Neither Obama nor HIllary differ much in their policies but I have supported Hillary Clinton from the beginning. The main reason is because I really wanted to see the first woman president of the US. I think this would have dramatically brought a big change in the western society.

Oh by the way, for those ignorant people out there, he is neither a Muslim nor an Atheist. Not that there is a problem of him being those two but he is just not. People should get it by now after the famous Wright controversies.

“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.”

I think this quote of him actually applies to the current era a way more than before. I have a tremendous amount of respect for this person and what he stood for. Sometimes, when we become mad at “other” people, we could try going through some of the speeches of Dr. King to cool ourselves down.

I actually find the Republican Party is sort of in a weird alliance between the business and religious community. I am not sure why would a religious person favour a free market policy while religions itself favour a big government in control of people’s spiritual and everyday life. Christianity itself asks for compassion for the poor and needy. Religious people should actually favour a strong socialist policy. On the other hand, why would a business oriented person favour a strong religious views. Business itself is all about profit but on the other hand religions ask you to give up personal greed and work for the greater good of the humanity. I don’t really think this alliance between these two communities is strong enough. We are currently seeing that split. The social conservatives going towards Huckabee and I guess “financial” and “war” conservatives leaning towards McCain. I personally liked Romney because he was not trying to attract the people from the extremists side. However, McCain might be a better choice for Republicans simply because he is also popular among liberals especially with his social policies.

Anyways, while you got someone like McCain, who is liked among the Democrats, you got two candidates among the democrats, who are both liked and disliked by many people. Many Clinton supporters do not like Obama. They would rather vote for McCain if Obama wins. The reason is because they love Clinton passionately and they were looking forward to have Clinton as the president. Obama might actually destroy that chance and therefore, these people are going to go against Obama. On the other hand, a lot of Obama supporters simply hate Hillary because these supporters love Obama with passion. If the nominee decisions come down to the hands of the court, people will see a strong split among the Democrats. That might actually really help McCain and conservatives. Many democrats already like him and they might end up voting for him.Therefore, we might actually see a democrat winning the whitehouse again for four years. This seems unlikely but you never know what happens in the future.

Watch the following funny video to see the interaction between an Obama and a Hillary supporter.

However, I have found that it is extremely hard for me to stand on the right or the left political spectrum. A vast majority of the issues I do agree with the people on the left or the liberals. For instance, I strongly believe in free medical care for all the citizens. I also believe that the outlook of a nation is judged by how it treats in minorities. I think sometimes “special favours” or affirmative actions are required to provide equality for the population, who are not doing enough. I also believe that businesses do require some regulations to make sure that it is not trying to carry out aggressive actions. On the social side, I favour homosexual marriage. I believe that we do not choose our sexual orientation and therefore, it is stupid to discriminate against people on the basis of this. I am also very pro-science. I strongly believe that evolution should be taught in classes and that creationism is just bullshit. It doesn’t make any particular sense to me. We see examples of evolutions in our daily life. I don’t want to get into that crap. Oh yes, I also strongly believe in the separation of the church and the state. The conservative movement in the west actually has become extremely affiliated with religions and I think this has to stop.

There are many things where I strongly support the conservative policies. The biggest of one is the national security. I believe that the western governments need to understand the threats of terrorism and take strong actions to stop it. I think we are not doing enough. It is so easy for a terrorist in the city of Toronto to carry a bag with bombs and explode them in downtown subway stations during the rush hours. In this issue I am actually extremely on the right even compared to many hardcore conservatives. I think civil liberties are important but I am happy to give it up for the sake of the security of the nation. Only the wrongdoers have to worry not others. I am happy to wait in the airport or subway stations if required for a tight security. I don’t really believe in attacking other nations. I just want the western nations to become strong in their own areas. War doesn’t solve anything. It just encourages the ideology of the terrorists. It’s not a war against another nation but a war against an extremist ideology. I am also not really a big fan of some of the pro-multicultural policies of Canada. The taxpayers money goes to various cultural organizations to help them celebrate their cultures. Why would a person, who has nothing to do with my culture would pay for my cultural celebrations. It doesn’t make any sense. Also, in our media, it’s really encouraged to maintain the cultures of our parents. Therefore, we got people here, who are not Canadian first but Indian or Chinese first and Canadian second. That’s why we have Quebec trying to separate from us.

Therefore, it really becomes hard for me to choose a party during elections. I have been a member of the Liberal Party, Conservative Party and Green Party. During the previous federal election, I voted for the Conservative Party but during the provincial election I voted NDP, the most lefty party.

Even though it is hard for me to choose a party, there is one person, with whom I disagree the most. I disagree with him in every single point. It’s not even funny. The person is Ron Paul. I think this dude is extremely out of touch with western politics. He believes in stupid conspiracy theories. He is an attention whore. His views on economy would ruin our environment and everything. He doesn’t want to regulate the corporations and so they are allowed to rape us as much as possible. On national security, he believes aliens attacked the twin towers (!!)….well not really but he would say that to get some votes of 15-year-olds. Oh wait, 15-year-olds can’t vote. His policies would have terrorists bombing the US. He blames the US for all the problems of terrorism. It is correct that the US is partially to be blamed but not totally to be blamed. People like Kamal Ataturk also fought off the western occupations of Turkey but he didn’t use suicide bombing or used religion to blind people. The reason is simple. Kamal Ataturk was not fighting for an ideology but was fighting for his country. That was his main purpose. On the other hand, the terrorists are fighting for a twisted version of religion. Therefore, you cannot blame just the US for all the problems. The terrorists would have attacked the western countries regardless of their presence in their nations.

