Behind The Irony Curtain

Requiem for a Dream

2012-01-21T16:05:00.000-08:00

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Neil Davis takes 'A Citizen's Look at Oil Taxation'

2012-01-03T21:00:00.000-08:00

Neil Davis takes 'A Citizen's Look at Oil Taxation': UPDATE: Laurie Fagnani, president of the marketing firm MSI Communications, said that the Make Alaska Competitive Coalition is not funded by the Alliance, as alleged by Davis. She also said that h...

Alaska Energy Dudes and Divas: Permitting under way; Repsol presents lease plan ...

2011-09-26T21:10:00.000-07:00

Alaska Energy Dudes and Divas: Permitting under way; Repsol presents lease plan ...: Eric Lidji For Petroleum New s Repsol YPF S.A. is planning to conduct one of the broadest single-season North Slope exploration campaigns i...

We Who Are Your Closest Friends

2011-07-23T15:40:00.000-07:00

[Note- I heard this on Keillor's 'Writer's Almanac"; it is simply brilliant in its smoldering effectiveness. There are sometimes in our lives, narcissistic personalities who see themselves as victims, who view their lives as a fateful target and who exhaust us with constant emotional demands of their squid-like ego they keep ensconced in a grainy twisted clamshell.-Dagoog] We Who Are Your

A Roundup of My Favorite Rapture Images circa May 21, 2011

2011-05-24T16:04:00.000-07:00

Two Views of the Movie "Atlas Shrugged"

2011-04-22T15:15:00.000-07:00

View One. The Tea Party Express. Normally we're not too focused on what movies are playing in local cinemas, but the release of Atlas Shrugged The Movie (based on Ayn Rand's monumental book) has become a seminal event in the tea party movement. And we've got some good news to report to you on the success of this movie that has liberal film critics up in arms. In its debut weekend, Atlas

Oil Tax Winners & Losers

2011-04-18T01:01:00.000-07:00

In any language, oil tax haste a bad idea COMPASS: Other points of view By ELSTUN LAUESEN (04/16/11 19:01:50) Scott Hawkins' compass piece attacking the Senate ("Senate stands idle as pipeline dries up," April 14) for resisting lobbyists pushing for oil tax breaks is a classic piece of rhetoric and should be studied in all classrooms for its flaws. First, Hawkins commits the

Let The Big Dog Out!

2011-04-11T15:57:00.000-07:00

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How To Bargain With An Oil Company For Its Tax Break

2011-03-24T01:31:00.000-07:00

If Conoco-Phillips wants a 40% reduction in oil taxes in Alaska, here is what I would ask for in return: Move CP's R & D unit to Alaska and finance it with part of the tax roll back. Alaskans have this crazy notion that if only the oil companies invest in field exploration and development that the next 30 years will be jut like the last 30. Well--that ain't gonna happen. Why? Because it is not in

Parnell's Own Advisor Refuses To Endorse HB 110

2011-03-22T16:45:00.000-07:00

This is an excerpt from the Teamster's Legislative Newsletter: "The Governor has said the state would continue to receive its fair share of revenue, while establishing a secure investment climate for our industry. A consultant hired by the Administration, Rich Ruggiero, stated in his testimony last week to the House Resource committee that he was not endorsing the Governor’s bill, but did

Senator Bill Wielechowski Defends ACES: Moore Up North, Taped 03/03.11

2011-03-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

Part 2: Senator Bill Wielechowski Defends ACES: Moore Up North, Taped 03/03.11

2011-03-19T09:33:00.000-07:00

Part 3: Senator Bill Wielechowski Defends ACES: Moore Up North, Taped 03/03.11

2011-03-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Part4 Senator Bill Wielechowski Defends ACES: Moore Up North Taped 03/03/11

2011-03-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hey America! Know Thyself; Know thy Enemy...

