Stockwell day

Stockwell day
Originally uploaded by stevebmeyers.

this is stockwell day, canada's minister of public safety. mr. day believes in every word of the bible, he believes that the earth is 6000 years old and that man walked with the dinosaurs, (see Flintstones) this view may have nothing to do with his job as public safety minister but I still think it's funny (scarry) that he seems to believe carbon dating is some kind of witch craft. and what is a "public safety minister" anyway? mr. day was once the leader of the party but was trumped out by the party (kicking and screaming to an embarrassing degree) and once out he was given the position of foreign affairs critic but when the party took power he was given the made up job of public safety minister. I think the job may have something to do with the terrorist threat, because having a fundamentalist christian dealing with muslim extreamists is the kind of thinking I've come to expect from this government. but it might have something to do with crime. we already have a blunt witted minister of justice, (see below) but stockwell's views are a little more extreme. he believes that "gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the streets and adding to crime" (actual quote) and on dealing with child molesters "put him in the general prison population. the moral prisoners will deal with him in a way we don't have the nerv to do" (actual quote) stock's gladiator justice is the type of thing we all say over a couple of beers with friends but not something we would seriously put into practice, or say publicly as an elected official. maybe it's the public's safety at home that he'll focus on but i don't think he has a firm grasp of the problem of domestic violence. "I want to know how many women in Alberta are physically battered and not just insulted by their husbands... If we talk insulted by their husbands, then I'm afraid that I'm guilty from time to time of abusing my wife." (actual quote) this is stock disputing the number of women reported to be abused in the home. this is stockwell day, canada's minister of public safety.