Freaky Friday Round Up.
And I thought 5:00 on Friday might mean the news was over…..but the governor continues to take us on a tour through the Looking Glass World. Thanks to flyinureye for summing it up oh so perfectly!
Palin Takes the Money (We Think)
No, there hasn’t been an official press release. Those are saved for important stuff like There the Media Goes Again and Bogus Asinine Ethics Complaints. But Rep. Berta Gardner was on KUDO with CC today talking about the mysterious letter of vaguely phrased acceptance passing through hands at the capitol building, and a meeting with some but not all legislators. Celtic Diva has the details at Blue Oasis.
Sue, Baby Sue?
More on this tomorrow…
Alaska lawmakers have no intentionof agreeing to Gov. Sarah Palin’s demand for all senators to vote in public on her appointment of Tim Grussendorf to the state Senate. That’s set up a showdown with no clear resolution, and talk of a potential court battle between the Legislature and the governor.
That About Sums it Up
Mamadance has a great weekly wrap up of Sarah Palin’s week. Not good. Check it out HERE.
Mudflats Still Hearts Les Gara
Rep. Gara got a little bit of flack from Mudflatters the other day, so I wanted to make sure you all saw what Own the Sidewalk had to say:
Rep. Les Gara is a member of the Joint Select Committee on Legislative Ethics.
So even if he thinks something should be done about Rep. Doogan’s behavior, he can’t publicly call for such a something to be done, because he is one of the legislators who will be evaluating said something. Ethics complaints aren’t supposed to be filed by legislators, my darlings; they’re really supposed to be filed by members of the public. If you really want Rep. Doogan brought up on an ethics complaint and you actually want it to stick, the last thing in the world you want is for Les Gara to be issuing press releases demanding it.
(Side Note: Furthermore, sources out of Juneau are telling me there’s been a bit of a scuffle in the Democratic caucus, and not just because of the whole Grussendorf thing. Apparently another Democratic legislator called Rep. Doogan out on the Mudflats situation and things got a little tense. The name of that other Democratic legislator? I’ll give you one guess.)
This Could Go On Forever…
I noted with amusement that Mark Dent of the Alaska Newsreader linked to my post about the Navel Gazing That’s Been Going on with bloggers and journalists lately, entitled The Fine Art of Navel Gazing. A Blogger Blogs About Journalists Reporting on Other Journalists Who Write About Bloggers Reported on By Other Journalists Who Refer to Bloggers. So, now this means that the new title of this post should be: (cracks knuckles)
A Blogger Blogs About a Journalist Who Links to a Blog Post About A Blogger Blogging About Journalists Reporting on Other Journalists Who Write About Bloggers Reported on By Other Journalists Who Refer to Bloggers.
OK, anybody out there want to link to THIS?? Bring it on!
Welcome LivingPlaying.com!
See the awesome rainbow snail at the top of the sidebar? He comes to you courtesy of LivingPlaying.com, our newest advertiser. LivingPlaying is a very cool toy store that sells wooden, eco-friendly, Waldorf and Montessori friendly toys. Jen runs the show, and and she’s a mother of three boys. LivingPlaying.com is the result of her search for toys and products that are beautiful, environmentally friendly, and purposeful. I’ve had fun corresponding with Jen, and she’s really like the corner store, only right there in your living room. She’ll gift wrap your items for free, and enclose a hand-written note. She’ll ship flat rate at $6.95 to the lower 48 states and $25 to Alaska (and Hawaii) but she’s happy to tweak the shipping method and work with you on the price if it’s a problem. I love stores where you get to deal with actual people! So do click the snail, and remember Jen when you want to support small businesses doing their best to make a difference. (Click the snail!?….I mean, how often do you get to do THAT?)
And let the weekend begin. Finally.
Next week should be a barrel o’ fun!
I just wanted to say, the new article up on the ADN that justified Doogan’s outing of your, was very, very wrong.
As I read it, and I hate to say this, that maybe, just maybe, the author had a valid point.
But no, the author was simply regurgitating the ‘bloggers are the extremist, ‘astro-turphing’ argument. This simply demonstrates that the author of this BS article simply does not get it. He claims that you, AKM, are out there to rally your hordes of faithful readers to ‘pump up’ your causes.
Let me tell you, as a faithful reader from the beginning , that you have done NOTHING to validate what this author is saying. You are simply elaborating events from your point of view, and it is your readers’ choice as to whether or not they want to take further action.
Sorry if my post is a little ‘ranty’. I am just so incenced at these traditional media blowhard attacking you from every angle. It is unfair, very unfair.
I will say this. They can say what they want about you in their printed pages, but ONLY if they let you have a say there too. I don’t care what it is, a compass piece every week, or some other outlet to let you defend yourself on THEIR pages. But for them to attack you on the ground that you simply want to remain anonymous, is from my perspective sheer jealousy.
Rant over! =)
PS. I apologize for the huge amount of grammatical errors in my previous post. I was just a little peeved, and did not proofread my post.
I will do better next time. =)
I am so glad to be a Mudpup. We have gone viral and are recognized as an authentic blog that addresses the bad and good of the politicians in newspaperasand publication. AKM who is one of the best writers that we have ever witnessed, who not only writes truth with evidence but does it with some of the most creative flair and humor that I have ever seen, has inspired people globally. That is a major accomplishment. I have been around on this post which is an incredible blog for a very long time and I have been so enlighten. And now some of the people who hold public office are begrudgingly giving AKM her props. OK, but we recognized her political brillance a long time ago. I say all this to say that I am a warrior for any group who wants to try to bring AKM efforts down because we will not be deterred.
PR from SarahPAC on polls…
Recently, there have been some pollsters or pitchmen trading on the Sarah Palin name – taking a pulse on the Governor’s favorability. None of these polls are authorized by SarahPAC or the Governor. Again, SarahPAC is not doing any telephone solicitation at this time.
NO STANDING: 5 GOP lawmakers had tried to derail TropperGATE investigation
per ADN.com
It’s time to shut it down here on the W. Coast, CA
It sure has been a busy week here at Mudflats, but I’ll bet we will be sleeping better tonight than those in the Gov’s house right now. There’s going to be some tossing and turning there. Between Todd talking to his sister. GINO to Todd. Todd back to GINO. GINO to Bristol, Bristol to Levi. GINO to Bristol… throw in a few Stapletons in there as well. Maybe Two more press releases. I sure hope they have that Verizon Family Plan. They may run out of cell phone minutes before the weekend is over.
A brief message to AKM.
Maybe Mike Doogan should not be resting peacefully either.
I was in touch with snoksred earlier this week by email. Made contact with Phil Munger as well. Will make contact with Phil again over the weekend and have already passed on some info by email that may be helpful. I’ll let him decide whether to send it along. The fight has just begun. Some reinforcements may be on the way.
Anony-Moose.. signing off.
ADN article was very interesting Republican Semate President doesn’t want to vote on seating Grussendorf. May come back to bite him when it is a republican seat up for grabs. Maybe he should have a long talk with GINO
I think there is a big FEAR about who Doogan’s “Anonymous Source” that outed AKM might turn out to be. IF that person providing Doogan with info turns out to be somebody from one of the newspapers, it could create problems, given how many newspapers are folding these days. If a newspaper doesn’t believe in ‘confidentiality’ or protecting their sources, same paper could potentially lose a LOT of subscriptions. Just my thought.
Haha! Gotta love flyinureye!
AKM, nice round-up and I am very glad you posted re: Les Gara. I am an ‘outsider’ but was extremely distressed about some of the comments in response to his post. Thanks for setting people straight with the facts.
Wow!!! What a wild and wonderful week. May the weekend be peaceful…but keep your supply of popcorn well stocked. It seems that GINO, the gift that keep on giving, can not keep out of the theater…which Andrew Halcro is artfully calling the “Big Top Circus”.
It’s hard for me to say this, being from the Buckeye State, but I agree with the comments made by the MICHIGANDER in post #10 above.
And it keeps getting crazier, check out the bizarre Palin comments to the Ketchikan press about the bridge to nowhere.
She really has lost it.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/
What if the Tyra show morphs into “This Is Your Life?” Levi, Sherry, and Mercede are sitting on the couch and SHAZAM! In walks Super Sarah with Trig and Tripp in one arm and dragging Bristol by her hair with the other. Ooops! Wrong show? Not Greta’s?
