A Sad Monologue of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

 

Poor Muammar. Now he's confused more than ever (if that's even possible). He doesn't

know, what to think:

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"Why does everybody turn against me all of sudden? What have I done to deserve such an unexpected betrayal - this nasty hit below the belt? For past forty years or so, I've been a faithful leader of the the revolution, like Che Guevara or Mao Tse-tung, or the Spiderman, haven't I? My people love me (and rightfully so), because for all those years, I've been devotedly protecting them against..... against, you know... the bad things. Like terrorists, yes... and.... evil seven head dragons and invaders from Mars and Susan Boyle..."

"And what about my friends - those grotesque Westerners? We've always been good buddies for years. Well except for a few  petty quarrels, but in a healthy relationship, there's nothing wrong with it. Like, for instance, that time, in 1981, when I was considering assassination of Ronald Reagan. Or in 1986, when George Bush bombed Tripoli and tried to kill me. Awwww… so many fond memories. We had so much fun together. And especially for a past decade, we've really bonded together with my Western amigos. They often invited me to their parties, we joked and laughed together, and they gave me some wonderful gifts and toys. Not the newest ones, I'd really like to have, only those they didn't want to play with anymore. The older tanks and airplanes and the missiles, and such. They even let me keep my hard earned revolutionary money in their banks, you know... nothing major. Just three billions in Canada and a few more billions here and there all over the world. They called me Mad Dog of the Middle East, but they always stayed by my side and never objected, when I occasionally tortured or killed some of those pesky political opponents. Yes, that's what the good friends do - stick together for better or worse."

"So what's going on? Why am I a bad guy now? Maybe I should have taken it to my heart, when someone once warned me: Pray to the Lord not to protect you from your enemies, only from your friends".

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Sorry Muammar, since the last month, you're not our buddy anymore, we un-friended you in our Facebooks and we'll probably kill you soon. But no hard feelings, it's nothing personal. It's just how it works. You've got to admire the fine art of the international politics and foreign diplomacy.

Your Loyal (no more) Westerner,

Milo.

Ted Menzies Hallucinations

Just a quick comment on the annual budget, which was released only a few days ago, but it is somehow irrelevant today, under the new political circumstances in Ottawa.

 

Just when I thought, no action or statement produced by any politician could surprise me, there comes the secretary of state for finance Ted Menzies with his brilliant quote. In the budget, there are some small, rather insignificant pittances, sprinkled all over the board, aimed to help the different causes and various citizen's groups. When asked about a monthly $50 pension increase for impoverished seniors, Menzies replied: "look, the opposition parties don't get it. These are the people who lived through the dirty thirties. To them, $600 a year is an incredible amount of money."

One couldn't make up a better example to illustrate a government's absolute detachment from the reality and hardship many of the low income citizens have to face day in and day our. Secretary's wife probably spends $600 daily shopping for a new pair of shoes or on a beauty parlor visits, but an extra $1.64 per day is "an incredible amount of money" for a senior? Well done, Mr. Menzies! You should really get off your high horse and try to walk for a while in regular folks moccasins. Only then you will be qualified to say how far an extra $50 per months really goes.

Milo.

 

 

The Three Stooges Finally Pulled It Off

 

The opposition parties leaders, Liberal's Michael Ignatieff, NDP's Jack Layton and BQ's Gilles Duceppe briefly mingled in a vicious pack and in unprecedented move brought down the Harper's five-year-old minority Conservative Government. Last time they've tried the same stunt, they failed miserably and despite their latest second attempt success, they will hardly gain or change anything this time either. The general election will be called for the first week in May and after its all done and the dust settles, the same, most likely even stronger Conservative minority (and perhaps even majority) government will be re-established. Nothing will be accomplished and the federal coffers will be lighter by the election cost of roughly 300 Million Dollars from the taxpayers pockets.

Never mind the desperate strategy and arguments used to topple the Conservatives - if a motion of no-confidence didn't work, they'd probably reached the same result by rejecting the annual budget, or they'd come with something else sooner or later. Let's make one thing clear, the whole charade is not about undisclosed costs of government's tough-on-crime bill, corporate tax cuts or plans to purchase fighter jets. Those are only the opposition parties red herrings and we will hear about those issues again, many times during their election campaigns. But the real and only reason they gave Mr. Harper the boot is much simpler and not so noble whatsoever. If you guessed it's all about a power and greed, you're absolutely right. Over and over again, for the millenniums of mankind existence, the history repeats itself. The potential leaders are so eager and thirsty for power, they can't conceal it even if they try.

In the next thirty-six days we're going to witness all the involved parties throwing about everything in the book, the voters like to hear. The righteous, but empty promises about a health- and child-care improvement, securing a pension plan, focus on education, human rights, environment, reducing national deficit, building strong economy and re-establishing Canada's international prestige. The competing parties individual platforms are not so different from each other, in fact, they look like carbon copies. "We are here to listen to the voice of our great nation and we will sacrifice everything to follow the people's commands and wishes". There'll be a plenty of such cliches,catchphrases and claptraps, but primarily, we'll see no shortage of ugly mud slinging and slandering. After all, a negative advertising - a casting malicious slurs on the opponents has proved to be the most effective tool to discredit any of them.

To me personally, none of it matters, I never waste my time to go to the polls to cast my ballot. Never in the past, not this year and/or any time in the future. Some confused people say: "You have to vote, otherwise you have no right to complain about anything later". The hell I do! On this one, I'm in agreement with the great late George Carlin, who once quoted:

"If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and you screw  things up, then you're responsible for what they've done. You voted them in. You caused the problem. You have no right to complain."

Not that it really matters, who's the next party governing this country, but you can bet your bottom dollar, come this May, Stephen Harper will be back in the saddle of his high horse. And he knows. The other three, disillusioned, power hungry clowns don't get it. Without forming a coalition - which option is clearly out of the table - none of them stands the chance. And that's fine with me. At least on outside, Harper displays the old-fashioned, classy leadership qualities, paramount to succeed as a head of state: he's smooth and convincing, eloquent speaker, well groomed and always in control of his emotions. Is he a control freak, ruling with an uncompromising, dictatorship style? Perhaps. But without those properties, no lion can stay alive for too long.

Happy ballotage,

Milo.