Gordo

[se7entse7en]

No... not G.

Llebpmac Nodrog. Hahahaha... what a loser. I wonder what what the polls would say now!

My dad's loving this.

[nature boy]

haha, at least he went down sorta trying.

[geForce]

I remember back when Gordon Campbell was mayor of Vancouver thinking that this guy has a lot of potential. He did some good stuff and was a very dynamic speaker with good charisma.

I guess being a good speaker and having public appeal won't last very long if you keep doing stupid sh**.

[Duncan]

although a 15% tax cut would've been epic... but then again, our roads would be busted, teachers would get laid off, and worst of all, POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PAY CUTS! GASP

[geForce]

Not only are they not taking pay cuts, they are voting amongst themselves for their own pay raises.

[nature boy]

it was always like that, politicians making more money when there wasn't any.

i sometimes wonder how places like hk that have very little income tax and no sales tax maintain their governments.

[Wetundies]

that's why it's called politics. It's all about personal benefit, who cares about that the rest of the population thinks.

[nature boy]

i wonder if there'll ever be a day when we can have a government that honestly cares about the country. and when and if that day ever comes, would anyone actually vote for them?

[Wetundies]

get urself a private island and make urself king, then you can care.

[nature boy]

sounds like a plan. let's do it. i'll need a cook and a maid. who's in?

[Wetundies]

i'll be ur cook, after u die, i'll become king.

[nature boy]

ok, i need another cook. any takers?

[Keiho]

[nature boy]

that's a gross assumption. everyone would include you, and it sounds to me like you're not of that thought line.

i'm not into politics enough to comment fully, but from my conversations with my buddy who was studying political science before he dropped out to manage a mcdonalds, it sounds like everyone is strongly for or strongly against pretty much everything there is in politics. there can't be a middle ground.

sorta like same sex blessings lol.

[Keiho]

Exactly, it's always the loudest whiners that gets the most press, hence the mob mentality. Look at the Tea Party down south for the best example.

And here with the HST referendum and recall campaign. Instead of debating why it would be positive (or not positive if they're in that camp) people are simply spouting off myths and untruths about the HST, and now that we're all going to have a say in the tax via a vote people are complaining that it's too far away. I do not see any debate whatsoever in the media about a situation that will cost BC a LOT more money now and in the future. People are angry and will vote against the tax simply to spite a single man and in turn end up throwing even more money away (that they were complaining the government was taking). The logic simply astounds me.

And the whole recall campaigns...just what is the point of it all? To prove that the government is run by the people? Err, I'm sure at one point or another every single one of those politicians were "just like us" and decided to run for government. They are STILL the people. You don't see a whole bunch of people getting up to take action and run for office do you? Hypocritical to criticize and take action to get rid of that person in order to what...vote in another politician who will end up doing things that will again make people angry?

It's pointless and serves no purpose. I just lost a 15% personal income tax cut because of the mob mentality. I may not have agreed that it was the smartest economical policy to take at this point in time, but hey, a tax cut in my personal income tax means more money for me that I can choose to spend or not spend.