I have working many different fields of work through my young 37 yrs of life. The two some consider in opposition are tree planting, and intrumentation technology in the oil and gas industry in Northern Alberta.
I also studied some physics in University as well as philosophy and so I have put alot of thought into this over the years. We have been constantly bombarded in schools about protecting the environment.
Now lets consider this. Energy is neither created or destroyed. It simply changes form. When I planted trees I learned that we were really only tree farming. For forests to naturally progress, deciduous trees would more naturally replace carniforous. Instead, we sprayed the deciduous trees growing on clear cuts, killing them, to make room for the new carnifourous trees as they were they wood needed to be harvested. Trees burn for fuel in your fireplace and keeps families warm at night and can be used to build houses, hold up power poles, and help bring light to homes in the dark nights in winter. This was in B.C..
In Alberta, I worked three years in the oil and gas industry. We farmed oil and gas. It is a resource that we have available to us and it should be used. Scientists, many who now agree, have only been studying the environment for one hundred years or so. People see exhaust from cars and immeadiatly assume it is bad as we have been trained in school to believe this.
Now, where do Alberta children get these ideas atomatically ingrained in their heads? Well, that part is simple to understand. As I have said before, we have, for years been watching CBC television, where the CRTC censors it and is a government funded organization. The governemnt, as I have noted before in previous posts, has for so long been a liberal governemt primarily elected out of central Canada, where they have huge populations in cites such as toronto. I've been to Toronto, and there is alot of smog. The U.S. has a smog problem, and much of our television comes from there.
It is the Americans who will suffer from global warming. For us, it will just get warmer in winter here. Maybe seems selfish, but I welcome them to move here, it will bring wealth with it and heaven only knows we have the room.
Do you realize that Ontario and Quebec has huge hydro electric power dams. Don't you think they lobby the government? I'm not sure but I bet their are some pretty big salaries given to the Atomic power companies that operate in Ontario. And in the US. Did you know that the huge wind generation farms in the U.S. use up massive amounts of farm land and their are food shortages in the world. Also ethanol feuls use up even more farm lands causing food shortages as well.
It is a competition. That is all it is. Have you ever seen a beaver dam? Thats what they do. It is natural to them. Do you know how many other animals are displaced by these dams. But other animals and fish replace them. It is nature. It is God's will, or whatever you want to call it. And it is good.
Friday, October 30, 2009
The new right in politics in Canada
Hi, my name is Timothy Johnson. Some of you may already know me as Michael but I was born Timothy. I have a message that I would like to share with my community and the world that I think will help guide our political leaders as they make decisions. The way I believe this message will be best delivered is to run for public office when the time comes, and with the new Wildrose Alliance party coming more and more into focus, I believe my views are needed now. I think to run as an independent in the Banff-Cochrane riding, and win, will enable this message to be put forth.
I, like I believe many others in Alberta and Canada, are afraid of the religious right. One that is anti-abortion and anti-gay and anti-anything that their conservative parents or media has preached. We all have sinned, as we are human, and I believe we should "Judge not, lest we be Judged". However for me, I am also leaned very much to the right, but, I think, in a much different way.
A little history is needed. I have had the opportunity to spend much of my early childhood growing up in Banff. It is a truly international town. I have friends from so many cultures it is hard to list them all but I will give you a few examples. One of my good friends from high school is an African American, others were Greek, French, German, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Lebanese, Isreali among so many others. There are restaurants and stores that cater to these groups in Banff making it so that wherever you are from in the world you would feel at home.
For religions, I have been exposed to so many. I had a good friend from India while I lived in Winnipeg who's family is Hindu. I studied Buddism and witnessed Buddist monks from Tibet as they spent days making a beautiful artistic creation out of coloured sand on a marble floor. When they finished, the swept it out with their hands, destroying the work. People took pictures of the artwork but they simply got up and walked out, not thinking of the past achievements or the ego of the work and continued on with their day. This is a lesson that will stay in my mind for some time. I was raised christian and went to the United Church as a child. I continue to practice yoga and also attend church on a regular basis.
I studied political science at the University of Calgary after high school and learned of global politics and studied philosophy of law as well as religion. These are some of the experiences that have guided my opinions.
