tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post4771080706511651172..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Wildrose: Noxious WeedSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-77877771537932745482012-04-18T02:09:56.311-04:002012-04-18T02:09:56.311-04:00Funny. The most racist people I've met out he...Funny. The most racist people I've met out here aren't actually Albertans but Quebecers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-76150623863888132702012-04-17T18:44:28.799-04:002012-04-17T18:44:28.799-04:00Hey, if you want to be some sort of apologist for ...Hey, if you want to be some sort of apologist for bigoted westerners who shroud themselves in a veneer of supposed libertarianism then fill your boots. For the time being it's still a free country.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-83995614295528906502012-04-17T18:22:08.506-04:002012-04-17T18:22:08.506-04:00http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/17/halifax-mu...http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/17/halifax-murder-victim-raymond-taavel-had-a-lovely-joyous-presence/Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-40217511792509562482012-04-17T18:17:38.488-04:002012-04-17T18:17:38.488-04:00"Joan Crockatt turning intolerance into a vir..."Joan Crockatt turning intolerance into a virtue."<br /><br />There you have it.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-56262838725139802952012-04-17T18:16:34.793-04:002012-04-17T18:16:34.793-04:00Yes, sadly it could happen almost anywhere in the ...Yes, sadly it could happen almost anywhere in the country, and from time to time it does. But it's more prevalent there, Steve. It just is. Those periodic white pride parades and demonstrations that Alberta occasionally hosts don't happen by accident.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-83686254177591387492012-04-16T19:53:21.145-04:002012-04-16T19:53:21.145-04:00Racism? In Alberta? The land of "we don't...Racism? In Alberta? The land of "we don't serve your kind here, it's against my conscience"?liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-26807494205535399102012-04-16T15:28:37.537-04:002012-04-16T15:28:37.537-04:00Sadly, what you described could happen almost anyw...Sadly, what you described could happen almost anywhere in the country. Not sure I'd make that kind of sweeping generalization, look who was just elected mayor of Calgary for instance, a double whammy of tolerance.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-760558444498212792012-04-16T11:59:18.714-04:002012-04-16T11:59:18.714-04:00.."because it's a fantastic place to live....."because it's a fantastic place to live".<br /><br />Perhaps I'll get my African-Nova Scotian brother-in-law to drop by and write up a comment attesting to what a wonderful place Alberta (Edmonton) is/was to live. Because for him and his Canadian/Venezuelan/Chinese girlfriend (she looks very Native) it wasn't such a grand experience. The racism those two endured, both overt and the more subtle variety, makes me wonder just how they managed to last the almost two years they did out there before they came home. There are big problems out in that part of the country when it comes to tolerance and I for one am not terribly shy about voicing my opinion about it.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-42497214916034452452012-04-16T11:24:09.463-04:002012-04-16T11:24:09.463-04:00We don't have First Ministers Conferences anym...<i>We don't have First Ministers Conferences anymore remember ;)</i><br /><br />Just checked -- the last one happened in 2008. Normally, (meaning in the previous three-four decades) they happened every 1-3 years. <br /><br />Remember the time when Stephen Harper said he'd have a better relationship with the premiers than the Liberals did? Oh, those innocent days of 2005-2006.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-72163320144655799072012-04-16T08:02:23.319-04:002012-04-16T08:02:23.319-04:00Way
People keeping moving there because it's ...Way<br /><br />People keeping moving there because it's a fantastic place to live, lets not confuse what I'm saying here.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-40403345803183662942012-04-16T02:30:33.160-04:002012-04-16T02:30:33.160-04:00"yet they keep moving here"
So do the m..."yet they keep moving here"<br /><br />So do the maggots in a rotting corpse.<br /><br />And like maggots, they live and prosper off the death of something else. Unlike maggots, they aren't part of a natural system that will give them a regular supply of dead matter.<br /><br />Perhaps we'd better just recognize the First Nations claim to ownership of all subsurface resources, perhaps in return for the right to impose a modest tax on revenues. That would finish the Alberta problem for good and all, and the natives couldn't possibly misuse the money more grossly or mess up the environment worse.sunsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443195432340459630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-9387408176284601032012-04-16T02:10:02.100-04:002012-04-16T02:10:02.100-04:00Your conversation and comments are highly relevant...Your conversation and comments are highly relevant to our federal government. Many of the policies that the government is putting forward are set in Alberta and follow their agenda.<br />The new 1-stop environmental process is all about making it easier for Alberta. But Harper knows where his votes lie and will continue on this path. The fact is that the Wildrose party speaks to him, its leader followed his path and would set in place a strong united front for future generations.