2011-03-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130845545Speaking Truth To Power is often invoked when one describes a face-off between a David against a Goliath. 'The Little Guy' for example, facing a Big Government Bureaucrat or a whistle-blower confronting a Big Corporate Fat Cat. It is less often used when the abuser of power is the people themselves. In this case, the power is free

Maddow On Why There Are Two Parties, Economic Populism, & Ds Find Spine-Great Sermon

2011-03-03T00:41:00.000-08:00

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Shades of the Thirties in Battle Against Unions | BuzzFlash.org

2011-03-01T02:01:00.000-08:00

M2K note: The image pasted into this lead for the excellent historical perspective by Dick Meister is an illustration of the messaging to support Roosevelt's intervention with the labor strife largely fomented by Capitalists in the 1930s. It shows "Dr. Uncle Sam" booting out the Capitalist lackey in his top hat and giving nurture to Labor. Among other things, Roosevelt pushed the National Labor

Letter from Here: Note to Gov. Walker: Think the people are going away just because you locked them out?

2011-03-01T01:39:00.000-08:00

Letter from Here: Note to Gov. Walker: Think the people are going away just because you locked them out?

Scott Walker Studying Up on How to Close the Capitol | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2011-03-01T01:37:00.000-08:00

Scott Walker Studying Up on How to Close the Capitol | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Revolver Map!

2011-02-22T16:19:00.000-08:00

Cool Java App I just posted to the left. You can post it on your site as well...it keeps track of visitors. Note I have been back 3 or 4 times since I embedded the code.

Tea Party Governor Walker An Incompetent Ideologue

2011-02-22T10:53:00.000-08:00

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/rachel-maddow-asks-when-democrats-are-goin Walker’s Gone, But We Are Still Stuck With His Bills: But it was Scott Walker who got all the presents, and the tax payers who got stuck with the bills. In the fall of 2009, as our elected leaders were hashing out the 2010 budget, Scott Walker included a plan to privatize the security guards at the Courthouse

Found Metanoia2k rant from August, 2008

2011-02-21T14:41:00.000-08:00

Responding to the linked piece. "Oh for crying out loud, another Bush apologist lards on the grease to help the club footed Bush II legacy squeeze into the princess slipper of history. Poor misunderstood George. According to Rosen, the administration "... tries to get its message out but not vigorously or shrewdly enough to actually succeed. Abysmal marketing has plagued the White House since

Meditation on Madison: Dictator Reagan Deposed After 30 Years of Rule!

2011-02-18T02:12:00.000-08:00

A conservative friend of mine seemed shocked when I likened the revolt in Madison, Wisconsin to the uprising in Cairo, Egypt. "That's absurd" he said. We don't live in a dictatorship. Why, you even have Obama as president!" I granted him that things did appear to be different on the surface. We have freedoms of speech...in theory. We have freedom of the press...in theory. We are an open and

In strong defense of public sector employees. « Dramatic Apathy

2011-02-17T23:30:00.000-08:00

In strong defense of public sector employees. « Dramatic Apathy

Minuteman Killer Shawna Forde: Member of FAIR

2011-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:00

FAIR is establishing a foothold in Alaska. Paul Bauer, currently running for Anchorage Municipal Assembly against Mike Gutierrez, is the organizer of the Alaska Chapter. The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled FAIR a 'hate group'. Shawna Forde was convicted today on a number of criminal charges including the murder of a 9-year old girl and her father. The charges stem from a

Film Revolution!

2011-02-04T09:37:00.000-08:00

A New Studio System Will Revolutionize The Film Industry

Buddhist Economics? 'Value of Nothing' Author Raj Patel Charts a Middle Path - DailyFinance

2011-02-04T09:29:00.000-08:00

Buddhist Economics? 'Value of Nothing' Author Raj Patel Charts a Middle Path - DailyFinance

Jamie Kilstein-Excellent Political Analysis

2011-02-04T01:22:00.000-08:00

Verizon Set To Throttle Thousands Of iPhone Users

2011-02-03T17:26:00.000-08:00

Verizon Set To Throttle Thousands Of iPhone Users

YouTube - AlJazeeraEnglish's Channel

2011-01-28T21:31:00.000-08:00

YouTube - AlJazeeraEnglish's Channel

Al Jazeera You Tube Player

2011-01-28T21:29:00.001-08:00

2011-01-28T21:15:00.001-08:00

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The Shooting of Gabby Giffords Has Put Sarah In Her Place

2011-01-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

THE LESSON OF CAMPAIGN 2010? CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM NOW!

