Comments on: Captain Kirk planning to take over Canadian civilization http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:38:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Strider’s Web Info » Blog Archive » Captain Kirk, ruler of Canada? http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2992597 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:15:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2992597 [...] This one got a grin… William Shatner is reportedly considering running for Prime Minister of Canada. Here in the US we have had an actor running the country, and lots of actors running California, so there is precedent. And while the comment was probably a joke on some level, he might just get elected if he did run. [...] […] This one got a grin… William Shatner is reportedly considering running for Prime Minister of Canada. Here in the US we have had an actor running the country, and lots of actors running California, so there is precedent. And while the comment was probably a joke on some level, he might just get elected if he did run. […]

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]]> by: dystopianAPEsociety » Blog Archive » And now for the next Prime Minister of Canada… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2977757 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:07:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2977757 [...] The best cover song ever by none other than the future PM of Canada Mr. William Shatner. [...] […] The best cover song ever by none other than the future PM of Canada Mr. William Shatner. […]

]]> by: dystopianAPEsociety » Blog Archive » And now for the next Prime Minister of Canada… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2977756 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:06:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2977756 [...] The best cover song ever by none other than the future PM of Canada Mr. William Shatner. [...] […] The best cover song ever by none other than the future PM of Canada Mr. William Shatner. […]

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2969919 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:58:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2969919 Shatner's diplomacy would involve wrestling other foreign leaders in the California hills, discovering gunpowder and then shooting them. Shatner’s diplomacy would involve wrestling other foreign leaders in the California hills, discovering gunpowder and then shooting them.

]]> by: Maddy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968810 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968810 Well, before he could ever be PM, he'd have to be an MP and get elected by his party, so, uh, good luck to him. Then again, the Liberal party leader wasn't elected by his party this time, so hey! Maybe he's got a chance! Well, before he could ever be PM, he’d have to be an MP and get elected by his party, so, uh, good luck to him. Then again, the Liberal party leader wasn’t elected by his party this time, so hey! Maybe he’s got a chance!

]]> by: Ron http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968780 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:43:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968780 Shatner would make a great Captain for Canada. We'd have to change the national anthem. oooo-OOOOO-oooo-oooo-oooo-ooooooooooo Shatner would make a great Captain for Canada.

We’d have to change the national anthem.

oooo-OOOOO-oooo-oooo-oooo-ooooooooooo

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968037 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:02:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2968037 Maybe Shatner will make good on his promise on capturing Osama KHAN Laden. ~ Coat Maybe Shatner will make good on his promise on capturing Osama KHAN Laden.

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Coat

]]> by: Xenos http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967603 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:03:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967603 Do they let you run for PM if you go the Mad Cow Disease like he does? Do they let you run for PM if you go the Mad Cow Disease like he does?

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967593 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967593 Wow. That would be so funny if he won. We'd have a President who has been compared to Mr. Spock because of his coolness and reserved manner. And Captain Kirk for Prime Minister. Wow. Wow. That would be so funny if he won.

We’d have a President who has been compared to Mr. Spock because of his coolness and reserved manner. And Captain Kirk for Prime Minister.

Wow.

]]> by: Scott Christian Sava http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967358 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967358 Jamie... Thanks for the clarification. I watch a lot of NHL...so my info's a bit jaded. :) And wouldn't Shatner declare his party to be "THE FEDERATION"? Jamie…
Thanks for the clarification. I watch a lot of NHL…so my info’s a bit jaded.
:)

And wouldn’t Shatner declare his party to be “THE FEDERATION”?

]]> by: Allen Sant http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967265 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:54:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967265 He'd be the best Liberal Leader since Pierre Trudeau and Shatners also from Quebec. He’d be the best Liberal Leader since Pierre Trudeau and Shatners also from Quebec.

]]> by: Allen Sant http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967264 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:54:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967264 He'd be the best Liberal Leader since Pierre Trudeau and Shatners also from Quebec. He’d be the best Liberal Leader since Pierre Trudeau and Shatners also from Quebec.

]]> by: Dave Hackett http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967260 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:43:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967260 You don't vote for Prime Minister, you vote for your Member of Parliament, and then they promote someone from within their ranks (usually the leader of the party with the most members) to be Prime Minister. Not that the article (or Shatner) is meant to be taken seriously, but just pointing out how it's even more impossible for someone without party affiliation and backing to become Prime Minister than, say, a President in the U.S. (which is also difficult, but for very different reasons). You don’t vote for Prime Minister, you vote for your Member of Parliament, and then they promote someone from within their ranks (usually the leader of the party with the most members) to be Prime Minister. Not that the article (or Shatner) is meant to be taken seriously, but just pointing out how it’s even more impossible for someone without party affiliation and backing to become Prime Minister than, say, a President in the U.S. (which is also difficult, but for very different reasons).

]]> by: Jamie Coville http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967242 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:09:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967242 Uh, no we don't want Don Cherry to run the country. *** Maybe *** run the NHL but even that's up for debate. Captain Kirk would have to announce what party he's running for before I'd consider voting for him. Uh, no we don’t want Don Cherry to run the country. *** Maybe *** run the NHL but even that’s up for debate.

Captain Kirk would have to announce what party he’s running for before I’d consider voting for him.

]]> by: Scott Christian Sava http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967140 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:51:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967140 LOL! Love those last lines... I'd vote for him...if I was Canadian. Don't they want Don Cherry to run the country? LOL! Love those last lines…

I’d vote for him…if I was Canadian.
Don’t they want Don Cherry to run the country?

]]> by: Ron http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967137 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:47:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/24/captain-kirk-planning-to-take-over-canadian-civilization/#comment-2967137 He's got my vote! He’s got my vote!

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