Of Danny and dog-whistles II

In his bizarre CBC radio interview today (RealAudio available here), Chairman Dan continues his crypto-separatist dog-whistle campaign:

"I don't need his support... we're going to go it alone... the federal government generally in major issues in Newfoundland and Labrador has not been supportive, and we've tended to try and wait for them to come on side... we will move on forward... It's about what's best for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and ultimately what's best for the people of Canada... he wants Newfoundland and Labrador to go it alone... if the Government of Canada which is reaping HUGE benefits from the offshore oil and gas of Newfoundland and Labrador through Hibernia and other projects is not prepared to step up and assist us, then that's their choice... we'll move on with other things".

This latest rant, of course, follows the Chairman's startling recent discovery that Norway is a country.

Right on cue, the separatists whom this series of dog-whistles are aimed at, start baying in response. Here, for example. And especially on the airwaves of the Ministry of Truth, where Bill Rowe, the former Ambassador of the Republic of Newfoundland up in Canada, appointed by Chairman Dan himself, launched his daily show this afternoon with a two-minute separatist hate (what else is new?) with the Danny-vs-Harper motif.

"We'll go it alone".

It's Danny's favourite phrase.

Lower Churchill? "We'll go it alone".

Fallow-field legislation? "We'll go it alone".

About the only thing "we" won't go it alone on, apparently, is spending money in Labrador. On anything.

Why is Chairman Dan threatening "dire consequences" here, making tenuous comparisons to Iceland and Norway (to say nothing of Ireland fixation), and trying so hard to burn the phrase "we'll go it alone" more deeply into public discourse than "no more giveaways" or "burn your boats"?

The day he arrived back to a Caesar's welcome at St. John's airport after concluding the so-called "Atlantic Accord 2005", Danny Williams said something very interesting.

"I've never been prouder to be a Newfoundlander. And Labradorian."

If you think you've heard that line before, you have.

November 15, 1976. Montreal. The Paul-Sauvé arena.

René Lévesque.

"Je n'ai jamais pensé que je pourrais être aussi fier d'être Québécois que ce soir."

What is Chairman Dan's agenda?

What is Chairman Dan's real agenda?