I was an Atomic Robot Jungle Vixen!

It's really quiet right now, so I have my trainee taking advantage and getting some study time in. That gives me time to write an entry! Whoo hoo!
The provincial election was two days ago, and to nobody's suprise Ralph Klein and the Progressive Conservatives won yet another majority. The good news is that it's a smaller majority than last time and having them lose seats is always good. However I saw a headline on one of the papers talking about how the Tories are veering to the right because of the increased influence the rural MLA's will have now without so many city slickers in caucus. That's a little scary. Luckily the provincial governments don't have near the power that the states do down in the good ol' Divided States so they can't do too much harm to the homosexuals that terrify and disgust them.
There were two ballots to fill out. One was for our choice for Member of the Legislative Assembly (yay, my choice Laurie Blakeman won). The other ballot was for our choices for the Senate in Ottawa. The thing is that in Canada the Senate is entirely appointed by the federal government, so voting for a senator is nothing more than symbolic and an excuse for Albertans to complain about those damned Liberals. Combine that with the fact that there wasn't a single moderate or left-of-center choice (it's the right wing nutjobs that keep crying about the Senate, so they're the ones who insist on running for this) and for the first time in my life I deliberately spoiled a ballot. I could have left it blank but spoiling a ballot is a more vocal protest. It shows that you took the time to participate in the democratic process and that you feel that none of the choices are any good.

posted by Tabby at 11/24/2004 11:53:00 p.m.

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