We do not get enough information to make even informed guesses about what is going on in the world. Our news media tends to use shorthand to proclaim this or that – liike they proclaimed Canada was going “conservative”. Anybody care to rank Canada’s “conservatism” up against the good old USA wingnuts? Canadian friends might tell us, but I am not sensing that they are witnessing the stark evisceration of their country’s morals as we are seeing. Of course I am prejudiced. I think worrying about an unborn fetus and promoting war is the height of nutness. What is life after all and how much are we responsible for bloodshed in IRAQ? Well wingnuts – I believe you have bought it all for us to bear. We will be paying for iraq for a good long spell. Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy the pain at least as much as I do.
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But I digress. I was watching a story about Mexico’s election. There the fellow painted the choices between the two leading candidates as a choice between Hugo Chavez like candidate and business as usual candidate. And just like our 2000 election, there is a “Mexican Standoff” with both parties coming too close to call. But I don’t think we are getting the whole story (as if!). How is it that Mexico can do a hand recount but aside from each party declaring victory I am not hearing the whining that goes on here about the cost of recounting. Jeez, in the last few elections recounts have all created whining from everybody about the costs. Get a life people! If we have close elections, consider recounts a cost of doing business!