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The Alberta government is lowering royalty rates for the gas and oil industry. It is a bold initiative, that will bring jobs, prosperity and pink frakking Unicorns back to our lovely province. Apparently the old royalty review was just too darn hard on the industry.
Douche-Nozzle and Premier of Oilberta
We have just spent the last year and a half recovering from the last bout of fiscal looting and pillaging brought on by the business class so it is right about time to lower government revenue because we need less money, not more, to fund out starving public sector. Great Scott we need to close a few more schools and hospitals as right now we are falling behind in the race to the bottom.
The paucity of morals and commitment to the people of Alberta is vomit-worthy. Honestly, could the kowtowing and subservience to the Oil Patch be any more blatant? This is not even the right question.
The million dollar question is will people actually give a flying flaming hoop about how they are being sold down the river by our government and will they care enough to vote the PC’s out of office?
Oh, by the way the competition review was written by the Gas and Oil Industry. Certainly a fair shake for all Albertans. If you read closely you can actually hear the smirk and audacious tone Mr.Collyer uses.
Dave Collyer, head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers:
“I think it was a significant step forward in restoring investor confidence in Alberta and I think that makes it a good day for not just the industry but for Albertans. This is really about getting investment back into the province, getting Alberta back in the game and that creates activity and that drives jobs and that’s good for the province overall. So I think it was a positive announcement in both tone and substance. So we’re encouraged by it but we’ve got a ways to go yet in terms of getting the industry fully back on its feet.”
Contrast this with what Amy Taylor has to say from the Pembina Institute:
Amy Taylor, senior economist with the Pembina Institute:
“First and foremost, we have concerns with the process that the provincial government embarked upon in which they came to the conclusion that they needed to make adjustments to the royalty scheme applicable to oil and gas in Alberta and more specifically, they made that decision based on conversations and meetings and negotiations that they had over the course of the last several months with industry and industry alone. And we’re talking about a resource that is owned by Albertans. The citizens of this province own the resource and it’s imperative in our opinion that they be consulted when these kind of changes are being considered.”
Transparency and the interests of the people of Alberta have always been low on Ed Stelmach’s list of things to do, but this is just outright pillaging. And for what? Because the Wild Rose Fascists are undermining the government from the Right? You bet it is. Albertans are getting a dry splintery broomstick in the anus, in regards to resource royalties, because the quavering lick-spittle progressive conservatives are afraid of alienating their ‘base’ and will not stand up for the peoples’ interests.
The people of Alberta need to put a stop to these shenanigans, the sooner the better.
I am a relaxed space conscious driver with hypermiling undertones. Let me tell you what that entails.
If I see a red light a couple of blocks away, I will take my foot off the accelerator and gradually coast toward the intersection. Usually the light has changed and I can gently accelerate back to the speed limit without having to use my brakes.
I am a firm believer in at least a six second buffer between me and the next vehicle. The more time I have to react and assess the situation the better.
Planning ahead is always a great advantage to me, and google maps has become an invaluable resource, along with my trusted navigator to get me/us to our location safely and on time. A corollary of planning ahead is leaving early so that small interruptions: trains, gridlock, livestock, et cetera can be handled without undue stress or risk.
The problem with all of my careful strategies and plans is that the rest of the drivers whom with I share the road with are asshats. I can spend an entire trip constantly reestablishing my six second buffer to the next car as I am continually being cut off by abeforementioned asshats who are busy rushing to the next red light. Rationally, they are neither saving time nor energy has sudden starts and stops is not particularly fuel efficient.
It is for these induhviduals, that I would gladly send a photon torpedo their way.
I’m constantly updated on how far the rabbit hole goes when it comes to anti-woman vitriol and hate. Of course it is cloaked in the odious trappings of religion, why not?
It is nice we have people like Ms.Rose around, to show how religion can really stunt your intellectual and moral development as a human being. I am beginning to worry that I will wear out the ‘fail’ tag if this level of crazy continues.
H/T to JJ over at Unrepentant Old Hippie for introducing me to the lovely Ms.Rose.
“Afghan President Hamid Karzai suffered another political setback Saturday when his country’s parliament rejected most of the candidates in his second attempt to form a cabinet.
Ten of the 17 nominees were rejected by Afghanistan’s lawmakers. The seven given parliamentary approval included Karzai’s longtime national security adviser, Zalmay Rasoul, who will be foreign minister.”
Are we even surprised anymore about how the farce we call a democracy in Afghanistan? We went to bed with the Warlords and now they want their slice of the rewards. The CIA puppet Kharzi is deadlocked between his ‘international obligations’ and the fact that he needs to punch the tickets of the miscreants that keep in power.
“As well, parliament approved a new justice minister and a new minister — a woman — charged with the Work and Social Affairs/Martyred and Disabled portfolio.”
Well, look some hand-waving and gestures of ‘equal opportunity’ to appease the Western media. The colonial government we are trying to establish in Afghanistan is not even credible right now, will this change anytime soon?
Most likely, not.
Thanks to Jake Tapper from abc’s blog Political Punch for the story.
Pat Robertson on Haiti:
“And you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it.
“They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know Napoleon the 3rd and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the Devil.
“They said, ‘We will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’
“True story.
“And so the Devil said, ‘Okay, it’s a deal.’
Wow, way to minimize a natural disaster. The Haitians deserved it for consorting with the devil.
Look no further for an explanation as to why Religion needs to be relegated to the dustbin of history.
Robertson’s handlers issued a ‘clarification’ later:
“[…] His comments were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Boukman Dutty at Bois Caiman, where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French. This history, combined with the horrible state of the country, has led countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed. Dr. Robertson never stated that the earthquake was God’s wrath. […]”
Whoa..good save.
Debating the Deluded, but funny. :) Full marks for another great video NonStampCollector. :)
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