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Mr. Kirk goes to Parliament Hill
Monkeyfeet
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So this guy
wants to make Canada his personal Starship Enterprise.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4854183a4560.html
It may have been an off hand joke by Mr. Shatner but no one can be really sure when it comes to William. I say let him run it should be a good time mostly because it isn't my country. God speed William Shatner. Thinly veiled Star Trek/ Shatner Appreciation Station
wants to make Canada his personal Starship Enterprise.
The 'Star Trek' actor, who played Captain Kirk in the hit sci-fi TV show, is planning to make a dramatic career change and help lead his native country.
The 77-year-old star said: "My intention is to be Prime Minister of Canada, not Governor General, which is mainly a ceremonial position."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4854183a4560.html
It may have been an off hand joke by Mr. Shatner but no one can be really sure when it comes to William. I say let him run it should be a good time mostly because it isn't my country. God speed William Shatner. Thinly veiled Star Trek/ Shatner Appreciation Station
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No need, sir. I will create so many counterfeit ballots in his name that your absense from our voting population will not be felt.
Though he may ignore the prime directive to save 400 lives a time or two
I challenge you to a penis sword fight for first rights.
i don't even care what his policies are
unfortunately that isn't how politics work in canada
you don't elect the prime minister, you elect a member of parliament for your riding and if one of the federal political parties holds more seats than any other party in parliament, they get to choose the prime minister from their own ranks
so the only way william shatner can become prime minister is if one of the major political parties make him their party leader and they win an election
good luck with that, bill
Assuming the Canadian parliamentary system is the same as Britain he can make his own political party.
doesn't matter, he would need to create a party that would run in basically every riding the major parties run in, and take more seats than any of the others
the most he could do is get elected to a seat in parliament, and be an independant MP
do you know how many independant MPs we have right now?
Sure, maybe theres a lot of independents, but how many of them have participated in the pon-farr?
2!
Stranger things have happened. Every major political party started in the same way.
The Labour Party is currently in power in Britain, and they were founded on the back of 20 people running for elections less than 100 years ago.
Of course I'm not seriously suggesting Shatner could ever gain political power in a westminster style parliament, but I mean weird shit happens.
Voters are fickle.
In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8 percent) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country. The highest percentages of such responses were typically in cities with high student populations.[14] In the 2001 Census 2.6 percent of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi. The percentages of religious affiliations were:
* Christian: 72.0%
* No religion: 14.7%
* Chose not to respond: 7.8%
* Muslim: 3.1%
* Hindu: 1.1%
* Jedi: 0.79%
I'd imagine there are more hardcore trek fans than star wars fans who would vote in a Federation party for a laugh.
the marijuana party has yet to win a single riding
The moral of the story is why are people so crazy.
You guys have a whole political party for weed?
What the hell am I doing in America?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_Party_of_Canada
Did you hear the part where they didn't win shit
Thats not unsurprising
Nobody wants to elect a pothead but me and apparently 1% of canada
I've been in a car pulled over by a cop smoking a joint before. That was the peak of surrealism.
Holy crap. I'm moving to Canada.
Really, though, isn't it illegal and therefore incredibly weird for a cop to be tokin'?
Because that show is fucking AWESOME.
Do you not understand the meaning of "surreal"?
Or are you high right this very second?
I will be nailing my penis to this here wall.
don't you know it's impossible for an actor to ever make a successful political bid
Maybe this is why the marijuana party can't find a seat unless it's at a drum circle.
You just let me know when you're all done.
Bahaha, I missed this one
Fandy, you are dumb today for sure.
I can't wait until that man dies. I'll go dance on his grave.