"STOP HARPER!" Absolute Fucking Win.

I am not a fan of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. But how can I like Ron Paul (probably the most conservative U.S. senator) and not the head of the Canadian Conservative Party? Well, I simply don't consider 'neo-con' to be 'con' at all. As a matter of fact I think it's a bad joke, and it makes me a little sick. But I'll probably get into that in another post. Anyways, there's this girl I heard about today, Bridgette Marcelle, who gives me faith in Canada. Marcelle, a 21-year-old graduate from the University of Ottawa held up a sign in the Canadian Senate only yards away from Harper that read, 'STOP HARPER.' If you're not up on Canadian politics, that's okay because if I wasn't from Canada I wouldn't give a fuck either.

So to recap...Harper recently was elected as the head of a majority government (166/308 seats in the House of Commons). This of course is misleading (as Marcelle pointed out) because only 1/4 eligible voters actually voted for Mr. Harper. This makes me want to go off about electoral reform, but I'll restrain myself.

Anyways, Marcelle's reason for holding up her sign was to protest Harper's dangerous agenda. She lists the building of mega-prisons, military expendatures, cuts in social programs and an 'I don't give a fuck' attitude towards the environment as major problems in the Harper agenda. Instead, she believes workers movements , women's rights movements and environmental moments should be given more focus. She talks about civil disobedience which I would love to get into, but I think I'll leave it for another post. For now, here's a the interview and an article about the incident. Disrespectful? Awesome? Thoughts?

CTV interview with Bridgette Marcelle
Globe and Mail article about the incident

Talk to your ugly child for fuckin' five minutes.

I just stumbled upon this picture a little while ago. It's a quote by comedian Louis CK about gay marriage, and I think it just about sums up my position on the issue. Now I'm not gay, but I have no problem what so ever if two people who are gay want to get married. I can't stand people on a moral god damn crusade. I've adopted the following simple position on a lot of 'social issues' that get people upset: If it doesn't concern you at all, shut the fucking fuck up and let people do what they want. Seems simple to me. I know gay marriage is becoming more and more acceptable and this is probably about five years late. But I think the point can be applied to life in general. To simplify even further, mind your own business, let people do their thing, you do yours, everyone is happy. Same applies for other things like abortion and euthanasia and what not. If its not you killing a fetus, why does it bother you? Is that taking indifference to far perhaps?

Osama Bin Laden, Navy Seal Team Six and Pakistani sovereignty.

While I am ashamed to be linking to anything to do with Fox News, I found this article about Ron Paul's position on the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden pretty interesting. While Ron Paul has many opinions I down right disagree with, I admire his position on international relations. Ron Paul is a proponent of something called 'non-interventionism' which basically is an approach to international relations where everyone minds there own fucking business. Well, that isn't completely true. Non-interventionists believe in trade agreements but oppose any type of military conflict that is not in self-defense. Anyways, Dr. Paul pointed out something I've been saying from the begging of this 'We Got Osama' victory parade. He asks, "What if he had been in a hotel in London?" He concludes things would have been handled much differently, and he is of course correct. I don't see the U.S. shitting on France to get Roman Polanski, so what makes it okay to shit on Pakistan to get Osama Bin Laden? How severe does a crime have to be in order to necessitate military intervention. Now you may be quick to point out that London and Islamabad are very different places. However, the U.K. and Pakistan are both allies of the U.S., so why should the U.S. stomp on Pakistani Sovereignty like it's a piece of dirt? Are they harboring a terrorist? Maybe. Maybe not. But was getting Osama worth pissing off a country that already dislikes the U.S. and is packing over a hundred nuclear weapons? I think not.

Do you think differently?

Why Ron Paul is the most hated man in politics.

Few names in politics inspire so much hate as Ron-fucking-Paul. Democrat? Republican? Doesn't seem to matter much. Ron Paul has political positions that make people (a) laugh, (b) scream or (c) cock their heads sideways and say, "what the fuck!? If you don't believe me (or don't know what the fuck I'm talking about) you should take a look at this first. As hilarious and infuriating as I find Ron Paul's political ideas, I am not going to attack them (like this shameful display). Instead, I would like to congratulate Ron Paul on sticking to his (mostly libertarian) principles, and on being a more-or-less walking definition of non-partisanship. Yes, I did just call the man with the most conservative voting record of any congressmen from 1937 - 2002 non-partisan. You see, Ron Paul doesn't vote with the Republicans (despite being a Republican), nor does he vote with the Democrats. Ron Paul votes with Ron Paul, and this pisses just about everyone off. Whenever congress voted to invade Iraq, Ron Paul voted against it. How about the 'War on Drugs' started by fellow Republican Richard Nixon? Ron Paul says fuck it we don't need it. Abortion? He's pro-life, but thinks abortion legislation has no business in federal politics. The point I'm making here is certianly not that Ron Paul should run the country, or that he has an admirable voting record, or even that he is a sane individual. What I am saying is this: Ron Paul is a Republican, but he votes like he doesn't give a shit about it. And that is an example every politician can learn from. Unfortunately, this also makes him the most hated man in politics.

Now, who hates Ron Paul?

This is an interesting article by the way: The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul