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Ford Prefect · 11-29-2008, 02:15 PM

I don't mean to make light of a very serious situation, but I figure a little levity is always good. The folks over at Small Dead Animals are having a bit of fun with this. They have a thread suggesting names for the coalition. Here's some of the better ones. They are of course not flattering, as SDA is a bastion of conservatism.

Coalition Of The Swilling
New Libloq
The Progressive Pork Party
The USSR - Union of Separatists and Socialists against the Right
New Libs on the Bloc
The Raucas Porkas Caucus
Bloc Torontois

I kind of like that last one. When you consider where the voter support for the three coalition partners comes from, it's basically Toronto and Quebec. Take out the Toronto and Quebec votes and the coalition doesn't have enough MPs to form a knitting club. But I guess that's where the political power base in Canada is. It's not very fair to the rest of Canada though. If the coalition is successful in their attempt to seize power it's probably going to rip the country apart along those regional lines. Now isn't that just what Canada needs at present, a unity crisis on top of an economic and political crisis.

11-29-2008, 02:15 PM	#430
Ford Prefect Has Towel, Will Travel Join Date: Jul 2006 Exp:	I don't mean to make light of a very serious situation, but I figure a little levity is always good. The folks over at Small Dead Animals are having a bit of fun with this. They have a thread suggesting names for the coalition. Here's some of the better ones. They are of course not flattering, as SDA is a bastion of conservatism. Coalition Of The Swilling New Libloq The Progressive Pork Party The USSR - Union of Separatists and Socialists against the Right New Libs on the Bloc The Raucas Porkas Caucus Bloc Torontois I kind of like that last one. When you consider where the voter support for the three coalition partners comes from, it's basically Toronto and Quebec. Take out the Toronto and Quebec votes and the coalition doesn't have enough MPs to form a knitting club. But I guess that's where the political power base in Canada is. It's not very fair to the rest of Canada though. If the coalition is successful in their attempt to seize power it's probably going to rip the country apart along those regional lines. Now isn't that just what Canada needs at present, a unity crisis on top of an economic and political crisis. Last edited by Ford Prefect; 11-29-2008 at 03:15 PM.