I promise to limit the Al Hogan bashing because it is quite frankly depressing to you and to me. But today’s We Say was so over the top I have to show it to anyone who didn’t get a chance…
Continue ReadingCheck your rearview mirror, Al
A little birdie just told me that there may be a shakeup coming at our favorite rag, the Times & Transcript. Something about a little house cleaning. My source can’t confirm this definitively but you know the thing about scuttlebutt.…
Continue ReadingWith friends like these….
In 1999, Al Hogan used his rag the T&T to wage war with former Premier Camille Theriault – running daily stories about the toll highway and other issues. I know this because the only time I ever saw the man…
Continue ReadingThe CEO/President of Headz Gamez speaks
I would suspect that it is rare for the CEO of a major corporation to surf the blogosphere and respond to criticisms of his firm. But that’s exactly what Kerry Martens CEO/President Headz Gamez Enterprises International Corp. does in response…
Continue ReadingThe Oracle of Fredericton
During the last two federal elections, one of the top blogs for political fodder was the Oracle of Ottawa. I think we may now have our own Oracle of Fredericton. Jacques Poitras’ speculation that Premier Lord has moved towards ‘universality’…
Continue ReadingGive it some thought, folks
I was in the parking lot at the grocery store yesterday when I saw a man and a woman arguing about their grocery receipt. They were having a very heated exchange gesticulating and using colourful language. And as we are…
Continue ReadingAvoiding the low blows
I just finished my once every few weeks Technorati search of the blogosphere for posts related to the New Brunwick economy, politics, etc. And you know what I have determined? There’s a lot of people that do not have a…
Continue ReadingGosh, let the blogging begin!
Someone remarked to me that the vast majority of blogging on this election is just commentary on traditional media stories and other limited thinking pieces – you know, a bit like mine. Anway, old Jacques Poitras wrote a think piece…
Continue ReadingI can’t read the tea leaves
I count it among my biggest liabilities that I have zero ability to predict election outcomes. This is almost ridiculous. I look at the issues. I reason things through. And still look totally stupid. Consider the latest election poll today…
Continue ReadingThose ‘bleepin’ polls
The T&T is running a poll today about the top election issues: Health care has not played a central theme in any of the party leaders’ electoral strategies but a copyrighted Times & Transcript-Omnifacts Bristol Research poll shows that 42…
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