Calgary - random talk thread
10-18-2010, 04:35 PM
^ I find no faults in your post;
RE: "keep pushing"?
I have been in no way "pushing" anyone in my office to vote for RM, but when I hear all of them (so far) say they're not voting for RM, it disappoints me.
I have on the other hand been pushing reasons to vote for RM here because I'm pretty sure everyone here wants to see motorsports on any level supported by our municipal government.
This is why hearing at work that no one gives a crap disappoints me;
We don't live in a truly democratic system.
To be truly democratic, we would be able to recall officials we were unhappy with - but our system does not have these measures in place.
Case & point, rally's organized between RM office, and the motorsports association last year which brought Race City into the news - in a truely democratic system, you only need a percentage of the voters to be disenchanted with their elected officials before they can get pulled out of office.
If one was to be cynical, you could say we have a pseudo-Dictatorship, or to put a more positive spin on it, we have what I tend to call a "sporadic-democracy";
We do have the choice of who is in office, but we cannot hold them accountable;
In the end our sporadic-democratic system of municipal, provincial, and federal governing in Canada does not support honesty - Politicians on any level can lie their faces off, and once their in, we have to deal with their decisions until the next election term...
Does anyone remember how jean chretien got his gov't into power on more than one occasion on the platform of eliminating the GST? - yet it stayed through all his terms.
You all do realize that in the 1930's German's did vote in their Chancellor, and they did vote their government in... but measures were slowly put into place which progressively eliminated all competitors, making any elections a ruse at best...
As far as I'm concerned our outgoing mayor bought his way into office, and became a multi-millionaire because of it (if you doubt me look it up);
He essentially bought his way into office, not becasue he was the best qualified candidate, but because he had the largest advertising budget...
With our system, the biggest factor which influences the masses is generally how short the voters memory span is, or name recognition...
In summary, this would be of less concern to me if we as Canadians could hold our representatives accountable, and have them recalled - but we cannot.
...
RE: "keep pushing"?
I have been in no way "pushing" anyone in my office to vote for RM, but when I hear all of them (so far) say they're not voting for RM, it disappoints me.
I have on the other hand been pushing reasons to vote for RM here because I'm pretty sure everyone here wants to see motorsports on any level supported by our municipal government.
This is why hearing at work that no one gives a crap disappoints me;
We don't live in a truly democratic system.
To be truly democratic, we would be able to recall officials we were unhappy with - but our system does not have these measures in place.
Case & point, rally's organized between RM office, and the motorsports association last year which brought Race City into the news - in a truely democratic system, you only need a percentage of the voters to be disenchanted with their elected officials before they can get pulled out of office.
If one was to be cynical, you could say we have a pseudo-Dictatorship, or to put a more positive spin on it, we have what I tend to call a "sporadic-democracy";
We do have the choice of who is in office, but we cannot hold them accountable;
In the end our sporadic-democratic system of municipal, provincial, and federal governing in Canada does not support honesty - Politicians on any level can lie their faces off, and once their in, we have to deal with their decisions until the next election term...
Does anyone remember how jean chretien got his gov't into power on more than one occasion on the platform of eliminating the GST? - yet it stayed through all his terms.
You all do realize that in the 1930's German's did vote in their Chancellor, and they did vote their government in... but measures were slowly put into place which progressively eliminated all competitors, making any elections a ruse at best...
As far as I'm concerned our outgoing mayor bought his way into office, and became a multi-millionaire because of it (if you doubt me look it up);
He essentially bought his way into office, not becasue he was the best qualified candidate, but because he had the largest advertising budget...
With our system, the biggest factor which influences the masses is generally how short the voters memory span is, or name recognition...
In summary, this would be of less concern to me if we as Canadians could hold our representatives accountable, and have them recalled - but we cannot.
...
10-18-2010, 08:58 PM
well, my municipal voting posts are done for at least three years 
... changing subjects;
last week I paid off my credit card - so what have I done this week!?
And here I don't doubt some of you my record posting a picture of two old records was because I hold onto junk;
I collect it.
I have some leads on a techII, but I'm thinking I put myself far enough into the poor-house for a couple months!
but then again I do have a car I could part out to pay off some bills!
... changing subjects;
last week I paid off my credit card - so what have I done this week!?
- bought a TMPS tool
- bought a very rare test pressing of a Nirvana record (depending on the type, it is not unusual to have test pressings done in batches of less than 10; the test press CD I'd like is have is believed to have a total run of three.)
- bought two rare(ish) Nirvana albums... on record
- bought a Nirvana laser disc(!?!)
And here I don't doubt some of you my record posting a picture of two old records was because I hold onto junk;
I collect it.
I have some leads on a techII, but I'm thinking I put myself far enough into the poor-house for a couple months!
but then again I do have a car I could part out to pay off some bills!
Last edited by soundjunky; 10-18-2010 at 09:04 PM.
