No, not really, but if the world does succumb to a world-wide pandemic like the swine flu, we can always blame this lady: Famously, Maine Senator Collins, the supposedly moderate Republican who demanded cuts in health care spending in exchange for her support of a watered-down version of the stimulus, fumed about the pandemic funding: [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The GOP Has Killed Us All
Posted in Politics, tagged GOP, stimulus, Swine flu on April 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Hats Off” to Governor Palin? *UPDATED*
Posted in Politics, tagged breaking the law, Sarah Palin on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last August, Governor Palin “took her Governor hat off” during a press conference, and told voters that she would be voting No on ballot measure 4, the “clean water” initiative. Turns out, this may have not been legal. State law says that a governor cannot spend money or “provide anything of value” to influence the [...]
Alaska: Where Men are Men, Women are Pitbulls and Children Kill Moose
Posted in Random, tagged moose on April 22, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Alaska is known for its tough men and equally tough women. Now, thanks to a group of cold-hearted middle schoolers in Palmer, we can add children to the list. According to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, a group of middle school PE students taunted a moose so badly that he killed himself. I just don’t understand [...]
WAR Ends Before He Begins
Posted in Politics, tagged WAR, Wayne Anthony Ross on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, almost. He did have two and a half weeks as AG, so I guess technically, WAR did begin. But let’s not get caught up with technicalities. I mean, let’s remember what he said about legal vs. illegal: “It seems to me the most important thing that can be done by the Senate is not [...]
Perspective
Posted in Parenting on April 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As I drove to work this morning, I thought about what I would write about today. I would write about Ken Salazar’s visit, or Palin’s decision to pass three names (two of which have already been rejected) back to the Alaska State Senate for approval. Then I looked at my blogroll and clicked on a [...]
Questioning WAR
Posted in Politics, tagged Palin, WAR, Wayne Anthony Ross on April 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today, Wayne Anthony Ross, Palin’s pick for AG, was questioned before the Alaska State Legislature. One of my favorite people in Juneau, Bill Wielechowski did me proud: Anchorage Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski brought up previous Ross statements, including saying the idea of Native sovereignty is a 19th century principle, and using words like “immoral,” and [...]
Having a Rough Week, Sarah?
Posted in Politics, tagged Sarah Palin on April 3, 2009 | 17 Comments »
It sure was hard to be Sarah Palin this week. Let’s do a quick run-down of this week’s highlights: Saturday-Sunday: Mount Redoubt covers Anchorage with ash, airport closed off and on all weekend. Thousands stranded. Six million gallons of oil at the Drift River Terminal sit in harm’s way at the base of the volcano. [...]
