Ulysses S. Grant, exactly as he appeared. Below: Thomas Mulcair (from a Toronto Star photo), for comparative purposes; President Lincoln. I like Thomas Mulcair for the same reason Abraham Lincoln liked Ulysses S. Grant. As President Lincoln famously said of Gen. Grant, the Commanding General of the Union Army in
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Rob Anders Does More Than Just Sleep
He thinks deep deep thoughts. From FreeD: I got a letter from my MP Rob Anders and he mentioned that it would be nice to eliminate the GST before the next election. I can’t see them ditching it. But still, I can see them lowering it as part of some
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Harper-Wildrose alliance: the elephant in Alberta’s conservative room
Stephen Harper and Danielle Smith discuss their infernal electoral machine as the elephant in the room looks on. Loony-right-wing Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Wildrose-Harpercon crossovers Tom Flanagan, Vitor Marciano and Ryan Hastman. There’s an elephant in the room whenever Albertans of a conservative political bent
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Notwithstanding Dean Del Mastro’s wonderment, the robo-call dots are easy to connect
Dean Del Mastro on those robo-calls: Maybe a giant did it! Unnamed conservative voter-suppression operatives may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The credulous Mr. Del Maestro. Conservative robo-calls point man Dean Del Mastro prompted a lot of rude repartee in the Twittersphere yesterday when he suggested we should all
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Rob Anders should resign from the Veterans Affairs Committee
Who is Rob Anders? He was elected MP for the riding of Calgary-West in 1997. Before the 2011 election he was known as the MP who spoke the fewest words in the House of Commons and for being the only member of parliament to vote against making Nelson Mandela a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Guess Who Doesn’t Support Our Troops?
If you guessed Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party, you are correct. While dear leader and company pull out all of the rhetorical stops about supporting the troops when it serves their ideological purpose, they are decidedly niggard when it comes to helping them when they are no longer fodder in distant
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta election candidates update: march 2012.
I have updated the list of candidates standing in Alberta’s 2012 election. Here are some of the recent additions to the list: Ken Hughes Calgary-West: Ken Hughes defeated formerly nominated candidate Shiraz Shariff in the second Progressive Conservative nomination contest in this constituency. Former MLA Mr. Shariff was disqualified as
Continue readingHey Rob Anders, it’s your party which is the party of Putin
Peas in a pod Like the Conservatives’ voter suppression tactics during the last federal election in Canada, it looks like Russia’s governing party also rigged the vote. No surprise there, seeing the inherent similarities in the two parties and its two leaders.
Continue readingRob Anders doubles down on his disdain for the troops
It’s bad enough that chickenhawk Conservative Rob Anders fell fast asleep during a veteran’s presentation on homeless soldiers but now he is calling the accusers, both veterans themselves, “NDP hacks” and fans of “Putin”. Why didn’t Anders just take a full-page ad in the Calgary Sun and call our soldiers
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Sleeping on the Job – Conservative MP Rob Anders
The Conservative party claims to be the party looking out for Canadian Military Personnel and veterans but unfortunately the guy they appointed to the Veterans Affairs Committee has his eyes closed – literally. MP for Calgary West Rob Anders was caught sleeping during a presentation on… ..
Continue readingSo much for the Conservatives ‘support for the troops’. Rob Anders sleeps through veterans presentation.
Not the first time. Rob Anders sawing logs in Question Period. The veterans were not amused (emphasis mine). Veterans advocates are furious after they say a Conservative MP on the Commons veterans affairs committee slept through their presentation about efforts to help homeless former soldiers. Jim Lowther, president of Veterans Emergency
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Ex-MLA Shiraz Shariff gives Redford favourite Ken Hughes the bum’s rush in Tory nomination battle
Ken Hughes, back in the day as chair of the Alberta Health Services Board. He’s now Alberta’s newest unemployed person. Below: Shiraz Shariff, Joey Oberhoffner. As the beloved Scottish poet Rabbie Burns so famously observed, “the best-laid plans o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” The best-laid plans o’ mice,
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: In which Rob Anders cedes the title of Alberta’s most embarrassing MP
A couple weeks ago, many on the non-Conservative side of of the #cdnpoli blogosphere were making fun of veteran Tory MP Rob Anders falling asleep in Parliament. At the time, we were content to let sleeping dogs lie. We firmly believe that a sleeping Rob Anders is far less embarrassing
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Annals of Politics in St. Albert: Hold Page 1! Big city newspaper mocks local Conservative MP!
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgaber wonders why Rick Mercer got the job, or something. Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Brent Rathgeber as he really appears; Globe founder George Brown. St. ALBERT, Alberta There’s an old saying in politics that goes, “it doesn’t matter what they say
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Welcome to the Con Horror Show
Oh no. I don’t want to frighten you eh? But has anybody noticed that the Con regime is turning into a real horror show? Not only have they started calling anybody who disagrees with them a traitor. But there was the rabid wingnut Rob Anders the other day, claiming that
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Bag ‘O Links: Alberta Edition
1. We’ve known Rob Anders has been asleep on the job for years…though this may be the first literal instance: Still, I’m sure most who have heard John Duncan speak will have some sympathy for Anders. 2. Alberta Liberal MLA Bridgit Pastoor is heading back to the Tories, as part
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination update – november 2011 (part 2).
With a fixed election “period” expected to be set for sometime between March 1 and May 31, 2012, Alberta’s political parties are still in the process of nominating candidates in the 87 new constituencies that will be contested in the next provincial election. Total Nominated Candidates AP: Alberta Party 8/87 LIB: Liberal 20/87 NDP: New
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination update – november 2011.
The Progressive Conservatives have opened their nomination process, leading a number of candidates to declared their interest in opposition held constituencies. This first wave out of the floodgates have allowed me to update the list of declared and nominated candidates for the next provincial election: Calgary-Buffalo: Dawna Haslam announced on her Facebook profile that she […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Redford’s Rocky Mountain Cabinet Horror Show: We’re doing the time warp again!
Premier Alison Redford and members of her new cabinet in a Transylvanian Tory Time Warp. Ron Liepert is at right. Alberta premiers and their cabinets may not be exactly as illustrated, here or during their campaigns. Below left: Ms. Redford, centre, at…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Put Those Things Away Ladies. This Is Too Important
The Wall Street protests continue, with activists promising to hold out for months. However, another element has been brought in, that has no place in a legitimate rally.Topless women with signs requesting that gawkers not look at them but listen to th…
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