Alberta - time to go

Skimmed the site.  What a bunch of whiners.

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Many Albertans have immigrated from the United
States. The energy industry, as well as the ranching industry, has
attracted many Americans. Attacking
Americans attacks the family background of many Albertans. Prominent
Albertans have American roots. Senator Ted Morton is originally from
California. MP Myron Thompson is from the U.S..

Who the hell let these low-life neocon scum into our land?

I thought we had finally armed our border guards. Do we now have to equip them with eyeglasses?

Protect our sacred borders! Send the U.S. vagrants packing!

[b][i]Defend our Alberta!!!!![/i][/b]

Anyone want to lay odds on the liklihood that "mcgregok" IS, in fact, Jefferson Glapski himself?

He does seem to have a great interest in spreading the Gospel of Glapski to the heathens.

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I think we should annex Alberta from Exxon-Imperial, Ed Wehrmacht, Encana etc

That idiot is still crying about Trudeau? Holy crap, the guy's dead already, let it go.

This is what happens when you let Americans into the country: they start believing they own the place. 

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the above posts prove my point. Alberta is not wanted in confederation.

No, you and your reactionary ignorance are not wanted anywhere. Especially in Alberta.

 If you have such a hard-on for America, go join the Marines and get the hell out of my province. You're poisoning my air. 

Unionist wrote:

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Many Albertans have immigrated from the United States. The energy industry, as well as the ranching industry, has attracted many Americans. Attacking Americans attacks the family background of many Albertans. Prominent Albertans have American roots. Senator Ted Morton is originally from California. MP Myron Thompson is from the U.S..

Who the hell let these low-life neocon scum into our land?

I thought we had finally armed our border guards. Do we now have to equip them with eyeglasses?

Protect our sacred borders! Send the U.S. vagrants packing!

[b][i]Defend our Alberta!!!!![/i][/b]

Does that include the draft dodgers and potheads?

Ghislaine wrote:

I am sure this thread is being read with glee over at that website the troll posted.

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"watching the tide roll away"

I'd suggest that instead of trolling, he should buy a banner ad, then.

Draft dogers and potheasds can stay. neo-con Americans can go.

All that oil and gas siphoned off to the states and they can't even afford a Stanley cup contender. tsk tsk

Portions of it remind me of Saturday night's takeout.

Fidel wrote:

Slumberjack wrote:

Portions of it remind me of Saturday night's takeout.

American fries boiled in dirty chip oil with green eggs and spam? 

With a 2L Dr. Pepper.  It was a combo.

Great post Wilder!! Really well written.

Hoodeet, I don't want Alberta to secede,  I just want the nasty Americans and wanna be Americans to get a grip and do one of two things 1) Remember they are Canadian and 2) if they don't want to be Canadian move to Texas. 

Since we have Free Trade, why not trade off those neo-Con American wannabes for some of the gays and lesbians in California and Boston proper. 

They get to get rid of the people they openly despise, and we get rid of more Con voters. 

ROTFLMAO 

Alberta Brûlée

 
Take one land and cleanse it of buffalo and Indians. Reserve any residual Indians.

Divide the prairie into cattle ranches and feedlots, adding as many animals as will fit; to ensure their health and tastiness, feed them generous doses of antibiotics and growth hormones; enjoy when plump.

Carve onto the surface of the land a grid of packed gravel roads; spray these with oil, as needed, to keep the dust down. Add generous lines of asphalt highways. Run large vehicles back and forth over the roads as frequently as possible. Tip: To play up the rustic brand of Alberta, roads should be named after displaced indigenous groups or animals.

Arrange monocultures in a checkerboard pattern over the grasslands, taking care to place them close to the rivers. Sprinkle liberally with RoundUp. Tips: Crops for cattle are more lucrative than crops for humans, which are best imported from California or Mexico. Incidentally, humans must also be imported for use in Alberta, and the common Newfoundlander works quite well.

Chop lodgepole pines sustainably at the base and set aside.

Blast roads through the mountains to ensure they are exploited to their full economic and recreational potential, however, take care to discourage problem wildlife from encroaching on tourist territory.

