Save Us Ryan!

Lead us into that youthful socialist's paradise!

If he couldn't handle being challenged in one constituency, I doubt he has the stones to the lead the entire party.

The NDP right now remind me of this...

News of the Future

Former NDP MLA Pat Atkinson officially began her bid for the leadership of the provincial NDP today.

The leadership contest will take place in the spring of 2012, after a devastating 2011 election loss in which the Sask Party gained four additional seats and saw the NDP popularity sink to an all time low under leader Dwain Lingenfelter.

UPDATE - Especially for Steven R.

Atkinson will serve out her term until the Nov. 7 provincial election, but a return to politics -- in a party leadership race or a federal election -- wasn't ruled out on Tuesday, although she said she has no immediate plans for her post-political life.

"You're never supposed to say never," Atkinson told reporters after her farewell address. "I'm a politician, sorry."

Welcome JGL listeners!

Note to Saskatchewan USW Members

Your union leadership holds you in contempt and doesn't think you are very bright. So they think they can tell you anything and that you'll believe it.

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In 2010, in the province of Saskatchewan, our union and the provincial NDP stood solidly together to defeat the proposed takeover of the Potash Corp of Saskatchewan in November. By our collective lobbying and pushing of both the Saskatchewan government of Brad Wall of the Harper Conservatives, the federal government at least temporarily stopped the takeover.

Wall, who was an integral member of the Conservative government that privatized PCS in the 1990s for a little more than $600-million (the corporation is now worth more than $40-billion), made an eleventh hour decision to oppose the deal. So too did the federal Conservatives who ran a risk of losing many of their MPs had the PCS deal gone through.

Together the Saskatchewan NDP and the members of our union and communities made the Harper and Wall government’s blink. Today the NDP trails the Saskatchewan party by just four percentage points and the Harper Conservatives are losing political ground.

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An eleventh hour decision? The NDP trails the Saskatchewan Party by just four percentage points?

This isn't just spin. These are out and out falsehoods from union leadership to their membership.

There are mountains of evidence that the facts and the timeline supported by this media release are completely false. If you are a citizen of Saskatchewan who witnessed the BHP story play out, you know the truth and it isn't contained in this media release.

The one question I have is how did Mr. Hunt come to his factually incorrect conclusions? Were they made up on his end, or were they spun by unions and the NDP?

I've been telling you that NDP provincial campaign manager Dale Schmeichel has been promoting the fact that the NDP are only 5% behind the Saskatchewan Party, which has been disproven poll after poll. Yet, Mr. Hunt states a similar fact. Coincidence?

This is another shining example of why union members should be very wary of their leadership, and how union leadership will say anything to influence their own members because they don't think they are smart enough to know the difference.

Union members deserve better!

I'm Starting to Feel Sorry for Lingenfelter

Well, not really...

More than 50 per cent of those surveyed were satisfied or very satisfied with the performance of the provincial government, while only 17 per cent said they were unsatisfied.
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"Saskatchewan's always been known as 'next year' country, but I think there might be a feeling in Saskatchewan that next year has finally arrived. I think the public has really been waiting for that, there's really a feeling of relief. And of course the government's going to get credit for that. How much is always hard to pinpoint but I think it would be wrong not to give them any credit."

I'm wondering how Dale "we're only behind by 5% in 30 ridings" Schmeichel is going to spin this.

The World According to Kent E. Peterson

Kent E. Peterson is an NDP Vice-President. But he's already become a legend in blogging circles due to his odd behaviour.

He was first introduced to us by ndpwatch as a person who enjoys white wine and potato chips in the local pool hall. He is also behind a tremendously bad copycat site of ndpwatch called saskpartywatch (Gormley seems to be his latest infatuation).

He also made homophobic remarks on his old blog, Humble Opinion (that we have archived in full and are awaiting to release once he wins an NDP nomination to run) about Serge Leclerc.

Now take a look at this latest glamour shot, which is his FB profile picture.




He is pretending to chat on the phone, while enjoying a cocktail and a smoke in what looks like a public place. Yup, that's a way of really connecting to the proletariat.

Then he adds this caption "SYNDers hard at work!" on the Saskatchewan Young New Democrats FB page to this picture





If this is what hard work looks like to Kent E. Peterson, we're all screwed.

Also in the background are a lot of "Not So Young Saskatchewan New Democrats" and a young disengaged Travis "his father's party does not appeal to him"Lingenfelter texting on his phone

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Kent E. Peterson and the future of the Saskatchewan NDP.

WTF!?!

Et tu, John F.Conway? Et, tu?

"In fairness to Wall, he has not taken a sudden left turn, far from it. But he has refused to become an ideological puppet of the hard right, and insists on taking his role as premier with considerable seriousness. As an increasingly pragmatic professional career politician, Wall knows he must be seen as a defender of the public interest and a devotee of good government."

Are they trying to drive Lingenfelter out, or just insane? Even I don't know what to think anymore.

Between this letter and the NDP caucus letter writing campaign that basically concedes the next election, is this really happening in our Saskatchewan?

Awesome!

Compare and Contrast

Premier Brad Wall and NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter with year end interviews for the Leader Post.

Lingenfelter isn't even in the same league as the Premier. What a whiny bitch!

"I'm not sure whether it was something that developed over the 10 years gradually or whether it is the Sask. Party and the right-wing, Harper-Wall-Bush style strategy of how you deal with your opponent. But for sure, it's not my style of politics..."

Really? Calling the Premier "the little thief from Swift Current" seemed to roll off his tongue.

"That's very foreign to me where there is this animosity. NewsTalk Radio, where you have the spewing of just what approaches hate from one particular journalist day or night, about personal attacks on the leader of the opposition and I understand it was similar with Lorne Calvert. But this is a new era of politics that takes a little bit of getting used to..."

Lingenfelter is trying to play the victim and people are going to see how even more disingenuous he is. Or is it ingenuous? I'm getting them confused now.

NDP Orc - John Parry

Another LTTE in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix from another average concerned citizen.

But John Parry isn't just a concerned citizen... He's the federal NDP candidate for Saskatoon Wanuskewin

Why wouldn't Parry mention that in his letter? Where are the courage of his convictions? The Star Phoenix must start identifying these candidates.

And we will continue to do so.

Drinkin' Buddies

SGEU President Bob Bymoen, NDP MLA Darcy Furber, SFL President Larry Hubich and NDP Leader (and former Calgary oil executive) Dwain Lingenfelter enjoying a beer at one of Regina's hottest clubs.

