tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post5537319832801629530..comments2023-09-03T02:48:49.315-06:00Comments on Alberta Ardvark: Nanny Redford. Be afraid, be very afraid.Ardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-34689089947083028102011-12-28T21:26:43.938-07:002011-12-28T21:26:43.938-07:00Anon: You give examples of already ILLEGAL drugs t...Anon: You give examples of already ILLEGAL drugs to try and tie them into a conversation about limiting YOUR use of legal products, and you have issues with my 'logic'? <br /><br />The 2 are not comparable. Take your Redford herrings elsewhere.Ardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-16938988705845219542011-12-27T12:04:03.487-07:002011-12-27T12:04:03.487-07:00By your logic we should legalize heroin, cocaine, ...By your logic we should legalize heroin, cocaine, designer drugs... the list goes on. After all banning these drugs is just being a "nanny state" right? Never mind the lives they destroy and the ill effects on our communities - we can't have anything close to the dreaded "nanny state"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-85436709133906937332011-12-21T07:15:15.994-07:002011-12-21T07:15:15.994-07:00O.K. I take that back about Redford. She really is...O.K. I take that back about Redford. She really is worse than McGuinty and that is quite an accomplishment.<br /><br />Just saw her on Sun downplaying the Chiquita ban. She is quite the piece of work.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-723242822550968232011-12-20T00:25:05.880-07:002011-12-20T00:25:05.880-07:00Even if the government does know better, how does ...Even if the government does know better, how does that give them the authority to run your life? You are not owned by the State. Redford is just another Progressive Totalitarian who thinks might makes right.johndoe124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-59960516957037356842011-12-19T10:22:06.359-07:002011-12-19T10:22:06.359-07:00Lots of good comments on here. Especially on tax c...Lots of good comments on here. Especially on tax creep. The original argument to bring in sin taxes was to curb smoking and drinking for health reasons. That didn't work. So years later, they did it again for the same reasons, but it did nothing to change behaviour. And so on. And now Premier Mum is talking about the same thing for the same reasons.Mike B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06774576102839414470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-54773965102008227432011-12-18T16:26:48.422-07:002011-12-18T16:26:48.422-07:00It's this inept groups' way of taxing the ...It's this inept groups' way of taxing the silent items to make up for their lousy accounting skills.<br /><br />This isn't about booze and ciggies (which btw is punishing more low income than high), it's about finding a revenue stream that will go unnoticed and indeed, is only the test.<br />It's a,start here and little by little increase the rest to support the bloated bureaucracy of this party. <br /><br />They need to go, pronto!Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197428781361903395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-73717490766060984282011-12-18T12:18:40.755-07:002011-12-18T12:18:40.755-07:00I agree with Ardvark. Archie, you cannot separate...I agree with Ardvark. Archie, you cannot separate this issue from the rest, as it is all part of the bigger picture/danger. That is exactly how the fascist nanny state procedes: by creep, little by little.Alainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-61345856446034856342011-12-18T11:59:06.550-07:002011-12-18T11:59:06.550-07:00This might cause me some flak but...
If you can r...This might cause me some flak but...<br /><br />If you can read Redford's words and not have the hair on your neck stand up or have concerns with Redford's ideas that government knows better than you and can solve our problems by getting bigger, than I think it might be time to re-read the definition of the word and perhaps take a look in the mirror because you probably are not a real conservative.<br /><br />Think about it.Ardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-24632495360166216842011-12-18T10:19:48.178-07:002011-12-18T10:19:48.178-07:00What Archie!?!
