small dead animals: Illustrating Diversity

November 24, 2005

Illustrating Diversity

Feel kind of sorry for that little fella in the green sweater.

H/T to "Shaken"

Posted by Kate at November 24, 2005 12:52 AM

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Holy stereotypes, Batman. And on a government site, no less? Wow...wonder how long THAT image will stick around?

So, do you think the kid is from a Mohawk tribe?

Posted by: kennethk at November 24, 2005 1:59 AM

Please understand that last sentence of mine to have been made in utmost jest. I tried to put phony "irreverence" HTML tags around it, but the comment-box deleted 'em in posting.

Posted by: kennethk at November 24, 2005 2:01 AM

Who's the honkey in the middle supposed to be?

Posted by: surly at November 24, 2005 2:49 AM

Why that's the Great Canadian Polar Bear. Just as well known as the Great Pumpkin. I'm surprised at you, Surly.
He's just as Canadian as the Green-Shirted Muskrat on the left.

Is that a tail?

Posted by: Gen. Lee Wright at November 24, 2005 3:34 AM

Hey, yeah, it IS a tail! That's no kid... it's a porcupine!

Government cartoonists suck!

Leave it to Liberals... polar bears and porcupines count as people, too. Next there'll be pictures of little green men from outer space... the Liberals would love votes from them too, as well as from polar bears and porcupines...

Government employees sure are weird. Who came up with the idea for that illustration? Must've been into the beer stash in the office fridge.

Just being silly.

Posted by: Canadian Sentinel at November 24, 2005 6:25 AM

And the Great Pumpkin is American.

Posted by: Canadian Sentinel at November 24, 2005 6:26 AM

Does the Bear sell Coke?

Posted by: Plato's Stepchild at November 24, 2005 8:42 AM

Which of them is just coming out?

Posted by: Iron Lady at November 24, 2005 9:08 AM

And, in accordance with new government policy, there are no white males in the picture.

Posted by: Mike at November 24, 2005 9:31 AM

The bear is a white guy. There's a job for us.
The little green pigpen guy is from Saskatchewan as he has the wheat behind him.

Posted by: steve at November 24, 2005 9:53 AM

Wait 50 years Mike, wait 50 years,

People don't realize that Turkey and Egypt used to be christian countries just like us.

One day we too will sport as many links to our past as they do.

Is that what people want? Or are they sheep,

Baa, baa,

Posted by: DrWright at November 24, 2005 9:58 AM

Cue soundtrack: "...this is the dawing of the age of Aquarius....."

Posted by: Eskimo at November 24, 2005 10:03 AM

uh...dawning

Posted by: Eskimo at November 24, 2005 10:04 AM

That avuncular white guy in the middle is Uncle Paulie (not to be confused with the wicked uncle in the rock opera Tommy, you understand).

Posted by: Mrs Thatcher at November 24, 2005 10:04 AM

Why draw all of the kids with fetal alcohol characteristics?
Even the porcupine looks fetal alcohol.
Is there one child in Canada who will actually see this site, or is it just more Earnscliffing for Fat Paulie.

Posted by: richfisher at November 24, 2005 10:20 AM

At first I thought that was a tail...but it looks like the kid is holding it...and we all know a porcupine wouldn't hold his own tail--that would hurt.

Maybe it's a scalp?

Posted by: Shabbadoo at November 24, 2005 10:24 AM

The green-sweatered kid is a mohawk-coiffed beaver - they had to get a true Canadian symbol in there somewhere.

Posted by: Linda at November 24, 2005 11:07 AM

C'mon you guys, those are all First Nations children, who are being cared for by the Great White Bear. Even the little girl in the red jacket. Her grandmother was one eighth Blackfoot, so she's first nations too.

Posted by: kakola at November 24, 2005 11:20 AM

Today you "guys" are to funny! This is unbelievable that this is on the government website.
My question is: Where are the bears paws?

Posted by: Mary at November 24, 2005 11:39 AM

Man ... I watched the Collectivists Begging Cash (CBC) last night for the first time in months.

It opened with a bleat about the poor Old Crow Natives who would be harmed by Bad Bushes plans to drill for gas in Alaska.

I happen to know that the Indians at Old Crow shop at a grocery store and take it home to their warm cosy tax payer funded homes to watch their big screen TVs where there all get full satellite feed from Detroit. Lots of booze drugs and inscest up there ... believe it. But ... the caribou are sacred.

