Open Thread – Mudflats Wins Bloggers’ Choice Best Political Blog of 2009!
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for The Mudflats in the 2009 Bloggers Choice Awards for the Best Political Blog! I’m very pleased to announce that The Mudflats took the #1 spot again this year! It is very humbling to have won this award, and to have the support of so many of you for two years running.
Congratulations to the rest of the Mudflats crew – the Forum Master, Admins, Mods, Voices from the Flats contributing writers, Boots on the Ground roving reporters, The Mudflats Art Department, I Heart the Mudflats writers and crew, and to all of you who send me little tidbits, pictures, and stories. If there were ten of me, I’d use every one of them.
This is for ALL of you, who help to make this community something really special.
Wooo Hooo !! AKM
I think we can all say you are doing something right.
What great News to think about as I sign off for the night.
Also…Go back to the Open Thread yesterday and read the info I posted there,
about # 122. A certain ‘ Anonymous ‘ person is talking.
It’s sounds very interesting and intriguing. Makes you go Hmm?
Excellent! Way to go AKM!
Congratulations!
You’ve earned it.
Congratulations! You earned it and deserve it.
Excellent news!!! You deserve the recognition for all your hard work!!! Thank you AKM for providing this supportive environment and for keeping us informed!!!
Oh, WOW! Not that I’m surprised. Good work, AKM!
Congratulations, AKM!
Well done, AKM.
CONGRATIULATIONS!!!!
Brava!
Congratulations AKM! Well deserved, to put it mildly. Thanks for all you do for us. And thanks to all the Mudflats “crew” & mudpuppies.
SWEET!
Couldnt have happened to a nicer more deserving lady.
CONGRATULATIONS AKM!!!!
The Mudflats Rocks!!!
Congratulations! You so deserve it.
Congratulations! You do a fabulous job!
Congratulations AKM !!
Calls for a toast. Cheers !!
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you deserve it AKM. i know more about Alaskan politics than i do about the two states in which i’ve lived, and it all boils down to this: you are a wonderful writer. thank you.
What great news! Congratulations to all!
I KNEW I was in the presence of greatness! Congratulations, AKM.
Nicely Done and Well Deserved!!! Congrats to you !!
I think you may be tied with Granny Winky O’ Grifter for number of awards won in 2009. I bet that’s going to kick her competitive barracuda side in to high gear and she’s going to set her sights on adding ” Biggest Overall A$$Hat of 2010 ” to all the others she’s bound to take again this year. And y’know – if she really puts herself in to it , I think she might have that one in the bag by the beginning of March . She’s just that good!
This is a good morning, congrats, to AKM.
Fantastic AKM!
Bravo, Bravo . . . . .
Yeah for AKM!!!
Encore.
Speeeeech.
Break out the bubbley.
Oh yeah, and contrats to her support team who keep the machinery running. Without them AKM’s words may flow, they just wouldn’t get to very many people.
Way cool AKM.
And to all the Alaska Progressive bloggers. You all share the dias.
Congratulations! This really is the best blog! Best pictures too.
WooHoo. Congratulations AKM!!
Congratulations, AKM! *wild applause*
Congrats. It’s always a pleasure to read what you’ve written.
Hooray (insert roaring crowd)!!!
Mudflats is indisputably the BEST blog across the board. . .period.
(((AKM)))
AKM – big congratulations to you and all the crew and all the Mudflatters.
Congratulations, AKM!! (But then, this is not at all unexpected. You deserve it!)
All your awards belong at the top of this page, you know. It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up!
Congratulations!
It’s nice to know that I’m part of the ‘best of the web.’
Cheers!
Wonderful and awesome!
Congratulations to you and to the Anchorage Young Democrats for shoveling the four letter words that both start with “s”
Congratulations, AKM!
We already knew this was THE best – for any number of reasons, but having it confirmed with spiffy award(s) is mighty fine. Yep, it sure is.
Honesty In Gov (#1)
Whatever that comment referred to – is apparently gone.
Yippee ty yai yeah!!
Congrats AKM!
Congratulations AKM and Mudflats crew!! Thanks for all the hard work! You have a gift, AKM, and I appreciate your sharing your gift here on the Best Political Blog of 2009! Tip of the hat to you and to all the Mudflats crew for a job well done! I hear popping of those corks all the way over here!
