22 December 2010

Williams to head Rogers sports empire?

Is that why he left office so suddenly?
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Tweet-date:  From a tweet by CBC's David Cochrane (@CochraneCBCNL) earlier on Thursday:
@edhollett raises the persistent Williams to Rogers rumour on his blog. I called DW's people on this two weeks ago. They say "Not true." 



7 comments:

Lonenewfwolf said...
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Lonenewfwolf said...

everybody should check out the board of directors of rogers communications inc. (http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ticker=RCI/B:CN).

its an interesting trail you're on then...you'll find connections to barrick gold etc right on up to the rockefellers. dude thinks he's in the big time now. and for what? selling us to the americans? big deal, any greedy idiot could do that in this day and age.

this must be stated again here...the people of NL MUST have those nalcor books opened immediately! if they are not opened for AG review the current administration is either complicit, complacent, or unable to act for some reason? the last dude said he was glad to be rid of the liability when he stepped down, is this why the other members of his little group are not interested in stepping into this? more than likely.

when will we learn not to trust 'slick talking lawyer-types with business interests' get involved in our politics? so frustrating to see this unfolding. people need to wake up.

snc-lavelin just got 'the nod' on the lower churchill work too. would enjoy seeing your string of posts linking that one together ed.

Edward Hollett said...

There's no trail there Lone.

If you think there is some gigantic conspiracy there, you need to take a gigantic breath and think again. Why don't you just claim the whole thing is orchestrated by the Pentavaret? Get Colonel Sanders in there for good measure and you have something ripped out of the script for the only decent Mike Myers movie there is.

Take a look at the list of directors. So what?

I have no string of posts linking anything together. I just thought this was yet another one of the many wild rumours people are coming up with to explain why Danny high-tailed it.

This sort of bullshit conspiracy theorising of the type you just started into is half the reason the province is as shagged up as it is. No offense but you really need to realise that sometimes a cigar is really just a cigar.

Lonenewfwolf said...
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Lonenewfwolf said...

suit guy.

you make a good researcher and reporter, but an indepth analyst you're not. your blog is popular because of the intelligence and diversity of views expressed don't you see? might i suggest you try harder to refrain from the petty name calling. it just lowers your image to my friends.

ofcourse the business guys are stealing from us. they play a game that us pleebs never get to see behind all those fancy doors and hallways.

conspiracy? what? that the US want to get our energy for a song and that our political elites scheme to sell it to them at every corner? sure ed, makes sense. why would anyone want to make a few bucks off the backs of a disengaged over-trusting populace? that's not a conspiracy ed, that's reality.

the posts i referred to were snc-lavelin getting danny's spectrol energy group. that sale probably had some clause for local offshore contracts we never got to see, and now here they are doing the studies for emera on that subsea cable and landing contracts for the lower churchill. i know they're a big group, but it seems a bit too cozy for my liking (and hopefully a few others).

what this all gets back to, and its something i give you credit for reporting on and identifying as significant, is that the books of nalcor have been closed to the AG almost since the beginning. that is where, i think at least, we agree totally. we need those books open at all costs and i don't really care whose career it costs in there. someone has to stand up and get that done before we get too far along to back out of any deals that have been signed like happened previously.

Edward Hollett said...

Lone, we've been through this before.

I'll say again as I have suggested before, if not to you then to others: you might find that your comments fit better with the views at some other local blogs.

They are places where facts and details get in the way of a ripping good delusion. Your comments - that sometimes may come close to suggesting criminal activity - are best spread somewhere other than here.

Certainly if you persist, then I may have to spoil your fun and that of the rest of the pseudo-anonymous socks and get rid of you all, once and for all.

Lonenewfwolf said...

i've got years to go before i go to those happy hunting grounds, so it seems i can wait you out if you do cut me off from this most wonderful of forums for nl political debate (which i truly relish).

keep up the good work and continue in your efforts to pry open those doors of government, i encourage you in that pursuit for it the only chance we have of democracy ever coming to these shores which i hold sacred.