Life on the rock. A Habhater's tale.

So two of my top ten favourite countries are going to be having elections soon and I know most of you are asking WWKVF. (who would Kirk vote for) In the United States where because of some technicality in their voting procedures I am not allowed to vote the answer is easy. Neither candidate is worth your vote. For most that will be funny coming from me since when the primaries had just begun I said if Obama and McCain win I will be confident in whoever the American people choose. Not any more.

As time has gone on it has become obvious to me that Obama will most likely be a terrible president. His ideas of solving everyones problems by over taxing the rich seem good in principle but will only slow the economy down further thus affecting the retirements and livings of people in all tax brackets. The capital gains tax is a joke and Obama wants to double it. When you add state capital gains to that a lot of people will be losing 40% of profits off the top. It becomes difficult to grow and run a business when you have this tax in your companies pocket. This affects hiring, and creation of new jobs and higher paying jobs. Did you know capital gains also affects someone's will? If someone dies, even though they already payed tax on the money they left behind, capital gains taxes it a second time. On top of that, do you really want a guy who has no military experience taking over a war and having the final say on things? I saw a mother pleading for people to vote for McCain so that her son wouldn't be subject to Obama's on the job training while he is in Iraq. I'm now scared of Obama. He has no good answers for the economy.

I at first would have voted for McCain because of experience and I believed he would have had the best opportunity to bring the war in Iraq to an end with the fewest mistakes. Now all I see when I watch him on tv is a desperate man willing to do anything to become president. At first I thought the Sarah Palin move was interesting and potentially the key to winning but now it has become obvious that she is a glorified puppet. When someone else moves her lips she is great but when she moves out on her own she sounds like George Bush. (shudder) (although believe it or not Bush may have been better than Kerry or Gore. scary thought) She just seems incompetent. Obviously she was not McCain's first choice but he bowed to the pressure of his party just as he seems to be doing on a daily basis now. McCain was a Maverick. McCain is no longer a Maverick. I would have voted for maverick McCain in a heartbeat. Now he looks desperate as he tries to tie Obama to terrorists and has begun the traditional "lets scare the american people so they'll vote for us" jargon. It's all really sad.

Here is the answer: on election day everyone write in Stephen Colbert on your ballot as a protest vote. The country is messed either way.

Now to Canada. Harper will win no matter who you vote for. Has he done much good? Not that I have seen. Has he done much bad? Not that I can see. It's been kind of peaceful actually. The Green party might get 1 seat this election, the Bloq is a federal joke (a federal party that only cares about one province) and the Lieberals. (oops) All I know is since the Liberals have been dethroned the petitions against the government have stopped arriving at my church. I like that. Vote how you like. This election it matters little. Harper will get his majority.


Please do vote even if it is in protest.