You're right Paras, whats an election without some turmoil? I bet the Spanish are like "That was an Awesome election man!"...

Anyways here is prime example of just how exciting Mr. Jack Layton is: Check it out , Zowee!

Elections can be exciting... see, look how much they cost us: Past Costs and Projected

I dunno, Ed. I don't think an election is the same without the hired goons, inter-party violence (hell, even intra-party violence), and action movie stars.

Of course, this year your ballot is worth more than just a statistic for prognosticating political pundits on June 28th, it's also worth $1.75... to registered political parties:

Registered political parties that receive at least two percent of the number of valid votes cast nationally, or five percent of the number of valid votes cast in the electoral districts in which the registered party endorsed a candidate, will be eligible for a quarterly allowance which, on the basis of a full year, will amount to $1.75 per valid vote received by the party in the previous general election. -- Bill C-24



Also, isn't it nice to know that Elections Canada provides a toll-free number from Mexico, so that our Senators can also ask elections questions?

Yah, I can't say the politics and the election are all that boring right now. I dunno, I've heard this phase called the "phony-war" period... things should pick up. Perhaps when the play-offs are over? In any event, if you're in it for excitement at least Jack Layton is around, right? That and you can always hope Crosbie jumps on board with the Conservatives.

Maybe its a good thing that things aren't "exciting"... I mean as a sign of a good country and all.

Canadian politics boring? As far as north-american standards go, I'd disagree. I fucking hate American politics; it just seems like slander-fest '99 all over again, and it holds no interest to me whatsoever. But then again... fuckin Harper is jumping on that very same boat with the new commercial of his. He actually calls that shit 'campaigning'? I call that shit american-style-grade-one-namecalling is what I calls it. What a fucktard.

And Martin? Damn. What can I say?

Then Layton? Seems like a decent and (dare I say?) honest politician. But oh man... I gots a feeling Canada is gonna go the shitter economically with his posse running the show.

And yeah, yeah... don't go telling me I'm just voting for my representative and NOT the party/leader. Kuz that's bullshit. You get ONE vote... and that vote is what decides the whole shebang. Anybody who thinks otherwise has the mentality of a 13-year-old-Korn-loving anarchist.

I think ideally you should be able to vote for who your representative should be (like Canada does), but then have another vote where you vote directly for the leader (like the US does). And we may as well vote in the senate while we're at it...

Jeez, I really need some Train 48 to put this shit in perspective for me... why haven't I seen that show in forever?!?? DAMMITALLTOHECK.

solidarity Al-bot, solidarity.

it's muthafuckin' protest time bitches!!!!!!!

Par I don't know what your problem is with removing my blank post. You have already removed two of my blank post tha I have put down today, One of which was put down to replace the first one that was removed. Frankly they don't offend any one and serve merely as a bookmark. I don't see the point of putting down a post if no one is going to read it. All the post I have put in the past have been ignored, so I see no point in putting down a message. In putting down a blank post I am saying that I have read or have least considered your message. In a purely zen way the blankness of the post has validated that you exist and that someone is at least considering your existence and has maybe read your post. The only one considering this post should be you Paras. By removing my post you have basically stated that we must act according to what you think is proper behaviour. You have said when you first created this board that we could do whatever we wanted. By removing my post you are basically saying that it is a crime to merely observe and put some mark down that you have considered someones message. I frankly see no crime in the way I have conducted myself. You just wish to control or force us to act a certain way. I shouldn't even be confronting you over some slight issue as this. I could act in a more harmful way if I really intended to cause anyone harm. As far as I see it I put down one blank post everyday which really does no one harm and is usally ignored, unless someone finds the blank to see if I read there message that day. So it comes down to this I will continue to put down blank post as a bookmark, and if you Paras have any problems with that you should come talk to me instead of pulling off your immature behaviour of removing them. I'm sorry if I took up anyones valuable time in reading this post or if it has offended you.

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there's a good headline right now on Coz' shit-stew.