Wed Aug 31, 2005 – 2:23 pm
The Ancient Chinese believed that natural disasters have an impact on political life. Seeing the devastation caused by Katrina, it’s not hard to imagine how. But we are now seeing the proliferation of the opposite view. Many have truly reached record levels of ignorance in blaming a natural disaster on the political actions of one […]
Wed Aug 31, 2005 – 1:27 pm
More than 700 civilians are dead in Iraq. Not a bomb exploded, not a shot was fired. We have almost become used to high civilian death tolls reported as a consequence of explosions. But this incident, being billed as the highest single loss of life in Iraq since March 2003, was triggered by wide spreading […]
Tue Aug 30, 2005 – 2:53 pm
Liberals love to chime in that Alberta’s current enviable financial situation is attributable to nothing more than the fact that oil lurks underneath our soil. It helps to justify the inverse situations for Alberta and Ontario, the latter’s election of drunken sailors as guardians of the public purse to the contrary notwithstanding.
Which is why […]
Tue Aug 30, 2005 – 9:08 am
What are Progressive Canadians all about? Look no further then Canadan Cynic, a member of the Progressive Bloggers and a master of the art of typing with one hand while keeping the other hand in a bag of cheezies, and his views on Hurricane Katrina:
New Orleans is sinking man and I don’t want to […]
Tue Aug 30, 2005 – 12:10 am
Tom Courchene, the equalization expert who is now advocating the confiscation of Alberta’s wealth in order to soften the consequences of the idiotic fiscal policies of other provincial government and, of course, the federal government, is a difficult man to describe. But I believe I’ve found a way to do so: If there were an […]
Mon Aug 29, 2005 – 5:46 am
Dave Rutherford, Calgary talk radio host, made the following observation on the tokenism of the Liberal approach to Western Canada, and the things that divide Western and Central Canada:
“Just having the caucus meeting in Regina is not going to do it. It’s tokenism, and frankly that’s embarrassing,” David Rutherford said, appearing on Question Period.
He says […]
Sat Aug 27, 2005 – 12:08 pm
Twenty-one years ago this summer, I was held up at gun point in a parking lot on Crescent Street in Montreal. A man pointed a .38 at me and said: “Toé, mon petit riche, il faut partager la richesse (You, little rich one, you must share the wealth).” By the robber’s judgement that night, […]
Fri Aug 26, 2005 – 10:29 am
A story in the National Post today caught my attention: here. Unfortunately, violent gun crime in the Toronto area is on the rise, and as today’s article tells, resulted in the brutal killing of a “good neighbour” with a social conscience, so to speak. Once again, however, those in authority and responsible […]
Thu Aug 25, 2005 – 10:07 am
Werner Patels reflects upon yesterday’s slew of stories and responses to the news that Ontario and Ottawa are eyeing up Alberta’s oil revenues by claiming that we should be grateful for the attention, which can only help to ease western alienation:
“If Vitor is a true-blooded Albertan, as he claims, he should be grateful for […]
Thu Aug 25, 2005 – 9:03 am
J. Franklin, a regular contributor to ThePolitic.com, reports on the “Alberta Story” at the world-famous Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.:
“It’s to tell the Alberta story essentially,â€? explained Al Chapman, the Alberta government’s project manager for the Smithsonian Institutes Folklife Festival, which runs from June 30 to July 11, 2006.
He and Dr. Nancy Groce, the curator […]
