he's just so dang loose

It has come to my attention (you don't want to know how) that Small Flightless Bird is the twentieth hit returned by a Google search for the phrase "Gilles Duceppe loose cannon". Let's see if this post can't get us up to number one! Clap your hands and believe, people.

Man, [Bloc Québécois leader] Gilles Duceppe is such a loose cannon [in the Canadian House of Commons]! He's proposing budget amendments left and right. (Actually, just left.)