It’s easier to blame hikers ….

Are humans genetically engineered apes mixed with god DNA?.

Funny.

Western Canada meanwhile, awash in oil and other natural resources, we like our freedoms. And we can afford to be disorderly. Our resources have made us rich. We don’t depend on strict order and discipline for our survival. We can … live a little.

The Singapore harbour is one of the best running, most efficient trade hubs in the world, and it has brought great prosperity to the population. Any “sand” in that finely tuned machine carps easily ruin it all, and trade moves elsewhere. Singaporeans will not upset the order.

People in Singapore are perhaps the world’s most orderly people, doing precisely what they are told, and although the place was incredibly boring last I was there, it is a clean, orderly, and well functioning society that survived on manpower alone. No natural resources.

Not everybody embraces Freedom as a lifestyle. Some people love being told what to do. Usually brought on by some traumatic experience that has them surrender their freedoms for safety. You can argue why this is not good, but the fact remains that this is what they choose.

For a good book on the topic of how and why people like being controlled, read “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers.” The author explains in great detail the mindset of Rule Makers and Rule Followers, why they are the way they are, and what lead to them being this way.

So when people speak of the UniParty, it is in part because the majority of Canadians are simply not Libertarians, and their values not align with the PPC. Canadians, especially in the East, simply love being told what to do. We don’t, out here in the West, but we don’t matter.

When Libertarians split from the CPC and formed the PPC, they gave up what little control they had within the larger party. Unfortunately, Canada is not inherently Libertarian, especially the East. Now we/they are upset when PP doesn’t espouse the virtues of Liberty. Not his job.

With regards to opposition to the NS hiking ban, that is a Libertarian position, but it isn’t necessarily a Conservative position. The two are not the same. Conservatives are traditionally pro-monarchy, pro-state, pro-rule, and pro-following-the-law, regardless.

It became quite clear within a few months that Kenney’s function was not to get a better deal for Alberta, but to stop any further talk of separation and independence. Kenney never acted as the representative of Alberta, but as Ottawa’s governor for Alberta.

The drive I just did, from Radium to Banff, there is no cell service for over 100km. You have an injury car accident, you could easily bleed to death. Even if you could stop a car passing by, you are likely 1 hour from a hospital. Heart attack? Stroke? You are dead.

You need a driving test, to drive a car safely, you need a safety course to get a PAL, an operator license for a boat. People, especially people from large cities often don’t understand what life is like out here. There is no ambulance, fire truck, or police, no cell, for hours.

As dumb as it sound, but, perhaps people need a wilderness course. It sounds stupid, but, this entire moment in time is stupid, and there is a complete lack of common sense. People really do some stupid stuff, and don’t learn the basics anymore.

I don’t know about the rest of Alberta, but up here, it’s been a very wet year. Unusually wet. Right now, we are having a sudden downpour the likes of which I am not used to in August. Almost typhoon like. My pants were soaked within 30 seconds. And this is rainfall #3. Today!.

Sigh.

RT @Megatron_ron: BREAKING: Israel just targeted and killed an entire team from Al-Jazeera in Gaza City.

I will go full-on draconian on anybody who commits arson. It’s a horrible crime that has the potential to cause millions in damages, and is far more dangerous that a firearm. I have seen what damage it does, and I would show no pity for anybody who does it.

The worst part is not that such an abomination of a law was passed, but that there are actually Canadians who defend this violation of basic freedoms. Does walking in the woods cause fires? No. In Alberta, we have fire bans. They work, while preserving basic rights.