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Well, what can you say about this? To wit:GRF revenues totalled $12.33 billion, nearly $3 billion or 31.6 per cent higher than the 2008-09 Budget estimate, primarily due to higher resource revenues, as well as higher sales tax revenue:• Potash $1.36 billion (up $1.01 billion)• Crown land sales $928.25 million (up $735.75 million)• Oil $1.62 billion (up $561.47 million)• Sales tax revenue $1.11

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A lack of critical thinking skills is not exclusive to the right. This malaise infects the left, as well. I'm talking about the great Saskatchewan Nuclear Debate. More specifically, the Saskatchewan Green Party's stance. Look, I get that they don't like stuff that actually functions and has a stellar track record. They don't have to make stuff up, though."People are very concerned," she (

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The decision to write this, or something similar, wasn't easy. It came about because I realized that while I couldn't label myself a modern conservative, there was no way I could suddenly become a left leaning liberal. At any rate, I thought it might be a good idea to spell out what conservatism, in my mind, should be. When that's done, it should be fairly clear that whatever the current trends

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As I stated elsewhere, I was pretty much done with the US version of conservatism. It seems to be getting worse and I don't want this rot reappearing up here (I'm looking at you, 1980's WCC Party). A couple of links before I begin my larger rant, just for background. Once again, fair warning: these are links to American liberals. An American Nazi And The Rhetoric That Welcomed HimI'd like to

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It's a pretty good government sponsored commercial for physical fitnessThe problem with it? Not true. The underlying message was good, though. Canadians are getting fat so we have to get in shape. This is especially important because the state runs the Health Care system and preventative care is really the best way to keep costs down. The problem is that this Public Service Announcement is a

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Sigh.So, last night we learned that a public interest group called 'Save Our Saskatchewan Crowns' which was, supposedly, a group of concerned citizens who came together with a common purpose. The purpose, naturally, was to keep the Sask Party from selling the Crown corporations right out from under us in a stealthy manner. The reason you've never heard about it, fellow citizens is because it

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Ideally, Reaganite Conservatism amounts to three things:Smaller, more efficient governmentLower taxesMaximum individual libertyThe first two are open for debate. What parts of the government can be eliminated and what is the standard for efficiency? Lower taxes, but for whom? What type of tax system is the best? Debatable items and those items should be debated. Number three, though, really

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Well, Kate at Small Dead Animals is now linking to Fjordman. Fjordman has finally decided that he's just going to tell everyone that being an ally with Neo Nazis means nothing as it relates the greater "good". If being a conservative means a complete and utter revokation of my core values as a human being, then I am no longer a conservative.I said my piece earlier. I'll restate it now: I will

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A friend of mine has been collecting links in an effort to understand why the US economy as gone down the crapper. Anyway, he's an American Liberal! so proceed with caution.Link!At some point, I'll resume blogging on a more regular basis. There's a whole bunch of half started and discarded posts. Here's a link to the super abridged "Atlas Shrugged" in the meantime. I will say this, though, if I

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Awesome. Watch the whole thing.

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I've been following, and with some interest, the death spiral of conservatism in the USA. I was around when Brian Mulroney killed the Progressive Conservative brand with his arrogance and dismissal of the people who gave him power. I was around when Preston Manning rejuvenated Canadian conservatism with the Reform Party and his fascinating book "The New Canada". I watched, in horror, Stockwell

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Here's the link. Here's the quote:"The number of deceased stands at no more than 500 to 600. Most of them are youths between the ages of 17 to 23 who were recruited to the ranks of Hamas, who sent them to the slaughter," according to the newspaper article. That sounds like the Hamas I already knew about. I wonder if this will open any eyes? Nope. Hating Israel is the new black.

