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	<description>Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics</description>
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		<title>By: Forty Watt</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144534</link>
		<dc:creator>Forty Watt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow!  I love the pumpkins.  I&#039;m lucky if I can manage a couple of eyes and a mouth.  Mr. InJuneau is obviously ever bit as talented as Mrs. InJuneau. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow!  I love the pumpkins.  I&#8217;m lucky if I can manage a couple of eyes and a mouth.  Mr. InJuneau is obviously ever bit as talented as Mrs. InJuneau. <img src='http://www.themudflats.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: strangelet</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144484</link>
		<dc:creator>strangelet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On a completely different matter, I was able to get into Shannyn&#039;s show on Saturday tor a few remarks on our ex-EvilVP, but I failed to tell her his new nickname:

&quot;I don&#039;t recall&quot; Dick.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On a completely different matter, I was able to get into Shannyn&#8217;s show on Saturday tor a few remarks on our ex-EvilVP, but I failed to tell her his new nickname:</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t recall&#8221; Dick.</p>
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		<title>By: Lori in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144470</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori in Los Angeles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good read:
&quot;Editors pose questions in Palin book manuscript&quot;
http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/997288.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good read:<br />
&#8220;Editors pose questions in Palin book manuscript&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/997288.html">http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/997288.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Snoskred</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144451</link>
		<dc:creator>Snoskred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apologies all, it seems like the server is being inundated with traffic right now. Not sure what is causing it, but hopefully it will slow down soon. For those missing each other and who can&#039;t get into the chat, try this - 

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologies all, it seems like the server is being inundated with traffic right now. Not sure what is causing it, but hopefully it will slow down soon. For those missing each other and who can&#8217;t get into the chat, try this &#8211; </p>
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<p>We just need some patience with the server right now.. apologies again..</p>
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		<title>By: BuffaloGal</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144447</link>
		<dc:creator>BuffaloGal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zyx -  Sorry I missed you in the treehouse/chat.  I was off doing reading.  I&#039;m glad you posted the link for Grayson&#039;s fundraising.  He was on Daily Kos earlier today asking for folks to help him send a msg by way of a &quot;money bomb&quot;.  Hope our efforts helped to make that happen.   

Trying not to think about tomorrow&#039;s election in NY23.  I saw tell that Owens was raising funds 12 to 1 to Hoffman.  Didn&#039;t bother to look further to see if it was true.  I figure that, at this point, it&#039;s going to play out as it will and we will learn something from it, regardless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zyx &#8211;  Sorry I missed you in the treehouse/chat.  I was off doing reading.  I&#8217;m glad you posted the link for Grayson&#8217;s fundraising.  He was on Daily Kos earlier today asking for folks to help him send a msg by way of a &#8220;money bomb&#8221;.  Hope our efforts helped to make that happen.   </p>
<p>Trying not to think about tomorrow&#8217;s election in NY23.  I saw tell that Owens was raising funds 12 to 1 to Hoffman.  Didn&#8217;t bother to look further to see if it was true.  I figure that, at this point, it&#8217;s going to play out as it will and we will learn something from it, regardless.</p>
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		<title>By: Zyxomma</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zyxomma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Remember Alan Grayson? He&#039;s the Rep with the stones to say, &quot;The Republican Health Care Plan: (1) Don&#039;t get sick. (2) If you do get sick, die quickly.&quot; Here&#039;s a link to contribute to his campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/congressmanwithguts?refcode=widget
I don&#039;t think this violates the new rules here at the &#039;flats; I&#039;m not asking for money, just providing a link to support a rep who cares about us! Health and peace to all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember Alan Grayson? He&#8217;s the Rep with the stones to say, &#8220;The Republican Health Care Plan: (1) Don&#8217;t get sick. (2) If you do get sick, die quickly.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a link to contribute to his campaign: <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/congressmanwithguts?refcode=widget">https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/congressmanwithguts?refcode=widget</a><br />
I don&#8217;t think this violates the new rules here at the &#8216;flats; I&#8217;m not asking for money, just providing a link to support a rep who cares about us! Health and peace to all.</p>
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		<title>By: Say No to Palin in Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144399</link>
		<dc:creator>Say No to Palin in Politics</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rush has such a way with words..........and he&#039;s praising the move, saying it will leave a &#039;pure&#039; party, yeah okay, if he thinks so, lol. More like a party left full of blow hard radicals with no chance of diplomacy. Okay, Scarah, I&#039;m sure you&#039;ll laugh at the beastiality screwing joke because it&#039;s something you&#039;d find funny while it&#039;s being said about someone, but you&#039;d be aghast and find disgusting in reality. So think about who you&#039;re palin around with ms. values and principals in your &#039;pure&#039; party.


