So Much for Plan "C"
Lately I've begun to stress again about the upcoming presidential elections. The prospect of another 4 years of Republican dictatorship is not a happy one, especially since the Republican candidate John McCain has chosen that Christian Nazi Sarah Palin to be his Vice President. One good heart attack (or a mysterious fall out of a window - bitch is capable of it!) and that crazy cunt will be present. I'm praying that Obama will win. But right now the odds aren't looking too good.
As such I have been doing a lot of thinking about where I want to move to in 2010 (or sooner if possible). For years my heart has been set on New York City. When I started dating The Schnitzel back in January, and things took off, I decided to change my move focus to Toronto, Ontario. After all that is where he had primary residence, Canada is a beautiful European-like country, and Gay marriage is legal. Why wouldn't I move to such a Utopia? My life was falling into place, or so I thought... When "Dreamboat Germany" sank two months ago I had to re-evaluate my plans (as well as my life goals). While I am not opposed to moving to Toronto my main motivation for doing so is gone, so why go there when NYC is my #1 choice?
And here comes the new dilemma. If the Republicans are able to continue their dictatorship for another 4 years, this country is going to go down the tubes even more. Major financial institutions are crumbling, the end of the Iraq War is no where in sight, and these greedy bastards want to raise taxes so they can have more and not really change anything. And forget seeing Gay marriage or any legal partner rights for Gays being passed. If they have their way about it we'll be plunged back into the Dark Ages where homosexuals were stoned in the streets for their "sins" and women had to resort to coat hangers to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
So yet again here I am considering Canada. Toronto is relatively inexpensive and it is still on the East Coast, and not unreasonably far from NYC or DC (should I need to come home/visit). And while this option is looking more and more attractive I have just discovered something very unpleasant about this Shangri-la to the North; they have a conservative party that is currently in power! Yes, Canada has their own version of our evil, Republican trolls and they are ruling the country. Apparently the conservative Canadian PM used a loophole to dissolve Parliament last week and have schedule a snap poll (i.e. an election) for next month. This move was made under the guise of balancing the power in the Canadian Parliament. Problem is that Canadian politics (as I have discovered) slightly reflect the US political situation, so dissolving Parliament now and having an election next month will give the Canadian conservatives an upper hand and thus secure them a longer term in Parliament. While Canadian conservative aren't as evil (or so it would appear) as US conservatives, they still have some nasty agendas, such as removing the legal requirement for industrial businesses to follow Kyoto Protocol. I'm sure you’re scratching your heads so I'll explain; the Kyoto protocol is a set of standards industrial companies have to follow in order to reduce the greenhouse gasses they produce. By removing the law that requires companies to follow these standards they can basically pollute the environment without restriction.
Bottom line: Canada doesn't look now like that much better an alternative to the US. While there is still time to consider, and more investigation that needs to be done, in general it seems that I am fucked in either situation. Now is not the time to despair or even be putting this much thought into it, but I can't help but feel a bit down (and worried) that my Plan "C" (C for Canada!) has gone up in a cloud of smoke. As with all struggles I've been through before, I need to let go and let the Universe do its thing. Everything happens for a reason and it will all work out well in the end... I hope.
