We get mail!

They’re at it again. With your money. See the email below from union organizer Jason Reihl.

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Hi all,

This Saturday, October 1st, the SOS Crowns campaign will be doing a pamphlet drop in Moose Jaw (i.e. delivering pamphlets to people's homes), and it would be of tremendous assistance if anyone is able to volunteer a bit of their time to assist. If you are able to make it on Saturday to lend a hand, we will be meeting at the Moose Jaw Union Centre (1402 Caribou Street West) at 10 am. Alternatively, if not available that day a person could commit to covering a certain area, and deliver the pamphlets at their own convenience over the next few weeks; any amount of help would be greatly appreciated, even if it is just delivering to the block that you live on.

If interested and available, or if you have any questions, please email Local 3's member on the SOS Crowns steering committee Bill Lawson (bill.lawson@sasktel.com) so we know how many people to expect on Saturday, or to arrange for a time to pick up pamphlets to deliver after October 1st. With the truly alarming (and seemingly ever-increasing) amount of contracting out of what has traditionally been our work taking place as of late, the information that this campaign is attempting to get out to the people of Saskatchewan could have a real impact on you personally, and though giving up some of your weekend is never fun, I hope you'll really consider lending a hand.

If I inadvertently sent this to any out-of-scope employees, you are also more than welcome to help out as well.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

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Jason Reihl, BAdmin, CCSc
President, Local 3
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada

What Was Atkinson Thinking?

This is unbelievable.

The great class war that exists only in the mind of NDP politicos. Have these people no shame at all?

Not a great way to end one of her final sessions. What an embarrassment!

You Like My Package?

Dwain posing all next Premier like.

You get all this AND nationalized potash mines.

The Collective IQ of the SK Legislature

Just went up a few points...

Just One Question, Dwain...

NDP blasts CEO pay raises...

"NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said he doesn't buy the idea that such compensation levels are necessary to keep and attract health care administrators.

"I think that's misleading the public in a pretty direct way," he told reporters."

Why did you move to Alberta? Was it for the scenery?

I've Been Link Blocked!

Well, not me, but I assure you it's coming...

Dwain Lingenfelter seems to be blocking detractors from his Twitter account.

Coming to the defence of Dwain Lingenfelter is the always faithful NDP soldier, MLA Pat Atkinson.

Then she explains it to another ex-follower.

Now, I'm no computer expert but I find it odd that the change in a smartphone would delete certain individuals on a web-based application, especially only those that could be seen as political opponents to a Twitter account holder.

Maybe it's a new brand of smart phone.

The NDP smart phone!

Maybe it's like the NDP smart radios they have that won't allow them anywhere near a right-wing talk show host.

UPDATE: Trent Lalonde nails it!

"They Shouldn't Be Left Breathing After An Election"

This is a recording at the recent provincial NDP convention in Regina this past March.

The speaker, who cannot be positively identified at this point is referring the Bill 160 which is an amendment to the current Human Rights Code in Saskatchewan.

Does the speaker see the irony of speaking out for human rights, yet saying supportive politicians of this bill shouldn't be left breathing? Is advocating violence towards its opponents an acceptable policy of Saskatchewan NDP?

Will a member of the NDP step up and confirm who this speaker was?

h/t SDA

Disclaimer

After potentially defaming not one, but two lawyers in a single post, rightwingbob aka former NDP VP Kent E. Peterson has added a "fine print" disclaimer to his blog Sask Party Watch;

"Sask Party Watch is a comedy blog intended to entertain you on matters pertaining to Saskatchewan politics. Should any material on this site offend you, we recommend that you get thicker skin but if you are on the verge of nervous breakdown please accept our half hearted apologies in advance and get a life!"

While a simple comedic disclaimer won't protect rightwingbob from future potentially litigious posts, we appreciate the fact that he has come to the conclusion that many of us already know. Sask Party Watch is one big joke...

We appreciate this rare moment of clarity.

A Potash Royalty Perspective

From people who don't want to ruin the province...

In today's Star Phoenix;

"Do we want expansion and growth in the industry, or are we willing to accept that future expansion of the potash industry will occur elsewhere and thus set a high royalty rate that will capture more short-term revenue? Those are not questions for analysis, but rather are political decisions."

A must read!

The Classy NDP

Speaking of potentially slanderous Tweets...

The first Tweet is from Ryan McDonald, the NDP candidate for Thunder Creek

The ReTweet is from Sandra Jackle, who is the Director or of Communications and Media Relations for the NDP.

Jackle is the same person behind the "Lingenfelter Humping the Mat" boxing PR stunt.

Classy!

I Can't Stop Laughing

After believing he has outed the author of this blog based on one word in a Tweet, Kent E. Peterson a.k.a. rightwingbob threatens legal action, presumably because of some slanderous remarks the NDP Boogeyman may have made. It's a typical leftist/NDP tactic to try to silence critics.

