The Comity of Nations
A laudable decision by our neighbors in the Great White North: cowardlink. It should not matter whether or not Canadians support the Iraq War, what matters is that this man broke American law when he deserted, and as America is a sovereign nation her laws should not be subject to Canadian review. Reverse the situation: should America refuse to deport Canadian fugitives just because Canada is still ruled by a hereditary monarch? America fought a bloody war for independence against Queen Elizabeth's tyrannical forebears; so, could it not be argued that since that same despotic bloodline reigns over Canada that no Canadian can reserve a truly fair trial under Her Majesty's corrupt, mercurial "justice"? And yet we deport Canadians all the time, without judging their laws as they do ours. At least in this one case our too often faithless allies made the right and just choice. Though if the decision was taken principally out of a desire not to rouse our ire, as the article implies, then they made the right decision for the wrong reasons. But that it better, I suppose, than making the wrong decision for the wrong reasons.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Barenaked Ladies, "Running Out of Ink" from Barenaked Ladies Are Men (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Though I have been ever disdainful of drunken idiocy, on some level I do lament that alcohol's inebriating charms are lost on me.

"This is what it takes,
To drive a man to drink."

Barenaked Ladies Are Men, a.k.a. the back half of Barenaked Ladies Are Me. Clever or shifty?