Welcome to the first installment of liberal catnip's Honourary Canadian Citizenship Award!
This week's winner is American attorney and
buckshot-ridden Harry Whittington who, as everyone in the world but perhaps some pygmy tribes somewhere in what's left of the rainforests knows by now, was shot by US Vice President Dick "I was so overwhlemed with emotion that my face cracked - once" Cheney.
In a solemn moment of true Canadianness, Whittington actually said he was sorry for what Cheney and his family had gone through as a result of his being mistaken for a quail. (video courtesy of Crooks and Liars)
Apparently, someone at the Chillicothe, Ohio Gazette aspires to be as Canadian as Mr Whittington, opining "Whittington can forgive, why can't we?" (along with stating that he should actually have apologized the day that it happened but "hindsight is 20/20". Yeah and buckshot kills. What's your point? Darn Whittington and his pesky, apology-delaying heart attack!)
Anyway, we Canadians are known for our apologies. We'll say "I'm sorry" for just about anything. When we catch non-Canadians doing the same, therefore, we must embrace them as our own - for a while, at least. It's in our Canadian Charter of Rights and
This week's award comes with many rights:
1. The right to use "eh?" in as many conversations as possible.
2. The right to wear a toque instead of a hat.
3. The right to eat poutine and like it.
4. The right to demand service in French, even if you don't understand it.
5. The right to stay home every Saturday night and not be embarassed by it.
6. The right to declare that you live in a real constitutional democracy, not one of those wannabes.
7. The right to have a Canadian flag on your backpack. (Offer does not apply in Afghanistan).
8. The right to throw in the letter "u" whenever you feel like it ie. neighbour, humour, colour, labour.
9. The right to say "I'm sorry" as often as you like, whether you truly mean it or not.
Bravo, Mr/Monsieur Whittington, bravo! You've done us proud - not that we're a proud people...I'm sorry.
Stay tuned next Saturday for the next installment of liberal catnip's Honourary Canadian Citizenship Awards ceremony.
Update: Cheney's got a gun and Harry's got a blog.
Well, with half of our Alberta ranchers down there in Arizona every winter, I'm sure one of them can personally apologize to our ManEegee. I'll see what I can arrange.
ReplyDeleteAre they planning to organize a movement called "Snowbirds Without Borders?" I may have to infiltrate and teach them how to drive the pot-hole riddled streets of highway-deficient Tucson.
ReplyDeleteOr I could be bribed with cheesecake and keep my trap shut. :-)
How dare Whittington even be standing near Cheney, or even go hunting with him. Of course, he was just asking for it.
ReplyDeleteSo true, lapopessa. Maybe he'll say that it his formal, written apology which, I believe, his secretary is drafting as we speak.
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