My political views and the Vision of a Big Sandcastle

I have been thinking for weeks, months, years now. Thinking about how I want to leave my mark on this world when I return to the life stream. I want to hear my actions echo to the very core of the Earth and beyond to the stars. No I am not a hippy. I am a regular Joe with a regular Job who tries every day to make his life special in some way to someone.

I think of one of the most underrated visionaries in this era. A man that really broke barriers, created technology that would one day be used by everyone, and thought that the universe could be a great place to play with our children. This man who dared to have a black women kiss a white man on television when the supremacy movement was in full swing. A man that saw us communicating with little boxes without a cord or wire. This man even had the audacity to allow an entire civilization to have access to education, food and the standard things that one needs to live a comfortable life, all in exchange for a peaceful existence with all races sexes and differences.

He dreamed of a people who sought to explore and gain knowledge. Not to enlighten, for that is more religious, but to truly be unafraid to be smart. The goal better ones self worked in conjunction with the goals of society and therefore currency was obsolete.

I am speaking of the late Mr. Gene Roddenberry. His creation of Star Trek gives me inspiration that if one can dream, then it is possible that the dream can become a reality. They did finally invent a communicator that you have to flip open to talk... is that not a clam shell cell phone? Who knows... maybe we will wear little badges on our chest that allow us to communicate on day.

OK, I am not a Trekkie by any means. I love the show but I don't wear uniforms or go to conventions, recently hee hee. When I was younger I sure did. Ill never forget meeting some of my favorite actors. And I wont poop on Trekkie's. They are good people. I would thank them for reminding us that thinking outside the box is not a thing to be afraid of.

SO... What did I mean by wanting my voice to echo? I am not sure yet. I think running for a political office may be helpful. That way I can be involved with change in this country. Canada has the unique ability to be a model for the world. We have resources, education, work, and entertainment. The only thing we lack is good leaders.

Why do I say that? Have you watched Television lately? It's riddled with adverts showing political leaders, who are acting like school children teasing the new kid, taunting and mocking other leaders. This bothers me because no one really has a clue what these leaders hope to accomplish. Seriously, I am looking through the news and following these elections closely and I don't see anyone with an agenda that could not be concocted on a cocktail napkin at a buffet.

It is really embarrassing to see our current leader, Stephen Harper, on averts talking about "Canada is better off with Harper" and in the same breath he is bashing homosexuals, poor people, other party leaders, and basically acting like a child. I don't care who you are, you deserve respect unless you prove otherwise. If Harper was a bigger man he would rise above this and really get down to the grit of what is eating up Canada. Canada is like an apple rotting from the inside out. Eventually, the seeds will germinate and the apple will grow into a tree but not before the apple decays to the point of collapse. These leaders see themselves as above Canadians, talking down to us like children.

Layton is not better. Layton is a nice guy with a good smile but that's about it man. Your lost other than that. I don't even know what you plan to do for Canada. All I know is you can throw some insults around. And that goes for all the "Leaders"

Duceppe with his separation agenda and total lack of cooperation is not helping french people but hurting them. The french are a wonderful culture, and Canada is empty without you. I just hope the people of Quebec are able to see through Duceppes deception. If they separate they will be swallowed up by the United States. Nice thinking Gilles.

Elizabeth May is clueless. Something as a voter bugs me about her. And I love my environment. A tear flows out of my eye when someone tosses a cigarette out the window of a car. The world needs balance as well as environmental stability. To do so we need to save the world, not just ourselves, lady.

Stephan Dion... wow dude. Are you ever out of touch. Carbon Tax?!? OK, I have to say that lowering the GST was silly. I would have rather lower the income tax as that directly effects Canadians in a positive way. So in that I agree with you. But that is where our similarity ends. Green is not the way to go. Green for you is money. Green for me is sustainable design as well as economic stability and educational freedom. I wont pay for some one's carbon emissions if there is no plan in place to help stop them entirely. If the government started investing in research more than their buddies companies who don't do anything then I would not have a problem with taxes. But I don't know where my money goes, so no you cannot have any more of it.

I would like to run for office one day. I want to lead Canada into a new world. A world of equality, science, and tolerance. A world where money does not matter but to better ones self does. Currently we are moving so far away from anything worth while that I am willing to strike my vote in October. I cannot sleep at night when men who decide to lead us know nothing about having a vision. They have no depth.

Children in a sandbox without a clue sculpt besides a hole. Even if they have all the sand in the world to make a castle and a moat to protect it from destruction.

It takes one idea, gentlemen, to move a world. I just wish you had one. I have one, but no one listens to the common man.

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