Do you really think Dwain likes any of these people, or that Bymoen or Hubich care much for Lingenfelter? Or are they all just using each other to get what they need?

Dwain "The Ventriloquist Dummy" Lingenfelter

Wishing you Happy Holidays. Doesn't Link just ooze with the Christmas? (Which he never mentions in name, but that's a post for another day).

While the NDP Complains

About non-existent loan guarantees with the Amicus deal, the Saskatchewan taxpayers take a REAL hit as a result of the NDP's unprecedented financial mismanagement in Thompson Meats.


The provincial government is receiving $247,000 from the sale of Thomson Meats, after putting close to $12 million into the Melfort company over the course of several years, Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said Thursday.

...

Bjornerud said the government investments into the company -- which included share purchases, debentures and grants -- took place from 1996 -- 2007 under previous NDP governments. The province said it never collected dividends or repayment of the debentures


I guess this is one scandal that Gormley missed in his book. I'm sure there will be more than enough for a second edition.

NDP Orc - Beth Smillie

Another LTTE in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix complaining about the new privately owned Surgicentre. Just your another concerned citizen? Nope!

Beth is a CUPE communications rep and the contact person for this press release

Here's the best part.

The fact that wait times for surgeries in the Saskatoon Health Region have continued to drop over the last year is due to innovations in the public system, not the government's decision to use for-profit clinics.


I hate to break it to Beth, but besides being wrong about the for-profit clinics the Saskatchewan Party was in government when these waiting lines were reduced, not the NDP.

But one has to ask, why does a CUPE spokesperson take issue with waiting lists being shortened?

Welcome Gene!

Nothing Better to Do?

As heard on JGL, the NDP campaign sends out an email blast to get people to vote for Kevin Yates in NewsTalk980 poll...


> From: Saskatchewan NDP [mailto:campaign@saskndp.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:20 AM
> To: xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Who will win in Regina Dewdney
>
> NewsTalk 980 has a poll today asking, "Will Gene Makowsky win the
> Regina Dewdney seat in the next provincial election?"
>
> If you have a moment today, please go to http://www.newstalk980.com
> and vote for our NDP MLA for Regina Dewdney and House Leader, Kevin Yates.
>
> Kevin is a valued member of our NDP team. Please show your support!
>
> The poll can be found three-quarters of the way down the right-hand
> side of the NewsTalk 980 webpage, http://www.newstalk980.com.
>
> Once you've voted, spread the word to your friends by clicking here:
> http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thank you for your help!


Y0u think the NDP campaign would have better things to do than get supporters to vote on an Internet poll. They have much bigger problems. Hi Dwain!

h/t Deb (for the email)

Who Would Best Represent Regina Dewdney in 2011

This guy?

Or this guy?

Good luck, Gene!

The Tolerant Left

If I may rip a headline from SDA, this post epitomizes the mindset of the hardcore NDP ideologues.

The blog owner of Sask Party Watch is Kent E. Peterson, an NDP VP who posts under the pseudonym of rightwingbob.

While we don't suffer fools gladly, we do expose them.

Aside from Peterson being totally incorrect about Gormley's position on the LeClerc matter, here is what Peterson had to say about Serge LeClerc, who is gravely ill with cancer.

From a email...

Kent Peterson, as always, at his most eloquent as the NDP continues it's smear campaign against a man who has done so much for addicted youth and is now fighting for his life.

For shame.

Lingenfelter Praises The SK Party Government

From the AP

But he (Lingenfelter) acknowledges the upside. "It's exciting times in Saskatchewan," he told AP. "I don't want to make it sound like there's huge problems because there isn't."

However, there wil be huge problems in Saskatchewan if the people decide to elect Lingenfelter and the NDP in 2011.

More Despicable Behaviour

Saskatoon Eastview NDP MLA defends the NDP political tactic of trying to smear Brad Wall with Serge LeClerc's ethics violations.

Meanwhile, Mr. LeClerc is battling life threatening bowel cancer in an Ontario hospital.

These people are not only out of touch with the majority of Saskatchewan residents, but have forgotten common decency.

Reaching Across the Aisle

Star Phoenix Editorial - November 25th

For the likes of Ms. Junor, however, for whom nasty partisan politics seem to be something that simply cannot be put aside even for a moment no matter the circumstances, life's realities simply don't matter. All that counts is to try to score a few cheap points at the expense of rivals, damn the consequences even if the polls suggest it's a foolhardy strategy.

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However, if the NDP thinks this sorry saga can be twisted to partisan advantage with a baseless attack on Mr. Wall, it only shows that the party is hurtling down a self-destructive path despite Mr. Lingenfelter's pledge to change an approach that's simply not connecting with voters

...

What was that about leopards and spots?

NDP Orc - Shirley Dyck

Just another concerned citizen writing a LTTE today in the Star Phoenix from Shirley Dyck.

Well this ordinary average citizen just happens to be Shirley Dyck, Treasurer for the NDP Saskatoon Eastview constituency, represented in the Saskatchewan Legislature by Judy Junor.

"The people of this province will be much better off when the Saskatchewan Party's Wall comes down in November 2011."

The closer to the November 2011 election we are, the more deranged they will become.

Someone Looks Uncomfortable

And I don't mean the baby with her jumpsuit over her face...




I don't know why, but I am reminded of a quote from The Hunt for Red October...

Jeffery Pelt; "Listen, I'm a politician which means I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops."

NDP Supporters Are Not The Only Ones Being Spun

Reliable sources are claiming that the first the NDP caucus heard about the Sigma Analytics (SA) poll was when it was published in the Leader Post on Saturday.

Evidently, the Friday before and after receiving the embargoed SA poll, NDP Dwain Lingenfelter and his top advisor Garry Aldridge had a closed door, all day session, and left before speaking with members of Lingenfelter's own caucus.

Two weeks prior, members of the NDP caucus at the get-away were told that they were within 5% of 30 constituencies in the province. That was completely contradicted by the SA poll.

If these events are indeed true, the NDP are heading down the path of a very public civil war with the party faithful and the Lingenfelter crew.

And the winner will be Brad Wall, the Saskatchewan Party.

NDP Orc - Don Kossick

Another LTTE this morning in the Star Phoenix from well known leftist activist and perennial losing NDP candidate, Don Kossick

"It is time that Canadian citizens take back their government."

Typically, this is done by an election. What exactly is Kossick advocating here? Is the left in this country becoming so desperate that they are advocating less peaceful ways of electoral change?

Keep your eyes on Kossick and his followers. This may be a sigmal of things to come.