Anyways, getting back to the discussions, it is extremely hard for me to stand firmly on one part of the political spectrum. I sort of support the mixture of different policies. I am always undecided and make up my mind a few days before the elections.

The word this afternoon is that Industry Minister Jim Prentice will not introduce the Canadian DMCA tomorrow. The thousands of letters and phone calls over the past week have urged the government to adopt balanced copyright reforms that meets everyone’s needs and does not unduly harm education, consumer rights, privacy, and free speech. The delay provides an exceptional opportunity for Minister Prentice to consult more broadly and to factor those concerns into the forthcoming bill in the interests of all Canadians.

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that people made a strong noise about this issue. The facebook group got more than 14,000 members in one week. A lot of bloggers started writing about this issue. I wrote to my local MP as well. However, I am not sure if we should start celebrating about this yet. Michael Geist has clarified that he is not sure why the introduction has been delayed. It could be that it was just delayed for a couple of days. Maybe this deal might be introduced tomorrow.

To tell you the truth, I am just too excited to see what is going to happen next. If Harper introduces this then for sure his party will not be coming to power in next 12 years. It’s sort of like a political suicide for him. We also shouldn’t forget that our previous Liberal government also tried to do something similar. However, they failed. I am pretty sure that these Corporate Conservatives will fail too.

For now, here is an interesting video made by a musical artist from Montreal expressing his views on this drama. This law is supposed to protect people like him. Let’s see what he has to say.

Fortunately, there are people like Dr. Geist, University of Ottawa Law professor, who are fighting against this move. If you want you could check out his website.

You are wondering what might happen if this law gets passed. Read the following excerpt from this article…

This puts the whole Canadian tech industry at the mercy of the US industry, unable to innovate or start new businesses that interact with the existing pool of devices and media without getting a license from the States.

how exactly?

If this law passes, it will render all of the made-in-Canada exceptions to copyright for education, archiving, free speech and personal use will be irrelevant: if a technology has a lock that prohibits a use, your right to make that use falls by the wayside. Nevermind that you’ve got the right to record a show to watch later — or to record a politician’s speech so you can hold him to account later — the policeman in the device can take that right away with no appeal.

Here is a video composed by Dr. Geist outlining how you could fight back.

I was totally unaware of this issue as I have been busy with studies. Thanks to Dan from More Notes From Underground for informing about this. Dan writes from Toronto, Canada like me. He does have a very nice informative style of writing. You should check out his blog and leave a nice comment for him.

Let’s not forget that the spending on elections will rise significantly as we might end up having elections in every two years or so. I think we have a system that actually works. It has been working for years. There is no point of destroying it. This new system will delay everything and divide the parliament into pieces.

We are directly responsible for the current situation. Our pollution is destroying the earth. It is creating a tremendous imbalance in our environment. We can already see some impacts of global warming right in Canada. For instance, the summer is becoming much hotter and winter milder. As a result we are seeing a way more insects and mosquitoes in Toronto than before.

I believe we need to combat global warming fast. It is very evident that even though the governments all over the world always talk about reduction in emissions of pollutants we actually end up seeing almost no positive results. That is because there is not enough understanding among the normal people about this phenomenon. We do not understand the seriousness of this matter. Therefore, the first step would be to get educated on global warming.

After that, we will have to take actions by ourselves at home to reduce global warming. Even though it looks like you are one out of millions of people out there but think if everyone would contribute in the reduction then we would see a huge success. We can start by decreasing waste of water. It is always smart to turn off the water in your sink if you are not using. Save water in this way! In Canada, we are privileged that we have a huge reserve of water but many parts of the world do not have that access. In addition, we can also make sure that we are saving power as well. If you are not home and do not need the air conditioner, turn that off. AC is one of the major sources of global warming. Furthermore, we need to make sure that we are driving cars with good engine so that it is not eating away a way too much petroleum. This step will also save you lots of money. Start looking into the hybrid cars if you haven’t started. If possible, you can also think about taking public transit. Finally, planting trees is an option. It improves the beauty of your house.

There are many things we can do by ourselves and therefore, we need to start on those fast and encourage others to do the same.

Children waiting outside a store waiting for left over pepsi

Craig resigns after the vicious sex scandals. He becomes the third key Republican senators to face scandal charges after Ted Stevens of Alaska and David Vitter of Louisiana this year. This is becoming very sad because after all those Iraq war failures the Republicans were still connecting to the Americans using the religion cards repeatedly. They were demonizing the liberals on the basis of their morality. However, now it seems like that this is not going to happen anymore. They are not in any circumstance to talk about moral rights anymore. On the religious sectors, other than whining against homosexuals and abortions they won’t be able to do anything. Some gay haters might still connect on the Republican morality but that’s it.

Therefore, there is a good chance that we will see some Democrat taking weird actions for the next 7-8 years in the US. People will then get tired of Democrats and come back to the Republicans again. I personally think that if it were the Democrats in power, they would have gone to war against Iraq as well. Since they are in the opposition now they have been whining about this. Most of the Democrats actually supported the Iraq war when it started. This is the significant disadvantage with the two party politics. There are parties like the Libertarian Party, who side with the Republicans on the economic issues and with the Democrats on the social issues. Nevertheless, the support for parties like these is very low.