Stompin' Tom

You like Hillary Clinton for President, 2008!

Naw, I'm just bullshittin' ya. Today you like Stompin' Tom Connors.

I don't know that Canada the nation, in 2007, is worthy of Connors's constant, high praise. But maybe. Listen to Stompin' Tom's patriotic music long enough and you just might believe it is. Each song is a (usually amusing) story set in some part of this big country. His greatest hits collection is a terrific survey: http://www.amazon.ca/25-Best-Stompin-Tom-Sou/dp/B000056KT2/ref=sr_1_1/701-3412941-2280300?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186490124&sr=1-1. He's kind of Canada's answer to Johnny Cash, but not really. I prefer Connors (while granting that Cash at his best is near impossible to beat).

Hey, I've got an idea: let's decide right now to make Stompin' Tom our write-in candidate in the next federal election, and we'll move the capital from Ottawa to Tillsonburg. Fuckin' A, eh! (Are we even given the option of writing in candidates on our ballots? Screw it, do it anyway.)