Here's the original Globe and Mail article.
‘God's verdict' outranks history's, PM says - The Globe and Mail
A satirical take of Harper's comment about gGod's verdict.
Gerry Nicholls: God disapproves of a stacked Senate - Full Comment
Gerry Nicholls: God disapproves of a stacked Senate
Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:30 AM by National Post Editor Gerry Nicholls
According to a media report Prime Minister Stephen Harper is more concerned with "God's verdict" than he is with what historians will ultimately say about his government.
This got me to thinking as what it will be like when Harper does one day meet his maker at the Pearly Gates.
It might go something like this:
God: OK, what's your name and where are you from?
Stephen Harper: My name is Stephen Harper and I am from Canada.
God: Canada? Refresh my memory, where is that again?
SH: It's on Earth; in North America.
God: Yes, yes, yes. Canada. Hmmm the last thing I remember doing for Canada was helping Paul Henderson score that goal. Wow, that was some series. Tell me have the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup yet?
SH: No! But wait a second, are you telling me you don't know what happened in Canada since the early 1970s? You're God aren't you supposed to know everything?
God: Look, buddy, I have to keep track of the whole cosmos ... do you have any idea of how big that is? Do you really expect me to keep an eye on your little country, located on a second rate planet circling an insignificant star?
SH: Well I ...
God: Hey, I am sorry. I didn't mean to blow up like that. It's just I am in a bad mood. The inhabitants of Rigel V really ticked me off and I had to smite them ... smite them good.
SH: Why, what did they do? Did they build a false idol?
God: Worse. They put their planetary budget into deficit; they packed their upper house with partisan hacks and they actually appointed a socialist as ambassador to Vega 2. It made me so angry I nearly took my own name in vain. Anyway, that's enough about Rigel. Let's get back you. I need to bring down a verdict on your life. Tell me, what was your job in Canada.
SH: Well, er, um ... I was president of the National Citizens Coalition.
Gerry Nicholls is a blogger, independent political consultant and freelance writer. He was formerly vice president of the National Citizens Coaliton.
‘God's verdict' outranks history's, PM says - The Globe and Mail
A satirical take of Harper's comment about gGod's verdict.
Gerry Nicholls: God disapproves of a stacked Senate - Full Comment
Gerry Nicholls: God disapproves of a stacked Senate
Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:30 AM by National Post Editor Gerry Nicholls
According to a media report Prime Minister Stephen Harper is more concerned with "God's verdict" than he is with what historians will ultimately say about his government.
This got me to thinking as what it will be like when Harper does one day meet his maker at the Pearly Gates.
It might go something like this:
God: OK, what's your name and where are you from?
Stephen Harper: My name is Stephen Harper and I am from Canada.
God: Canada? Refresh my memory, where is that again?
SH: It's on Earth; in North America.
God: Yes, yes, yes. Canada. Hmmm the last thing I remember doing for Canada was helping Paul Henderson score that goal. Wow, that was some series. Tell me have the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup yet?
SH: No! But wait a second, are you telling me you don't know what happened in Canada since the early 1970s? You're God aren't you supposed to know everything?
God: Look, buddy, I have to keep track of the whole cosmos ... do you have any idea of how big that is? Do you really expect me to keep an eye on your little country, located on a second rate planet circling an insignificant star?
SH: Well I ...
God: Hey, I am sorry. I didn't mean to blow up like that. It's just I am in a bad mood. The inhabitants of Rigel V really ticked me off and I had to smite them ... smite them good.
SH: Why, what did they do? Did they build a false idol?
God: Worse. They put their planetary budget into deficit; they packed their upper house with partisan hacks and they actually appointed a socialist as ambassador to Vega 2. It made me so angry I nearly took my own name in vain. Anyway, that's enough about Rigel. Let's get back you. I need to bring down a verdict on your life. Tell me, what was your job in Canada.
SH: Well, er, um ... I was president of the National Citizens Coalition.
Gerry Nicholls is a blogger, independent political consultant and freelance writer. He was formerly vice president of the National Citizens Coaliton.