pinion
     
     
      _
      By
      Frank
      W.
      Peterson
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Nothing
      frosts
      my
      petunias
     
     
      more
      than
      the
      bleeding
      heart
      media,
     
     
      like
      this
      pinko
      rag
      coming
      down
      ona
     
     
      good,
      strapping,
      all-Canadian
      lad
     
     
      like
      Stockwell
      “it
      will
      be
      a
      cold
      Day
     
     
      in
      Regina
      before
      |
      vote
      for
      no
      Jeeen
     
     
      Cretcheeen.”
     
    

    
     
      !
      long
      for
      the
      days
      of
      a
      good
     
     
      old
      Joe
      Clark
      government
      and
      their
     
     
      no-frills,
      in-and-out,
      boot
      to
      the
      gul-
     
     
      let
      politics.
      And
      Stockwell,
      who
      hap-
     
     
      pens
      to
      be
      stocked
      well
      with
      fresh
     
     
      ideas,
      reminds
      me
      of
      a
      young
      Joe
     
     
      Clark,
      who
      displayed
      a
      similar
      no-
     
     
      nonsense,
      foot-to-the
      kiester
      style
     
     
      of
      government
      during
      his
      ninety
     
     
      days
      in
      the
      House
      of
      Commons.
     
    

    
     
      !
      wish
      the
      Canadian
      Broad
     
     
      (as
      in
      Dame)
      Casting
      Corporation
     
     
      would
      go
      easier
      on
      Day.
      If
      they
      don’t
     
     
      have
      anything
      nice
      to
      say,
      then
      they
     
     
      should
      say
      something
      about
      those
     
     
      painty-waists,
      the
      Natural
      Law
     
     
      Party.
      Run
      that
      up
      your
      flagpole
      and
     
     
      see
      who
      salutes,
      Peter
      Mansbridge.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      barbecue
      this
      past
      summer,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      co\
      wed
      at
      they
      had
      a
      lotin
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      they
      have
      been
      inseperable
     
     
      g
      some
      Oktoberfest
      activities
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ,
      x
      married
      in
      the
      spring.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |HELLO.
      REMEMBER
      ME?
      YES,
      IM
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      And
      Yet
      I
      Blame
      The
      Buzz
     
    
   
   
    
     
      llcomMte
      START.
      WELL,
      THERE
     
     
      HAS
      BEEW
      A
      WASTY
      RUMOUR
     
     
      GONG
      AROUND
      ABOUT
      ME
     
     
      AOD
      I
      JUST
      WANTED
      TO
      TAME
     
     
      (THTS
      CPPORTONTTY
      TO
      CLEAR
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HOw),
      T
      HAVE
      HEARD
      THAT
      SOME
     
     
      IPEGPLE
      THINN
      THAT
      I
      LIKE
     
     
      MOVIES.
      THIS
      2S
      SIMPLY
      NOT
     
     
      TRUE.
      ANYOWE
      THAT
      HAS
      READ
      MY
     
     
      MOVTE
      REVIEWS
      CAN
      CLEARLY
      SEE
     
     
      THAT
      T
      HAVE
      ABSOLUTELY
      NO
     
     
      |
      APPRECTATION
      FOR
      EVEN
      THE
     
     
      FINEST
      FILMS.
      T
      DONT
      HWOw)
      WHO
     
     
      |MADE
      OP
      THTS
      HORA
      TISLE
      RUMOUR
     
     
      BUT
      IT
      ASSURE
      YOU
      THAT
      SOMEOQWE
     
     
      TS
      TO
      BLAME.
      FOR
      HOw),
      T
      BLAME
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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