Monday, February 05, 2007  Shot Across the Bow  Ezra Levant was
on Newsworld, discussing the Western Standard's latest cover
story- Stephen Harper as the Incredible Hulk. Levant described
the issue as a "shot across the bow", letting Harper know that
his conservative base in Alberta won't tolerate actual action on
GHG's. Of course, Levant played the typical, narrow tribalism,
Alberta is the scapegoat, other regions get a pass. Levant
described the "green" surge as a nuisance that needs to
neutralized. Levant also made some crazy statements about water
vapor causing 97% of GHG (it's really 1/3 to 2/3) and the
science "shaky".  Ezra Levant scares me, much in the way the
American neo-cons do. However, rather than dismiss his
outrageous absurdities, I see Levant as a window into the Harper
soul. In describing this latest article, Levant states that he
doesn't really think Harper will sellout Alberta, he just wants
to make sure he doesn't flirt with the idea. By sellout, Levant
patently admits, actually doing some