A new computer and a well deserved award. What a great week for you! A heartfelt congratulations!
Congratulations, AKM and Crew! (standing, clapping wildly). Y’all deserve it.
you have created a warm, accepting environment that encourages level-headed debate on state, national, and global issues. and Brian the moose keeps us smiling……your photos keep us in awe…….and the muddies that come here are both engaging and informed. quite an accomplishment. congratulations AKM and all of the truly awesome folks backstage here and at the forum. you are a fine group of folks.
There are many blogs in cyberville but only one mudflats!
Congrats to the mudflatter team of excellence.
Congratulations, AKM. A well-deserved award. And a big shout out to all the mudpuppies who make this place a homebase for us all. The intelligent, thoughtful and witty commentary elevates all of us to a place where we can feel proud to be a part of this all.
And to all the support staff for AKM, including Spouse and Buf, and Brian as well as the above named Mudflats Crew- A hearty Thank-you.
Congratulations AKM and Team! And to the contributors here. This is the best blog and the award proves it.
And while we were able to vote early, we could not vote often.
An honest award for honest writing.
Yayyyyy!!!! And THAT’S why Mudflats is the first place I go to every day!
Congrats to AKM and all the mudpups who make the flats such a success!
I always start my day with Mudflats and now I know why. You’re just the best there is. Congratulations for an award so well deserved.
Awesome! Keep up the good work!
Congratulations, AKM!
Not at all surprising, but well-deserved. Quality of this level cannot go unrecognized, even in this wacky world.
I realize that I am “preaching to the choir,” but this shows that appreciation for you and your work extends far beyond out not-so-little worldwide group of Mudflatters, but far afield to all who read your posts (and, to a lesser extent, I am proud to note, the comments of fellow Mudflatters which are consistently of high quality).
I daresay you may, even now, not realize just how important you are!.
Congratulations and a great big thank you as well. You have saved the sanity of many of us and created a wonderful ‘place’ of sharing and connection here. Life is good.
AKM, I thank god for you and this blog! I don’t know how I would’ve made it through this last crazy year without your daily dose of sanity. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! (plus it must make Quittypants REALLY mad; icing on the cake!)
You should also win photo awards!
Congratulations.
This is a classy place full of interesting and FUNNY people.
I live in NYC and I am hooked.
Congratulations AKM, Mudflats Team, and “Departments”. You all work hard (don’t know how you do it!). Well deserved. What other political blog has grassroots Mudstocks across the country? And an Alaskan-based blog at that?! Huge achievement.
Visiting this site is like eating chocolate…oohhh so sweet…and very addictive. I raise a virtual glass of wine to you and thank you for endless hours of brain food and bum numbing reports.
Your amazing photographs speak of your deep affinity to the land and allows us a glimpse into the spirit of Alaska. This award is well deserved and I look forward as always, to another year of outstanding writing.
Blessed be!
Congratulations AKM: Well deserved .
So proud to call you my friend.
As always YOU ROCK!
Woohoo! Congrats to you! Whodathunk a little ‘ol blog from Alaska would have won two years in a row! My favorite bloggers are definitely moving up in the world!
You deserved it. Congratulations, and I’m very happy to have found you (since 2008).
WOOHOO!!! Standing ovation!
Great writing! Great photographs! Great insight and humor! Congrats!
So Deserving of this Win!! Congratulations for all the hard work and pleasure you give all of us ‘tuning in’ every day.
Congrats, AKM, and thanks for insightful, educational postings. So nice to share in a community so far away. Really, the world comes together and so many share common ground.
AKM –
You (and your assembled support team/collaborators) not only provide great information we can all use, you provide a platform on which civil discourse of the issues is welcomed and encouraged; a true, Class Act most deserving of the award. A big “Congratulations” to you.
And, for your unselfish sharing of all the consistently well-researched, well-imaged, and well-presented information, an even bigger “THANK YOU!” beth.
Congratulations! Being new to write, I still feel feel an outsider, but feel I know each of you personally and just how you respond to each blog and picture AKM posts! What a wonderful group of world-wide friends. Hope to be a part of this friendship in the months to come that can only be homogenized by the leader of the pact! Buffulogal, you are my inspiration! Oh, to be able to write like you!