But in the same post, the Rhodes Scholar in training writes the following;

It's a good thing that 'Mike the Greek' has some lawyer friends because he just may need them. Mind you neither Gormley nor Ezra are renowned for their lawyering.

For those interested, one of the things that can be seen as slanderous is an attack on a lawyer's ability or competency to practice law, which this remark could potentially be seen as doing

On March 28th, Gormley posts the following Tweet;

On the afternoon of March 29th, the Kent E. Peterson changes the post to read;

It's a good thing that 'Mike the Greek' has some lawyer friends because he just may need them. Mind you neither Gormley nor Ezra are renowned for their lawyering, rather both are in the business of political commentary.

So let me get this straight... While threatening to sue for slander, Kent E. Peterson may have actually slandered not one, but two lawyers in the same post.

Absolutely brilliant! I'm still laughing...

This is the future of the NDP folks. Enjoy the train wreck!

Killing Saskatchewan

One policy at at time...

From the NDP convention this weekend, the policies;

• Potash royalty review
• Rent control
• 50% of all energy from renewable resources by 2025
• $100 million in affordable housing initiatives
• a renewed equalization fight with the Feds (which will only work if they get us back in "have-not" status)

The NDP election and policy platform will economically destroy us and drive people out of the province. But I believe that is what the intention is...

The NDP are a menace to the New Saskatchewan and want us to go back to the Old NDP Saskatchewan.

This Is Beautiful! Part Deux

I had forgotten about this, but a reader reminded me of it this morning.

The NDP Boogeyman was revealed in 2007 as well. From the blog...

What we know about the "NDP Boogeyman" so far:

1. The website is a consortium of eight prominent rightwing politicians, Saskatchewan Party political staffers and Saskatchewan bloggers.
2. The principle "Boogeyman" blogger has extensive ties to a federal Conservative Party MP from Regina. He has worked closely as a volunteer on both of the MP's campaigns, but has never been employed by the MP.
3. The "Boogeyman" blogger is 29 years old, single and unemployed, with a 1-year certificate in computer programming from a Regina business college.
4. In 2005, he was delivered a "cease and desist" order by the Crown to stop illegal activities involving a mail-order scam defrauding senior citizens of their life savings.
5. He has run two unsuccessful businesses in Regina, including a pawn shop and a used furniture store.

Stay tuned for more, as information rolls in.

In this Sask Party Watch posting, the NDP Boogeyman is Blaise Boehmer and the SK Party caucus staff.

And who knows what Tammy Robert was doing when she sent out that Tweet. All I know is that she is no fan of the NDP or Dwain Lingenfelter. Was she being mischievous? Who knows...

So I guess your guess is as good as mine as to who the NDP Boogeyman might be.

Well, actually my guess is better. :)

So in honour of all the theories, and thanks to JGLive, I offer you this...

"For Me, This Is Not a Popularity Contest"

For the rest of Saskatchewan it is, Dwain. And the most important popularity contests are called "elections".

For a guy first elected in 1978, I'm still gob-smacked when I hear his pronouncements.

I'm beginning to think that the NDP weren't that good, it's just that the opposition parties were just that bad.

This Is Beautiful!

Lol.... What happened to Blaise and the rest of SK Party caucus?

Would Like to Know What The Gesture Was

Must be having an impact if they're talking about me at the NDP convention.

Mind you, this is the same group that unanimously supported a leader with 16.7% provincial approval rating.

Something Stinks

The fact that someone, anyone dumped medical records in a dumpster is not political news.

Of course it's very bothersome news for the patients. But as for making hay on this issue in the Legislature, some questions remain unanswered.

• Where did the records come from? A private practitioner's office, or a hospital.
• Who dumped the records? Some unthinking person, or someone with a political agenda?
• And the most important question, why was the NDP Deputy Leader Kevin Yates called first? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call the Department of Health, Department of Justice or the privacy commissioner rather than an Opposition MLA? That is unless the caller wanted to score some political points against the Wall government.

Yates is in political trouble in his constituency. He knows it. The NDP know it.

And this isn't the first time Yates was contacted first instead of the government when trouble was brewing.

So there's a pattern here of Kevin Yates getting the heads up before the government does.

And that, in addition to the patient's concerns, is why this issue deserves a closer look.

Now I Know What Gormley Feels Like

SFL President Larry Hubich blocked me from following him on Twitter.

I'm heartbroken. My first block!

To quote from Larry's own open letter to Brad Wall...

I am concerned that your government deliberately marginalizes and outright ignores the voices of organizations that you view to have different priorities than your own. What other organizations and/or groups do you dismiss out of hand?

Please don't marginalize me Larry, just because I have different priorities than your own.

Let me come home, Larry... Let me come home!

Boxing in the Bunker

Hilarious

I'm On Twitter!

Going with the trend... Follow me @ndpboogeyman