&quot;We can say she is guilty of widespread bestiality. She has screwed every RINO in the country. Everyone can see just how phony and dangerous they are. 2010 might be a nightmare for PETA. Tow animals may become extinct: RINOs and Blue Dog Democrats.&quot;


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/limbaugh-scozzafava-guilt_n_342535.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush has such a way with words&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.and he&#8217;s praising the move, saying it will leave a &#8216;pure&#8217; party, yeah okay, if he thinks so, lol. More like a party left full of blow hard radicals with no chance of diplomacy. Okay, Scarah, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll laugh at the beastiality screwing joke because it&#8217;s something you&#8217;d find funny while it&#8217;s being said about someone, but you&#8217;d be aghast and find disgusting in reality. So think about who you&#8217;re palin around with ms. values and principals in your &#8216;pure&#8217; party.</p>
<p>&#8220;We can say she is guilty of widespread bestiality. She has screwed every RINO in the country. Everyone can see just how phony and dangerous they are. 2010 might be a nightmare for PETA. Tow animals may become extinct: RINOs and Blue Dog Democrats.&#8221;</p>
<p>Read more at: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/limbaugh-scozzafava-guilt_n_342535.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/limbaugh-scozzafava-guilt_n_342535.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Say No to Palin in Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/02/open-thread-46/#comment-144396</link>
		<dc:creator>Say No to Palin in Politics</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, somebody with AK info help me out with this. Toads sister just lost her house for not making payments for a year from oct. 08 - oct. 09, this same sister was campaigning for Scarah while not being able to make house payments? Apparently she also was the one pictured holding Tr*g while Scarah did her quitting gov while fishing media blitz.

 So what&#039;s up with that? This is not the sister arrested for burglary. It is 
 Kristene Stanford, her hubby is James Stanford. Did he lose his job?

And what&#039;s with Scarah mixing Toads sister&#039;s husband in with Ak gov policy and plugging his employers projects using her office? 

What criminally negligent homicide happened that Frank pardoned?

This is a from a commenter&#039;s post on Bree&#039;s blog:

&quot;Governor’s Special Assistant Joe Balash set up a meeting of Palin cabinet members in the Governor’s conference room in Anchorage for James Stanford and other representatives of Stanford’s employer, Thom Fischer of Bellingham, Washington. (Fischer’s Company, Whitewater Engineering was pardoned by Governor Murkowski of a conviction for criminally negligent homicide on Murkowski’s last day in office.) 

The reason given by the Governor’s office for the meeting was so Stanford could pitch a wind power project in Southeast Alaska. At the start of the meeting Stanford loudly and proudly stated that he was the Governor’s brother-in-law. 

It finally came out that the real reason for the meeting was to have the State force the Four Dam Pool Power Association to help finance Fischer’s hydroelectric project in Southeast Alaska that no one other than Fischer and his crowd wanted.&quot;

Note - Whitewater is now Toll House and they did get their project. Power will be running from Petersburg, AK to Whatcom County, WA by 2014.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, somebody with AK info help me out with this. Toads sister just lost her house for not making payments for a year from oct. 08 &#8211; oct. 09, this same sister was campaigning for Scarah while not being able to make house payments? Apparently she also was the one pictured holding Tr*g while Scarah did her quitting gov while fishing media blitz.</p>
<p> So what&#8217;s up with that? This is not the sister arrested for burglary. It is<br />
 Kristene Stanford, her hubby is James Stanford. Did he lose his job?</p>
<p>And what&#8217;s with Scarah mixing Toads sister&#8217;s husband in with Ak gov policy and plugging his employers projects using her office? </p>
<p>What criminally negligent homicide happened that Frank pardoned?</p>
<p>This is a from a commenter&#8217;s post on Bree&#8217;s blog:</p>
<p>&#8220;Governor’s Special Assistant Joe Balash set up a meeting of Palin cabinet members in the Governor’s conference room in Anchorage for James Stanford and other representatives of Stanford’s employer, Thom Fischer of Bellingham, Washington. (Fischer’s Company, Whitewater Engineering was pardoned by Governor Murkowski of a conviction for criminally negligent homicide on Murkowski’s last day in office.) </p>
<p>The reason given by the Governor’s office for the meeting was so Stanford could pitch a wind power project in Southeast Alaska. At the start of the meeting Stanford loudly and proudly stated that he was the Governor’s brother-in-law. </p>
<p>It finally came out that the real reason for the meeting was to have the State force the Four Dam Pool Power Association to help finance Fischer’s hydroelectric project in Southeast Alaska that no one other than Fischer and his crowd wanted.&#8221;</p>
<p>Note &#8211; Whitewater is now Toll House and they did get their project. Power will be running from Petersburg, AK to Whatcom County, WA by 2014.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: laprofesora</title>
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		<dc:creator>laprofesora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the only hope this country has is to teach critical thinking skills in school, along with voter education. We need to understand what this country is about (the right to free speech goes hand in hand with the responsibility to tolerate other&#039;s views), and that &quot;she/he is just like me&quot; is NOT a prerequisite for the job of Commander in Chief.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the only hope this country has is to teach critical thinking skills in school, along with voter education. We need to understand what this country is about (the right to free speech goes hand in hand with the responsibility to tolerate other&#8217;s views), and that &#8220;she/he is just like me&#8221; is NOT a prerequisite for the job of Commander in Chief.</p>
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		<title>By: Desert Mudpup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Desert Mudpup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marnie @ 11

Thanks for that link.  I believe that was my first visit to PERRspectives, and I now have their XML feed.  I like reading articles where every claim they make is linked to its source (and that&#039;s especially true when right-wing propaganda is debunked in the process).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marnie @ 11</p>
<p>Thanks for that link.  I believe that was my first visit to PERRspectives, and I now have their XML feed.  I like reading articles where every claim they make is linked to its source (and that&#8217;s especially true when right-wing propaganda is debunked in the process).</p>
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