UNCLE GNARLEY
Opinions On Newfoundland Politics That Bite
Thursday, 27 June 2013
SEARCH AND RESCUE IS CRITICAL. NOW, WHAT ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?
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Every few months the airwaves are filled with the chilling message of one or more persons in difficulty or lost at sea. Inevitably and w...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
NDP VOTE IN BY-ELECTION DESERVES CLOSE SCRUTINY
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The Cartwright L’Anse Au Clair By-Election was supposed to have been a yawn. Given the Tory record in the District, you could hardly blame...
Monday, 24 June 2013
GIVE PEOPLE LIKE JIM PRENTICE AN EARFUL
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Golly gee. Wasn’t it so nice of former Federal Tory Cabinet Minister, Jim Prentice, to pay the folks down in “Newfie” a call? What would...
Friday, 21 June 2013
NEW DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE NEEDS TO BE ONE TOUGH COOKIE
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This past March I wrote a piece entitled, "HIGH PRIESTS HAVE BOUNDARIES, TOO" . I reluctantly noted that two of the Province’s ...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
IS FELIX COLLINS A 'POST TURTLE'?
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While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the doctor struc...
Monday, 17 June 2013
E.I. and the Tyranny of Self-Righteousness
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Newfoundland and Labrador, in April 2013, boasted an unadjusted 13.7% unemployment rate. 13.7% of NL’s workforce represents 32,700 people. B...
Thursday, 13 June 2013
DO WE NEED MORE ROCKING CHAIRS? (PART II)
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I wasn’t aware of the rift between Jos Arnell and Josiah Brake until Uncle Gnarley and I left Jos’ house, last Sunday; clearly the world doe...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
CRA POLL: THE LIBERALS' BIG DAY
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Monday's CRA Poll, on the popularity of the Dunderdale Government and the three political Parties, is actually a very significant Poll....
Monday, 10 June 2013
DO WE NEED MORE ROCKING CHAIRS? (Part I)
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Most people, who spend time in a rocking chair, find it an incomparable source of relaxation. Not Josiah Brake. When he says he is going...
Thursday, 6 June 2013
DAMN-NATION: ROLLING THE DICE IN NL, TOO
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Graham Lane is not a known name in Newfoundland and Labrador. Perhaps, he could be. He is well known in Manitoba. Like David Vardy,...
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