Don’t have your morning coffee nearby when you read the comments………….
http://wonkette.com/407532/levi-johnston-quite-the-conversationalist-in-teevee-interview
I like all those links in there AKM. Fun, and spreads some love.
Thought of you yesterday while I was writing a history entry for a book, I wrote:
“The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 included 4 laws: the Naturalization Act, requiring aliens to resident in the country for 15 years, rather than the former 5 year requirement, before gaining U.S citizenship; the Alien Act, giving the president the power to deport aliens found to be dangerous to the peace and security of the United States (during peace time); the Alien Enemies Act, allowing for the war time arrest, imprisonment and deportation of any non citizen and the Sedition Act, making treasonable acts punishable, including publishing “false, scandalous or malicious writing.”
Twenty five Republican editors, including Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson to Benjamin Franklin, were promptly arrested and their newspapers shut down.
Immediate opposition questioning the constitutionality of the laws was heard. Jefferson, fearing the government was heading toward dictatorship, secretly authored the Kentucky Resolution and joined by Madison, presented the resolution to the states.
The resolutions presented argued that the government had no rights that were not specifically delegated by the constitution, making the Alien and Sedition Act void. While the resolutions were seen by some as a military threat, Virginia was the first accept the argument within, that states could not be forced to put the laws into effect. The New England states followed in Virginias footsteps.
While the Federalists hoped the Act would quiet the Republicans, especially Jefferson, it instead had a polarizing effect and opened the door to Jefferson’s winning the 1800 presidential election.”
Made me think of Doogan, trying to create his own Sedition Act for anonomoose bloggers, and then finding it did nothing but bring on the heat and send him into a political downward spiral (this one one of the events that ended the Federalist Paty).
Appears some still think “false, scandalous or malicious writing” should be illegal, even if it’s true.
PS, Love the new store. Have some friends w/ grandbabies I might be bale to shop for. & As soon as I am a grandma I’ll be a valued customer at LivingPlaying.com. I like that eco toy stuff. So, welcome Jen.
Paula – On NPR yesterday they had a heartbreaking story out of Glenwood Springs , Co. about a young man who came to the U.S. to escape the gangs in Guatemala.He makes good grades in school , participates in community activities , and has dreams of going to Nursing school. The reporter had live statements from teachers , community activists , friends – all stating that he would be severely missed as an important part of the community if he was deported. His Lawyer is doing everything by the book and yet I.C.E. still wants him to go. The community is holding fundraisers to raise money to keep him here. It was quite touching to listen to the people who want him to remain in their community.
Poor Sarah. Now she’s going to have to spend her weekend working with Meg on press releases in anticipation of next week’s news. LOL
HI folks! I’m a longtime reader, mostly lurking, soaking in all the brilliance, but occasionally I comment.
To Blooper – I agree with the sentiment behind your post. Extreme annoyance at the hippocracy (sp?) of others does lead even the best among us to “rantiness”
When considering some people’s attempts to justify this action, please remember that 1st Amendment rights are Content Neutral. In effect, your right to say what you want does not depend on what you are saying.
Whether AKM is writing factual pieces, expressing her well reasoned opinion, or encouraging her readers to action – all these are protected speech under the First Amendment. Nothing in the First Amendment requires a person to publicly identify herself in order to exercise these rights.
There are only 2 limits to the 1st Amendment protection:
1. Libel and slander – where the victim would have to prove falsity and damage AFTER the fact
2. Yelling fire in a crowded theater or revealing the movements of troops in the time of war. (US Supreme Court standard of imminent danger that allows prior restraint in VERY Limited cases)
Doogan, as a former working journalist, knows this very well. It was part of his job to know this. For him to try to claim otherwise is utter hogwash.
…an open vote by the Senate on her appointment of Timmy G’
“My primary objective is to respectfully request the Senate to take this matter up and vote on it in public session,” … I recognize that the caucuses in the legislature prefer not to have a vote by the entire chamber. The Senate can decide for itself who participates in the vote. I am simply requesting that the vote be done in public.”
GiNO:::::I am simply requesting…[interesting wording]…
Legislature:::::We are simply rejecting.
I don’t know how you do it. The Palins, Heaths & Johnstons are a full time job with so many skeletons there are just not enough closets. Unbelievable, just unbelievable.
PS When is another bedtime story coming? All this chaos is making me have nightmares.
…now she wants open votes, what the freak happened to all those behind closed doors meetings of hers?
[Press release on the State of AK web site]
The opinions of the Department of Law have been on the books for decades,” Attorney General Wayne Anthony Ross said. “I believe the legislature and the people have a right to know that there are legitimate legal concerns with the manner in which the Senate Democrats acted on the appointment of Mr. Grussendorf.”
WAIT…I might be missing something here…”"”Attorney General”"”
when was the vote held, or is it Ok for him to use the title before he gets the job…
I thought Ross-bo goes to the Leg. on the 10th for his confirmation hearing ?? WTF is he offering up legal opinions now for ?? I guess he and sarah think it’s a foregone conclusion that he is gonna get approved.
this sentence about the 1st dude @ the State web site makes it sound as if ‘they’ both went to college….
Mr. Palin and his wife, Governor Sarah Palin, both graduated from Wasilla High School and married in 1988 AFTER COLLEGE. ?
..as you see I have nothing to do this Sat morning…LOL
Nice to hear that about Les. I really really REALLY hope they do something about Doogan.
AKM-Thanks for the news about Les
Although I do not live in Alaska…Les sends me his news letters and I have emailed him personally and he back to me.. he is a very nice guy and I could never see him throwing Mudflats under the bus!
I do hope GINO and dodo are not having a good week, we all know payback is a b*tch!
Karma, payback, you reap what you sow, and these two, add up to allot of BS!
Flyinureye I ♥ your pictures, they are always spot on!
congratulations on the new advertiser, AKM!
you are a delight.
despite all of palin’s shortcomings, politically and personally, i will always be grateful to her for one thing: the introduction to you, AKM.
have a lovely weekend!
Agreed. And worse, because he has not yet been confirmed, it is outrageous that he is identified as “Attorney General” in an official Alaskan government press release. Wrong and presumptuous.
Also, what Ross “believes” is irrelevant and should not be included in an official Alaskan government press release. Sounds like propaganda and pandering to Palin and her ilk.
Gotta wonder what is in the water!
*Yaaaaaawwwwwnnn* Got up late and see two new posts for my reading enjoyment…..
All I can say is this: Keep the pressure on GINO. She’s about to blow a gasket. There will be oil everywhere! Drain, baby, Drain!
It would be a lot of fun to be able to hear the conversations/rows going on in the Palin household this weekend.
I so knew Levi was going to do something like this (had a conversation going about it with austintx and a few others last week).
Found this link:
Influential nobodies
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
A few days ago a little known legislator in Alaska earned himself a special place in the blogosphere’s hall of shame by outing the hitherto anonymous local pundit ‘Mudflats.’ After modest beginnings as a charmingly sceptical observer of state politics, Mudflats had become one of the most famous blogs in the world the moment John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. Rep Mike Doogan explained his decision to unmask Mudflats − after months of persistent detective work − as a matter of high principle, a question of ensuring that commentary on public affairs was undertaken only by people willing to put their names next to their opinions. A principle that no doubt assumed greater importance each time this unknown gadfly showed him and Governor Palin to be somewhat less competent than their spin doctors would have the public believe.
AKM-Do-Do wanted to silence you but now you are Famous as far as Guyana!!!
We all know how vindictive the Queen can be. The Levi situation has shades of Troopergate. Can you imagine what’s going on behind the scenes? Todd sister-in-law’s burglary (burglaries) just couldn’t have come at a worse time.
UK Lady – Keep the disquise you were wearing in London. Did you ever see the movie ?? If not , please do.
“A bit of a scuffle”.
Doogan feeling a bit tense, twitchy, even irascible, these days?
Minor misunderstandings of this type are often best cleared up in a friendly, even chummy way, over one or three beers, in the collegial atmosphere of the local watering hole.
Not in this case!
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php
2009-04-04 06:58:38
At 06:00 AKDT there was a significant explosive event at Redoubt. An ash cloud has reached at least 50,000 feet above sea level and is spreading towards the south and east. AVO seismometers indicate a lahar in the Drift River Valley.
