Tuesday, February 23, 2010

So much for prorogation

I don't know how much attention has been paid to a daily feature in the local Ottawa newsrag.  Each weekday the Citizen reports on the doings of our local MPs, those overworked and underappreciated keepers of democracy.

The main reason given by President Steve for the prorogation was to allow the government to "recalibrate", whatever to hell that means.  Seems that to recalibrate means to do nothing.

But let's look a little closer at how the assembled brain trust on the government side is spending its recalibation period.

According to the Citizen today, Transport Minister "Screamer" Baird is meeting with a cabinet committee and a lobbyist and various photo-ops including a soiree to fete the newest entrant into the cell phone game.  The Secretary to the PM, "Perfect PP" Poilievre has a couple of conference calls and a budget meeting with the PMO.  My god, what a workload.  No wonder they needed a break from the one hour per day that they play verbal dodge-ball commonly referred to as Question Period and those droning parliamentary committees who look into such mundane matters as government coverups with respect to the detainees issues.

Hypocrites, all.

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