2010-11-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

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How Many Votes Will Lisa Murkowski Get in Kivalina

2010-10-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

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Eric Boehlert: Glenn Beck's Incendiary Angst Is Dangerously Close to Having a Body Count

2010-07-27T12:06:00.000-07:00

Eric Boehlert: Glenn Beck's Incendiary Angst Is Dangerously Close to Having a Body CountThis is the critical point to those conservatives who bother to discuss Beck. He is fostering violence. He is a terrorist Ayatollah of the Right in America!

Bilin Journal - In Village, Palestinians See Model for Their Cause - NYTimes.com

2010-07-12T02:05:00.000-07:00

Bilin Journal - In Village, Palestinians See Model for Their Cause - NYTimes.com"The Palestinian village of Bilin lost half its land to the settlement of Modiin Illit and the barrier and took its complaint to Israel’s highest court. Two years ago, the court handed it an unusual victory. It ordered the settlement to stop building its new neighborhood and ordered the Israeli military to move the

World Music Blog | Link TV

2010-07-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

World Music Blog | Link TV

2010-07-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

-Photo by SoulVisionNever Let Me Go.the wind lofts me from the yellow dying heartof the Mother.three sisters togetherin the airwith memory only of clingingnow that we are naked& aloft without pod or soilkeep us closesilky strands that bind us must never pull apart lest terra incognita smother me in strangeness all alonebut forces are cleaving useven as the sun dries my tearsand I let goand fall

Louisiana renews request for mental health funding from BP | NOLA.com

2010-07-01T13:04:00.000-07:00

Louisiana renews request for mental health funding from BP | NOLA.com[Louisiana DHHS Director] Levine's letter explained his concerns over an "emerging behavioral health crisis" -- Louisiana Spirit counselors embedded in the impacted communities have already begun to report increased anxiety, depression, and alcohol consumption in their patients, an observation that community-based organizations

Touchdown Jesus meets the Cult of Palin | Ekklesia

2010-06-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

Touchdown Jesus meets the Cult of Palin | EkklesiaA nicely drawn article relating Sarah to kitsch.

POLITICO: Palin allies launch new legal defense fund, citing 'witch hunt' - Ben Smith - Palin allies launch new legal defense fund, citing 'witch hunt'

2010-06-24T22:06:00.000-07:00

More manufactured victimization to enrage and inspire the weak-minded members of her Cult. This ought to be good for a few hundred thousand. "Look, there's Sarah on that crushed velvet cross looking so hot and martyry...Ok...pout...*click* Perfect, Sarah, now dismount from the cross and go shopping for some new shoes!"

Gulf oil spill: Boat captain, despondent over spill, commits suicide

2010-06-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

Gulf oil spill: Boat captain, despondent over spill, commits suicide

Conservative media defend BP against “shakedowns,” “show trials,” and environmentalists at least 62 times « The Fifth Column

2010-06-23T18:50:00.000-07:00

Conservative media defend BP against “shakedowns,” “show trials,” and environmentalists at least 62 times « The Fifth ColumnThe Republicans, rather their 'Conservative' media echo chamber, are proving themselves to be like the Price Regent in the Blackadder series, oblivious to the most obvious of things that concern the rest of us. After years of 'riding shotgun' in the gold-plated National

Great Anti-Meg Whitman Ad..."A" for Creativity.

2010-06-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

KWAN,Tainted love

2010-06-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

2010-06-20T22:35:00.001-07:00

Rahm: Want To Know The Difference Between Republicans & Democrats? Look At Joe Barton!

2010-06-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

Rand Paul Offers Sympathy For Joe Barton: I Know What A Pile-On Feels Like

2010-06-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

Rand Paul Offers Sympathy For Joe Barton: I Know What A Pile-On Feels LikeSarah Palin Endorsed Him; Now She Owns Him!