AKM, you certainly deserve this award as leader of the pact! Thank you!
Concrautations I have been atching and hoped this site would stay ahead. Thanks to everyone who works at keeping things going. I would like you to read and sign this petition if so inclined I received it from a search and rescue person so i thinks it is ok. PLEASE SIGN
http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/ 6/demand- justice-for- buddys
Congrats AKM! This is simply marvelous!
This “political” blog shines, because of it’s professionalism in: journalism, art, design, photography, current issues, integrity, news topics, humor, seriousness, community, insights, unity, quality, open forum, literary excellence… (more)…
Congratulation to AKM for an honor well deserved!!!
SJP
CONGRATULATIONS AKM!!!
Very exciting and well deserved, thanks for all you do.
AKM, congrats! You are simply the best. The fact that you will ultimately be as a big a player as Tina Fey, Rachel Maddow and Katie Couric in the unraveling
of the fraud known as silly sarah in the same honest ethical way is wonderful. I hold all of you ladies in the highest regard and think you are saving the American people from one of the greatest threats we’ve been faced with. We barely survived “W” and I don’t believe we could survive another uninformed,
intellectually stunted megalomaniac leading us. You are the type of women I’m proud to have represent me, unlike the petty,vacuous winky!
Congratulations, well deserved. I am proud to know you.
Another standing ovation. You so deserve to be recognized for your great writing, your ethical presentation of facts, and the type of reader/poster who delight in your thought processes. Thank you again and again!
Congratulations, absolutely well deserved.
Aww…. Rest in Peace Art Clokey. There’ll never be another Gumby, dammit.
Kudos to you, AKM, and your whole team. I’m proud to call myself a mudpup even though my family just groans and rolls their collective eyes when I say that
But it means a lot to me to have this community waiting daily to read, laugh, and occasionally cry, at the stories, thoughts, cheers, and curses shared here.
Thanks to all who contribute their time, their intellect, and their passion for truth to make this such a warm, welcoming place to sit and share for a bit each day.
This award is richly deserved. I bow to you with respect and thanks.
I also think this is a very important petition to sign on net neutrality.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/fcc_nn/?r=4927&id=7286-2472094-3B4_OGx
Ambassador AKM: beauty & brilliance in boots. Congratulations!! Thank you for ALL you do, also, there, all those Mudflats departments. Cereal spoon salute!
(((((A K M)))) Your blog has had a tremendous impact on so many of us. the Spirit of love that informs every word, every photograph, that same Spirit continues to draw loving, kind, intelligent, curious and activist souls to you.
i am so proud to be a tiny part of Mudflats.
Congrats AKM, you deserve this and more!!
/ mia of http://thedailypingpong.wordpress.com/
Congratulations for your much deserved award!
I too, would like to thank the following for making my visits here, something I look forward to every day:
the rest of the Mudflats crew – the Forum Master, Admins, Mods, Voices from the Flats contributing writers, Boots on the Ground roving reporters, The Mudflats Art Department, I Heart the Mudflats writers and crew, and to all of you who send me little tidbits, pictures, and stories.
If there were an award for the most enjoyable blog…………….The Mudflats would win that too.
AKM ~
Thank you for your exponential common-sense influence!
Thank you for always being able to put my feelings into words (sometimes feelings i didn’t know i had) and making me feel so connected!
Thank you for the endorphine rushes (and endorphins are natural painkillers)!
Thank you for making me feel as if i’ve been to Alaska, where the scenery and wildlife are almost too beautiful to comprehend!
And, most of all, thank you for helping to save the world from a twilight zone under the rule of you-know-who. (Yes, i believe you-know-who is one of the anti-christs, so that was very good of you, AKM.)
AKM, congratulations on a well-deserved award!
To the posting and lurking MudPups: {{{{{{{ HUGS and HIGH FIVE }}}}}}}
#58 @Mrs Gunka
Mrs Gunka meet Welcome Mat. Stay for a while, have a cup of tea, maybe a muffin. We enjoy your company.
Another book to look forward to and another good post by Andrew Sullivan………..