Poke holes in the ground and carefully extract the sweet crude and sour gas. If oil is contaminated with sand, conservatively dig up the entire surface of the affected area, remove the bitumen and discard.

What is left of the land, sever into segments, grooming each one with a green lawn. Top with large houses using approximately 157 of the lodgepole pines each, taking care to orient the view towards the majestic Rocky Mountains, or the Costco parking lot. Tips: The names of suburbs should evoke images of old world distinction or idyllic scenery. For an authentic touch, houses in Alberta should be decorated lightly with western accessories such as cattle skulls (available from feedlots), or art (available from the Indians reserved above).

Turn up the heat of the earth as quickly possible until Alberta is brown and crispy. Alberta is done when the rivers are dry and a green smog hovers over the entire land.

Yield: Limitless

Note: This recipe is energy intensive and may be modified for a lighter result.

Brunos wrote:

Also don't forget C.D. Howe, an american who became "Minister of Everything" in MacKenzie King's wartime government.

Ya that was a slick deal he made with Kessler for TransCanada pipelines. Canadian taxpayers only had to finance about 90% of the cost so they could play at capitalism. We've paid rich people and foreigners to take the stuff off our hands.

Whoah, hang on here for just a sec.

If Alberta leaves Confederation, then I'll end up paying the freakin' world price for oil!

Hey....wait a minute...

Can't tell.... I'm freezing.... in the dark......

Tommy_Paine wrote:

Whoah, hang on here for just a sec.

If Alberta leaves Confederation, then I'll end up paying the freakin' world price for oil!

Hey....wait a minute...

If you join my shieldwall and give me an blood oath, we can pillage and loot down the Lake Huron shoreline.

You will be well awarded for you actions.

Tommy_Paine wrote:

Aye, but I'm in it for more than five hides. 

 

Ac her forth berad; fugelas singao, gyalleo groehama.

 

Lol, your share will be 15 hides however you need to provide 6 men in arms and armour.

Fidel wrote:

Tommy_Paine wrote:

Whoah, hang on here for just a sec.

If Alberta leaves Confederation, then I'll end up paying the freakin' world price for oil!

Hey....wait a minute...

I've been gassing up on the U.S. side every second tankful for years. They import our stuff, and yet I've been saving $10 bucks and more on a tank full on their side for a long time. Figure that out.

Hmmm....

You want Canadian taxes raised to OECD rates but you deke out of paying your fair share. 

Priceless!

thorin_bane wrote:

ratbert you know we pay a lot more than the yanks do for gas and we have SURPLUS gas right. Do you know what allmost every other gas rich country pays ....thought not. We have taxes on our pump because Exxon tells us to, they don't want americans driving across our border to find out we pay less for OUR OWN OIL than they do. It would be a scandal. We are being fleeced by the oil companies becasue the gas tax is a flat 26 cents a litre regardless of 148 a barrel or 40 dollars  a barrel. Given recent news of the shut down in new projects and slowing of existing ones, I bet some albertans may soon be pining for the good old days when the rest of canada had to pay a higher flat rate than world prices for the purpose of energy exploration. Damn that NEP for trying to help out the entire country!!! Evil eastern bastards paying too much for gas! Trudeau is such a dick(he is but mostly for non NEP things)

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Whateverr, thorin. Canada's overall taxation on fuels is substatially higher than overall American taxation. The price of gasoline is less than US$1.50 in many parts of the US which converts to ~ C$0.48/l.  The 'surplus' gas Canada exports contributes a major part of Canada's GDP, trade surplus and government revenues.

What does your version of tax policy, which I do not disagree with BTW, have to do with advocating higher taxes tax rates to support wealth redivision schemes on the one hand and avoiding paying the freight on existing tax policies for personal gain on the other. Your biased diatrabe does contain a kernel of sound policy but is surrounded by the usual socialist malarkey about energy pricing and taxation.

If you wish me to comment on energy policy and taxation at the national level, I'd be glad to do so but somehow, your post gives me the impression that such commentary will not be taken seriously unless it mirrors socialist doctrine.

Do socialists get to avoid taxation that pays for social policies among other less progressive policies for morally superior reasons? Does everyone get to deke out of paying their share except "the rich" or "the corporations"?