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10-19-2010, 12:10 AM
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i honestly dont know much about the candidates, didn't bother to look cause i couldnt vote here... lol still have everything at my home address, back in medicine hat
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if anyone needs, you can see results here... GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS its havin a hard time keepin up to the traffic
10-19-2010, 10:22 AM
I saw the writing on the wall when I made my 2:30 post yesterday.
Oh well, it was nice while the dream was alive.
Apparently Graham was talking to Nensi's people on saturday or something about motorsports... weather or not there was pandering, they seemed to respond exactly how he wanted.
ok... attempting to move away from local politics, what's on everyone's mind right now?
I'm thinking, I should have grabbed those pop tarts on my way out of hte house this morning... but a wanna-be-mocha will have to do right now.
Oh well, it was nice while the dream was alive.
Apparently Graham was talking to Nensi's people on saturday or something about motorsports... weather or not there was pandering, they seemed to respond exactly how he wanted.
ok... attempting to move away from local politics, what's on everyone's mind right now?
I'm thinking, I should have grabbed those pop tarts on my way out of hte house this morning... but a wanna-be-mocha will have to do right now.
10-19-2010, 12:48 PM
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it was alright we were all a bit confused about the story line seeing as we had not watched in a while but it was a good show none the less the only issue we had with the seats was that they were at the entrance to the floor seats so we had people walking in front of us the whoole night
10-20-2010, 12:13 AM
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im sick of calgary drivers and people from different cultures using their race or ethnic backgrounds as an excuse to be a bad driver.
picture says it all.
picture says it all.
10-20-2010, 12:19 AM
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ya some scratches and got pictures of his license plate and wrote down his vin also had a way to contact him since his phone number was on the for sale sign so i got his insurance info and will be calling my insurance company to have the scratches fixed
10-20-2010, 12:55 AM
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oh i did wait and even called him because his number was on the for sale sign on his car. plus i have witness's that he hit me and not the other way around
10-20-2010, 01:00 AM
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Like he didnt even have the decency to back up his car and pretend like it wasn't him!
Seriously like lets hit a car and leave it there well I run in to get grocerys
where was this at?
Seriously like lets hit a car and leave it there well I run in to get grocerys
where was this at?
10-20-2010, 01:10 AM
wow... Steve, I don't know that I would have been able to keep my composure over that one...
I applaud you.
seriously.
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OK, I actually came here just now to post something...
I was going to post earlier today to see if we could all get together in the short term... just because hanging out with all of you can be fun.
but then I got this;
If anyone is game, a bunch of us could go and realy just use it as an excuse to hang out.
I am interested to hear what might be discussed, but have less than zero interest in a gay dance...
Since I don't drink;
If this is a ticket drink deal (as in they give you 'x' number of tickets for free drinks, after which you have to pay) I you can play paper rock scissors for my tickets?
Although I am interested in going, I hadn't really planned on it - but if one or more of you would go, I'd be in.
I applaud you.
seriously.
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OK, I actually came here just now to post something...
I was going to post earlier today to see if we could all get together in the short term... just because hanging out with all of you can be fun.
but then I got this;
Hello all 2010 Secret Street Participants.
I hope you have heard of our 1st Annual Secret Street Party being held this Sat Oct 23rd at 6:30PM - 1:00AM at the Southwood Community hall. We will be having live music by “After Ian” a band that can play anything you request. And if you would like to Jam with them, bring your gear too.
Tickets are $25 bucks for a whole lot of drinking, dancing, and eating with lot of fun thrown in as a bonus.
Ticket deadline is Wednesday at Midnight
We would love you to attend, so we can have a brief discussion about some thing you would like to see for next years Secret Street event.
With the results of Monday’s election not exactly what we had planned for, we will also like to discuss the future of the Secret Street program.
Contact Lori at (403) 475-1714 or e-mail her at lorid38@hotmail.com
It was fun having you racing with us, now we would like you to meet all the volunteers that put on your program every Friday night.
Rick
I hope you have heard of our 1st Annual Secret Street Party being held this Sat Oct 23rd at 6:30PM - 1:00AM at the Southwood Community hall. We will be having live music by “After Ian” a band that can play anything you request. And if you would like to Jam with them, bring your gear too.
Tickets are $25 bucks for a whole lot of drinking, dancing, and eating with lot of fun thrown in as a bonus.
Ticket deadline is Wednesday at Midnight
We would love you to attend, so we can have a brief discussion about some thing you would like to see for next years Secret Street event.
With the results of Monday’s election not exactly what we had planned for, we will also like to discuss the future of the Secret Street program.
Contact Lori at (403) 475-1714 or e-mail her at lorid38@hotmail.com
It was fun having you racing with us, now we would like you to meet all the volunteers that put on your program every Friday night.
Rick
I am interested to hear what might be discussed, but have less than zero interest in a gay dance...
Since I don't drink;
If this is a ticket drink deal (as in they give you 'x' number of tickets for free drinks, after which you have to pay) I you can play paper rock scissors for my tickets?
Although I am interested in going, I hadn't really planned on it - but if one or more of you would go, I'd be in.
10-20-2010, 01:19 AM