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FINALLY! Deserved recognition! :P

I keep getting this thread mixed up with this thread. :P :P Brian...pretty funny knock-knock joke. :D Clive PS: I am with Terry all the way. Go Oilers. PPS: How many cups does Calgary have again? Half of this many.

Y'all know the difference between the boots of cowboys from Texan, Calgary and the rest of Alberta? Real Albertan cowboy boots have the *hit on the OUTSIDE.

"wearing Depends." :lol: :lol: :lol: Are we allowed to laff .. or do I have to write something nasty?

Wrong thread!

The AVERAGE wind speed at Bullshead today was ZERO. Sort of like like the average weight of these two girls below is normal. First it blew at 40 kph from the west for 2 hours and then it blew at 40 kph from the east for 2 hours. So effectively there was no wind at Bullshead today. It did howl from the west for a while around noon and then the wind did switch 180° and was from the east at maybe 20 kph...no whitecaps. We walked the entire shoreline loop and fished out of the wind most of the day--or at least where it was not a major issue. Fishing was hot and cold. Crazy for a while then and slow. Crazy for a while then slow. (For a while I went ~ 16 hits out of ~ 20 casts..and landed a few of them. Just silly good.) Takes VERY soft and sometimes difficult to detect. Had to watch yer bobber with iggle eyes. By day's end I had netted 20 (+/- 1) rainbows 14 to 20 inches--that one was 19.75" tip to tip so woulda been a legal keeper if the tail was pinched--dumbass bloody law anyway!!) . Had perhaps ten more on for a few seconds and missed maybe 30 soft hits. It was Oct 23. It was just fine.

Taco keeps bichin' about "friggin lakes" ... but lookee what we found at Bullshead today AFTER he was there....

OINK!

HA HA on you Randy. I have decided to spend from Oct 27 to 31 at the lake every day. You are doomed! :lol: Kidding!

Oh man....makes me misty. Those are cosmic scenes. Thanks for posting. Cheers! Clive

adc, me and some other scoundrels are going to Bullshead on Thursday. BEWARE THE WIND! Y'all may wanna stay away. :P

YOU WISH!

GREAT underwater shot Chris! Thanks. NEVER let this happen to you!

Here's some more grist for the mill....Greens wanted to bail on this idiocy. This bimbo can't accept democracy for what it is. ============ Quoted material below ================ Now you wouldn't think of Pallister Saskatchewan as the hotbed of "progressive" voting ideas, but CPAC just happened to catch the Greens and Liberals in action. The Greens and Liberals (with Carolyn Bennett present) try to form a coalition in the riding, but the NDP will have none of it. All this, just to stop those scary Conservatives. They never stop to think that people might actually like the Conservative platform and think that lefties are wrong. It never even enters their carbon riddled brains, that they just might be the ones who are off track. How May cried about democracy to get into the debates, and then just throws it aside when it's not to her liking.

People told me about this interview. Thanks for posting. Hair on CTV for showing it. Dion is pathetic. And that he could lead a minority gov't next week... an embarrassment to all Canadians. Pathetic. Just pathetic. Greens are no better... Green Party in chaos over May's "secret deal" with Dion As the Canadian Federal election enters its final days, news is emerging of a "secret deal" between Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion. Via Bourque Newswatch, "a secret deal has been cooked between Dion and Elizabeth May": ...which may explain why she has been meeting with "key Liberal organizers" and is now actively telling Green Party supporters to vote Liberal, of all things. This, according to our Liberal insider, in exchange for a possible Senate seat and a place as Environment Minister in a Dion-led government. To be clear, Ms May's curious strategy of backing Dion is creating ill-will within her own party to the point that "a lot of Green candidates are upset", according to one national news report this morning. Add to that the fact Dion himself is urging Greenies to go red and join the Liberals. There's more... In recent hours, Bourque has heard from a number of senior political operatives, notably senior Green Party standard bearer David Chernushenko, who told Bourque that "Integrity is when you make your actions consistent with your words and your promises. We all look for leaders with integrity. Too bad they are so hard to find. Green Party candidates should expect nothing but full and unwavering support from their leader. They have not received it. She has failed utterly in this one and most important obligation. To back them all to the end. In our 2006 leadership race, only when pushed by me, she promised Green Party members that of course she would back GP candidates 100 percent. Alas, the facts speak for themselves. If I were a candidate, I would be furious. I would feel let down by my leader when I needed her most. I wanted to stay out of this campaign entirely, but when I saw Green Party candidates, voters and donors being sideswiped, I could not stay silent. My friends and family deserve more respect. The Green Party is is not a "flag of convenience" to be raised and lowered on a whim." Elizabeth May and the Green Party: politics as usual. Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party: desperation. Update: He [Dion] characterized Ms. May as “courageous”, saying that “for the sake of Canada she wants me as prime minister of Canada.” Mr. Dion was speaking to a small but enthusiastic crowd of about 75 Liberals at a rally in the Ottawa area riding of Ottawa Orleans OK, so we are in the final days of the election and all Dion can do is muster the support of 75 Liberals? in the nation's capital?

