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hurley_108 hurley_108:

bootlegga bootlegga:

I'm hoping the PCs and Wildrose split the right vote and we wind up with a minority government. Then maybe the PCs change things up a bit.

The worst plausible situation would be a PC minority with the WRA holding the balance of power. The worst possible would be a WRA majority.

What would be wrong with that?

The worst possible but not plausible out come would be for the Liberals to win...Kevin Taft would raise royalty rates even higher and scare off even more investment than Stelmach .

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DrCaleb DrCaleb:

westmanguy westmanguy:

Oh and unless the PCs got someone like Ted Morton and kicked out Stelmach their future is screwed.

Morton? That guy is the worst thing that could happen to Alberta. He should run for the Wildrose Alliance losers.

How can they be losers they haven't competed yet

[kenmore]

vote for Kevin Taft....

[hurley_108]

Here's a list of PC cock-ups from just the latter half of their reign:

The billions lost on uncollected royalties which were too low in the first place, and the piss-poor job of fixing them.

Refusing to build infrastructure in bad times because "there's no money" and when times are good refusing to build infrastructure because "it's too expensive." And even then, when they do build infrastructure they do it via P3 which is good for nothing but keeping the debt off the public books (because the passed an idiotic law making it illegal for them to run deficits) by shifting it over to private companies who make a profit on it, driving up the final price.

Promoting intensity based GHG emissions reductions that will accomplish nothing.

Getting drunk and going into homeless shelters and telling all the "bums" to "get jobs."

Deregulating electricity.

Insinuating public auto insurance would lead to a military coup (and plagiarizing while doing it to boot).

Entering into binding arbitration with the teachers' union and then refusing to adequately fund the arbiter's ruling.

Allowing the teachers to go on strike, again claiming "there's no money" when we've run billion dollar surplusses every year for a decade or more

Giving away thousands to golf courses in PC ridings.

Throwing a hissy fit and complaining the opposition are calling them liars when called to task on wasteful government airplane usage.

Frittering away 1.4 billion dollars on feel-good Ralph bucks.

Instituting health-care premiums which are just a flat-fee tax that goes directly into general revenue.

Pringing in publicly elected health care authorities only to then decide that that was too much democracy and appointing them.

Sitting in the legislature the fewest days per year of any province.

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hurley_108 hurley_108:

Here's a list of PC cock-ups from just the latter half of their reign:

The billions lost on uncollected royalties which were too low in the first place, and the piss-poor job of fixing them.

Refusing to build infrastructure in bad times because "there's no money" and when times are good refusing to build infrastructure because "it's too expensive." And even then, when they do build infrastructure they do it via P3 which is good for nothing but keeping the debt off the public books (because the passed an idiotic law making it illegal for them to run deficits) by shifting it over to private companies who make a profit on it, driving up the final price.

Promoting intensity based GHG emissions reductions that will accomplish nothing.

Getting drunk and going into homeless shelters and telling all the "bums" to "get jobs."

Deregulating electricity.

Insinuating public auto insurance would lead to a military coup (and plagiarizing while doing it to boot).

Entering into binding arbitration with the teachers' union and then refusing to adequately fund the arbiter's ruling.

Allowing the teachers to go on strike, again claiming "there's no money" when we've run billion dollar surplusses every year for a decade or more

Giving away thousands to golf courses in PC ridings.

Throwing a hissy fit and complaining the opposition are calling them liars when called to task on wasteful government airplane usage.

Frittering away 1.4 billion dollars on feel-good Ralph bucks.

Instituting health-care premiums which are just a flat-fee tax that goes directly into general revenue.

Pringing in publicly elected health care authorities only to then decide that that was too much democracy and appointing them.

Sitting in the legislature the fewest days per year of any province.

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What did you do with your Ralph bucks did you donate them to the poor?


The teachers are sure happy now aren't they? overpaid and under worked with a nice big fat pension top up as well. my sister is a 4th grade teacher......lots of free time on her hands.

