Canada - the continuing movement to the right.

http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/2011/04/shades-of-grey.html

It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

But this guy hits it on the head.

Canadians are pretty much where Americans were about 15 years ago. That is, they think that because a Center-Right party has been in power for a long time, that as an opportunity for 'change' voters are either so tuned out they don't bother to vote, or worse, those that do vote think moving the country right-ward is the answer.

Of course the establishment knows this. They know it's best to marginalize as many people as possible with stupid useless things like network television and other idiotic things like manufactured media events (e.g. two marrying, that people think deserve attention because they are called royalty), or better still, pump up the media so full of conservative bullshit that enough people would be foolish enough to vote in their direction.

Alas, this was the last six years of the Clinton Administration, and the W times. Whether the nation, and perhaps the world recovers from the disaster of having right-wing in complete control of governement, industry and military is a question only those who must live out the future to answer.

What does this have to do with Canada?

There's a federal election coming up.

And despite the advice I gave, people have largely ignored it. The right wing (in the form of the post Reform Party known as the Conservative Party) is likely going to walk away with either another minority government, or worse, a majority government, thanks to the effective siphoning of votes in Ontario to the right, and votes in Quebec to the Bloqheads, while the rest of the left-wing is effectively split between the wanna-bes, and the weaklings.

Nevermind that these people have no business running government. Forget the past 5 years, just look at their behavior since the election was called. The vast majority of those controversies in that link are from the Conservative Party. What does that tell you?

While it's nice that a Canadian team remains in the NHL playoffs and stands the best chance of returning the cup back to where it belongs, ignoring all else isn't very smart.

Sigh - sometimes I just don't think people learn, if ever.