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Tinfoil hats and bottom feeders #wrpagm

Sunday, November 25, 2012
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The weekend is over.  The Wildrose Alliance Party annual general meeting for 2012 is over.  Now it is time to sit back and reflect on the various items we accomplished over the weekend.

Friday night started off with an informal reception complete with beer, wine, hard alcohol, lots of melons and cheeses.  People we haven’t seen since the last AGM started showing up and immediately the campaigning for the EC positions started.  As is the norm the cliques were formed and hard core “door knocking” was taking place.  Funny though, no one was asking if anyone was on “Team Rob” or “Team Danielle”.  Apparently there are no such teams. Who Knew? So don’t believe everything you read on the kukkuplanet blog, or in the Huff Post.

Anyone with half a brain, and a few of us with our entire intellect in tact had already decided for whom we would vote.  For that group, the consumption of copious amounts of beer and cold cuts and plenty more melons and cheese was the order of the evening.  With several hospitality suites to visit, it would be rude not to have at least a beer or three with the hosts.  Of course, that led to one of my worst faults….  DRUNK TWEETING!!

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Bill 3, 2012 The Education Act

Saturday, October 27, 2012

So, we have a new old government.  The last bill on the floor before the the spring election was Bill 2, 2012, The Education Act.  It was shot down.  Of course the reigning PC party, and education minister at the time, Thomas Lukaszuk, blamed the death of the Bill on the Wildrose Party.  Of course this was a smoke screen.  No Bill brought by the ruling party would die on the floor if the majority of the party holding the majority voted it in.  The reigning party faced more public uproar on the bill than they could afford to ignore going into an election.

Home Schooling parents and religious based private schools were in an uproar over the mention of the Alberta Human Rights Act being included in the Education Act.  The minister of education, himself a Roman Catholic, tried to convince them the bill was not intended to give the government carte blanche to bring home schoolers or religious schools to human rights tribunals simply for teaching their own beliefs in school.  Unfortunately for the education minister, Albertans weren’t that gullible.  So long as the ability was provided for the government to interfere in their childrens’ education, they weren’t going to be shut up.

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Zeroes need not apply – Educators take note

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Debate rages on in the news, coffee shops, office water-coolers and pretty much anywhere we go regarding this phenomenon known as the “No Zero Policy.”  To date I have not met a single educated person who agrees with this ridiculous policy.  Of course I haven’t had an opportunity to speak with any of the geniuses in the school system who put more trust in “gurus” than they do in science and fact.  Suffice it to say, any reasonable, thinking, successful person will tell you the no zero policy is an insult to those who work hard to achieve their goals in life.

What message are we sending to our children if they are permitted to pass without completing or, as in many cases, not even attempting to complete assignments received in school?  Are we telling them that it is okay to be a slacker?  Are we relaying to them the message  the world does indeed owe them a living?  How can anything good come out of sending our children on to university, college, or into the workforce completely ill prepared for the realities these institutions will force them to face?  Yet these are precisely the messages we are sending them out there with.

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An Open Letter to NO ZERO Grads!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

To All Employees:

It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you this company is going out of business.  I understand this is going to be a tough time for you to find another job, with most companies like ours currently declaring bankruptcy.  For reasons not understood by this writer, the No Failure Policy in Alberta is being used as an excuse by businesses to move their commerce to Ontario and Saskatchewan where the No Failure Policy does not exist, and results tyrants run supply and service companies.

I understand the working conditions in those provinces are much nastier than they are here, what with employees being forced to produce in order to realize pay raises and promotions.  However, for some strange reason the clients seem to appreciate work being completed on time and with the level of quality they were promised.  I don’t get it either.

Fortunately the government of Alberta has instituted a new welfare policy which allows employees affected by the No Failure Policy bankruptcies to receive 2 years of welfare.  This welfare payment will be paid to you whether you complete your job search requirements on time or not.  Should you not secure gainful, or even mediocre employment in the two year period, be not concerned, the government of Alberta will extend your welfare for a subsequent two years with the same job search requirements.  Unfortunately, the government will not guarantee payments beyond the period of time it will take taxpaying, hard working Albertans to move to Ontario and Saskatchewan to do business with the slave driving, results oriented businesses in those provinces.

While we tried to convince our customers your lack of production was not an excuse to fire you, indeed it would not hold back promotions and raises, they couldn’t understand our hesitancy.  We tried to explain our policy of not judging a person on work not completed, but on that work that was completed.  Since so little production was realized, we had to explain how certain we are of your capabilities that we don’t need to actually base our decisions on physical production.

We wish you the best of luck in your job search.

Sincerely;

Your former No Failure Policy Employer

 

P.S. All thanks go to the Edmonton Public School’s No Zero Policy!!

P.S.S. Lyndon Dorval is a HERO!!

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