHORITY"

That's enough...

I've been hearing an increased number of reports of Christian fundamentalists going against the gay community, further pushing their agenda to have gay rights pulled. And as a result, there have been a number of clashes between the two groups.

As an Atheist, I find this appalling.
And this is unbecoming of Christians. Most Christians I know understand why it's best to live and let live free... but alas... fundamentalists of any group are a headache to deal with.


I must urge my fellow Atheists and Agnostics to take a stand, and any like minded of other groups. We cannot allow these religious fundamentalists the right to dictate who is or is not entitled to the rights they enjoy.

I know, as Atheists, I cannot make you do anything. Your morals are made by you and you alone. And for this, we are destined to continue disagreeing with each other... but I must urge you... take a stand on this issue. Not for them, FOR US!

If we allow the fundamentalists the ability to act as an authority over who can and cannot marry, or many other rights they are pushing at lately... then we're next. As are all the other religions out there. Once these fascist ideals are pushed through and the gays are stripped of their rights, we're next in line.

We don't hold to a religion. Sure, you can fake it... but I feel that would be against my morals of honesty, as you likely feel the same.

I want the right to be allowed to marry just as much as any gay or lesbian... for the moment we Atheists have that right. But we don't belong to any religious organization, we are not represented as a religion, and as such, our right to marry is also dictated to us by these fundamentalists should their lobbying succeed.

This is fascism guys and gals, make no mistake about it. A group of people are pushing their personal ideals on us.

Don't make enemies of the religions, there are those in the religious groups who still stand with us on this... but there are unfortunately a much greater number of those who desire to push their concept of morality on us without an ounce of consideration for our rights or freedom to chose.

And I for one, will not tolerate fascism.


To the gays and lesbians out there, I may not be one of you... but I'm most definitely with you.