Harper's not a Conservative, he's a tramp

[listersgirl]

Hello.

I want chocolate right now plsthnx.

I had my second running class last night. It's been decided that it's too dark to run along the boardwalk now, which meant we ran along Queen St. I think the class should be renamed "Learn To Run And Dodge Pedestrians, or, How Not To Smack Someone Silly When They Mock You At A Traffic Light". Also a dog attempted to attach itself to my leg as we ran by, and I nearly knocked vestra over in my flailing to get away. I may have squealed, too.

After class we went home and had a little CBC lovefest, which vestra has already talked about, but I'm going to talk about, too, because it's my journal, and I can do that if I want. So there. Monday Report started up again last night, and let me just reiterate that I love Rick Mercer and want him to be beamed into my living room every night. I missed hearing someone make fun of Stephen Harper! Plus Pierre Burton (who is so very, very old - when did that happen?) showed us all the proper way to roll a joint. Hee.

Before that we had randomly turned on The Greatest Canadian, and quickly got sucked in to the piece on Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare, leader of the NDP for many years, and grandfather of Keifer Sutherland. I would like to marry him and have his socialist babies, if it weren't for the small fact that he's dead. There may be nine other choices, but how can any of them possibly be a greater Canadian than Tommy? I've already voted for him seven times, after registering with every email address I have. Democracy in action.

Let's see, what else? Oh, right, we watched a National piece on the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, who have a freaky isolationist enclosed community in BC called Bountiful (and a few in the States), where they practice polygamy, and the girls are married off at 15 to men twice or three times their age, and people are moved around and remarried and separated from their children at the whim of the church leader. It's definitely crossed the line from religion into cult, and I think it could have a very scary ending.

Also, I watched last week's ANTM, which was not on CBC. I love it so very much, although it was pretty obvious who was getting sent home, because she got about twice as much screen time as anyone else.

Comments

[caffeinediary.livejournal.com]

Chocolate sounds good. May I add to that request someone who knows something about computers (i.e. not me.)

Have you read Under the Banner of Heaven If not, you should. It explores the issues of Morman fundametalism and history very well.

[listersgirl]

I have not, but I will add it to the list.

[farpotshket.livejournal.com]

I thought George did a really good job with the Tommy special but there were a couple of things I found odd:

1. Why didn't they air this one on Wednesday? October 20, 2004 is the 100th anniversary of Douglas' birth.

2. When he was talking about Tommy's scary ability to see the right thing while something was happening instead of in hindsight, he never mentioned the fact that Tommy was the only politician in Canada to oppose PET's use of the War Measures Act in 1970. He objected to the fact that it completely circumvented civil rights. Tommy would have had a field day with today's anti-terrorism legislation.

Can I also say that I am appalled that Don Cherry was nominated? Don fucking Cherry beat out Louis Riel for a spot in the top ten??!!! There is obviously something wrong with this country. And where are the women?

[listersgirl]

Oh, I know. I was all het up about Wayne Gretzky making the top 10, and then I saw Don Cherry. There are no words. (Although there was a part of me that was worried *all* the votes would end up like that, with no actual serious nominations. I don't have a lot of faith in humanity.)

Also, did you see that Pamela Anderson and Avril Lavigne both made it into the top 100? WHAT are people thinking?

[farpotshket.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't like the Gretzky nod either -- he doesn't even live in Canada anymore for christ's sake!

And I knew that "the boobs" and the "wannabe baby punker" were going to be in the top 100. I knew Pamela wouldn't make it to the top 10 but I was kind of worried about Avril. I would have killed someone if Avril had been in the top ten.

[dramaqueen-23.livejournal.com]

Drama King and I were wooed by the Tommy Douglas bio on TGC too. I'd like to know why I never ONCE heard his name mentioned in my grade 10 history class? (starfishchick,was there. She'll back me up on this one).

I figured Avirl Lavigne would wind up on the list somewhere; however, Pam Anderson was an unpleasant surprise. Nor can I support the whole Shania Twain thing. She's perky and some of her music's pretty good but come on!

[listersgirl]

The problem with history classes is they only focus on the Prime Ministers (if that, even) - but Tommy Douglas was responsible for so many of the concepts that define Canada now!

You had to know this was coming

[morag-gunn.livejournal.com]

I object! Laura Secord was beautiful and intelligent and saved Canada, after all. *chuckle*

MY history class does not focus on Prime Ministers one bit, thanks very much. Nor do we teach Pamela Anderson and Shania Twain. We teach Yip Sang and Big Bear and Igor Gouzenko and the Dionne Quintuplets and Mary Ann Shadd and John A. Macdonald and Pierre Trudeau.

So ha!

Re: You had to know this was coming

[listersgirl]

I actually had to look a couple of those people up. Shame! I'm a terrible Canadian.