SOMETHING WORTH THINKING ABOUT

Hello.

My name is Alan Robberstad.  I am a Canadian. One voter out of millions of
Canadian voters. Paul Martin is no friend of mine. Liberal governments have
not made my life any better. Liberal governments have made the future worse
for my children. Jean Chretien and the Liberal Party became Prime Minister
many years ago. Guess who was the Liberal Finance Minister.....Paul Martin...
LEST WE FORGET Since 1993:
1) My taxes have increased.
2) My family's share of the national debt has increased.
3) My personal expenses have increased.
4) My waiting time to see a doctor has increased.
5) My concerns for my family's safety have increased.
6) My costs to educate my children have increased.
7) Government interference in my life has increased.
8) My personal debt has increased.
9) My income has stayed more or less the same.
10) My savings have decreased.
11) The buying power of my dollar, in Canada, has decreased.
12) The value of my dollar, in the U.S., has decreased.
13) My trust of elected officials has decreased.
14) My trust in the justice system has decreased.
15) My trust in the immigration system has decreased.
16) My hope that a Liberal won't waste my tax dollars has decreased.
17) My dreams for a better future for my kids, in Canada, have disappeared.

That is my story since the Liberals came to power. I am not voting for Paul
Martin's Liberals. I am voting against Paul Martin and his Liberal Party in
January. I am voting for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. Do I
like the Conservatives? Not particularly......I don't really like Politics.
I am not political by nature. I am not passionate about politics. I am a
middle age guy (48). I live in a small house on a fairly quiet street in
Edmonton. I have a wife, Kathy, and two children (ages 19 and 17). I have
no pets. I am a middle class man. I don't usually say too much. Until now.
Now I am going to say something! In 35 of the past 37 years, Canada has
been ruled by:
 1) Pierre Trudeau - a multi-millionaire lawyer from Quebec.
2) Brian Mulroney - a multi-millionaire lawyer from Quebec.
3) Jean Chretien - a multi-millionaire lawyer from Quebec.
4) And now we are going to vote for Paul Martin???? - a multi-millionaire
lawyer from Quebec???
The leader of the Conservative party, Stephen Harper, is:
1) Not a lawyer.
2) Not a multi-millionaire.
3) Not from Quebec.
Stephen Harper says that the Conservative party will:
1) Reduce my taxes.

2) Pay off the national debt as fast as they can.
3) Shrink the size and influence of the federal government. That's good
enough for me. I'm going to give the Conservative party a chance with my
vote. But wait!  Paul Martinis now saying the same thing. My mother told me
forty years ago: "Fool me once - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on
me!" The Liberals have had 34 years to be financially
responsible.  Remember, Jean Chretien was Trudeau's Finance
Minister.  Remember also, Paul Martin was Jean Chretien's Finance Minister.
These people have been raising my taxes for thirty four years. They have
been mis-spending my tax dollars for 34 years. 34 years! And now Paul
Martin says he'll stop taxing and spending.  No way. Thank you for reading
my story so far! Why am I telling my story to you? Although I feel alone, I
know that I am not alone. Your story may be similar to mine. And you may
also feel alone. One small voter in the midst of millions of voters. What
can you and I do together to change things? Here is my idea: Lets you and I
join up together. Just you and I. Together. As a small team of two.

How can you and I fight a huge political machine?
You and I have two things that we can use:
1) Our individual personal connections.
2) The Internet.
The Internet is supposed to be this globalizing tool, right? Let's put it
to use. I have 27 Canadians in my personal e-mail address book. I am
sending this e-mail to each of them. I'm asking you to do two things:
1) Forward this e-mail to every Canadian in your own address book.
2) Vote against Paul Martin and the Liberal Party in January.

Vote for theConservative candidate in your riding.

If you don't like the Conservative party then vote for the NDP.

I have probably written this e-mail too late.
As I said I am not politically adroit. I feel like Peter Finch, in the 1976
movie "Network", when he shouted: "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to
Take this anymore!"

Please, forward the e-mail RIGHT NOW!! I hope the Internet is as fast as some people claim it is.  This may not work. This e-mail may "fizzle out" and go nowhere. But you and I will have tried, won't we have? My best wishes to you. My best wishes to Canadians everywhere. My thanks to David Stokes from Toronto. He actually wrote this just 5 days before the last federal election.
"Fool me once - shame on you. Fool me twice- shame on me!"

Alan Robberstad
Edmonton, Alberta