There’s one Canadian here in Bangkok who would get my vote, but he’s just a run-of-the-mill asshole whom no one else has heard of.
Ahem. If one were wanting to destroy the reputations of Canadian politicians, wouldn’t one be happier to do that on a website where most of the participants are likely to know of whom you gainsay?
Yes. A bit like Barak Obama is a politician. :rolleyes:
What? My beloved Constable Benton Fraser? Nooooo!
Passchendaele has rave review on IMDB. I’d like to see it.
I still don’t know what Naomi Klein did to get her on the list.
And once again, thanks Rysto for your post about who did what.
I’m no Steyn fan, but couldn’t you have just checked snopes.com?
Unless he was writing for the New York Times in 1995 under the name Todd Purdum, he didn’t make up the Sir Edmund story. I’d say you’re 0 for 2. Steyn is still a douche, though.
In fairness, Obama is roughly a gazillion times more famous internationally.
Who?
David Ahenakew gets my vote. (Stephen Harper, obviously, deserves slot #1.)
Can I nominate the mayor of Calgary? Guy is completely and utterly out of touch with economic reality (let’s pay 50 million dollars so some famous Spanish guy can design a foot bridge we don’t actually need…Yes, that’s design. Not build)
He’s a total jackass - and I thought we were going to be rid of him, but apparently he’s thinking of running again.
Dave Bronconnier, I’m looking at you. Jerk.
He’s #40 on the 50 Most Loathsome People Of 2008.
No love (hate?) for Sean Avery?
Why is he on your list? Yeah, he’s a little eccentric, but it makes his performances that much better. Or are you not a fan of them at all?
Aside from the fact that he could have Googled Harper with less effort than it took to ask who he was in the thread, Americans should probably make an effort to learn a little bit about Canada.
You know, basic stuff like “they have their own money”, “it’s mostly cold”, “some of them speak French”, “their economy is not based on bacon or ice hockey” and “they have a Prime Minister”.
That’s a lie and you know it!
Anyway, I nominate Vince Li, because say what you want about Stephen Harper, Conrad Black, and Jack Layton, none of them decapitated somebody on a bus.
I can’t believe that Brian Mulroney has escaped the list so far.
What has Mulroney done in 2008 to deserve being on the list? The Airbus thing broke in 2007.
I didn’t like this year’s edition much until I got to #1:
Actually, I think they’ve gone horribly downhill. I think for quite a few years there they were one of the best rock bands in the world, but the last albums have been garbage. It’s possibly the most dramatic delta of quality in the history of rock and roll between two points in the history of a band that didn’t change any of the band members.
Downie’s performances now, recorded or live, are just inexcusably dreadful. Once one of rock’s finest vocalists, he’s either lost some of his voice or lost his interest in trying; his live performance of their older stuff is terrible from what I’ve seen, and their new material consists of lead vocals that have no discernible melody, are far too wordy, and sound whiny. Frankly he’s become both tiresome and self-absorbed, which combined with age (never kind to the seriousness of rock musicians) makes him a good candidate to fill out the “entertainer” portion of the ballot.
Unfortunately, aside from Ben Mulroney, we didn’t have any really loathsome entertainers make big headlines in 2008. Avril Lavigne is more irritating (so far) than loathsome.
Yeah! RNATB forgot maple syrup!
Robin
You still have a lot of apologizing to do for Celine Dion.