Hello Stephen.

22 Feb 04 14:41, you wrote to me:

 SM>>> ...Then there are all the other noble folks who feel that the
 SM>>> ends justify the means.  All very noble, unless you're one of the
 SM>>> people "the means" roll over and squash.
 JC>> Of /course/ da ends justify da means. Like when I was da Prime
 JC>> ministare; my ends was to make all my buddies in le Quebec rich!

 SM> Well, I know that a politician is supposed to represent the people who
 SM> elect him, but you seem to be on shaky ground.  (Note that shaky
 SM> ground is very different from swampy ground and much less desirable
 SM> for anymoose.)  I dunno?  I _might_ be tempted to
"debate" the issue
 SM> with you, but I think that would fall under the category of writing a
 SM> message requiring original thought.

Dey /did/ elect me. Dey pours millions into my election campaign, so I
pours millions back into der pockets...

 SM> Which reminds me, did the reply from "Opinicus" gezgin{at}spamcop.net
 SM> make it to you?

Not me, some mad guy moose got to it first...

 JC>> Da means was da easy part; we jus' lock dat Paul Martin in de cabinet's
 JC>> cabinet, an' don't let him out till all de money's gone...

 SM> Great strategy!  Why, it's the sort of thing that works whether your
 SM> successor is from your own party or another party.  As things are now,
 SM> Martin can blame all his troubles on you while you shrug and say that
 SM> you knew nothing about it.

Dat's de Prime Ministaire's main job; to know not'ing...

 SM>         ...Here in Ontario, we are seeing a variation on the theme.
 SM> The new Liberal government says that they may not be able to keep all
 SM> their election promises because the Conservatives allegedly covered up
 SM> how bad Ontario's financial situation really is.

You don' believe dat dem Tories is any better, do you? Politician are da
politicians, an' you can't read a book by de stripe of it's colour, non?

 SM> So like, I guess congratulations should go to both the Federal
 SM> Liberal Party and the Ontario Liberal Party for pulling out an "oldy
 SM> but a goody" and running it past the public a few more times.  Gosh,
 SM> but I love watching good Performance Artists at work!

 SM> In closing, I'll mention that I really am hopeful that the Ontario
 SM> Liberal government will be better than the previous Conservative
 SM> government. If nothing else, I certainly liked the Liberal election
 SM> promises much better than what Conservatives like Mike "Common Sense
 SM> Revolution" Harris and his successor Ernie Eves were selling...

I had some great promises when I was elected. De're so good, dat Paul
Martin is still using dem...


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