NDP Orc - Janice Harty

Just another Star Phoenix LTTE from concerned citizen, Janice Harty...

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"The story, Wall holds wide lead: poll (SP, Nov. 6), says the premier and the Saskatchewan Party government are "riding a wave of popularity."

It's the destruction after the tsunami we need to prepare for.

Thank God Dwain Lingenfelter is the NDP leader. He's been preparing us for that since his endorsement."

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Here's a note from one of our readers/researchers;

"A search of her name reveals she is from Shaunavon, and not surprisingly 6 of her 26 friends are from the Lingenfelter family, including Dwain himself."

Other notable friends include CUPE union organizer (and former life insurance agent) Ann (Riley) Iwanchuk, wife of NDP MLA Andy Iwanchuk and NDP MLA Cam Broten.

Oh, and Janice gave $305 to the federal NDP party in 2000. Need I say more?

Nice work...

h/t AH

The Inappropriate Darren Hill

Typically I don't comment on civic issues. However, this race and in particular the actions of one existing city councillor is concerning me.

The councillor's seat for Ward 5 in Saskatoon became vacant when Gord Wyant became the Sask Party MLA.

The by-election is set for November 29th/2010. There are six candidates running for seat.

The problem is that existing Ward One councillor Darren Hill is actively campaigning for one of the candidates, Ainsley Robertson.

Not only is it absolutely inappropriate for an existing city councillor to be actively campaigning for any candidate, but Darren Hill is using his city issued cell phone to promote Ms. Robertson. Those phones are meant for city business only, and NOT to campaign for candidates!

His latest communique was posted on Facebook and was sent as an email to Robertson supporters and friends;

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Darren Hill
11:52pm Nov 16
CALL TO ACTION! We need to getpeople in Silverwood, Lawson Heights and River Heights out to vote this Saturday for Ainsley Robertson – for ward 5 City Councillor.

Advance Poll voting is available at Lawson Heights School, 430 Redberry Road, on Saturday, November 20 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

I do not want to go into details in print as to why this election is so important on so many issues. If you care to discuss it please call me at 227-4322.

Please contact 10 people in the ward (everything north of Circle Drive) and make sure they vote on Saturday.

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This isn't the first time Darren Hill acted inappropriately during an election campaign.

The question I ask is what Hill expect of Ms. Robertson if she wins? How will he be perceived by the new Ward 5 councillor if Ms. Robertson loses. Will his electioneering affect future governance by city council?

The City of Saskatoon needs to take immediate action against councillor Hill and his egregious actions.

Whistling Past the Graveyard

In response to the damning Sigma Analytics poll, NDP Provincial Campaign Manager Dale Schmeichel sends an email to the party faithful;

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Our Polling Results Show a Steady and Significant Improvement

Dear (member) – You may have read or heard about the polling results recently published by the Leader-Post and the StarPhoenix that imply we are seriously trailing the Sask Party.

Our polling results over the past year show a steady and significant improvement in our position

I wanted you to know this poll was conducted during the height of the media coverage of the Potash Corporation takeover discussions. As is often the case, polling done during such a period of unusually prominent coverage of an issue of widespread public interest seems to have given the Sask Party a large “blip” in support.

As I have said at Council meetings and in reports to Constituency meetings and Provincial Executive meetings, our polling results over the past year show a steady and significant improvement in our position that is at odds with the published results of this recent poll. The NDP will form government by winning 30 or more seats. We never led in a poll across all fifty-eight seats in 2003, but you will remember those Election night results.

Keep Talking to Your Friends and Neighbours

I encourage party members and workers to continue to talk to friends and neighbours about the issues of importance to Saskatchewan people such as improving accessibility to health care, controlling increases in living costs such as rental rates and costs of utilities and the need to return Saskatchewan to prudent fiscal management.

Specifically on the potash issue, we need to remind people that it is Dwain Lingenfelter and the NDP that are insisting that no matter who owns the potash company, the people of Saskatchewan deserve a better deal than they've been getting so far. You can read more about our Plan for Potash to have all the details at your fingertips.

Form Government in 2011

We will be doing a new round of polling in the coming months and I remain confident those results will show a return to a more normal situation which will confirm we are competitive and on the path to form government in November 2011.

Dale Schmeichel
Provincial Campaign Manager

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This is the same Dale Schmeichel that claimed all of us would be surprised by the Saskatoon Northwest by-election, alluding to a possible NDP win or a better than expected outcome for the NDP. Sask Party candidate Gord Wyant absolutely trounced NDP candidate Jan Dyky, actually gaining almost 6% more of the popular vote than in the 2007 general election.

Schmeichel was also behind the NDP hit piece on Wyant, that actually hurt the NDP campaign, rather than helping it.

I thought Schmeichel was smarter than this. But then again, in light of the poll and his position in the NDP campaign, what else is he going to say?

NDP Orc Alert - Alma Wiebe

As mentioned on JGL ...

A LTTE from Alma Wiebe Q.C. Just another average citizen. Oops... Not so fast!

Alma's family tie... Make sure you take a look at sister Nettie's stellar election record!

As for Alma? In her own words

They have now expanded the meaning of cowardice to include shamelessness by having the gall to hide behind the Investment Canada Act, which, apparently, none of them comprehend
...
The rest of them need to grow some spine.

The fact that Ms. Wiebe actually identifies herself as a Q.C. could be seen an embarrassment to all other Q.C.'s. This is NOT appropriate behaviour, especially when her sister is a nominated federal NDP candidate.

But when it comes to an NDP pedigree, it seems as though nothing is sacred. Not even a Q.C.

NOT Selling Saskatchewan

Evidently, the role of Opposition means opposing everything that isn't beneficial to the NDP.

NDP deputy leader Deb Higgins - "How realistic will these advertisements be? Will we see ads that talk about two years of deficit budgets or shortage of child-care spaces or shortage of affordable housing?" she said.

What Higgins is really saying is that the NDP doesn't want growth. They want to emphasize our problems to rest of Canada, rather than our successes. And for only one reason.

Economic and population growth and the sharing of information is death to the NDP party. In order for them to survive, they will have to change. They will have to take the Regina Manifesto off their website. And God forbid, they may have to actually renounce it.

But until then, they will continue to run down the province for their own political objectives.

Even if it hurts every citizen in the province.

Piling on

These can't be good for the ego...

His numbers could not go any lower if he actually was trying to drive them down. For an NDP leader in Saskatchewan, 17 per cent is close to rock bottom. He could run naked through the streets with twigs in his hair, howling like a coyote, and probably drop down no further than 16.5 per cent.