I don’t have the book yet – they have an insane embargo on it – but this nugget is worth chewing over:
In the days leading up to an interview with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson, aides were worried with Ms. Palin’s grasp of facts. She couldn’t explain why North and South Korea were separate nations and she did not know what the Federal Reserve did. She also said she believed Saddam Hussein attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
But it became almost immediately clear that she knew nothing about anything, had a private life that you usually see hashed out on Judge Judy, covered up her total lack of governing competence with so many lies they were hard to keep track of, and had next-to-no knowledge of any domestic or foreign policy issues, including energy. Isn’t that enough to regard her nomination is a total farce, the biggest insult ever delivered to voters since … well, Dan Quayle, who was far more informed, smart and serious than Palin ever was.
The idea that this person was qualified to run a country in one of its most serious crises, economically and militarily, beggars belief. The recklessness it revealed in McCain showed that he too was simply unqualified for high office, gambling with the core security of the US for cheap tactical advantage.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/revisiting-the-palin-farce.html#more
FYI. I’m not gonna need the brain bleach. yeah!
“San Antonio, TX -Dec 14, 2009- Tea Party Support has announced the keynote speakers and emcee at the first National Conservative Symposium, scheduled for Friday, January 22nd, 2010 through Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. Speaking will be Governor Sarah Palin; radio and TV host Sean Hannity; conservative blogger and TV commentator Michelle Malkin; and radio host and TV commentator Laura Ingraham. Best selling author and political pundit Kevin Jackson, will emcee the event.
The National Conservative Symposium, hosted by Tea Party Support, will bring together conservative grass roots leaders and community organizers from across America at one of the nation’s premiere resorts for a weekend of intense discussion, education and training. The objective of the Symposium is to inspire and empower conservative activists to take back their political party and to take the country back to constitutional governance and fiscal responsibility by organizing for political action in their local communities and then projecting their voice and actions all the way to Washington, D.C. etc…”
Just looked it up again and…….
http://www.teapartysupport.com/
“Due to circumstances beyond the control of Tea Party Support, we are forced to cancel the National Conservative Symposium. More information will follow soon. Please check back. We have started processing refunds.”
O’Sarah McPalin didn’t have to cancel. They canceled for her. No money coming from here! Gotta love it when God answers a prayer!
One of the coolest of cool has passed. I got to meet her two times and was blown away. A contractor friend did an addition to her home and I got to see her collection of “pepper stuff”. An icon fer sure…….like AKM.
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2010/01/08/pepper_lady_jea.html?cxntfid=blogs_out_about
You are the first blog I ever read, and you’re still rockin’! Congratulations from a fan,
and keep up the good work!
High fives, fist bumps all round for the success of Mudflats!
This honor could not have gone to a more deserving crew..And most of all to YOU muddy.. It’s an honor to know about you and what you do so very well… keep up the GREAT work that keeps some sanity in our lives and tweaks our perspectives a bit always in a good direction.
As Gryphen says “As always YOU ROCK!”…. ‘nuf said!!
SCREAMS OF JOY from Washington, D.C.! May 2010 bring you health, happiness, and spiffin’ success with your new RAM, dear AKM!
When I joined the forum in September 2008, I knew it was something special! Congratulations AKM! You are something special too!
Absolutely wonderful AKM & the Mudflat Crew
A well deserved honor.
I am proud to be a Mudpuppy
R’ipley in CT Says:
Aww…. Rest in Peace Art Clokey. There’ll never be another Gumby, dammit.
R’ipley! I read that this am. Thanks for putting the funny spin on it!
austintx Says:
January 9th, 2010 at 9:39 AM
One of the coolest of cool has passed. I got to meet her two times and was blown away. A contractor friend did an addition to her home and I got to see her collection of “pepper stuff”. An icon fer sure…….like AKM.
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austintx…thanks for that link. she was a fascinating lady and she lived an interesting life. may she rest in peace.
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jojobo1
I think this is the link you were trying to post. Very sad. I signed.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/demand-justice-for-buddys-killer
Thanks, AKM, for all you do to keep us informed. This recognition is proof positive of a job well done! Kudos, to you.
Bonsai-Jay @ 76: GREAT CATCH!!! The kiss of death lives on!
Congratulations, keep up the good work!
Here’s to another amazing year!
Cheers.
Congrats!!
Two’s company
Congrats-is there still room on the side bar?
