~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! What the Shuck? Forgive me for that WTS? moment… I couldn’t resist. Before we get out the oyster knife and cocktail sauce, here’s a question for you all. What’s more to your liking, a roundup post, or several shorter posts during the [...]

Yes, the 20 term Congressman for All Alaskans (who voted for him) has decided that he will attend the State of the Union address for only the third time since 1974. Why isn’t he a regular? “Because I’m an old hunter,” he told APRN. “And when you have the president, the vice president, the speaker of [...]

~Lisa Murkowski and husband Verne Martell when she declared her write-in candidacy. Today, Lisa Murkowski was sworn in for her second full term as U.S. Senator. She was escorted to the swearing in by Murkowski the Elder (Also known as Murkowski the Lesser). Frank the Bank who gave her the seat when he left to [...]

This one is just mind-blowing. Joe Barton (the one who apologized to BP’s Tony Haward for the White House’s “shakedown”) actually asks Energy Secretery Dr. Steven Chu where all that oil in Alaska came from. Barton implies that because oil exists under the Arctic Ocean, then it must have been warmer there once.  Yessirree, the [...]

By Elstun Lauesen I will begin with the end of the suspense. Rumors had been hanging like streamers from the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, making the day enticing to the drama-addicted media from the far reaches of Boston and New York. The closeness of the U. S. Senate race has made Alaska interesting again. Would [...]

Matt Felling of KTVA-11 News had the dubious honor of sitting down with the Congressman for All Alaskans (who voted for him) and chatted about the Constitution and its 17… er… 27 amendments, Joe Miller, and the infamous Coconut Road scandal. MTF: You’re talking about constitutionality and earmarks. Yesterday, the Republican Senate contender for Alaska, [...]

The sign wavers have been out en masse today.  The energy and excitement seem to be trending with Bill Walker whose signs and sign wavers are EVERYwhere!  This is only down the New Seward Highway corridor, so others may have showings elsewhere. In my district, Jennifer Johnston was out waving her own sign with one [...]

The second biggest political corruption investigation in Alaska’s recent memory has been dropped. The biggest one, of course, was Senator Ted Stevens. Ted slipped through the net because of prosecutorial misconduct. And Don? Apparently he’s slipped through too, despite the fact that: 1) Former VECO oil services company CEO, and current resident of the Greybar [...]

The time is now. If we have learned nothing from the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon, then what a waste it has been. We will have proven that humans would rather be ignorant than challenged, would rather sacrifice the future of their children than face change, and would rather risk the only planet we [...]

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Sarah Palin is Think Tankin’! Oh yes, it’s true.  Herself is now sharing her pearls of wisdom and governance via think tank.  Once you’ve finished dabbing your eyes from the tears of laughter, check out the whole post.  But basically the half-ex-gov [...]

SP 2.0 What? Someone in the governor’s mansion in Juneau whose initials are SP is blurring the lines between administrative and campaign functioning?  (hand on heart)  Why I’ve never seen such a thing! Candidates Ralph Samuels (R) and Bill Walker (R) appeared before the Fairbanks Republican Women’s forum Sunday, with (Governor Sean) Parnell (R) participating [...]

There are some politicians that just make it easy. Sarah Palin is one, and Don Young is another. These are the kind of politicians who are just a political blogger’s dream. Because, really all you have to do half the time is just transcribe what they say and share. So, thanks to KTVA channel 11 [...]

  Thick and fast they came at last, and more and more and more!   The “Sarah Palin Effect” From The Catholic Register- A good education and a good job are no barrier to believing in a personal God, according to a University of Toronto sociologist.   But the American-born professor also warns that a close [...]

As  the nation gears up for the most important vote of the Obama administration, tensions are high, and the “Tea Party” Movement has been kind enough to remove the mask.   Reworking a phrase – “Better to remain silent and be thought a bigot, than to speak and remove all doubt.”  Today the Tea Party spoke [...]

During the President’s Day recess from Congress, Don Young (R) was back in Alaska. And then, when the weekend was over, he went home to Washington D.C. Mudflatter J happened to be in the airport with him, and passed on this little tidbit. I flew into Seattle yesterday with Mr. Young. Waiting in line to [...]