So how could I be right wing you might say. Well, if you don't like it you only have the government of Canada to blame. In Banff, you must have a need to reside to live here. That is, you have to prove you have a job or business in order to buy property(that is only really a lease). Also, the rules to get a business licence are much more difficult than other places in Alberta where in many cases you don't even need one. Truly a buyer beware, supply and demand market place. In Banff, a town monitored by Parks Canada and the federal government, we "Albertans" have had to cope with the Liberal party of Canada for so long and they have historically almost been entirely elected by central Canada. I have tried to operate websites in the past and had to shut them down of fear of fines due to the fact I recieved phone calls from the town citing I did not have a business licence. Unable to pay the fees for the licence I had to comply causing some bitterness to say the least.
So to the right. It is of my opinion that people are for the most part born good. I have always had a big heart for children and having helped to raise four, and taken part in the lives of so many others, it is easy to see that children are good and society and factors in thier raising is what causes the pain and angish that brings about bad behavior. The smaller the government, people are able to do what they want, and are much more able to succeed in their dreams. Also, in our communities, as unfortuanate as it may sound, if you do not help all those in your community, it is not the less privilaged who will suffer, but the community as a whole. Crime often happens because people feel as though they are not fairly treated, cannot provide for their children, and go about doing things to "even the playing field". Big government and police are helpless to protect "the rich" from this. To me, if you want the power and prestige that comes with wealth in order to pad your ego, you should pay for your own security, not have the average taxpayer protect you.
Where I differ however, is likely from some of my Buddist and religious views that we do not OWN the earth. We do not OWN or children. A ring on your wifes finger does not allow you to dictate to her what she can do, and where she can go. It takes a village to raise a child as they say, and their is nothing more true.
The left wing wants to tax you so they can provide social services. In my experience, these very social services are often seem uninviting, they question you, look down at the poor, and are very detached from the human emotional contact that is really needed to help. This further causes people to feel excommunicated from society. Without these services. These people will show up at churches, community associations, and if the more fortunate don't do anything about it, they will literally show up at thier doors, and quite frankly, they will deserve it. But something you will also find, is that they are not bad people, they have just had some tough luck in life, often due to the system that hasn't helped them. With communities coming together in this way, you will all see what I have seen. It doesn't matter if the poor person has long hair and dressed like a "hippy". Or they are from a farm, or a Chinese Canadian or East Indian Canadian. We are all the same.
All too often I see people on the news blaming the government for not doing enough for the poor, or the sick. My question is. What are they doing for them?
Another thing, is that I would like to totally fund my campaign myself. Right now, I have no money. I believe that when this message circulates, bringing attention to my blog which includes an area guide for Banff and other links, I can be funded on my own. No large corporate lobbies are welcome. I would also like to see others run as independents as it was mentioned by Abraham Lincoln early in the Beginning of the United States democracy that a two party system should be feared.
Please read my blogs and share this message with your friends. The future of our great nation depends on it.
I, like I believe many others in Alberta and Canada, are afraid of the religious right. One that is anti-abortion and anti-gay and anti-anything that their conservative parents or media has preached. We all have sinned, as we are human, and I believe we should "Judge not, lest we be Judged". However for me, I am also leaned very much to the right, but, I think, in a much different way.
A little history is needed. I have had the opportunity to spend much of my early childhood growing up in Banff. It is a truly international town. I have friends from so many cultures it is hard to list them all but I will give you a few examples. One of my good friends from high school is an African American, others were Greek, French, German, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Lebanese, Isreali among so many others. There are restaurants and stores that cater to these groups in Banff making it so that wherever you are from in the world you would feel at home.
For religions, I have been exposed to so many. I had a good friend from India while I lived in Winnipeg who's family is Hindu. I studied Buddism and witnessed Buddist monks from Tibet as they spent days making a beautiful artistic creation out of coloured sand on a marble floor. When they finished, the swept it out with their hands, destroying the work. People took pictures of the artwork but they simply got up and walked out, not thinking of the past achievements or the ego of the work and continued on with their day. This is a lesson that will stay in my mind for some time. I was raised christian and went to the United Church as a child. I continue to practice yoga and also attend church on a regular basis.
I studied political science at the University of Calgary after high school and learned of global politics and studied philosophy of law as well as religion. These are some of the experiences that have guided my opinions.
