Gotcha!

I bet I fooled you into thinking that I'd actually be serious about the environment, didn't I?

I'm also sure that you've watched my trusty Minister, John Baird, bloviate and you were even more certain that Canada was serious about the environment, right? What's so funny about him is that he often puts together sentences that make no sense...and no one calls him on it!

Well guess what? I lied, he lied and actually that's been pretty easy to do. You see, we've become very good at making statements that don't actually mean anything and don't have any basis in reality so no one really asks us anything related to them. When I do speak to the press, (hate that part of the job) they ask the obvious questions but since we don't actually answer them, they don't have the opportunity to push their line of thinking when they report. They're forced to deal with what I've said, which is nothing.

Pretty clever don't you think? We've mastered the art of distorting reality.

Oh sure, there are opinion pieces out there that criticize us, but a quick scan through current print media will tell you that the opinion writers who will defend me on any cause out number those 'rationale' writers by about 10 to 1.

As for the journalists, well they are so pressured to get their stories in on tight deadlines, that they basically just take what we say and print it. Thankfully they don't often have time to provide real context. It's all good.

So, this G8 summit went exactly as planned, not that I was surprised. We went in wanting to accomplish nothing and it was a raving success! We cobbled together a vague statement that said we'd reduce ghg's, 50% by 2050. Good don't you think? Sound familiar? I hope so because you see the first thing you do when you want to do nothing, is make it sound clever and easy to remember. We knew it would work because in Canada we put together the 20% by 2020 plan and and ton's of people bought into it. It just sounds good. That's the trick!

We changed the accepted base year in Canada of course and the reduction is based on intensity, not reality, but that's rarely analysed. It's the catchy '20% by 2020' that rings. What's really genius about the G8 statement is not only did we not outline details on how this would be accomplished, but we even avoided the nuisance of providing a baseline! 50% by 2050! That's it, that's all. Genius, don't you think?

Yes, I know that environmental groups are deriding this summit's outcome, but so what? They really only get press coverage during these meetings then fall silent once they're over. They don't play the important 3rd party advocacy role that they really could outside these high profile meetings and when they occasionally do, we can baffle gab the media then too and life goes on. We're not about fact, we're about distorting it. So far, so good.

All in all this PM gig has turned out to be better than I thought. I am changing in the country in ways that most people don't pick up on, (except for Tom Flanagan of course, whom I admire but I just wish would stay quiet until I get the majority that I crave), and realising years of dreams.

I have a pretty motley crew that pose as MP's, but they're on a short leash attached to a choke chain, so that's not a big problem and I have a group of bloggers that are able to whip non-stories into lawsuits against the Liberals. What's not to love?

Reality is not what counts today, I've changed all that. What's important is that I can shape a reality that is easily consumed and goes unchallenged. So far, so good!

Gotcha!

P.S - I'd say I "screwed" you, but that got me into a bit of trouble.

Obviously, this is my version of Harper being a bit honest with me. What's yours?