Posted by Jeanne Devon on December 3, 2010 · 82 Comments
Even though I reside in the “opposite corner” of the U.S., the gentleman from Florida speaks for me and so many others. This clip shows why he was high on the list of those targeted by the right. I’m so glad he’s going out swinging.
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 19, 2010 · 301 Comments
Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama in Racially Charged Passage from New Book by Geoffrey Dunn In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin — the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United States — has taken another cheap shot at First Lady Michelle Obama. In a passage on perceptions of racial inequality in the United States, Palin slams President Barack Obama, who, she asserts, “seems to believe” that “America — at least America as it currently exists — is a fundamentally unjust and unequal country.” And…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 11, 2010 · 20 Comments
My thoughts today turn to the special veterans in my life. This year, those thoughts are sadder with the passing in July of a special man, Vietnam Veteran, and dear friend Maurice Bailey. Mo served as leader of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Wasilla Chapter and was founder of the Veteran’s Aviation Outreach, whose primary focus was to help the forgotten vets across the state especially in Rural Alaska. Bailey was also awarded the Alaska Governor’s Veterans Advocacy Award in 2007. From Senator Mark Begich’s comments on Mo’s death: “Mo’s tireless efforts on behalf of rural veterans were instrumental…
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Category Barack Obama, Election 2010, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Teabaggery, Uncategorized, Veterans · Tags Barack Obama, Federal Employment, Mo Bailey, Paula Frueh, Republicans, Veterans day
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 3, 2010 · 50 Comments
I’ll be online today, Wednesday November 3, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, 11 a.m. Pacific, 10 a.m. Alaska time to take questions on the election results in Alaska, and how they will impact the state and the rest of the country. You can submit questions for the queue HERE. I look forward to discusssing what is perhaps the most interesting senate race in the country. It is certainly the most complicated. ***UPDATE*** I got some great questions from Washington Post readers today. I didn’t get the chance to answer them all, but you can read the Q&A by clicking HERE.
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 23, 2010 · 80 Comments
By Elstun Lauesen The most interesting meeting on Day 2 of the AFN Conference was on Village Survival! It wasn’t held at AFN. It wasn’t on the official AFN agenda. It was held miles away from the Carlson Center. It was a government-to-government consultation held with Alaska Tribal Leaders well away from the AFN venue. Mike Williams, Chief of Akiak Yupiit, sobriety advocate and mental health counselor organized the meeting while the Undersecretary for Indian Affairs, Larry Echohawk was in town for AFN. But the nature of the meeting, electric with a sense of urgency, required that the Tribal representatives…
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Category Alaska, Alaska Senate Race, Bang it, Barack Obama, Election 2010, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Rural Issues, Ted Stevens · Tags 8(a), AFN convention, Alaska Native corporations, Alaska Native Tribes, ANCSA, Ted Stevens Alaska Natives
Posted by Jeanne Devon on July 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Just coming in is news that the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico has been capped, and that no more oil is flowing. This from the New York Times: “I am very excited that there’s no oil in the Gulf of Mexico,” Kent Wells, a senior vice president for BP said in a teleconference on Thursday, “but we just started the test and I don’t want to create a false sense of excitement.” Umm. I don’t know who’s going to break it to the unfortunately named Kent Wells, but there are still, in fact, hundreds of millions of gallons of…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 16, 2010 · 421 Comments
OK, Mudflatters… It’s been a little while since we’ve gone on a group foray into Palin World, but this one I couldn’t resist. This interview was quite something. The “naughty librarian” is nowhere in sight. Palin’s latest incarnation is more like the mean librarian. The one who slams a giant book on the table next to you when she catches you whispering. (Yes, I’m speaking from experience) Tight-lipped, jaw-clenched, death-stare librarian, complete with the Xtra Large helmet shaped bumpit. Fair warning. You’ll find yourself cheering for Bill O’Reilly. I meant to post this last night, but frankly after transcribing into the wee hours of…
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Category Bang it, Barack Obama, Environment, Republicans, Resource Development, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin, Whackjobbery · Tags BP oil spill, foreign assistance oil spill, Gulf oil disaster, Palin O'Reilly, Palin Obama oil spill, Palin oil spill, Palin STFU, Sarah Palin
Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Jason Leopold has written an amazing piece on BP and how they handle safety in Alaska. Here is the article in full, which is cross-posted from Truthout. By Jason Leopold Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess. According to internal BP documents obtained by Truthout, and after interviewing more than a dozen employees over the past month, the Prudhoe Bay oil field, in a remote corner of North America on Alaska’s north shore, is in danger. After two serious oil spills and other mishaps,…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 11, 2009 · 98 Comments
It’s easy to feel sad today, but it’s good to feel as though sadness is being used to create something helpful and worthwhile. This is why, back in April, President Obama declared that 9/11 would be a Day of Service to honor the spirit of those that came together to help each other, and many who lost their own lives in service to others eight years ago today. The idea came from Jay Winuk, whose brother, a corporate lawyer and former volunteer fireman, saw buildings burning and dropped everything to help people out of the tower. His remains were found…
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