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I guess you have to be Alicia Witt
The whole thing, my friends.... and I had to look at it for a few minutes...
is a HAT.
*rolls eyes*
and these, my friends...
are square watermelons "waiting in western Japan for shipment to Tokyo and Osaka, where they will fetch 10,000 yen (about $120 Canadian) each."
Ladies and Gentleman, below are three of our Prime Ministerial candidates.* Aren't these fellas impressive? Frighteningly close to the real thing, I'm afraid - nb: fear is a big theme in this election. Growing by the nano-second. The right-of-center reptile in the middle is our current PM. Polls suggest the neo-conservative lizard on the left is going to be our next PM. Heaven help all of us, gay, straight, secular, pro-choice, anti-Republican types. We're about to head down the Christian-right road apparently. I wonder if it has yellow bricks. Oh wait, that was a Pagan road...no, the neo-con road probably has bricks that self-flagellate. Click on the graphic for the flash cartoon, it's quite funny, especially if you're a Canadian.
*(Didn't include the Bloc Party candidate because he's a Quebec separatist who cares naught for Canada or federalism. The Bloc promotes Quebec sovereignty whilst eagerly drawing disproportionately large transfer payments from the nation. Quebec separatists refused to ask a clear question of the electorate during the last referendum about separation - the question was so convoluted and full of double-negatives it was impossible to answer. The lack of clarity and precision in the question implied the Bloc isn't really interested in a definitive vote. Perhaps that's because Quebec, in its current state, cannot survive without transfer payments. i.e. the rest of us contributing to its society. Canadian provinces are interdependent. We're a small nation with a small population. No province has the resources to survive on its own. If the past decade's cuts in federal transfer payments are any indication. The Bloc is predicted to get more votes than the NDP, but it's only because the electorate is disproportionately large in Quebec. Have to say though that the Bloc candidate has a half decent intellect and at least he's a little more left of center unlike the two lizards running neck and neck for the hot seat right now. Layton was an ineffective choice to lead the NDP (the only left of center national party) - he's much too casual and unfocussed, and as result of his campaign strategy, the NDP is unlikely to garner many votes this time around.
9:50 p.m. - 17 June 2004
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