{"id":940,"date":"2006-05-24T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=940"},"modified":"2006-05-24T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-24T21:53:00","slug":"mid-week-musings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>-There&#8217;s an interesting post on Policy Watch about the Conservatives <a href=\"http:\/\/policycanada.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/why-does-conservative-party-use.html\">breaking copyright laws <\/a>on the government of Canada website. Well&#8230;&#8221;interesting&#8221; if you find discussion on copyright infringement laws interesting.<\/p>\n<p>-Is there anyone who knows of any articles on how demographics (ie. Census data) are related to voting patterns in Canada? Send me an <a href=\"mailto:bart_ramson@hotmail.com\">e-mail <\/a>if you know of any out there. Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicalstaples.com\/2006\/05\/23\/rebuilding_the_mulroney_coalit.html\">Political Staples <\/a>links up to the Tom Flanagan article in Saturday&#8217;s Globe on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/Page\/document\/v4\/sub\/MarketingPage?user_URL=http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20060523.wxcoflanagan23%2FBNStory%2FspecialComment%2Fhome&#038;ord=992139&amp;brand=theglobeandmail&#038;redirect_reason=2&amp;denial_reasons=none&#038;force_login=false\">rebuilding the Mulroney coalition<\/a>. Is it just me or does anyone else think the break-up and coming together of Canada&#8217;s right wing would make for a fascinating book? Maybe even a CBC mini-series (let&#8217;s hear everyone&#8217;s suggestions for actors to play Stockwell Day, Stephen Harper, and Joe Clark right now!).<\/p>\n<p>-I was happy when I reached number 2 for google &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22david+herle%22&#038;meta=\">David Herle<\/a>&#8221; searches. But nothing can match the pride and certain traffic which will come from reaching number 1 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?hl=en&amp;q=rona+ambrose+naked&#038;meta=\">this search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20060524.wxliberals24\/BNStory\/National\/home\">11 candidate debate<\/a>? Good grief. I think we&#8217;d probably learn more watching the 11 duel it out in a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. The one bright spot in the debates should be the random one-on-one matchups. Some people say they&#8217;ll lead to odd pairings but I for one think it would be kind of fun to watch Stephane Dion match wits with Hedy Fry.<\/p>\n<p>-The <a href=\"http:\/\/daveberta.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/elections-nerd-alert.html\">Nova Scotian election <\/a>is on, featuring Darrell Dexter against Rodney MacDonald .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldstart.com\/store\/images\/dexter-lab-science.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthlessreviews.com\/pics5\/greatest7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wish I had some insightful comments to make about this race but I just can&#8217;t get past the names: Rodney MacDonald versus Darrell Dexter.<\/p>\n<p>-Garth Turner is holding an<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamiltonspectator.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton\/Layout\/Article_PrintFriendly&amp;amp;amp;amp;c=Article&amp;cid=1148422239226\"> on-line town hall <\/a>on June 1st. Cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-There&#8217;s an interesting post on Policy Watch about the Conservatives breaking copyright laws on the government of Canada website. Well&#8230;&#8221;interesting&#8221; if you find discussion on copyright infringement laws interesting. -Is there anyone who knows of any articles on how demographics (ie. Census data) are related to voting patterns in Canada? 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