Speaking to a full house.
Read moreOverflowing
From where I’m standing I can’t see the speakers. Trying a new spot.
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Parking lot full to overflowing. This is a good sign.
Read moreLeadership debate liveblog
The beauty of modern technology! I will begin liveblogging from the Blackfoot Inn in Calgary at 7:30pm. This will be interesting.
Read moreStronger Conservative House, Still Minority
I’m a geek. I fully admit it. Years and years ago, I developed a secret formula for working out seat counts for the upcoming federal election, based on regional breakdown of polling data. What that means is that I have a prediction program which lets me plug in polling information, it applies the changes in…
Read moreDion’s Woes Just Don’t Stop
It’s starting to look like a train wreck. That’s my assessment of the Liberal campaign, and being the non-Liberal supporter I am, I have to say that I’m not displeased. The latest is the cartbon-belching, old “clunker” of a 737 the Liberals leased from Air Inuit had to make an emergency landing in Montreal due…
Read moreStephane Dion Doesn’t Understand Economics
Today, Stephane Dion blamed Stephen Harper for the downturn in the stock markets and the slowing of the Canadian Economy. I’m sure Stephane Dion thinks Harper is responsible for the extinction of the Dodo, the explosion of the Hindenburg, and just maybe, Dion believes Harper shot JFK. You see, to a Liberal, attempts to engineer…
Read moreGo Jack Layton!
You may be asking why I have a subject line boosting Jack Layton, especially when I’m a Conservative supporter. It’s easy – the better Jack Layton does in this election, the better it is for the Conservatives. You see, under our First-Past-The-Post election system, the candidate with the “plurality” of votes wins the seat. A…
Read moreLayton Promises to Destroy Alberta’s Economy
Well, maybe not in so many words, but Jack Layton DID promise yesterday that he would scrap a tax-incentive program for companies to mine the Alberta Oil Sands. While not the be-all and end-all of Alberta’s economy, the Oil Sands do represent a significant portion of this province’s economy. “We’re going to have a legacy…
Read more“This is Unfair” Dion Whines Again
“They are piling their lies upon their lies. They are unable to stop to lie. Canadians will never accept that, it’s not the way we should have an election.” Thus spake Stephane Dion on Day 2 of our current election campaign. Instead of going on an attack of his own based upon fact (the Harper…
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