Bregmata

First off, I’m going to grumble again about my hosting provider. It seems they’re “100% uptime” guarantee uses a different sort of math than the one I studied in school. It’s closer to 97% by my calculation, and they don’t even update their status page.

Anyways, on to todays topic. The election.

I watched the leaders’ debates last week. I am exposed to paid political messages on television and radio. I receive print literature from candidates in the neighbouring ridings (none in my own, hmmm…) and I read various statements form candidates in the local weeklies. Each and every time, the message is the same.

They tell me not to vote for the other guy.

Nobody wants to tell me what they stand for, what they would or will do, what they think about issues. Nobody wants to tell me why I should vote for them. They, one and all, tell me what their opponents stand for, think, and would do and why I should not vote for them.

It’s just stupid.

And still the pundits are surprised by how cynical the voters have become.

Try, just try, giving me something to vote for instead of to vote against. I’d rather standa a chance of getting what I want rather than not getting what I don’t want.