Go Jesse, Go Jesse!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=555688778470
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
T.J. Burke joins facebook group No to sale of NB Power
This evening, in an amazing display of bravery, Liberal MLA T.J. Burke joined the discussion at the No to Sale of NB Power facebook group.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=176387183904#!/topic.php?uid=176387183904&topic=13289
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=176387183904#!/topic.php?uid=176387183904&topic=13289
Thursday, February 11, 2010
MLA expelled for rude gesture
LOL at this comment from fogdog on the CBC.ca article "N.B. MLA expelled for rude gesture" (http://tinyurl.com/yejwp4q)
Quote: "He gave a member of the house the finger and everyone gets upset.
They've all been giving us the finger [shaft] for many years.
A member calls another M L A a liar and they eject him from the h...ouse.
Yet it is common practice for them to lie to us.
Maybe somebody should check to see how many pc's , cameras and generators our M L A s have bought,as in NS." Unquote.
Quote: "He gave a member of the house the finger and everyone gets upset.
They've all been giving us the finger [shaft] for many years.
A member calls another M L A a liar and they eject him from the h...ouse.
Yet it is common practice for them to lie to us.
Maybe somebody should check to see how many pc's , cameras and generators our M L A s have bought,as in NS." Unquote.
The Neanderthal Institute of Canada
The Neanderthal Institute of Canada, allegedly a conglomerate of neo-conservative organizations whose goal it is to increase the wealth of the rich and transfer the tax burden to the labour force, is described in this video. Does it really exist? I don't know yet but it seems to fit into our puzzle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twzxann5go
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives, of which David Ganong is a member, is "almost certainly the most continentalist corporate organization in modern Canadian history. It was the private sector leader in both the development and aggressive promotion of FTA, NAFTA, and now the SPP" - from the Google video: "WHO killed CANADA", available at: http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8632069635967998175#
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Lepreau refurbishment cost to date: $2.28B
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I just found this article from January, 2009. It states: "That delay will cost NB Power an estimated $70 million to $90 million after the main contractor, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., pays penalties. Each extra month of delay beyond that will cost NB Power roughly $20 million."
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/546595
The delay mentioned above refers to a 3-month delay past the scheduled completion date of September, 2009. The project began in April, 2008 and was supposed to take 18 months to complete.
My understanding is the cost for replacement power is roughly $1M per day. But after the deadline of September, 2009, AECL pays penalties which reduce our cost for replacement power to about $20 M per month.
Let's do the math...
I just found this article from January, 2009. It states: "That delay will cost NB Power an estimated $70 million to $90 million after the main contractor, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., pays penalties. Each extra month of delay beyond that will cost NB Power roughly $20 million."
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/546595
The delay mentioned above refers to a 3-month delay past the scheduled completion date of September, 2009. The project began in April, 2008 and was supposed to take 18 months to complete.
My understanding is the cost for replacement power is roughly $1M per day. But after the deadline of September, 2009, AECL pays penalties which reduce our cost for replacement power to about $20 M per month.
Let's do the math...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Bronwen Fyou Lecture
In the early days of the facebook group No to Sale of NB Power, a fourth-year UNB business student Bronwen Fyou was one of the administrators of the group. She appeared in a Charles Leblanc YouTube video taken on the front lawn of the NB Legislature and shortly thereafter her name disappeared from the administrator list and the general membership list. But, she has obviously not given up in the fight. In these two short but compelling videos Bronwen lays out the facts on the financial situation of NB Power. I watched these last night and could not sleep past 5:00 am this morning.
Bronwen Fyou A FACTUAL (non-emotional) look at the proposed sale of NB Power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyukXWweLnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMIICw5q80
Bronwen Fyou A FACTUAL (non-emotional) look at the proposed sale of NB Power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyukXWweLnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMIICw5q80
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Joker speaks again!
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman Miss Lewinski." -Bill CLinton
Translation: I put a cigar in her vagina and I let her fellate me.
"Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons." - George Bush
Translation: On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed me in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, but I dismissed as worthless this information, because I wanted to believe other sources.
We are not selling NB Power. - Shawn Graham
Translation: We're selling Genco which is only the heart of NB Power Group, Nuclearco, the company that runs that pesky Point Lepreau and maybe even Holdco which is mearly the brains of the outfit. I'm not sure about Holdco yet though. I have to wait and see what David Gagnon tells me.
Translation: I put a cigar in her vagina and I let her fellate me.
"Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons." - George Bush
Translation: On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed me in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, but I dismissed as worthless this information, because I wanted to believe other sources.
We are not selling NB Power. - Shawn Graham
Translation: We're selling Genco which is only the heart of NB Power Group, Nuclearco, the company that runs that pesky Point Lepreau and maybe even Holdco which is mearly the brains of the outfit. I'm not sure about Holdco yet though. I have to wait and see what David Gagnon tells me.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New and Improved? Really! Not!
The summary of the new agreement appears to contain all of the same points of the MOU. - http://www.lowerratesnb.ca/downloads/Summary-of-Agreement-on-Energy.pdf
- How can they even think the people of New Brunswick will believe this new and improved "great deal" is any better than the original? Great news! Now we have a transmission system to maintain but we will not own the plants to feed it. It's even worse than the original folks. They should have added: "WAIT!, if you buy now, we'll also include a second royal shafting! Make some noise people!
- How can they even think the people of New Brunswick will believe this new and improved "great deal" is any better than the original? Great news! Now we have a transmission system to maintain but we will not own the plants to feed it. It's even worse than the original folks. They should have added: "WAIT!, if you buy now, we'll also include a second royal shafting! Make some noise people!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Kelly Lamrock - CBC Spin Reduxit Podcast Jan. 18, 2010
Jacques Poitras interviewed MLA Kelly Lamrock on today's announcement that 5 of the remaining 33 Liberal MLAs expressed their concerns in a caucus meeting a week ago about the opposition they've been hearing from their contitutents on the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.
Lamrock could not say what was said in caucus but did say that MLAs are doing their job by listening to the concerns of their voters and they brought these findings to the private meeting on January 11.
He also said he could not in good consience vote for the complete sale of NB Power or any provincially owned asset, because the sale of an asset is different than protecting the rights of a minority, an ethical position in which he strongly believes.
Lamrock says he first heard about the Memorandum of Understanding about a week before it was signed.
You can listen to the podcast by following the link in the left hand column.
Lamrock could not say what was said in caucus but did say that MLAs are doing their job by listening to the concerns of their voters and they brought these findings to the private meeting on January 11.
He also said he could not in good consience vote for the complete sale of NB Power or any provincially owned asset, because the sale of an asset is different than protecting the rights of a minority, an ethical position in which he strongly believes.
Lamrock says he first heard about the Memorandum of Understanding about a week before it was signed.
You can listen to the podcast by following the link in the left hand column.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Understanding vs. Agreement
The MOU is a Memorandum of Understanding, not a Memorandum of Agreement. It's not a contract IMHO. There is no fine print; it's all there in plain English...right here!
I voted for Lord because I didn't care how much it would cost to eliminate the tolls. I use the highway occasionally too. That was a fair election and McKenna got rightfully booted out.
As far as tearing up legal contracts, even if the MOU is one, McKenna did exactly that to several unions in this province in 1996. The 5% legally binding raise I was supposed to get then, including the cumulative effect since then, despite the measly 1 % to 1.5 % raises we've had since, amounts to over $42,000... right out of my pocket.
How do you like them apples? Something has been rotten in this place for a long time. It's time to clean up the stink.
For once, we can shout together: "We've had it up to here and we're not going to take it anymore!"
I voted for Lord because I didn't care how much it would cost to eliminate the tolls. I use the highway occasionally too. That was a fair election and McKenna got rightfully booted out.
As far as tearing up legal contracts, even if the MOU is one, McKenna did exactly that to several unions in this province in 1996. The 5% legally binding raise I was supposed to get then, including the cumulative effect since then, despite the measly 1 % to 1.5 % raises we've had since, amounts to over $42,000... right out of my pocket.
How do you like them apples? Something has been rotten in this place for a long time. It's time to clean up the stink.
For once, we can shout together: "We've had it up to here and we're not going to take it anymore!"
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Curtis and Leroy
Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Kings County Record and bought a mule for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
The next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, fellers, I have some bad news, the mule died last night." Curtis & Leroy replied, "Well, then just give us our money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world ya’ll gonna do with a dead mule?" Curtis said, "We gonna raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!" Leroy said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody he's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy at the Co-Op grocery store and asked: "What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?" They said,"We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do." Leroy said,"Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars apiece and made a profit of $998."
The farmer said,"My Lord, didn't anyone complain?" Curtis said, "Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him his two dollars back."
Curtis and Leroy now work for Hydro Quebec, exclusively on the New Brunswick NB Power deal.