…gulp… hope this doesn’t impact drain, baby, drain
you gotta start to wonder if this volcano resents downgrades to orange
antiAnti….it does appear that she doesn’t like to be dismissed prematurely…
@UK Lady
Speaking of household conversations, here’s a very funny link about Prince Philip aka “the Duke of Hazard”.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-31/will-prince-philip-make-another-racial-gaffe/
RE::: the stimu funds, guess they couldn’t spin it without also reconizing that GiNO back tracked…so no Press release yet….guess it’s not as important as all the gossip that promped other releases….yeap, GiNO certainly has her priorties straight!
Calling WAR Attorney General is appropriate, at least in Alaska history. They get the title when appointed and retain it until dismissed.
Funny part is, I wonder if this AG opinion he cites was written by one of the Assistant AG’s he wanted fired. WAR was considered for AG in the third Hickel administration — one of his stances was that all Assistant AG’s should be fired and only those in agreement and of the party of the Governor should be state attorneys.
And to quote directly from the Dep’t of Law, Attorney General opinions page:
Opinions may be issued by the Attorney General in response to requests by state agency officials and state legislators to help them perform their duties. These opinions are not law, but advice to state officials on questions of law and how the law applies to particular fact situations. The Attorney General may not issue opinions nor provide legal advice for local government officials, private individuals, or private entities.
amazing pic of Redoubt this AM
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Redoubt_-_Hut.php
As of 5:36 pm local time yesterday, the aviation color code has been lowered to ORANGE and status is at WATCH.
Can anyone tell if they’ve begun draining the tank farm yet?
Can I be the first to go on record as saying there will be no 2010 or 2012 for SP? I expect we will soon hear an announcement along the lines of “Guv SP announces that she will be removing herself from political office to concentrate on her family…something along the biblical lines of “put your house in order first” (sorry don’t know the exact scripture).
She gets all the kudos for putting her family and God first while in reality hoping to let the dust die down so she can reappear in 2016 with a clean slate.
About bringing Doogan to task – an very important part of the above Les Gara post is this: Ethics complaints aren’t supposed to be filed by legislators, my darlings; they’re really supposed to be filed by members of the public. If you really want Rep. Doogan brought up on an ethics complaint and you actually want it to stick, the last thing in the world you want is for Les Gara to be issuing press releases demanding it.
So lets just pretend for a moment that I was one of Doogans constituents who received a nasty email from him. Or his newsletter outing AKM. Or felt he abused his use of the Dem website. I would file an ethics complaint for any/all of the above as a member of the public.
I sure hope some of you guys are doing this. Go get him guys! It’s not all on AKM – you got some power here.
P.S. Waving to the Buckeye state (o:
from phoebe: We all know how vindictive the Queen can be. The Levi situation has shades of Troopergate. Can you imagine what’s going on behind the scenes? Todd sister-in-law’s burglary (burglaries) just couldn’t have come at a worse time.
palin, queen of vindictive, is ALWAYS pretending to be something she is not. She is NOT maternal or wise under any circumstance as a governor or any other way…she’s been able to hide and cover up all her dastardly deeds up there in Alaska, where she’s been allowed to do so…and now she doesn’t get it, that the rest of the U.S. is watching and participating…hopefully in her demise as anybody’s leader! SO HELP ME GOD! That was an actual outcry.
Forgot the link to above:
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/editorial/04/04/influential-nobodies/
swe123No Gravatar Says:
She gets all the kudos for putting her family and God first while in reality hoping to let the dust die down so she can reappear in 2016 with a clean slate.
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Unless they put Sarah in suspended animation ’til then, there’ll no clean slate for her.
She’s a media ho.
swe…let’s HOPE…maybe she will realize that she can’t have it all…[well any woman can have it all], it just requires -as you mentioned – time, the right time…invest in her family, read a few books, [not only People Mag], work on her image so to speak…
I think she’s had a taste of the big times, and she’s gonna MILK it for each and every dogg-gone penny that she can get out of it/the situation…movies, book deals, speaking, commericals, holding public office, whatever…FAMILY will not loose it’s place on her agenda…guess it’s OK, after all they benefit from any money she makes…and she seems [to me] to be one who equates the success of family with material gain…
April 4, 2009
University of Alaska Student Objects to Mike Doogan Outing Mudflats Blogger
Opinion
http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71176_mudflats_doogan.htm
do-do is getting allot of do-do for harassing AKM!
Maybe some of you have read the following article on huffington post, if not, you may want to take the time to read it. Scared the h…. out of me.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/media-gives-palins-strang_b_182295.html
Is anyone else wondering if Mt Redoubt tied psychically to Gov Palin? It seems that every time lately that something happens that’s going to set her off, Redoubt blows again. Just, odd…
@michigander & kljcager-ohio (#10 & 11) agreed.
I attempted several times to post yesterday, and gave up each time (except for one?). Sad when one is too timorous to post a comment, esp when it’s your own “choir.”
@Lainey,
Yes, it would be nice to see some heads roll & for hers to be one of them.
El Jefe – That was no disguise, that was me. What are you suggesting?
Big Pete – The Duke of Hazard is a curmudgeanly old nut, but to be honest he does make me laugh sometimes. He doesn’t dislike other races as a racist does. He appears to have a daft sense of humour and his mouth gets in ahead of his brain, but I don’t think he is malicious.
swe123 – GINO possibly might try to lay low until 2016, but the trouble is (apart from media hilarity), she ain’t gonna be no hottie by 2016, plus once stuff is on the tubey thingies it just doesn’t go away – not ever.
I sincerely hope that Mount Redoubt holds her temper until that oil is drawn down.
Found this link on Gryphen’s site – The Immoral Minority.
http://themoderatevoice.com/27791/sarah-palin-flunks-government-101-again/
UK Lady – Have you seen the movie ?? ” ‘V’ For Vendetta”.
@Debra
It’s extremely scary. And if they’re pinning hopes on SP and she fails (or falls on her face), there are 49 other states for those people to “play” in (or with). Try googling some of the catch phrases, that’s turn your hair white in a heartbeat.
“Scary” just scratches the surface, seems like.
From Les Gara’s newsletter: We just passed an unconstitutional abortion bill. Last time we passed this bill it cost Alaska $1.5 million in legal fees. This time it will cost $1.5 million more. And the bill will be held unconstitutional because, well, Supreme Courts don’t overrule precedent they established just two years ago.
For $1.5 million we could provide college scholarships, and job training, to every youth coming out of foster care in the state. We could insure an additional 2,000 Alaska children. We could hire 15 police officers to put in our high crime neighborhoods, or in villages that have no public safety officers. You get the point.
The bill involved the abortion wedge issue of the 1990’s. Should the government require minors in 1) good, loving, stable families, and 2) in families where parents abuse their children, and families that are otherwise wrecked, dysfunctional, violent or abusive, to get consent from their parent before having an abortion?
I believe parents and minors should talk about things like this. In good families this bill would likely work. But government isn’t too good at writing one-size-fits-all laws telling families how to act. The law that passed requires a minor who is, for example, a foster child, to get the consent of a parent who was so irresponsible they don’t have custody of the child anymore. Why does that make sense? It requires consent from a parent who has sexually molested the young girl, ignored her, or beat her. In my mind, Papa Pilgrim doesn’t get the right to tell his daughter whether she can exercise her right to choose.
The bill contains exceptions – that don’t work. It lets minors who have been the victim of abuse to file an affidavit seeking an exception – but only if they can find a second witness to the abuse who’ll also file an affidavit. Or it lets a minor go to court and prove to a judge who doesn’t know her that she should have the right to choose. Guess what. If you live in a small town, and go to court to get permission for an abortion, and you have an abusive parent, that parent will find out. And, there was no way amendments to fix this language were going to pass. The proponents of this bill, and the opponents, just see the world too differently. One side sees a world of loving parents, and writes laws that don’t work for minors who live in dysfunctional families. The other thinks a law that works in some families shouldn’t pass if it will have to apply in families where it doesn’t work.
As Rep. Lindsey Holmes and I said in committee and on the House Floor, we wrote a bill that works for some families, and that can’t be written to deal with the families where it won’t work.
That’s why, in 2007, the Supreme Court said that the bill’s exceptions don’t work. Nice idea. Bad bill language. And life realities that you just can’t write into a law. While the bill contains some new provision from the one the Court struck down in 2007, it contains the same parental consent requirement that the Court said was unconstitutional. I didn’t have a lot of fun fighting this one, arguing over this divisive issue, and passing a bill I know will be struck down again.
