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.

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.

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.