Posted by The Mudflats on May 30, 2009 · 106 Comments
“The feds.” It’s a slang term that most of us are used to seeing after the words “seized by” or before the words “raided the house.” It’s never said with respect or fondness. Rarely do you hear someone say “the feds are trying to give me money,” or “the feds want to weatherize my house.” And never have I heard a governor of one of the 50 states, that is actually part of the country, call the federal government “the feds.” I would no more expect that than I would expect to hear them talk about “the fuzz” or “the coppers.” But…
Category Alaska Legislature, APOC, Bang it, Election 2012, Republicans, Rural Issues, Sarah Palin, Skulduggery, Strategery · Tags Mike Hawker, Palin op-ed, Palin stimulus, Sarah Palin energy
Posted by The Mudflats on May 26, 2009 · 78 Comments
Governor Palin has requested assistance from (dum da dum dum) the federal government. (Imagine that “federal government” part done in some kind of creepy, drippy Halloween font). Shortly after the Federal Emergency Management Agency had arrived in Alaska last week, the Governor announced that she had decided to ask for a damage assessment. That was very convenient, of course, because they were already here doing one. And now the governor is requesting a federal disaster declaration so that Alaska may be eligible for federal money to help in relief efforts. She’s so eager for the federal money, apparently, that she’s not even waiting…
Posted by The Mudflats on May 23, 2009 · 52 Comments
Add another voice to the growing number of Alaskans who have just had it up to their eyeballs with the governor’s rejection of stimulus money designated for energy efficiency. Beyond the slap-in-the-face obvious fact that this is Alaska, and might just be a good idea to promote energy efficiency, you’d have to have your head in a bag to not “get” that this has nothing to do with Alaska, nothing to do with our economy, and everything to do with a certain governor’s dreams of grandeur, and higher political aspirations. And all that can be bundled up in one handy…
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…
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 Jeanne Devon on April 21, 2009 · 124 Comments
(Rubbing temples, and getting a glass of wine) OK….I’ve been through the Palin press conference from Sunday night. Twice. And I’ve chosen some little nuggets for you. Overall, my impression of Palin is that she spoke, and carried herself just like she did after the election on November 4th when she was met by the media in her office her first day back on the job. In other words, she does not look happy. On Parental Consent for Abortion “Too many senators failed to see the problem with seeing a 13 year old girl facing life changing and dangerous decision…
Category Environment, Sarah Palin · Tags Alaska stimulus money, beluga whales, Palin, Palin AG, Palin budget, Palin Ross, Palin stimulus, parental consent, polar bears, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross