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I find this very interesting…why was the leg. forced to pass something that is unconstitutional?
I have a question regarding the sis in law saga. If she is married, why is her last name Palin? Is she married to another Palin? Just wondering……
Need some comic relief — go to( Leave no monkey behind) I think its an Alaskan blog- great cartoons, one of Sarah running with her blackberry in hand. too funny
AKM, Thanks for another great read!
Your fingers must be getting worn out from all the news this week.
I would like to state that what I find at Mudflats is quality!
The AKM posts are always a great read and easy to verify facts. Even when reading very disturbing news AKM has a way of making it just a little easier to digest.
But I also find the comments to be entertaining as well they also add more valuable info, or just a good chuckle.
But one of the things I like best is that I am very dyslexic and struggle to comment legibly, (spell check does not help much). I tend to find at other sites that people don’t care about the substance I have to say they just criticize my grammar and spelling. This does not happen here at mudflats, I always feel welcome.
But the best is finding kindred spirits who feel as I do about our public servants absurd behavior or the occasional thumbs up when one of them gets something right.
Then we have the Icing on the cake of the delights of Brian and Brenda and other topics AKM touches on.
seattlefan,
Looks like she kept her maiden name because her husband’s last name is McLean. I’m guessing she and TP have the same father but different mothers so their last name is the same..since people keep referring to her as his “half sister”. Who in their right mind would willingly KEEP the Palin name after everything that has happened since last September?
I know that I’d be scrambling to the court house’s name change department: “Doe, Smith, Jones…ANYthing but PALIN, pleeeaaaaasssseee?”
If you go to the AK court website she has **multiple entries** for auto-related charges.. repeatedly for speeding, no registration, no license (hmmm, didn’t the current info say she DROVE to the house that she allegedly tried burglarize? “). Also ties into her husband publically saying that when the cops first called him, his first thought was an auto related arrest BECAUSE of her auto history.
Here is the court website, just do a search for Diana Palin.
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/PAMW6500
#9 should have said running NAKED with her blackberry.
Diana Palin bears a unsettling resemblance to her half brother. I think if Faulkner were still alive there would be ample material for many more novels. These folks could put the Snopes Family to shame.
Sorry OT, but so funny!
Palin vs. Hutchinson
http://www.burntorangereport.com/upload/movies/boxing.swf
Happy Saturday mudflatters!
crystalwolf aka caligrl……Thank you for posting that letter. It was very informative about why it was struck down the first time. I do not live in Alaska but I truly like Rep. Gara. I like people that stand up for what they believe and willing to put themselves out their as maybe a minority. I sent so many e-mails last weekend way over 200 and he was the only one that replied personally to my complaint and I posted it on the forum. Even if you don’t agree with him sometimes at least you can count on him to standby you when his opinion is the same. World would be pretty boring with just yes men without them challenging you to think for yourself.
I also agree with Rep. Gara it is very bad bill and it can do a lot of harm. In the news are way to many tragic stories involving immature young women making callous decisions in ref. to giving birth. Recently the one with the 9 year old child that had an abortion that was pregnant with twins. The step father was the father of those twins. Who in the world did this child have in her corner. If someone thinks that a piece of chit as the father would give permission to that child is seriously delusional. Won’t even mention about the Catholic church.
I hate that bill will see the light of day and I hate for the citizens of Alaska that are going to pay the price because of hidden aggenda’s of these lawmakers. But I fear that Rep. Gara is spot on in his news letter. Supreme court has already ruled on this matter and this will be money throwed away. I also think it will be more expensive than the first time. The Supreme Court does not like to have their time wasted.
So sorry Akm I know it was off topic but it was a very good post and it needed attention, now I will be a good pup on stay on topic.
About your new sponser. It is nice that they ship by pre-pay USPS box to the lesser 48. Why do they charge $25 for AK when the same box will be delivered anywhere in AK for the same price. I get the same thing from other shippers,” we only ship to the US”. Well are we chopped liver?
Please nix these companies for gouging us.
Jen has welcomed inquiries about shipping prices. I’ll see if I can get an answer for you. AKM
A few things running through my mind……..
1 – Isn’t a $10,000 bond a tad high for Toads sister? does she have a previous record? Whose house did she break into that’s close to Palin’s famed Wassila Sports Arena? Are they trying to keep her underground, quiet, buried?
a comment defending the reporting of the Palin burglury story. ……..sounds very odd don’t you think? is she kleptomaniac? does she have a drug habit? doesn’t sound good for Scarah.
“Any paper would run the story of a stay at home mom who burglarizes the same home not once,but twice in the same week,all with her 4 year old daughter in tow,and the homeowner confronts her and holds her for the police,only to have the 4 year old wander in looking for her mommy.Then the husband has no idea what is happening, but was not surprised she was arrested, only because of the charge, when he had to go and get his daughter so she would not be turned over to child services. It could even be front page Yahoo, no matter who her half brother was.”
2 – Scarah on the Stimulous Funds………bet ya she want to claim fame to holding out the longest, lol, that’s the best she can do to brag on later. I said no but they forced me to take it.
3 – Scarah on Gussdoophs non-acceptance…….her legalese and counter attack eerily reminds me of something Cheney would pull. And makes me d*mn relieved she is not our VP. Remember what she said in her debate about the authority she’s have? Be very scared if she continues in politics. Shudder!…….and didn’t her staff say she was so able to handle the job because one minute she’d be on the phone with scary Dick Cheney and the next tending to her kids? Just thinkin about the connection. Hold your ground AK legislature! Don’t let her roll over you.
don’t forget what Rachel Maddow had to say about the Palin/Cheney comparisons…………… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dOBOko5SDg
more in my next post………
Great post this morning AKM, you still rock. So much to think about as I begin planning my spring garden. I’m just going to have to get off line and take some of my flustration out on turning over the soil, since you folks up there are stuck with the Gino, and she keeps popping up on the news as the next great white hope of the GOP, not so much this week.
I keep thinking I’ll wake up and read that one of her gates has slammed her into the “enough already place” and she does what she’s asking Belch to do and resigns, to goes home with her family values and actually takes care of those babies. I can’t figure out how she holds her head up, any woman with a brain….oh, heck it’s all been said before, I’m going to get my shovel…..watch out weeds here I come….
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#49 crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
April 4, 2009
University of Alaska Student Objects to Mike Doogan Outing Mudflats Blogger Opinion
http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71176_mudflats_doogan.htm
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I doubt Doogan had any thought to the impact of his “theory” in the virtual world. From local campus to Africa – his “shot” is heard around the world.
One wonders whats up with GINO; all the road blocks and distractions she has been giving the legislature; all the poor decisions she is making that are fiscally irresponsible…. It’s, like, she knows she is going down, and she wants to take the state down with her also, too.
TealwominNo Gravatar Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 7:19 AM
RE::: the stimu funds, guess they couldn’t spin it without also reconizing that GiNO back tracked…so no Press release yet….guess it’s not as important as all the gossip that promped other releases….yeap, GiNO certainly has her priorties straight!
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GINO will more-than-likely issue any press release on Monday in an effort to quell the Levi uprising….
I say we get a “community-size” bucket of kettle-corn, with xtra butter!
Have a splendid weekend all.
In some ways – I feel like SP is so busy trying to “whack the mole” with all these issues – she can’t possibly be effective in managing the “state business”
I just picture her with her “hammer” (Meg) whacking “moles” (troopergate / housegate / do-over elections / pipeline / ethics complaints / travel gate / teen pregnancy /etc ). As fast as she gets them in the hole – two more pop up. Maybe the one that needs to resign or take Leave of Absence is SP – get her life back in order (if it ever was).
play hit the mole @ http://www.fishflashgames.com/play-games/2/Hit-the-Mole.php
Another thought – if she really believes Begich should resign based on “new information” and have another election. Then she should resign since we all have new info about HER and the people can “choose again” Don’t think she’d like that with her new poll numbers.
The guv topped off freaky friday by announcing that there is no “nowhere” in Alaska. “All parts of Alaska are equal.”
Trotting off to my own personal not nowhere for awhile.
OK, I apologize to Les Gara for the “gentleman who finds himself living in ancient Sparta where the only option is to throw offenders over the cliff” analogy.
