Wow, did last night ever suck. A real shitty show for me. I was screwing up jokes, dropping punches and shooting myself in the foot. I really should not have been on that stage. Someone told me once that I should learn something new everytime I step on to that stage. I think I learned that when I'm tired, I tend to get really sloppy on stage.
On to other business...
I'm getting tired of my dentist. I see him once a week. I'm begining to wonder what a life was like without him. I'm going to my sixth appointment in less than a month. Good grief... Here's a piece of advice for you all. Take care of your teeth. Root canals are about as much fun as I imagine prison rape can be. These disciples of Vlad the Impailer charge the most unconceivable prices. They make used car salesmen and Vegas casino hustlers seem like straight shooters. So far the bill has topped 1000 bucks, and there's a pile more to come. It must have been a former dentist that decided to purchase those rusty death trap subs of ours. Only those guys would think a billion dollars for a somewhat dented and flaming sub is a good deal. Dammit, I should have gone to dental school.
NEXT!!!
Some of my friends have questioned my vote for the Green party. (esp. since I tend to be a Liberal supporter...)I know they don't have a hope in hell of getting elected in Alberta, (or the rest of the country for that matter...) But I like a lot of what they stand for, like Social pragmatism. Helping to the best that you are able. What a novel concept!!! I like the idea of reasonable support for those who can't help themselves. I like the idea of looking after the environment. I'm thrilled with the idea of Big Business being told "no" once in a while. Mostly though, I'm sick that the other parties have gotten used to counting on the votes of people like me.
I've gotten tired of voting for the lesser of evils. Tired of voting for people who don't give a crap. The major parties in this country have become complacent and out of touch. We let them misplace priorities with embarassing frequency. Instead of taking care of education, healthcare, and childcare for the working poor, they revel like greedy children in their "surplus". I can almost picture them dancing and rubbing the cash all over themselves.
Here's a Newsflash! A surplus is a sign of poor governance. The government says it doesn't want to be in business, but this whole governing for a profit thing, kinda defys that logic. It's time to put the money back. Let's face it... It's our money, let's put it to good use. (Getting a little back wouldn't hurt most of us either...)
This is an excerpt taken from a speech by Mario Savio, a Free Speech Movement figure, at Berkeley in 1968:
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, you can't even tacitly take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you are free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."
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