A Canadian's Point of View

A Canadian's Point of View.
You've just gotta love American politics. Isn't it just the great stuff that soap operas are made of? I'm just fascinated by the strangeness of it all. I've been trying to figure their system out for a year or so and I've been wondering..... Can they possibly make their electoral system more complicated or confusing? I highly doubt it, but it's sure entertaining, isn't it? So, I'm thinking to myself, if this McCain gets elected and a little way down the road has a jammer...(he's seventy something, and not looking so good, so not a long shot.) This makes the self proclaimed "hockey mom" president of the United States. How weird is that? OK, she's been in the PTA, a councilor and mayor of a town of nine thousand, and Governor of Alaska or something for two more years.... why do I still find that a little scary?
One thing I've noticed, is that if you're non-religious in the States, don't bother running for political office. Ms. Palin seems to fit the mold of right wing evangelical bible thumping, pro lifer and that should get (them) lots of votes. And let's face it, she's kinda cute, so how bad could it really be,... and could she do any worse than George W.? Isn't it also so strange that they've been campaigning for a year and a half for an election in November....spending hundreds of millions of dollars meanwhile we'll have a six week federal campaign blitz, don our touques, head to the polls (on the way to Tim Hortons) and have a new government in October. Now that's efficiency!

The Denman Island Blackberry Festival was held on Sunday. It's a quasi traditional fall fair with a Gulf Island twist. The Fire Dept. Took part with their burger BBQ and annual slow-pitch softball game... (in which we didn't get our butts kicked this year)... in fact even held a lead at times.... end result was a tie and several promises (or threats) about next years' game.