I hope the ethics committee gets a lot of complaints. It is a good thing to know the law and to follow proper procedures. When the public gets outraged and riled up over a perceived threat to our rights and safety it is very helpful to us when leaders step forward who can direct our energy effectively.
We want to to be victoriously angry, we want to win our battles to protect ourselves against abuse. This “rights of citizens for protection against abuse by their elected representatives” battle is too important to lose. Les Gara is clearly trying to fight the good fight, I support him. I care about good government in Alaska because it effects all of us. I care about good government in other states for the same reason. We should have no illusion that a mess in Louisana or Texas or California or Minnisota has no relavance to us in Massachusetts or Arizona or North Dakota. No state is an island, not even Alaska.
Thanks for all you do, AKM and Alaskan truth tellers.
We need truth tellers and Courageous Bloggers in every state. It will help us all to find a more free and more secure futute.
Stevens chances of being elected to anything, slim to none.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97BOOMG0&show_article=1&catnum=0
To seattlefan #58 and txdemocrat #61, about Diana Palin’s last name.
I bet Diana kept the Palin last name because every time she’s stopped for a traffic violation, she could count on her Palin last name to put the Fear o’ God into the police officer.
But since the homeowner caught her in the act of burglary, the Palin last name won’t help her. It will instead lead to extra news coverage of her current and past crimes.
But no, the author was simply regurgitating the ‘bloggers are the extremist, ‘astro-turphing’ argument. This simply demonstrates that the author of this BS article simply does not get it. He claims that you, AKM, are out there to rally your hordes of faithful readers to ‘pump up’ your causes.
Let me tell you, as a faithful reader from the beginning , that you have done NOTHING to validate what this author is saying. You are simply elaborating events from your point of view, and it is your readers’ choice as to whether or not they want to take further action.
I disagree with you on one point. AKM did “pump up” the cause of the rural native Alaskan’s plight and by doing so engaged the blogging community in an outpouring of help and encouragement. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this.
But, other than that one cause, all I have seen AKM do is to report and comment on the news in Alaska, kind of like the ADN does. I think that the ADN is siding with the people supporting Doogan because they are the ones responsible for outing AKM’s true identity.
Futute=(1) future, (2) a tute or song flung far and long of joy and splendor, sung by free people with loving pride.
ds55No Gravatar Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 9:53 AM
To seattlefan #58 and txdemocrat #61, about Diana Palin’s last name.
I bet Diana kept the Palin last name because every time she’s stopped for a traffic violation, she could count on her Palin last name to put the Fear o’ God into the police officer.
But since the homeowner caught her in the act of burglary, the Palin last name won’t help her. It will instead lead to extra news coverage of her current and past crimes.
Of course that’s it! Did you see her pic? I couldn’t believe she is only 34, she looks late 50′s at least! SPEED Kills!
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katiebegoodNo Gravatar Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 9:53 AM
But, other than that one cause, all I have seen AKM do is to report and comment on the news in Alaska, kind of like the ADN does. I think that the ADN is siding with the people supporting Doogan because they are the ones responsible for outing AKM’s true identity.
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I think ADN kisses GINO azz and I think do-do been mad at AKM since her blog “Are u Nuts?” on troopergate..his totally unprofessional drunken responses to people, he’s been trying to find out who AKM was for a long time, I’m sure using state resources & “other people” who are no strangers looking up stuff on state computers, if ya know what I mean!
IMO he did not act alone. And YES the TRUTH WILL come out! And they whomever was secretly holding his hand aiding and abetting will fall with him….can’t wait!
He and “whomever” will rue the day they harassed AKM!
Truth over lies!
22 Tealwomin Says:…….” Attorney General Wayne Anthony Ross said.
Thanks for solving the mystery of where this quote came from. I saw it on the C4P site, without a reference, and was amazed. Pretty wild, huh….attorney general by command…no legislative confirmation necessary.
Sean Cockerham, ADN, seems to agree. ‘Palin, who has a new attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, said she doesn’t know if it’s true that legislators have always confirmed appointees this way.’
adn.com/news/politics/aksenate/story/746578.html
Alaskan Standard’s Dave Stieren seems to realize there is still a confirmation procedure. He says he’s ‘been busy helping the good Gov give Tim Grussendorf an extreme Democrat makeover, and apparently it didn’t take. Let’s hope my efforts with Mr. Wayne Anthony Ross have better results’.
thealaskastandard we-were-it-we-were-against-it
I haven’t read through all the comments yet….sorry, if I’m repeating info.
Couldn’t get this to post with the full links so left just enough to help find the articles.
22 Tealwomin Says:…….” Attorney General Wayne Anthony Ross said.
Thanks for solving the mystery of where this quote came from. I saw it on the C4P site, without a reference, and was amazed. Pretty wild, huh….attorney general by command…no legislative confirmation necessary.
Sean Cockerham, ADN, seems to agree. ‘Palin, who has a new attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, said she doesn’t know if it’s true that legislators have always confirmed appointees this way.’
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/aksenate/story/746578.html
Alaskan Standard’s Dave Stieren seems to realize there is still a confirmation procedure. He says he’s ‘been busy helping the good Gov give Tim Grussendorf an extreme Democrat makeover, and apparently it didn’t take. Let’s hope my efforts with Mr. Wayne Anthony Ross have better results’.
http://www.thealaskastandard.com/?q=content/we-were-it-we-were-against-it
I haven’t read through all the comments yet….sorry, if I’m repeating info.
caligrl – speed does age for sure………
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS316&q=faces+of+meth&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=3KLXSdSSH4H8yAXjmcDxDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title
I’d like to know why Diana Palin has a court-appointed attorney. She’s a stay-home mom with a husband who is employed. I thought a person had to be destitute to qualify for a court-appointed attorney.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/04/diana-palin-sarah-palins-_n_183097.html
24 Tealwomin Says:….this sentence about the 1st dude @ the State web site makes it sound as if ‘they’ both went to college….
It baffles the mind that Palin would be so openly misleading on the official state website. Also in the bio: ‘Sarah Heath Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964, when her parents came to teach school in Skagway.’
Sounds like both her parents are teachers. I recall her referring to her parents as educators during the VP campaign. Reality….father was a teacher, mother was a school secretary.
Here’s a pretty good article from ProPublica–”journalism in the public interest”–
called “Stimulus Showdown: Governors Fire Blanks on Certification Deadline”.
Provides some insights into governors roles and legislators roles.
http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/stimulus-showdown-governors-fire-blanks-on-certification-deadline-403
I believe someone posted the names of the people on the panel to confirm or not , Ross-bo.They should be contacted and asked if it is a “done deal” , and why even meet on the 10th ??
it’s kinda fun and interesting to go back and read articles that sprang forth when McCain sprang the Palin catastrophe, it’s been over 6 months now and still swirling the news……… I have to wonder if McCain was “set up” to choose her by Cheney masterminds, but she just can’t get with the programs, lol. I imagine they’ll be dropping her like a hot potato pretty soon. Too much baggage and not enough brilliance. She’ll make a good fundraiser though, poor Scarah, she doesn’t realize the very thing she fears is exactly what will happen, she’ll be used and discarded, game over, she looses, just like she the game she plays in AK leaving under the bus so crowded. Nice little party circle isn’t it.
http://www.slate.com/id/2201638/
The Power of Vice _ Palin is no Cheney, and neither is Biden. How much clout will the VP’s successor have?
4 – I would LOVE to know what Kim Elton t is saying about this Palin fiasco over seating his vacancy to those in Washington and to Obama. Has anyone contacted him for a comment?
Seems to me it’s another Palin “meanie make you pay cuz I’m a sore LOOSER” game. She didn’t get elected VP, the Dems won, she’s not a Dem, and Barack her rival chose her AK Dem for a cabinet appointment, Barack and Kim are close friends from college?, an Ivy League college. Barack is getting her limelight and she’s po’d. Anything to do damage eh Scarah?
I bet she may even hold out and let Juneau suffer no representation the whole session cuz she’s so p*ssed off at the all Dems. Not sure how she’ll spin that later, maybe as her toughness to not being pushed around, I said no to their no, so as a female she can “handle” the job?
She’s politically posturing like dang bull ready to charge.
5 – Somebody please dig into the War AG thing, he’s just been selected, not seated, is it legit to present him on the AK state web site as seated? and is it legit for him to actually be advising before being seated? And oh my, the fight we can expect if the leg says no to him. Is she trying to prove a adversarial climate to defend her governorship or build defense in a lawsuit?
