Harper Puts Gag Order on Military

You have probably noticed by now that I have a hard-on about Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his dangerous hidden agenda. Since this preoccupation threatens to turn The Whitebear's Blog into something a little too provincial for its vast international readership, I have decided to create a second blog in the near future entirely devoted to my obsession with Harper and the death of democracy in Canada.

But I just couldn't restrain myself in the interim when I came across an article this morning reporting that our leader has declared that all speaking engagements by senior military brass will have to be approved first by the Prime Minister's Office. In addition, the texts of these speeches must be reviewed and edited by Harper's inner circle, a process expected to take 4 months.

When asked to relay this message to other senior officers in the Canadian military, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier held a closed door session without notes "in an effort to avoid leaving a paper trail on the discussion", according to a source "close" to Hillier.

Come on, fellow Canadians, it's time to take the gloves off (mandatory hockey figure of speech) - we have a real peril right on our doorsteps.