A while back, I promised a New Year’s mail bag.  Sadly, I deleted a couple really good ones by accident, but I’m sure there will be more coming to take their places.  But for now, enjoy! And do you know your auto menchainc Is also very under paid! Only thing Mark Begich is over paid [...]

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Happy Sunday! Busy day at Mudflats Central today.  I’ll be out and about running errands most of the day.  Enjoy the open thread to chat about the Sunday talk shows, share links, and thoughts, or whatever you like.  I’ll look forward to reading your comments when I check back in.

Alright, you’re going to need lots of equipment for this one. Looking glass? Check. Time Machine? Check. Protective forehead padding? Check. First, you’ll need to watch this: “There were numerous instances where she said things that were not accurate that ultimately the campaign had to deal with, and that opened the door to criticism that [...]

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Just in case you missed this one, Sarah Palin made Ed Schultz’ “Psycho Talk” segment.  Politifact chose “Death Panels” as the number one lie of 2009, and she just keeps doing it to … death.  I suppose now she’s technically entered the same [...]

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 [...]

Dan Sullivan can ‘shovel it’ with the best of ‘em. But the Young Democrats can shovel too … only the four-letter “S word” they’re shoveling is snow. The life of a municipal snowflake has a cycle. It goes something like this – Snowflake falls out of cloud, snowflake lands on road, snowflake meets grader and [...]

OK, ladies and gents.  Sunday Night – 60 Minutes.  Former McCain campaign advisor and Sarah Palin’s favorite Going Rogue whipping boy Steve Schmidt will be interviewed.  Along with him will be the two authors of the forthcoming book Game Changer, about the 2008 presidential campaign.  Hundreds of Democratic and Republican insiders were interviewed for what [...]

If my last computer was driven by an aging hamster on a wheel, my new one is controlled by this guy.  Yes, I have RAM!  8 megs gigs of it, to be precise.  It’s a beautiful thing.  And I’m a happy camper.  The process is complete, and The Mudflats is now better…. stronger…. faster!  We [...]

Ahhh…. It’s a beautiful day in Seward, Alaska – one of the greatest spots on the face of the Earth.  I fell head over heels in love with Seward the first time I went.  Misty fjords, cute harborside restaurants and shops, waterfalls, wildflowers, hanging glaciers, spruce forest, sea lions swimming along the shore, whales breaching [...]

I arrived at the School District Building not knowing quite what to expect.  Armed with Blackberry, camera and a plate of banana brownies I headed into the unknown.  Last year at the election meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, there were 65 people in attendance.  I hoped [...]

Harry Crawford is someone that I’ve known since before I became involved in matters political.  When I first put up an “About” page on Mudflats, I wrote this: I am also fortunate to count as my friends some of those who hold elected office in this state, and remind me by example that there are [...]

Sometimes the only thing better than having a good rant, is sitting back and eating a snack food while listening to someone else do it. Then you can just sit back and interject, “Uh huh’s” and “You go’s” and “Tell it to me, sister’s.” The first thing that happened was that Sarah Palin ranted on [...]

~Half of the line waiting to enter the main room and collect a ballot. Well, for those of you waiting for the election results for the Citizens Advisory Committee to the AK Dept of Fish & Game, they are in.  I wish the news was better. We did not win one seat.  Now, granted, the [...]

Just when you thought things couldn’t sink any lower, they drain the pool and start digging. There are new developments in the recently disclosed Bristol Palin v. Levi Johnston custody case.  The Palin half of Palin v. Johnston wanted to keep the identities of the parties pseudonymous – Jane and John Doe. Of course,  a [...]