Gathered near the White House fence, the expatriate Libyans sang and chanted and laughed, celebrating the demise of Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
Some waved American flags; others wrapped themselves in the new flag of Libya. Their joy was infectious.

It was Thursday night, and Gadhafi — the homicidal tyrant who had ruled Libya for more than 40 years — was indisputably dead. For the Libyan celebrants, it was almost too good to be true. They hugged each other and whooped. Only a couple D.C. police officers loitered nearby, barely paying the Libyans any attention.

I was there with 45 Grade 7 and 8 students from a Toronto school attended by two of my sons. We were there on a field trip, and running into the Libyans at the White House was a wonderful surprise.

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This morning, on the way to school/work, my daughter and I listened to Anthrax and Public Enemy do their legendary take on ‘Bring the Noise’ – and, tonight, Marty and I put together the final track for the new SFH album, which is a bizarro mix of punk, reggae and hip hop that will change music history.

Thus inspired, here is ‘Bring the Noise.’  What God-like genius is this?

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Let me count the ways.

1. Get Apple TV as a gift. Never loads. Told Rogers modem and Internet package is too slow. Upgrade, was told.

2. Today, did. Bought modem. Cost a lot. Upgraded package. Also costs plenty.

3. Told just hook up and I’m ready to go. Okay.

4. Took kids to hockey, birthday parties, etc. Once home, hooked up shiny new modem.

5. Doesn’t work.

6. On phone to Rogers for hours. Spoke to close to a dozen people.

7. Variously told new modem wasn’t registered in system when I bought it. Told serial number wrong. Told old modem on file. Told many, many things.

8. All wrong. Meanwhile, Internet service is gone. Last “Rogers customer service” person is honest, at least. Says she: “We can’t fix it. You should take it back to the store.”

9. Then, she chirps: “Is anything else I can help you with?” Says I: “Are you serious?”

10. ROGERS SUCKS. And, rest assured, dear reader, I am going to make their lives a living Hell, starting tomorrow. As you know I can.

This is war.

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WASHINGTON — The former Bill Clinton adviser — a senior guy, a respected guy — doesn’t mince words.

“A lot of the American public has checked out on (President Barack) Obama,” he says. “He’s got a lot of things going against him right now.”

We’re in the Clinton man’s office, overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue, and just a short walk from the White House, where he used to work. His office walls are covered with photos of him with his former boss, as well as political luminaries from around the globe.

He’s a big guy, gregarious, like his former boss — and, like his former boss, a Democrat until the day he dies.

But to him, and not a few other Democrats these days, things don’t look good for Barack Obama. Not at all.

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1. Minor Threat
2. Burning Spear
3. Marley
4. Magazine
5. Joy Division
6. Pere Ubu
7. Soundgarden
8. The Jam
9. The Slits
10. Young Marble Giants

…such are the lists I make on ten-hour bus rides back to Canada.

What’s your Top Ten list?

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We’ll talk to you about Ontario’s finances when you learn to spell, um, “Ontario.”

Deal?

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…and not Tim Hudak’s kind of swearing, either.

Dalton McGuinty’s! So many people said he was a goner – I recall the head of a trial lawyer’s association telling me, with evident glee, how my “boy” was in big trouble – and now, today, Dalton’s swearing in a new cabinet. Not bad.

Wish I was there to see it. But Washington, on this sunny day, is a good spot to be, too.

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