It’s always wonderful to see hard work rewarded and the best win. I do love being a Mudpup – whenever I wander into the forums I feel I’m in the company of friends – friends who truly care about what happens and go about showing this care in positive, often wickedly funny, ways. Thank you AKM, for your site and thank you Mudpups, for being who you are!
Martha…I was just about to post the Andrew Sullivan link when I saw that you had already done so. Good work and an excellent read (as well as entertaining clip).
(For those who missed it: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/revisiting-the-palin-farce.html#more )
Congratulations Mudflats! A well deserved honor.
Congrats on a well deserved award! In my perfect world, I’d love to see a post on the “mysterious letter” coordinated with the Steve Schmidt interview. Any hopes of this?
Bonsai-Jay #76. Interesting.
“The National Conservative Symposium hosted by Teaparty support, will bring together conservative grass roots leaders and community organizers from across America at one of the nation’s premiere reports for a weekend of intense discussion…….”
That’s the key. Intense discussion. If SP is the canceller, then “intense discussion” is why she crashed that party.
Congrats!!!! It’s easy to rattle on with opinions. But you’re head and shoulders above lots of national writers who don’t show the effort you do in writing and research. Nice work and deserved. Les
Mom,
Please express my gratitude to all the Mudpuppies for wishing me a happy birthday yesterday, and for putting up with you! Haha, just kidding. I’m so glad you are part of a thriving community of community of people committed to social justice, truth, and humor. And it was fantastic that they care about you so much that they even wished me happy birthday. Please send my regards and wishes for peace, passion and progress in 2010!
Mireille, aka Baby Bubbles
and i thank you too.
Putting my props in from the Bay Area! Congratulation AKM, keep up the good muckraking.
I’ve learned so much from you and the contributors, this is a good place to huddle. Looking forward to another year of friendship and enlightenment.
Congrats AKM. Awesome job. I really enjoy your work and the great community here. You all Rock!!!
@75 Martha….Wow! She couldn’t explain N and S Korea, or the Federal Reserve?
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since Palin stated that the “Dept of Law up there in the White House” would clear her of ethics complaints, unlike the Alaska system that she had to deal with. Say what?
Although I have only started commenting recently, I have been a regular reader since Sept 08, and I share the feeling of all that have posted already – this blog is one of the best, political or not, hands-down. Fabulous writing, superb research, and AKM’s wonderful sense of humor will keep me coming back even after Grifter Granny $P is long gone…
Kudos!
Excellent! Well deserved AKM. This wonderful community of people who care about important societal issues speaks volumes about the quality of your blog. I lurk more than I post but I always enjoy it immensely.
LiladyNY Says:
January 9th, 2010 at 9:36 AM
#58 @Mrs gunka
Mrs Gunka meet Welcome Mat. Stay for a while, have a cup of tea, maybe a muffin. We enjoy your company…………………………………………………….
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we pups love to eat. we are sort of like Hobbits. we also enjoy describing meals and snacks. when you find your way to the forum you will find a cookbook written by pups who like to cook. yum!
Congratulations AKM and Mudflats Central!!!!!! Thanks for creating this wonderful place. This award is well deserved! Cheers!
Congrats AKM! But this is more that just the greatest political blog. I’ve become hooked on the beautiful pics of Alaska. The Alaska travel bureau should be paying you! Love to Brian.
Congratulations, AKM and all at Mudflats. Being able to come to Mudflats is definitely one of my daily pleasures. My day usually starts and ends on the flats. The articles, the comments, the forum, the chat (treehouse), and all the wonderful people I have meet and now consider friends are among the reasons I love Mudflats.
Thank you, AKM, mods, adms and everyone who contribute to making this the best (not just political) blog on the internet.
Well… so you know I am not CRAZY like some Granny we know,I referenced to something on the last Open thread. The whole thread is a lot shorter so the system must have made some adjustments. Palingates in the present thread copied and pasted something by someone who is ‘ Anonymous ‘. Enough said.
I used my Google for the Tea Party. The ‘ Symposium ‘ at the Tea Party Support page has been canceled but I don’t find anything online saying the Convention in Nashville where they will Crown ” The Queen ” has been.
We’ll have to wait and see if there is further Good News. Fingers crossed.
