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You’ve got to be kidding. First, just about every hard-boiled secular (or at least non-Christian) political opponent of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has already implied he’s some kind of nefarious theocrat with a hidden evangelical agenda that’s sort of modeled on Iran’s Islamic Republic.

But what’s the latest criticism of Steve-O? The PM is ignoring the will of God by making the census voluntary.

Our government is wrong-headed in its policy direction because it refuses to be influenced by cherry-picked verses from the Old Testament? What?

You can’t make this stuff up. Thanks, Globe and Mail.

Now I know why all my applications to the federal civil service were turned down years ago. I should have ticked the box marked “non-white Latin American” or perhaps “Japanese”.

My civil rights have been violated. I demand justice. And it looks like it’s on the way thanks to the Conservatives “throwing their base some red meat”.

“We have perhaps the most multicultural, inclusive, egalitarian society on the planet. It’s time to end state-sanctioned racism against pale-faces in the form of affirmative action.” Discuss.

Because we let them.

A ship suspected of being connected to the Tamil Tigers and carrying as many as 300 migrants has weighed anchor and set a course for Canada, according to reports in the Sri Lankan media.

But why do they think they can come here and we’ll just let them in? The precedent couldn’t be clearer:

Last October, for instance, 76 Tamil refugees landed in British Columbia in another ship believed to be connected to the Tigers. The migrants have been freed while their claims are processed, which could take several years.

Hell, if I were in there position, I’d do the exact same thing. So long as this is how our border controls work, we can expect a continuing inflow of dead-enders, terrorists and assorted weirdos cutting in line ahead of legitimate immigrants and refugees.

And beats up a reporter.

Oh, wait. He didn’t actually beat anyone up. He really just said “fuck”? When he didn’t realize the recorder was still working? That’s it? That’s all?

With all due respect to my friend Mike Klassen, this may — may — be a human resources issue. It ain’t a political one. Or at least, it ought not to be. But then, what do I know? As Mike noted:

Hundreds of views of the video already, plus CKNW ran the story at top of their 10am newscast, the Vancouver Sun is running the story at the top of their web page.

So there is a story here. Maybe I’m just a bit immunized to harsh language to see it after hanging out at the Ivanhoe Pub the other night. You might say I just don’t give a fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Great. Now I’ll never get elected in this town.

UPDATE: In retrospect, the real reason this thing seems to be blowing up is the combination of arrogance and ignorance displayed by the Mayor. As Michael Smyth puts it:

Does he really think anyone who takes a serious interest in how their communities grow and change are just “f—ing hacks”? It’s not only an incredibly insulting comment; it also reveals the mayor’s ignorance of how concerned people are about his agenda…

Ironically, one of the people he lumped in with the expletive-deleted “NPA hacks” was Randy Helton, a key leader of the West End Neighbours group so concerned about the mayor’s rental-housing agenda. Helton is a member of Vision Vancouver and worked to get Robertson elected!

Now, that is an issue.

See What All The Fuss Was About

I recently opined that the masked Black Bloc protesters deserved whatever harsh treatment they got from the cops. But I don’t condone cops acting like bullies. Here’s an obvious case of thuggish behavior from the other side of the billion-dollar thin blue line at the G20.

H/T to Jay Currie