Posts tagged vote
Election 2012: Vote for the Canada party
Nov 6th
… because who better to lead America than CANADA? You know, that country you pretend to be while traveling?
Ryan Gosling is Canadian, by the way.
Ah, jokes, jokes. We just want to be part of the action too, my American homies! The outcome of the 2012 presidential election will impact many things north of the border too and, let’s face it. Canadian politics are comparably quite… dry. Like a stage play without costumes. Like a party without any cool kids. Like pancakes without Maple Syrup. ICK! Could you imagine?
I’m not going to be one of those people who are all like “VOTE! Hey everybody! Remember to vote today! YOU MUST VOTE! It’s your duty to vote. VOTE OR DIE” because I hate those people.
I do think you should vote though, especially if you’re voting for the right candidate. But I’m not going to preach about it. Nor am I going to tell you which candidate I feel is the right one (journalistic impartiality, you know.)
It’s not very hard to figure out however. I have been known to speak with my hands 
Join the CBC News America Votes live chat tonight at 6 p.m. ET if you’re interested in learning tons.
I’ll be commentating on social media. Tomorrow, you can find a condensed version of the 10 page document I compiled in preparation right here on this blog. It’ll be a bit (many bits) more serious than my usual fare, so here – something cute to make up for it:
Heh.
RIP Jack Layton: Video Professor, Stache Master, Coolest Politician in Canada
Aug 23rd
Kagan McLeod for National Post
In the rally against solitary moustaches, I have long maintained that only two men on earth can successfully rock the lone caterpillar look: Ned Flanders and Jack Layton (nice try though, Lindsay)
Sadly, this morning the beloved Canadian politician succumbed to his battle with Cancer, leaving one fictional Springfieldian to carry the bur-diddly-urden of bringing back the stache.
I’m Sorry for making light of death. That’s what I do when I’m sad or uncomfortable… and I really am sad about this. I know it’s sadness because Layton’s final letter to Canadians made me feel like I should cry. I will, once it sets in that he is actually gone.
The first time I saw Jack Layton in the flesh was at Toronto’s Pride Parade in 2007. He was wearing orange and dancing his heart out, waving to all of us sidewalk gawkers with a huge smile on his face.
Me: “Hey Look! Video Professor is gay! I had no idea!”
Friend: “Dude, that’s Jack Layton…”
Me: “JACK LAYTON IS THE VIDEO PROFESSOR! How have I never noticed this before? Sweet…”
Jack Layton was not the video professor and while it is unclear to me at this time WHO bit WHO’s style, I like to think that Layton is the OG. Homeboy has multiple Facebook groups dedicated to his moustache alone – and he was quite the nerdboy hottie way back when:
I could go on and on about why Jack Layton was the coolest party leader my generation has ever seen – how he actually had the foresight and the passion to engage his younger constituents, unlike many other politicians – but people with far more time and talent than I have already done that in spades.
Instead, I shall share with you the link to this massive Toronto Star Jack Layton photo gallery and another link to the Canadian Cancer Society‘s website. Learn about cancer, fight against cancer, help make the future a better place.
The Next TELUS Critter: VOTE FOR CAMEL!
May 10th
Ladies and Gentlemen, I’ve an announcement to make – are you ready?
*clears throat*
I have decided to enter the electoral realm.
Cèst vrai! Yours truly is now serving as campaign manager for the candidate whom I feel is most qualified to serve as the star of TELUS’s next advertising campaign.
No, not Lulz Turtle. Unfortunately, only real animals qualify.
Allow me, dear readers, to introduce you to the one, the only, the sometimes Bactrian, sometimes Dromedary but ALWAYS straight-up awesome Mr. CAMEL:
Get down with your bad self, my even-toed friend!
Sassy!
Sweet!
Sophisticated.
If selected by voters, Camel will join the long list of adorable critters who’ve already been featured in TELUS’s save-worthy ads over the past 15 years.
You can see some of them in this video, or check out the inside of my locker from highschool. If the kid who’s using it now has any steezl, she left all ofthe piggies up.
The competition is stiff (Helloooo Pygmy goats) and the stakes are high – but I have every reason to believe that Camel will prevail. I mean, have you SEEN a baby camel?
As Camel‘s campaign manager, I intend to ride those humps (which contrary to popular belief are NOT filled with water) all the way to the winners circle… which may include A TELUS tablet PC, a TELUS smartphone and a $1,000 donation in my name to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
You see, my motivation for hitting the campaign trail is not completely selfless. I’m one of 12 Canadian bloggers who will be campaigning on behalf of their selected animals and helping voters determine the next critter used in TELUS advertising campaigns.
I want you to vote for Camel, but not as much as I want you to VOTE period because for every single vote they receive, Telus will be donating 1$ to the NCC.
100,000 votes = $100,000 toward the protection of Canada’s biodiversity. YES.
Just for voting, you could also win a Blackberry Playbook or a freaking TRIP TO AFRICA! Chyeah or chyeahhhh?
I’ll be Tweeting and blogging about this more as the competition progresses (The top 3 critter contenders will be announced on May 20th) but right now it’s time for bed. Busiest week EVER. Next week at this time, I shall be in France. It’s been way too long…
Yay adventure!
Uh… Vote. Vote for Voting. Vote Votetty Vote Vote.
May 2nd
Hi.
I’m a blogger and I’m Canadian.
I don’t blog about politics, the government, or Canadian public policy. Heck, I don’t even blog about cruel tuition hikes anymore, now that I’m finished with school.
Yet, I feel the need to blog about how you should vote today because… well, I’m a blogger and this totally gives me the authority to be preachy and moralizing, right?
Vote, Vote, RAH RAH RAH! I’m on Dewey’s side of the debate today! Participatory democracy for the win!
Why let informed intellectual elites make decisions for those of us who don’t have the time to dig through hours worth of attack ads in search of what the heck we’re voting on? (Because things like this happen. That’s why.)
I’m going to piece together what I can of the issues and submit my ticket like a good girl. Based on what I know so far, the decision on who to vote for is clear:
Lil Wayne wearing Jack Layton’s magical moustache, of course.
Jaaaaykayyyy. I can’t vote for Weezy, silly! He’s not even Canadian.
You know who is though? Sam, the night watchman from Today’s special:
He hasn’t launched any mean ads against other candidates and we already KNOW he plays a bomb game of Tic-Tac-Toe against his trusty old computidor…
I don’t care who you vote for, but if you choose to vote you can find your local “voting placermagingy” by entering your postal code here. Hipster Ariel and I wish you luck.
In other news, The Amurricans killed that Bin Ladden fella, and I’m not going to touch that story with a 40-foot-USB cord just yet. (You can look at my Tweets from last night if you’re interested in some by-the-minute reactions).
I will, however, say this to Donald Trump (Who I’m pretty certain reads this blog religiously): YOU GOT PWNED HARD, SON.
If you haven’t seen Obama’s White House Correspondent Dinner address yet, get on that. At the very least, check out the part where he roasts Douchewagon McKnobBucket:
LIKE A BOSS.
