Patched concrete. Poorly patched at that. Kind of sums up the world, doesn't it?

And, in his on-going race to outdo his idol, Dubya, in moral sleaziness, our Fearsome Leader, Smirkin' Steve Harper, is now using the tragedy in Lebanon as a plea for campaign funds. "Civilians are being indiscriminately bombed, our party supports it, and we want you to send us money so we can keep up the good fight." These guys are making it embarrassing to be Canadian.