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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
By Christopher Walsh
 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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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
 King Ralph
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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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
By Christopher Walsh
 Taft Ride Along. Pedal to the Metal!
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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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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By Paul Majendie
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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