When Did NFLD Join Confederation? Don't Ask President Harper

President Harper showed his ignorance of Canadian history this week when he told the world Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1867.

What the fuck? I thought it was 1949. Oh, it was.

And the leader of the Republican Conservatives made the astonishing flub
on The Rock - in the backyard of Premier Danny Williams.

The arts-hating Harper, a cat lover, was stumbling through Atlantic Canada on a vote-buying junket when he showed how little he knows about Canada.

He left with egg on his face and a puffin between his legs.

Premier Williams, meanwhile, couldn't resist taking a swipe at the hapless Harper.

He said Harper should go back to grade school and pay attention to the history teacher instead of pulling wings off butterflies.

Williams also warned the rest of Canada that if there is an election this fall and Harper gets a majority: "God help us all."

Couldn't have said it any better Danny Boy. Couldn't have said it any better.