Catastrophe du Jour
link CBC News – Canada – Guergis handling catastrophic: Ignatieff.
Really? Catastrophic? Not unfortunate, poorly handled or even stupid, but catastrophic? Like polar ice melting, or hurricanes, or Liberal electoral wins? Three balls in the water on a short par 3 is catastrophic, but kicking someone out of cabinet for an alleged misdeed? Where’s the sense of perspective here? It must be incumbent upon politicians to lace their epithets with bizarre hyperbole in order to make very small points. Was the lack of croissants at the parliamentary buffet a catastrophe, one that should shame all Canadians?
Certainly Ignatieff is not the only one guilty of disingenuous hyperbole in his comments. To some degree, the inflated language makes some sense since most voters have tuned out the babblings of most politicians because little of consequence is ever said. There is seldom any candor in any announcements that are made and most expect that any utterances will contain some kind of partisan spin. The favoured line of politicians in our country is, “The people of Canada….” fill in the blank. Every time someone utters that annoying hackneyed phrase, just substitute it with what they really mean, which is ” our party thinks that”.
One of the most annoying phrases ever uttered was by a former Prime Minister who professed that whatever policies they championed were in alignment “with da Canadian values” which really meant the wants of the federal Liberal party. Ask any one in Canada what da Canadian values are and they’ll reply “almost at par with the American at the moment, about 98 cents”.
People should take a day off and sit in the legislatures of their provinces or if they’re able to, take in a session of parliament. The posturing, histrionics and cajolling are great entertainment and eye opening for anyone who thinks that the law process is sober and reflective. Since most are trained lawyers, the scene more resembles thespians overacting in an audition than people with sharp legal minds. Supposedly, they are acting in our best interests. Methinks they’re just acting.