Government is a wonderful thing ...

... for the politicians

But do we really have a government? Or is an annual prorogation becoming a Christmas break tradition? A life-long Conservative reminded me recently that Harper has done a lot for Canada. When I asked what were the things he had done there was a long pause, and then the question shot back, "Well if he hasn't been running the country efficiently through a terrible recession who has?" And I answered, "The bureaucrats". The PM is busy with what is called "foreign affairs" and so-called "security" - which is so dictated by the US that the whole of Parliament may well be freed up to attend the Olympics.

Tories seek to suspend Parliament

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Wunner if the CPCCA will shut down for the same period and thereby avoid having to listen to witnesses who don't agree with their aims and goals.

By giving blanket support to Israel, the following too is what our government supports (and it would be no different were the Liberals in power):

Displaced and desperate in Gaza

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Obama is saying what shoud have been done to prevent the most recent plane "terrorist" incident and his opposition "have also questioned whether it is right for the President to continue with his plan to close Guantanamo Bay".

Obama has been in office for almost a full year and Guantanamo is still not closed, and the Repugs may now be handing him a rationale for reneging on his promise.

Meanwhile, Yemen is walking a fine line between trying to back up the US reports that the underwear bomber worked out of an Al Qaeda group based there, and assuring the world that it is really is fighting a "war on terror", but needs more US help to be effective.

Couldn't be vaguer on the details, though, of how many "Al Qaeda" members there may be in Yemen, or even what their activities might include. But nevermind, the US seems to have an open invitation now to openly be the boss of Yemen. Amazing how these things always seem to work for the goals of US "interests".

Related: YYC entries on the underwear bomber: here, here, and here