Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentines Day Hour Of The Wolf

The ancient Roman orgiastic festival of Lupercalia, was transformed into St. Valentine by Christianity and then into Valentines Day by the English finally to become dominated by commercial American Greeting Card and Confectionery interests in the 19th Century.


The youths then donned loincloths made from the skin of the goat and led groups of priests around the pomarium, the sacred boundary of the ancient city, and around the base of the hills of Rome. The occasion was happy and festive. As they ran about the city, the young men lightly struck women along the way with strips of the goat hide. It is from these implements of purification, or februa, that the month of February gets its name. This act supposedly provided purification from curses, bad luck, and infertility.
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LUPERCAŹ¹LIA, one of the most ancient Roman festivals, which was celebrated every year in honour of Lupercus, the god of fertility. All the ceremonies with which it was held, and all we know of its history, shows that it was originally a shepherd-festival (Plut. Caes. 61). Hence its introduction at Rome was connected with the names of Romulus and Remus, the kings of shepherds. Greek writers and their followers among the Romans represent it as a festival of Pan, and ascribe its introduction to the Arcadian Evander. This misrepresentation arose partly from the desire of these writers to identify the Roman divinities with those of Greece, and partly from its rude and almost savage ceremonies, which certainly are a proof that the festival must have originated in the remotest antiquity. The festival was held every year, on the 15th of February,a in the Lupercal, where Romulus and Remus were said to have been nurtured by the she-wolf; the place contained an altar and a grove sacred to the god Lupercus (Aurel. Vict. de Orig. Gent. Rom. 22; Ovid. Fast. II.267). Here the Luperci assembled on the day of the Lupercalia, and sacrificed to the god goats and young dogs, which animals are remarkable for their strong sexual instinct, and thus were appropriate sacrifices to the god of fertility (Plut. Rom. 21; Servius ad Aen. VIII.343).b Two youths of noble birth were then led to the Luperci, and one of the latter touched their foreheads with a sword dipped in the blood of the victims; other Luperci immediately after wiped off the bloody spots with wool dipped in milk. Hereupon the two youths were obliged to break out into a shout of laughter. This ceremony was probably a symbolical purification of the shepherds. After the sacrifice was over, the Luperci partook of a meal, at which they were plentifully supplied with wine (Val. Max. II.2.9). They then cut the skins of the goats which they had sacrificed, into pieces; with some of which they covered parts of their body in imitation of the god Lupercus, who was represented half naked and half covered with goat-skin. The other pieces of the skins they cut into thongs, and holding them in their hands they ran through the streets of the city, touching or striking with them all persons whom they met in their way, and especially women, who even used to come forward voluntarily for the purpose, since they believed that this ceremony rendered them fruitful, and procured them an easy delivery in childbearing. This act of running about with thongs of goat-skin was a symbolic purification of the land, and that of touching persons a purification of men, for the words by which this act is designated are februare and lustrare (Ovid. Fast. II.31; Fest. s.v. Februarius). The goat-skin itself was called februum, the festive day dies februata, the month in which it occurred Februarius, and the god himself Februus.

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Robert Esiner in his provocative study; Man into Wolf associates the Lupercalia leather eros and public S&M rituals with the modern phenomena of lycanthropy;werewolfism and vampirism. Which was brilliantly portrayed in the movie the Howling, one of the most under-valued cult werewolf films of the eighties.

MAN INTO WOLF 

AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

OF SADISM, MASOCHISM, AND LYCANTHROPY

In analysing the basic factors leading to sadism and maso-
chism Dr. Eisler draws attention to what he describes as 'a feeble
sympathetic resonance', the lack of emotional response, the
insanity affecting altruistic feeling which forms so large a part
of the constitution some of us describe as the psychopathic per-
sonality. This, however, according to Eisler, is not simply a
throw-back to primeval savagery, for, as he shows, primitive
man in his primeval forest was not a killer but rather a peaceful
creature le bon sauvage. In confirmation of this fact the author
mentions numerous small tribes who have never as yet heard
of or encountered war. Killing and being killed has been a
developmental process whereby the carnivorous, predatory
packs, the ancestors of the hunting and game-seeking tribes,
have preyed on the vegetarian, frugivorous, peace-loving herds.
Eisler elaborates his theme by utilizing Jung's conception of
archetypal race memories. Such memories may be not only
ancestral, but may occur even in the sub-human animal strata



So this valentines day let your inner wolf out.

