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Kenneth McVay OBC wrote:
> In article <NZe_k.61$JU5.8@newsfe20.iad>,
> Andrew Ostrander <apanda@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "snowman" <x@x.x> wrote in message news:J%1_k.7613$ED.5318@newsfe22.iad...
>>
>>>>> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:09:02 -0600, "Andrew Ostrander"
>>>>> <apanda@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Harper wasn't elected into office.  I didn't see any choice on my 
>>>>>> ballot for Harper.  I voted for my local mp.
>>> And was your local MP a Liberal, an NDP or a Separatist?  Or was he 1/3 of 
>>> each?  Were you voting 1/3 for each one or just *one* party?  See, that's 
>>> the problem with this little coup, it is one vote, one party. That's 
>>> something that Dion, Laytoon and their Separatist allies fail to 
>>> understand.
> 
>> I don't really get your point.  The Canadian people collectively elected mps 
>>from 4 parties, and send them to Ottawa to work out a way to run the 
>> country.  The way they've worked out doesn't have Harper as PM. 
> 
> I would agree, with the singular exception of including the Bloc in *any*
> coalition, since they are dedicated to the dismantling of Canada. 

I would agree.  It also speaks to the duplicitous nature of Stephane 
Dion.  He has considered himself to be a nationalist for a number of 
years and yet when the temptation of power was waved under his nose, he 
caved into the demands of the Separatists.

> 
> It's sad that the Liberals, the NDP *and* the Conservatives are all
> willing to climb into bed with seperatists to obtain power.
> 

Yup it is.  What's even sadder is that after the dust settles from this, 
there will be some very deep scars.  The NEP happened almost 30 years 
ago, yet it is still a bone of contention for the West.  This whole 
fiasco has polarized the whole country, to the point where an 'NEP 
flavor of lingering anger' is going to infect all of Canada, not just 
the West.


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"If a coup does not make use of the masses, or of warfare,
what instrument of power will enable it to seize control of the state?
The short answer is that the power will come from the state itself."

-Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook
                       By Edward Luttwak