Why Lingenfelter's stock is so low is no great mystery. At a time of unprecedented provincial optimism, he is campaigning as old Mr. Crankypants, the neighbourhood curmudgeon. He's mean, he's grumpy and he is doing for the NDP what a bedbug infestation does for hotel occupancy.

Ouch!

Looks Like a Great Weekend for Reading

I just want to remind all my readers to make sure you buy a copy of John Gormley's book, Left Out - The Saskatchewan NDP and their Relentless Pursuit of Mediocrity.

And I mean buy it, not unlike a certain Saskatoon NDP MLA who took the book off the shelf in McNally Robinson for a quick free read and then put it back.

Just remember folks, the NDP Boogeyman is everywhere...

Privatizing Our Highways Is Dangerous Business

So is the SGEU pulling snow plow operators off the roads during the middle of a snow storm in order to have negotiating power. Or did you think we would forget?

Since there really aren't any wedge issues to run a campaign on, and on the important issues like healthcare more people trust the Brad Wall government than the NDP, the NDP proxy SFL and their newly re-elected president, Larry Hubich are just making stuff up.

But then again, this isn't new to the left.

I Suspected This Was Coming...

Intervention - The NDP Caucus Edition

In light of the devastating Sigma Analytics poll, Dwain Lingenfelter is considering changing his approach

A&E crews were in Regina on the weekend to record the historic weekend meeting

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Candy Finnigan; "I'm glad you could make it here Dwain. I've had the opportunity to spend some time with you caucus and I want to tell you, they love you like crazy. They just want to tell you a few things and then we can go. Is that OK?

Dwain L.; How yoooou doin'?

Candy Finnigan; Eyes here, Dwain. You want to start Kevin?

Kevin Y.; Dwain... I'm here because I care about you and I want you to be happy. We've had some good times, buddy. Remember, Channel Lake and Spudco? Those were good times man.

Dwain L.; Yea, we really screwed those babies up. (Dwain, caucus chuckles)

Kevin Y.; Remember the time you called Brad "the little thief from Swift Current"? I'm like "Go Dwain!" and you were like "He thinks he's so good". I think you really got to him.

Dwain L; Did I ever!

Darcy F.; I'm so angry!

Kevin Y.; And remember that time at the bar in Winnipeg? "I'm the Linkinator, are you Sarah Conner?" That gal didn't know what think.

Dwain L.; I'm not saying anything...(laughs)

(Judy J., Pat A. and Sandra M. chuckle, look at Dwain adoringly)

Kevin Y.; Buddy, things are changing. You can't do that s**t anymore. You gotta be nicer to people. Even Brad. People are starting to think you're too mean. It's not working anymore. You're going to screw us all the next election.

Dwain L.; F*** you, Pillsbury! You don't know me.

Sandra M.; Dwain, he's right...

Dwain L.; How yoooou doin'?

Candy Finnigan; Dwain, stop it!

Darcy F.; I'm so angry!

Kevin Y.; You're always angry, Darcy. Chill! Dwain, if you don't accept our help today, we won't be able to help you in the Leg anymore. We may not be able to support you in the party anymore. And I won't be your wing man anymore.

Dwain L.; That's bulls****t! You'll still be my wing man. I know you will.

Kevin Y.; I won't be man. You need to do this for you. And for all of us. At least until the next election. Can you try to be a bit nicer until the next election? Please?

Dwain L.; Well, I can try... OK, let's try to fool these guys. But only for a year, OK?

(caucus stands up and cheers, hugs Pat A.)

Pat A.; Ahem! Dwain.... Hands!

Kevin Y.; Oh, Dwain...

(caucus laughs)

Scene ends

Legislature Reunion!

I'm organizing a reunion of all the pages that served in the Saskatchewan Legislature in the 1980's. It will be nice to get together with them and their children.

If you were a page in the Leg in the 1980's, drop me an email.

A Grade 12 Student Getting Flattened By A Grade 8 Student

Dwain Lingenfelter vs. Roger Aldag - Myth or the stuff of legends?

BTW, see what happens to the Cowboys when Lingenfelter starts rooting for them? The Cowboys are 1-7 (or 12.5%), closely mirroring Lingenfelter's approval rating.



h/t The Fonze

NDP Orc Alert - Chris Gallaway

As with our other blog, we want to make sure the public is aware that Letter to the Editor writers in many cases are not just your average citizen, but rather political hacks ...

Today's NDP Orc is Chris Gallaway with his November 06th LTTE in the Star Phoenix

Just your average concerned citizen writing about the the vitriol in the Legislature... Not so fast.

Here are the results from the 2007 Saskatchewan general election. Seems as though Mr. Gallaway was the NDP candidate in Martensville, gathering 18.24% of the popular vote.

In October of 2007, smalldeadanimals.com also featured Mr. Gallway as one of the candidates who sounded suspiciously like four other NDP candidates in the last election. If Gallaway had difficulty writing his own campaign material, did he actually write his own letter to the newspaper?

On the positive, with an 18.24% approval rating in Martensville, he still rates higher than Dwain Lingenfelter.

Maybe Mr. Gallaway has leadership aspirations?

Disrespecting The People's House

Another NDP up and comer, Trent Wotherspoon... Classy!

Buckley's Throne Speech Greatest Hits!

16.7%

I still think it's a tad high...

Even Mandryk gets it right this time

"Evidently, almost half of Saskatchewan's 29.4% of New Democrat supporters prefer Wall over Lingenfelter as Premier"

Keep performing your magic, Link! The people just don't understand you yet.

Premier Wall Emerges as a National Leader

Despite Dwain Lingenfelter, his union proxies and his back pocket media hack that Wall should have started earlier, the Premier got the job done.

Well done, Mr. Premier!

He Can Read?

Guess what book NDP MLA Kevin Yates was reading in the Legislature last night?

He must have borrowed it from the library.

Standing Up for the NDP and Nobody Else

Does the member represent the views of anything but cyncial and rude nature of Dwain Lingenfelter the NDP? How does this statement help secure good governance?

By the way, this is one of the NDP up and comers

This member's statement is an embarassment to the people of Saskatchewan and to the good people of PA Northcote.

A Fascinating Typo

Introducing Mr. Swain Lingenfelter...

 

noun

1.

swain - a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman;



Leadership

Possibly the best political speech in Saskatchewan in a generation.

Well done, Mr.Premier...

Look At Me! Look A Me!

"I don`t think its a good idea either... Oh, and Brad Wall is a jerk!"

