The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

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Oil Spill Response from “Behind Enemy Lines”

This is Kindra Arnesen, a Venice Louisiana resident who reports on the spill, the clean up, and the cover up as she saw it from the inside with full security clearance. Cost-cutting, “ponies and balloons,” sickness, and media blackout. “We are expendable to these people. We do not matter.” The video is 15 minutes long, [...]
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Mr. Begich Goes to Washington and Meets the Filibuster.

Lisa Murkowski used to be my favorite senator. Granted, that’s only because Ted Stevens was my other one. Even Ted Stevens used to be my favorite senator. Granted that’s only because the other one was Frank Murkowski. It was all a matter of perspective. But those were the old days. Now, Frank Murkowski is relegated [...]
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Getting “Ford Tough” on Fox News.

So, what to do.  The man who was the object of Bill O’Reilly’s vitriol is now dead. And O’Reilly is now, officially an unrepentant instigator, a terrorist muse of sorts.  Here’s what he had to say about the incident. When I heard about Tiller’s murder, I knew pro-abortion zealots and Fox News haters would attempt [...]
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Palin Gets the Aluminum! But Will She “Get Motivated?”

Trying to get kids to use seat belts can be a daunting task.  Even when mine were small and told me they had seatbelts on, I always used the “trust but verify” rule.  When driving together as a family, we’d have a carload of four.  And one day wefigured out an ingenious solution.  Putting on seat [...]