Buddy Danny and the other fella.

I sometimes listen to VOCM call in shows during the day when time permits, or I’m at the computer.
Yesterday Bill Rowe outdid himself with making me laugh, unintentional as it was.
We all make mistakes, even Rhodes Scholars. Yesterdays calls seemed equally split between the cancer receptive testing scandal unfolding and the seal hunt and seal hunt protests also under way.

So Bill says to one caller that he thought it a good idea than Premier Danny Williams has formed a coalition of sorts with the Premier of Nunavut Paul Okalik. Okalik has proposed that Canada ban the Hackapick used for generations in the carrying out of the seal harvest. Okalaik’s rational is that if this tool is banned from the hunt then the Europeans Union might go easy on Canada with any sanctions presently being discussed over there.
So Bill gives his usual anti rest of Canada anti Globe & Mail spittle and then says, “if think Premier Williams should go ahead with this coalition with this chap, argh, argh, the premier of Nunavut Paul Hookapick, after all he gets some good coverage every time he goes over to Europe with pro sealing activity”.

I could hear Bills spittle hitting the mike every time some one called about the seal hunt protesters and how badly Newfoundland has been done by them over the water.

Later: I meant to say earlier that I was expecting Bill or his producer to pick up on the little Hookapick slip, but no, and then I thought perhaps some caller would pick up on it as is their want at times, but no.


My opinion is that the hackapick has some bad optics, but not as bad as all the other optics out there, either legitimate of faked, so whistling in the wind comes to mind with the hackapick issue.
Paul Okalaik should also be careful who he jumps into bed with on dealing with the effects the bans on seal products are having on Inuit.