Lingenfelter reminds me of a yappy little dog that people are getting really tired of listening to.

Guess Who Else Is Back?

NDP Vice President and apparent homophobe Kent E. Peterson writes a bombastic letter to the Nipawin Journal.

Of course, as they always don't do, he never identifes himself as an NDP VP in the letter.

I guess Peterson forgot to mention his party leader's participation in Spudco, Channel Lake etc. as to why people should vote for the NDP. Those scandals and more are all talked about in Gormley's book (but he probably knows that already.)

BTW, Peterson got rid of his Humble Opinion blog but forgot about the cached version, which we saved. Lots of great stuff on there in the event he ever wants to run for public office. It truly does paint a vibrant picture as to Peterson's character. Peterson still runs the Sask Party Watch blog, the idea of which he lifted from us.

Whenever and wherever Peterson opens his mouth, it is political gold for the Sask Party.

Welcome back, Kent!

NDP By-Election Spin

By the Leader Post's own Murray Mandryk

"A week away from Saskatchewan's final pre-election throne speech, and a year away from a general election, politics in this province is now all about momentum.

That said, one should refrain from assuming too much after Monday night.

Notwithstanding that newly elected Saskatchewan Party MLA and Saskatoon city councillor Gordon Wyant increased his party's popular vote in the Saskatoon Northwest byelection (to 59 per cent from the 54 per cent former Sask. Party MLA Serge LeClerc garnered in this riding in 2007), some perspective is required.

Wyant was a "name" candidate, while NDP hopeful Jan Dyky (who also increased her party's popular vote to 33 per cent from 30 per cent) was not. Added to this equation is the fact that Saskatoon Northwest is a seat the NDP hasn't won in 15 years. There should be better barometers of the electoral mood in the coming year."

We were wondering how Dwain was going to spin Dyky's loss. Looks as though Mandryk was more than happy to help out.

NDP In-Fighting Goes Public

If this is the real regina_mom, there are some real issues within the NDP that will not be resolved until Lingenfelter resigns.

"Let this be a lesson for Dwain. The NDP will fail until he steps down to let the next generation lead"

Not that I mind...

Saskatoon Northwest Post-Mortem

Predictably, the Sask Party's Gord Wyant handily won the Saskatoon Northwest by-election over the NDP's Jan Dyky.

Here are the numbers...

1. Wyant won with (approx) 58.96% of the popular vote. By contrast, Serge LeClerc won 53.80% in the 2007 general election
2. Dyky won (approx) 33.06% of the popular vote. In the 2007 general election, Ken Winton-Grey won 29.66%.
3. In 2007, the provincial Liberals received 1238 votes, or 14.76% of the popular vote. In the 2010 Saskatoon NW by-election that vote collapsed, with the Liberal candidate Eric Steiner receiving only 157 votes, or 3.03% of the popular vote. In other words, the Liberal vote, not unlike the Green Party or the Progressive Conservative votes are merely friends, family and protest votes

But here are the political parts...

1. The NDP came out with the smear piece on Wyant immediately out of the gate. There was huge push back on the piece on the door step. Their subsequent pieces were not nearly as inflammatory
2. The NDP/Unions decided to call union members in the constituency and tell them that if Gord Wyant was elected, Brad Wall would sell PCS to BHP Billiton and they would all lose their jobs. This tactic shows utter contempt for union workers by their executives and the NDP by assuming union workers are not smart enough to make political decisions on their own.
3. Both Dale Schmeichel, the NDP provincial secretary (on the Richard Brown Show) and Dwain Lingenfelter predicted there would be a huge surprise in the by-election. The huge surprise never materialized (other than the fact that people are still voting for the NDP).
4. The last refuge of the damned... marginalizing women. In a final act of desperation, the NDP's last tactic was to "make history" and elect the first woman MLA in Saskatoon Northwest. The NDP don't understand how this is "tokenism"
5. Both Lingenfelter and Dyky just don't get it... On Newstalk650 Lingenfelter claims that the Saskatoon NW consituency is "in the bag" in 2011 and that the NDP would win the general election in 2011. Refer to John Gormley's book Left Out about any politician that refers to the term "in the bag".
6. Dyky told Wyant to enjoy the seat "for a year" but that she was coming back to get the seat in 2011. I believe the voters will be making that decision, not the NDP.

The NDP are completely out of touch with the majority of Saskatchewan residents. They believe that the political smear and whistling past the graveyard is a successful political strategy. Dyky's remarks are the quintessential definition of Rand's postulate "there are no contradictions". She and Lingenfelter are political soul mates.

And both political losers.

Congratulations to the Sask Party and Gord Wyant and for running a honorable campaign.

The NDP, Dyky and Lingenfelter, not so much.

Welcome NDP Watch!

One of the other reasons I decided to bring back the NDP Boogeyman was because I was going to get some help. This blogging stuff can get a bit overwhelming.

NDP Watch has done an excellent job of keeping an eye on NDP tactics for the past few months. We believe that in concert we can be better as one blog with the same mission.

Please welcome the NDP Watch team and we look forward to continuing exposing NDP lies, deceit and hypocrisy in Saskatchewan.

I'm baaaaaaaack....

After a prolonged three year hiatus (has it really been that long?), I've decided to step back into the blogging world.

I was planning on coming back for the election campaign in 2011, but a few issues caught my eye and they need the NDP Boogeyman light shone on them.

My promise, to expose the NDP on their own tactics and once again prove that they are unfit to govern our beloved Saskatchewan.

Let the fun begin!

Why Calvert And The NDP Lost

"We ran a good campaign. We campaigned on our principles and our values... Friends tonight we leave government, but we leave with heads held high."

The truth is the the NDP and Mr. Calvert did not run a good campaign. They ran a terrible campaign. Their policies received no traction and the party was undisciplined, by their own standards (as witnessed by the SaskHATchewan Weyburn-Big Muddy candidate).

That aside, the reason why they lost is they just weren't honest. Worse yet, they tried to pin dishonesty on their opponents.

Shakespeare said it best, "Me thinks thou dost protest too much". This was the way the NDP acted.

They lied about their accomplishments (14 consecutive balanced budgets) and about the intent of the Sask Party (Enterprise Saskatchewan means Privatization).

Rather than run on their record, which was full of lies and missteps (Fodey's severance, Carriere, the NDP caucus fraud scandal, the lie about the PST), they tried to pin their lack or values and moral judgement on their opponents.

They tried to buy the election with their drug plan, much as Romanow did in 1999 with the free university tuition, but they couldn't.

The fact is the people in Saskatchewan are more pragmatic than political.

