Best post of 2009

(this post is "sticky" until December 27, 2009. Scroll down for new content)

Here I am creating a collection of Third Edge of the Sword blogposts that contain my best work. The rules for these posts is that they have to contain a large amount of my own actual writing. Longer polemic posts will be afforded much more weight than shorter posts. After I am satisfied with a list of 12 or so posts, I will put a voting box up with the various posts and give readers a chance to vote.

For now, these are what I've come up with. I shall be adding to this list between now (December 22nd) and the 27th or so when I'm ready for the voting block:

• "Democratic Renewal" comes with a free pair of jackboots: critiquing the DRP website's critique of Wildrose Alliance labour policies.
  
  
• Liberal Doctors Tell Medical Lies: Dr. David Swann's astounding lack of medical knowledge
  
  
• Support Local Business FAIL: why keeping Edmonton original is bad for consumers
  
  
• 2 parter:
  1. WhyCantYouMoveOn.org?: my preview to the A Conversation With George W. Bush event held in October.
  2. George W. Bush event review, Edmonton Alberta's Shaw Conference Centre, Tuesday October 20, 2009: my review of the show
  
  
• Who spoiled Toronto's miraculous ethnic transformation?: a 1996 article in National Geographic looks a lot different in hindsight.
  
  
• Why Stephen Harper will still be the Prime Minister in 2013: an electoral analysis of why the NDP and Liberals are all bark and no bite.
  
  
• It's about time!: Two officers involved in Edmonton Police corruption finally get hauled before a disciplinary hearing
  
  
• Blog series:
  2009 Edmonton Fringe: Stage a Revolution: Reviews of 16 fringe plays, site walkthrough video, and site rant.
  
  
• Whyte Avenue dumb ass (hot ass coming soon, I promise): Edmonton Police crack down on noise on Whyte Avenue with no accepted standards.
  
  
• Blog series:
  Corner Gas Countdown: Countdown of the Top Ten (and bottom ten) Corner Gas episodes, plus a wrapup post.
  
  
• A moderately non-scientific explanation of the infamous "racism study": why racism isn't a problem until some jew or nigger or paki cuts you off in traffic.

As always, feel free to recommend more posts in the comments!