Fast times at Rideau High!

So Canada's highest level of government has come to this, rather than a chamber of sober thought and socially redeeming legislation, we instead are treated to a bunch of adolescents who seem closer to a high school clique than those worthy of our vote, let alone our trust.

The last few weeks of drama from Parliament Hill are worthy of Dawson's Creek, The Breakfast Club or Fast times at Ridgemont High, West Wing material this is not.

Today we were treated to the after shocks of the Belinda crossing. Belinda was welcomed by her new best buddies in the Liberal Club, many of whom took to the stage to stand up for poor little Belinda who has been the victim of vitriolic exchanges from her old gang in the Conservatives.

Like kids who have changed friends in the middle of first term, they gathered around their new best friend to walk through the halls and show everyone how close they were. All that was missing was someone tripping Belinda as she walked through the cafeteria or shoving Belinda into a locker until the fourth period spare!

Later in the day Newsnet, Newsworld and All My Children featured the broken hearted Peter Mackay pouring out his heart to a kindly reporter who quietly asked Peter how he was feeling, whether he would ever get over the heart break and most importantly did he have anything to say to Belinda.

Peter sputtered out how he was caught by surprise by Belinda's change of not only party affiliation, but of chosen best buddy. It seems he didn't even know she had dined with the Prime Minister early on Saturday, before sitting down to dinner with him. Now while not wishing to kick a broken hearted guy while he's down, we will only suggest that he do his grieving in private and avoid the media for the next while. His sad looking eyes and drawn expression at love gone awry as he wandered alone on his fathers farm, should send waves of fear over the populace over how he may react to a national crisis as a Conservative cabinet minister.

The day got only stranger as it went on, later on we were treated to Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal caiming that Ujjal Dosanjh had offered up a cabinet post if only the Surrey MP would come on over to the Liberal side of the chamber. Dosanjh suggested that this was all wishful thinking on the behalf of Grewal and both sides lashed out at each other as liars. Yes folks, minority gov't certainly works well doesn't it! This crew is definitely taking care of business, unfortunately none of it is business of the state.

As if things couldn't get any more bizarre we learned late in the day that a backbench Liberal MP had been rushed to an Ottawa Hospital by ambulance suffering from chest pains. Only time will tell if he's capable of making it to the Commons tomorrow for the big vote.

No doubt countless Conservatives are waiting to see if an increasingly desperate PM will make a secret call to them, with their own little cabinet spot before the 5:30 vote. Perhaps PM the PM could just phone up Stephen Harper and offer him up the leadership of the Liberals and the Prime Ministership, with what's gone on in Ottawa the last few weeks, nothing seems beyond possibility.

Thank God that the budget vote has finally arrived, perhaps by Thursday night this sad little melodrama will have finally played itself out, but somehow we doubt it. Instead it'll be more of the high school theatrics, all that's left is for the kids to get their yearbooks signed and vote for this years Class Clown, Lord knows there's no shortage of candidates for that honor!