Sun Dec 31, 2006 – 1:47 pm
Jeffrey Simpson apologises (subscribers only) for a whole lot of things, except for having directly and indirectly called Ralph Klein and Albertans bozos. Prolific apologies are offered to Ignatieff, however, but none to Albertans.
Simpson doesn’t quite succeed in getting himself out of the gutter-press category that he condemns.
crossposted from civitatensis.ca
Tue Dec 19, 2006 – 10:49 am
Two days after winning the leadership of his party, Stelmach reiterated his intention to publish the list of donors to his leadership bid. Now, Stelmach has gone back on his word, however he wishes to rationalise it.
Mon Dec 18, 2006 – 10:00 pm
The Honourable Dallas K. Miller is appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.
Mon Nov 27, 2006 – 10:08 pm
I finally managed to get the Rick Bell file off my hard drive.
For the background story, go here. If you have already read my Sunday post on the meltdown of Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell, click here. The text entry does not quite do justice to the actual sound.
Sun Nov 26, 2006 – 2:41 pm
Over the years, many of us around Calgary have been treated to Rick Bell’s sense of humor. We have seen him loose some hair and many pounds, but not his wit. Sadly, last night some of us saw him lost his head.
I was talking to a group of friends last night at the Roundup Centre, […]
Sat Nov 18, 2006 – 7:49 pm
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has graded the leadership candidates for the Tory PC race.
Ted Morton gets top rates in almost every category, and highest score overall in the Alberta Tory leadership race. Jim Dinning and Ed Stelmach get a paltry D+, outdone by even Victor Doerksen.
Overall:
Ted Morton: B
Gary McPherson: B-
Mark Norris: C+
Lyle Oberg: C+
Victor Doerksen: […]
Tue Nov 7, 2006 – 8:01 pm
When Ted Morton joked last night in High River about a batallion of high priced lobbyists working for Jim Dinning, not many people laughed. Someone suggested that the joke was not succesful, judging by the audience’s reaction.
It was also suggested that the serious substance of the remark had obscured Morton’s intended joke in the […]
Sun Nov 5, 2006 – 5:01 pm
With the arrogance and condescension that only a Toronto Globe and Mail man like Jeffrey Simpson could summon, the country is being told that Alberta has been living in the “bozo years.”
Interestingly, in the so-called bozo years in Alberta, Liberals in Ottawa were overwhelmingly elected by Ontarians with the complicity of his Globe: they were […]
Sat Nov 4, 2006 – 11:50 am
Don’t Albertans need a premier who can make decisions for Albertans?
Thu Sep 28, 2006 – 9:58 am
Lucien Bouchard has been gone from politics for a decade, and longer still from the federal scene. But his political ghost was seen hovering over the head of Michael Ignatieff yesterday.
