I AM AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR!


It was reported earlier this week that the PM and his thrown er. throne speech drafters were trying out a new rhetorical motto now that the 'tired-since-it-was-first-used' moniker of 'Canada's new government' has FINALLY been taken out of circulation. The new moniker is that Canada should be to the world as the Northern Star is to sailors...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071023.wnorthstar23/BNStory/National/home

However, upon reading up on this North Star business I found this a very curious coincidence....
http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&tt=&pid=83378&tid=83378&eid=13&so=&ps=&sb=&tso=0&tps=0&tsb=0

Not to mention this excerpt from Hansard which is probably THE BEST description of the current government I have yet heard

"Hon. Anita Neville (Winnipeg South Centre, Lib.): ...

Like an astrologer, the Prime Minister claims to be guided by the North Star. Will he admit that ... he is indeed like the North Star: cold, unmovable, distant and not too bright? "
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=2&DocId=3082936

Yeah.. I really think the Northern Star moniker has a real future as being even more successful than the widely loved 'new government'...

Guys... really... NO!

Cheers,

P