As IF Times

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In a rather bizarre story recently, a man aboard an airplane preparing for departure, suddenly ran to the cockpit door and tried to open it.  He was subdued and taken back to his seat.   The flight was delayed and authorities placed him under arrest when the plane was stopped.  Naturally, the other passengers were upset at being inconvenienced.  The man, for his part, claimed to have suffered an anxiety attack and felt that he had to escape the confines of the plane.

As we know, the incidents of open doors on airplanes, intentional or otherwise, is a big issue recently, so this story made the news.

By all accounts, the man seemed to be a normal, educated and functional person who is an engineer by profession.  But for some reason, he snapped and his hidden illness became evident to everyone. It’s likely that before the incident exposed him, he was considered sane.

It occurred to me that untold numbers of people are afflicted with some kind of latent mental issues which can be hidden for long periods of time.  That is until the dam breaks and an event reveals to the world that not all the mental bolts are tightly fastened. Statistically, these kinds of latent mental issues likely exist in a large number of the population and which affects people across all socio-economic strata.  It would be fair to say that if you found out that your surgeon manifested such behavior, you’d be leery of his capacity to function.  What about the guy who designs bridges, or the University prof, or the judge at a trial?

Or what about the people elected to make laws? At some point, so many politicians today have that moment when they try to open the airplane door….and yet they are still accorded respect by those endangered and allowed to stay in office rather than rightfully being ushered out the door for professional help.  Today’s example of the most recent aircraft door rusher is a Canadian MP by the name of Charles Angus.  He has proposed a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that would ban fossil fuel ads. Anyone who violates the ban could be fined up to $1.5 million or sent to jail for up to two years.

Oddly, the authorities have yet to rush and send him off to a psychiatric hospital despite the obvious harm he would inflict upon innocent bystanders.  Just because he wasn’t buck naked singing Sweet Caroline doesn’t mean the guy isn’t unhinged. The potential harm that would be inflicted is no less traumatic to others than the poor guy who tried to open the airplane door. In fact, this guy Angus is not the only guy at the airplane door.  He’s joining his fellow MP Steven Guilbeault and of course the head door rusher, Justin Trudeau who’ve already beat him there.  Trudeau of course pushes for climate policies to save Canadians from climate disasters…even if it kills them.

We could of course list ad nauseum the names of other politicians who have been allegorically rushing to open airplane doors for years, but somehow never get tagged as being clearly unhinged. Unlike an open airplane door, the detrimental effects upon innocents by inane policies are less immediate but the damage no less dangerous over time.  For that simple reason, people underestimate and thus tolerate these infringements on their safety…until it’s too late.

Source: Campaign shifts as Harper looks to protect seats in Ontario | Election 2015

The majority of Americans can be forgiven if they are unaware that an important Federal election is being held in the nation just to the north of them.  Given all of the media hoopla surrounding their own votes just over a year away, the activities in Canada likely don’t register on the GAF meter.

Nonetheless, it is important to Canadians and the results will ultimately affect Americans as well.  Anyone paying attention to the candidates will be struck by the stark similarity to the elections held in the U.S. some years ago.  Presently, the resurgent Liberal party is being led by the scion of a former Prime Minister whose party was summarily tossed out for years of irresponsible fiscal policies.  Justin Trudeau has precisely zero experience in managing or running any kind of enterprise.  He has exhibited all the charm of a rhetorical peacock supported by an army of enablers without regard to his obvious lack of tangible vision.  His position in the Liberal Party is solely due to his famous, or infamous last name.

Didn’t the Americans do the hope and change experiment for the last 7 years…with a person also lacking any life experience beyond academia and  wholly disconnected to reality ( as is now more and more evident ) by marshaling an army of ideological supporters?  How is that working out?

Now, this same campaign slogan for “change” is being purloined for Canadian use since it worked so well in the U.S. If you had the unfortunate occasion to listen to any of Justin’s  speeches, you’d swear you were attending a stand up comedy show as he parodies the rhetoric used by campaigners for hundreds of years everywhere.  It’s as if he was reading from the Campaigning 101 textbook of tired clichés.  Change…for the middle class…lower taxes…unite the people…more jobs…zzzzz.  It’s embarrassingly jejune.

But he’s just one guy.  The alarming aspect is that he’s being supported (apparently) by an enormous segment of the Canadian population who identify with his rhetoric.   The fact that Canada has been singularly an island of stability economically, socially and culturally in the world for the past decade is too much for people to take.  Far too dull and too Canadian.  Let’s have racial and religious strife, militant labor discord, soaring debt and a musical chairs style of government as they do in more interesting nations such as Italy or Greece.

With only a week to go before the formal vote, Trudeau has yet to play his big ace card.  Like the American president, he will reveal his true ability to lead by….speaking on Global Warming!

Canadians are being lured by the siren call of change from a position that is the envy of 99% of the world’s nations.  It’s like trading Tom Brady away for a guy with a better signal calling voice.  Maybe Trudeau isn’t the delusional one.