Tired

I'm tired. Now I'm going to go into detail why. I know my readership pool is small, so I"m essentially talking to myself, but here I go anyway.

I'm from Alberta, Canada. For you non-Canadians, that means I live in Conservative Party HQ. The chances that the Conservatives won't control the government in Alberta for the entirety of my lifetime is not 100%, but it is considerable higher than 99%.

Thus, I was raised, quite appropriately, to vehemently oppose anything Liberal simply out of principal. To Be fair, after a decade and a half of a Liberal Federal government the West has good reason to despise them. So I've been a Conservative Party Member since I turned sixteen. And its served me in good stead. But I've come to realise over the last few months, something so utterly alien to my brain, I refuse to accept it emotionally.

I'm a Liberal.

A money-grubbing, welfare-supporting, government-interference-advocating piece of Liberal trash.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't back the current government. The Conservatives are using their Minority effectively. And the Conservatives are doing great things in Alberta. Currently, we are the only debt-free province. And they sent me (And every other Albertan) a check for $300 a while back because they had an enormous surplus. Which bought my vote.

But they are all a bunch of- well, I'm not going to use the language I'd like. But they are all christians. I worked as staff at a supper in my small town here, back in November, when the premier, Ed Stelmach, came to visit. There were five hundred people there, roughly half the town, all Conservative Party members. When the prayer was said before the meal (*shudder*) I was the only one, in the entire room, who did not bow my head. THat started this train of thought.

Then a little while ago, Harper got rid of the Science Advisor. Not the Person. The Position. I thought to myself Jesus (yes, I still use those phrases in my head) what the hell is he thinking? I mean, with issues like Global Warming, which he at least acknowledges exists, bouncing around, how can the leader of the nation make sound decisions without any scientific expertise?

Ah well. I may be a dirt Liberal, but in keeping with their Canadian tradtion, I'm going to be hypocritical, and keep on supporting the Conservatives. And hey, at least I can still hate the NDP with no conflict on conscience. Thats always a plus.