stephen harper is afraid of king kong
Stephen Harper, the leader of the Conservative Party, has a new proposal to help cities deal with giant escaped primates: army units for Canadian cities. These "territorial defence units", ready for an urban emergency such as a huge ape rampaging through downtown Winnipeg, would also be available for foreign operations.
The idea came to the charismatic right-winger after he brought his children to see King Kong, the new blockbuster hit from director Peter Jackson. The movie, which features an enormous gorilla wreaking havoc on New York City, scared Harper into a realization:
The idea came to the charismatic right-winger after he brought his children to see King Kong, the new blockbuster hit from director Peter Jackson. The movie, which features an enormous gorilla wreaking havoc on New York City, scared Harper into a realization:
"It could happen to us," he told reporters outside the theatre. "Any one of Canada's enterprising young movie directors could travel to an island inhabited by monsters, find a big, dangerous monkey, and bring him back here. I don't want my son held in the leathery grip of an overgrown chimp as he scales the 12-story Provincial Legislature building in Regina."Harper also promised that, if he were elected, he would act immediately to push anti-gay-cowboy legislation through the House of Commons.