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A Little Eros For Valentine's Day


Passover Song




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Black History Month Posts

Here we are half way through February and half way through Black History Month. Here are my posts from the past dedicated to Black History.

Black History Month; Paul Lafargue

Black History Month; P.B. Randolph

Black History Month; C.L.R. James

Black Herstory Month: Lucy Parsons

American Proletarian Republicanism

History Of Slave Ships

Abolishing Slavery In Canada

History of Slavery

The Truth Shall Set Ye Free

Jamestown; the beginning of Globalization

Jamestown; The Birth of Capitalism

The Many Headed Hydra




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Secularize the State

Voices: The Lord's Prayer
Toronto Star -
We asked if it was time to replace the Lord's Prayer in the Ontario Legislature with something that better reflects the province's diversity.
Ontario premier orders review of Lord's Prayer recital Canada.com
Ont. mulls alternatives to prayer in legislature CTV.ca


No need for an alternative all inclusive prayer, if they wanted that they could have used any one of several Freemason prayers.

"And since sin has destroyed within us the first temple of purity and innocence, may they heavenly grace guide and assist us in rebuilding a second temple of reformation, and may the glory of this latter house be greater than the glory of the former."
- Masonic prayer


After all the modern state is a Masonic institution ,according to the conspiracy theories of the social conservative Christian right and their Islamic counterparts, And this 'great beast'; this Leviathan is supposedly a secular state at war with Christianity and Islam.

The best way to insure inclusiveness is to not have any prayer, since it would not include atheists, or agnostics to say nothing of pagans and wiccans who remain an anathema to the hegemonic Abrahamic religions. To be truly inclusive opening prayers should be eliminated by all levels of government.

The modern secular state was the aim and objective originally of the Masonic influenced forces of the bourgeois revolutions in America and France.
Richard J. Purcell's Connecticut in Transition, 1775-1818 (Washington~ 1918; reissued by Wesleyan in 1963) is the best published work. Purcell, who also wrote an American history text for use in Catholic parochial schools, emphasizes the religious differences among competing Protestant sects as an impetus toward the development of political parties, the disestablishment of the Congregational church, and the separation of church and state in the Constitution of 1818.
Despite the ahistorical objections of the powers that be.



SEE:

Masonic Hall T.O.

1666 The Creation Of The World

The Origin of American Conspiracy Theories

American Fairy Tale

Secular Democracy

Radical Robbie Burns, Peoples Poet

The Gnosis of Anarchy; Pagans, Witches, Heretics, and Luciferian Rebels


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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Broken Promises


You can't break promises if you don't make any.

However, Stelmach wouldn't guarantee his government will continue natural gas rebates for all Albertans

On the other hand its bad news when you make a promise you know you can't keep.

The Tories couldn't seem to do anything right. When Stelmach promised to graduate more doctors from Alberta universities, for example, the doctors themselves said the idea won't work.

When he made an announcement at a Red Deer day care centre, some angry mothers who happened to be there berated the day-care promise as meaningless.

But it only gets worse when the only promise you can keep is that insurance premiums will go up because of your governments bad law.

Premier Ed Stelmach raised the spectre of rising auto-insurance premiums Monday, saying a recent court ruling that struck down the government's cap on payouts for soft-tissue injuries could result in higher costs for Alberta drivers.

"This may have tremendous pressure on (an) increase in rates," Stelmach said during a campaign stop in Edmonton.

The comments follow a claim by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the industry's lobbying arm, that the Court of Queen's Bench ruling could increase premiums an average of $200 a year for every driver in the province
And then there are those promises your government made but failed to keep.

Neils Bach, 77, spoke for many residents of the Strathmore-Brooks riding
when he begged Stelmach to start construction of a promised new 100-bed facility now.

"Mr. Stelmach, we need a new and much bigger nursing home in Strathmore. It's 15 years overdue."

Stelmach appeared moved by the plea, but couldn't give residents a specific date when construction will begin. "We'll get it built and we'll get it built as quickly as possible," he promised. "I really do empathize with your situation."

One elderly lady appeared exasperated by the delay.

"I sat in this room four years ago and heard there would be an extended-care facility open in spring 2007," said Madeline Scott.

"I'm a person of my word," the premier responded. "We allocated funds for a 100-bed facility. It's going to be built."

He said the funds have been approved and it's up to the health region to get the facility planned, designed and constructed. When he set out the process and time frame, one woman said she may not live that long.