InSanity and Bl..eck will be disappointed. I’m sure they wanted to cover it.
Congratulations to all! Thank you for all your very hard work. I have learned so much from this site.
@76 Is this the big teabaggers convention that Palin was to headline?
Even if she cancelled, why would they cancel the whole event? I wonder what happened. Maybe something happened with those leaked emails that showed that Palin was getting big bucks to speak.
I forgot to add: Palin is a divider. She will divide any group that she is involved with….even conservative.
Congratulations AKM on the well deserved award! Sending warm wishes your way. It is 65 degrees on my patio here in Phoenix. Thanks everyone else for the good links.
bubbles baby -
Not bad for a cult , huh ??
tee hee !!
Trisha@110
No this was another event. The way it was described was kind of a “netroots” event.
How toos on fund raising and getting “on-line” lists and support going. Sort of community organizing. I was going to try to be the “Boots on the Ground”. I’m relieved that it won’t happen…. I can’t stand being around craziness and drama.
Oh and just because I can:
O’Sarah McPalin, also, too.
Congratulations! We all knew it and now the world knows it!
Congrats AKM. You know Ive been around since September 2008, and have seen this site laugh together, cry together, figure out resolutions, comfort each other and celebrate together, etc. Especially the night of victory for our President. We have collectively made dreams a reality and have helped to shine light on corruptive actions, (especially on SP). You have beeen our exceptional leader and have been instrumental in making us a national and international community. You so deserve this award! A toast to you!
@114, bonsai-jay, thanks for the clarification.
Just wanted to share – I just told Mr1smart that The Mudflats won bloggers choice best political blog of 2009 and that I may need to put a big metal Brian on our brick chimney outside in celebration and so that neighbors and others will know that I am a proud mudflatter and his only comment was: “how big?” LOL
He has come a long way this year with my political awakening.
1Smart: So has my DH. Yeah!!
Tina in Tennessee # 73 Got to laugh because some times I think the same thing especially after reading the Antichrist will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible
Amy yes it is thank you for putting it up correctly I am not real good with links yet. I couldn’t believe some one would do that to an animal and boy did I let them know that when i signed.
Hey I’m baaack….been crazy here in NY…crazy busy…have stopped by quickly to check on things but wanted to say a biggggggg CONGRATS to AKM and everyone else here……everyone here is really helpful and the writing is truly the best….
Thank you so much for being here, I couldn’t survive without all of you giving us the latest info on the Queen…..my little netbook somehow got a little damp today and I was told to not use it for a bit(all is well now)…my office mate said …ooooo you won’t be able to check all your alaska sites to day…..so everyone knows this is where I get the news of the day…..
I hope to be around a little more but work and family life is crazy busy….
You are truly blessed with this wonderful gift, AKM….
CONGRATS AKM AND ALL THE HELPERS…..when I’ve needed help you were there
Cool AKM…Just checking for the 1st. time today…Big ole kudo’s to you ..Thank you again,,Youv’e definetly opened my eyes ..
Good story at New York mag. on John Edwards. I can see similarities between him and Palin. http://nymag.com/news/politics/63045/
Could explain the GOP coming down on Palin (I hope)
Congratulations Mudflats! Well-earned. Well-deserved. Well done!!
Once again, congratulations AKM! You definitely deserve the honor — it’s nice to see that some things in this world work the way they should.
You go, girl!!!
((((((AKM)))))))
Today Mr.1smart just received a personal letter and survey from Michael Steele himself. It seems that (1) mr.1smart signed up as a Republican at some point in our state electoral system, or (2) one of his family members did this for him
I suspect the first, but like the latter idea better. [Note: hate the need to declare a party; given my choice, it would be Independent.]
Anyway, this is quite funny and we will be sending back, with no funding, and with unwanted opinions I am sure.
The letter itself is quite interesting and I’m sure it can be located online. If not, let me know and I will take one for the team and quote it fully.
I had a great time reading it and sharing with mr.1smart. As I said earlier, he has come a long way in his political thinking in the last year even though he gets very tired of hearing from me about the mudpups and other bloggers and what they said today. I love it!
Well earned and well deserved indeed! Keep up the excellent and inspirational work akm!
Posted on the “Through the Looking Glass ” thread , mistaking it for the Open Thread.
