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Just
a handyman!
You
only need two tools in life -WD-40 and Duct Tape. If
it doesn't move and should,
use the WD-40. If it shouldn't
move and does, use the duct
tape.
It
been a good
first run!
Last
February when Corey
Myers and I were
having lunch at the
Eco Cafe at the Village
at Pigeon Lake,
it was to be only
a catch-up lunch
between two friends.
Little
did I know that
out of our conversation a
new publication would
be born
for the staff at the Millet Pipestone
Publishing to deal with.
It
was then I was reminded
that The Lake
Harrier, Zee Bailey’s
publication, had
printed it’s
last issue and the
area truly needed a
newspaper to service
the Lake Community.
I also didn’t
know if we could
garnish the support
of the community or that a new
newspaper would
of been a welcomed
site. The
area already had
The Pipestone Flyer
and two other newspapers
out of Wetaskiwin
City. I
am very pleased to report that The Lake
Schooner got good support from
the business community, a necessary
component, and got very
good response of many readers
from not only Pigeon lake,
but Wizard Lake and especially the
folks out at Buck Lake. For
this I thank you, and I can report
that The Lake Schooner will
be back for another season, and
hopefully, with Gods help, many
more.
Ok
now to pick
on our Premier
It
sounds like a scene
out of Seinfeld. A
show about nothing! Three guys sitting
in a board room
trying to convince would-be
supporters that
a “show about
nothing” will fly.
Is Ed Stelmach a
show about nothing! A
new poll suggests support
for Ed Stelmach's Progressive Conservative
government has
dropped significantly in
August to 32 per cent from 54 per
cent in January. In
a Cameron Strategy
poll provided to
The Globe and
Mail showed during
that same time
period the number
of undecided or
unsure voters has
risen to 36 per cent
from 18 per cent.
What this spells out is a minority
government after
the next election.
The only question
is, will that
minority government be
Conservative or
Liberal?
For
a fleeting moment
I though of
running half naked
to my garage and grab a spade.
I needed to dig fast and see
if ‘hell had really froze over’.
This is Alberta, the heart of
redneck country. We are salt of
the earth folks that bury firearms
in cans, flirt with all the bad
words, and spit on the ground
just before walking into a Walmart.
(Man that drives me nuts.)
A
liberal government!?
No amount of greenhouse gas could make Alberta vote
in a Liberal
Government. The sky is falling!
Stelmach
in true, duh, fashion is reported
as blaming the influx of Eastern
Canadians as the reason for
the drop. A 22% drop in popularity
in Alberta is like losing over
360,000 possible voters confidence
in less than a year. Good
Job Ed! The sad thing really,
is that as a ‘card carrying conservative’
I am looking at other
pastures for leadership. What
ever happened to the Alberta
Alliance? How about the
Rhinos?
The
problem really is that Ed Stelmach
is living up to his name ‘Steady
Eddie’. Like a lumbering 1940’s
Cockshutt tractor, pulling
8 foot machinery, the job is
getting done but you could time
the second hand or your watch
by it. It’s like watching snails
mate. Unlike his predecessor Klein,
there really are no surprises.
We don’t hear anything interesting
about Ed in the press.
He’s not insulting homeless people,
or spilling a drink or two.
Ed is just not giving Albertans something
to gossip about.
People
like to talk about our leaders
and celebrity types. If folks
aren’t wagging tongues about
poor table manners, or disorderly family
members in a desperate need
for stimulation we will
actually point to the only thing
we see Ed doing. NOTHING!
Get
the lead out Ed. As a conservative member
we voted a farmer
into office, and one we know
to be very smart. Stop being
so smart and spill a drink or
two. Get our attention with the
left hand, while you manipulate the
right hand. As Canadians we
have come accustomed to being
manipulated. So
for the sake of all Albertans, Ed, please do
something interesting and
at the same time do the job.
I personally don’t want to be
forced into seeing a Kevin Taft
type looking out the big office
window.
All
our Premier really needs to do
is let the press in just a bit. Because
as the old saying goes; Everyone
is normal until you get to
know them.
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