Posted by The Mudflats on May 11, 2009 · 46 Comments
So, here’s the scenario: Sarah Palin praises the Obama administration. Yes, this has actually happened. Palin did it once before, when she praised Obama’s energy plan. But that was before her nomination as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate, after which she did a turnabout quicker than you can say “Drill, Baby Drill!” But now it has happened again. And it means that either Sarah Palin has suddenly been struck on the head by a blunt object, rendering her capable of siding with someone who is not only on the other side, but also a “fed”, or it means that the Obama administration…
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Category Alaska, Barack Obama, Environment, Sarah Palin, Skulduggery, Strategery · Tags arctic ice, climate change, Department of the Interior, endangered species act, global warming, Ken Salazar, Obama polar bears, Palin polar bears, polar bears, Sarah Palin
Posted by The Mudflats on May 9, 2009 · 66 Comments
The First Dude’s East Coast Tour continues. Tonight, he was the guest of Fox News at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Wanda Sykes was the roaster du soir. The cameras missed the money shot. Todd Palin was nowhere to be seen when this little zinger came: Governor Palin…she’s not here tonight. She pulled out at the last minute. You know, somebody should tell her that’s not really how you practice abstinence. (audience laughs, gasps and says ooooooo) Oh, shut up. Come on, you’re going to be telling that one tomorrow. (laughter) [Open Thread is still active for off-topic posts]
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Category Barack Obama, Humor, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Uncategorized · Tags Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Todd Palin whitehouse dinner, Wanda Sykes, Whitehouse correspondents dinner, Whitehouse dinner
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 5, 2009 · 112 Comments
Get ready folks. A bunch of conservative presidential wannabees is coming to a town near you for a warm fuzzy “listening tour.” I can see them all now, with their elbows on the table, and their little chins cupped in their hands, heads tilted to the side and gazing into the eyes of whatever few Republicans are left in the rapidly shrinking party. Watching the death throes of the party has been morbidly fascinating. I guess they figured out that after 8 years of doing whatever they wanted, and the subsequent careening down the slippery slope of wingnuttery, most people weren’t…
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Posted by The Mudflats on May 2, 2009 · 91 Comments
Conservatives are all….”a-Twitter” (as you’ll see below) about the fact that, as we all knew, the President of the United States will actually be appointing a justice to the Supreme Court. David Souter today announced that he will be stepping down in June. Here’s what President Obama had to say today when he interrupted a press briefing to address the issue: Now, the process of selecting someone to replace Justice Souter is among my most serious responsibilities as president, so I will seek somebody with a sharp and independent mind and a record of excellence and integrity. I will seek someone who…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 19, 2009 · 112 Comments
Swan Song Alaska has two common species of swans; trumpeter swans and tundra swans. The tundra swan is absolutely striking, with black bill and black feet. It is also known as the “whistling swan” because of the noise its powerful slow wing beats make in flight. To see a pair of tundra swans nesting on a misty lake, is absolutely, breathtakingly magical. A grim death toll of migrating tundra swans is again being observed at northern Idaho marshes contaminated with toxic mining waste. Thousands of swans headed for breeding grounds in Alaska stop each spring at the marshes along the Coeur…
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