Don Martin that is.
Derek, from Born with a Tail, has posted his review of National Post columnist Don Martin’s inward looking five-part series on why Alberta is better than the rest of Canada. We very much enjoy the Raymakerian-style of blog posting.
Check it out.
Rod! Say it ain’t so!
From Wednesday’s Edmonton Journal…
“…the moustache, Love said he “hacked it off” because he got tired of looking at it after 35 years.“
Rod Love (seen here), who is “not a lobbyist,” recently re-left Premier Ralph Klein’s Office as Chief of Staff for the second time to rejoin the private sector. He also parted ways with his trademark massive moustache.
Mr. Love, who has been heavily involved in Kleinesian politics since 1980 was also one of the geniuses
Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft is suggesting that the Alberta Government instate a cooling off period for insiders like Love, who hop in between the private consulting jobs and high level political positions. The issue came up after Mr. Love’s new consulting firm took out a large advertizment in last Tuesday’s Globe & Mail business section praising the experiences of Mr. Love.
Currently, there is a one year cooling off period for retiring or defeated Cabinet Ministers.
We tend to agree. A cooling off period for political insiders wouldn’t be so bad.
And yes, if you would like to see the newly moustachless Mr. Love, check out this coverage by Kevin Rich at CFCN Calgary.
How long does a blog have to be dormant before it’s considered to be “dead?”
Is the Child of Reagan dead?
Warning! Only the eight year-old in us found this funny. Be warned.
Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu…
Last week: “I’m not angry at anyone.”
This week: “If one persons criticizes our sheriffs, or says one more thing, including the President of the United States, he will hear from me – one more word about it after this show airs and I – might likely have to punch him – literally.”
(props to Mr. Taylor for the CNN coverage).
From the Calgary Herald…
[Advanced Education Minister Dave] Hancock disagreed that graduating with student debt totalling as much as $20,000 is unacceptable.
“It’s the best investment you’ll ever make,” he said, adding it took him a decade to repay his student loans.
So, at what point did personal debt become good and government debt become bad?
Klein auctions off his “maverick brand” on E-Bay…
As per his email request, we’d like to announce that Mr. Steve Smith has resumed his blogging ways.
We’re looking forward to this one, but we’re a little concerned at Joaquin Phoenix’s acting… it usually sucks… hopefully he’ll pull it off…
A couple of things…
A week ago, we were tagged by Mark from Section 15 to complete a quote meme which is going around. This looks like it’ll be a project to do next week. Hold your horses! It’ll rock y’r socks!
Mr. Calgary Grit is continuing the Greatest Prime Minister contest – go and vote!
We’ve also been cleaning out our bookmarks section on our computer, which was filled with over 200 links… here are some of the fun links we’d forgotten about…
1. Map of the 38th Parliament. A map of Canada with the colour coated riding-by-riding results of the 2004 federal election.
2. The Livingroom Candidate. For the political geek in all of us.
3. US Congressional Biography Directory. A search engine for bio’s of US Members of Congress past and present.
4. MapZone. One of our personal favorites. A map which has riding-by-riding results for every Alberta provincial election since 1905.
5. Communist Threat! Anti-Commie comic books from 1950’s USA.
6. Political Shagmatch. “The No.1 game with politicians screwing you for your vote!“
7. Don’t Buy It. Design your own cereal box!
8. Batman Boner. Click to find out.
9. Goyk.com Videos. Awesome video clips of random stuff.
We’re sure we’ve picked these up at random blogs and whatnot, so claim them if you feel the need.