We had turkey today. I did not eat any turkey at the dinner table ... I cut the critter up so had a couple of tastes in the process. I had a big salad (yes), winter squash laced with butter; mashed spuds laced with butter and some dressing. I also went on four walks today and totaled perhaps 7 km in all. Took about 500 pictures of birds and grandkids. I think the kids ended up with the leftovers....Leth kids got some and our bachelor son is taking a care package back home with him. That's fine--we get the soup! Yum. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Cheers! Clive

The MOST disturbing thing about Ken Boshcoff's article was that it really ONLY mentions a money transfer. I sure as hell am not rich and taxes on energy are ridiculous and I am sick and tired of paying them. Voting Liberal, Green and ND is suicide. Carbon taxes are NOT working anywhere and carbon trading schemes are merely a huge scam with traders potentially making billions while NOTHING is going toward environmental protection. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL. We HAVE a lot to be thankful for. Cheers! Clive ================== (The UK has been trying to reduce carbon emissions with silly policies and taxes for two decades. Look where it's got them? Everything below is quoted The UK In World Context The UK has the world’s longest national record of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions, from 1751 to 2005. Its total fossil fuel emissions in 2005 (149,131) ranked seventh in the world behind The People’s Republic of China (2005: 1,514,126; estimates for 2006/7 above the USA); the United States of America (1,576,537); The Russian Federation (2004: 415,951); India (382,740); Japan (335,706); and Germany (213,969). Canada (146,704) is next, eighth, after the UK. These figures confirm two trends, reinforced by 2007 estimates, namely that fossil fuel emissions of carbon dioxide are continuing to rise very quickly, but more significantly that they are shifting towards the East [see: ‘CO2 emissions booming, shifting east, researchers report’, News Release, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 24]: “... annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in 2007. At the same time, the source of emissions has shifted dramatically as energy use has been growing slowly in many developed countries but more quickly in some developing countries, most notably in rapidly developing Asian countries such as China and India.” China became the largest emitter in 2006/7, while India is poised to pass The Russian Federation to become the third largest emitter, probably later this year or next year. The total world fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission figure for 2005 was 7,985 million metric tons of carbon. =============== The Australian, 4 July 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5005200,00.html AUSTRALIA risked tarnishing its reputation with international investors if an emissions trading scheme was implemented too swiftly, destroying the value of existing power assets, TRUenergy managing director Richard McIndoe says. "Given that Australia is really going out on a point on this matter ... to introduce a high (carbon) tax immediately would be fraught with risk," Mr McIndoe said yesterday. "I think you'd see significantly less appetite from international investors in (energy) assets because they'd see a huge level of sovereign risk in investing in the electricity sector in Australia." ======================= England The costs of suicidal ‘global warming’ policies are soaring like our newly-returned swallows On Sunday, The Daily Express highlighted the cost for UK families of the government’s ill-judged policies, based on a newly-released report carried out by respected energy consultants for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [what a 1984 invention] [‘Labour’s Green Tax Will Cost Every Family £3,000’, The Daily Express, May 4]. These costs are no longer a joke. Here we have a Labour government heaping burden after burden on the poorer members of society, at a time when people’s finances are under greater stress than usual from rising food and fuel bills, from the increasing unavailability of mortgages, and from a series of ill-thought out tax and pension decisions. No wonder Labour received a drubbing last week in the local and London elections. It is just asking to be voted out of office. Tuesday, 6 May 2008 ====================

