So, How Was Your Election 2008?

We were invited out last night to attend a turkey dinner at a friend's place in New Westminster.  It was one the largest piles of turkey I have ever seen.  We had a lot of great food, amazing coffee drinks, and good chatter about life, liberty, and the pursuit of hot women.  Or something like that.  It was a fun time and a well needed break before returning to the spice mines of Kessel.

However, tonight, the election is on. The polls are closed and, according to relatives back east, the media has already called the election: a Conservative minority government.  I don't think this is a surprise.

I don't really know what kind of government Canada should have yet.  I don't think the people of Canada know.  Since the world started the "war on terror" people have been scared into believing that the world is going to end in the near future and the North American way of life is going to fall to some "terrorist" group located half way across the globe.  This kind of feeling is going to make our voting efforts a complete mess until we wise up or just get on with our lives.  This, of course, is not news to any of the people I know but, hey, if I can change one mind from someone reading this...etc, etc, etc.

I suppose we have a number of years to go before we will feel safe again. Well, I feel safe, but a lot of people don't.  It is sad.  In either case, we have Harper again for another few years.  How about we just fight for the arts until the next election.  Off to watch some final numbers.

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October 14th, 2008

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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