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    • Ralph Klein: ‘He was a party crasher’

    Ralph Klein didn’t care about the things elected officials are supposed to care about.

    You know, the little things, stuff like timetables, agendas, schedules, meetings of any kind or duration, media whining, protocol, VIPs, briefing books, bureaucratic memos, the Internet, discussions about the Constitution, smoke-free zones, motorcades, Ottawa, talking points, coke without rum, the CBC, prayer breakfasts, premiers’ conferences, and all the other clutter that got in the way of his real passion: talking with an Albertan.

    Ralph

    Two amigos

    If a briefing on anything took more than 30 seconds, he felt pity for the poor soul who couldn’t articulate what he or she was trying to explain.

    He opened every media availability by saying “shoot.”

    When asked after he became premier if the province was ready for a premier who was a serious drinker, he said: “Well, we’re about to find out.”

    At the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo he mistook the King of Norway for his driver, and told him that he and Colleen were tired and that he should bring the car around.

    The startled King explained who he was as he pulled out his silver cigarette case, so Ralph apologized as he bummed a smoke off him.

    Construction site

    IS THE TRUTH TOO MUCH TO ASK?

    It has been a constant mantra of the current Friends of the Status Quo® in Alberta, that we are playing ‘catch up’ on infrastructure spending because of the alleged ‘infrastructure deficit’ created during the Klein years. What is happening here is clear:  as fiscal reality intrudes on the make-believe world created by the over-spending crowd, they are in full panic [...]

    What's going through your head Kent?

    Kent Hehr’s Brain Cramp

    Kent Hehr, being a Liberal MLA in Alberta, doesn’t have much to do. This is what happens when your party hasn’t formed a government since 1921, you are one of four lonely Grits in an eighty-seven member House, and your very sensible proposal to unite-the-left was recently shot down by the true believers who would rather lose than listen. So, [...]

    Merry Christmas Reading

    YOUR CHRISTMAS READING LIST

    OK, it’s December 22, and I woke up this morning. I guess that proves the Mayan Calender was wrong, and the world did not end on December 21. Because if the world DID end, then Hell looks a lot like my home library. Anyway, it also means that Christmas holidays are actually going to happen, and while that means different [...]

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    THE END OF THE WORLD

    On the one hand, millions believe that the world will end on December 21 of this year, the conclusion of a 5,125 year cycle in the ancient Mayan Calender known as ‘The Long Count’. The Mayans are known for thousands of years of enlightenment with a written language, art, architecture, their famous calender, and as the first people in recorded [...]

    FOUR MORE YEARS

    OK, here goes. On this final weekend of the United States Presidential election, I am going to make my prediction for Tuesday night’s vote, and on Wednesday morning I will either bask in the glow of being right once again, or suffer the ridicule that comes with being spectacularly wrong. I don’t really care, because as the saying goes, I [...]

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