{"id":84,"date":"2008-12-08T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-12-07T23:30:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T04:30:03","slug":"harper-in-happier-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/harper-in-happier-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper in happier times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of today&#8217;s Quebec election and in honour of the difficulties Stephen Harper is presently facing in Ottawa, we present a mock press conference we performed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatreutil.org\/\">UTIL<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatreutil.org\/\">l&#8217;Unit\u00e9 Th\u00e9\u00c3\u00a2tral d&#8217;Interventions Loufoques<\/a>) on the back of a flatbed truck before an anti-war march in the freezing cold, March 2006.<\/p>\n<p>First, the guest of honour is introduced by the military industrial complex&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uJN49WA1kNg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uJN49WA1kNg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>then the Prime Minister appears and makes a speech\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wK1Fylb1mtY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wK1Fylb1mtY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>then the &#8220;journalists&#8221; have a chance to ask their questions\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/g3aBv_aBtts&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/g3aBv_aBtts&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>but someone uninvited has snuck in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Bq2yWQa6o-c&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Bq2yWQa6o-c&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed!\u00a0 Remember to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of today&#8217;s Quebec election and in honour of the difficulties Stephen Harper is presently facing in Ottawa, we present a mock press conference we performed with UTIL (l&#8217;Unit\u00e9 Th\u00e9\u00c3\u00a2tral d&#8217;Interventions Loufoques) on the back of a flatbed truck before an anti-war march in the freezing cold, March 2006. 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