One thing I neglected to mention in my Oh Canada post about Harper, was his plans for Arctic defense. This would include three heavy-duty, armed icebreakers as well as a new port for them near Iqualuit. Harper would also bring back the Airborne unit (but hopefully not its troubled history), as it would be critical …
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Energy concerns
So Bush has finally admitted the US is addicted to cheap oil. He made some statements in his address to the nation: – Coal. $281 million to develop clean coal technologies “to generate electricity while meeting environmental regulations at low cost.” And $54 million for a “FutureGen” project with the private sector to seek “an …
Oh, Canada.
Interesting things are happening up north. Harper & the conservatives ousted the liberals from power. Harper is now the PM, and Martin has stepped down. I thought Martin was doing a decent job, but his party has had a good run of corruption and arrogance, so they all paid the price. – As a fiscal …
More SD politics
About damned time: Mayor Jerry Sanders on Wednesday asked all City Council-appointed trustees of the city’s troubled pension system to step down. They were put there by crooks, and are still running things. I’ve got give credit to Sanders, I didn’t think he had the cajones to team up with Aguirre. What the hell are …
SD Votes, again.
District 8 doesn’t have great choices. The campaigns have been short on facts, and heavy on mud-slinging. Both candidates have plenty of mud to sling at each other. VoteNoneOfTheAbove.info is starting to look like a good idea. Update: Ben Hueso wins by a landslide – I hope Ben does a good job. It is good …