http://radiounderdog.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Charlotte Robb is the interim CEO of the new Alberta Health Superboard.  You may (or may not) recall that the health regions as we knew them were axed by the Alta Tories in favour of one large health board.  Anyway, Robb will make about $550,000 per year under her contract. Health ... http://radiounderdog.com/alberta-health-ceo-worth-the-money/ I've had a few days to digest Calgary's latest hate march.  I don't like to give ignorant racist groups that much time or attention, but I recognize that putting my head in the sand doesn't make it go away. Here's the thing... it's okay to be proud to be white if, ... http://radiounderdog.com/nice-swastika/ Do you think about the statement you're making when you spend money? Do you remember the "Made in the USA" campaign geared to get people to buy locally made merchandise. It turned out, people weren't willing to spend more money to protect jobs in the US. Buying cheaper merchandise ... http://radiounderdog.com/think-with-your-pocket/ The Americans may be having such a hard time pitching democracy around the world because of how confusing it looks on their own TV. For staters, it takes forever to figure out who to vote for.  That's a drawn out process if ever there was one. Now, the Dems are entering the ... http://radiounderdog.com/superdelegates/ A lot of people look at the voter turnout and shake their heads and wag the fingers at those who don't go to the polls. In Alberta, something like 40% of people voted the PCs to a landslide victory. 73 seats is quite a mandate. What about the other ... http://radiounderdog.com/voter-apathy-and-what-it-means/ Here's a confession. I get emotional when I vote. I don't break down and cry, but I feel it inside. I feel proud. I feel lucky. I feel like the leaders want to know what I believe. Today, I believe that Alberta is the ... http://radiounderdog.com/election-day/ The campaign ads are dominating TV now. It's the last few days of a pretty vigorous campaign and this is when the war chests are being opened fully. Truly, it's a beautiful thing. We shouldn't fear or loathe elections. They are one of the greatest things Canada has ... http://radiounderdog.com/how-to-vote/ It has been pointed out that I tend to have a negative stripe on this blog. I can't deny it. I think that most of it is because politics is so frustrating. It's like that magic trick theory: distract them with one hand so they don't see ... http://radiounderdog.com/change/ Kevin Taft (Alberta Liberals) is talking about pulling $800M from the Sustainability Fund (for disasters et al.) to help build the ring road.  Hey, I want the Calgary ring road, too.  That doesn't mean I'd go out of my way to broker a bad deal to get it. Let's look at ... http://radiounderdog.com/kevin-taft-terrible-deal-maker/ Whew! I gotta say, this is some pretty boring action on debate night in Alberta. Maybe it's because I've been watching the American debates of late. They're great! Wait... The States... I digress. Anyway, those are some serious debates with some heavy hitters. I know the ... http://radiounderdog.com/the-not-so-great-debate/