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To be fair, didn' the federal government deliver a several billion dollar emergency aid package to Alberta farmers?

But stopping floor-crossings altogether mid-session just doesn't sound right. Now, if an MP were to become an independent and wait until the next election for their cabinet post, I'd definitely agree to that, as it is inherently more democratic. Imagine if your liberal MP decided to cross the floor and immediately received an important cabinet post to save the Harper government. You'd be pretty freaking pissed. Now, if they didn't receive the cabinet post but voted that way as an independent, you'd still be pissed, but the lack of a cabinet position makes you feel better.

From today's NY Times online.... Apparently, the rest of the world is a day ahead of the rest of us, and they accidentally slipped the secret.

It's going forward. Duh.

Back the raccoon man takes.

Work, yes, but homes are an absolute rarity.

New Rule: Anytime a store is trying to sell you a product and telling you that it breaks easily at the same time, don't buy it. EDIT: www.ilounge.com would be a better place for this question.

I suppose people should differentiate between the sound characterized by the use of thick-sounding synthesizers (a la Hot Hot Heat) and underground/local music that isn't signed to a major label. Fact: the word "indie" used to refer specifically to independent music... a lot of these independent bands (it developed in the late 80's in England and the U.S.) developed a similar sound characterized by the use of thick-sounding synth keys in what would have otherwise been rock music, and people started using the word to describe bands that carried that type of sound, whether they had a record contract or not.

Yeah, but I'm a fucking beanpole.

Tee hee... I weigh more than Satty.

Sigh... you Albertans really are rednecks, aren't you? Go eat your grits.

I like your attitude.

I didn't kill nobody.

The raccoons take back man's.

Oddly enough, the person I share a room with does snore. Your mom isn't a 6 foot tall 175 pound quiet asshole who stutters at lot, is she?

...and that's why you're cooler than us? Okay.

Too much...

As much as I know that both Stephen Harper and the (strangely quiet) socially conservative side of the party just can't wait to have a sleepover at the White House, I think the rest of Parliament will be capable of keeping them at bay.

But it would definitely hold up the government. If we had to go through a by-election with Belinda Stronach, that whole "topple the government" thing would have been delayed by a considerable amount of time while all the candidates got their shit together and had debates and polling stations/volunteers organized and such.

Misunderestimate. It's a classic. Do you find it funny how the guy is the only member of his family with a Texan accent, even though he was born in Connecticut?

Who do you share a room with? Your mother.

The Sound of Music. What?

I think that might be a bit of a waste of time. I don't know, really. For all technicalities, we vote for the individual who will represent our regional interests, not for the party or for the leader. There's no reason why an individual MP shouldn't have the right to switch parties or become an independent as they see fit at any point during the parliamentary. Imagine a PC MP becomes disillusioned with the new conservative party and wants to switch to the liberal party who he feels is more in line with his personal views. Or a liberal MP because disillusioned with the liberal party, etc etc. On the other hand, that also runs a risk of opportunism. I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but what if some of the people running as liberals in Toronto/conservatives in Alberta have been planted there to cross the floor at convenient times? Yikes. The way I see it, if someone doesn't want to be a member of a party anymore, they should become an independent, vote as they please, and not put their names under another party's banner until the next election is called.

I share a room and I don't have a stereo and even if I did everyone else in the house would complain and I wouldn't want them to hear my music.

Then why do people do things that are considered wrong? Why are children taught that violence is bad when those adults themselves would have no problem throwing a few punches around? Or sending other people to do those punches for them? Sometimes, I can't stand being a pacifist. Violence just isn't a solution to a problem. And all these guys that like to call themselves "manly" would consider me a pussy for thinking that we have better things to do than beat the shit out of each other. I'm still opinionated and I'd have no problem telling someone where to shove something, and I'd have no problem defending either myself or someone else if the situation called for it. But when does the situation call for it, and why the hell did it reach the point of throwing punches in the first place? Because the two people were either asking for it, or one person was far too eager to start hitting someone. People are idiots. That's what I've learned.