the greatest canadian gets covered in page six

dear friends,

i like to start my day by reading celebrity gossip (don't you judge me! it's once again set to be part of my work, when i ta television and society again)...

anyway, i laughed at the snarkiness of the following:

December 10, 2004 -- KIEFER Sutherland's granddad Tommy Douglas has
been voted "the Greatest Canadian" in a two-month, country-wide vote via a
reality TV-type show on the CBC network. Douglas — Donald Sutherland's
ex-daddy-in-law and the premier of Saskatchewan province — founded and
championed the Soviet-style form of medicare so cherished by pious
Canadians, who don't mind waiting years for elective surgery. Tommy battled
against the likes of hockey great Wayne Gretzky and the inventor of the
phone, Alexander Graham Bell, who was born in Scotland, and died an
American, but did some work in Canada.

i might have been up in arms had i not a) disliked the show b) responded to tommy douglas' generous lead with the following direct quote: 'lukas, i simply cannot support a man who is anyway responsible for bringing keifer sutherland into the world. i am creating ten email addresses and voting for terry fox NOW.'

the blurb did remind me i have never been to Saskatchewan province,

cam