1. His hair is actually a toupee made from the pages of Ayn Rand's novels.
2. He is a big AC-DC fan and is currently making a Constitutional Amendment to have Back In Black officially made the new Canadian anthem.
3. Efforts to humanize him by filming him walking his children to school during the most recent election failed when it started to rain and he rusted solid.
4. His children's names are Benjamin and Rachel.
5. No one in Canada knows what his wife's name is.
6. He is the first Canadian Prime Minister since Lester B. Pearson not to have gone to law school.
7. He's a Taurus and his turn-ons include bubble baths, asserting Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic, and long walks on the beach.
8. He is working on a book on the history of hockey. This is true, apparently.
9. He rarely makes lists of Sexiest Politicians in Canada.
10. I looked it up: his wife's name is Laureen.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Very educational. :)
Hilarious!
I wasn't actually aware that there were any interesting facts about Stephen Harper (much less 10). Thank you for bringing them to my attention!
Out of all the things I miss about living close to Canada, picking on Prime Ministers is almost top of my list. (Tim Hortons Ice Caps are #1.) Thank you for the little bit of home! (Now, could you just send me some coffee, too?)
Interesting fact #11 - he and I have the same graduate degree from the same university! As you can imagine, the department lauds this fact big time. Like "If you register in our program, you too could be Prime Minister". So, maybe one day I will be Prime Minister. It could happen. Right?
When he rusted, did Dorothy rush to his side with an oil can?
Az, who makes a point to NEVER laugh at the blog posts I read him, laughed at #3.
(Also, my word verification for this post is "kingly." Hmm.)
um, I don't think that's true. There's no such name as Laureen.
Bizarrely enough, it IS true! Here is her Official Page:
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=28
She fosters kittens AND rides a motorcycle. Huh.
Of the ten, how many are true?
Also, and by the way, thank you for changing to full feeds. I like it so much better in my reader. :)
Are you sure Laureen exists? She could be an inflatable doll he brings out for formal dinners.
Everything I've always wanted to know ... and more ... about ... um ... what's his name again???
Who doesn't like bubble baths and walks along the beach??
And also, there is a list of Sexiest Politicians? Who is on this list?
You rock.
Who doesn't get turned on by asserting Canadian Sovereignty over the ice and seals.
I'm not sure if #1 means he is a fan or hates her. If he's a fan, good for him! I've never read her work, but I've heard good things about her political philosophies. It can only help Canada...
#7 - HAHA!
Stephen Harper - who is an evangelical Christian - has apparently read the same abridged Cliff Notes version of Ayn Rand's books that the rest of the conservative Christian community has read.
I should probably do a whole post on a) why Ayn Rand and her goofy pseudo-philosophizing sucks and b) why it's completely silly for any Christian to be a fan of her philosophy when a big chunk of her philosophy involved the erradication - violent if necessary - of all forms of faith.
Oh and c) You can have a society where "rational self-interest" is the guiding philosophy if you LIKE, but it's not compatible with being a Christian.
And Canada - with its quite sound economy and topping the United Nations best places to live charts every year - doesn't need Ayn Rand's kind of "help."
*snickers* This is the first time I have ever though interesting and Stephen ...
I like # 3. And now I'm off to see the Wizard.
THANK you for your words on Ayn Rand's philosophy. (Silly me didn't realize that #1 referred to his being a fan.)
I detested The Fountainhead--detested it precisely because her objectivist philosophy is the whole point of that book--which by itself makes something unreadable, in my mind**--and that philosophy clashes so much with my own worldview (which is Christian).
**I have this general principle that literature should be about story and themes and ideas and characters and not a glorified tract for your philosophy. Promote it all you want but just don't call it literature.
He also likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.
I thought his wife's name was Loralee. I was close.
Who doesn't get turned on by asserting Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic?
I would never have guessed "Laureen."
Pretty funny, although I confess to having mellowed on the guy since meeting him. A guy who properly admires my kid can't be all bad :)
Yep. Didn't know her name, and when I read it, I didn't recognize it even. And I love that it is WAY DOWN at the bottom of his Wikipedia page.
#2 - does he like the Bon Scott AC/DC or Brian Johnson... if he answers correctly, he may get my vote in the next election.
#9 - there's a list?!?!?
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