Canuckistan’s Neocon: David Frum
Lately, the news from Canada has been a tad grim. Human rights censors show no signs of slowing down their tireless attempts to rid the country of orthodox Christian believers who dare to criticize the gay rights movement. The country’s highest honor, the Order of Canada, has been awarded to a much maligned and divisive practitioner of abortion, Henry Morgentaler. And the governing Tories, the only party dedicated to property rights, individual freedom, and plain old common sense, are falling in the polls.
Amidst this darkness visible, there is a ray of lighthearted humor. A group of Canadians has set up a contest to decide on who is the “most mediocre” Canadian. On July 1 (Canada Day), the first vote went to none other than David Frum, an ex-speechwriter for a certain American president. As we know, Frum coined the memorable phrase “axis of evil” and pushed for the Iraq war as the first battle in a war to “end evil” in the world and save civilization as we know it. If there’s ever a contest for mediocre intellects with a penchant for over-the-top rhetoric, we know whom to nominate.
Secular millenarianism aside, Frum will have to compete with various state-supported leftist collectivists in Canada, whose list of names would be so long that it would contribute to serious deforestation. That said, this influential global democrat reminds Canadians that Americans sometimes suffer as much from unwanted ideological imports as we do from theirs.
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Yes, and the first name on that list would have to be...David Suzuki.
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Could we just make Jonah Goldberg a Canadian citizen and get him out of here? He could clearly make some list of mediocrity
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Now let’s not bee too nasty about poor Mr. Frum. He at least has a soft spot for Russell Kirk and has indeed lambasted the other neocons for dissing him. See? Nobody is absolutely all bad.
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Sorry, but property rights were cancelled in Canada when our new Constitution was enacted. Despite many appeals, both ‘Conservative’ and ‘Liberal’ governments have refused to restore them. The ‘Conservatives’ have had two chances now, so I guess there’s no hope.
Please give us back the common law; the constitutional rights nonsense has only just begun and it’s already a mess.
For the mediocrity award is there any possibility it could be shared? By almost every public figure in Canada? That way they could all win the gold and nobody’s feelings would be hurt.
Incidentally, I grew up in this place when it used to be called the Dominion of Canada. Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it?
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“And the governing Tories, the only party dedicated to property rights, individual freedom, and plain old common sense, are falling in the polls.”
I wish I knew what Tory Party Mr. Havers is talking about. The Conservatives in Canada have rarely defended property rights or individual liberty, even rhetorically. They certainly do not under Stephen Harper. What a laugh.
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If the Canadians nominate Frum as most mediocre, it shows they’re smarter in some ways than we Americans. After all, we’ve embraced him with top honors, such as being the president’s speech writer. And how did Frum repay us? He’s a Canadian with the temerity to call Americans un-American for opposing the Iraq War. This is a bit like a nun lecturing on the joys of sex.
If we were even half as smart as the Canadians, we would nominate him for the Least Desirable Alien Award, and then act on the impulse.
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