Klein to Entertain Troops?

Yesterday, Stephen Harper denied rumours that he was going to Afghanistan, on the same day that George Bush popped up in the middle of the war torn country, like one of those little gopher heads trying to outwit kids with giant hammers. Harper, however, did use the occassion to announce that he is sending Ralph Klein as special envoy to Afghanistan in his stead. "To be frank, the guy is just a lot tougher and more fun than I am. Plus, he can really suck 'em back, and over there -- as in Alberta-- that's an essential skill." A Harper aide added the Prime Minister felt any man who can, in one day, violate the Canada Health Act and hurl a hefty book at a young defenseless girl in a fit of rage is the right man for such a mission.

Only in Canada you say? Pity.