Quite honestly you have to question her EVERY move for what she’s trying to put in place that will benefit her down the road, she’s a sly and slick one. Very competitive, she plays to win.
And of course sarah will want Ross-bo’s confirmation hearing behind closed doors……..
Can you imagine a choice between Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin for Governor of Alaska? I can’t. A lot of people blame Palin for costing McCain the White House. Palin is stupid and McCain has senile dementia – He could have had a stroke and Cindy would have put his ass away in home leaving us with that
brain dead, religious fanatic Governor of yours who doesn’t know enough to talk to her daughter about sex sitting in the Oval Office.
Stevens is a crook; but he has done a lot for Alaska and people like him. Homer Capehart and Vance Hartke did great things for Indiana – they were crooks too. I think the differnce between the two is that Ted Stevens in clever enough to steal – Alas, Sarah Palin isn’t that smart.
How in the hell did you people elect her in the first damned place?
Sarge
Indianapolis
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Very competitive, she plays to win.
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Cheats all the time too.also.
austintxNo Gravatar Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
caligrl – speed does age for sure………
(Had to take out the link)
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Austintx-OMG! That is really Bad and sad…
But the first thought when I saw her pic-Meth!
Thank you again AKM. Thank you Les Gara. Thanks y’all other bloggers and thank you ‘flatters for standing firm. AKM’s POV resonates with ‘flatters around the world whose desires for justice trump the spinning. Liars let the world know that their applications for the Corrupt Bastards Club have been made. We must keep calling them on revolving spin-sensitive lies. Yes we can.
@Say NO to Palin in Politics:
Thanks for the refresher 9-9-08 youtube link re Rachel Maddow and the sorta veep twinship thoughts of Palin / Cheney and unfettered power.
We do indeed reap what we sow whether verbalized, you-tubed, written, or even what’s in our hearts. Write on AMK!
@austintx–WAR’s confirmation is scheduled for April 16.
I have posted an action alert here:
Basically Alaskans can sign up on the Alaska state web site and tell officials you’re a registered voter, and here’s what you think:
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,6916.msg65829.html#msg65829
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms/
@antiAnti and Tewise–Funny thing! I said to my spouse last night when it was announced that they’d downgraded to orange, “what do you want to bet it’ll erupt in the next 24 hours as it doesn’t seem to like being downgraded?” It did the exact same thing the last time then downgraded to orange about a week ago.
My bet is that the eruption this morning has put the tank draining on hold, since the DEC commissioner was on TV last night saying it would go ahead, barring any delays due to eruptions or weather…
@seattlefan–Lots of women up here keep their maiden names. Esp. if she’s been married three times, it was prob. easiest.
re: STIMULUS FUNDS –
After reading Celtic Diva’s comments, I went looking for more info on just exactly which certifications Palin has submitted. Wouldn’t ya know it, those smart people in that new administration in Washington DC have a pretty cool website tracking the stim funds – recovery.gov. I knew about it but just hadn’t checked it out yet. Anyway, you can see which certs have been received from individual states. Here’s Alaska, showing only the March 31 letter:
http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/certification_ak.pdf
So wonder what’s with this letter of 4/2? Maybe it was a separate cert for transportation funding or something?
@InJuneau -The responsibility on the shoulders of the people at Alaska Volcano Observatory must weight heavily. They are in my prayers as well as those tasked with the oil drain.
@antiAnti–yeah, I’m worried for the safety of everyone involved in trying to move that oil. Interesting point from last night’s story is that DEC is planning to look into the terminal’s location after they deal with the current crisis: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10129679&nav=menu510_2
Here’s my prediction for the next Palin headline:
PALIN FAMILY ANTICS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONWIDE DROP IN PRODUCTIVITY
Who has time for errands or meal preparation or gardening or housework or actual work when there are so many blogs and link and articles to catch up with?
On the plus side, I have learned that 30 is about the limit of the number of tabs I can right-click and open before my poor laptop starts erupting like a mis-downgraded volcano!
And, as should be expected, this morning’s eruption has delayed removal of the oil: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10130138&nav=menu510_2
I wonder when the Palin family and their extended family will be on The Jerry Springer Show? Or maybe the Palin’s can have their own reality show.
Completely O T (but then the title is ‘freaky ‘ Friday)
I must commend all of you AK posters for being able to put up with the ‘rantings and the ravings ‘ and some of the ideas put forth by some of your fellow AK bloggers. You are all a ‘sturdy bunch ‘… to handle this nonsense (GINO’s house included, there also)
I stopped for about a week from visiting ADN and reading anything they put out after they , and The Ear, comments gleefully bragging about AKM’s outing. I went there last night after someone posted a link about GINO vote on something (rejecting the money.. maybe ). These people who ‘vigorously’ think GINO could do no wrong and defend her are just…. NOT dealing in Reality. I just couldn’t let this one comment posted on ADN slide though. It would fall under ‘ Freaky ‘ Their response to how she Voted .(I’ll cut and paste)
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swirl8 wrote on 04/04/2009 00:45:17 AM:
You people sitting around adn bashing Governor Palin have failed to notice that North Korea may launch a missle at “any minute”. Liftoff is Imminent. Guess where it reaches? Hawaii? Alaska? You are either very slow or so filled with hate, you can’t think.>>>>>>Ok lets start with you accusing people of being slow. “liftoff is imminent” and how do Palin, readers at ADN and North Korea tie together? You are an idiot. And by the way, here’s why North Korea won’t fire a nuclear missile at us. Because we’d fire enough back to vaporize them. Ten times over.
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Huh…. Somehow these ‘Palin Supporters’ also believe that your GINO , in Her wisdom, is responsible for making sure that We are protected from North Korea..?
And her voting on AK Legis. is minor at this time. Pleeeezzz… My partial response.
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“It sounds like YOU think Sarah gets to push the button when/if the missile is launched. Are you THAT naive..? I think Washington DECIDES that!…. so who is the idiot. You watch too much Glenn Beck.
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The fact that people with this type of mindset and reasoning ‘ support ‘ GINO makes a statement in itself. If I had to pick Players for a Team, I wouldn’t want this person on my Team. Hang in there Alaska… Change will come…. with AKM’s help.
InJuneau Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 10:58 AM
@austintx–WAR’s confirmation is scheduled for April 16.
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Thank you for the correction. That many more days for him to issue opinions. Is the hearing open to public ?? Is it a “done deal” ??
yukonbushgrmaNo Gravatar Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Here’s Alaska, showing only the March 31 letter:
http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/certification_ak.pdf
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Palin’s letter is addressed to “Mr. President.”
Not naming Obama by name in that letter seems inappropriate and actually disrespectful, IMHO. Just sayin’
honestyinGov Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
‘freaky ‘ Friday
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Wow – sure glad you brought swirl8 to our attention !! He/she has it all figured out………..LOL !!
Here ya go Alaskan Mudpups, some good news and something to be very proud of! Taking 2nd place out of 18 nationwide university teams is great!
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/apr/04/uaf-engineering-students-build-award-winning-elect/
“The Nanook EV — short for electric vehicle — is an electric snowmachine built by Golub and four other University of Alaska Fairbanks engineering students who recently took second place in the zero emissions category in the Society of Automotive Engineering’s annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge at Michigan Tech University in Hougton, Mich.”
#103 NYHawk Says:
“Palin’s letter is addressed to “Mr. President.”
“Not naming Obama by name in that letter seems inappropriate and actually disrespectful, IMHO. Just sayin’”
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Agreed! I thought the same. She just can’t bring herself to say “President” and “Obama” in the same phrase ……. Denial, perhaps?
