A most excellent idea. Pomp and ceremony for pompous asses that deserve to go to the cemetary.

Strike up the band, let the horses drag them forth from the Chamber of Clowns, and may they go kicking and screaming, which seems to be what they love to do the most.

Oh, and regarding our environment, the only thing green about this Liarment is the colour of their overstuffed chairs.

By C. B. Innes on 12.04.08 1:30 pm

Might I edit your question to ‘How much DAMAGE can they do without Parliamentary approval?’

We no longer have a democracy in Canada. We are truly a Frozen Banana outpost, certainly not even a Republic. We are a spineless JOKE.

By Bill-Muskoka (not anymore) on 12.04.08 2:21 pm

I’ll have Harpo crushed nuts on my frozen banana,please .

I remember the great pomp and ceremony of Parliamentary opening. The grand march down the hall, the grandiose spectacle. Those guys parading in with their gold-plated huge phallic symbols of power. (Are these people paid all year? Do they have other duties?)

Anyways, should’nt The Grand Proroguing of Parliament not also be marked by such royal and glittering ceremony? All we got was a cold two hour wait outside the GG’s office. Doesn’t she even give a speech? Who knows what she actually said?

The grand Proroguing Ceremony should be something that we can be proud of. They can drag the Speaker of the House back out of his Chair as he intones “Let’s slam the doors of The House with a thunderous boom”. Maybe politicans can throw their folders into the air like errant schoolchildren, throw the Canada Security plans into the garbage bins. Parliamentary pages can throw tax dollars into the elite gallery of businessmen. The possibilities are endless. Let’s not just slink away into ignominy.

ABCP financials – still frozen after more than a year
Parliament – now frozen
Bank credit – frozen
Anti Global Warming action – frozen
Arctic Sovreignity – yada, yada

A torrent of fine, persuasive words about all these issues but it all turns into absolutely no action. Surely, we absolutely need more speeches and ceremony.