In The Can?

I was really busy formulating an attack, in my head all morning, as to why Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, missed the “needle-dick photo op” at today’s G20 Economic Summit. Preparing to liken his absence to what George Galloway said yesterday on Democracy Now—about the Canadian government being the ‘Last Bastion of Dead-End Bushism’ and this was an attempt by other world leaders to distance themselves from him—when I came across this BBC article, G20 Leaders Miss ‘Family Photo’, that said it all.

Stevie Boy was busy backing one out. “Can I poop in your toilet, please?“

‘Last Bastion of Dead-End Bushism’?

On today’s show, DemocracyNow.org‘s Amy Goodman, interviewed British MP George Galloway on a recent decision by a Canadian judge;

“A Canadian judge has upheld the Canadian government’s decision last month to ban the outspoken British lawmaker George Galloway from entering the country for a speaking tour.”1

I know, this isn’t so much news, as it is a couple days old now, but what was most compelling, personally, was what he happened to say concerning my government;

“… I’m touring the United States to big audiences, north, south, east and west. I’m sitting in the British parliament, as I have done for the last twenty-two years. It’s a bit odd to be branded a security risk in Canada, which I’ve toured many times, spoken at meetings in all the major cities there. […] Well, the book that’s banned is always a bestseller, and the speeches that have been banned are now taking place through the internet, through the ether. And a thousand people turned up at church in Toronto on Monday night to hear me speak, and 500 last night in Mississauga. […] But it just shows that it was a foolish move politically, as well as quite a dangerous one. It’s a creeping problem, I think, in Canada, that their government is the last bastion of dead-end Bushism in not only North America, maybe in the world…”2

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Happy April Fools Day!

This morning I had the most unfortunate opportunity to catch The Current on CBC’s Radio One. Usually an interesting and a mildly informative source for perspectives on Canadian and global “news.”

One aspect of the program, especially, caught my ear. It wasn’t Elizabeth May’s apparent declaration to hitch-hike across Canada during the next federal election to reduce expenses and, wait for it, her carbon footprint. A community or “block” toilet. Or, even, catching, killing, boiling, and eating suburban wildlife—being squirrel, possum, and raccoon—as a way to cut costs and ensure your protein intake doesn’t suffer.

I get it. All jokes. Or, at least, I hope they were jokes. But my problem isn’t with that segment, “Radical Thrift,” so much. Rather today’s “short, scripted piece of satire read by ‘The Voice’,” played, each week day, at the outset of the show…

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So Very Sad

Not 30 seconds ago, while over at Green Is The New Red, I ground my teeth through an article about the most absurd “situation” that has ever been typed on a computer. Chuck Norris Advocating Armed Revolution and Terrorist “Cell” Tactics;

“Chuck Norris says it may soon be time to violently overthrow the U.S. government, and he’s organizing “cells” around the country.”

But, hold on a second, it gets worse. Much worse. What’s so bloody ironic is it’s all too relevant, not to mention, “hypocritical;”

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