@ Lee323
@Debra
@Nan
Re: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/media-gives-palins-strang_b_182295.html
This article is a must-read for anyone who’s curious about Palin’s psychotic church. It’s disturbing to learn that this dangerous cult is the new face of the Religious Right in America and that they’ve been targeting ethnic constituencies who have previously voted Democrat. A third political party in the making with Palin as its leader/pawn, perhaps? I recall a recent Mudflats post about Palin issuing state cell phones with a photo of herself as the screensaver (!). At first I took this as just another indication of her huge ego, but now I think it’s fair to say that she may be engaging in a subtle form of mind control over her civil servants, by ensuring that a representation of her leadership is literally, always close at hand. I Googled, “profile of a cult leader” and found this list of traits on a page called Science vs. Evolution, written by “Anonymous” (link below):
1. GLIBNESS/SUPERFICIAL CHARM
2. MANIPULATIVE AND CONNIVING
3. GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF
4. PATHOLOGICAL LYING
5. LACK OF REMORSE, SHAME, GUILT
6. SHALLOW EMOTIONS
7. INCAPACITY FOR LOVE
8. NEED FOR STIMULATION
9. CALLOUSNESS/LACK OF EMPATHY
10. POOR BEHAVIORAL CONTROLS/IMPULSIVE NATURE
11. EARLY BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS
12. IRRESPONSIBILITY/UNRELIABILITY
13. PROMISCUOUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR/INFIDELITY
14. LACK OF REALISTIC LIFE PLAN/PARASITIC LIFESTYLE
15. CRIMINAL OR ENTREPRENEURIAL VERSATILITY
I would say that Palin has 14 of these traits. “Satah Barricuda” throwing her basketball teammates under the bus could be loosely classified under the “early behavioural problems” category, so maybe even all 15. She’s a failure as a governor but according to this study, she seems perfectly suited to being a prototype cult leader.
http://sciencevsevolution.com/graphical/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=175&Itemid=51
The Palin reality show on christian television-Paling Around With The Palins, on Sundays 6o’clock PST
#86 Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
“Somebody please dig into the War AG thing, he’s just been selected, not seated, is it legit to present him on the AK state web site as seated? and is it legit for him to actually be advising before being seated? And oh my, the fight we can expect if the leg says no to him. Is she trying to prove a adversarial climate to defend her governorship or build defense in a lawsuit?”
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This really bothers me too. Has anyone checked into state law regarding AG appointment and confirmation? Does the legislature have any actual clout? or is this something again that needs a complaint filed from the public because Alaska law is so gosh darn wishy-washy?
IMO, any opinion Ross delivers right now, and anything he does prior to confirmation should NOT be recognized. He is not legally AG!
Apologies to all if this was posted here already. I just found it on another site and couldn’t remember if I saw it here as well.
Thought it would have been more appropriate as an April Fool’s joke, but just like the short video regarding Todd Palin’s Esquire interview, this is not a joke….I repeat, not a joke….
Do not adjust your computer settings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4NiAPHiJI
Check out the punishment for this blogger.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/as-a-punishment-for-my-bl_b_183106.html
Oh, and another thing that irks me re: Ross already serving as AG –
Isn’t it interesting that Ross can jump right in there because Palin said so (oh, just can’t be without that professional legal advice for even a moment) …… yet she deems it acceptable for Juneau to go through probably a whole legislative session without representation? Talk about a double standard!
yukonbushgrma:
Hey, at least Palin is saying “legally” things in her press releases now! She couldn’t do that without WAR whispering in her ear. Gosh, if only Katie Couric would ask her some “legal stuff” questions now she’d be prepared! “You can’t get me now…(evil laugh) I have some real smart (yet unsavory) people to tell me what to say, ya know, about legal things, so too also”
yukonbushgrma Says: I think if you go to c4p you will find the letter dated april 2!
AKPetMom – Well…….uh……..it really kinda is a joke…….thanks for sharing.
Also too: isn’t it nice it is posted on c4p, and not the state website?
Freaky Friday Real Time
Bill Maher, with some observations on The President’s road trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyRrIh2DADs
Do you suppose the guv has filed the April 2nd certification letter under “openness in government, ethics, transparency”? (classified)????
I still heart Les Gara. He was very nice to be when I testified against HB35 before the House Financial Committee.
@InJuneau re: ag pick Wayne Anthony Ross
Here you go! The Governor’s appointee for Attorney General, Wayne Anthony Ross, will have a Confirmation Hearing w/ Public Testimony, 3 minute limit, in House Judiciary next Friday, 4/10, @ 1P.
And Irish Girl, thanks for the nice thought and link the other day.
Can someone explain the position that Meg Stapleton holds or is there a link to a webpage..for more info.
One minute she makes Press releases speaking for the Gov about Levi.
Other times she releases statements saying what SarahPac is doing.
Does she actually have control of the money donations that come in to SarahPac and where they may used and for what purpose. Who has that decision making process power.
( And do they have to disclose somewhere how MUCH they have collected so far)
It seems like it is an obvious conflict of interest… just like a Lawyer would have in representing someone.
Is there an Alaskan Blog that has written about it..? Curious.
Does anyone know what happens if the legislature and Palin don’t come to terms over vice-Kim Elton by the end of the session? Does it languish? Does she get to appoint? Goodness knows she won’t call for a special session over that.
#113 @mmboucher:
“I think if you go to c4p you will find the letter dated april 2!”
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Just checked c4p, and the only letter there that I could find dated April 2 was from Palin concerning Grussendorf’s appointment. I did find her stimulus certification letter there dated March 31. If anyone can find a stimulus letter dated April 2, let me know … I’m very tired of looking at c4p!
my pleasure austintx. It’s always disconcerting to have a glimpse into the mind of the other side. Much like watching Glenn Beck or the Zielger video. Mindless worshipping of GINO. Just baffles me how these people cannot see the problem with GINO. Whatever, she’s a somewhat goodlooking mid 40 something. I am too (well, not hideous and people always think I’m younger than I am, blah, blah, blah.) I always get more of a kick from being complimented on my wit, or intelligence rather than looking OK for my age.
yukonbushgrma Says: I went back and checked, the letter is there, I don’t know how to post it. It is way down on the opening page.
yukonbushgrma Says: Your are right it is now moved to an archive, they have so much “news” they had to move it! Go to home page ond on the right hand side click on Friday open thread, then on the right hand side under blog archives ” Palins masterful stimulus letter to Obama” Gee they have all the news! The RNC clothes have been donated to charity, The Dems submitted 3 additional names for senate seat, and it goes on and on. I would think the people of Alaska should be informed before C4P is informed, maybe it’s jut me!
119Palimonium Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 12:23 PM
@InJuneau re: ag pick Wayne Anthony Ross
Here you go! The Governor’s appointee for Attorney General, Wayne Anthony Ross, will have a Confirmation Hearing w/ Public Testimony, 3 minute limit, in House Judiciary next Friday, 4/10, @ 1P.
—————————————————— 3 minutes ?!?! It will take him that long to waddle in and get his fat ass in a chair !!
@ austintx
I think that means that anyone from the public providing testimony has a 3 minute limit for each testimony.
I say let ol’ WAR talk… let him make his own bed. Hopefully, he’ll step over the line before the confirmation hearings and they’ll have enough ammunition to deny him.
Of course, then GINO will make up some new rules regarding that, too.
@ honestyinGov
MegA Mouth Stapleton is the official spokesperson for the Palin family, AND the SarahPAC. She is no longer state staff for the Governor – I’m sure the ethics restrictions were just too much for her and the poor thing might actually explode if she had to follow them all.
I doubt she has anything to do with the finances for SarahPAC, officially at least.
here’s a audio where WAR backs out of answering a callers phone in question…..and back out fast he did, lol……it was a kiss butt interview, after Palins selection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSRWXBSnhWM&feature=related
#125 @mmboucher:
re: STIMULUS CERTIFICATION LETTER(S)
Thanks for the c4p navigation tips ….. I did find it. It’s at http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/04/palins-masterful-stimulus-letter-to.html
That page at c4p does NOT give any date of April 2 — at least not now. Maybe it did originally and they deleted it for some reason. When you click on the hyperlink given (“this letter”) you go to a PDF of the March 31 letter, with copy of the Feb. 2 letter attached.
Still appears that there was only one letter sent, dated 3/31.
@Palimonium,
I’m glad you liked it.
#125 @mmboucher:
Thanks for the c4p navigation tips ….. I did find it. It’s at http://www.conservatives(FOR)palin.com/2009/04/palins-masterful-stimulus-letter-to.html
(insert numeral between parentheses)
That page at c4p does NOT give any date of April 2 — at least not now. Maybe it did originally and they deleted it for some reason. When you click on the hyperlink given (“this letter”) you go to a PDF of the March 31 letter, with copy of the Feb. 2 letter attached.
Still kinda looks like there’s only one letter, 3/31, especially from what’s posted at recovery.gov.
Wasn’t it Celtic Diva who talked about two letters? — from the radio broadcast (KUDO, I think)? Diva, any input here?