Or making a promise sort of, maybe, sometime in the next four years we will do it if re-elected. When you could do it now with the swipe of a pen.

A former Member of Parliament from New Brunswick has launched a public battle against the Alberta's government's policy of charging monthly premiums for health care.

Gilles Bernier, who once served as MP for the riding of Tobique-Mactaquac, moved to Alberta in 2006 to start his own business. After applying for an Alberta health care card, he was surprised to find a $45 monthly fee attached. Bernier has refused to pay these premiums on principle because he says paying for health care violates the Canada Health Care Act.

"Under federal legislation, Canadians are entitled to receive free, basic health care," Bernier said. "Charging for health care contravenes the spirit of the Act and it puts our universal health care system in jeopardy. At the same time, it sets up a two-tiered system. Canadians in other provinces do not pay the fees or premiums that residents of Alberta are paying. Many citizens of this province are not aware of this and they are shocked to find it out. Like me, they feel betrayed by this government and unfair health care policy."

Now that a provincial election has been called, Bernier said the time is right to take the issue into the public forum. As the election campaign gets underway, the incumbent Conservatives of Alberta have suddenly promised to abolish the controversial health care premiums in four years.

"They know it is an issue with voters, especially new voters," Bernier said. "But four years is too long to wait for the health care Albertans should be receiving -- the same system provided to other Canadians. Health care premiums should be abolished the day after the election, not in 2012. If this election is about leadership, then Premier Stelmach should show leadership and repeal his government's policy of charging for basic health care. The decision is his to make if he wants to win this election."



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Ed's Politics Of Fear


With a green plan that makes the Federal Conservative government Hot Air Plan look good, hard to do, Farmer Ed now resorts to the politics of fear claiming that any green plan other than his non plan would end up with mass unemployment of everyone in the oil business in Alberta.

Seriously. Every single person working in the oil patch would be laid off if Alberta attempted to reduce our carbon footprint.

And again he has no proof for his assertions that the sky would fall. Oops.

"Our plan is real, is achievable and some of the commitments made by some of the leaders of the other parties would destroy 335,000 jobs," Stelmach claimed. "There's 600,000 new Albertans in this province. You want to send them back home to other provinces, other countries?"

When pressed by reporters after the encounter, Stelmach could not cite a source for the figure, which he has repeated throughout the campaign, but said there are multiple reports that have reached the same conclusion. Last week, the Tories suggested that's every job in the oilpatch.

The contentious issue at hand is a Tory policy on greenhouse-gas emissions that would see the province begin curbing carbon emissions by 2020 and decrease the 14% from 2005 levels by 2050, about 6% and 30 years behind federal targets. It has been roundly criticized by environmental groups.


The Stelmach government unveiled a new climate change plan Thursday that allows Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions to rise until 2020, and puts the province on a collision course with Ottawa over whose strategy takes precedence.

The Alberta plan -- which falls well short of what's demanded by both the Kyoto Protocol and the federal government -- was welcomed by the oil and gas industry as a good first step. But it was immediately panned by environmental groups and opposition parties.


It's the politics of fear. Which is the politics of a loser, with a loser environmental policy that makes no demands on the industry but puts the onus on individual Albertan's.

In fact it is not his plan nor even an Alberta plan, it is big oil's plan.

At the centre of the oil and gas sector's proposal is a plan to capture and store about one million tonnes of carbon emissions a year from natural gas. That would account for about 17 per cent of the sector's total emissions.

The proposal is still subject to feasibility studies, the industry admits, and its officials would not say whether it could be in place by the 2020 deadline. They also warned that the plan will likely be costly.

David Pryce, vice-president of western operations for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said more reductions could be found through waste-heat recovery, fuel efficiency programs and the elimination of gas flaring.




SEE

Liberals Empty Promises

Made in Alberta Green Plan



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Time For Public Auto Insurance


This decision couldn't have come at a better time. Once again the Tired Old Tories tried to pull the auto insurance companies fat out of the fire and in doing so of course passed a law that blamed the victims.

Taking a page out of the Republican handbook about tort law cases, and blaming trial lawyers, the Tories capped claims rather than doing anything about out of control profiteering by the insurance companies.

That law was tossed out last Friday. Already we could be seeing increases in insurance premiums while a public insurance program would actually save Albertan's hundreds of dollars per person.

The insurance industry has suggested that if the legislation is not eventually upheld, it could lead to a rate increase of $200 a year per policy holder.

