The almanac appears to have been correct in predicting a cold wet spring. At least there is some news to provide a distraction. We started out with an election that became interesting and now the results give us much to ponder. And also slipped in there was the death of Osama Bin Laden. Also something worth pondering.
Justice or revenge? Does it really matter? Bin Laden is dead and americans feel better. Will there be really any impact beyond this? I guess there are the possibility of retaliation attacks from Bin Laden's followers but I think the recent revolutions in the middle east provide a more accurate picture of Bin Laden's global stature.
Now on to the real news. A conservative Majority with an NDP opposition. This is interesting. And a little scary. The Bloc appears to be dead and that is probably more than anything else the cause of the ascendancy of the NDP. With Quebec deciding to re-enter national politics due to the ineffectiveness of regionalism but still disgusted with the old guard parties, it's like people all over Canada got wind of this idea that it's not an either/or choice between Conservative and Liberal. And the Greens won a seat. Maybe next time we'll see a Marxist-Leninist?
The Conservative majority? This could be scary if we continue to see the mean spiritedness of the government of the last five years. Hopefully from a majority position they will focus more on good governance and less on attacking their rivals? We could finally see the end of the long-gun registry and the promised reform of the senate as promised but not delivered. I'm not going to hold my breath on the senate reform though. Now that the Tories have the majority in that house that would be an act of altruism that I think is beyond any political party.
Oh and yesterday, one of my neighbours gave me a cruiser! I'll post a pic once I get it cleaned up.
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