Oh Canada, where have your moral values gone? Haven't you learned anything from your righteous neighbors of the south?
Recently the government of Canada was toppled because of a vote of no-confidence issued by the three opposition parties in the House of Commons. Obviously this is what happens when liberals take over any government. It starts with seemingly great benefits like free medicine, gun control, and welfare. However, this week Liberalism showed it's true face...Corruption. Maybe the young wolf of a senator Joseph McCarthy had it right condemning liberals and labeling them Communists in the 1950's. Maybe Canada can finally learn a lesson from the grand US of A and finally get those Conservatives back into their divine seats. Life can be great again between the North American allies.
Unfortunately, the Republican party went and ruined this North American Utopia. The party that claimed to be starting a new era of politics and accountability seems to be falling apart in scandal and corruption. Michael Scanlon recently confessed to basically stealing money from Native American tribes. Just yesterday, "Duke" Cunningham resigned after admitting that he took over 2 million in bribes from defense contractors. Don't forget about Tom Delay and Bill Frist either. Does the public really know how deep the corruption goes? Obviously not when many news channel talk shows blow it off as just a regular occurrence in Washington. They claim that this is what makes our government work. So here are just some examples of our government working well for our benefit.
Scanlon and his "partner in crime" Jack Abramoff received $32 million from the Louisiana Coushatta tribe so that they could help shut down a competing casino in Texas. To get help from the church they laundered the money through a front called the Americans for Tax Reform. They then approached the tribe who ran the same casino they worked to shut down and offered to help them reopen it. Both ran off with a total of $4.2 million without reopening the casino.
Of course, one of Abramoff's closest and dearest friends is none other than Delay(you know the ex-Senate Majority leader who claims to have no part in money laundering or unethical deeds). Both Abramoff and Delay fought to secure the way of life for the manufacturers of Saipan( for more information : http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/09/real.delay/index.html). What does this way of life consist of? How about paying low wages, forced prostitution, and even worse, forced abortions! Delay even claimed that what was happening in Saipan was, "...a shining light for what is happening in the Republican Party." I think Al Franken said it best,
Although the Saipan episode does call Delay's "pro-life" credentials into question, at least he was being consistent on the issue of "choice." On the mainland, Tom Delay doesn't want women to be able to choose to have an abortion. On Saipan, he thinks it's okay if they can't choose not to.
The "problem" with Canada is that they have too many political parties! If you want to claim political responsibility while engaging in unethical antics you can't do it with three enemies, or as Canada calls "opposition parties." That leaves too many people to smear and blame in order to keep the country's confidence.
I'm not saying that this isn't a problem within the Democratic Party. It is something that has infested every aspect of government and thus needs to change. Unfortunately, several politicians fall into the grip of greed and are forced to lie in public to keep face. Fortunately, the lies of these politicians are beginning to catch up to them and the people are speaking(36% approval rating!). We want to believe in our politicians and leader, that's why they were elected. That's why even Democrats believed that there was a need for war in Iraq and the citizens supported it. The blame should not be placed on those who trust our President and our politicians, but rather on those who use lies to further their own agenda.
