All the talk in Canada lately is about the Deep Freeze 2014, and in Newfoundland specifically, we have had another problem that has spoken loud and clear showing Newfoundlanders that things need to change, and proving to us that we are in somewhat of a helpless situation.
That's right, fellow Newfoundlanders, we got da Dunderdale.
#Blunderdale.
#Stunderdale.
Our lovely premier of Newfoundland, Kathy Dunderdale.
You thought I meant the rolling power conservation efforts and long-lasting province wide all-out outages, in the middle of a deep freeze of a Winter like we haven't seen in many years, with more snow on the ground than we've had since 1947 and temperatures dropping well into the minus double digits? Nah, we're tough. We've handled outages before, and although it sucks and we likes to complain a little bit 'ere and there, we'll survive, wha?
No my friend, I am talking about the incompetent self-serving premier of Newfoundland.
We watched a comedy show a couple of nights ago, it was a guy named Katt....umm.....Katt....wait, I got this......
Katt.....
Nope. It's gone.
Anyways, even without his last name, I'll move on. He was talking about President Obama being the first black president. This was a black man standing on stage telling a huge audience that they didn't endorse Obama. That even though they were proud at first to have a black president, now they stand back and look at him, like...what the fu-
And let me just say, that we, as the fine upstanding women of this Province, did not endorse Kathy Dunderdale. Her blundering mess is all her own, and in no way represents the thoughts and opinions of all of the women of this province.
To put it bluntly, yes, it's nice to see a women premier. Not because of equality, not because of feministic ideals, not because women are better than men. No. A women premier could do a lot for this province by bringing warmth to an otherwise typically sterile government. A women could offer perspectives that are otherwise overlooked and underconsidered by men.
But we ain't takin credit for this one. Nah, ah, you can have her.
Warmth? Aside from the literal LACK OF WARMTH in the province and in our homes when we lost power in the past week, there is also a very prominent lack of warmth coming from this woman. She is cold. She is sterile. And if she is not, then she is certainly appearing that way.
To come onto a radio show, defend your leadership skills when people are in cold homes for 3 days straight, and tell us that basically we have it good because our streets are accessible and our hospitals have power.....
That isn't not really a crisis when seniors are being moved out of their senior care homes and into hotels to stay warm.....
When schools have to be closed for an extra three days because the power grid cannot handle them being warmed up without tripping breakers and leaving people in the cold and dark again.....
When mothers are wrapping their babies in layers and sleeping with them in the same bed just to keep them warm because they have no power and no heat in January.....
When the gas stations are running out, or already out, of gas, and people cannot find any to power generators that will supply electricity to oxygen machines or at-home medical supplies.....
When our hospitals are running on generators and many pieces of equipment are not working or partially working because of lack of electricity....
THAT is when you need to stand up and be a caring, warm women and comfort and support the people of your province. You do not stand in front of them and patronize them when they are cold and hungry. You do not offer promises of this all being fixed in THREE years when the new government love-child-power-supply plant comes on line.
You get on twitter, or facebook, or radio, or tv, and you give updates. You provide support and information.
You assert your power for good.
Maybe you try to convince such places as a hockey arena that may well need to stay lit up in order to not lose a shit-ton of money, and ask them to hold a free skate in the afternoons for people to bring their children to get them out of their cold houses and give them some free hot chocolate.
Maybe you offer a help-line for people with medical needs who may be seeking such things as gas for generators to power medical supplies.
Maybe, just maybe, instead of belittling your people over the difference between a #crisis and #notacrisis, you forget meaningless words and show your province that you care, and I mean you really care about it's people. The kind of care that happens when no one is looking.
I am not a politician, I don't follow politics and I honestly do not know enough about it all to have an argument or a debate about her job, responsibilities, NLHydro, muskrat falls, or such topics. But I am a human with a big heart, and I saw a lot of things over the past week that make me a little less proud to be a Newfoundlander. I saw a lot of things to make me think that #DarkNL is not just a trending hastag to describe the power outages we experienced during this major fuck-up; but rather it describes the future of this province, if we have such an uncaring, unsupportive person at the helm.
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