CALL "SORRY" JOE BARTON!

2010-06-17T12:47:00.000-07:00

Thank you for contacting me. If you need immediate assistance please call my Washington office at 202.225.2002

Reporters clash with Coast Guard, BP security - Yahoo! News

2010-06-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

Reporters clash with Coast Guard, BP security - Yahoo! NewsIt is becoming a battle for information--literally!

Shades of Exxon V Baker: Transocean Invokes Maritime Law To Limit Liability

2010-06-14T12:44:00.000-07:00

[Image to left by Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press of Steven Newman, president and CEO of Transocean Limited, testifies during a House subcommittee hearing on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.]The article below ran May 13, 2010 and I missed it. I wrote an article that ran in the Anchorage Daily News a couple of years ago objecting to the Supreme Court's decision in Exxon v Baker to permit the

Huge Mineral Find in Afghanistan

2010-06-14T01:35:00.000-07:00

Maybe Pebble isn't so attractive anymore.

Riki Ott: From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence

2010-06-12T13:43:00.000-07:00

Riki Ott: From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying EvidenceBP and the "North To The Future" Foundation gave the University of Alaska a million dollars to archive Ted Stevens' boxes of papers. Thank you, BP. I wonder why they liked Ted Stevens so much? Anyway...interesting report from Dr. Ott.

The Next Stage of Human Evolution: A Unitary Consciousness

2010-06-11T15:53:00.000-07:00

Let's picture an orb. We can travel around it like a sun, but this orb is so dense that the equilibrium of the escape velocity of light equals v(1/v+1), meaning that the quantum of resistance is some factor greater than the velocity of light. Gases and the elemental layers are divided by their specific gravity and compressed so greatly that isotropic static from electrons in excess of the quantum

Abby Sunderland is alive and apparently safe aboard her damaged sailboat

2010-06-11T01:41:00.000-07:00

Abby Sunderland is alive and apparently safe aboard her damaged sailboatGreat news!

BP Logo Redesign Contest (PHOTOS)

2010-06-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

BP Logo Redesign Contest (PHOTOS)I LOVE this!

Abby Sunderland Feared Lost At Sea

2010-06-10T11:27:00.000-07:00

Abby Sunderland Feared Lost At SeaThis is terrible. If you believe in it, pray for her...~e

BP's Continued Denial Of Underwater Plumes Provokes Ridicule

2010-06-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

by Dan FroomkinAn oceanographer just back from two weeks of taking water samples in the Gulf of Mexico told a House panel on Wednesday that BP officials are utterly wrong to keep saying there are no large masses of oil lurking below the surface."I think part of the problem is that it depends on what the definition of 'large' is," said Samantha Joye, a senior marine scientist at the University of

John Lundberg: Physicist Decodes a Walt Whitman Poem

2010-06-09T06:35:00.000-07:00

John Lundberg: Physicist Decodes a Walt Whitman Poem

Mayor Dan & The Wing Nut: Moves on the Political Chessboard

2010-06-08T17:10:00.000-07:00

David William Bronson has a profile that the profiler in "24" would say screams of Right-Wing nuttery. Bronson was born in Wisconsin, as famous for its "treaty beer" and militias as it is for great football and a top flight State University system. Wisconsin has given birth to the good, the bad and the ugly. The good is Fightin' Bob LaFollette the founder of the progressive wing of the Republican

2010-06-08T02:28:00.000-07:00

The following is a list of 2 years of notes and commentary that I have posted on Facebook. In going over this list--as part of my garage cleaning in preparation for shutting down--I realize a few things: I have a lot to say and I put in a lot of work saying it and Facebook sucks as a medium of serious expression. The fact that FB notes does not permit rich text is one example of FB's limits. I

Brilliant Ad by Move On: "Health Insurance Public Option"

2009-10-22T09:51:00.000-07:00

Homeless Encampment Tour, Anchorage, Alaska October 2009

2009-10-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

Fareed Zakaria Interviews The Dalai Lama

2009-10-19T21:30:00.000-07:00

The New Haven Fire Fighters & The Supremacist Court

2009-06-29T13:52:00.000-07:00

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.The Decision was 5-4, with the usual alignment. Justice Ginsberg's dissent is especially powerful, smacking the Right-Wingers with her comment that it is "understandable"

The Price of Silence-An Awesome Video!