Next on the list was the poor down trodden immigrants mostly in Toronto where they receive about twice or more welfare as the average retired senior's pensions who paid taxes all their lives.

This was then followed by the Native health crisis in Prince George where were all made to feel guilty about the fact that they are dying because they chose to share dirty needles when injecting their drugs and failed to consider a condom when they had sex with street prostitutes.

Lets see ... did I miss anything .. oh yes their was the blurb on the outrage that many Indians still hold regarding the paltry two billion being offered to them for the bad experiences they had at the hands of government and church in the residential schools.

That about covers it .. that's CBCs idea of a news cast ... guilt guilt guilt .... money money money. We pay a billion a year plus revenues for this???

AND there was absolutely no real new reported in the entire hour. But what they had was all delivered by white frail reporters ... with ever so caring looks on their faces.

Posted by: Duke at November 24, 2005 12:04 PM

I called into John Moore's liberal love in, on CFRB radio yesterday and he equated the Nazi's treatment of Jews to the Canadian governments running of the residential schools,.... after he cut me off.
Socialism is for Suckers!!!

Posted by: richfisher at November 24, 2005 1:11 PM

Yeah, Moore really makes me angry sometimes. He'll be wrapping up for a news break and throw in a little liberal love or a quick conservative bash with no chance to be called on it. Often not even related to the topic he's been discussing. He's such a smug prick, too!

Posted by: Mike H at November 24, 2005 1:53 PM

So, where are the brown, black and grizly bears? How could this government only put the WHITE polar bear in the picture?? What, do they have a PROBLEM with black or brown bears??

I'm calling my MP!

Posted by: Kevin at November 24, 2005 2:15 PM

John Moore should quit his job and give it to a multicultural immigrant.

Does CFRB have any non whites working for them time for a little affirmative action.

It's all about what he espouses is it not?

Or are just other people to lose their job,

Posted by: DrWright at November 24, 2005 3:10 PM

Hey, the guy looks like me! Can I collect royaltys?

Posted by: Hoagy Butt at November 24, 2005 4:02 PM

Can someone photoshop Paul Martin's face onto the Great White bear ? That would be hilarity !!

Posted by: Jay at November 24, 2005 7:12 PM

Re: "Does the Bear sell Coke?"

Government Bears: only Pepsi.

Posted by: Wes at November 24, 2005 8:20 PM

Pepsi ---- is that a slur on the ethnicity of our PM, and the PM before him , and where the PM came from before him- sorry missed the blonde with the russian boyfriend.

you cant make the polar bear look like PaulMartin. the bear looks more like Alfonso Guigliano- note the fedora and the godfatherly hug.

Paul has a deer caught in the headlights look.

Posted by: cal2 at November 25, 2005 9:02 AM

Right on "Duke"
saw the same broadcast from the Cry, Bitch and Complain network.

I thought it was a one hour special on natives. and looks like the reporters could use a raise. most needed haircuts or at least a comb.( other than Peter M who could afford a transplant) and they all wore clothes picked up from the local recycle bins.

they displayed piles of gubmint reports saying the natives were this and that and plans for that and this.

showed 16 year old natives that make yearly pilgrimages to Washington to protest the drilling in the Arctic.

I was most impressed by the little bit they showed,
in the name of balance Im sure, of the natives on the US side of the border that wanted drilling and the jobs and prosperity that goes with it. And the
Alaska representative that called the Canadians selfish and unneighbourly. the US natives - is that proper- or are they US first nations?--also thought the Canucks were greedy, selfish and were
trying to stop the yanks from drilling so we could sell them oil at higher prices.( they have more faith in the ability of our gubmint than I)

As for the US rep. he hated us.
He probably got to watch Pravda all the time being up north , surprised that CBC didnt put Ms. Parrish stomping George Bush on a tape loop.

Posted by: cal at November 25, 2005 9:13 AM

Cal, you beat me to it! I was going to mention the fedora and the curious coincidence it being the headgear of choice of your friendly neighbourhood goodfella!

Perhaps the albino Gentle Ben is a pimp. Just look at the tell-tale red hoodie he's wearing. It looks a little too "gangsta" to me.

Perhaps the kids are his "runners". New recruits to distribute the shipment recently arrived in Montreal on the S.S. Sheila......oops better quit now-no room in my bed for a horse head!

Posted by: Eskimo at November 25, 2005 12:06 PM

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