Impotent Rage

I watched the elections last night, and watched the votes roll in, the seats of parliament dolled out, and the Conservatives win yet again, this time with the majority, and therefore, pretty much absolute control over the government and I cringed for the world.

If Stephen Harper's last 5 years of office have shown us anything, it is that he is not in the least bit trustworthy. He has broken his word, squandered our resources, broken the law (but hey, if you're Prime Minister, you don't have to follow the law, right?) and set us on a path to massive national debt, destruction or sale of our natural resources, and the silencing of our freedom of speech.

I grew angry. Angry that this man could get away with all of this, right under the noses of the people who supposedly elected him into office, and no one did anything. Said anything. Reacted at all! And then there are the people who stand up for what he's done. HOW?! Seriously, he's royally screwed Canada up and is basically trying to turn us into just another part of the USA. We were once a country who believed in protection of the environment, of people who couldn't protect themselves, of our national identity and pride, of justice and the difference between right and wrong. Now we don't give world aid to anyone, and he has us lined up to purchase fighter jets from the USA. WHAT does a PEACEKEEPING nation have use for FIGHTER JETS?! I'm so full of impotent rage at Harper, the Conservative Party and all the sheep who voted for him. I'm sorry, but if you commit a crime, you don't go back on the streets with your full rights again. You go to prison (if Harper has any say in it, then it'll be a fancy new super prison, guaranteed to ship out the most hardened criminals Canada has ever had) and if/when you get released, you're out on parole. Not back to full rights and privileges again. But this is what Canada just did. He broke the law, which caused the call to vote again, and they voted him back in! Prime Minister, my ass. He's the Crime Minister. And he's shaping up to be the next Adam Sutler and take over Canada the same way his fascist party did England in V for Vendetta, only thus far we have no V to kick his ass back to the stone age.

So this is me. Proud of the Green Party's one seat. Happy that the NDP have the Official Opposition position. Rageful over the Conservative Majority. Disappointed in Canadians and the Canadian Democracy. Going to go meditate, since every time I think about this election I get so angry that, even though it goes against all the rules, I actually considered a curse last night.

May the Goddess watch over us all, because we certainly aren't looking out for ourselves or our future in Canada these days.