Election Canada

Election Canada

We have a Canadian Election coming up. Whats sad is I have no idea who would be best to vote for. I believe in change, so I would like to see our long standing Liberal government given a jostle. But not if it means a Conservitave majority.
 
The idea of a conservative government scares me. Espeacilly after the conjoining of the PCs with the Canadian alliance. I felt the Canadian Alliance was a fanatic baptist-christian ideals group with a conservative twist. And although I never really liked the PCs I could see how they kept a balance in our country.
 
So if I don't want thoose two partys, the only other major parties I can vote for are the NDP and the green party. I'm worried about the amount of spending the NDP would do and how it would impact our economy. They have a reputation for causing tremendous debt.
 
Then theres the green party. They are labeled as an environmental activist group. Maybe they were in their old days. But their core principals have to do with preservation of many things. Our budget, international standings ect. Infact it seems the NDP has almost stolen some of the Green party's platform.
 
My problem with voting Green though is that I know it is a vote that will not bring in green. It's just a vote for the loosing side. There is not enough strength in my riding to let green succeed. It will be a tight race between the other three.
 
The last election felt worse though. Last election it was just a mater of voting for the strongest contender Agaist the canadian alliance or the conservative . Which was the liberal.
 
Bush was newly elected into office, and we Canadians felt the pressure cooker that was his temper with the mid-east. We saw him as a cowboy ready to shoot off his pistols. And boy were we right! We needed to vote in a government that would not only be politically polite, but know to stand ground and keep out of any turmoil and conflict caused by Bush Jr. playing cowboys and indians.
 
On September 11 I was glad I voted the way I did. I Think that attack on the WTC was a comment of the mid-east against america and how it noses itself into affairs that are not theirs. I do believe it was a comment on freedom. But not agaist free north america. Not agaist Canada wich will play peacekeeper and clean up and apologize for the mess of our american neighbours. But a comment on how these countries need to be left to their own devices to clean p their own mess. Not to Occupied and policed by americans, to only have their culture disappear to american consumerisim.
 
If we had a conservative Governemnt then, I am certain most of our young men here in Canada would have been at war. And Our beautiful north would have been torn up for uranium supplies. Canada would have been raped of resources to fight an american fight.
 
I don't know what I'll vote. But I know my vote matters. It does help decide the fate and direction of not only our country, but world dynamics. When election day comes, We are taking a stand on how we want our country run, and where we stand internationally.
 
Everyone please remember, make your vote count. And choose wisley.

I have clean Underwear!

It has been SO LONG since I have been able to make it to the laundry mat. I had AT LEAST two weeks of laundry Plus all my sheets and blankets and towels to wash. I felt like a machine hog taking up all the good washers and dryers ( Although I did get there first) And now it's done, and all my underwear is finally clean. And i don't have to wear shirts the second time around. You know it's really bad when you get to the point your doing the sniff test on clothes off the ground. Then you have to choose between two shirts... they are both a little musky... but which is the least stinky.... EW! I have felt so gross these past couple days! But now I have bundles of soft clean laundry... So much of it my whole house smells like Dryer sheets.

Faith

Latley,( and most of the time) I havn't felt whole. Maybe the best way to describe it, is that there is a space not filled-in, in my spirit or soul. A peice missing in my spiritual puzzle. I can't be certain, but I think it may be a need for congregation. A coming together of like minds.
 
I have been raised with various religions around me  I have been around spirtiual gatherings of all sorts I have formed a general knowing as to what god is , at least in my own inerpretations. But I've never been able to find an organized religion that seems to support my feelings on god. I think that finding a group of people who veiw the spiritual world the same way as me would be lightening to my spirit.But how I've learned religion and faith is not like how most do. I've been exposed to so much!
 
I am sometimes jealous of thoose who are " Born again" Christians who can belive evrery thing their pastour tells them. They know and believe in their heart that they will be saved and go to heaven if they follow the bible and attend church on Sundays.I don't mean to offend anyone but I believe that this is ignorance of the true meaning of the word. And in this case I think that ignorance is bliss.
 
However in my mind I have learned more than just what the bible says, and with knowledge comes responsibility, So then I teach myself more and more. Sometimes I wish I havn't learned all that I have so that I could just follow one story, one belief.
 
My beliefs and faiths to the spirit world have complicated themself into somthing more felt and known emotionally than can be expressed in any words. So even if there was another out there with the same beliefs, I don't know how we would communicate it. I am almost certain if finding even only one other has been hard to this point, that a whole congregation wold be even harder.
 
I hope I find a way to fill this hole in my being. I may feel alone but in the mean time, I have my faith, and I have prayer. Maybe one day there will be an answer. Time to stop thinking so deep and get out and enjoy the world!

Me!

Ninja Bike

I ended up going for a bike ride today. I love bike rides, the rushing wind, the downhill speed, and to cover more terrain than your feet could alone. Today I went down into a river valley, saw gozzlings, beautiful flowers and trees. I watched the river flow as I rode beside it. I reached up and felt the vines of the weeping willows as I rode under them. ...Then I saw the gravel coming really fast toward me.
 
I just knew that bumping and grinding sound that I was ignoring while changing the gears was bad. Well anyway my bike got me most of the way home before it decided to flip me like a martial arts student. A little winded and bruised I just walked up and out of the valley to a place that could repair my bike for me. They won't have their mechanic in till Friday so I guess I'll get my bike then.When I go to pick it up it's going to cost $40 bucks. As I had to make the long walk home from the shop I got to thinking about how a bike repair class would probably cost the same as the repair ; and the knowledge would be far more valuable than this one time fix. This is where I make a resolution to take a class before my bike needs it's next tune up.

And then there was light!

Invitation
If you are a dreamer, come in
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, magic bean buyer...
If you're a pretender come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!Come in!
 
-Shel Silverstein
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