Of course the Tories will appeal this decision wasting more taxpayers money and solving nothing but doing the bidding of their masters; the insurance companies. And it means they will try to kill it as an election issue. But they will be as successful with that as with their appeal.

A senior Tory official confirms that candidates have been sent a letter telling them they're not supposed to talk about the auto insurance issue since it's before the courts. (The Canadian Press)

It would have been a perfect political day for Stelmach, had a curious e-mail not arrived in my in-box.

The e-rocket was from "Alberta Progressive Conservative Campaign Headquarters" and PC candidates were ordered to "delete and destroy any copies."

In it the "Campaign Team" reminded them of last week's court decision ruling Ralph Klein's flawed auto insurance reforms "unconstitutional" and warned candidates they "must not comment on this decision."

It isn't hard to understand the political sensitivity over the goof, especially after the premier admitted yesterday that "there may be tremendous pressure on increasing rates."

Neil Waugh, Edmonton Sun.

The plaintiffs in the court challenge argued that the insurance industry in Alberta had manufactured the premium crisis by raising rates unnecessarily. They entered evidence into court that showed the insurance companies never lost money in the province; to the contrary, by the time the legislation was enacted in 2004 the insurance industry was well on its way to reaping record profits.

During the court case, Dennis Gartner, the province's superintendent of insurance during the reforms, admitted under oath that the government had no way of knowing how much money insurance companies were making.

After years of waffling, the Klein government finally acted on the controversy in 2004, imposing a $4,000 cap on soft-tissue-injury claims. Since then, personal injury lawyers among others have argued that the ruling -- seen as a sop to the well-connected private insurance lobby -- robbed many accident victims of their basic Charter rights.

Needless to say, the government disagreed, maintaining that its reforms helped all Albertans and didn't affect anyone's liberty. Furthermore, it rejected out of hand the notion that high premiums be tackled with a public auto-insurance scheme, ironically at a time B.C.'s conservative Campbell government was abandoning talk of privatizing the Insurance Corporation of B.C, having discovered that public insurance seemed to work best for taxpayers.

But last Friday, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Justice Neil Wittmann exploded the $4,000 cap, deeming it unconstitutional. As well, he found the existing Minor Injury Regulation discriminates against a specific group of injured Albertans. Wittmann didn't mince words, either, summarily rejecting the government's contention that the legislation was designed to help victims.

Instead, he ruled, the so-called reforms unfairly sacrificed a single group of Albertans "at the altar of reducing insurance premiums."

Now, as anyone financially responsible for a teenager appreciates, the word "high" didn't do justice to premiums faced by some drivers under the old system. "Astronomical" was closer to the mark, and the relief spurred on by the 2004 legislation has been welcome. But the premium grid that did most of the work of changing such inequities is itself unlikely to be affected by Wittmann's ruling.

There will be no waiting period, as requested by the Stelmach government.

Alberta Finance has announced it is studying the ruling, but that shouldn't take long. As of today, the $4,000 cap is no more. Indeed, virtually every argument put forward by the cap-smashing plaintiffs was accepted by the court.

Without the law - and its rate-increase controls - in place the public faces the prospect of increased insurance premiums, Premier Ed Stelmach said Monday.

But opponents decried the government's stance, noting the ruling also clearly indicates that the insurance industry was enjoying record profits at the time and had everything to do with charging the public for bad long-term investments, said NDP Leader Brian Mason.

Mason's party has pledged to introduce public insurance if elected March 3, noting that the most recent Canadian Consumers Association study shows a public system like that in B.C. would save the average Alberta motorist about $400 per year.

"The premier can run from this, but he can't hide," said Mason. "He allowed an industry that was making record profits to run roughshod over the public and to deny injured Albertans their basic rights."

'SCREWED THE PEOPLE'

"Eventually this will come home to roost ... the government clearly screwed the people and took the side of big insurance over Alberta families."





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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Daveberta Smears NDP


Daveberta the liberal blogger thinks he has found a scandal in the NDP calling for an end to corporate and union donations to political parties in Alberta. He reports in high dudgeon on his website that the NDP raised $100,000 from unions during the election campaign of 2004.

However the majority of funds raised during the campaign, as is usual with the NDP, came from individuals for a total of $180,529.35 slightly less than twice as much as raised from union contributions.

Something he fails to mention. Now why might that be?