2009-06-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

President Cool Plays It Right

2009-06-23T12:09:00.000-07:00

President Cool Plays It RightBy Richard CohenTuesday, June 23, 2009 The Washington PostThe foreign policy sins of the United States fall into two categories: commission and omission. The commission ones include the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, and a one-time Latin American policy tailored to the needs of United Fruit Co. The sins of omission are less well-known. They include the failure to redeem

Right-Thinking Realism

2009-06-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

>Note. A former Bush State Department Official says that President Obama is striking the right tone on Iran and would be advised to ignore critics on the Right.Right-Thinking RealismBy Paul J. SaundersMonday, June 22, 2009The Washington PostAttacks are mounting against President Obama for failing to offer sufficient support to backers of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Iran, with

Can You Say Irony?

2009-06-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

This post from a Facebook Friend:"Can You Say Irony...I knew You Could:Andree McLoed has posted this on the ADN in regards to the story about Rep Bob Lynn wanting ethics complaints to be kept secret…….Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chairwoman Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning amid frustration that she is being forced to keep silent about ethics allegations against Republican

This Stuff Drives The Republicans Nuts!

2009-06-11T14:51:00.001-07:00

President Obama demonstrates a quality that drives the Right crazy--his ability to be spontaneous and maintain his zen-like cool. If George Bush did something like this, Fox would have been gushing all kibnds of sticky stuff through your cable box. Instead, they sneer at O helping a "kid skip school

The Irony of Right Wing Attacks on Judge Sotomayor

2009-05-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

“To Thine Own Self Be True”, the advice of the Oracle of Delphi; true then, absolutely true now. Sotomayor is being damned by Right for speaking openly about the affects of her background...gender, race AND class. When she discussed the differences her perspectives bring to the bench than a “White Male” (quickly grabbed and echoed by the Right-Wing White Males gassing up the airwaves) she WENT ON

Tripping With Al Franken

2009-05-19T16:46:00.000-07:00

When Life Is Only Sacred In The Womb: The Folly of Life as a Political Abstraction

2009-05-08T01:04:00.000-07:00

Harriet and I attended a dinner for Planned Parenthood at the Hilton this evening. It was an uplifting event in which individuals were honored for their hard work supporting the lives of families and children in our community. Planned Parenthood is one of the most important "pro-life" groups I know. They work with "life" in the lower case "l", the gritty, real and difficult life that constitutes

HILLARY LIBERATES THE STATE DEPARTMENT!

2009-01-25T18:23:00.001-08:00

One of the great moments of this transition to power!

McCain and the End of Anti-Government Government

2008-01-29T22:40:00.000-08:00

There is a message in the Florida GOP primary and it would be good for all candidates to listen. When the issues in the campaigns moved from experience to change and then from the war in Iraq to the economy, Mitt Romney’s campaign machine quickly adapted. Romney attacked McCain as being a "liberal" and touted his own experience in the "private sector" as making him qualified to manage the economy

Rice to face subpoena in espionage case

2007-11-02T13:54:00.000-07:00

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press WriterSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice and more than a dozen other current and former intelligence officials must testify about their conversations with pro-Israel lobbyists, a federal judge ruled Friday in an espionage case.Lawyers for two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists facing charges have subpoenaed Rice, National Security Adviser

Theory on why "Conservatism" = Corruption in Alaska

2007-11-01T16:06:00.000-07:00

All of the convicted, indicted, and confessed political criminals are political conservatives. Is that an accident? Hardly. And here is why.In Alaska "Conservative" has become tantamount to to being anti-Government, anti-Regulation, and, basically, anti-Enforcement of rules of conduct with respect to Government. Ironically, these same "Conservatives" pound their hollow chests about Law & Order

Blogger Pachacutec on the Corruption of Telecoms

2007-10-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

This aricle appeared in the Huffington Post of October 11, 2007-m2k[Right, that's crime boss Randall L. Stephenson, CEO of AT&T]Monday I shared a train ride with Jane. She was headed to New York to make an appearance on a panel at NYU, and I was headed to Philly on business.We talked and worked, though Jane was hampered by the failure of her Verizon mobile wireless service to connect her online.

