Drama Queen Canada gets no attention
Cats: Canada|As an old bluesman of my acquaintance once said: “It don’t matter what they’re saying, as long as they’re talking about you.”
Well, Canada, nobody else is talking about your “Made in Canada*” political crisis. And that’s because nobody really cares.
Yesterday, the American ambassador to Canada said as much when he shrugged his shoulders and said no, he wouldn’t be discussing this Canadian “crisis(!)” with President George Bush at their regular meeting.
Presumably, he was responding to a beseeching from some overwrought and fevered Ottawa “Hill” reporter.
“This is a crisis, people! Can’t you see? Canada’s in a political crisis! A CRISIS!!! Is anyone listening? Anyone? Please, will someone just pay attention to our Canadian CRISIS?”
But no one is, beyond the borders of this country.
I guess the ambassador and the president have more, um, important things to discuss. Like the economy, stupid?
Oh dear.
It’s such a drag being a drama queen when you don’t get attention. I mean, what’s the point?
Someone oughta write a blues song about that. Or a real hurtin’ country tune.
*For eyes beyond our borders, this is how Canada does “crisis”
The prime minister put forth a partisan economic statement in which he proposes nothing be done about the faltering economy. He makes it a “confidence” vote, meaning if the opposisiton doesn’t support it, the government would collapse and another election would be called. We just had an election just two months ago. No one wants an election. This is his tactic to get what he wants. The opposition called his bluff and formed a coalition. The prime minster is now threatening to close parliament down or as they say: take his ball and bat and going home.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Crisis def’n:
1) When a politician of influence pisses off other politicians of influence.
2) When a population is governed, in part, by politicians that were not elected to govern.
3) When the population wants the government to spend money it doesn’t have to maintain the status quo and, thereby, delay the inevitable; the weight of which will be borne by future generations.
I think we need a crisis to put things back into perspective.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Voter turnout was poor, and now there are a whack of Canadians ranting and raving about the “coalition”. I just wonder how many of these people actually stuck a ballot in the box.
Other countries couldn’t care less. As I was watching CNN, I squinted at the ticker tape at the bottom of the screen, absolutely no mention of Canada’s “crisis”, in the last two days (not sure about today though). Maybe a Celine Dijon tongue pierceing would make the headlines, but our politics are but mere cracker crumbs.
The one thing I got a real bang out of was seeing Stockwell Day, not poised chopping wood or in a rugged woodsy clime, speaking on the matter. Almost didn’t recognize him.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
The word crisis is overused.
I got a paper cut on my finger. It hurts to type. That might sound like a crisis to a gifted typist such as yourself, but not to me.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:13 am
It’s so Canadian! Oh, just a little crisis. No need to discuss at large…
December 4th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Dick, I could not agree more.
Lisa, we do have a way of whipping things into a self-contained frenzy
Cube, I’m in a crisis!
K-Line, welcome to GT. yes,let;s call it a little crisis.
December 6th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Look, a new Hockey Night in Cana
da theme – THAT is a crisis! The ‘New’ PCs finding themselves at the losing end of a pretty low level dust up is just old fashioned fun! I’m just hoping it get’s uglier and bloodier. Vive la revolucion!l