Joe Wilson, Meet Rob Miller.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 10, 2009 · 176 Comments
Well, we all know what unfortunate moment will be most remembered from the President’s speech on health care last night; a heckle from another ill-mannered, sophomoric, Republican who is far more interested in disruption than discussion. This time it’s Joe Wilson from … wait for it … South Carolina. It’s been a rough couple months for the thinking folks of South Carolina. Believe me, Alaskans can sympathize. Up until today, Joe Wilson was just another anonymous Southern Republican troglodyte Congressman, unknown to all but the poor people of South Carolina and the most serious horse race junkies. Today, he’s the hyena…
Health Care Advice from a Quitter With No Qualifications.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 9, 2009 · 191 Comments
The sock puppet strikes again. Twice in 24 hours someone calling themselves “Sarah Palin” has written a statement on her Facebook page. I’m pleased that the White House is finally responding to Republican health care ideas instead of pretending they don’t exist.[1] But in doing so President Obama should follow his own sound advice and avoid making “wild misrepresentations”.[2] Medicare vouchers would give everyone on Medicare the chance to decide for themselves which health plan to use, rather than leave that decision to government bureaucrats. Such proposals are the kind of health care reform that Republicans stand for: market-oriented, patient-centered,…
Category Bang it, Barack Obama, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Skulduggery · Tags Palin, Palin facebook, Palin health care, Palin quitter, Sarah Palin
President Obama Addresses Congress on Health Care Reform.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 9, 2009 · 104 Comments
Looking to watch the President’s Health Care address to the Joint Session of Congress today? Head out to Democratic Party Headquarters at 2602 Fairbanks St. between Fireweed and Northern Lights. The speech starts at 4pm Alaska time. There will also be a conference call with the President’s campaign manager David Plouffe that everyone can listen to after the address. If you can’t be there, you can watch live at www.BarackObama.com. Either way, don’t miss this one. You can live blog it here, and I’ll put up a video when it becomes available.
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Parents Revolt – Too Angry to Scrapbook!
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 7, 2009 · 57 Comments
OK wingnut moms and dads across the nation. Here’s a final word to convince you that you’re doing the right thing by keeping your kids out of school to protest the president telling them to stay in school. Yeah…that’ll show ’em! This spoof is quite hilarious.
Category Barack Obama, Humor, Republicans, Whackjobbery · Tags Obama school speech, Republican parents, wingnuts
President Obama’s Speech to School Children
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 7, 2009 · 91 Comments
OK, everybody… Ready for the big scary indoctrination? Ready for some kind of evil fascist-communist-Democrat-Marxist-eepycreepyist propoganda that will be crammed down the throats of innocent school children turning them into librul slaves of their evil Obamacrat Overlords? Hide the children! They’re about to be told to never give up. They’re about to be encouraged to READ and attend school, and set goals for themselves! They’re about to be reminded of their potential and given inspiring stories of other children who have risen above circumstance and succeeded! Keep them home! Inspiration, hope and a good work ethic is the first step…
Category Barack Obama, Republicans, Whackjobbery · Tags
Organizing for America Rally in Anchorage
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 6, 2009 · 23 Comments
About 200 supporters of health care reform showed up at Romig Middle School Thursday night to send a message to Alaska’s Senators. Alaskans want real reform, now. Soon to be gubernatorial candidate Ethan Berkowitz was there, in addition to Rep. Sharon Cissna, Senator Johnny Ellis, Shawna Thoma from Mark Begich’s Anchorage office, and others I’m sure I missed. ~~Ethan Berkowitz~~ Johnathan Teeters and Sarah Mouricade of Organizing for America ran the show, talked about what has been done so far, showed a couple videos, and took a phone call from Senator Mark Begich who is currently on his way to…
Category Barack Obama, Ethan Berkowitz, Mark Begich · Tags
Spam of the Week
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 5, 2009 · 103 Comments
I got a hilarious email on Friday about the whole “The President of the United States is going to indoctrinate our children with the love of learning” thing. It was one of those snarky ones that used satire to the extreme to illustrate how truly insane 10% of the country really is. It started off like this: Law-Breaker-in-Chief: Obama Violates Federal Law to Indoctrinate Your Children Washington, DC – In what many analysts believe is both an unprecedented and wildly inappropriate partisan move, President Obama has announced that on Tuesday, September 8, he will do an end run around parents…
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Odds and Ends – Cabbage, Landfill, Venom and Mud.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 4, 2009 · 94 Comments
Pass the Slaw! Those long summer days always make the giant vegetable exhibit at the Alaska State Fair interesting. This year was even more exciting than usual…if you consider staring at giant vegetables exciting. A world record green cabbage tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, with a 21-inch diameter head, and a leaf span of about 5 feet. In the shadow of the giant cabbage was another world record breaker, an 82.9 pound rutabega. Dump da Dump Dump… The City of Emmonak is about to receive a $3.2 million loan and a $1.4 million grant from stimulus money to construct…
Category Barack Obama, Environment, Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Shake it, Strategery · Tags Alaska State Fair, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CREW, Emmonak landfill, giant cabbage, giant rutabega, giant vegetables, Levi Johnston, Meg Stapleton, Mudflats, Obama, Palin facebook, Sarah Palin, White House visitors
A Year of Sarah Palin. What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 29, 2009 · 93 Comments
[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post] What a difference a year makes. A year ago today, after being stunned by McCain’s VP pick, I had finished writing a piece called “What Is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective.” It’s hard to imagine a time when the country was asking “Sarah Who?” but it was only one short year ago. One of the selling features of Sarah Palin was her astronomically high approval ratings in the state of Alaska. After all, how could a governor have positives in the high 80s or low 90s and be anything less than an…
Category Alaska, Barack Obama, Election 2008, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin, Strategery, Todd Palin, Troopergate, Whackjobbery · Tags Andrew Halcro, Barack Obama, Geoffrey Dunn, John McCain, Palin anniversary, Palin bloggers, Palin ethics complaints, Palin media, Palin nomination, Palin Obama, Palin VP pick, Sarah Palin
P-Day: Sarah Palin One Year Later
Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 28, 2009 · 177 Comments
You gotta love John Ziegler (above getting punked by Mudflats mascot Brian the Moose). One year ago today, Sarah Palin was foisted on the unsuspecting public in a mavericky move to top all previous mavericky moves by Senator John McCain, and John Ziegler begame her super dooper #1 fan, happily devoting his life to ride shot-gun in her race to oblivion. After seeing him in person at the screening of his puff-umenatry film on Sarah Palin called Media Malpractice: How Obama got Elected and Palin was Targeted, I left wondering how the half-full theatre in Anchorage Alaska could actually manage to…