Dark calendar features clear-cut photos

It's been a while since we heard much from the Albertans so desperate to stop the clear-cutting of 800,000 acres in the eastern Kananaskis, a program which has already begun.  But they've been busy. ...

Whew! Any Other Ideas for Kananaskis?

Creating a new park in Kananaskis might be one way to halt Ted Morton's plans to clear-cut 800,000 acres there.  The rest of Kananaskis is already a park but the eastern section, the one in question,...

About Ted Morton

" Frederick Lee (Ted) Morton, PhD. (born March 28, 1949, Los Angeles, California) is a former university professor, an Albertan politician and currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is currently the Minister of Sustainable resource development. Morton...

Coming Soon! The Rape of Kananaskis

The little community of Bragg Creek and its surrounding area has only about 3,000 residents but their efforts to stop the planned clear-cutting on the eastern slopes of Kananaskis have been monumental. ...

Pine Beetles - the Afghanistan of Alberta

Sometimes governments need a good target, even if it isn't the right one.  The attack of Afghanistan by the U.S. is one example;  another is the Alberta Government's use of the threat of the pine beetle...

Creekers Fight Alberta Government to Stop Clear-Cutting

A large crowd gathered outside the Bragg Creek community hall Saturday (May 12,2007) to kick off the Tag A Tree program in a desperate attempt to stop the clear-cutting of eastern Kananaskis.  After the...

Tag A Tree program is desperate attempt by Albertan environmentalists to save...

Ted Morton, Alberta Minister of Sustainable Development, has turned a deaf ear to pleas from thousands of Alberta residents to stop clear-cutting forests.  He says the Forestry Management Agreement with...

Post Modern Conservatives

"In an interesting article on the German Right Wing Conservative revisionist Carl Schmitt, who is the father of modernist conservative anti-parlimentary/ anti-liberalism, the author contends that Schmitts theories apply to the Howard Government in Australia. In fact they...

Ted Morton To Outlaw Homosexuality

"Amongst animals. Ted Morton, a social conservative backbencher who garnered widespread grassroots support in his own leadership campaign, was appointed minister of sustainable resource development, which includes forestry, fires, and fish and wildlife."

Black Shirts

"For the Morton campaign it was all about Black and White, the politics of extremism and polarization. As always, his supporters at the Alberta Aviation Museum wore black “I’m supportin’ Morton” shirts and buttons. "

Dinning Exposed

"Calgary Sun Columnist Rick Bell, himself being attacked by BT bloggers, takes a swipe at the crowd of syncophantic Moronites, err Mortonites in the blogosphere. Unfortunately it's a column he should have wrtitten a week ago. He reminds them that it was Dinning, not Ralph,...

The Other Alberta Boom

"Homelessness. I got a job but no home. It’s an unfortunate side effect of Alberta’s red hot economy. With the vacancy rate near the zero mark, and soaring house prices, the homeless count is rising in Edmonton with few short term solutions in sight."

Private Health Care A Commie Idea

"Since 1980, spending by the Chinese Government dropped from 36% of total healthcare expenditure to 17 %, while patients’ out-of-pocket spending rose from 20% to 59%"

I Am Lib-Blogging Too

"Look I am a political junkie with the best of them, I actually went to my neighbourhood pub last night and because there were no hockey games on, I got to watch the Liberal convention much to the chagrin of my bar pals. Though they understand that for me politics is like...

Snorefest

"Ok Colin James performing at the Liberal Cabaret was a better choice to watch than the Talking Heads Alberta PC leadership debate on GlobalTV. What a snorefest."

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