Oh no, an election. Here come the lies.

Alright, I'll be honest and straight forward here: I don't love Canadian politics, or any for that matter. That being said, I try to stay informed and up to date on what's going on with the Canadian landscape.

In the past I have voted almost exclusively liberal, although I'd prefer NDP but am not a Conservative fan. I don't like Stephen Harper. He's come off as cold and uncaring and just not my type of person. That being said, he has grown on me (a bit) and I don't really have a problem with what's happened the past few years, so I don't have any major complaints. I was essentially okay with the way the government is. I'm not interested in seeing an election simply because it's a waste of money, I prefer a minority government anyways and I don't think an election will change much anyways. Not to mention, I'm not a huge fan of Michael Ignatieff either.... not sure why, I'm just not.

Needless to say, my vote was up in the air. Waaaaay up in the air.

Then my phone rang this morning.

Husband: "Hello".... "May I ask who's calling?"............................................ "Nadine, it's the conservative party of Canada calling...."
Me: "Hello?"
Dude on phone: "Hi, I'm calling on behalf of the Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberal Coalition has forced an election this spring, can we count on your vote?"
Me: "Who caused the election?"
Dude: "The Liberal Coalition"
Me: "Who's that consist of?? Just the Liberal party??"
Dude: "....um... yes"
Me: "So just the Liberals, all by themselves caused this election?"
Dude: "....ummmm.... well it's a minority government...."
Me: "Wasn't there a vote in which case the Conservative Party was over thrown by all the other parties?"
Dude: "I don't know what happened"
Me: "Oh, okay. What was your questions?"
Dude: "Will you vote for the Conservative Party?"
Me: "I don't think so"

Alright, is it just me, or is it somewhat unethical for the Conservative Party to be calling around saying the Liberal party forced this election?? Isn't that a lie?? How are they allowed to do this??

what is wrong with us?!?!

What is wrong with human beings???? Okay, wait, too much to start so let me get to my point: Why do we get such enjoyment out of seeing someone fail at something or go through a bad patch??

Current case in point: Charlie Sheen. Let me start by saying, I haven't really been "following" any of the Sheen drama that's been going on. From what I've seen in ads, heard on the radio, etc., etc., he's currently undergoing some sort of drama around his drug addiction and saying some crazy things.

Root of the current fascination with Sheen: a drug problem. So let's get this straight, the guy's addicted to drugs to the point that he's hindering his regular life, yet people are mocking him, making jokes about him, and remixing his comments into YouTube videos and songs. What about this is funny? I just don't get it.

Alright, another case in point: the reporter at the Grammys (or the Golden Globes) who was talking and then suddenly wasn't making any sense.... Again, people were mocking her, passing the video along the internet and laughing at the situation. I decided to check out the video to see what all the "fuss" was about. While watching the video, you can see pure fear and panic in her eyes as she grasped at words and any attempt to make sense of what she was saying. She was then rushed to the hospital, yet we are making fun of this?!

I don't get it. I just don't understand what our fascination with people bombing. Is it to make us feel better about ourselves? Because really, I think finding things like this funny really says a lot about you.... and you should actually feel worse about yourself than you were hoping.

My wish: Think about the next time someone is having the worst day of their life and it happens to be caught in the public eye, if you really want to join everyone making fun of their bad day.