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That's because Alberta never really wanted Notley in the first place, they just wanted to really stick it to the PCs and when they woke up and realized what they had done the night before they regretted it.

Every team needs TCF

The problem is that it won't change peoples behaviour unless the tax is so much of a burden that people can't afford to not change, but that's not what happens because the infrastructure isn't there to just change like that. We just got a carbon tax in Alberta, you know what it's going to do? Going to make me pay more for gas and more on my electricity bill, you know what actions I'm going to take? I'm going to ***** about having to pay more and keep on living my life.

Probably more often than you think. Size for receivers is one of those things that is nice but I think it really does get over rated sometimes. The CFL field is big enough it's better to have the speed to make plays rather than relying on winning jump balls.

But it's a worthwhile expense. It's sort of like saying "well the foundation of my house needs work but it's pretty expensive to do it so better just leave it as is" Alberta switching to burn natural gas also has the added benefit of actually using a plentiful fuel source in the province. Forget oil, natural gas is really what Alberta is rich in.

See my problem with the carbon tax is that they talk about it doing one thing (helping climate change) when the reality is that it's simply a wealth transfer scheme. Call it what it is and stop pretending that implementing that is saving the world. Just say it's wealth redistribution and stop trying to bullshit everyone that it's actually something to help with carbon emissions. This government really hasn't done anything, that's my problem. They are so worried about being electable next election they are afraid to actually tackle the issues. Half measures and sleight of hand won't do anything to help this province so for that reason alone I will not give them credit for doing a good job. All they're doing is trying not to rock the boat, trouble is the boat is currently upside down so it could use some rocking.

No they're not really doing that at all. The Carbon tax they put in is supposed to be revenue neutral so it's not like they're trying to combat a deficit that way. It doesn't even really do anything about greehouse gas emissions if that's the goal of such things, all it does it take money from the people with more and give it to people with less, the ultimate socialist wet dream. They raised taxes a bit but they're still increasing the deficit spending. They should have kept rolling back the public service wages like the PCs intended to do because Alberta is paying too much as they had to pay salaries that were able to compete with the oil and gas industry, except everyone has taken a cut in that industry (if they're lucky it was just a cut) so why should the government keep paying artifically inflated wages? If they really wanted to make an attempt at doing the best in a bad situation they would have bit the bullet and put in a PST. Something that could actually raise revenue for the government, but nope they're just doing half measures hoping that people won't turn on them next election but it's not going to happen unless the oil and gas industry turns around in a hurry.

This is one of the few things that I actually like about what they're doing. Why use coal here? The province is awash with natural gas and it's a cleaner burning more efficient fuel source, should have switched to that years ago.

To me the use of big words and trying to be overly verbose isn't about smugness, it's about a guy trying to come across as smarter than he is and it's just annoying because anyone with any kind of intelligence sees right through that crap.

Only if they bring Mahoney back

The reason they keep them secret is so that fans don't go full ***** when names are added or dropped. Like Ermagerhd! Y U NO SIGN THIS GUY?!?

That would be Dave Ritchie as well I suppose.

But my mom says I'm cool....

It's not the differences, it's that what they change or go off script for is just ******* terrible.

There were at least 2 chapters in Dance with Dragons that existed solely to foreshadow what is going to happen to Jon.

How can I get excited about Game of Thrones season 6 when every time they've deviated from the source material the show has been complete **** and they've run out of source material? I won't even be bothering to watch. I'll go back and revisit it after the fat man either finishes writing the books or dies.

And Watson, and Greaves started for us for years. I'm not trying to hype up Macks drafting, but you are using a bit of bias with statements like that.

OK but you know what I'm saying right? Just because you have guys you drafted on the team doesn't mean you're great at drafting, it could be as in the case of the Bombers simply that your depth is so lacking that guys you draft just walk right onto the team.

Probably Joe Mack. GMs draft players and put them on the roster. That in and of itself isn't really a statement about their abilities to draft.

I am not sure I completely believe that. Yeah Willy is better than the qbs before him, but he has been hurt a lot since he got here which does impact things. Moore is good but again, hurt a ton. Mack found a lot better american players than Walters has managed to and I think people tend to have this hate on for everything Joe Mack that they don't recognize how much he actually brought to the team. So Walters brought in Randle (who was hurt all last year) Mack brought in all sorts of dbs too, plus he found DL and linebackers and receivers and running backs. The biggest flaw for O'Shea is probably his assistant coaches but we've discussed that a ton too, was he handicapped by not being able to lure assistants to a coaching grave yard? Seems there's a good argument to be made for that. To me Walters is still a bigger problem than O'Shea is and until the pipeline of american players improves I will keep saying that. It's nice to "win" free agency but we've seen how that really impacts things the last couple years.

Dave Ritchie lost a hell of a lot more games than he won his first couple seasons in Winnipeg, did that make him a bad coach? Or just a guy who walked into a team with a lot of holes on it? Can we honestly say that O'Shea has been given the tools to succeed here? Yeah he might have some problems of his own but to my eye the problems with the talent level of the team are a far bigger problem than the coaching.

Minimum wage problems. The people willing to do those jobs ain't going to be the best and brightest of our society.

No I am simply saying that if bitching about the food served at the stadium is something you find acceptable your priorities are all screwed up. You're going there to watch a football game not have a fine dining experience. It's like going to mcdonalds and asking where the steak is.

do people actually complain about the food in stadiums? I mean seriously if you can get hot dogs and burgers and chickenfingers and maybe pizza what more do you need? If you go expecting quality food I would suggest your expectations are out of line.

because players never rebound right? Both have shown enough in the past to be worth giving a shot to rebound. Sure the bonuses due are an issue but there's no guarantees that the free agents they signed work out any better. I'd rather have more depth going into camp rather than less given how completely terrible this teams scouting has been.