You’re all familiar with the three name switcheroo.  Governor Palin decided that instead of choosing from a list of names provided by Democrats, she’d just come up with her own list and make them choose.  See, that way, she gets what she wants.  Brilliant. Except if the Senate Democrats aren’t biting.  A legal opinion came [...]

Does anyone else find the picture on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News a bit disturbing? I would post the picture here, but they get a little testy over there when you do that. I sat at my desk this morning and opened the ADN, and almost choked on my coffee.  It’s probably [...]

I don’t know when it was that I promised to no longer say “you can’t make this stuff up,” but I want to say right up front that I’m going back on my word.  I don’t often do that, but when I tell you this little story, you’ll forgive me, I know.  ”Toddler-think” has once again [...]

OK, before you get all excited, and make big a growly noise and head butt your monitor, you’ll need to read all the way through. We’re #1! Anyone operating a motor vehicle on the Last Frontier won’t be shocked by this one.  Anchorage was rated the number one city for most expensive gas prices in [...]

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is in town and everyone is all a-buzz.  He’ll be hearing testimony all day regarding resource development, and offshore drilling.  You can listen live HERE. (Please save comments on this thread only for oil issues.  There is a new post below as well.  Thanks!)

Palin’s Attorney General nominee just keeps talking. If he does manage to get confirmed somehow, we will surely be able to expect a  paperback in local bookstores entitled, “Attorneys General Say the Darndest Things.”  Or perhaps, “WAR’s Garden of Verse” or  “Wingnuts’ Familiar Quotations”? Here is the latest addition. When asked if he still thinks, [...]

OK, kids!  Warm up your TV sets.  Shannyn Moore will be on Countdown tonight with David Schuster who is sitting in for Keith Olbermann.  So grab a beer, or some sparkling cider, or a box of marshmallow peeps, get comfy and hear how the wheels are coming off the Sarah Palin bus.  The good news [...]

Regardless of how divisive politics can get, there’s another issue in America that sees its people sharply divided, and unwilling to try to understand the opposite point of view.  And it always rears it’s ugly, sugar-coated head right around this time of year. I refer to …..  the peep.  Yes, that little 98% sugar, 2% [...]

In a state where apathy has been our biggest foe, your voice has more power than you realize. They say that silence is consent. So by being silent, we put our tacit seal of approval on the way things are. Sometimes we just don’t have the time or the energy to go out and protest [...]

Wayne Anthony Ross, the most controversial, divisive, polarizing man possible to have been selected to be Alaska’s attorney general had a few interesting things to say this week.  He always seems to have interesting things to say, and each time the gaffes just pile up.  He’s giving the governor a run for her money in [...]

 Question….  Is Sarah Palin in trouble in Anchorage? Discontent with Sarah Palin has reached a new level.  We knew it was just a matter of time.  This sign appeared on 3rd Avenue in downtown Anchorage.  And it wasn’t the only one.   Wonder when we’ll get new poll numbers…     [photo from Celtic Diva]

Happy Easter, Mudflatters! This morning, I thought we could take a break from politics for a moment and focus on the positive work that this community has accomplished on behalf of the residents of rural Alaska. There is much more to be done to ensure long-term solutions for the challenges facing Alaskan villages, but there [...]

Hmmm.  Tums or Advil…..Tums or Advil….   Now this is a good one.  After confirming to the Daily News Miner, and then clarifying that confirmation, Sarah Palin joined forces with Republican Party Chair Randy Reudrich last week in asking Senator Mark Begich to stand aside so a new senatorial election could take place.   In other [...]

The “Good Friday Surprise Guest” on Eddie Burke’s radio show was none other than the governor herself.  Eddie Burke has the #1 rated talk show in the Anchorage area on KBYR 700AM, and is the one who called the women who attended the “Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin” rally “a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots” [...]

This doesn’t happen often, but it does occasionally.  I write a post, and then days later I find it in my ‘Draft” folder.  I stare at it for a minute and think “Surely, there’s some mistake.”  I know I posted that!  But, no.  There it is….all dusty and never used, sitting in my closet.  And [...]