oh I know how it works, I think it's funky, but I know how it works, 
but it does show a sea change, people making small steps towards better things.

If you think your Liberal party is middle of the road, then that 
explains a lot, they are socialists, your conservative party is 
practically liberal compared to the US.  If you've been living under 
that level of extreme liberal bias then it really does explain a lot.

At 04:26 PM 1/24/2006, you wrote:
>Luckily it is only likely to be for 18 months to 2 years. It is a minority
>government in a parliamentary system. People in the US rarely understand
>about multi-party systems where the ruling party sometimes only holds a
>minority of seats. You also rarely understand a system where elections can
>be called at almost any time or forced by the fall of a minority government.
>Historically in Canada minority governments do not last more than a couple
>of years.
>
>Many of us here in Canada are very happy with the thought the Conservative
>Party is probably going to screw up while trying to run the country from the
>very difficult position of a minority government. We also know if the
>Liberal Party (middle of the road, not "liberal") had not had a big scandal
>this never would have happened. In a couple of years most voters will have
>forgotten the scandal. Then Canada will return to our standard safe,
>middle-of-the-road politics. I take a lot of consolation in the realization
>the Conservatives will probably be back out of power very soon.
>
>Timothy Atwood
>Holtenwood Computing
>http://www.holtenwood.bc.ca/computing/
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shawn Gordon" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:15 PM
>Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Congratulations Canada
>
>
> > On your wise election of the conservatives, sadly our own liberals
> > will now have to look to Venezuela to go to when they loose the next
>election.
> >
> >
>
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