Damn you Canadians. You see what happens when you vote to punish someone instead of voting for a leader that is, well, good? It seems now that our asshole Prime Minister, Dubya's Canadian cousin, has decided that he is refusing to answer questions from reporters during press conferences (article). He says he doesn't like the critical questions he gets when he makes announcements about what his government is doing. He previously tried to get things changed to the ridiculous American system where only pre-approved reporters with irrelevant softball questions would be allowed to ask the Prime Minister anything. I'm happy and proud to hear that the press gallery absolutely refused to abide by those rules. Unfortunately, Harper's reaction has been to declare that he will simply no longer hold news conferences at all and won't take anymore questions from the press. In classic Harper fashion, he's equating any criticism with that person's apparent need to act like an opposition government. Welcome to Canada Harper, you must be new here. We don't ever just blindly follow our leaders. We ask questions, we scrutinize, and we're keeping an eye on you. And you do remember that you have a minority government, right?
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Gag Orders
Damn you Canadians. You see what happens when you vote to punish someone instead of voting for a leader that is, well, good? It seems now that our asshole Prime Minister, Dubya's Canadian cousin, has decided that he is refusing to answer questions from reporters during press conferences (article). He says he doesn't like the critical questions he gets when he makes announcements about what his government is doing. He previously tried to get things changed to the ridiculous American system where only pre-approved reporters with irrelevant softball questions would be allowed to ask the Prime Minister anything. I'm happy and proud to hear that the press gallery absolutely refused to abide by those rules. Unfortunately, Harper's reaction has been to declare that he will simply no longer hold news conferences at all and won't take anymore questions from the press. In classic Harper fashion, he's equating any criticism with that person's apparent need to act like an opposition government. Welcome to Canada Harper, you must be new here. We don't ever just blindly follow our leaders. We ask questions, we scrutinize, and we're keeping an eye on you. And you do remember that you have a minority government, right?
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