Was saying that twitter is buzzing up with word of a 6.5 quake in N. California. Just wanted to drop word for those with folks in that area.
Mudpups in N. CA – how be thee ?
Womanwithsardinecan and aged mother and hubby close- 30 miles. everybody ok, smashed stuff …multiple aftershocks…no power… no word of major damage yet…
Anyone have word on the TYPE of quake?
Strike/slip? Subduction precursor?
Can’t get on HSU geology site for more info…
Redwoodmuse – you still in that neck o the woods?
@Irishgirl
Thunder Snow happened once when I lived in upstate NY. It’s amazing no matter where you are.
CONGRATS you deserve it
irish girl!!… i love thunder snow.
Irishgirl….I have experienced thunder snow only once and it was amazing. At the time I was thinking “this does not compute” but it was an incredible and rare thing. Good luck with all your crazy weather!
Congratulations to AKM and all mudflats.
I think it’s time to make Brian the moose a hood ornament for my rig. Leading the way through the cold rain and snow.
Kudos on your most recent innertube recognition!
PS: Can someone PLEASE turn up the heat down here in GA? It’s now 4 days since there’s been a temp above freezing!!!! And yes…according to the temp showing up on the right side of this page, Anchorage is WARMER outside than in Marietta!
RE: the quake in N. CA. Was off shore, but did some damage to structures.
Link to AP/Yahoo story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_coast_earthquake
6.5 quake shakes buildings on California coast
FRESNO, Calif – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings south of the Oregon border and knocking out power in several coastal communities.
The powerful quake hit at about 4:27 p.m. PST about 22 miles from Ferndale, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Authorities in the nearby city of Eureka and other area communities said no major injuries have been reported. But several people received minor cuts and scrapes from broken glass at the Bayshore Mall in Eureka, fire spokesman Gary Bird said.
“There are some frayed nerves, but I think we’ve come through this pretty well for the magnitude of earthquake we’ve had,” he said.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. spokesman J.D. Guidi said power outages were widespread across most of Humboldt County, affecting about 25,000 customers.
Several traffic lights fell and numerous residents reported water, gas and sewer leaks, Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services spokeswoman Jo Wattle said.
“People have chimneys down, and we’re hearing about minor property damage and lots of glassware broken,” Wattle said. “People are really shaken up. It was shaking pretty good, then it had a big jolt to it at the end.”
RE: Southeast frigidity:
My sister just called me re: the cold in FL. She lives just north of the Tampa, FL area…said for the first time since leaving NY ~1992, she saw snow falling first hand. And yes, her friends near the Mouse House reported snow flakes also.
Sorry I got the party a little late, but this is no way reflects on my joy at the news of your very well deserved win. Two thumbs up and if I had more thumbs I’d raise them too. Better still, I’m raising my glass to AKM, the best little blogger in the universe! Sláinte.
As to some other recognition as well.
AKM’s story post about ” Through the looking Glass ” here had Andrew Sulivan from Daily Dish link back to it on his blog.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/provably-demonstratively-untrue.html
Time to draw down our military. “I think Obama should be remembered as a great man because of the blow he struck against white racism,” Allan Nairn says. “But once he became president…Obama became a murderer and a terrorist, because the US has a machine that spans the globe, that has the capacity to kill, and Obama has kept it set on kill. He could have flipped the switch and turned it off…but he chose not to do so.”
Late to the table as well, Congratulations And Gratitude for all your hard work!
WOW!!!!!!!!
Congratulations AKM, well done! What a wonderful accomplishment! Thank you for your hard work and consistently reliable journalism that is so desperately lacking in the mainstream media!
2010 HAT TRICK!!!
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Alaska’s wildlife thanks and congratulates you, bloggers & pundits worldwide thank and congratulate you, mudpups worldwide thank and congratulate you. Merci, gracias, obrigada, arrigato, grazie, bedankt, danke, etc. etc. Mazel tov! You have created a global community of friends and fellow travelers who care about the issues, care about one another, and care about you. You will look back at this award as one of many. Welcome to all the newest mudpups; jump in! Thanks and congratulations as well to all the cast and crew — webmaster, administrators, moderators, etc. etc. who keep the machine well-oiled. Love, health, and peace to all of us!
Alaska is most proud!!!