Archive for September, 2010

I haven’t been able to most as much lately because I’ve been mucking around with a special project of mine.

It’s to help democracy in Alberta. Just keep watching.

The Wildrose in the last two weeks have pointed out two things:

• That the Wildrose caucus in Edmonton should be allowed to print whatever they wish and quote whomever they wish at any amount they wish on the tax payers’ dime. To go counter to this is censorship. [1] [2]
• That the documentary on the Alberta oil sands called Dirty Oil should not receive tax payer money because it evaluates and points out the issues in the oil extraction industry. In essence, we should censor publicly funded works if we don’t like them, at least according to the Wildrose Alliance. [1] [2]

Way to stick to your principles Wildrose Alliance, Ms. Smith, and et al. While trumpeting the rage against censorship you make a full hundred-and-eighty degree turn to demand the squashing of such liberties you yourself demand. Freedom of speech is not a switch that you can flick on or off when you’re in or out of the room. The light of freedom and of justice must always be on, even if the bill is big and painful. The freedoms enshrined from time immemorial cannot be destroyed and undermined so as to benefit and protect the few when the greater interests of society are at play.

I hope my fellow Albertans are noticing this abandonment of principle by the Wildrose. I hope that people are realizing that they’re frightening and scary in their double talk, their speaking from both sides of their mouths, and the intellectual haberdashery of their political spin.

Alberta Liberal Caucus Communications just posted a new video featuring Laurie Blakeman.  In the video she’s encouraging Albertans to speak up about how they want to see the land used in the Lower Athabasca region.  Its’ a direct response to the recommendations about the Lower Athabasca Land Use framework.