Nothing is Never, or Always...

I think that this may be the deepest thing Malcolm has ever uttered - and in it's most simple form it relates to the only certainty is that there is no certainty - kind of like job stability in this day and age. This statement actually flies right in the face of more than one James Bond movie title, but I think the wisdom is sound.

Growing up it basically eliminates two words from your vocabulary (Never or Always) - and leaves you with a simple universal truth. The underlying truth to this statment is TIMING.

If you tackle a stranger in the street - it's assault - If you tackle him on the Rugby Field it's Rugby, if you tackle him in the street after he's stolen a purse, it's justice - Really depends on the timing of the tackle. This goes for many things - Like Polls for instance - are the Tories going to win - The polls say they will, I say what does a polish election have to do with Canada.

I'm all for the democratic process - but all the spinning is making me sick - I understand that we need to have accountable government - it would be the first time this ever happened anywhere in the world - ever. To get into power, parties must make promises to people, not just for votes (they can break those promises), but they have to make back room promises (They have to keep these ones - there is money attached) to get funding so they can get to the point where they can ask you for your vote. Those are the promises that Martin is paying for now, and that (If the polls are right) Harper will be paying for next week sometime. Bob Dylan said "People don't do what they believe in, they do what's most conveinent, then they repent" - I'm sure that next week some politician will be saying he's sorry about something - Different politicians different scandals - it's part and parcel with politics - it's the sexy part, without scandals politics is simply a bunch of 50 year olds making promises to spend your tax dollars on things, that a little under 50% of us couldn't care less about.

So here's to always never doing nothing...