Because unlike his former employer the Liberal Party of Alberta, the NDP gets the majority of its donations from individuals. And of course unlike the Liberals none from the big corporations in Alberta. So he has to pretend that union funding of the NDP is somehow scandalous.



2005
POLITICAL PARTY
CAMPAIGN RETURN
ALBERTA NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY

SUMMARY OF CAMPAIGN PERIOD REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE PERIOD October 25, 2004 - January 24, 2005

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS

ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. EDMONTON
$7,000.00
Cash


CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS
ALBERTA & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash
ALBERTA & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS EDMONTON $2,400.00

Cash


Subtotal:$3,400.00

AREA CNCL PAC STEELWORKERS TORONTO TORONTO - ONTARIO
$500.00
Cash
AREA COUNCIL C E P EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
C A W CANADA

$8,000.00
Cash
C E C U EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
C E P NATIONAL EDMONTON $4,000.00

Cash
C E P NATIONAL EDMONTON $7,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$11,000.00

C L C EDMONTON
$10,000.00
Cash
C M P L

$5,000.00
Cash
C S U EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
C U P E EDMONTON
$5,000.00
Cash
CANADIAN COUNCIL A T U

$2,500.00
Cash
DISTRICT # 3 U S W A BURNABY - B.C.
$500.00
Cash
EDMONTON FIRE FIGHTERS UNION EDMONTON $2,000.00

Cash
EDMONTON FIRE FIGHTERS UNION EDMONTON $2,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$4,000.00

EDMONTON LABOUR COUNCIL EDMONTON
$750.00
Cash
IRONWORKERS LOCAL 720 EDMONTON
$3,000.00
Cash
LOCAL 1118 U F C W RED DEER
$500.00
Cash
LOCAL 183 U N A EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
LOCAL 1900 C E P EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
LOCAL 569 ATU EDMONTON
$3,000.00
Cash
LOCAL 6034 U S W A CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
LOCAL 855 C E P HINTON
$2,000.00
Cash
U T U EDMONTON
$1,500.00
Cash
UNITED ASSOC OF PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS - LOCAL 488 EDMONTON
$14,000.00
Cash
UNITED NURSES OF ALBERTA EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA PAC TORONTO - ONTARIO
$500.00
Cash
WORKERS UNION TELECOMMUNICATIONS EDMONTON $10,000.00

Cash
WORKERS UNION TELECOMMUNICATIONS EDMONTON $50.00

Cash


Subtotal:$10,050.00

YELLOWHEAD LABOUR COUNCIL HINTON
$500.00
Cash

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS
MEDICINE HAT LABOUR COUNCIL MEDICINE HAT
$1,500.00
Cash



But what daveberta does not he tell us is how much corporations donated to his former employer the Liberal Party of Alberta during the election campaign. Count all the oil companies. Which you will not find donating to the NDP. Which of course is the whole point ain't it Dave.And note the corporate donations to the Liberals far exceed the union donations to the NDP for the same election campaign.



2005
POLITICAL PARTY
CAMPAIGN RETURN
ALBERTA LIBERAL PARTY

SUMMARY OF CAMPAIGN PERIOD REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE PERIOD October 25, 2004 - January 24, 2005

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS
ALBERTA VIEWS CALGARY
$15,000.00
Cash
ALL WEATHER WINDOWS LTD EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
AMEC INC OAKVILLE - ONTARIO
$2,500.00
Cash
ATCO GROUP CALGARY
$5,000.00
Cash
BELL WEST CALGARY
$3,000.00
Cash
BREWSTER TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS BANFF
$500.00
Cash
CANADIAN NATIONAL MONTREAL - QUEBEC
$3,000.00
Cash
CIBC TORONTO - ONTARIO
$5,000.00
Cash
COHOS EVAMY CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
DAVID B. ROSS PROF CORP EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
DAVIS & COMPANY EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
DON WHEATON LTD EDMONTON
$5,000.00
Cash
DOW CHEMICAL CANADA INC SARNIA - ONTARIO
$5,000.00
Cash
EDCO FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC EDMONTON
$6,000.00
Cash
ENCANA CORPORATION CALGARY
$5,000.00
Cash
ESPRIT EXPLORATION LTD CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
FIELD MANAGEMENT SERVICES EDMONTON
$2,500.00
Cash
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD ST. ALBERT
$883.00
Valued
HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LTD CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP CALGARY
$750.00
Cash
KATARINA O. STERLIND VANCOUVER - B.C.
$1,000.00
Cash
LAFARGE CANADA INC. CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
LOVINK MEDIA INC CALGARY
$3,300.00
Valued
MADACALO INVESTMENTS LTD CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
MANCAL PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT INC CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
MANCAL PROPERTY VENTURES INC CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
MCDANIEL COMPANY INC. CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
MCNALLY CUMING RAYMAKER CALGARY
$2,000.00
Cash
NEXEN INC CALGARY
$5,000.00
Cash
NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION CALGARY
$3,000.00
Cash
OCTAGON CAPITAL CORPORATION CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
P.J. PERRY EDMONTON
$500.00
Valued
PETROVERA RESOURCES CALGARY
$5,000.00
Cash
PHS HOLDINGS EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS LTD CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CALGARY $5,000.00

