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The Great Democratic Rip-off
Thursday, 28 February 2008
By Christopher Walsh

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Are you in the club?
“Government spying on its citizens is as deadly to democracy as a needle is to a drug addict,” Joe Anglin tells me late Wednesday night from his home near Rimbey, without the slightest bit of hyberbole in his voice.

The 51-year-old former investment advisor and full-time provocateur was sharing one of his campaign ads that hit radio in central Alberta this week.

Anglin was at the centre of a full-blown government scandal last year, when the Tory government (and their arms-length utility regulator) were caught spying on him and other landowners in central Alberta as they built their case against a proposed massive power line project that would feed the United States with Alberta-born energy, running through their backyards. Much has been written about that, so I'll refrain from getting into all the details, except to ask where the public outrage was when the government was caught, without any doubt or excuse, hiring private detectives to spy on its citizens?

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Ralph Klein’s Real Legacy
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Here is a reprise of an article that originally appeared in TheTyee.ca that Albertans may want to consider when they go to the polls. Has much changed under Stelmach?
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Albertans can thank the ‘King’ for their one-party state.

By Frank Dabbs
Published: September 8, 2006

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King Ralph
His critics may tell you that Ralph Klein, the 12th premier of Alberta, has done nothing much since winning his fourth general election. A little golf, a little fishing, receiving the Queen during the province’s half-hearted centennial celebrations, deigning to attend vacuous sittings of the legislature. Slouching toward his place in some bucolic corner of history.

Not so.

His supporters may tell you that his legacy is a new fiscal order without government debts and deficits.

Not so.

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Evasive Driving... and other Skills and Interests
Monday, 25 February 2008
By Christopher Walsh

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Taft Ride Along. Pedal to the Metal!
Kevin Taft's campaign van pulls a sharp right off a busy Calgary street and down a residential neighbourhood, making a quick u-turn at the first left. I attempt the same, but cars whiz by before I can completely negotiate the sharp turn. The van, which contains the Liberal leader, makes a clear bolt for the lights back to the speedy street.

I had been following them for a good 20 kms, from a party rally on the way to a meet and greet and door knocking at a mall in north east Calgary. I stayed close the whole time, unsure of the exact location. Taft's men understood this, but the driver seemed to have his own agenda, as if he had finally spotted the tail and had to shake it immediately. It's a good thing my resume boasts “evasive driving techniques”. I pulled out and over a curb, cutting off a white van as I made my way – quite literally – back on the campaign trail.

The bastards wouldn't lose me that easily. I caught a glimpse of their right turn down the hill, but by the time I made it to the busy intersection, the lights had changed and traffic was flowing against me. Any number of motorists are probably still angry with me, but I darted out and pulled another sharp turn, catching the van taking another right. I quickly caught up and made the curve. The van was waiting, already turned around in the opposite direction.

The driver and Taft's lead media man were laughing.

“The mall's right there,” the driver said, pointing back across the busy intersection. “We got lost.”

“Yeah,” I replied, “those were some effective driving manouevers.”

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Valentine's Day
Thursday, 14 February 2008

Not so much about love

By Paul Majendie

Image LONDON (Reuters) - Eight million Americans admit they send themselves Valentine's Day gifts -- they may feel lonely and unloved but at least they will get something nice.

British lovers ought to steer clear of Paris as a Valentine destination -- one in three picked the French capital as the city most likely to cause them to argue on a romantic break.

It's the time of year again when love is in the air -- or at least the pressure is on to show you really, really care on February 14.

Surveys abound on what makes the perfect gift -- usually commissioned by a company trying to sell its Valentine wares -- but the way the big day for lovers is celebrated around the world could not be more different.

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