Random Thoughts

For some of you, this might be a bit off. I trust that you will follow your instincts and learn something new today. I heard Bhishma speak today. There he lay, on a bed of arrows, asking for deliverance and some water. He was supposed to fight for the Kauravas, but we all knew, his heart lay on the side of the Pandavas. Only, in the modern day world, Bhishma happens to have a very famous New England surname, almost American regalness. Sure, he does not have a lion rampant or one that is passant or salient for that matter on his standard, but Bhishma was there in all his glory, renouncing everything, waiting for Hastinapur to go back into the hands of the righteous before he dies. He even made the pledge to not die until Hastinapur changes hands back to the Pandavas. Somewhere along the way, the children of Hastinapur get confusing. They mould swiftly from the Elephant and the Ass to Hillary and the one that is Arjuna. Not Ranatunga mind you, but the real deal. Arjuna who is the third ...

This is a bit of a rant. I have been meaning to write about it for a while but for various reasons, I have not. Well, no more. This is a political rant and one that touches many countries. I start of course with Canada, the country whose political landscape is most familiar to me. There has been this circus going on in Parliament of late which has bothered me enough to write now. Canada has a bicameral legislature with the House of Commons being the so called lower house and the Senate being the upper house. This is essentially the same as the British House of Commons and the House of Lords... except we have no hereditary peers or life peers. Now, there are usually at least 2 parties in the lower house. Her Majesty's Government and Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. In Canada's case, the Opposition consists of the Liberal party, the NDP, the Bloc Québécois. The circus I alluded to earlier is this: The *minority* Conservative government led by Stephen Harper has been governing...