Cash
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CALGARY $5,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$10,000.00

READ JONES CHRISTOFFERSEN LTD CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
REIMER LAW OFFICE CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
ROCKWELL SERVICING PARTNERSHIP CALGARY
$2,500.00
Cash
SCOTIABANK TORONTO - ONTARIO
$4,000.00
Cash
SUNCOR ENERGY INC CALGARY
$3,000.00
Cash
TD SECURITIES INC TORONTO - ONTARIO
$1,000.00
Cash
TORONTO DOMINION BANK TORONTO - ONTARIO
$1,600.00
Cash
TRANSALTA UTILITIES CORPORATION CALGARY
$2,000.00
Cash
TRANSCANADA PIPE LINES CALGARY
$5,000.00
Cash
WESTERN FINANCIAL GROUP INC HIGH RIVER
$1,000.00
Cash
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY LIMITED VANCOUVER - B.C.
$2,000.00
Cash
WILL CALL OILFIELD SERVICES LTD SPRUCE GROVE
$500.00
Cash

Total: 99 Receipts

$206,496.74
Total Campaign Period Revenue $241,438.34


Corporate donations to the Liberals were twice as much as union donations to the NDP for the election campaign in 2004! Something dave forgot to mention.

During that campaign individual donations to the Alberta Liberals totaled $34,941.6 Ouch. Not even close to the individual donations the NDP raised, and this is the real reason for daveberta's faux outrage.

His party and former employer, relies heavily on corporate funding for their election campaigns. Unlike the NDP. And so his attempt to do a bit of political slight of hand, look over there NDP gets union donations. The reality is that if the NDP policy of no corporate or union donations was the law, it would hurt the Liberals more than the NDP. And it is a policy the NDP has adopted as provincial governments across Canada.

Daveberta was outraged that Ray Martin wrote a letter last fall soliciting funding from unions for this pending election campaign. However what he does not tell his readers is that the Liberals on an annual basis raise more funds from unions than the NDP does.

Here is the 2004 corporate donations the Liberals received, during their regular operational year. And lo and behold you will find unions donating to them. Including the Building Trades Council Inc. who donated more to the Liberals than they did to the NDP. And AUPE the provincial government union which did not donate at all to the NDP. And even personal donations from the Alberta Teachers Association president Frank Bruseker who was once a Liberal MLA.



BRUSEKER, FRANK AIRDRIE $500.00

Cash
BRUSEKER, FRANK AIRDRIE $100.00

Cash
BRUSEKER, FRANK AIRDRIE $20.00

Cash


Subtotal:$620.00

Total donations from unions to the Liberals for the operating year 2004 was $47,675, while total union donations to the NDP was $14,000. So sorry no the NDP are not being hypocrites, they are calling for legislation that daveberta and his Liberal pals fear because it would limit their corporate fund raising including from their pals in the union movement. If any party benefits from union donations more than the NDP it's the Liberals. Because they lack the NDP's financial support which is based on individual contributions.

Mind you the NDP benefits from more unions donating to it, while the Liberals rely on their pals in the Building Trades, ATA, and AUPE to support them. These are unions and associations aligned politically to the Liberals as their donations show.



