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  1. Snip:
    In Louisiana it is illegal to sell and arrange flowers without permission from the government. Aspiring florists must pass a subjective licensing exam that is graded by existing florists, who have a direct incentive to keep new competitors from entering the market. Thus the failure rate is higher than that of the Louisiana bar, which results in hundreds of well-qualified would-be entrepreneurs being denied the ability to work in their chosen profession.
    AND, you won’t believe the requirements for a computer repair person in Texas!
    FEE: The right to earn a living is under attack

  2. STOPIGGY-Dionky say, “”He’s got one more shot.””
    “The crowd inside was a lot friendlier.”
    …-
    “”War criminals! War criminals!””
    “That was the greeting federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff got from a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators as he arrived at the Surrey campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University for a town hall meeting Thursday night.”
    “Harper has one more shot, Ignatieff tells the Now”
    http://tinyurl.com/9tvntf

  3. ron in Kel
    I don’t trust him one bit. If it’s not a national environmental emergency then it can just be a national security issue. The excuse doesn’t matter, the Torontard Liberals will find a way to get their grubby hands on OUR(meaning Albertans) resources. I suspect the Liberals think that national security will go over better than an environmental emergency out west.

  4. Ahh, the beauty and splendor of the Olympics – where the exceptional heights of human achievement meet the achievements and talent of bureaucrats and politicians….
    Vancouver official resigns amid athletes village flap Special to The Globe and Mail; With a report from Josh Wingrove
    January 16, 2009
    VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s manager in charge of the embattled Olympic athletes village has resigned effective immediately, The Globe and Mail has learned…..
    Meanwhile, the city’s obligations to the project are only deepening. The provincial legislature is holding an emergency session tomorrow to consider granting the city permission to borrow money to finance the $458-million needed to finish building the 1,100-unit village by the end of October….”
    Maybe, just maybe – the public could think that smaller bureaucracies and government might be a better answer?
    Harper? He ain’t helping in this regard….

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