How To Have Your Say About The US Election

As well Global Exchange Plans to Host At Least 28 Independent Monitors to Observe U.S. Elections.

Visit the website www.fairelection.us to fill out an application. Fair Elections is seeking individuals who are professionally prepared for the complexities of this unique project. Monitors from all walks of life are welcome to apply, but special consideration will be given to those with experience in election monitoring and individuals who have advocated and struggled for democracy in their own countries. Monitors must maintain the highest levels of independence and professionalism. They must limit themselves to investigating the process, and refrain from engaging in politics.


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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

It would be nice if the quarter of a million hits per month to this site can get this georgebush.ca link. I'm sure if that was the case the petition would not have that hard of a time hitting their goal.

Kevin

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"Love actually, is all around us" --From the movie Love Actually.

That's cool, Nader is doing better than just about anybody. (because I voted for him! hehe)

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"George Bush has declared the war on terrorism to be the cause of his generation. The cause of Canadian sovereignty will be ours." - John Godfrey, MP for Don Va

Well folks, as much as these sites are intriguing, it all stinks of more globalisation. Aren't we the people usually complaining about U.S. interference in our country? How wise is it to have foreign citizens advise a country on how to vote? This just doesn't seem right. The American people will elect a leader that they want, and it's none of our business telling them who it should be. If they re-elect George Bush, so be it. Certainly people all over the globe will be effected, but that is true with any election. When we elect one candidate instead of another, does it not effect the rest of the world of too. If Bush is re-elected, all corporate underhandedness aside, his administration will be the one that the majority of American people choose to represent their country. It's alright to have an opinion on the election in the U.S. but don't try to force it upon the American people.

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Zachary Whalen

-If you ignore government, government will ignore you.

Zachary I feel very similar, I understand that perhaps the idea was to show the American people that their decision affects the rest of the world, but I think most people know that; if Michael Moore can be raked over the coals for a comment in Canada about our elections, which infuriates some, this website is certainly a demonstration of foreign influence on a U.S. election. I wouldn't really want to feel pressure from the citizenry of the U.S. on my right to vote.

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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

The US is not just another sovereign country where no one but Americans should have their say. The US is an empire and as such makes us all subjects to it. <p>The US empire is dying. Why ? Because you cannot outreach yourself in other's affairs and at the same time remain isolated within your core and center. As it is now, the center will not hold for anytime longer. It is a basic law of physics that when the center does not hold, chaos ensues. The US is polarized as never before since the civil war. Their political arena is dominated by two parties who are nothing more than mirror images of themselves. More than half of Americans no longer are represented by their political parties and many have decided or are getting ready to flee when their system finally falls down into totalitarianism.</p> <p>The US is much too arrogant and should heed Empirical history instead of trying to go at it in their own way. If the Roman empire lasted so long is because it did let their foreign subjects have a voice on empire matters. </p> <p>It's true all countries and nations have incidence on each other but the US is not just any nation. It is presently the sole superpower and an empire. As a subject to its power and influence, I know I'd like my say on how I am affected by it and for my say to have incidence and influence on how the Empire treats me back as a subject.</p>

Okay, you might not like me for saying this, but let's cut America some slack. They're not an evil empire aiming at global domination, they're just greedy. And they aren't all that bad. Casting fictitious votes in an American election is just another symptom of the world's obsession with American culture and politics. And that is the real agenda. Feed foreign citizens with images of proud and mighty America, rub their faces in it. People will continue to neglect the problems in their own countries, as long as all their attention is focused on America. We need to stop blaming America for all our problems and start looking at ourselves.

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Zachary Whalen

-If you ignore government, government will ignore you.

I know who I'm voting <a href='http://www.cthulhu.org/'>for</a><p> When you have the choice between two evils, pick the one you haven't tried before.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain <br />
"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato

If we were to count the number of deaths attributable to this current American empire, in the past decades only, the figure rises to 3 million people dead due to their direct conflict with American. (Chile, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Iraq --sanctions, wars and occupations)
If this is short of being called 'evil'...I am at a loss at what to call it. Goodwill with a machine gun ?

If you ignore government, government will ignore you? Really? I think you give the man far too little credit. I think if we were about to elect the Bloc Quebecois or Jack Leyton to run our country and 90% of Americans were against it we shoudl know. Why not? It doesn't mean I won't have the exact same vote. However, i might scratch my head and go "hmmm...why would all these people think this? Maybe I should find out". If the U.S. is going to be the "Leader of the Free World" I think their citizens should become a little more aware of what the Free World thinks of their choices. Just my opinion.

Again, i'm not telling you not to have an opinion on the election, but if the American people want to know what we think, they will find out for themselves. That's all part of researching to find out who would be the most appropriate candidate. If Americans place importance on how Canadians feel about their government, they will seek our opinions. But how will they respond to us casting pretend votes in their election? How would we have reacted if Americans had done this during our election? I'm sure we wouldn't have been too impressed. It's good to be informed about the election, but in the end, it's still none our business when it comes to the voting. By "voting" in the American election, we are just enforcing the attitude that America is the undisputed "leader of the free world," and undermining efforts to stop Americanization.

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Zachary Whalen

-If you ignore government, government will ignore you.

This brings to mind an article which recently appeared in The Dominion, entitled <a href="http://dominionpaper.ca/features/2004/07/21/canada_emp.html">Canada, Empire</a>.<br> <br> You see, all countries behave this way, including Canada. Sometimes it's due to American pressure, sometimes it's due to their own imperialistic aims. We often criticise America for their crimes, while right under our noses the Canadian government is doing the same thing. I agree that the American government has acted very aggresively in the past few decades, much more than other countries. But this doesn't change the fact that we are just as much criminals as they are. Before we can do anything about America, we must first mend the problems in our own country. What is truly evil? Ignorance of crimes committed by our own country.<br> <br><p>---<br>Zachary Whalen <br />
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-If you ignore government, government will ignore you.

Canadians jump with glee and sue Micheal Moore for suggesting votes in Canada as interference in Canadian elections.

You are not American citizens nor do you pay taxes in the US. Therefore you break U.S. law by trying to interfer with with U.S. elections.

Keep going with your little web site until we can legitimately sue you. I'll be the first to bring a case against you in U.S. court.

Keep your noses out of U.S. election business or Americans will sue you for interfering in our elections.

Have a nice day.

The web site does not allow you to vote FOR George Bush and is thus useless due to its bias. Bush is doing a tough job in troubled times and he's actually doing well when all things are considered, but the visceral straining emotional turmoil of people who want to see him out is amazing, it's like they believe he is some kind of supreme being, get over it, he's just a President. As Canadians we have strived to make ourselves almost completely irrelevant on the world stage and even within North America, but it would have been funny if enough Americans were interested enough in our backwater to have made a paulmartin.com site where you could only vote against him - the howls of outrage from people whose only definition of Canadian is being anti-American would have been hilarious!