Depression, Smear Campaigns and the Self-Degrading Value of Your Vote

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Earlier today six people where found dead inside their Los Angeles area home. In an exclusive gated community, a man, his wife, mother-in-law, two children aged 7 and 12 and a teenager where shot to death. The bodies were found in seperate rooms, and police believe they were killed around 6pm on Saturday night. It is believed that the family had run into financial problems, and keeping up with the rent on the house combined with other costs (which I'm sure were substantial... people don't usually live in gated communities and send their kids to public school while driving rusty tercels), finally caused the man to snap. It's a vicious crime, horribly sad, and it makes me want to ask why to so many things. Why kill your kids? Why your wife and mother-in-law? Why yourself? What kind of debt can you incur personally that is worth the lives of your loved ones and yourself? And why or how did you incur the debt? The issues that need to be talked about in the American presidential campaign are all evident in this story. Financial woes, mental health, struggling families, economic downturn and the expectations of your friends and family to continue to live beyond your personal means are the result of constant and blatant neglect by the American government to lead their people and adapt to a changing world.

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Meanwhile John McCain has turned up the volume on his smear campaign against Democratic nominee Barack Obama, by questioning Obama's honesty and associations. John's statements were close behind VP Nominee Palins comments which questioned his patriotism and his association with an organization that used violence in protest to the vietnam war. Barack had held a campaign fundraiser in the mans (whose name is William Ayers) living room when he first ran for office in the early 90's. The violent acts Mr. Ayers is connected to happened in the 70's, when Barack was about as old as the kids found dead in their home above. The American Economy is in shambles, people are losing their jobs daily, their sanity and their lives, and the people who vote south of the border need to stay focused on whats important. The more people let John and his Rottweiler take attention away from the issues, the less they stand to know about the candidates come election day. If people expect to be able to hold their presidents accountable every four years, they need to force them to make commitments as to what they ARE going to do instead of wasting time talking about what their opponent used to do.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/10/06/recession.html

Canada's future is darkening daily also. As we head toward a recession that every day looks and sounds worse we need to focus our attention on our own Political landscape. The conservative government has released ad after ad bluring the issues we need to hear about by smearing Dion's track record and idea's for the future. Instead of putting together constructive thoughts and making commitments regarding their actions once elected they continue to either trash their opponents or become completely invisible all together. No one in the current regime wants to talk about the obviously immenent economic slowdown. There is virtually no Conservative platform for us to evaluate.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/09/25/richardson-resign.html

I personally live in Calgary Center, where Lee Richardson is the incumbent and almost guaranteed shoo-in, and do you think I have received any information on him? We have completely nullified our right to be represented in Ottawa by never thinking twice about who we vote for, and what they stand for.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/09/16/anders-election-bigfoot.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/06/07/mandela_mp010607.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/06/15/ed-robanders-20060615.html

The residents south and west of me consitently elect a racist biggot named Rob Anders, who can't even tell the difference between a terrorist and a living hero in Nelson Mandela. After Anders, who was then a member of the defunct Alliance Party, finished slamming South Africa's first black president who was instrumental in dismantling apartheid, he took up (allegedly, fine) using government property to repay loans and filing false travel claims. And every four years he quietly collects thousands of votes from constituents who either don't know any better, or don't care what kind of worthless animal 'represents' them.

And Lee, isn't any better. After making comments that he meant 100% (I don't care if he 'retracted' them, he didn't make them under durress, he didn't have a gun to his head until after he said them... it's the retraction that, given a free pass he would have kept to himself) regarding 'people from other societies' being the people commiting crimes, he should have been chased out of Ottawa. Our willingness to allow him to represent us should have been immediately rethought and he should have been so embarrassed by his stupidity that he ended up resigning shamefully. Instead, the party pats him on the back for being so sensitive in his apology, and he goes back to leading polls by thousands of votes.

People everywhere need to snap out of it, and start to take notice of whats going on around them. Who is representing you? What are they doing to enrich your life and the lives of those around you? How are they protecting you from recession, depression, crime, illness and yourself. If they are asking you to vote for them, are they telling you why they deserve it? Or are they just wandering around, blabbing about how bad the other guy is, occassionally tripping over themselves and making you look like an idiot for electing them over and over.

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