That's so chilche it's just... yeah...

 

Well, Christmas time draws closer, and it's time to count up the things I'm thankful for. Well, first I'm thankful that I haven't died yet. As ironic as it may seem, knowing the most recent events and how I tend to be, it is true. I am happy that no interveening circumstance has managed to kill me or any of my friends. Second, I'm thankful for the freinds I have. Sure, I must admit that they cause me more stress most days then my mom thinks is worthwhile, but they make me happy because they're there. Third, I'm happy that none of the evil things I've wished would happen to people in the past has happened. It tends to make me happy that I haven't been responsible for any deaths yet.

 

What is another thing I'm happy for? ***WARNING---RANT TIME---WARNING*** I'm happy for the goverment, because if it wasn't for thier many shortcommings and errors, I wouldn't be able to so valiantly screw up every other day and escape nearly unscathed. Yes, it is the goverment that we have I am thankful for, because with the support of the goverment I have absolutly no personal savings whatsoever, a road that 40% of the time is unusable because of conditions, a unsuccesfully treated mental disorder, a town with a suffering school system and people placed in power because of screwups they HAVEN'T made, and... you know what? I'm not thankful for the goverment. I'd rather live in an anarchist state than what we live in now. I'm happy to say that.

 

What is so good about our form of goverment? They screw up so badly it's unexcusable, and then we just prop them up again. Crime dosen't pay, eh? Just look at our priemier, Gordon Campble. This guy has a major DMV record for Drinking and Driving, a federal offence, which he promised to STEP DOWN because of, but what do I hear? HE'S STILL LEADER! IT's a vote your own dictatorship here, and no matter how much one side screws up, the other is always vying to make it worse. You ask me if I will vote in an ellection? I would respond that I would, because then I can COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MISTAKES! I have made a decision on which side i thought would screw us over less and stuck with it.

 

There's one other thing that pisses me off. Welfare cronies, people who just sit on thier ass and collect welfare with no disability or illness that would stop them from working. I know a few couples living by my grandparents that do this. It sickens me that these people get the free ride when other people(notice I didn't say honest... I'll get to that latter.) have to work thier ass of, and have most of the money taken from under thier feet by INCOME TAX. The fact of the matter is that unless you're a immagrant or first nations, the goverment taxes you out your ass for almost every commodity, or possesion you will ever have. They even supposably tax inheritance. PEOPLE EXPECT THE MONEY TO GO TO THIER LOVED ONERS, AND OUR GOVERMENT TAKES IT! Can it really get sicker?

 

The answer is that it can. The rich are taxed at a lower basis than most families on income. I guess it's assumed that they will get it back based on property tax. Then one must ask, what if this person rents? There's the loophole. Sorry if I sound slightly paranoid, but do you see the flaw in this? I sure do. Now, I must admit that I am not factoring in all the ways the goverment likes to screw people over, but I think I touched basis on quite a bit of it. But then where will the goverment get all it's money?

 

The fact of the matter is it is realativly unexpensive to run a goverment. The major waste of money is on publicity bullshit, high cost transportation, and inefficent construction practices. The truth of the matter is if you strip away all the frills the goverment in canada could run quite effectivly. But no one will, because politicians know that people like frills. People love expensive frills, untill they see the bill. All that politician must do is hide it for as long as possible.

 

We will never have a high efficency goverment in Canada. The most likely possibility for a effecient goverment would be in a third world nation or a small nation. Why, do you ask? In a third world nation they do not expect frills, they do not expect expense. They are basically barely surviving, and a system could easily be implemented there. Also, in a small country a centralized coverment could easily free up the brown matter of subordinates, making a somewhat skeletal but efficent system. The only reason our goverment is as bulky as it is is because of the traditions we take our politics from. In Britan it was highly regular for a high ranking official of the upper class to appoint his friends and relatives to high paying medial jobs, and they carried over to the goverment we have today. I ask you, is it bad when the minister of finance dosent know what the party is funding? I find it odd, at least a little alarming, and a nailhit on the head.

 

But I seem to be getting away from what this blog is about...

 

***WARNING---RANT OVER---WARNING***

 

Well, all I'm trying to say is I'm happy to have you guys around. You all have been the best friends a homicidal maniac could wish for in 2005, and I'm hoping it will continue into 2006!

 

Merry Christmas, and If I don't blog soon, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

         -The Iron Weasle, Emporer of Nothing, Warped Elvis of Nations, Blah blah blah blah you're pathetic if you're still reading this...