Harper's Bushite blather

Prime Minister Harper increasingly not only echoes George W. Bush's policies but his priorities and tone as well.

In his maiden speech to the United Nations, he announced, "Afghanistan leads the list of challenges that we face collectively." Sounding like Bush at his hectoring best, he went on to insist the future of the United Nations depended on success in this venture. In an address to the Economic Club of New York, he referred to Iran's nuclear ambitions as the "biggest single threat that the planet faces."

These things aren't even true. The biggest threat the planet faces is global warming. It leads the list of challenges we face collectively. Next on the list is AIDS which kills 8,000 people a day. Harper's lies flow as easily and apparently as sincerely as Bush's.

It seems we no longer need a Department of Foreign Affairs. A phone call to Washington each morning will suffice.