Down below, way below, as in Miami, you have some fans. Keep it up!
here is video of Jeff Webster, the person WAR defended pro bono (no charge) the caller in my above post was asking WAR about this case, WAR said goodbye to the interview, lol.
this is the info that goes with the video:
“Beginning in early March 2003, a handful of people peacefully gathered for an hour on the corner of a busy intersection in Soldotna, Alaska, to protest the buildup to the war in Iraq. The protestors, made up of mostly women, included Ms. Billie Dailey, 82, and several pacifist Quakers. The temperature in Soldotna in March is often just below freezing but it got even colder for the protestors one evening late in the month. While standing on the corner, the protestors were doused with a bucket of cold water from the back of a passing pickup. Jeff Webster, a resident of Soldotna and the father of a Marine serving in Iraq, later admitted to throwing the water. The protestors declined to press charges, saying they understood the stress Webster was under because of his son. The police issued a warning to Webster not to do it again.
Webster did not heed the advice, however, and returned a week later to douse the protestors with even more water. In addition, Webster arranged to have the second dousing videotaped and later distributed the (video set to patriotic music) via e-mail. This time, Webster was arrested and convicted of two counts of harassment and one count of punishing the protestors for exercising their First Amendment rights. He was sentenced to 320 hours of community service, a suspended 120-day jail term, and placed on probation for three years. The judge in the case stated he imposed a stiffer sentence than what is normally given for the misdemeanor offenses because Webster had refused to apologize for his actions. ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJk9OUT0DCc&feature=related
here’s a comment on this video, made 4 months ago…..not real good logic, he admits the protesters have the right to speak, but this guy says WAR’s client also has the right to throw cold water on people in freezing temps, and this commentor thinks it was funny.
Ahhhhhh NO! it’s not okay or funny. So, I think it’s a valid question, why would WAR free of charge defend this case? And more importantly is he capable of fairly representing ALL Alaskans? hmmmm……this stuff makes a difference. It’s a reflection of who he is.
so here’s the stupid comment:
“f*ck all of you idiots. You sit here and say he violated there rights. Well its within his rights to throw water on them. They are stupid, standing on a f*cking corner, man there really making a difference. Instead there showing how much they dont have a solution or any help to the situation they bitch about. They sit there and pretend there making a difference, really though they are annoying and pissing people off. I think what he did was funny and was within his rights to do.”
I was away from the computer for a day or two and was catching up yesterday (it felt like a year!) Some thoughts: Gino and her ilk are very dangerous, and, although I would enjoy dancing in the shadenfreude of her personal and political difficulties, I feel that it is important that she fail as a political person in Alaska and as one with national aspirations.
Her brand of rhetoric is inflamming. Death threats increased against the Obamas after she held rallies and gave her canned speeches: after she was allowed to speak publically. This radical Christian dogma attached to her and other Republicans is damaging to the political discourse of the country, and certainly to the Republican Party, from whom Newt Gingrich says he may split; but how he and others gardened and fed the side that he now says he no longer wants. What she alleged and most of which she spoke was baseless and false, and she loved the hateful spirit which she created.
Alaskans need more and better governance. And our Country deserves better political actors. This democracy experiment is an ongoing one, but we truly deserve better players. I, for one, and so grateful that Bush is gone, but his legacy needs to be extinguished as best as it can. We now have one of the most amazing Presidents that I can remember (I just turned 61.) I truly believe that this deep divisiveness must end, or we will be rendered apart in very ugly ways. The culture wars need to be over, now.
There was just a killing in PA by a man who lost his job and thought that Obama would take away guns. There was already a killing in Tenn. (I think) in Unitarian Univeralist Church, in which the killer stated that he wanted to kill liberals. The FBI has reported an increase of the number of militia-style organizations which they are covering. The ecomony is upsetting enough for most of us. We need to get though this difficulty intact and as a whole, yet once again. She or Newt or Rush or John were not going to get us there, and they never would and never could.
I really needed to say this. Thank you for hearing me out, however you might feel about what I said.
Phew…off to take care inside and feral-dropoff kitties, and they of me.
Seems to me that WAR is getting his horse before his cart as is the Gino, once again. WAR might be an “acting” AG until he is confirmed, and he might be giving advise to Gino or she might be saying he is giving advise, but he for sure can’t be making the rules up for his confirmation, before he is confirmed. If he acts like a duck, but the other ducks don’t know he’s a duck and haven’t officially declared him a duck, he’s just pretending to be a duck, it in no way makes him a duck, just a duck head. There will be considerable negative opinions about this with some real time laws being broken if he and the Gino don’t follow existing process. Keep his duck tail nailed to the legal process or you lose simply because he says you do. He knows better, or maybe he doesn’t as he admitted on the radio clip linked back @130, that he has a lot to learn about being an AG. And then again if he doesn’t know what an AG does, why does he think he can do the job?
inJuneau Says: @seattlefan–Lots of women up here keep their maiden names. Esp. if she’s been married three times, it was prob. easiest……….that made me bust out laughing, when I got married the second time I never changed my maiden either, as you said it was easier that way. The judge thought it was funny too, also…
Thanks for the warm welcome AKM! JRC from LivingPlaying.com
@ErRvRatNo Gravatar Says:
Hi-
I don’t normally ship to Alaksa–I’ve just opened up my business beyond the lower 48. It tends to be very expensive for me to ship outside the contiguous states. The last time I sent something I charged about $25 but it actually cost me $63 (I sell alot of very heavy wooden toys and some oversized items). But, please, if you want to place an order but feel the shipping price is too high, call me for a quote! I’m more than happy to do that. As I said to AKM, no one wants to spend $25 to ship a $12 item! So please do contact me if there is something that is small and can fit in a priority mail sized box. I’m more than happy to help!
Jen (a.k.a. JRC)
JRC – I am tickled pink to be able to direct family members and friends to your site. Welcome and thank you!
Has anyone offered to protect Levi. I’m worried about this young man. He is, if he is being honest, speaking out against a powerful family. He may be out to make some money for him self. Speculating, he may end up being paid off by the Palin family to shut up. Or he may find that he has put himself in harms way. . . . (P.S. Either way, I hope he has a good security system; tape recorder; and a strong mentor to protect his rights).
Hi JRC welcome to the flats..
Debra, I know I read somewhere that his mother has a very good attorney. I am guessing that will serve the whole family well. Sorry I don’t have any links to refer you to but I think in the archives AKM has a post about his mother Sherry Johnston. That might give you info on the attorney. I do recollect that he is not a Palin fan.
michigander Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Debra, I know I read somewhere that his mother has a very good attorney. I am guessing that will serve the whole family well. Sorry I don’t have any links to refer you to but I think in the archives AKM has a post about his mother Sherry Johnston. That might give you info on the attorney. I do recollect that he is not a Palin fan.
His name is Rex Butler. google him or search AKM’s archives. He no likee sarah.
ericmiami – I’ve been lurking here since before the election, seldom commented, got involved with the village crisis and have become more vocal due to recent circumstances (tell me I have no right to anon/opinion? – reverse psychology I guess). Anyway welcome to you and others I have missed. This is a very informative blog and we have the option to fact check through links from AKM’s posts. Send me some sunshine (o:
MinNJ – I hear you. I have family near Binghamton NY. We’ll get through this if we stand together, the majority of the WORLD wants peace, not fear. Keep the love and the hope.
in response to: swirl8.. stop watching msm propaganda and research the facts:
the n. korean communication satellite was launch today, and japan told n. korean that they were sorry for blowing up the story for it being a missle.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=90500§ionid=351020405
And I’ve been a “since September” reader (with the occasional comment) of Mudflats. As for the productivity comment above, yes, the Palin Family antics have totally deep sixed my productivity over the last several months. Damn them!
To ontheKog: What is your point? If North Korea launched a missile-guided satellite into space; could it also not be considered a “test” for its “long-range missile capabilities” to start a war. To date, I don’t think Korea has been successful in launching a satellite into outer space; they have however launched over Japan’s air space (and others). I do not know how long it takes for a nation to determine if the object being shot in their direction is a “missile-guided satellite” or an armed missile with deadly intent.
See the following post for an update:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/media-gives-palins-strang_b_182295.html
To everyone wondering about the WAR confirmation. I think the public testimony stuff has been scheduled for 10 April, with the confirmation vote on 16 April. Does seem odd that she’s got him working already…