WTF?????

OK, so I am a big fan of oppressive regimes being overthrown, all for it, huzzah! and all that.

Syria has been gunning down its citzens for the last couple of days and they seem to be getting a pass, it seems that the Baathist/Leftist connection still holds and the Resident can't bring himself to suggest to Hillary that we should drop something other than a subservient Pelosi on the Mad Optometrist. His people were chanting that they are not looking for regime change (largely because all of their relatives are currently being held in a hangar loaded with high explosives until the Western press remembers that there is a new season of American Idol) so a massacre or two can be overlooked. That is not what caught me off-guard (google Hama Massacre if you think I am bullshitting about how happy the Assad family is with dead Syrian citizens).

What really threw me for a loop was the overthrow of the CANADIAN government today. Anybody that knows me will already be familiar with my feeling toward our smug, self-righteous, socialist, sissy neighbor to the north. They are oppressive in that do-gooder sort of way that just makes you want to punch them, except they would go crying home to Mommy (or the Humans Rights Commission). But still, the revolt of the masses is hitting pretty close to home. In such an appallingly polite country. My, my.

Actually I am well  aware of the fact that this is a tactical move within the Parlimentary system and may well turn out in Harper's favor. I just wanted to give being a journalist a try. Cathartic it is!