Thousands of outraged petitioners believed Alison Bodine’s story. It was all about the suppression of dissent and a secret plan to persecute anti-war activists. Bodine became an overnight celebrity. To her defence rushed the New Democratic Party, the “Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization”, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), Pastors for Peace,  No One Is Illegal, the Hospital Employees Union, the president of the Calgary and District Labour Council, and “Code Pink”.

Turns out that all along she was just a privileged little Yankee bullshit artist. Big surprise.

The rules are the rules. No exceptions. Not even for American counterculturistas who think they have an inalienable right to come to Canada because of something they saw in a Michael Moore film or something. No  exceptions for Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin. No exceptions for Code Pink’s Ann Wright (besides, it’s not like we don’t have enough of our own bullshit artists).

For all the weeping and gnashing of teeth, I see the sun still rises over the  prairie horizon, our Prime Minister welcomes that nice little monk, and the monk still draws thousands of Canadians to groove on his vibe about how the only way to achieve world peace is by achieving inner peace.

(He should go and tell Code Pink about that, then go and tell it to the Taliban.)