{"id":21742,"date":"2022-11-28T02:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21742"},"modified":"2022-11-28T03:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T03:30:06","slug":"i-coulda-had-class-been-a-contender-been-a-somebody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21742","title":{"rendered":"coulda had class, been a contender, been a somebody&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/I-coulda-been-a-champ.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21777\" width=\"1000\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/I-coulda-been-a-champ.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/I-coulda-been-a-champ-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/I-coulda-been-a-champ-768x581.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Convoy actors Tamara Lich, Bernard Miller and a stand in for Karl Malden re-enact a scene from On the Waterfront.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brandons.-phantoms.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21776\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brandons.-phantoms.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brandons.-phantoms-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brandons.-phantoms-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miller continues to have swasitka flag bearers dance in his head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Counsel to the Convoy Organizers Bernard Miller <em>with his inexplicable hair do <\/em>was a conspicuous No Show in the final public chapter of the Public Order Emergency Commission Hearings. The producers of the show promised yet failed to deliver on a grand finale dust up between the combative lawyer Miller <em>with his inexplicable hair do <\/em>and the serene and well coffered Prime Minister Trudeau:  the highly anticipated yet failed storyline was to lay a mortification upon Justin&#8217;s shoulders that even Rex Murphy could not have contemplated in his  gratification of a desire&nbsp;to attempt by his unconscious to resolve some repressed conflict. Anyway Rex would have been ecstatic at the expected outcome in the traditional sense of  describing someone who is nearly out of their mind with intense emotion as in the early use of &nbsp;<em>ecstatic<\/em>&nbsp;that was sometimes linked to mystic trances, out-of-body experiences, and temporary madness.&nbsp;The plot failed even the verbose Mr. Murphy! We digress&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whad happen&#8217;!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13% of Canadians polled were sure Bernard Miller <em>with his inexplicable hair do<\/em> would have whupped  Justin&#8217;s ass and sealed once and for all the righteousness of the  Freedom Convoy&#8217;s claims for real freedom and escape from the chains of tyranny that Justin&#8217;s version of democracy doth embrace at last estimate&#8230;100% of Canadians. Yes it&#8217;s counterintuitive but democracy also embraces those who would wish it gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here we are &#8230;left dangling in the long shadow of democracy as Freedumb fighter lawyer Bernard <em>with the unexplainable hair do<\/em>&#8230;sends a girl&#8230;a girl&#8230;in his place and he is a Big Wimp No Show!     (<em>Editors note: The reference to <\/em>a girl <em>is left in the text to provide readers with an historical and cultural context of the male animus stakes that Counsel Bernard with his inexplicable hairdo and Big Wimp No Show attitude , left on the mat of contestation.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Convoy-lawyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21774\" width=\"1000\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Convoy-lawyer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Convoy-lawyer-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Convoy-lawyer-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Convoy Organizers final presentation lawyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter &amp; his entire studio staff apologize for being so annoyed but the producers of the program promised a battle between democratic governance  &amp; well&#8230;something else&#8230;but all we got were weeks of build up with the protagonist  and pugilist counsel Bernard Miller <em>with<\/em> <em>his inexplicable hair do<\/em>; setting the table for the final chapter of knock em sock em face-off and ideological fisticuffs with the some what experienced brawler Justin Trudeau  also known to occupy the soft hands position of Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PM-JT-ready-for-battle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21772\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PM-JT-ready-for-battle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PM-JT-ready-for-battle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PM-JT-ready-for-battle-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The serene Prime Minister JT brought his A game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So being unsure who the writers were at CPAC who obviously missed the drama of the times and  future Heritage Moment, Court Painter and his studio team are left to stew in their  distempered juices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However in spite of a dramatic plot unrealized : Thanks a lot CPAC and to the serene Prime Minister for a drama well executed and job well done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-PM-JT-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21775\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-PM-JT-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-PM-JT--300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-PM-JT--768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Court Painter with a triptych  featuring the champ!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PS: Mr Millar <em>with<\/em> <em>his inexplicable hair do<\/em> was last seen out of breath from chasing false leads , hunching over a crystal ball in anticipation of identifying the phantom swastika flag bearer&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swastika-seeker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21778\" width=\"750\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swastika-seeker.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swastika-seeker-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swastika-seeker-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hair-do.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hair-do.jpg 610w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hair-do-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">no comment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counsel to the Convoy Organizers Bernard Miller with his inexplicable hair do was a conspicuous No Show in the final public chapter of the Public Order Emergency Commission Hearings. The producers of the show promised yet failed to deliver on a grand finale dust up between the combative lawyer Miller with his inexplicable hair do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21742\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;coulda had class, been a contender, been a somebody&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21742"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27317,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742\/revisions\/27317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}