So how could I be right wing you might say. Well, if you don't like it you only have the government of Canada to blame. In Banff, you must have a need to reside to live here. That is, you have to prove you have a job or business in order to buy property(that is only really a lease). Also, the rules to get a business licence are much more difficult than other places in Alberta where in many cases you don't even need one. Truly a buyer beware, supply and demand market place. In Banff, a town monitored by Parks Canada and the federal government, we "Albertans" have had to cope with the Liberal party of Canada for so long and they have historically almost been entirely elected by central Canada. I have tried to operate websites in the past and had to shut them down of fear of fines due to the fact I recieved phone calls from the town citing I did not have a business licence. Unable to pay the fees for the licence I had to comply causing some bitterness to say the least.
So to the right. It is of my opinion that people are for the most part born good. I have always had a big heart for children and having helped to raise four, and taken part in the lives of so many others, it is easy to see that children are good and society and factors in thier raising is what causes the pain and angish that brings about bad behavior. The smaller the government, people are able to do what they want, and are much more able to succeed in their dreams. Also, in our communities, as unfortuanate as it may sound, if you do not help all those in your community, it is not the less privilaged who will suffer, but the community as a whole. Crime often happens because people feel as though they are not fairly treated, cannot provide for their children, and go about doing things to "even the playing field". Big government and police are helpless to protect "the rich" from this. To me, if you want the power and prestige that comes with wealth in order to pad your ego, you should pay for your own security, not have the average taxpayer protect you.
Where I differ however, is likely from some of my Buddist and religious views that we do not OWN the earth. We do not OWN or children. A ring on your wifes finger does not allow you to dictate to her what she can do, and where she can go. It takes a village to raise a child as they say, and their is nothing more true.
The left wing wants to tax you so they can provide social services. In my experience, these very social services are often seem uninviting, they question you, look down at the poor, and are very detached from the human emotional contact that is really needed to help. This further causes people to feel excommunicated from society. Without these services. These people will show up at churches, community associations, and if the more fortunate don't do anything about it, they will literally show up at thier doors, and quite frankly, they will deserve it. But something you will also find, is that they are not bad people, they have just had some tough luck in life, often due to the system that hasn't helped them. With communities coming together in this way, you will all see what I have seen. It doesn't matter if the poor person has long hair and dressed like a "hippy". Or they are from a farm, or a Chinese Canadian or East Indian Canadian. We are all the same.
All too often I see people on the news blaming the government for not doing enough for the poor, or the sick. My question is. What are they doing for them?
Another thing, is that I would like to totally fund my campaign myself. Right now, I have no money. I believe that when this message circulates, bringing attention to my blog which includes an area guide for Banff and other links, I can be funded on my own. No large corporate lobbies are welcome. I would also like to see others run as independents as it was mentioned by Abraham Lincoln early in the Beginning of the United States democracy that a two party system should be feared.
Please read my blogs and share this message with your friends. The future of our great nation depends on it.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Reason for wishing to run as Independent
I believe my views do not fit in with any of the current political parties. I am not a believer in large government with large taxes, but I also do not believe in people feeling like they own everything. The laws to owning property and treating spouses as such is not either.
I don't think government should interupt into the lives of people who wish to achieve their dreams and people should not be overtaxed. The preservation of the environment is, and should be, of concern, and people should always strive to make the environment around them as much to the way the like it as possible, but I also do not believe that govenment and leaders should be putting limitations on how people use the resources they have at their disposal in order to earn.
No you should not be able to shoot someone who comes onto "your" property to steal something, but they should be arrested and questions as to the reason for their disrespect.
I believe the universe is ultimately in control and we are only working to maintain balance in something complex. I believe the role of a successfull politician is to mediate and seek out what is best for the largest amount of people so sooth out the sores and frictions as people seek out their free will.
I believe this is a kind of new way of thinking and that is why I do not fit into the categories. The PC's say they are for les taxes, and then they undergo huge infrusturcture projects giving contracts to construction companies while at the other end of the spectrum the NDP thinks it is only up to government to take care of people and the environment and free will is not sufficient for this. The Liberals just take polls and find the middle, which isn't bad, but all the people and polls are never really a real cross section of the people.
These are my reasons for running as an Independent.
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