They like honest people. The like decent people. And they have an inherent sense of fairness.

The NDP called their opponents names. The NDP lied about the person Brad was and what he was going to do if was elected.

These seem to be the values Calvert refers to in his concession speech. And maybe Calvert still doesn't get it.

When Calvert tried to convince voters about the dangers of Big Brad Wolf, people got angry.

When people call someone you like a name, it says nothing about that person. It says something about the name caller though.

Now some of you may ask if that was the case what happened to the other 48% of the people that didn't vote for Brad.

I submit that the people of Saskatchewan are very cautious. They still aren't sure about the Sask Party brand quite yet, but were willing to give them a chance. Because Saskatchewan people do step out... every time they plant a crop, they step out.

My prediction is that if the Sask Party run their government the way they ran this campaign, there will be a larger mandate given to the Sask Party on Nov. 07th/2011.

The Sask Party realized that the first thing do after becoming elected was not to set the election dates.

It was to keep their word.

And that's something that the voters no longer believed the NDP wanted to do or were capable of doing.

It all boiled down to honesty...

That's The Ballgame, Folks...

Ladies and gentlemen, this is my second past post for this election campaign.

The next one will be to post the numbers and to give my opinion as to why this election has gone terribly wrong for the NDP. I'm not going to take comments on that analysis.

Well, it's been fun.

The next provincial election, and possibly even the next federal campaign, I'll be back (I can hardly wait to hear about the scary Stephen Harper). I may also show up as some alter ego on some other blog, but I haven't decided yet.

I'm going to keep my email account so feel free to send me any juicy political or labour propaganda.

To all those who took big risks to contribute to this blog, I thank you.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you enjoyed the blog. It was a great experience...

Until we meet again.

The NDP Boogeyman

P.S. Time to party...!

An NDP Pedigree?

UPDATED - Bumped To Top

It has been confirmed that Will Hamilton, the Founder of the Saskatchewan Sign Kickers Party and Charles Hamilton, the Editor In Chief of the Sheaf (whose lovely anti-Sask Party piece can be found in the post entitled, From The People That Brought You Fellatio Jesus) are the nephews of Saskatoon Greystone NDP MLA Peter Prebble.

Mr. Prebble is not seeking re-election in the current provincial election.

As for one of my original post comments, "Do you think we could find a connection between the Hamilton family and either organized labour or the NDP?" would this little tidbit suffice?

In response to sunnyside's request that I apologize... I don't think so...

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The Star Phoenix has confirmed that David Fodey (Aden Bowman Collegiate) Co-Captain of Destruction is indeed the nephew of Jim Fodey, the former NDP caucus chief of staff, who resigned in the wake of the NDP caucus office theft scandal that broke last summer...

(Didn't Jim tell young David how shabbily the NDP treated him in the end? Oh I forgot... The details of his resignation severance package were never released publicly by the NDP. Maybe he wasn't treated shabbily after all...)

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From the comments on "Even the Score"

sunnyside said...
Since the beginning of the campaign, your sight has blamed the NDP for the sign wrecking shinnanigans. Now that is clear this was just a group of kids, are ready to apologize to the NDP, for saying this was a collabertive effort from the NDP.

From SDA regarding the same issue...

"In a case of the apple not falling far from.... the apple - " Do a search on Facebook for [U of Sask Sheaf Editor-In-Chief] Chuck Hamilton. View his friends, and you will see Will Hamilton is listed as his brother. I bet their parents are proud." (Or it was until Will's was pulled.)"

Commentary regarding that joyous little Sheaf article can be found here and here

You see, there is a pedigree here.

The fact is this particular Facebook site commented on the perception that there was three times as much money in the Sask Party campaign as there were others. Where would young Mr. Hamilton get this idea from? His studying of financial records for all three parties?

Also, one commenter actually took exception to the fact that his NDP sign was kicked in leads me to confidently state that these sign destructions are the work of NDP supporters and their proxies.

Do you think that coincidently, these two fine young brothers named Hamilton created their attitudes from reading the platforms of each party, reading the Communist Manifesto or Das Capital and each coming to their own individual conclusions?

Do you think we could find a connection between the Hamilton family and either organized labour or the NDP?

The one thing the Hamiltons did not teach their children is that they shouldn't out themselves in such a public manner. They have made quite a name for themselves in a very short amount of time.

One final observation from reader "slick" in the comments...

I can guarantee you that the parents of every one of those kids are CARD CARRYIN' NDP SUPPORTERS.

I couldn't have said it better...

CUPE 5111 - Last Ditch

"We believe a Sask Party government will privatize many health care services."

This was faxed out by CUPE 5111 in the Battlefords as a last ditch attempt to save the NDP candidates's job there.

The NDP candidate is the Health Minister, Len Taylor, hence the emphasis on the health care scare tactics.

Based on the piles information that have crossed my desk from rank and file, much of which I have posted on this site, I believe that many union executives use lies, deceit and pressure tactics in order to manipulate their members.

I guess we're all entitled to our beliefs.

I Suppose It's Better Than The Typical NDP Nazi Cartoon

From another NDP Boogeyman operative.

This picture of Brad Wall was in the Kevin Yates/Harry Van Mulligan campaign office in Regina. It was taken during Calvert's final media conference today.

And these guys were NDP ministers? Pathetic...

He's Just Not Trying Anymore - Redux

There is a stock radio ad playing right now on Newstalk650

It describes the NDP platform and ends with the necessary scare campaign against Brad Wall and the Sask Party.

At the end of the ad, there is a candidate mentioned with the constituency. The quote for the Premier is "In Saskatoon Riverdale, Vote for Lorne Calvert."

The problem is that the name of the constituency is Saskatoon Riversdale... with an "s".

The first time I heard this ad, I thought my hearing was off. Then I heard it again.

Newstalk650 was a big NDP buy. You would think that a) this was important enough to get right and b) since it is the Premier's constituency, that they would want to make sure no mistakes were made as it may reflect badly on him...

I don't care what celebrities the Premier may bring into the constituency, particularly since he avoids Riversdale like the plague for the other 3 years and 11 months of his term, but saying the name wrong in an ad is insulting to the citizens of that of community.

His handlers must be completely incompetent for letting something like this go...

No wonder there is a thought that the Sask Party candidate Fred Ozirney is leading in Saskatoon Riversdale...

Saskatchewan Sign Kickers = Rocket Surgeons

Evidently, the Saskatchewan Sign Kicking Party was seeking some revenge for the segment John Gormley did on his program yesterday. So they created this little Facebook group .

