For all you folks not citizens of the Great White North, this is our current Big Story. We have, at the moment, a Prime Minister who is an incompetent Bush-wannabe (Sorry. I realize I'm being redundant, and that the terms are synonymous - "Bush", "incompetent", but...) and unfit to govern. He seems to have forgotten that less than 35% of Canadians actually want him to lead the country, that the remaining 65% wanted someone else, and insists that he has "the power". That he would use that term - "power" - rather than "privilege" - instantly demonstrates his lack of understanding of the democratic process. The power lies with the voters, the citizens of the country, not the person they elect. We give people the responsibility, the honour, the privilege of governing. We also have the power to revoke that privilege. Smirkin' Steve has proven that he doesn't deserve it.

The good thing in this story is Ms. Jean's actions. Much as I would love to see The Smirk booted back to the Lone Prairie from which he comes, where he'd be forced to indulge in daily rounds of self-flagellation, she's actually done the right thing. Her job (or the job of whoever is Governor General at any given time) is to act as a buffer, someone who will prevent extreme swings in the governance of the country, someone who will act in such a way as to allow time for reflection on the part of those who (supposedly) govern.

And then, come January, we can send Smirk packin', 'cause you can bet he won't learn a thing from what anyone with an ounce of intelligence would take as a huge self-inflicted humiliation.