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Sarah Palin Remixed on YouTube: Bow Out For Personal Reasons

It’s actually quite catchy!

This is so much better than the lame song that was made Canadian artists this election (against Harper, something inspirational about us having a choice or something). Someone at UWO is saying that the reason voter turnout was low this year was “the “Obama effect” — Canadians turned off by a dull election at home, when the U.S. has a doozy going”. I sort of agree, their is a lot more “interesting” (like “special”).

MUSLIM OBAMA: People Who Say Obama Is Muslim Can Catho-lick My Balls!!!

Now that the Canadian election is over, I can turn my attention to the ridiculous notion that Obama is of Islamic faith, and he has hid it from the American people in order to advance the Kenyan agenda.

I don’t want to argue whether or not Obama was ever Muslim, as I think this is a non issue. But it appears to me that those pointing fingers at Obama are being, well, “un-christian”. When one becomes a christian, their prior religion no longer matters, or at least that is what I thought. Many saints converted to christianity from Islam.

Take, for example, the case of Saint Abo of Tiflis:

Abo’s profession in Baghdad was that of a perfumer, in which he excelled as maker of fine perfumes and ointments, the art evidently implying knowledge of chemistry. He was well educated having gained good mastery of “all the Muslim lore”, which must have included both religious and philosophic texts. On his arrival to the Eastern Georgia (Kartli) he became convinced of Christianity, which happened not immediately, but only after a committed soul-searching that involved heated quarrels even with Christian priests and bishops over the fine religious matters; those quarrels only consolidated him in his conviction that the truth was in Christianity. However, initially Abo was afraid to convert openly as Georgia was under Arab rule; he only abandoned Muslim habit of five-times prayers per-day and started praying in a Christian manner. For political reasons, his prince had to seek shelter in Khazaria north of the Caspian Sea, an area free of Muslim control; Abo accompanied him, and was baptized there. From Khazaria Nerses moved to Abkhazia, that was also free from the Arab dominion, taking Abo with him. There in Abkhazia Abo zealously followed the Christian life of prayers and ascetic struggles, preparing himself for the future mission. The prince Nerses and his party returned to Tbilisi in 782, and Abo, notwithstanding the warning that it was not safe for him to go to Tbilisi, followed him. For about three years Abo openly confessed his Christian faith in Tbilisi streets – both fortifying by his example the staggering Christians who suffered under the Arab rule and trying to convert to Christianity his Arab compatriots. Series of threats and warnings failed to mitigate his zeal. In 786 he was denounced as a Christian to the Arab officials in Tbilisi, arrested and tried for being a renegade from Islam. He confessed his faith at trial, was imprisoned, and martyred on January 6, 786. On his way to the execution he thanked God for having transformed his earthly profession of a perfumer to a heavenly calling of following the “sweet fragrance of Christ’s commandments”. (From Wikipedia)

If Obama says he is christian, is it really up to us to argue. I personally don’t believe in god (because god died with the advent of reason), but are not religious nuts supposed to cede to the judgement of god in these matters. Isn’t Obama’s christianity between him and his maker?

Oh, and P.S. The intelligent informed voter should be concerned with the religion of the candidate. But I guess that is not so easy for the openly racist and horribly ignorant.

Blog Post Round Up On Election Night

Reading the blogs tonight to find out what others are saying tonight about the Canadian federal election. Here is a handful randomly selected.

So funny: Stephane Dion looks like Adam Yauch

A Sorry Day For Canada

Why Canadian Elections Are Awesome

Tory Time

Farewell Stephen Harper ??????

Steven Harper Speaks To Canada As Prime Minister Following The Election

He thanks Calgary for their welcome.

Today Canada has voted, he indicates, to be a beacon of prosperity and growth. He thanks Canada for having voted him. He thanks all those volunteering on the Conservative campaign. He thanks Grandma Harper for taking care of the kids. He thanks the love of his life (awkward TV political kiss, but I think he was looking for more). He indicates the reach of the Conservative party has grown, and the Conservative party will deliver on their promises. He congratulates Dion for having contributed to Canadian political life on national unity and environmental issues, he thanks Layton for bringing to the table the issues of the working man, he thanks Duceppe and hopes that they can work together for the fiscal needs of Quebec. He further congratulates May for her participation in this election. He also congratulates the two independent members, as he states that it is not easy to run independently. He indicates that they have been given a strengthened mandate, and he will work to achieve their goals. Times are hard, and Canadians are worried. He wants to assure Canadians that working together we will emerge stronger than ever before.