The name of the group is "john gormley should go f*** himself".

The picture of the man on the right is indeed John Gormley, but not the Newstalk650 John Gormley.

Rather, this John Gormley happens to be the Green Party leader and member of the National Parliament for Dublin South East.

So, not only did these future Rhodes Scholars record themselves performing criminal acts by vandalizing election signs and then posting those acts on Facebook, but when radio host John Gormley read on his show what these idiots publicly admitted to, they sought revenge by putting up a picture of Ireland's Green Party leader, with the words "I Love C**K" tattooed across his forehead.

These kids couldn't be dumber if they tried.

UPDATE - The original Facebook group is down, but thank God for screenshots...

The CEP Full Court Press

Don MacNeil, the Western Region VP of the CEP just sent out this NDP talking points memo to all CEP members. It can only be described as a "Hail Mary" pass late in the game, hoping that a touchdown will erase a 20 point deficit.

I particularly like the double standard of this line... "Handing over responsibility to unelected political cronies is not the way to properly run a province."

Is that not unlike having non-elected unions used as a way to relay a political message and secure votes on a party's behalf?

And how about, "It will be harder for unions to organize and make it easier for employers to intimidate workers." That would be as opposed to now where unions intimidate workers if they plan to vote other than for the NDP.

And besides, why would a union worker care about other employees ability to organize?

As I've been seeing time and time again during this election campaign, the union brass has lost the confidence and respect of the rank and file worker because the union brass is so self-serving...

Good luck with that long ball, Mr. MacNeil.

What Do You Lose If The Sask Party Wins?

We lose Lorne Calvert and the NDP... I'll pay for my own drugs for that prize.

He's Baaaaacccckk!

The original NDP Boogeyman is back. For those of you 40 or under, his name is Grant Devine...

Ever seen any political party this desperately grasping at straws?

Even The Score?

"Also we find it unfair that the Sask Party has 3 times the funding of any other party, so they get all the big signs. We seek to even this out."

Exactly, where are these young geniuses getting the information that the Sask Party has 3 times the funding of any other party? Studying financials?

They find it unfair? That says something, not about these kids, but about their "role" models...

h/t SDA

UPDATE - A massive beatdown of these kids on John Gormley Live Beautiful...

Calvert's Desperate Celebrity Endorsement

One of the NDP Boogeyman's operatives has informed me that Tom Jackson, the First Nation's singer and actor is flying into Saskatoon to help campaign for the NDP. Evidently, Jackson is a "good friend" of Calvert's.


He is coming at the request of Calvert in an attempt to garner more First Nations support in the constituency of Riversdale.

This is not good news for the NDP...

1. Historically, the First Nations of Saskatchewan voted Liberal federally and NDP provincially. This time however, there is a strong respect for Brad Wall and the Sask Party. This may be eroding NDP support from what they consider a core vote.
2. Fred Ozirney with the Saskatchewan Party has run a surprisingly effective campaign in Riversdale. The odds are against them, but in the Devine sweep of 1982, even Riversdale was lost to the PC's (remember the gas pump jockey Joanne Zazelenchuk who defeated Roy Romanow?)
3. If Calvert is taking time on the Sunday before the election to campaign with a core vote in his own constituency, what are HIS numbers saying? Is Tom Jackson a last ditch effort on Calvert's part to bring up his bruised and battered profile?

I used to think that Riversdale was a given for the NDP.

But with the NDP polling lower than they did in the PC sweep of 1982, Ozirney's efforts in the constituency, and Calvert bringing in a celebrity endorser to work with him on the Sunday before the election, are we looking at a potential upset here?

One can only dream...

He's Just Not Trying Any More

This is a screenshot of Lorne Calvert's Facebook page. It was sent to me yesterday by one of his "friends".

If you look at Lorne's status, as of yesterday is still says, "Lorne is getting ready for the debate", which I assume was set some time before last Tuesday's debate.

They're just not trying anymore...

SEI-Who?

At least they "try" to give some of the platform positions, BEFORE attempting to spin the Sask Party.

Nice work... I'm sure they'll get along just fine.

Calvert - We Need To Scare Them More!

"Friends, I have it on good authority that Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party are in fact, cannibals and plan on eating your children if they are elected.

It has been learned that Brad Wall, with some of his unelected friends, actually went and saw a movie called "the Last King of Scotland".

The movie features, at its core, a story about a young doctor who becomes embroiled in a life and death struggle with the former Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin.

Now it turns out, that Mr. Amin, was found out to be a cannibal!

During the moviefilm, Mr. Wall and his friends were seen as laughing and actually enjoying themselves during horrific scenes.

Does this mean that Mr. Wall and his corporate friends enjoy acts of cannibalism on the screen? I submit to you that it does...

Now, I'm not sure if there were actually scenes of cannibalism in this movie, since Betty and I don't attend any movie higher than a G rating, but that is irrelevant.

Friends, the point is the evidence is overwhelming.

Only a New Democratic Party government can prevent the wholesale cannibalism of this beloved province and its future.

Only a New Democratic Party government, that has the lowest cost bundle of utilities anywhere in Canada, can protect your children from the extreme right-wing agenda of the Conservative Saskatchewan Party.

Do you want your children to be eaten like they eat children in Alberta?

I say emphatically, "No!"

Did I mention that Rolling Stones were in Regina last year?

On November 07th, I'm asking for your vote. Keep Saskatchewan safe from cannibalism and the extreme right wing agenda of the Saskatchewan Party. Vote for the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan.

CUPE 1975 - Working To Ensure Workplace Safety

"We have been approached by employees who are members of CUPE 1975 who are afraid. They have reported bullying, harassment, intimidating behaviour and threats being made by union members against other members if they do not participate in job action," wrote Barb Daigle, U of S associate vice-president of human resources."

"Be careful walking down a dark alley at night if you don't support this job action, be careful crossing the picket line, we can't guarantee your personal safety' - those would be the physical threats," she said."The others would be more subtle forms of harassment and intimidation, like, 'We will ensure that you no longer have a job."

Two complaints, filed in writing by CUPE 1975 members, are being investigated by university administrators who are aware of more than a dozen instances of union members harassing, intimidating or bullying other union members, says Daigle.


You may remember the CUPE 1975 executive has had some previous concerns about its members.

Just another example of why the rank and file distrust the union brass and anyone they associate with...

From The Lefties That Brought You "Fellatio Jesus"

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...

