...except for the whole "tear-canada-apart" thing...

I'm a Yank (and a southerner to boot) but I'm watching the elections up north pretty closely since my girlfriend is working for the election board in Winnipeg this summer.

Actually, I'm pretty sure Duceppe meant Canada shouldn't be metaphorically sucking on the United States. He might have meant "bowing in front of" or something, but I'd much rather pretend our politicians have suddenly become hip and crass.

Also, the only difference between the Bloc (Duceppe) and the NDP (Layton) is probably the whole separatist thing.

Completely off-topic, it's nice to see another fan of Sam Brown and explodingdog.com.

I'm looking forward to his next series of prints, I've been meaning to pick one up for a while.

Sam Brown OWNS my Desktop!

“Being a friend doesn’t mean you’re kneeling in front of them.”

Think of homage, when the vassal kneels before his Lord.

IMNSHO, that's a perfect frame of reference for Canada-US relations: we'll be your friends, not your vassals :)

M. Duceppe may have meant "grovelling" but couldn't find the word, was that from the English debate?

I agree that Duceppe was the most rational and intelligent debater of the bunch. I only caught the French-language debate, but I was annoyed how each time Layton or Martin got to speak, it was just another opportunity to completely ignore the pending question and blather about how good health care would be under their leadership. (Q: Can you promise Canadians no more tax increases? A: Health care blah blah blah) Martin looked like a fool as Duceppe asked him the same question 10 times in a row and couldn't get an answer. Harper also looked silly the way he kept denying all the public statements he'd made.

Congratulations The Conservatives have it in the bag with a majority

Or not..:
UBC Election Stock Market: http://esm.ubc.ca/CA06/
Democratic Space: http://democraticspace.com/blog/predictions/
Election Prediction Project: http://www.electionprediction.org/2005_fed/index.html