<br />Its scary when AB cannot even approach the centre...and even scarier when I hope that the Conservatives are elected....oh my, what has the world come to.weeblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591531825570909900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-65664456203286321762012-04-15T21:13:13.411-04:002012-04-15T21:13:13.411-04:00People deride this province.....yet they keep movi...People deride this province.....yet they keep moving here. It's not really just Abertans voting....many voters here from across the country are voting as well. Why would I consider voting NDP when the candidate doesn't have the decency to even come to my riding? Why should I vote Liberal when they aren't even running a candidate in my riding? How is this the fault of the Alberta voter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-73970189274577292112012-04-15T19:32:10.133-04:002012-04-15T19:32:10.133-04:00We don't have First Ministers Conferences anym...We don't have First Ministers Conferences anymore remember ;)Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-89761401593461078022012-04-15T19:27:12.761-04:002012-04-15T19:27:12.761-04:00Well, the first minister conferences should be int...Well, the first minister conferences should be interesting with Smith in it. I suspect Smith and Harper should have a <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/stephen-harpers-wildrose-soulmate/article2392299/" rel="nofollow">good relationship.</a>sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-20425553279597179802012-04-15T16:18:20.586-04:002012-04-15T16:18:20.586-04:00Seeing as how, Harper is permitting China to buy u...Seeing as how, Harper is permitting China to buy up the tar sands. <br /><br />Seeing how Harper is allowing China to bring their own people over here, to work their huge tar sands projects. <br /><br />Also, how China is bringing, thousands upon thousands of their own people to build the Enbridge pipeline. <br /><br />China does not want Canada, to refine the dirty oil. China pays their people, starvation wages, and child laborers pennies a day. <br /><br />They will refine the oil in Canada, by one of their own company's, or Harper may give China a Canadian refinery. China may take the dirty tar to China, and refine in their own country.<br /><br />I hope the people of Alberta wake-up, what is going to happen to them too.<br /><br />Herr Harper favorite henchman, Gordon Campbell thieved and sold BC's assets and resources. He shipped BC mills to China, as well as our raw logs. This put 131,000, BC mill people out of jobs. China also owns BC mines. They are bringing their own people, to work those too.<br /><br />Do people now realize what Fadden of CSIS warned??? China is making huge inroads into Canada. Seems he is exactly right. Campbell handed BC to China, will all BC's vast resources. Harper is handing Canada to China, on a silver platter.<br /><br />China owns our resources, and our jobs. And, people are sleeping right through, this treason of Harper and Campbell's.<br /><br />Who benefits the most from the tar oil?/ The giant oil company's, Harper, and to a lesser degree Alberta.<br /><br />Harper is no Conservative. He is a Neo-Nazi Reformer, of his Northern Foundation Party, from 1989. The skinheads organized, Harper's evil dictatorship party.<br /><br />Welcome to Fascist, Dictatorship Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-39570877724644259712012-04-15T12:19:04.701-04:002012-04-15T12:19:04.701-04:00I believe you are right Shiner.I believe you are right Shiner.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-12263981459073473352012-04-15T10:06:56.159-04:002012-04-15T10:06:56.159-04:00It is not surprising that a people who uncondition...It is not surprising that a people who unconditionally and overwhelming support the rank amateurism and buffoonery of the Harper regime would embrace this particular provincial sideshow. If Wildrose does win power then I think we can all safely say that the inmates have truly taken over the asylum.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-20734442544029785892012-04-15T09:48:46.151-04:002012-04-15T09:48:46.151-04:00The sad thing is that the "us vs. them" ...The sad thing is that the "us vs. them" mentality doesn't fade away after an election. I have little doubt a Wildrose win will just result in another Alberta dynasty. An electoral win doesn't, and shouldn't, mean that everyone rallies around the winner defensively but I don't doubt that's exactly what will happen after the Alberta election. Suddenly the Wildrose menu of stupidity becomes the pool of ideas for "true" Albertans, ammunition for the never-ending one-sided war against evil Ontario and Quebec. It's already started, the way Albertan pundits have jumped to the cause of the Wildrose has been something to watch.Shinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016613530584645357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-70912220324092946962012-04-15T09:36:01.028-04:002012-04-15T09:36:01.028-04:00This: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nati...This: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tennessee-climate-law-20120411,0,665705.story may seem unrelated, but it is not. While Not For Profits can't engage in political or lobby efforts, foreign corporations can funnel money from anywhere and alter the political landscape.JimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-44157188060155090342012-04-15T09:16:22.574-04:002012-04-15T09:16:22.574-04:00Sadly, fair point.Sadly, fair point.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-40179308140278463142012-04-15T09:15:38.885-04:002012-04-15T09:15:38.885-04:00"this party reeks of backwater nonsense that ..."this party reeks of backwater nonsense that hasn't even evolved to accept the most basic of premises..." You work under the assumption that they accept evolution....Dave Brodbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562001688366641218noreply@blogger.com