Am I the only one embarrassed that Harper has said FUCK all to Australia?

[HEyHEY]

I mean, this is Australia, they're like Canada only in the other hemisphere. I've always felt the two nations share a bond in that sense. Harper, from what I can tell, has not expressed any condolences or anything and only now has BC offered to send fire crews, only NINE.

[ClusterFreak]

1. Yes...considering Harper ripped off John Howard's Iraq speech...

...it would seem offering condolences and a ton of Canadian aid would be the least he could do.

But alas, Steve-o is a total assmunch.

[daleo]

2. The Australian fires are probably linked to global warming

Harper is linked to the big oil companies, so he prefers not to acknowledge anything that might remind people of global warming.

[Bragi]

3. As a hyperpartisan...

Why would Harper feel sympathy with a country that threw out one of the few remaining pro-Bush neocon heads of state that Harper had to pal about with?

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. Pal about with, indeed. Pen-pals, even, considering a couple of their recent speeches. n/m