I Would Find It Hard To Sing That

Apparently, the original 2nd line of Canada's national anthem was "True patriot love thou dost in us command," which does not trip lightly off the modern tongue. In any case, count me among the 8% of Canadians (in this not particularly scientific poll) who totally don't care, although if push came to shove I'd prefer if the Hendrix performance was made the official version. You can just hum along to it or play air-guitar.

Tony Clement, however, is bullshitting:

"The prime minister has heard from some Canadians on this and I think it’s better to have a fulsome debate, rather than just shuffling it off," Clement said Wednesday.

Clement said he has heard complaints from some of his constituents as recently as last week.

"I think this has been rolling around for a while actually," said the MP from Parry Sound, Ont.

"Maybe it was a bit subterranean . . . . (But) we got so used to singing O Canada at the Olympics, maybe it became more top of mind, I don’t know."

Yeah, after jobs, unemployment, the environment, transfer payments, the deficit, Afghanistan, reasonable accommodation, the seal hunt, what's gonna happen next on "Lost", the fate of the Salt Spring Island brown nosed ferret, the Theodore Sask. mayoral race...practically everyone in the nation has been sweating over ways to make our already mondo boring national anthem even less singable.

What a time waster! And how is it possible for the Harper gov. to be even more idea-less than they were last go-round?

The Conservative Movement's Most Impressive Accomplishment

Historians will almost certainly judge it to have been this.