It's funny

When our new Prime Minister does something as *seemingly* authoritarian as wanting to remove Parliament's ethic's commissioner, I just chuckle, and think to myself how cool it is, that a Conservative, instead of a Liberal, is flexing their muscle in Ottawa with such *seemingly* cavalier disdain for Parliamentary institutions.

Of course, nothing is ever that clear-cut. Even with Paul Martin, I was rarely outraged at most of his seemingly undemocratic actions. You can't be as immature to criticize everything that a person in power might do. They're real people making real decisions, and almost all of them are there for their perception of the public good. Only when Martin (and his lackie, Valeri) took the line that he was going to organize the Parliamentary calendar in such a way to avoid the defeat of his government was I offended and saddened by the state of democracy in our country.

And if Harper ever says something as outrageous as that, I'll be offended then as well.