Monday, November 27, 2006
Bored and elections
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So here I am...waiting at school...3 hours before class starts and I have absolutely nothing to do! I had to come to school early, cause I had a talk with one of my teachers about something. But that talk only lasted about 15 minutes, so I was done pretty quickly and now I have to wait 3 hours before my class starts! I'm kinda bored out of my mind right now...since I have nothing else to do, I decided to blog a little. Yeah thankfully I have my laptop with me, so I can surf the internet a little, listen to some music...but it gets boring after a while.
Anyway I wanna talk about the elections we had last thursday. I ofcourse voted that day...I did my duty for the next four years. But one of my classmates didn't vote last thursday. I was seriously giving him a preach about not voting that day. I just couldn't understand that someone would be so stupid not to vote! His reason for not voting is because he thought that the people who represented the parties are just a bunch of liars. That was his reason for not voting...ughh...I have no words for that. Almost every party promises great things, but these parties still get to be in the parliament for the next four years. So why not vote and make a difference, even if it is one vote. That doesn't mean it's less important. Anyway...he basically doesn't have the right to complain about anything for the next four years, because he didn't vote.
And you don't even have to do much when you go out and vote. You just have to press one simple button or use a red pencil and choose which party to vote for. No big deal right?? I guess for some people that's just too difficult.
The results of the dutch elections were as following: the Christian Democrat Party (CDA) got the most votes, so we basically keep our current conservative prime minister. He looks like a grown-up version of Harry Potter. Seriously I'm not kidding...don't believe me?? Look up a picture of him on Google...his name is Jan Peter Balkenende. Second largest party was the labor party (PvdA). And surprisingly the third largest party and the party who won the most votes from the voters was the Socialist Party (SP) who won 25 seats, a big leap from its previous 9 seats, which makes it the third-largest party.
There was one really surprising party that actually got 2 seats in the parliament and that party was the Party for the Animals (PvdD). That's right people...we people in Holland apparently love our animals so much, that we now have a party that comes up for the rights of animals in the parliament! This makes the Netherlands the first country in the world in which a party for animal welfare is elected. How weird is that right??? I don't even know what I think about that. Ofcourse I think animal welfare is important, but to have an actual party in the dutch parliament is pushing it I think.
Ok enough about the elections. Hmm I guess when I'm bored I get a bit too political I guess hehe. Still 2,5 hour to go before class starts. I hate waiting...and I have to wait 3 hours for a one hour class! Unfortunately it's a pretty important class, so I can't really miss it. Well I think this blog is long enough for now. Now I'm off to play some online games to kill the time a little ;D! C-Ya!
Anyway I wanna talk about the elections we had last thursday. I ofcourse voted that day...I did my duty for the next four years. But one of my classmates didn't vote last thursday. I was seriously giving him a preach about not voting that day. I just couldn't understand that someone would be so stupid not to vote! His reason for not voting is because he thought that the people who represented the parties are just a bunch of liars. That was his reason for not voting...ughh...I have no words for that. Almost every party promises great things, but these parties still get to be in the parliament for the next four years. So why not vote and make a difference, even if it is one vote. That doesn't mean it's less important. Anyway...he basically doesn't have the right to complain about anything for the next four years, because he didn't vote.
And you don't even have to do much when you go out and vote. You just have to press one simple button or use a red pencil and choose which party to vote for. No big deal right?? I guess for some people that's just too difficult.
The results of the dutch elections were as following: the Christian Democrat Party (CDA) got the most votes, so we basically keep our current conservative prime minister. He looks like a grown-up version of Harry Potter. Seriously I'm not kidding...don't believe me?? Look up a picture of him on Google...his name is Jan Peter Balkenende. Second largest party was the labor party (PvdA). And surprisingly the third largest party and the party who won the most votes from the voters was the Socialist Party (SP) who won 25 seats, a big leap from its previous 9 seats, which makes it the third-largest party.
There was one really surprising party that actually got 2 seats in the parliament and that party was the Party for the Animals (PvdD). That's right people...we people in Holland apparently love our animals so much, that we now have a party that comes up for the rights of animals in the parliament! This makes the Netherlands the first country in the world in which a party for animal welfare is elected. How weird is that right??? I don't even know what I think about that. Ofcourse I think animal welfare is important, but to have an actual party in the dutch parliament is pushing it I think.
Ok enough about the elections. Hmm I guess when I'm bored I get a bit too political I guess hehe. Still 2,5 hour to go before class starts. I hate waiting...and I have to wait 3 hours for a one hour class! Unfortunately it's a pretty important class, so I can't really miss it. Well I think this blog is long enough for now. Now I'm off to play some online games to kill the time a little ;D! C-Ya!
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