Alberta PCs: SOME PARTY THAT I USED TO KNOW

The following video is the result of a creative endeavor by Amanda Achtman and friends.

While I was only a member of the PC party for three weeks; I have many friends who are still hanging in there hoping for "change from within".  For those who have left, I think Amanda has captured how they now feel.

Enjoy.

Strange sounds in Conklin, Alberta

This video was posted on YouTube yesterday. Give it a listen, let me know what you think.

Both my husband and son are currently working in Conklin. I've asked them to see if they can find out who these guys are. Cory is pretty certain this is a slashing crew.

This has been posted on a couple of other websites and forums, with many theories being generated. Including some who think it is a hoax.

Flip The Channel.....

A friend challenged me at lunch today and asked; “What is the new slogan for Alberta?’ Sadly I did not remember it, even though I read several news articles and web forum posts on it just yesterday.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, our slogan “Alberta Advantage” is being replaced with “Freedom To Create, Spirit To Achieve.”

It is a tad long for a slogan in my opinion; nonetheless if our government is going to waste….err spend $25 million on this, I am darn well going to remember it.

So I came up with a new phrase using the first letter of the words from the slogan to help me remember it.

“Flip The Channel, Stelmach’s Talking Again.”

What do you think?

Quite an Interesting Day

I attended the Alberta Speech from the Throne today. You can watch or listen to it here. Be prepared though, it is a long one. I tried, unsuccessfully, to find the transcript. I did find this one from March 2007; I suspect the site will be updated in due course. Interesting to note the 2007 one is 9 pages of text and today's was 14; no wonder Mr. Kwong pointed out the great length of it.

Perhaps Mr. Stelmach thinks more means better. Despite its length it had little to offer. He missed many points that the CFIB clearly understands are necessary.

Sadly I did not get to meet Mr. Stelmach. After doing a few media interviews, he quickly left the reception. Kudos to those MLA's who did stick around to meet the public.

Meanwhile, outside the Leg a prairie wildfire is starting. Not to worry though; sometimes you need a good fire to clean out the dead wood.

Lastly, I would like to extend a thank you to the MLA who made it possible for me to attend. It is greatly appreciated....and not to worry, I won't name you......;)

I do find it somewhat humerous that it is the leader of the Green Party making these statements.

Would a wild rose plate by any other name smell sweeter to Tories?

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The debate over changing the slogan on Alberta's licence plates is being driven purely by political motivation, according to a provincial party leader.

The Alberta government set up a website for public comment on a new design to be unveiled in 2009. Last month, Service Alberta Minister Heather Klimchuk said based on comments from 33,000 people, the leading suggestions were to keep the current motto "Wild Rose Country" or to replace it with "Strong and Free."

"I think it's a golden opportunity to brand Alberta and do something innovative and fabulous to be proud of our province," Klimchuk said.

But George Read, leader of the Alberta Greens, disputes the motivation: "It has to do with the fact that the Wildrose Alliance has 'wild rose' in their name, and [the governing Progressive Conservatives] don't want a free ad on the back of everybody's car."

He points out the licence-plate issue didn't appear on Tory Premier Ed Stelmach's agenda until the Wildrose Alliance became a political party.

"I think Mr. Stelmach is scared, and I think it's funny."

The Wildrose Alliance espouses policies to the right of the governing Conservatives. It lost its only seat in the legislature in the March 3, 2008, provincial election

Article continued.

And the even funnier thing about the article:

"It wouldn't be so much a change of licence plate so much as a change in nationality," observed David Taras, a political scientist at the University of Calgary.

"Because those are words that ring in the American national anthem, on American licence plates, in the American Declaration of Independence."

... alas; someone else caught it too.

Idealist Pragmatist