Waves and clouds, it’s been a wet weekend. We needed the rain after such a hot and dry summer.
I spent more hours sorting and listing books today. All except some graphic novels, magazines and comics are done.
Blueberry raking, the worst week of the year, will likely be starting on the 14th. It’s definitely not something I’m looking forward to at all.
Tuesday will be my first chance to vote in a provincial election. It’s about time. I will be voting for the NDP candidate, Kathryn Belzer. There are many reasons for this. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives have platforms which conflict with how I belive we should be governed in many areas. The right and center-left positions to support big business can not be tollerated, nor can their irresponsible actions in the past which have lead to poor education, transportation and health care trends. I will be voting NDP because I believe in what they stand for, and because they are the most likely to improve my life and the lives of others.
Kathryn Belzer was the only one of the 3 local candidates that actually came to my home and talked to me. She seemed like a great person, someone with the morals and knowledge to truly serve the people of my riding.
The other two candidates have very strong “backwards-Christian” issues in their platforms, such as keeping The Lord’s Prayer as part of the procedings for political meetings. I oppose that very strongly. Religion and politics should remain separate.
Please vote in the upcoming election, and become informed about the people you have to choose from. It’s your duty as a member of a democracy to do so.
6 comments on “…as the darkness turns to day, above…”
Sent your rainclouds this way. Uncontrolled Forest fires are devastating my part of the country.
Ah, that’s no good! I’ll will some showers your way then.
I have voted once before. And I voted NDP that time also. And I agree with why you are voting for her. Though I have not had the chance to talk with her yet. I would love to be able to speak with all the people running in our riding.
Have you noticed though that the leader of the Liberal party in our great privince looks a surprising amount like George W. Bush in all his pictures? I thought that was disturbing.
I hadn’t thought about what our Liberal leader looks like, but I’ve always said he and John Hamm look like evil businessmen.
I would love to have an NDP majority, but I don’t think that will happen. A minority government is the next best thing, though.
I think there is still a chance anything could happen with this election, honestly.
I think that public insurance will work better than any private system. It’s proven to work in other places, and as seen in NB, private companies will not comply with rules – they’ll just leave if they can not profit.
And of course I’m a socialist, so anything that puts ownership of an industry in the hands of the people is wise in my opinion.