Rick Mercer Speaks. Three times.

[theweaselking]

And speaking of anarchists, the brain trust must deal with the fact that the hottest new read on parliament hill is the Conservative's own anarchist's guidebook on how to disrupt parliament. Another supposed secret document which was leaked to the National Post's Don Martin.

Martin, a resident of Ottawa who calls Alberta home is presently in the market for a good car as his is now the first name on Canada's new no-fly list.

The book, entitled "an idiots guide to causing havoc in parliament," is just that. Prepared by the PMO it instructs committee chairs on ways to make parliamentary committees hopelessly inefficient to the point they cease to function. The idea is that voters must be convinced that a minority government can't work. The plan is that the Conservative's intentionally sabotage the working of parliament and then blame the liberals and the NDP.

The idea that such a strategy exists is hardly surprising. The fact they put it in writing takes stupid to a whole new level.

On the upside the party doesn't seem the least bit upset that this document has been leaked. They are confident that Canadians are simply too stupid to understand the ramifications of a government intentionally causing chaos and deadlock.
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The Conservative party of Canada has opened and staffed a website dedicated to bringing Canadians something they like to call "Kyoto's Blog." This blog is a scathing piece of satire that is presented as if it was written by Stephane Dion's dog. Just the premise alone is hysterical. Think about it. Dogs can't write and yet this dog apparently has a blog. Can you imagine how funny it would be to see a dog typing on a computer? I wish I had this idea.

From a show business perspective what is really interesting is that the Prime Minister is making this blog available in both official languages. Now this is cutting edge and very risky because comedy in English generally doesn't translate that well into French, especially this kind. And by "this kind" I mean the "let's make the French look stupid because they are French" kind.

In the official Conservative party's blog, Kyoto the dog likes to quote his "master" Stephane Dion, and of course Dion speaks in broken English. According to the dog, no matter what happens Dion simply says ""You don't know what you speak about!" This is the genius in the comedy. The dumb Frenchie can't speak English! Dion is not a leader because English is his second language and he makes mistakes. I am very curious to see if this will be the blog that breaks through in both English and French Canada.
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From the Desk of Stephen Harper

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Canada's new government is now 16 months old.

Like any happy healthy 16 month old every day is full of challenges. One minute things are looking rosy and we seem like we have complete control of our faculties, the next minute we become completely irrational, bash our head into a the wall and wet ourselves for no apparent reason.
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If you don't know who Rick Mercer is, you're missing out. He's like Jon Stewart, but Canadian and has been doing it for longer. He's the one who got Bush on the record congratulating "Prime Minister Poutine" on his election, if that rings any bells.

Comments

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

I used to love watching This Hour has 22 Minutes. It's been awhile since I've been close enough to get CBC TV, though, so I haven't seen his recent stuff.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

This Hour kinda sucks since he left. He's got his own show, The Mercer Report (predating The Colbert Report by a year and a half). It's in the same vein, but imo, not as good as when he was on a comedy team like This Hour.