Caller (with pronounced accent):  What happened to us Dr. Savage? (speaking of the country) Savage:  What happened to us?  How many ways can I tell you who did this to us?  It started 30 or 40 years ago with the radical left.  It started with so many different pressure groups screaming for their own ends [...]

It an amazing display of a different kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell,”  the Palins when asked to disclose how much the gifts Todd Palin receives from Arctic Cat (his sponsor for the Iron Dog snowmachine race) are worth, and they replied with silence.  They “can’t” tell us.  (looking around furtively and whispering in your ear)  [...]

OK, you all know that I love Buf the dog. In my eye, she’s the greatest dog on Earth. However, tonight, I’ve got to give the Dog of the Week Award to my second favorite dog in the world – Watson. Watson had had enough of those red signs tonight, and finally had to let [...]

Today, Anchorage’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance is being discussed for the third time in the Assembly Chambers. If you’re not up to speed, I’ve recently written several posts on the subject. If you are in Anchorage, please come to show support for the ordinance. Even if you don’t testify, your presence can be felt, and it’s an [...]

The unlikely Alaskan Dynamic Duo of Levi Johnston and his P.I./handler/life coach Tank Jones are on the loose in Hollywood, and they’re bonding by going shopping.  Shopping for clothes, and opportunities for Levi’s career. Tank and Levi seem to be an unlikely duo—why would a self-proclaimed “redneck” like Levi Johnston be taking style cues from [...]

The mood was different outside last night’s Assembly meeting.  Once again, public testimony was being taken on ordinance 64, which would add the words “sexual orientation” to the city’s non-discrimination policy that addresses housing, employment, education and public accommodations. As I pulled up to the library which houses the Assembly chambers, the “red shirts”, members [...]

I’m back from the Assembly meeting, and I tried to type something up.  These events really sap energy.  I was literally falling asledp at the keys, which I noticed when I began a sentence:  “The ofdoncde32…” and then jerked awake. So, with that, I bid you good night.  I’ll check in with photos of the [...]

You can stream the Assembly meeting live HERE. More public testimony will be taken on the non-discrimination ordinance. Chair Debbie Ossiander has stated that there are 250 people left to testify who signed up last week.  88 people were heard then.  Each person has approximately 3 minutes to speak, but people were reminded that all [...]

OK…one last thought. June, 2009 In New York City, a crowd gathered with signs of protest, wanting David Letterman to go away.  The crowd was estimated at 50 people.  That’s .0006% of the population of New York City. September, 2008 In Anchorage Alaska, a crowd gathered with signs of protest, wanting Sarah Palin to go [...]

David Letterman has formalized his apology to Sarah Palin about the “knock up” joke.  And she was asked if she accepted the apology. Of course it’s accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve. Letterman certainly has the [...]

 By E. Ross at Bent Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has ignored a Gay Pride Month proclamation submitted by Anchorage PrideFest, but a proposal to add “sexual orientation” to the city’s non-discrimination policies caught the attention of Wasilla fundamentalists, who arrived in busloads to testify at an Anchorage hearing on Tuesday while their children protested outside. [...]

Look who came to call this morning!  I’ve seen this guy around a couple of times but never got a picture.  Actually, I didn’t get this one either.  I credit Spouse, the morning person, who was up and able to grab the camera while I was still sawing a log.  He’s a very shiny and [...]

The following press release was issued today.  Read it first, and we’ll all join up afterward for a big helping of irony. Sen. Menard and Rep. Fairclough angered by Letterman joke, encourage apology to all women. Wasilla, AK, June 15, 2009 – Alaska Senator Linda Menard and Alaska Representative Anna Fairclough today expressed their concerns [...]

In several recent interviews, Governor Sarah Palin has told the country about the importance of getting “Alaska’s rich natural resources to hungry markets” in the Lower 48.   And she’s been celebrating a new alliance between Trans-Canada Corp., and Exxon to build Alaska’s huge $26 billion dollar gas pipe line project. In light of all this [...]

I just had to share this.  Whenever another blog links to Mudflats, I can see it from what I like to call “the back room.”    I don’t always check it, but tonight I did, and this one was right at the top…and looked kind of strange from what I could see, so I clicked.  It [...]