The University of Saskatchewan Sheaf has always been a magnet for left leaning students, many of whom work on NDP campaigns, become candidates for the NDP, or end up working in public office (because the real world is full of those damn profiteers).
The Sheaf, unfortunately, has also been a tremendous embarrassment to many students on the A&S campus. Remember the March 02/2006 Fellatio Jesus and the Capitalist Piglet?
On staff at that time was Charles Hamilton, who is now the editor-in-chief of the Sheaf. I've attached his cheery little leftist rant for you to examine regarding the Saskatchewan Party.
Chuck gives us;
- The Sask Party's platform on post secondary education is not only completely out of touch with the people and students of Saskatchewan (says who?), but is belligerent and offensive. (How is a platform belligerent?)
- The Sask Party believes that Saskatchewan is a crappy place to live, that all of our young people are moving away because there is no work and that the NDP has failed to "brand" Saskatchewan as a land of economic and cultural opportunity (nice run-on sentence, EIC). This is complete shit and is frankly offensive.
- This is not a shitty place to live. Trust me. (Chuck, the one thing you haven't earned is anyone's trust after this Pulitzer Prize winning editorial)
- We don't need the "most aggressive youth retention plan in Canada". (Then move!)
- Any platform that bribes young people to stay here is not only misguided, it is insulting.
- Any platform that is based on telling me how shitty this place is can fuck off and die. (You want a platform to fuck off and die? How does that work?)
Besides not being able to perform the basic English structure duties that should be second nature to an EIC, in typical leftist fashion, getting facts about the Saskatchewan Party's real position on advanced education and its respect for Saskatchewan would only interfere with his feelings.
Facts are not relevant to a good, left-wing obscenity laced rant.
Chuck, you got our attention. Although that may not be such a good thing...
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Thanks for pointing this out - unfortunately my rant will be too long to post in your comments section.
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What is also VERY humorous to point out is that his evidence for the "growth" in Saskatchewan is the amount of concerts being played at Louis and Amigos. He is talking about giving credit where it is due? Then give it to Jason who is working his ass off at Louis to bring in these big names. And his second point is that even though Saskatchewan has lost 35000 people they are still people moving into Saskatchewan. That's like saying "shit I just got back from Vegas and lost 15 grand on the slots but it is ok cause I won 500 playing poker". What an embarrassment. Almost as bad as his Halloween costume (walked around with a pot on his head).
Oh and last time I checked, my membership card had SaskParty listed as one word.
...the more things change, the more they stay the same. Seems UofS still suffers from Lenin's "useful idiots" mentality.
I thought his article was amazing. You can't knock him for stating his opinion... which I, in part, agree with. Freedom of speech people. Respect it.
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