Canadian Federal Election 2011

I'm not surprized. Air Farce made this call years ago!

 

I'd be pretty damn pleased if Layton won this election. Whether or not he'll "fix" things as he claims, I think it's time for something new, and less draconian...

 

If right, the cons would have first chance to make the government, gaining the support of any of the parties would move us foward with another minority government under harper... no change except for who the opposition is...

If they couldn't get another parties support (which they have said they wouldn't, and by rights, shouldn't be possible, seems they just voted him in contempt. No change in government means the issue doesn't go away, then the NDP would team up with the liberals with the cons being the opposition...

Failing that, we head to another election.

The way to avoid that from happening, is to vote anyone but con... simple fact is that no matter what the numbers are, another con government will fall unless it has majority.

 

From EKOS polling;
http://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2011/05/our-final-words-and-a-few-more-numbers-may-1-2011/

 

A word about polls, (including those I've posted)...

I had thought that people realized what opinion polls are... but in looking over facebook today, I see that a lot of people actually thought that they were accurate.

Polls are based on statistics... if 3000 people split the vote this way, this will be the result when 3 million people vote.

Statistically it works, MOST of the time...

People are sheep after all.. they rarely step outside their comfort zone and are fairly easy to predict most of the time.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), people don't always do as they normally would.

Then of course, you also have to keep in mind that people lie quite often. Especially to pollsters... Some just tell them to fuck off on general principals, some give the opposite answer then what they mean, some just don't know but don't want to say so, so they pick whichever hits their mind first.

I mentioned this the other day... polls are useful, in showing trends (and for scaring people into voting a certain way...lol)...

We can tell from the polls that have been coming out, that the NDP have been undergoing a surge... the liberals and the bloc are fading...

What we don't know, is how that will translate after the votes are counted.

The NDP could come out with more of the popular vote (doubtful, but possible), and still not see enough seats to become either the main party or the opposition... it all depends on which way the votes fall.

Now... having said all that... I hope everyone takes the opportunity they have today, and gets out and votes... regardless of who you are going to vote for.

There is literally not a single thing that you can do, that is more important then voting, unless you plan on starting an armed revolution.

As you don't plan on starting an armed revolution...

GET OUT AND VOTE.

 

This is worse then waiting to open a present when you're a kid...

Will it be a great one? That bike you wanted, in just the right color and everything!

Will it be something you need and can use? 2 dozen socks...

Will it be an almost useless one? A dozen bookmarks for a person who doesn't read.

Will it be a harmful one? A huge jar of peanut butter for someone who is deathly allergic to peanuts.


dammit... I want to open it now!!!!

 

I'm going through anticipation as well.

This is the first time in a long time that I've wished that I had cable.
Guess I'll just suck up the bandwidth and stream the stations.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/

one is as good as another is for this...

 

First polls are closed...

 

LOL, wow, my sat feed just cut out to black out the results... lol

 

Ha! It is pretty damn exciting.

I came across this cartoon I really like, thought I'd share it. It's funny, and it has a really great message that those who choose to not vote should seriously consider.

 

and my faith in the east falls...

 

My faith in Canadians is going down the shitter, real fast...

 

The bloc is finished...

 

I think that we will end up with a con majority before it is done...

Liberals and the four bloc will be looking to jump ship....

 

The public is much more stupid than I thought.

Fucking majority, enjoy hell for the next 4 years and beyond.

 

fuck southern ontario...

 

Since when did they start handing out free lobotomies at Conservative rallies?

Thanks for selling the country out from beneath our feet.

 

May got her seat!!!!


FUCK YEAH!

I'm ignoring the rest....

 

Had some fun following the #tweettheresults feed.

As for the rest...
Well, I'm not one to drink but tonight I've a bottle of rum and I raise my cups to the Mountains of Sorrow.