Liberals name shadow cabinet.

Usually I wouldn't give a rat's arse about this but three things struck as either funny or odd.

1. 79 MP's are either "critics" or "associate critics". 79? Somebody may need to remind them that the higher salaries and limos are not part of the title when you are the opposition.

2. Choosing a former NDP Premier, Ujjal Dosanjh, who presumably would have our armed forces equipped with toy guns and rubber bullets, as Defence critic is utterly hilarious. Gordon O'Connor is a Brigadier-General. This should be very entertaining.

3. Michael Ignatieff is the associate critic for HRSDC? There's two ways of looking at that pretty lowly assignment. First, it is to keep him in low profile so he cant' create much attention for a potential leadership race. Or second, it gives him plenty of time to plan a leadership run. I can't tell yet which is more accurate.