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mostly election stuff
Jun. 28th, 2004 11:49 pmRandom cutie moment: yesterday we're reading Millicent and the Wind, about a little girl who lives on a mountaintop and has no friends to play with except for the wind. One day her mother takes her to the village, and a boy starts to tease her about her home on the mountain and friendship with the wind. "Millicent, go home!" he starts chanting, and soon all the other kids do too. The wind picks him up and shakes him.
"Why did the wind get mad at that boy?" Daniel wanted to know.
"Because he was being mean. He was making fun of Millicent for no good reason."
"He was being a racist," says Daniel.
"I don't think so, because she's the same race as him. He was making fun of her home."
"He was being a homist," Daniel declares.
***
This morning, Daniel woke up, said good morning, and told us right away, "Don't forget to vote NDP today!"
So we walk down to the polling place. And as we're coming out of the voting station, Daniel says, "I hope the NDP win!"
"Hear hear," laughs the old man volunteering at the polling station.
I love my budding little socialist :)
***
Spent a great deal of today walking back and forth to my mother's, and discussing politics with Daniel. He now has a passing understanding of the terms majority, minority, coalition, ridings, candidates, bills, and a bunch of others, as well as a hazy understanding of the difference between the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP, and Green parties. I didn't go into the philosophies behind the Marijuana and Marxist-Leninist Parties, even though both had candidates in our riding.
One thing Daniel will be thrilled to hear tomorrow: Greens increase support.
Quickie quote:
In 2000, their vote was almost negligible, recording only 0.1 per cent, or 1,100 votes. This election, the party has for received almost 5.0 per cent of the vote nationally. That represents about a quarter of a million votes.
The big news, of course, is: Martin wins minority government.
Quickie quote:
Paul Martin's Liberals have survived a near-death experience to win a minority government – Canada's first in 25 years.
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Funny how detached I was from this election. I actually completely forgot about it until I saw![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lonejaguar's entry on it. As in Oh right - we just had a federal election today. Duh. Perhaps I should go see how that's turning out.
Back to my mom's again tomorrow. I'm making stir fry and (hopefully) pumpkin pie for her. It's nice that she's able to enjoy food now that she's no longer being poisoned by chemo. Still... it's such a mixed blessing.
"Why did the wind get mad at that boy?" Daniel wanted to know.
"Because he was being mean. He was making fun of Millicent for no good reason."
"He was being a racist," says Daniel.
"I don't think so, because she's the same race as him. He was making fun of her home."
"He was being a homist," Daniel declares.
This morning, Daniel woke up, said good morning, and told us right away, "Don't forget to vote NDP today!"
So we walk down to the polling place. And as we're coming out of the voting station, Daniel says, "I hope the NDP win!"
"Hear hear," laughs the old man volunteering at the polling station.
I love my budding little socialist :)
Spent a great deal of today walking back and forth to my mother's, and discussing politics with Daniel. He now has a passing understanding of the terms majority, minority, coalition, ridings, candidates, bills, and a bunch of others, as well as a hazy understanding of the difference between the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP, and Green parties. I didn't go into the philosophies behind the Marijuana and Marxist-Leninist Parties, even though both had candidates in our riding.
One thing Daniel will be thrilled to hear tomorrow: Greens increase support.
Quickie quote:
In 2000, their vote was almost negligible, recording only 0.1 per cent, or 1,100 votes. This election, the party has for received almost 5.0 per cent of the vote nationally. That represents about a quarter of a million votes.
The big news, of course, is: Martin wins minority government.
Quickie quote:
Paul Martin's Liberals have survived a near-death experience to win a minority government – Canada's first in 25 years.
Funny how detached I was from this election. I actually completely forgot about it until I saw
lonejaguar's entry on it. As in Oh right - we just had a federal election today. Duh. Perhaps I should go see how that's turning out.Back to my mom's again tomorrow. I'm making stir fry and (hopefully) pumpkin pie for her. It's nice that she's able to enjoy food now that she's no longer being poisoned by chemo. Still... it's such a mixed blessing.
