Canada invaded by army of bad fashion statements

Hi, folks.  Don't worry: I haven't gone and died again.  I've returned to Ottawa for a few days, and in the meantime, I've had some internet connectivity issues.

But Canada.  *sigh*  O Canada.  What have you been doing while I was away?  After I got back, I discovered that some cheap talk radio hate jockeys had promoted this "wearing red on Friday" thing.  To Support Our Troops.  Has Canada been taken over by the dreaded students' council weenies?  There's little I hate more than students' council fascism.  Which is, apparently, what happens when I'm not around.

I won't, of course, be bullied, not that I care.  No, I do not support the mission that Our Troops are on.  Otherwise, I support them as I support any other human being.  That's it.

Equally bizarre, however, was the tedious Unocal ex-employee who came to Ottawa wearing the get-up that a few international fashion critics thought looked sexy.  The erstwhile Mayor of Kabul (if that) will, of course, flog it to death.  It's really very typical to this South Asian---the belief that self-conscious aping with a twist of cultural kitsch will ingratiate yourself with the white people.

Even more odious was his lecture to us on our alleged necessity in Iraq, probably knowing full well what a destabilizing role our presence likely plays and whose interest it serves.  And yes, you got that right: I'm not a big fan of Hamid Karzai.

And I do not get why Jack Layton was so desperate to undo the recent "snub" by Mr. Karzai.  Why would you waste cred on such an insignificant figure?

Comments

[FurGaia]

Insignificant, you think?

[Mandos]

I'll believe it when I see it. I mean, anyone can establish trade ties with anyone. To how much does it amount?