So much free time she took last year off to have a baby.....now she's expecting another in August...good timing she' gonna take next year off! tough life them teachers got.....her husband is a part time postal worker maybe his big fat salary pays the bills

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kenmore kenmore:

vote for Kevin Taft....

Oh my god thats too funny! *wipes the tears away from his eyes* good one ken! Oh .. wait a minute .. you were joking weren't you?

[hurley_108]

mtbr mtbr:

** voice of TV commentator**
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Go read your own avatar.

$1:

What did you do with your Ralph bucks did you donate them to the poor?

Fat lot of good that would have done. But take mine and all the others and we could have finished the ring roads. Or bought a hell of a lot of schools. Or fitness centres. Or public transit. There were any number of better ways to spend that 1.4 billion.

$1:

The teachers are sure happy now aren't they? overpaid and under worked with a nice big fat pension top up as well. my sister is 4th grade teacher......lots of free time on her hands.

Then why aren't you a teacher?

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mtbr mtbr:

So much free time she took last year off to have a baby.....now she's expecting another in August...good timing she' gonna take next year off! tough life them teachers got.....her husband is a part time postal worker maybe his big fat salary pays the bills

And how exactly does her job as a teacher pay her to have kids?

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how come posts are showing up on the wrong page?

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hurley_108 hurley_108:

mtbr mtbr:

** voice of TV commentator**
The preceding message was brought to you by the Parkland Institute, with funding and support from the Pembina institute.

Go read your own avatar.

$1:

What did you do with your Ralph bucks did you donate them to the poor?

Fat lot of good that would have done. But take mine and all the others and we could have finished the ring roads. Or bought a hell of a lot of schools. Or fitness centres. Or public transit. There were any number of better ways to spend that 1.4 billion.

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The teachers are sure happy now aren't they? overpaid and under worked with a nice big fat pension top up as well. my sister is 4th grade teacher......lots of free time on her hands.

Then why aren't you a teacher?

My bathroom reno looks great!...thanks Ralph

If I had to do it again I would become a teacher all those days off

Having summers off would have been fabulous...MTB season you know

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hurley_108 hurley_108:

mtbr mtbr:

So much free time she took last year off to have a baby.....now she's expecting another in August...good timing she' gonna take next year off! tough life them teachers got.....her husband is a part time postal worker maybe his big fat salary pays the bills

And how exactly does her job as a teacher pay her to have kids?

High wages pays the mortgage, car payments etc hubby only works part time.

[hurley_108]

mtbr mtbr:

My bathroom reno looks great!...thanks Ralph

I'm sure Brault and Guite et al like their new bathrooms too, paid for courtesy of Chretien.

$1:

If I had to do it again I would become a teacher all those days off

Having summers off would have been fabulous...MTB season you know

But why didn't you become a teacher?

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mtbr mtbr:

hurley_108 hurley_108:

mtbr mtbr:

So much free time she took last year off to have a baby.....now she's expecting another in August...good timing she' gonna take next year off! tough life them teachers got.....her husband is a part time postal worker maybe his big fat salary pays the bills

And how exactly does her job as a teacher pay her to have kids?

High wages pays the mortgage, car payments etc hubby only works part time.

They still pay her salary when she's off work?

[DrCaleb]

mtbr mtbr:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

westmanguy westmanguy:

Oh and unless the PCs got someone like Ted Morton and kicked out Stelmach their future is screwed.

Morton? That guy is the worst thing that could happen to Alberta. He should run for the Wildrose Alliance losers.

How can they be losers they haven't competed yet

Their platform looks like it's catering to the farm. While i am sympathetic with farmers and their plight, the seats are decided in the cities.

plus such gems as: " A Wildrose Alliance Government will support a free market approach to energy production to provide abundant energy at competitive prices for Albertans and export."

Which has gone over so well so far. Some of their stuff is decent enough, like "A Wildrose Alliance Government will allow competition to the Workers Compensation Board." , but Morton would fit better there than in the PCs. eg: "A Wildrose Alliance Government will institute privatization of crown corporations."

I guess I'm too jaded to believe any of what they say will actually happen.