Parliamentary Knuckleheads

Yesterday Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh "...said he was shocked to hear of a recent case in his home province of British Columbia in which a patient was told there was a year-long wait for a joint replacement in the public system." Ujjal was shocked to hear this? This is why I don't like Ujjal or most politicians in the game. The 'news' of year-long wait lists has been around for years, it's been the subject of research and studies, and it's common fucking knowledge at this point but somehow the Health Minister can claim that this is new to him. It's no wonder that the public gets disillusioned by government and before long begins to withdraw from the forum. Voter turnout is abysmal and while I try to never miss a ballot opportunity, I do understand the appeal in ignoring it all. What's that line from Waking Life? "...and they haven't given us any choice. Aside from the participatory, purely symbolic act of voting. You want the puppet on the right or the puppet on the left?" Personally I feel that the halls of government on all levels are dripping with petulant or insolent children looking for attention who, being concerned only with their own careers and not public good, seem to spend an awful lot of time insulting and condemning their political nemeses with the same tired crap day in and day out. No matter how many days in a row the opposition yells at the Prime Minister while backbenchers cheer to earn their pensions (seriously, you should listen to this shit!) I know damn well that nothing is actually happening. Rhetoric will only get you on the news, it will not actually fix anything that all the complaining was about. Somehow politicians just slide by acting alternatively clueless or righteous when it suits them and then have the nerve to question why more people aren't politically involved. Frankly, while I refuse to refuse to vote, this lot of minor celebrity seekers are hardly the kind of people I like to keep in close proximity. I tire quickly of their political veneer, so while the established groups continue to leave me uninspired, Wookiee and I will just have to develop a platform and form our own party. Short of a revolution, this is likely the only way I'll jump into the fray. Either way is fine with me, because more and more I'm feeling the need to move beyond sharing my opinion by casting a vote every now and then. A revolution would definitely be more fun, and I think I'm also better qualified for it.