You can’t see the stark Orwellian ...What Archie!?!<br /><br />You can’t see the stark Orwellian tone in Premier Nag’s quotes?Blame Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736137844334640019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-51766759045490788192011-12-18T10:17:58.394-07:002011-12-18T10:17:58.394-07:00Wow, the comments on that article sure are telling...Wow, the comments on that article sure are telling her what the "majority" think and it shows she is way out of touch. She's obviously only listening to her Liberal buddies.hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180857240945765697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-69420374431705597962011-12-18T10:11:48.259-07:002011-12-18T10:11:48.259-07:00It was the Bureaucrat class who had her installed ...It was the Bureaucrat class who had her installed as leader so it’s no big surprise that Premier Nag believes in “Government for the Government, by the Government”. The truth of the matter is that the Progressive Conservative Party has become the political arm of the Bureaucratic class.<br />This underhanded anti-democratic “bureaucratic coup” is happening worldwide. The situation in Europe and the US are glaring examples. The Bureaucratic imbeciles do everything they can to screw things up with their rules and regulations; they then take absolute control because of the mayhem that they themselves caused. This has already begun in Europe and will happen in the US if the Democrats win next years election.<br />It’s Class Warfare pure and simple.Blame Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736137844334640019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-87741014115012570952011-12-18T09:45:38.591-07:002011-12-18T09:45:38.591-07:00Now things are getting sad when people start whini...Now things are getting sad when people start whining about the tax of booze and smokes then other important issues. AA your starting to sound like a little kid that had his lollipop taken away from him. Go after the Liberal Mom on other issues, because you'll lose every time complaining about taxes on smokes and booze.Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588893646888036397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-87259901285570472902011-12-18T08:35:23.161-07:002011-12-18T08:35:23.161-07:00I'll still take your Nanny Premier over ours a...I'll still take your Nanny Premier over ours any day.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-72510998172720074012011-12-18T06:44:57.686-07:002011-12-18T06:44:57.686-07:00Further to what Liz said, I'm sure the Alberta...Further to what Liz said, I'm sure the Alberta PCs took notes from how McGuinty campaigned. The tag-team effort of the "Working Families" bashing Hudak, while premier dad took the high road, peddling pablum, turned out to be very effective, and hard to counter (even though obviously under-handed).<br /><br />What I will be looking for, is whether the PCs try to replicate that dynamic, and we have our own devious "working families" crop up out of nowhere. The fear-mongering against Danielle is inevitable.Calgary Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036174847335286409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-82879079804331322142011-12-18T06:29:34.784-07:002011-12-18T06:29:34.784-07:00To understand Redford's "thinking" o...To understand Redford's "thinking" on politics and governing, it helps to know that her campaign manager (and now chief of staff) Stephen Carter, was also Naheed Nenshi's campaign manager. <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Campaign+wizard+Stephen+Carter+helps+decide+Tory+leadership/5491751/story.html?cid=megadrop_story" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is some of what he's said:<br /><br /><i>Out: ideology. In: ideas.<br /> Out: cautious “waffling.” In: taking a position.<br /> Out: party lists. In: social networks.<br /> <br />“Out is targeting the male part of the population, and in it’s talking to issues that matter to women,...” </i><br /><br />Carter can't be taken lightly, given his successes. His obvious goal is to get Alberta's "progressives" who buy into this fluff, to coalesce around Redford. He got a lot of Liberals to sign up as PCs during the leadership race, so he's made progress there. He will also surely try to mobilize Nenshi's "purple wave" of mostly young people, to fall in behind Redford too. And then there were the teachers who were "bought" by Redford in the final two weeks of the campaign.<br /><br />Anyway, it's going to be a challenge for Danielle Smith. The lefties are tough to beat when they rally around one person, as happened in 2000 when Joe Clark got elected in Calgary Centre, and of course Nenshi.Calgary Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036174847335286409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-89294019206054273612011-12-18T05:10:48.062-07:002011-12-18T05:10:48.062-07:00Sounds like she's been channeling Dalton McGui...Sounds like she's been channeling Dalton McGuinty, aka Premier Dad.<br /><br />I'd say you may well have an imposter at the helm, she sure doesn't present as Conservative.Liz Jnoreply@blogger.com