2004
POLITICAL PARTY
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ALBERTA LIBERAL PARTY



CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS
AINSWORTH LUMBER CO LTD GRANDE PRAIRIE
$3,000.00
Cash
ALBERTA BLUE CROSS EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. EDMONTON $2,200.00

Cash
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. EDMONTON $12,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$14,200.00

ALBERTA FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOC INC EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ALBERTA MOTOR ASSOCIATION EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ALBERTA ROADBUILDERS & HEAVY CONST. EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ALBERTA VIEWS CALGARY
$15,000.00
Cash
ALLIANCE PIPELINE LIMITED CALGARY
$875.00
Cash
ALTAGAS SERVICES INC CALGARY
$525.00
Cash
AON REED STENHOUSE INC EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
APEGGA EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ARTTEC ADVERTISING INC EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING ALBERTA LTD EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
BOMBAY PALACE RESTAURANT EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
BREWSTER TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS BANFF
$500.00
Cash
BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA LTD CALGARY
$1,200.00
Cash
CANACCORD CAPITAL CORPORATION VANCOUVER - B.C.
$1,750.00
Cash
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OILWELL DRI CALGARY
$1,100.00
Cash
CANADIAN ENERGY PIPELINE ASSOCIATION CALGARY
$875.00
Cash
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD CALGARY
$1,100.00
Cash
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY CALGARY
$550.00
Cash
CANADIAN SALT COMPANY LIMITED POINTE CLAIRE - QUEBEC
$1,000.00
Cash
CAPITAL PACKERS INC EDMONTON $500.00

Cash
CAPITAL PACKERS INC EDMONTON $100.00

Cash


Subtotal:$600.00

CARLYLE & ASSOCIATES EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
CARMA DEVELOPERS LTD. EDMONTON $550.00

Cash
CARMA DEVELOPERS LTD. CALGARY $200.00

Cash


Subtotal:$750.00

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS EDMONTON $275.00

Cash
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS EDMONTON $525.00

Cash


Subtotal:$800.00

CORIL HOLDINGS LTD CALGARY
$2,000.00
Cash
DOUGLAS A. LYNASS PROF CORP EDMONTON $550.00

Cash
DOUGLAS A. LYNASS PROF CORP EDMONTON $350.00

Cash


Subtotal:$900.00

DRAGICH DESIGN EDMONTON
$850.00
Valued
DYNACARE KASPER MEDICAL LABORATORIES EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC EDMONTON $2,200.00

Cash
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$3,200.00

ENER-WEST PROJECTS LTD CALGARY
$550.00
Cash
FIELD ATKINSON PERRATON MANAGEMENT EDMONTON
$2,200.00
Cash
FIRSTENERGY CAPITAL CORP CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
FWD STEP RESOURCES CALGARY $500.00

Cash
FWD STEP RESOURCES CALGARY $25.00

Cash


Subtotal:$525.00

GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA INC MISSISSAUGA - ONTARIO
$1,000.00
Cash
GRAHAM GROUP LTD CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
HAMILTON HALL SOYES/RAY & BERNDTSON INC CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
HEMISPHERE ENGINEERING INC. EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD ST. ALBERT $836.74

Cash
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD ST. ALBERT $50.00

Cash


Subtotal:$886.74

HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LTD CALGARY
$2,000.00
Cash
IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED CALGARY
$3,500.00
Cash
IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCES LTD CALGARY
$3,500.00
Cash
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED EDMONTON $2,200.00

Cash
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED EDMONTON $500.00

Cash


Subtotal:$3,700.00

J.E. (BUD) MILLER CONSULTING LTD KITSCOTY
$500.00
Cash
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP CALGARY $275.00

Cash
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP CALGARY $500.00

Cash


Subtotal:$775.00

K P ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
K P M G EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
LOCAL #8 SHEETMETAL BENEVOLENT FUN EDMONTON
$750.00
Cash
LUSCAR LTD EDMONTON
$3,000.00
Cash
LUTHRA LAW OFFICE EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
MANSELL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTING SE EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash
MCDANIEL & ASSOCIATES CONSULTANTS LTD CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
MCNALLY VALUATIONS INC EDMONTON $550.00

Cash
MCNALLY VALUATIONS INC EDMONTON $350.00

Cash


Subtotal:$900.00

NEXEN INC CALGARY $550.00

Cash
NEXEN INC CALGARY $2,200.00

Cash
NEXEN INC CALGARY $12,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$14,750.00

NICHOLAS PERELES PROF CORP CALGARY $1,000.00

Cash
NICHOLAS PERELES PROF CORP CALGARY $350.00

Cash


Subtotal:$1,350.00

NORTHLANDS PARK EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
PARKER FORD & MACKAY SPECIALTY OPT EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT CALGARY $275.00

