Is Harper playing with a full deck?

The special presentation historical series, “ The Madness of King Stephen I ”, is playing now on public and private Television stations.  The drama unfolds weekly as his unpredictable behavioural aberrations oscillate wildly. 

In one episode he suddenly appears all-dressed in black, playing Mick Jagger, whining out a Stones song in a painfully thin ‘falsetto’ voice, while struggling to play the simplest chords on the keyboard.

In another episode, he has used his position to insinuate himself into the CTV series, “Murdoch Mysteries”, playing a policeman from the late 1800’s.  A role that does coincidently seem to suit his actual mind-set. Well cast.

But its on the world stage where he is most omnipresent, by his absence - habitually locked in the bathroom whenever his presence is needed for the group photo or most recently for a crucial negotiation with Brazil’s president.  Or stating that Canada has no position on an issue, until he hears what America's is.

This week he has become the leader of the world’s newest ‘super-power’ – Canada.  He is the global prize-fighter, “Punching well above his own weight.”   Warning dictators of the world, “beware, he will not shy away" from using Canada’s tremendous overwhelming military force against all the bad-guys.

Delusions of grandeur, or something more acute?  As with the case of King George III, historians will likely argue and speculate.  For unlike working for Wall-Mart, there is no mandatory psychological screening test for entering Canadian politics.