The next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, fellers, I have some bad news, the mule died last night." Curtis & Leroy replied, "Well, then just give us our money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world ya’ll gonna do with a dead mule?" Curtis said, "We gonna raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!" Leroy said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody he's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy at the Co-Op grocery store and asked: "What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?" They said,"We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do." Leroy said,"Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars apiece and made a profit of $998."
The farmer said,"My Lord, didn't anyone complain?" Curtis said, "Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him his two dollars back."
Curtis and Leroy now work for Hydro Quebec, exclusively on the New Brunswick NB Power deal.
Letter of the Day to Premier Graham from Betty Locke
Sent: January-15-10 3:04 AM
To: ' premier@gnb.ca '
Cc: ' shawn.graham3@gnb.ca '
Subject: muzzled
To: ' premier@gnb.ca '
Cc: ' shawn.graham3@gnb.ca '
Subject: muzzled
Since the announcement of the Memorandum of Understanding for the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec, one thing has been conspicuous by its absence – the lack of a voice from NB Power.
The only individual to make public remarks has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NB Power who was recruited by the government in its clandestine negotiations with Hydro-Quebec.
One would assume that competent individuals hold the executive positions at NB Power. I assume our government would not imply that the executives are not competent as this would reflect badly on the government who appoints them and has the power to replace them if they were not competent to serve in the positions they hold. Assuming therefore these individuals are competent they must be knowledgeable in the power industry to fulfill the requirements of their positions. And yet we have heard nothing from these knowledgeable individuals. Indeed the government did not include these knowledgeable individuals in the negotiations that led to the Memorandum of Understanding. This choice alone brings into question the competent of a government that has at its disposal a variety of competent, knowledgeable individuals on the power industry employed at NB Power and excludes them from such important negotiations.
These individuals being intelligent and knowledgeable must not only have an opinion on this proposed sale but also because of their expertise in the power industry valuable knowledge that could be shed on this situation. And still they are silent. One must then assume there is a reason for their silence. The government doesn’t want them to speak about this proposed sale. The government has an agenda and doesn’t want the intelligent individuals who are knowledgeable about the power industry to say anything that may reflect poorly on what the government wants to do. This has to be the epitome of government interference in our utility, direct and or indirect pressure to be silent to retain their jobs.
The government obviously doesn’t believe these competent intelligent executives at NB Power can examine this proposed sale objectively. In a bizarre twist this same government believes that individuals with industrial ties, whose companies or employers stand to benefit substantially from this proposed sale, can objectively examine this proposed sale and issue an “independent” opinion on it. Selective reasoning at its best.
The government either believes that the public isn’t intelligent enough to realize that the executives at NB Power have been muzzled or they don’t care that the public realizes these executives have been muzzled.
Either way the silence from NB Power is deafening.
Sincerely,
Betty Locke
Quispamsis, NB
Monday, January 11, 2010
How dumb do they think we are?
In response to a recent post by Brian Hachey, a fellow angered New Brunswicker, on the Facebook group No to Sale of NB Power, I wrote the following.
Anybody who takes the time to read the MOU can understand what it says. We all went to school thanks to Louis J. Robichaud, who is probably rolling over in his grave right now, seeing the corruption and oligarchical government to which we are currently subject, not only in New Brunswick, but worldwide. There may be a few truly democratic societies left, but I can't name one. They can and will call us everything in the book to suppress democracy. But, even sticks and stones aren't going to stop these new social networking tools. It's time to stand up to the elites who think they're going to control the new world order. The cap and trade carbon credit system is nothing more than a ponzi scheme for the ultra rich. Global warming, my arse! All we have to do is be civilized, get organized, and eventually better government will come our way. That's all I'm going to say for now, other than this: http://www.infowars.com
Anybody who takes the time to read the MOU can understand what it says. We all went to school thanks to Louis J. Robichaud, who is probably rolling over in his grave right now, seeing the corruption and oligarchical government to which we are currently subject, not only in New Brunswick, but worldwide. There may be a few truly democratic societies left, but I can't name one. They can and will call us everything in the book to suppress democracy. But, even sticks and stones aren't going to stop these new social networking tools. It's time to stand up to the elites who think they're going to control the new world order. The cap and trade carbon credit system is nothing more than a ponzi scheme for the ultra rich. Global warming, my arse! All we have to do is be civilized, get organized, and eventually better government will come our way. That's all I'm going to say for now, other than this: http://www.infowars.com
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