Cash
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT CALGARY $250.00

Cash
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT CALGARY $250.00

Cash
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT CALGARY $500.00

Cash


Subtotal:$1,275.00

PCL CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC EDMONTON
$5,000.00
Cash
PETERS & CO. LIMITED CALGARY
$1,000.00
Cash
PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
PIPELLA AND COMPANY BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS CALGARY $550.00

Cash
PIPELLA AND COMPANY BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS CALGARY $350.00

Cash


Subtotal:$900.00

QUALICO DEVELOPMENTS WEST LTD EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA EDMONTON $1,100.00

Cash
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA EDMONTON $2,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$3,100.00

SCHUMACHER & ASSOCIATES WETASKIWIN
$825.00
Cash
SCOTIABANK TORONTO - ONTARIO
$2,000.00
Cash
SECURITY LIFE AND INVESTMENT CALGARY
$400.00
Cash
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC CALGARY
$550.00
Cash
SHELLY'S ENTERPRISE LTD EDMONTON
$1,000.00
Cash
SUNCOR ENERGY INC CALGARY
$6,500.00
Cash
T. BOWEN & A. ROBERTS PROF CORP CALGARY $275.00

Cash
T. BOWEN & A. ROBERTS PROF CORP CALGARY $175.00

Cash


Subtotal:$450.00

TALISMAN ENERGY INC CALGARY $550.00

Cash
TALISMAN ENERGY INC CALGARY $5,000.00

Cash
TALISMAN ENERGY INC CALGARY $1,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$6,550.00

TAURUS INVESTMENTS LTD EDMONTON $825.00

Cash
TAURUS INVESTMENTS LTD EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$1,825.00

TECHNA-WEST ENGINEERING LTD EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
TELUS EDMONTON $2,200.00

Cash
TELUS EDMONTON $2,200.00

Cash
TELUS EDMONTON $700.00

Cash


Subtotal:$5,100.00

TERASEN PIPELINES INC CALGARY
$1,225.00
Cash
THE COHOS EVAMY CALGARY $275.00

Cash
THE COHOS EVAMY CALGARY $275.00

Cash


Subtotal:$550.00

THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK EDMONTON
$2,200.00
Cash
THURBER ENGINEERING LTD EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
TRARION RESOURCES LTD STONY PLAIN
$500.00
Cash
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC EDMONTON $1,100.00

Cash
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC EDMONTON $50.00

Cash
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC EDMONTON $750.00

Cash


Subtotal:$1,900.00

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY LTD EDMONTON
$550.00
Cash
WILL CALL OILFIELD SERVICES LTD SPRUCE GROVE
$550.00
Cash
WILLIAM E. SEVICK PROFESSIONAL CORP EDMONTON $550.00

Cash
WILLIAM E. SEVICK PROFESSIONAL CORP EDMONTON $500.00

Cash


Subtotal:$1,050.00


CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS EDMONTON $275.00

Cash
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$2,275.00

AUPE LOCAL 50 EDMONTON
$2,000.00
Cash
AUPE LOCAL 9 EDMONTON $500.00

Cash
AUPE LOCAL 9 EDMONTON $200.00

Cash
AUPE LOCAL 9 EDMONTON $10,500.00

Cash


Subtotal:$11,200.00

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS IRON SHIP BUILERS EDMONTON
$15,000.00
Cash
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMST CALGARY
$500.00
Cash
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING EN EDMONTON $3,000.00

Cash
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING EN EDMONTON $750.00

Cash


Subtotal:$3,750.00



2004
POLITICAL PARTY
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ALBERTA NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS
629075 ALBERTA LTD EDMONTON
$400.00
Cash
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. EDMONTON
$4,000.00
Cash
ALL WRIGHT INFOTECH EDMONTON
$600.00
Valued
LYLE S R KANEE PROF CORP EDMONTON
$420.00
Cash
P GILL CNC INDUSTRIES LTD EDMONTON
$500.00
Cash

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS
AREA COUNCIL C E P EDMONTON
$4,000.00
Cash
C E P NATIONAL EDMONTON $1,000.00

Cash
C E P NATIONAL EDMONTON $5,000.00

Cash
C E P NATIONAL EDMONTON $4,000.00

Cash


Subtotal:$10,000.00


So nice try dave, guess all those blogging awards and the ensuing publicity you get now as a political blogger have gone to your head. Next time you try a drive by smear full of righteous indignation get your facts straight. And before making allegations about union influence over political parties look in your own back yard.



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