tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post8532998257459867118..comments2023-06-22T07:32:28.491-04:00Comments on Dred Tory: "Justice", Alberta Style: The Inevitable Bush-Bashing PostSir Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-39993356837496618242016-11-15T14:57:01.260-05:002016-11-15T14:57:01.260-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-67276284271163702812009-03-22T14:15:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:15:00.000-04:00The question then is, what the hell happened?The l...<I>The question then is, what the hell happened?</I><BR/><BR/>The loss of agriculture as a way of life, coupled with what easy prosperity does to people would be my guess. Also, the presence of 100 000 Americans in Calgary can't be discounted.<BR/><BR/>My problems with Alberta have nothing to do with <I>Alberta</I> itself. It's how it communicates to the rest of the country. The arrogance, the conceit, the self-righteousness, the way it claims to speak for all of Western Canada...it's astonishing.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-20962885833635374912009-03-21T22:55:00.000-04:002009-03-21T22:55:00.000-04:00Remember the Canadian suffragette movement? I supp...<I>Remember the Canadian suffragette movement? I suppose not...It was quite the problem for "Lower Canada". </I><BR/><BR/>Upper Canada wasn’t too thrilled about it either… ;)<BR/><BR/>If this is your way of honouring Alberta's progressive past, you're bang on the money--as I pointed out in an earlier <A HREF="http://dredtory.blogspot.com/2009/03/der-torygang-twilight-of-clod.html?showComment=1236554760000#c5585678477399754177" REL="nofollow"></A> comment thread.<BR/><BR/>The question then is, what the hell happened?Sir Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-77924653177848522712009-03-21T19:27:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:27:00.000-04:00Ah, Tomm. Just another Albertan who prefers Americ...Ah, Tomm. Just another Albertan who prefers American corporate elites to Ontarian ones.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498883352676519800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-60049185248298899332009-03-21T17:09:00.000-04:002009-03-21T17:09:00.000-04:00Ti-Guy,I know. Alberta is the ugly duckling of co...Ti-Guy,<BR/><BR/>I know. Alberta is the ugly duckling of confederation. <BR/><BR/>Remember the Canadian suffragette movement? I suppose not. <BR/><BR/>It was driven by the "Famous Five" who were ALL from Alberta. Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, & Henrietta Edwards. They have parks, churches, schools, streets, and buildings named after them in Alberta. <BR/><BR/>It was quite the problem for "Lower Canada". Yes, this "Alberta" just isn't fitting into the Canadian mold at all.Tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06072854015300215347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-48929127622562111092009-03-21T16:46:00.000-04:002009-03-21T16:46:00.000-04:00Can we find a way to give Alberta back to the Huds...Can we find a way to give Alberta back to the Hudson's Bay Company? It's just not working out as a province.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-64322140054965883202009-03-21T16:39:00.000-04:002009-03-21T16:39:00.000-04:00Sir Francis,Interesting post. Worth the read; as ...Sir Francis,<BR/><BR/>Interesting post. Worth the read; as are the comments.<BR/><BR/>Being borne and bred in the province being skewered I guess I need to comment.<BR/><BR/>You're wrong. <BR/><BR/>If I may be allowed to expand on this...<BR/><BR/>Exhibit "A": Calgary has often been called (even by Albertan's) as Houston North. George W. would most certainly find 2000 people to pay the big money to show him respect. This has absolutely nothing to do with "Alberta" except as an easy slagging target. <BR/><BR/>Exhibit "B": The two Mayerthorpe homeboys are just that. They have roots, friends, and family in that area. For a journalist to skulk around and get positive comments about them and negative comments about their entrapment, would be pretty damn easy anywhere, including Mississauga, Moncton, or Chicoutimi. <BR/><BR/>Exhibit "C": <BR/>You start with... "Most Canadians feel that Omar Khadr has a right to be tried by his peers (i.e. other Canadians)." <BR/>I'm sorry but you are 100% absolutely, dead, incontrovertably wrong. Wrong about what "most" Canadians want, and wrong about Canadian's being his peers. Its funny but as a peer to Omar Khadr, neither me nor my childen have felt the need to go to Afghanistan and act as a soldier for the Taliban. No "peers" here. He need go to a medieval Sunni Islamic nation under strict Sharia Law to find "peers" in any number worthy of a jury.Tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06072854015300215347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-53842761333909079012009-03-20T12:11:00.000-04:002009-03-20T12:11:00.000-04:0075,000 Americans live in Calgary. Go figure.The po...<I>75,000 Americans live in Calgary. Go figure.</I><BR/>The policy of "effective occupation" worked in Texas. It just seems to be taking a little longer in Alberta.