No carbon tax petition and video

"There are nearly 7 billion ( 7 000 000 000 000) of us 2 legged upright bastards" I happen to think humans are not bastards as a species. It is lost (easily) on many people that us humans are part of the earth's bio-eco-sytem. We are not aliens from space who just dropped in on this orb to mess it over. We are as natural a part of the planet as any other creature. Alas, it is not always pretty what we do, but it is imperative that we do not forget who and what we are.... Homo sapiens, resident of the planet along with millions of other species. Lions will eat the oozing intestines out of an still alive gazelle. Snakes eat frogs whole. Nature is ugly from many many aspects. Man is not a lot different than most beasts and what we do is often ugly. We kill for the sake of religion and power and hell we don't even eat what we kill in war. I am uncomfortable with the amount of development in Alberta--and THAT is what this is about. But what we going to do about THAT? Tell everyone who arrived here within the past 40 years (after I came ... naturally ) that they have to leave. I don't like what happened to the sow either. But this was a policy decision. Policies are largely are changed politically. Opposition should be aimed at Ted Morton, and bet he has heard an earful already. As Toolman noted, if they had relocated the bear and it killed another, there'd be some hollering then. Cheers! Clive

From the pen of a Liberal MP. The Green Shift plan is a tax grab. It is a major money grab from Alberta and SK. ================ From an Liberal MP's blog ... since removed =============== "The ‘shift’ will transfer wealth from rich to poor, from the oil patch to the rest of the country" Thursday, 10 July 2008 A Green Anti-Poverty Plan Submitted by Ken Boshcoff M.P. The Liberal Party’s Green Shift announced on June 19th marked the most aggressive anti-poverty program in 40 years. The ‘shift’ will transfer wealth from rich to poor, from the oil patch to the rest of the country, and from the coffers of big business to the pockets of low-income Canadians. Roughly $9 billion of the $15.3 billion expected to be collected annually in carbon tax revenues would be returned to Canadians earning less than $40,000 annually. This would be done through a combination of income tax cuts and benefits targeted at children, low wage earners, rural residents, and individuals with disabilities. In addition, this fiscal framework will work collaboratively with the Liberal 30-50 Plan to Combat Poverty. Together, I am excited by the prospect that this comprehensive strategy holds for both the environment and for the people of our riding. As part of this plan, Liberals have committed to expanding and improving the Canada Child Tax Benefit. With the proposed ‘green shift’, Liberal have reaffirmed their pledge to introduce a $350 universal child tax benefit by backing it with $2.9 billion in carbon tax revenues. The Green Shift will also increase support for low-income seniors. The Guaranteed Income Supplement would be increased by $600 a year over the course of a Liberal mandate. The cost would be met by $800 million in carbon tax proceeds. Liberals have also committed to ensuring that work pays more than welfare. The Green Shift would enrich the Conservative government’s Working Income Tax Benefit and replace the employment tax credit with $1850 refund targeted at those earning less than $50,000.00. The $765 million cost would also be covered by carbon tax revenue. I invite and encourage everyone to visit www.thegreenshift.ca to see how this comprehensive plan will benefit low-income Canadians. I will continue to work collaboratively with my Liberal colleagues towards a fairer, richer, greener Canada. Ken Boshcoff MP www.kenboshcoff.ca NetNewsledger.com offers Leader's Ledgers and Candidate's Ledgers to the elected officials in Northwestern Ontario as well as to the registered candidates of the political parties. The opinions expressed in their columns are those of the author and may, or may not reflect those of NetNewsledger.com

Background 1) Leth Herald has a "roast and toast" section every week 2) Four years ago the Coaldale police service was disbanded and amalgamated with the Leth regional police service 3) Three months ago a Tim's opened in Coaldale. This hilarious "toast" was in last week's Herald.

You are welcome Jayhad. jksnijders .. nice pix. I know where the bottom one is...but where is that treeless/valley/mountain shot from? Looks like maybe Yukon. Nice. Clive

A few more with a polarizer... Cheers! Clive Livingstone Range Crowsnest Mountain Somewhere somewhere