So, the Canadian election is but two short days away. Many people still do not have a clue who they will be voting for. The importance of going out and voting has been highly, highly advertized, so a lot of people know they’re going to go, but don’t know what they’re going to do.
Well, I hate to say it, but it’s time to make that choice. But fear not! The CBC has come through for you, once again! They’ve made the research part easy, and left the choice up to you.
The following link is an excellent place to start your research, and it won’t even bore you to tears, or give you a headache. Please, please check it out.
CBC.ca - Canada Votes - Party issues
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Upon entering Starbucks, I immediately realized that the McCain/Palin folks were having a little meeting. I saw several women in dresses wearing pink buttons proclaiming “Women for McCain/Palin”. A few of them brought their husbands who were sporting buttons saying things such as “Sportsman for McCain/Palin” and “NOBama”. I sat down at the table next to the group just as they were starting their meeting.
As soon as the last member of their group came in, they prayed. In their prayer they begged that God “deliver the country from the evil socialists” and even prayed that “Obama find God”.
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The next person lamented that their whole office was voting for Obama. The McCain/Palin supporters called that person’s co-workers “sinners” and said that they “needed Jesus”.
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They talked a little more about how Obama would destroy our country with “free health care” and “gay marriages”. The feared his daughters would probably play loud rap music in the White House while world leaders were staying. They feared that Muslim would become our official religion. One of them even feared that “the Muslim language would be taught in schools.”
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They just couldn’t believe this great country would elect “that man”. They couldn’t believe God would allow it. One woman even thought that God may be punishing the country by giving us Obama.
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on the way out the door one of the men told me “you are a disgrace to white people if you vote for that man.” I told him he was a disgrace to people who think by voting for McCain.
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Daily Kos: State of the Nation
These kinds of people give religion a bad rap.
These are the kinds of people that Bill Maher talked to in Religulous, a hillarious, well put together critique of religious extremism that I would be excited to watch again.
Both the movie and the article accentuates the point that religious extremism is bad in all cases, be it Islam, Christianity, Scientology, or Spaghetti Monsterism.
It makes me sad that supporting a black person is more of “a disgrace to white people” than being an ignorant, arrogant, racist prick.
"Obama is up by 7.6
23 days to go"
— How is Obama doing?