Three priorities:

Govern on behalf of all Canadians – new caucus is very broad, government will form an inclusive and responsive government that will address the needs of all Canadians.

Make this minority government work – unite parties to work together in the financial crisis. Get past partisanship – this was echoed so hopefully they can make this work.

Keep promises: Harper will stick to his plan – the prudent, responsible plan that everybody keeps talking about.

He was on the ball tonight. He was actually getting excited as he was talking.

Dion Speaks On Election Night

Dion looks sad, but he speaks promisingly about the future. He has spoken with Harper and they will work with the government to ensure that we can stay afloat during the economic crisis. The priority of the official opposition will be the economy during this storm. And he asks Harper to make this commitment.

Dion is making a really good speech, and very different than his entire campaign.

This is the speech he should have made weeks ago.

A somber room, some polite clapping. Poor Dion. Now I feel sorry.

Canada wants a Liberal opposition and he wants to work to ensure that those who voted for the Liberal party will see their issues brought to the table.

Will Dion Step Down?

All the talk on both CTV and CBC with regards to Dion has been: Will Dion step down or will a leadership review force him to step down? The CBC reported on “Twitters” about Dion and these mostly discussed him stepping down (from what they reported on the CBC).

But a few days ago: “Declaring several times that “I am not a quitter,” Stephane Dion indicated Sunday he will not step down as Liberal leader if he loses the election that he says is “a choice between lies and honesty.”

Rick Mercer: Everybody is being very polite about Stephan Dion. He’s done, he’s gone.

The Liberal party has lost seats across the country, and even Liberal party members are speaking of a leadership review.

Jack Layton Speaks On Election Night

My name is Jack Layton and to put families first in Canada I ran for Prime Minister.

Layton explains that though they did not win the gold medal, they gave it their best shot. They are very proud of their achievements – they put the needs of the working families first in Canada. They plan on continuing this mandate. He congratulates the candidates: We are going to go into the next parliament ready to work with all members in the interests of Canadians. They should put away all quarrels and forget the election. (I sure hope so.) But at the same time, Layton then spouts out his agenda and it is on this he will work on.

Much like Duceppe, it sounds like he is still running for Prime Minister.

Duceppe Speech On Election Night

Duceppe spoke today about his being the majority government for Quebec – and very happy in the ranking where is placed third for the country.

He congratulates the candidates and Stephen Harper on his win. Then he continues to congratulate the Bloc for having stopped Harper from having a majority government. He states that no longer will their recognition of the Quebec nation be symbolic. They want to make their own policies and in French. He wants greater fiscal responsibility, more support to manufacturing, greater adherence to Kyoto and greater power for the Quebec nation in  governing its own affairs.

Floor Crossing – Making Bets on CBC News

There is a great deal of allusion to floor crossing on the CBC – the margin is so slim at this point that any floor crossing as had occurred with David Emerson following the 2006 election would have a much greater impact than this previous example.

With Dion being such as he is, I would not blame some of the Liberal MPs for crossing over, especially since precedent has been set with David Emerson.

Ford is running against Uppal (Conservative) in the Edmonton-Sherwood Park riding, and though Ford is an independent candidate he has indicated he would join the Conservative party. Harper has indicated they already have a candidate running in that riding, but I am sure if the independent candidate wins he will quickly be accepted into the Conservative fold.

They are talking about it again – they are discussing David Emerson. His apparent motivation for crossing the floor was that he could best serve Canada by being in cabinet and serving the people instead of serving his current party. Sounds reasonable, but it was not seen that way.

What is really surprising is that in the Vancouver Kingsway riding (where David Emerson ran for the Liberals) the Conservative party is currently leading. This is a historically Liberal/NDP riding, and it has been several decades since a Conservative candidate has won here. And despite the outcry against Emerson and the Conservative party following this floor crossing controversy, the Conservatives might actually keep the riding that was by sleight of hand removed from the hands of the Liberals and NDP.