2007-10-11T09:57:00.000-07:00

Monday I shared a train ride with Jane. She was headed to New York to make an appearance on a panel at NYU, and I was headed to Philly on business.We talked and worked, though Jane was hampered by the failure of her Verizon mobile wireless service to connect her online. Why? Because, though she had been told her bill would be bundled with her cellphone service at the time she purchased the

Response To Pete Kott's Theory On Appeal

2007-10-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

Kott asks judge to toss jury decision : commentsPosted by adminPosted: October 9, 2007 - 3:37 pmReturn to Kott asks judge to toss jury decisionadd new comment 8 October 9, 2007 - 4:26pm | metanoia2kThis Is An Interesting Legal Theory Forget "intent", established by the Giver through confession; set aside "force and effect" revealed through recorded conversations in which Kott clearly

Airport security struggles with reality

2007-10-05T16:15:00.000-07:00

ELSTUN LAUESENCOMMENT(Published: October 3, 2007) Do you remember this old joke: A guy comes into a bar wearing a tinfoil hat. He sits down and orders a drink. The bartender asks him about the tinfoil on his head. "I have a mortal fear of being eaten by bears, so I wear this on my head to keep them away." The bartender replies that bears haven't been seen in these parts for years. The customer

Corruption in Alaska

2007-08-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

The insidiousness of corruption is that it is not easily identified by the average person. It works on us incrementally, taking little bites of our Soul at a time. Our religious institutions are no help to us because they portray evil with a capital "E". They make it out to be something grand and apocalyptical when, in fact, it isn't. Evil has a little "e". It is practiced by ordinary people. A

OLBERMAN'S OUTRAGE 1 WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION

2006-12-03T01:10:00.000-08:00

Iraqi coalition on brink of collapse as country descends towards civil war

2006-11-25T14:44:00.000-08:00

Iraqi coalition on brink of collapse as country descends towards civil war· Key ally tells PM to choose between him and Bush · Iranian leaders to meet Talabani at Tehran talksJonathan Steele in Irbil, Robert Tait in Tehran and Julian Borger in WashingtonSaturday November 25, 2006GuardianIraq's precarious government was teetering yesterday as a powerful Shia militia leader threatened to withdraw

HIDEOUS, WRENCHINGLY FUNNY, BRILLIANTLY SICK comedy of the absurd

2006-11-04T09:07:00.000-08:00

The Following was taken off the Yahoo News Boards**********************************************************OH MY GAWD! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAby: meantoannoyuh2k (162/M/Wherever) 11/04/06 11:56 amMsg: 224 of 227 12 recommendations ...someone help me off the floor...OK. KKKonz...You have converted me. I have become a believer in God...Know Why?BECAUSE NO ONE BUT GOD COULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS

2006-11-01T00:30:00.000-08:00

A Memo To Don Young To: Don YoungFrom: An AlaskaVoterSubject: Democracy and Your Conditions of Employment.Don, it has come to my attention that you refuse to campaign for your office. According to the conditions of your employment, you are supposed to stand for election every two years. Let me remind you that “stand for election” doesn’t mean standing thousands of miles away from Alaska in

DON YOUNG, MR. PORK

2006-10-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

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Kim Jong-il Is Crazy, Isn’t He?