CUPE Scare Tactics - Health Care

Among the gems in this document;

• "The Saskatchewan Party has not committed to publicly delivered health care." (The Saskatchewan Party has been very clear on publicly funded, publicly delivered health care. CUPE just doesn't care to listen)
• "The Saskatchewan Party will restructure health care." (Is that a bad thing?)
• "Governments in Western Canada simlar to the Saskatchewan Party have rolled back wages and slashed thousands of jobs." (They must be referring to Campbell's Liberal party in BC that was forced to make cuts after years of unencumbered spending by NDP governments. As a result of these moves, the province of BC is financially well again)

It would be nice if CUPE told the whole story. But I guess the truth doesn't matter when you are trying to scare your members.

The Candy Poll - Sask Party Homes More Generous Than NDP Homes

On the Murray Wood show today, Michelle Hugli was guest hosting when Ken from Saskatoon called in.

He relayed a story that happened to him as he was taking his kids out trick or treating last night.

After going door to door for a time, and without any prompting from Ken, the kids came up with the following conclusion; the houses that had the green signs (Sask Party) gave a lot more candy out that the houses with the orange signs (NDP).

Ahh, the wisdom of youth.

CUPE Local 5111 - Election Plea

This is getting embarrassing.

Among the claims above;

"Our participation in this campaign is not only necessary because of the effect any government has on health care services and employment, but also because of the effect a right wing political ideology will have on a publicly funded, publicly delivered health care system."

"We believe a Sask Party government will privatize many health care services" (Regardless of the fact that Brad Wall has emphasized over and over again that this will not be the case)

"Big business and corporations stand to make huge profits (dirty word) through privatization of public services"

The message is clear. CUPE is getting desperate.

And people like Brian Manegre, President of Local 5111 should lose their jobs for outright lying to their membership.

Illegal Advertising in PA

Although all government Crowns and departments are supposed to stop advertising during an election, by law, advertising continues unabated.

This billboard is across from the SIAST campus in PA. You can clearly see the Saskatchwan Community Resources logo, bottom left.

NDP Boogeyman operatives are all over the province...

Imitation ...

... is the sincerest form of flattery.

Check out ndpboogyman.blogspot.com

Amateurs...

Calvert's Friends Trying To Run Our Province

Yet another example of Calvert's unelected, out of province friends trying to tell the people of Saskatchewan what's right for them.

These are rude, un-Saskatchewan like proxies of the NDP interfering with our electoral process; interfering in our province.

It's time for the NDP and their union proxies to be banished to the political wilderness forever.

The Last Refuge of The Damned

Here's the newest NDP election strategy; name calling.

Big Brad Wolf? Are you bloody serious?

The man who desires to remain as the Premier of Saskatchewan has his people send out this latest media release.

This is an embarassment to every citizen in Saskatchewan. We deserve so much better than name calling from our Premier.

If there was any doubt that this man and his team have gone way beyond their "past due" date, this latest media release should do it.

Unbelievable...

Coersion... From A Distance

Number One

From a PA Pulp and Paper Mill update, Ron Rucks, the President of CEP Local 1120 writes, "The National Union is looking for people to help out in the election and is willing to pay all expenses up to $100 per day."

The actual letter from Rucks is attached above. It is an interesting examination into the mind-set of a union executive.

Number Two

"My friend’s husband works at IPSCO in Regina. He received a call this morning from the Steelworkers of America union office from Ontario reminding him that Mark Wartman (NDP-Regina Qu’Appelle Valley) is the candidate that he should be voting for on the 7th."

I find it interesting that in last night's debate, Calvert was concerned about the Sask Party Enterprise Saskatchewan model which he claims would have unelected officials making decisions for the people of Saskatchewan.

Is that like a National Union paying members to work for the NDP, or having calls from a union in Ontario telling members how to vote?

A Plea From A Sask Ex-Pat

Notice how this young man refers to this province as "we", even though technically he is an Albertan now.

This is a story I hear time and time again about ex-pats wanting to repatriate, but will not do so under an NDP government.

Joshua's right when he says "the worse for Saskatchewan, the better for NDP."

I hope that on November 07th, Joshua receives his wish and he gets to come back home.

They Hate Me... They Really Hate Me!

My anti-Sally Field impression...

Overheard at SDA

"You seem smart, and even though your content is mind-bogglingly all over the place, it seems oddly coherent. That you promote shit sites like NDP boogeyman though makes me lose much respect."

There you have it folks... I'm officially a "shit site" according to a lefty poster named "grossed out".

They're even complimenting Kate (kind of) in order to crap on me, (and they usually just hate her).

To my friends on the left, thank you... I'm truly honoured.

SGEU Liquor Store Privatization Propaganda

When a SGEU employee called into the Murray Wood show on Newstalk980 and asked Brad Wall if the Sask Party was going to privatize the liquor board stores, Wall simply responded, "No".


When asked again, (because she was looking for confrontation) he gave the exact same answer, which today Murray Wood referred to as the "shortest answer he had ever heard a politician give".

Despite Wall's answer, the SGEU have created a "Stop Privatization" campaign (aimed at who, I don't know) with the following claims.

1. Publicly run liquor stores help ensure safe and healthy communities. (If you really want a safe and healthy community, don't sell booze in it)
2. Public liquor stores generate revenue that government uses to fund services like health and education. (Let's go get pissed tonight on Jag and help shorten our waiting lists (or help Johnny get that Commodore64 for the school library))
3. Public liquor stores good jobs with decent wages (Yup, nothing like paying someone $60K a year to stock shelves and check IDs)

Finally, the pamphlet quotes the Liquor Stores and Crime Study done by the Calgary Police Service in 2003 as stating "Private retailers are more likely to sell alcohol to those who shouldn't have it - The need to make a profit (bad word) may pressure owners to sell to underage youth."

Now I couldn't the specific document the SGEU mentioned, but I did find this one; "The Social Consequences Of Privatizing Liquor And Beer Stores" May 1997, which concluded; "The Calgary Police Service concludes that their data "dispels the myth that privatization of liquor businesses has increased the rate of crime. It reveals that privatization has not altered the amount of crime at [individual] locations over the past 2 years."

Hmmm, I wonder why SGEU referenced materials from the BCGEU but not this document.

This Is Why People Don't Trust The NDP

When the NDP are against a Wall, they just start making stuff up...

"- shorter waits in ERs and hospitals when people have the medications they need"

Based on what medical evidence exactly? That people won't know they're on the longest surgical waiting lists in the country if they are heavily medicated? This is absolute balderdash.

Do voters deserved to be lied to in this manner?

The evidence is overwhelming. The NDP simply cannot be trusted.