Jonathan on January 11th, 2010

I consider myself a mushy middle politically.  When I do all those surveys for basically political ideology I come out often on the barely left or barely right side.    I think that I have over the years modified my political views as I have experienced various sides of life.  At one time I was an NDP [...]

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Jonathan on January 4th, 2010

As the news of the day was announced on my radio at 6:30 this morning I have to admit to being shocked and pleasantly surprised to learn about the crossing of Rob Anderson and Heather Forsythe to the Wildrose Alliance.  I was almost in shock with surprise. However the Alliance still needs one more MLA [...]

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Jonathan on December 12th, 2009

While the Wildrose Alliance had reached the poll nirvana I am realizing that plenty of commentors, bloggers and media types are confused about what the make up of the old Wildrose Alliance party and beliefs of the previous incarnations. I would according to some be an old time Alliance type.  I have been involved with [...]

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Jonathan on November 7th, 2009

For the past two days I have been witness to the Alberta Progressive Conservative Annual General Meeting.   Filled with a mix of mostly white haired people  general muttering.   This muttering is not held to just Ed it is about one issue or another.  Few big surprises but here is my general impressions. The PCs are [...]

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Jonathan on September 30th, 2009

I have been out shopping the past few months and I have been noticing a rather important trend about Blu-ray discs. Back in June last year Walmart went Blu-ray exclusive for High Definition DVDs. They started with specific sections dedicated to the disks including movies and television shows. However, as the economy has gone south [...]

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It is clear to me that if the Wildrose Alliance wants to move from its past into a bigger future then it must choose Danielle Smith as leader. She has given the party the boost in attention and support as well the links to some great people which will make a real difference for this [...]

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Jonathan on September 18th, 2009

So today I was back on CKUA as the Wildrose Alliance panellist.   Sunday Magazine is a good show, I like the people there and get along well with Ian Gray the host.  With that relationship built up over several years I have found myself continually drawn back in the mix, appearing once a month. I [...]

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Jonathan on September 6th, 2009

On Friday my eight year olds came home wanting to know about Dinosaurs. Apparently they had to pick one for a school project. Interesting and neat, I was happy. Why? Because BBC put out Walking With Dinosaurs on DVD and I bought a copy recently. Walking with Dinosaurs is like a wildlife documentary style so [...]

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Jonathan on August 20th, 2009

Schools are an important part of every child’s life most of our early memories seem to revolve around school. One of my earliest memory is standing on the road outside our house in the fog watching for the yellow bus that was to take me to my Kindergarten. It was the kind of day that [...]

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Jonathan on August 8th, 2009

My wedding anniversary is a week from Tuesday. After 14 years I am finally coming to grips with two ideas. 1. I am getting older. 2. My wife and I at times speak a different language. As stupid as it sounds, when I was 26 I did not feel that young or old. Most of [...]

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