2006-10-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

By Michael BreenThe most common assumption overseas about the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, is that he is either crazy or evil.But is he?It is certainly tempting to imagine him pacing his bunker like a lunatic. What impression better fits the leader of a country, which roars at the world?It is also tempting to imagine him as demonic. His brother drowned when they were playing together. No one

Iraq orders US to release Shiite activist

2006-10-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

This is why the U.S. is between a rock and a hard place--get it: "IRAQ and a hard place!!!" HAHAHAHAHAHAH...whew! Forgive me...how inappropriate...but the bizarre policies that are Bush inspire inappropriateness. This story neatly profiles the political, sectarian and military challenges that American Commanders on the ground face. God bless our soldiers, they have an impossible task erected by

time to say sorry for Iraq's agony

2006-10-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

General Sir Richard Dannatt, the army's biggest gun, has blown apart Blair's promises and exposed the disaster our leaders try to hide Mary RiddellSunday October 15, 2006The Observer History will forgive the war on Iraq. Or so Tony Blair told the US Congress in July 2003, as the first cold shadows fell on the invasion. The Prime Minister also warned of 'many further struggles ahead'. He cannot

The Real Reason We Are In Iraq

2006-10-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

"We can't tolerate a new terrorist state in the heart of the Middle East, with large oil reserves that could be used to fund its radical ambitions, or used to inflict economic damage on the West," Bush said in a news conference last week in the Rose Garden.Finally, President Bush has 'fessed up to the real reason we are in Iraq: oil.It's a shame that it took 2,700 young american lives, 20,000

SUCH A BRILLIANT METAPHOR!

2006-10-06T10:11:00.000-07:00

Only Way to the Truth---Torture Hastert

2006-10-05T01:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-dantoniOnly Way to the Truth---Torture Hastert Tom D'AntoniIs there anything worse, in the minds of most Americans than being a sexual predator to underage kids? Why it's right up there with rape and murder. Finding out who in Congress knew about Foley, when did they know it, and why didn't they do anything about it is as important to the nation as finding out

GOP'S REVEALING RESPONSE TO FOLEY SCANDAL

2006-10-04T07:21:00.000-07:00

From Scootmandubious' blog at http://scootmandubious.blogspot.com/2006/10/gops-revealing-response-to-foley.htmlGOP's Revealing Response To Foley Scandal Notice the political cartoon by Mike Shelton in the Orange County Register. I point it out, because it is one of the many variations of a GOP theme to take no responsibility for the Rep. Mike Foley scandal.I have assembled the responses of

Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil's options are limited

2006-10-02T20:04:00.000-07:00

Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil's options are limited - Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff WriterSunday, September 24, 2006 (09-24) 04:00 PDT El Tigre, Venezuela -- On the hot, shrub-covered plains around this dusty, dingy town, an odd courtship is being carried out between the world's most prominent revolutionary and the world's biggest oil companies. Just as there is no love between

Our Pathetic Congress

2006-09-30T11:17:00.000-07:00

Little has been accomplished, too much will be left hanging and what was done was often done badly.By Thomas Mann and Norman OrnsteinSeptember 27, 2006 THE FINAL DAYS of any Congress are never pretty, as lawmakers scramble to finish a string of bills while getting out of town as early as possible to hit the campaign trail. After 37 years in Washington — 18 elections — we are pretty well inured to

Politics and Platitudes Mean Most Vulnerable Will Suffer

2006-09-29T23:57:00.000-07:00

POLITICS AND PLATITUDES MEAN THE MOST VULNERABLE SUFFERIn the days after Katrina, twelve members of Congress sent a joint letter to the major oil companies asking for help. The rising price of oil, the refining crunch and the onset of winter threatened many of the most vulnerable in America with untenable choices.CITGO was the only company to step up and offer help. The current CITGO home heating

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS WHINING ABOUT CHAVEZ; RESPONSE

2006-09-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS EDITORIALTake care of our own Alaska should not let Venezuela embarrass us again next year Published: September 26, 2006 Smart people learn from their mistakes. Or, at least they're supposed to. In this case, it was a mistake for the Legislature not to approve the governor's request for additional state funding to help keep low-income Alaskans warm this winter. Instead of us

hOW tO hACK a dIEBOLD mACHINE

2006-09-15T00:16:00.000-07:00

Princeton University has performed a public service. See the video on the sidebar. Source: itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting or click on the title (above)-m2k