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| '''Kate McMillan''' is a ] ]. After growing up on a working grain farm near ], she now lives in ] <ref></ref>. She works as a commercial and automotive ] artist and has been self-employed since leaving college. She runs the '''Small Dead Animals''' ]. | '''Kate McMillan''' is a ] ]. After growing up on a working grain farm near ], she now lives in ] <ref></ref>. She works as a commercial and automotive ] artist and has been self-employed since leaving college. She runs the '''Small Dead Animals''' ]. | ||
| ] ] ], previously the ], called McMillan an "inspiring friend." She is a member of the ] blogging alliance. ] has referred to her as the '']'''s "star blogger." | ] ] ], previously the ], called McMillan an "inspiring friend." | ||
| ******* I've never been in the same room as Monte Solberg. | |||
| She is a member of the ] blogging alliance. ] has referred to her as the '']'''s "star blogger." | |||
| McMillan has faced controversy after remarks she made regarding residents of Saskatoon's inner city. In her words McMillan suggested ways in which a resident could improve the standard of living of their neighborhood. Local media quoted McMillan from her blog as saying "Put the cap back on your used needle and take it to a safe disposal site. Failing that, share it with your friends. It's a quicker solution to your problem, anyway..." She also suggested "cross your legs" and "put down the spray can" and then went on to comment that residents should "try not vandalizing every business still standing in your neighbourhood, try not selling your ass up and down the street in front of the doors. Try parenting your sticky-fingered brats." Opposition parties charged that McMillan's comments were racist because the area she was referring to is largely populated by people of Aboriginal descent. Premiere Wall said the remarks were "beyond the pale" despite Wall being on a recording made in 1992 mocking Ukranians. Until this event an endorsement of Brad Wall from Kate McMillan had appeared on the ] website <ref></ref>. | McMillan has faced controversy after remarks she made regarding residents of Saskatoon's inner city. In her words McMillan suggested ways in which a resident could improve the standard of living of their neighborhood. Local media quoted McMillan from her blog as saying "Put the cap back on your used needle and take it to a safe disposal site. Failing that, share it with your friends. It's a quicker solution to your problem, anyway..." She also suggested "cross your legs" and "put down the spray can" and then went on to comment that residents should "try not vandalizing every business still standing in your neighbourhood, try not selling your ass up and down the street in front of the doors. Try parenting your sticky-fingered brats." Opposition parties charged that McMillan's comments were racist because the area she was referring to is largely populated by people of Aboriginal descent. Premiere Wall said the remarks were "beyond the pale" despite Wall being on a recording made in 1992 mocking Ukranians. Until this event an endorsement of Brad Wall from Kate McMillan had appeared on the ] website <ref></ref>. | ||
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Kate McMillan is a Canadian blogger. After growing up on a working grain farm near Arcola, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Delisle . She works as a commercial and automotive airbrush artist and has been self-employed since leaving college. She runs the Small Dead Animals weblog.
Conservative Member of Parliament Monte Solberg, previously the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, called McMillan an "inspiring friend."
- I've never been in the same room as Monte Solberg.
She is a member of the Blogging Tories blogging alliance. Mark Steyn has referred to her as the Western Standard's "star blogger."
McMillan has faced controversy after remarks she made regarding residents of Saskatoon's inner city. In her words McMillan suggested ways in which a resident could improve the standard of living of their neighborhood. Local media quoted McMillan from her blog as saying "Put the cap back on your used needle and take it to a safe disposal site. Failing that, share it with your friends. It's a quicker solution to your problem, anyway..." She also suggested "cross your legs" and "put down the spray can" and then went on to comment that residents should "try not vandalizing every business still standing in your neighbourhood, try not selling your ass up and down the street in front of the doors. Try parenting your sticky-fingered brats." Opposition parties charged that McMillan's comments were racist because the area she was referring to is largely populated by people of Aboriginal descent. Premiere Wall said the remarks were "beyond the pale" despite Wall being on a recording made in 1992 mocking Ukranians. Until this event an endorsement of Brad Wall from Kate McMillan had appeared on the Saskatchewan Party website .
Coverage of this contretemps appeared in a wide variety of large-scale news media outlets. McMillan coined the phrase "The Libranos" (a play on "liberal" and "Sopranos") to refer to the Liberal Party of Canada in light of the Sponsorship scandal; it is currently a popular term in the Canadian right-wing blogosphere. The term became a source of controversy when two Conservative MPs posed in front of a satirical poster, created by the Western Standard, which depicted the idea .
She has received some press coverage from the Toronto Sun for her blogging, including:
- publishing a letter from a soldier's widow after he died in a training exercise and the media became intrusive during and before the funeral.
- commenting negatively on Alberta Progressive Conservative premier Ralph Klein's slide to the left.
- criticizing a no-jail sentence for AdScam fraudster Paul Coffin. Coffin and others may have gotten light treatment because of their political connections.
- creatively lampooning Celine Dion for her post-Katrina egocentrism on Larry King Live.
Her political analysis was also included by major news organizations like BBC News and the CBC during the 2006 Canadian elections. McMillan has also pursued work as a columnist with the National Post newspaper, although she frequently derides the "mainstream media" for their various shortcomings.
McMillan and her blog have been mentioned on the floor of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
Small Dead Animals won the US-based Weblog award for Best Canadian Blog in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; and in 2008 the award for Best Conservative Blog (North America).
References
- normblog
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix
- Small Dead Animals
- Best of the blogs: What's hot and on the web. The Toronto Sun (Canada). April 27, 2006.
- Best of the blogs: What's hot and on the web. The Toronto Sun (Canada). April 4, 2006.
- Best of the blogs: What's hot and on the web. The Toronto Sun (Canada). September 21, 2005.
- Small Dead Animals
- Best of the blogs: What's hot and on the web. The Toronto Sun (Canada). September 13, 2005.
- BBC
- CBC
- Twenty-fifth Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Debates and Proceedings, Saskatchewan Hansard, vol. XLVIII, no. 5A, November 14, 2005, 1:30PM, p. 126
- Twenty-fifth Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Debates and Proceedings, Saskatchewan Hansard, vol. XLVIII, no. 11A, November 23, 2005, 1:30PM, p. 374
- The 2004 Weblog Awards: Best Canadian Blog
- The 2005 Weblog Awards: Best Canadian Blog
- The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Canadian Blog
- The 2007 Weblog Awards: Best Canadian Blog
- The 2008 Weblog Awards: Conservative Blog
External links
- Small Dead Animals weblog
- The Shotgun weblog
- An Interview with McMillan
- An Interview by Peter Warren