Leafs lose to Boston - Again

So the lowly Broons bitch slap the Leags 4-1 at home last night. It should come as no surprise -- except maybe to John Ferguson, Inferior -- that Andrew Raycroft can't win a game with Boston on the ice. Maybe we could trade our GM for an oft-injured, over-the-hill tough guy and a fourth round draft pick -- see Toronto Star analysis on Tellequist trade at http://tsf.waymoresports.thestar.com/thestar/hockey/tradelog-viewtrade.cgi?trade&x_id=755 -- and bring back Gord Stellick. At least, even management knew he was little more than a Gardens usher. Ferguson still thinks he's qualified for the job because of his father. Maybe next year -- again!

Harper takes Duceppe's bait -- Gotcha!!

If ever there was proof that Steve was unfit to govern the nation of Canada, it's his rush to act on the Bloc's threat of a motion on Quebec nationhood. Another case of shoot, ready, aim.
Gilles Duceppe, that wily separatist, knew that Harper couldn't resist a political stunt -- especially when he thought he was putting one over on the leaderless Liberals. And by falling into Duceppe's clever trap, Steve has
a) taken care of the thorny national unity problem which the Liberals have now taken off the table at no political cost to the Libs;
b) renewed the national unity debate with a question -- What is a Quebec nation? -- that has and will continue to confound and divide Canadians for centuries;
c) created a new rift between the federal government and pro-unity Jean Charest;
d) highlighted the animosity between old-guard Progressive Conservatives and their new Reform Party masters; and
d) injected uncertainty into our delicate economic prepserity because he couldn't be bothered to think through the condquences of declaring Quebecers a nation.
All in all not a bad day's work for Duceppe, not a good day for Canadians.