On Renewal: The Four Month Policy, Part One

We have a problem in out party. The way we develop policy has a problem. While the convention system has worked well in the past, it has become a lumbering beast, incapable of responding to the quickly changing world in which we live. It is not practical for us, as a party, to only be [...]

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Care to Dance, Ms Fry?

What should Hedy Fry’s theme song be?

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

Fire – Pointer Sisters

Burning Down the House – Talking Heads

These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra

Beautiful Grit – BANG sugar BANG

Free polls from Pollhost.com

This poll will be open for a day or two. Keep the Kennedy nominations coming!

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On the Podium – Calgary

Today, just after midnight, Calgary’s one millionth citizen entered into the world. With that birth, at the Rockyview Hospital in the cities south, Calgary becomes the third city in Canada to reach the one million mark. Calgary also is one of Canada’s, and the world’s biggest cities, sprawling to almost 800 square km, giving us [...]

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On Themesongs

I have done a bit of an overhaul of my blog. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. CHECK IT OUT!
Campaign songs are cool, and I was thinking that it would be cool if we could have some contest for the Themesongs for each leadership candidate. So, now, I’m going to [...]

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On Poor Matilda

My car was broken into on Monday. Additionally, if anyone is wondering what the title means, my car is named Matilda. I’ve heard that a Conservative is somebody who has had their car broken into, but, frankly, this doesn’t make any sense to me. Sure, for the first five minutes, I wanted to kill somebody, [...]

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On Instant Liberals

Using the term “Instant Liberals” apparently is a bone of contention for some people, and I have been, in different ways, informed of this. Now, today we are going to learn that there are some ways to make a point, and there are other ways which diminish the stance you are trying to prove. [...]

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On When the Dust Settled

So, in Alberta, the dust from the massive membership drive has begun to settle. How are people doing? It’s still a bit of a mystery, but frontrunners have begun to emerge. From my projections, there is going to be only four candidates that are able to deliver any significant number of delegates from the [...]

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On the Frog Lady

I would like to pay tribute to one of the best new blogs in the blogosphere. I am humbled by her awsomeness, and am pleased to pay her the little tribute I can. Please check out the Frog Lady, now featured where nobody goes, Naylor’s Take.
She rocks my socks!

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On YAHOO!

This past week has been an unquestionably active one in the Calgary Liberal community. Many of the leadership candidates were in town for the annual Liberal Stampede breakfast, and, accompanying this, was the customary flurry of activity that one might expect from his campaign team, both on the campaign trail, and, for some of us, [...]

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