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-43104495356290827092009-03-19T23:08:00.000-04:002009-03-19T23:08:00.000-04:0075,000 Americans live in Calgary. Go figure.75,000 Americans live in Calgary. Go figure.Aeneas the Youngerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235737108817968315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-73116045927383532852009-03-19T12:50:00.000-04:002009-03-19T12:50:00.000-04:00.And beside must Albertan's are from some where el...<I>.And beside must Albertan's are from some where else,like Ontario.</I><BR/><BR/>But the problem lies in what a place of easy prosperity like Alberta does to people. I believe it provides them with an over-inflated sense of their own intrinsic worth, which is normal, but it is a tendency that adults should try to moderate.<BR/><BR/>People who take the risk of picking up and moving out to Alberta, who then see their personal economic situations improve should congratulate themselves for making a move that suited them. What they shouldn't do is believe that that alone gives them the right to hector, lecture and badger everyone else.<BR/><BR/>The absolute nerve of Ralph Klein sending a message of support for the Iraq invasion to the American Ambassador was the <I>height</I> of such arrogance.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-50613201913971766392009-03-19T10:43:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:43:00.000-04:00...your[sic] comparing apples and oranges. Interes...<I>...your[sic] comparing apples and oranges. </I><BR/><BR/>Interesting thought. What are the apples, and what are the oranges?Sir Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-76772402593636869892009-03-19T03:50:00.000-04:002009-03-19T03:50:00.000-04:00Enjoy the blog but on this your comparing apples a...Enjoy the blog but on this your comparing apples and oranges.And beside must Albertan's are from some where else,like Ontario.Dirk Buchholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570132508341336729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-39239282364179997602009-03-19T01:09:00.000-04:002009-03-19T01:09:00.000-04:00Damn, that was good. Another reason for checking i...Damn, that was good. Another reason for checking in more often. Great last line, too.Dr.Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416571487451925246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-24101675591105951702009-03-18T18:47:00.000-04:002009-03-18T18:47:00.000-04:00I expect it is a reaction to Gomery and a desire t...<I>I expect it is a reaction to Gomery and a desire to punish a party that had been in to long. The draw of Reform isn't so strong in itself. It was largely fed by the collapse of the PCs after Mulroney.</I><BR/><BR/>I prefer something more <I>conspiratorial</I>.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-39213300245745868292009-03-18T16:39:00.000-04:002009-03-18T16:39:00.000-04:00...at the time of the Iraq invasion.Indeed, that's...<I>...at the time of the Iraq invasion.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed, that's when the ideological flirtation became a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockwell_Day#Political_career_after_leadership" REL="nofollow">full-on</A>, sweat-drenched-quickies-in-cheap-motels <A HREF="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1048280262435_10/" REL="nofollow">dalliance</A>.<BR/><BR/>But has it not become quite clear that <I>bankruptcy</I>--in all its myriad moral and fiduciary incarnations--is an unconscious desideratum of North American neo-liberalism?Sir Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-42410559299070826422009-03-18T11:33:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:33:00.000-04:00Another great post.Ti-guy - As to the swing to Ref...Another great post.<BR/><BR/>Ti-guy - As to the swing to Reform in 2006, I expect it is a reaction to Gomery and a desire to punish a party that had been in to long. The draw of Reform isn't so strong in itself. It was largely fed by the collapse of the PCs after Mulroney.<BR/><BR/>Harper is sort of like The Cat In The Hat. Now that he is in, the steps you have to take to get him out leads to all sorts of other problems.Constant Vigilancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839753866104400007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260545195755894149.post-81337579572782820392009-03-18T10:34:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:34:00.000-04:00...signalling to the world his belief that Alberta...<I>...signalling to the world his belief that Alberta is the last planetary redoubt of support for an American ex-president loathed in his own country...</I><BR/><BR/>That really does surprise me and it's something that started mystifying me just after the political right was reunited in this country. It just seems incomprehensible that this embrace of Bush Republicanism in Canada should become tighter at precisely the moment it revealed its complete moral bankruptcy; at the time of the Iraq invasion.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.com