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Pogo 4 November 30, 2005 • The Huron Expositor
Editorial
Opinion
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The Nightmare
Before
Christmas
Like a bad remake of The Nightmare Before
Christmas, Canada's first holiday election cam-
paign in a quarter-century began yesterday after
the minority Liberal government was brought down
with a non -confidence vote on Monday.
Voters' will soon be treated with Santas of all
political stripes pulling fantastic programs and
promises out of their diverse sacks of goodies.
And, if the political pundits are to be believed, the
traditional tinsel and sparkly lights of the season
could become a little bit tarnished as the mud-
slinging begins.
"It's going to be a nasty election," Huron -Bruce
MPP Paul Steckle predicted yesterday in the
London Free Press.
With accusations by Conservative Leader
Stephen Harper that the Liberal party has connec-
tions to "organized crime" through the sponsorship
scandal and responding threats of a lawsuit by
Prime Minister Paul Martin, things have already
gotten ugly.
And, as the longer than usual eight-week cam-
paign begins the march towards a likely Jan. 23
election, predictions are being made about increas-
ing nastiness to come.
Just as the commercialism of the season of love
and light has created many a Grinch, voters have
become extremely cynical in the current climate of
government scandal and corruption.
Politicians are going to have to battle more than
the elements to win much support this time
around.
But, as much as we'd rather take another sip of
eggnog and forget the whole thing, the best
response is to become more involved, not less.
An informed electorate that asks the hard ques-
tions and explores all of its options is the best
chance for an optimistic new year.
Susan Hundertmark
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survived my first Huron
County storm intact
There have been many
`firsts' for me since arriv-
ing in Seaforth and
Mitchell three months ago.
I encountered my first
fire alarm wake up call in
the middle of the night, my
first cable and phone bill,
even my first heating
problem (58 degrees
through the night) in my
first apartment.
But nothing prepared me for my first
encounter with the horror that is Huron -
Perth winters.
Last Wednesday night, through into
Thursday and Friday, it snowed.
Actually, it did much more than just that.
Winds whirled up around 45 km/h, and with
heavy snowfall we had snowsqualls, creating
very poor driving conditions.
In fact, they were so bad, schools across
mid -western Ontario closed on the Thursday
and Friday.
As a kid, I grew accustomed to having the
odd snow day here and there while growing
up in Kitchener, maybe two, three days a year
if we were lucky.
But two, in November?
I never remember having a day off school
this early, almost a month before winter even
officially begins.
I awoke on Thursday, prepared to drive to
Mitchell for a day of work, including taking
pictures at the high school.
Yet, even with the schools closed, I still had
to make the trek to Mitchell because I had
forgotten one little thing,
my notebook, the journal-
ist's indispensable tool.
So, after a 40 -minute
drive, in which I almost
pulled over to the side of
the road numerous times
because I simply could not
see a thing, I arrived at
the Advocate office.
I said hi, grabbed by
notebook, and began my trek back to
Seaforth, not the least bit pleased with the
situation my own clumsiness had created.
Forty minutes later I was sitting down at
the Expositor office ready to go, relieved I
had survived the trip with my car and myself
intact.
Coming from Kitchener, it's not like I've
never driven in poor winter conditions.
In fact, my daily drive to college was on all
back country roads, so I figured I had con-
quered just about the worst.
Boy was I wrong.
With much of the Highway 8 drive from
Seaforth to Mitchell framed with farmland,
snow blew across the highway, making my
visibility next to none.
Luckily, almost every vehicle I passed, or
was ahead of me, drove a steady 20-30 km/h,
with their four-way emergency lights on,
increasing their visibility to other drivers.
I admit, I did not expect the driving to be
this bad, this quickly, but it's good to see most
are driving responsibly.
Let's hope we all keep it up.
" David your picture
looks very interesting.
Why don't you
tell the class about
your painting.
This picture outlines the structure of the
school system. The lion represents the
educational establishment which preys on
unsuspecting students and gorges
on their creativity until it has
devoured all their ambition
and individuplity, turning them
into little more than carrion
which is then carted away by
industry and fed into a
giant profit making machine
for corporations.
- by David Lacey
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