Posted by The Mudflats on May 8, 2009 · 59 Comments
Budget cuts. That’s where the rubber meets the road for fiscal conservatives. Sarah Palin’s been talking a big game about fiscal conservatism. Alaskans adored Ted Stevens and Don Young and re-elected them for term after term after term (etc.) because they could bring home the pork, baby. Don Young’s well-attended annual fundraiser is actually a pig roast. On purpose. And Alaskan pork isn’t all horrible and unfair. We have challenges in transportation, scattered rural populations, and building infrastructure that other states cannot even fathom. And we give a lot back to the nation in terms of mineral resources, awesome fish, and a…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Barack Obama, Don Young, Election 2012, Environment, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Republicans, Rural Issues, Sarah Palin, Strategery, Ted Stevens, Uncategorized · Tags Alaska budget cuts, Denali Commission, Don Young, Federal budget Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Palin energy, Palin stimulus, Sarah Palin
Posted by The Mudflats on May 1, 2009 · 53 Comments
Don Young Twitterjacked! Oh, the Twitter fun just never ends. Not only is the good governor tweeting up a storm on her brand new Twitter account, but so is Don Young…..or so we thought. Turns out that according to Young’s office an imposter has been tweeting weird stuff using the name and image of Don Young, and Palin was briefly taken in and followed the scoundrel on her own Twitter account! Now that the jig is up, he’s been un-followed. And on an amusing note, Mudflats, too, was briefly on the governor’s “follow” list and then removed. Interesting… The Dirty Truth About…
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Category Don Young, Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Skulduggery · Tags Alaska oil, Ann Strongheart, Chevron oil, Don Young congress, Don Young Twitter, Drift River, Drift River oil, Mark Begich, Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin twitter
