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A Crock of Schmidt

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I’m Spoiling My Ballot

October 18, 2019 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I don’t want to vote. Like, I really don’t want to vote. This is something that’s been eating at me for years now. There are many reasons for my, let’s put this politely, disinterest in voting, but the most pervasive is the reality that for the past twenty-one years of my adult life, my vote […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Canada, conservative, election, green, liberal, NDP, ppc, vote

On the Matter of Voting in Alberta

April 16, 2019 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Four years ago, I voted for the NDP in the Alberta provincial election that shocked the wor … country.  Mine wasn’t a principled vote, born more out of mischief and curiosity.  I certainly held no love for the splintered conservative party who had governed for 44 years but were now running as two entities.  The […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, election, NDP, UCP, voting

When Your Vote Doesn’t Matter

October 20, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I woke up this morning with a bright red pimple above my left eye.  Fate, always eager to mess with me, has apparently decided to brand me with a scarlet letter of sorts, outing my voting choice in yesterday’s federal election.  I’d consider it a relatively minor prank except that I reside in the blue […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, conservative, liberal, NDP, proportional representation, Stephen Harper, voting

HA! Good One, Alberta!

May 7, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I recently did something I’ve never done before.  I’m fairly certain I will never do it again.  It’s now been two days since Albertans did the electoral version of streaking at a Grey Cup game; I suspect you’ve heard about it.  The B-train oil tanker truck that is Alberta politics, which reliably drifted to the […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, conservative, environment, liberal, NDP, Ontario, politics, social, taxes

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