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10 THE RURAL VOICE
The World from Mabel's Grill
The day after the election was
called a sign appeared on the wall at
Mabel's coffee shop. It read, "The
party leaders are going to debate on
TV and I don't intend to listen to
them. If I don't want to listen to
politics from
the people
who are
experts, I sure
don't need to
listen to it
around here."
Not that it
made any
difference.
Trying to get
the guys
around the
coffee shop to
shut up is
about as easy
as ... well,
getting politicians to shut up.
"What I want to know," said Dave
Winston, "is how come the
government is so worried about how
I spread my pig manure because of
their worries about the environment,
but these politicians can spread their
BS anywhere, and any time, they
want."
"Come on," said Wayne Bruce,
the local town councillor, "it's hardly
the same kind of pollution."
"Good thing," said Molly
Whiteside, the waitress, "or the
health unit would have closed this
place down years ago."
"What you've got to understand,"
Wayne said, "is that politics is the art
of the possible."
"No," said George MacKenzie,
"politics is the art of the impossible.
Government is the art of the possible.
They promise the impossible to get
elected then only do what is
possible."
"I'd say government is the art of
the impossible," said Cliff Murray.
"Once they get elected they tell you
it is impossible to do what they
promised because the situation is so
much worse than the were led to
believe by the government they just
threw out."
"That's why I kind of like Bob
Rae," said Dave, who takes any
opportunity to get things stirred up.
The world's
problems are
solved daily
'round the table
at Mabel's
"He's the only one not making
promises."
""That's 'cause he has so many left
over from the last campaign that he
still hasn't filled," said Wayne.
"Thank heavens," said George.
(George admires Bob Rae so much
he donated for a billboard with his
picture on it.)
"No really," said Cliff, "Lyn
McLeod and Mike Harris keep going
'round waving their little books of
promises and how many of them do
you think they're going to keep? Rae
at least is being honest."
"Mike Harris says he's going to
resign if he breaks his promises,"
George said.
"Might as well not spend all the
money running in the first place
then," said Dave.
"The thing about Bob Rae is that
now he's older and wiser," said
Wayne. "Last time he never thought
he would get elected so he promised
the moon. Now he knows better."
"He could probably be promising
the moon again," said Molly as she
delivered some fresh coffee to refuel
the discussion.
"Strange thing," said Dave, "but
for two years people have been put-
ting down Lyn McLeod because she
was ahead in the polls but she never
said what she stood for. Now she's
put out her red book and everybody's
criticizing her for making too many
promises. The woman can't win."
"I wish," George put in.
"One thing for sure," Cliff said,
"no matter who gets elected we're
going to get less money for agricul-
ture."
"Good thing, too" said George.
"We've got to stand on our own feet.
People will think we're welfare bums
if the government keeps giving us
money."
"I always thought if things got
tough enough I could sell the farm
and go on welfare," Dave said. "I
thought I could use a raise. But now I
see they're wanting to cut that too."
"I don't know what my kids are
gonna do," Cliff said. "I always fig-
ured if they couldn't farm they could
teach or work for OMAFRA. Now
they're cutting back on all that too.
They might have to farm after all."0