Let’s say farwell to a few things…
(1) GOODBYE, CANADIAN DEMOCRACY…WE HARDLY KNEW YOU!
And you thought it wouldn’t happen here?
Shame on you…
Feckless Leader proroges Parliament yet again…this time killing off all sorts of legislation (including his precious tough-on-crime gobshite), all hearings into possible violations of the Geneva Convention by the Afghans we’re supposedly protecting…in general, killing off any effective governance of this nation whatsoever.
For more information (very eloquently put) about the issue of Stephen Harper’s slow ascension to the role of Caesar, I direct you to this post by my friend James…but the best (well, most succinct) way to sum up the current situation is via this letter-to-the-editor in today’s edition of the Globe & Mail:
“I had thought that the absolute power of the monarch to proroge Parliament died with the beheading of Charles I of England. It appears I was wrong.”
History repeats, history rhymes…take your pick.
(2) GOODBYE TO CANADIANS WHO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE ABOVE
Listening to CBC Radio 1 this morning, the most common reaction to this subversion of our democracy amounts to “I don’t follow politics, so I don’t care.”
There’s nothing like home-grown apathy to ring in the new year…
(3) GOODBYE TO ULTRA-STRICT AIRLINE SECURITY…
OOPS! There was never any security to begin with! Does the U.S. issue ANYONE a visa? Did the lessons of 9/11 disappear into the ether? How do intelligence services not pick up on the obvious…especially when a possible terrorists’ FATHER personally informs U.S. security that his own son might be attempting an act of violence???
So…the only thing we really need to say “goodbye” to is the ability to go to the bathroom during the last hour of any flight on a U.S. bound jet. Time to trade in those in-flight entertainment screens for seats with urine bags…
(4) GOODBYE TO H1N1 PANIC
I’m sure my 6 hour wait in line was worth it…wasn’t it?
(5) GOODBYE NETWORK TELEVISION DRAMA
Reality shows have won! It’s 24 hours a day of Balloon Boy, Jon & Kate + Divorce Laywer, an endless array of Survivors and Bachelors, American non-idols and mobs of people who think they can dance.
Hear that sound? It’s the sound of civilization pouring down the plughole…
Can’t wait to see what 2010 brings…