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This year, I decided that I would be a good citizen. I would, I pledged to myself, keep my sidewalks clean. It's only a matter of time until it's mandatory for homeowners, so why not get a head start?On Saturday morning, I woke up to this:Just to be clear, my sidewalks looked like this on Friday night.That's the front of my house on Saturday morning, the other shots are of the side. Just below

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Plenty of rumors as to what will be in the budget, all of them point to insane amounts of spending in depressed sectors. The only thing I can hope for is that the government does fall over such fiscal recklessness.Someone will have to take me off to the side and explain how tossing money at the auto industry is a good thing. They make money by selling cars. If no one buys cars, then they do

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To the lady who said "Thanks for cleaning your walk", you're welcome. Now, if everyone else on the block would do the same, it would be great. My lot is a 50 X 125 corner lot, and I have no snow blower. Nearly everyone else has dinky little 25 foot lots and can't seem to find the time. A couple of wide generalizations: people calling for "equal taxes" on urban reserves would scream bloody

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I have acquaintances online who have no problem at all with supporting Hamas, Fatah and Hezbollah in their quest to eradicate Israel. What I find interesting is that even our versions of what actually led up to where we are is entirely different. That means, I am right, they are right or we both are wrong. The problem for me is that even if I am wrong from everything since the creation of

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Corporate welfare is a bad thing, I have no use for it. If you run your company well, you have no need of my tax money. If you run your company poorly, you better not see a dime of my money. In return, companies should not be over taxed or over regulated. They will then hire people, and so forth. Have you noticed that corporate welfare one of those things that the left is really selective

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I don't know who else has noticed, but it's pretty cold outside. Doesn't mean Climate Change is necessarily a joke, what it does mean is this: you won't hear too many environmentalists screeching about the fragility of mother Gaia and how she needs our help to survive. However, that time is coming. Soon, when it gets really hot out, we will be told about how we have to spend bucketloads of cash

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The (Really) Moderate Muslims of KosovoReligion in Kosovo is a private matter, not a public one. “We never talk about it,” Berisha says. “I just found out, one year ago, that a very good friend of mine is Catholic, and we have been friends for the last ten years.” One Muslim woman tells me how startled she was when she attended a conference in Britain about young people who change the world. “I

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Every year around this time, we get that whole War On Christmas nonsense. I remember it from when I was young, and now it has become a cottage industry. I was over at SDA, and I came across this. It's from an email to Kate.That was until recently, when I started to realize that in doing so I am silently condoning the demise of our Judeo-Christian culture. For me being a "secular Christian" is

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Every time this comes up, I come out against it. I don't like Senate stuffing. Didn't like it when Mulroney did it to ram the GST through, and I didn't like it when his successors did it. So, I am not pleased that Harper is doing this now. I'm now, and will be next year, a proponent of a Triple E senate.As far as I am aware, the wheels were in motion to make the senate EEE without some stupid

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I figured that since the Liberals were going to pick a new leader tomorrow, we should examine the process. Here is a link to the document.I've put all the relevant stuff below. The interesting thing about the Liberal constitution is that Dion, the second he announced his intention to resign, could no longer be leader. No wonder the rank and file is getting a little bit stoked about what's

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leftdog has left a new comment on the post "Harper Burns The Reichstag ... er ... Locks The Do...": Your guy, Harper, SUSPENDED the duely elected Parliament of Canada because his minority administration was going to fall due to his political folly. You are defending a suspension of democracy. If that is not embryonic fascism, I don't know what is.Piss off with your right wing authoritarian

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I'm listening to CBC Newsworld, and there is the Union dude telling me that he needs "action". Action because his industry keeps losing market share to the foreign car companies. Now that a good portion of "foreign" cars are built in North America, perhaps they should look inward.Unions priced themselves out of the market. I'm not buying a new car this year, and I'll be damned if I'll give them

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Oh Buckdog, you crazy SOB. You've Godwinned the crisis.I wonder when it will sink in that if the Separatist Coalition sinks the Tories, we are going to the polls? That's what will happen. Every time over the past decade or so, the right has made gains at the expense of the left.This was their last, desperate grab at power. Even when the Liberals boot Dion, they'll pick Iggy. Iggy is a centre

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