Opinion

Now that the political situation in Canada is back on the front burner – like it’s been anywhere else in the past few months!, it’s starting to come to light that Page 4 of the Rimbey Review isn’t the only place where you’ll find columns pointing out the woeful situation regarding the lack of leadership in this province and/or country.

Editorial

You’ve read the question “you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?” a number of times on this page over the past 18 months or so, and basically it suggests you can blab all you like, but until you step up to the plate and actually do something, you may as well just button it because if you don’t, you’ll risk end up looking ridiculous.

A few years ago while watching television, I happened to come across a show featuring a number of stand-up comics who despite using a whole bunch of bad words in their routine, turned out to be quite funny and entertaining, especially one in particular.

Now that 2008 is behind us and in the books, maybe we should all take a minute to thank the Creator for another year because if you’re reading this, you’ve obviously survived disease, famine, war, crime, Alberta’s highways and a host of other nasty things.

An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves. - Bill Vaughan Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. - Douglas Pagels