chilli said:
Name one premier in Canada who has done for his province what Ralph Klein has?
What have you done in your life to even come close to what Ralph Klein has accomplished?
Sorry you may not like the man, he has faults (stemming from a drinking problem mostly) - but he has impact, and he gets results.
You are probably one of the typical people who live in this world that judges others harshly without taking a good hard look at your own life and what you have done. The people you have lied to, hurt, the times you have messed up. You're probably one of those people who gets what you deserve.
Don't make me laugh....when did this argument become about "my life". I am very satisfied with my life, my character and integrity, and what I give back to my loved ones and my community.
So kindly fuck off and die with that pathetic crap.
Without massive oil and gas revenues, Klein's so-called leadership would have led this province into chaos. His government was built on "selling the message" (did you know that communications and PR is among the largest sectors of the provincial government?) to a voting public that has become apathetic. People like Rod Love made Klein what he is, and deputy-ministers and civil servants have done the leg work.
His governments gutted crucial social spending to suck the cock of big business and "slay" a paper debt that has little effect on the lives of "Martha and Henry". Reports like the Learning Commission and the current infrastructure questions only confirm that Klein is a buffoon who was lucky, not good.
He has created a bloated government that, adjusted for scale, makes the federal liberals look like the Reform Party. He's had just as many greasy patronage appointments as Paul Martin or Jean Chretien, but we don't hear about them because they're high-paying "committee jobs" or positions within the government, and not highly-visible senate seats. Klein controls all the important aspects of government operations - ie the EUB - to suit his cabinet's whims. I could go on, and demonstrate what a laughingly uninformed, ignorant drone you are, but my typing fingers are getting tired.
Thank the hard-working men and women in the oilpatch for Alberta's success, not the Klein government. Thank the forward thinkers in the agriculture industry who spearheaded the "value-added" revolution over the last 20 years that has allowed much of the industry to survive the mad cow crisis. These people and their actions are the backbone of this great province.
