Calgary Grit

Feminist Linda Hirshman has started a blog to defend the 100 people Bernard Goldberg feels are “screwing America”. Today’s entry deals with number 6 on Goldberg’s list – Jimmy Carter. Definitely worth a visit.

The federal government surplus will be higher than predicted, at 4.8 billion dollars. GASP! What does this mean? Ralph Goodale is going to be able to come out with a very generous tax cut proposal right before the election this year which means Harper is going to have to find another issue to make his […]

Is anyone else getting a little annoyed by the attack strategy we’ve seen on an almost monthly basis this year that people’s political opponents are “helping the separatists”. We first saw this back during non-confidence-mania when the Liberal talking points were that Stephen Harper was in bed with the separatists to bring down the Liberals. […]

And now for something completely different… Courtesy of Little Red Satan comes this highly amusing news story about a group of ecologists who wants to release lions, cheetahs, camels and elephants into Saskatchewan. While releasing lions and cheetahs would keep the gopher population under control, there is this ominous line for the story: They note […]

More perplexing that the fact that the PMO appointed an individual who they now admit they knew was in videos and books supporting separatism, is the absolute lack of a credible explanation by anyone involved. Apparently Michaelle Jean will finally speak but it just blows my mind how long it’s taken for her to defend […]

I was more than willing to give Michelle Jean the benefit of the doubt at first but when Pierre Bourque can dig up a dozen stories a day with fun little tid-bits from her separatist past, it’s becoming very difficult to defend her. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights: 1. This video […]

There’s an interesting article in the Hill Times on a pair of private members bills we can expect to see this fall which would ban MPs from crossing the floor. While it’s abundantly clear that a private members bill this contentious would never come close to becoming law, it will no doubt get a bit […]

From SES: Canada – BallotLIB – 39% (+3)CP – 25% (-5)NDP -19% (+1)BQ – 13% (+1)GP – 5% (+1)*14% were undecided (+2) Best PMMartin – 31% (-1)Layton – 15% (0)Harper – 14% (-13)Duceppe – 8% (+2)None – 19% (+11)Undecided – 13% (+4) Government PerformanceVery good – 6% (0)Somewhat good – 21% (+4)Average – 39% (+8)Somewhat […]

Well, I hope everyone had fun in the NEP free for all discussion last week (I’m still waiting for an explanation on how Trudeau caused the world price of Oil to plummet – come on guys!). Here’s a catch up on some of the news stories of the past seven days: Softwood I’d say it’s […]

I’ll be out out of town for the next week so don’t expect any posts unless there’s a national emergency or, you know, Stephen Harper wears a really funny hat. Before I go, a post on a topic Liberals in Calgary get more flack over than any other – the NEP. I have been door […]