More Welfare

Alaska, what has happened to the “Bush Rat” mentality? I am talking about going it alone, Jay Hammond style. I bet if you ran a poll and asked about the “Bush Rat” label, it would mean a failed grade, as Alaska has changed. This state should inaugurate at least one day in honor of Jay. He was the last decent Alaskan politician. But center stage news continues to promote the fact that our political system here in Alaska survives because the gears of corruption continue to corrupt. Ted Stevens claims he is innocent. Sorry, some of us are not stupid. Don Young has spent over a million dollars to defend his innocence. Again, why do the Murkowski’s think we are all stupid? This state has become the asylum for people stuck on welfare and youngsters growing up thinking that it is OK to be politically corrupt. Ted has taken it upon himself to use Alaskan kids in his campaigning, while under a Federal indictment. “But daddy, he’s a felon”! I wouldn’t let my kids anywhere near Ted, or Don or MoanaLisa. Anyway, the PFD is a crying shame waste of money. It should have been dismembered a long time ago. It has now become a perpetual political junket tool used by the Corrupt Bastards Club. Can you imagine campaigning for office with an agenda to take away the welfare? It would be political suicide. And now we are trusted with an energy rebate, to spend on everything but energy. There is already a line at Best Buy. And the automobile dealers are getting into the foray, with double your rebate for energy efficient SUV’s! There is no such thing as an energy efficient SUV. And my energy bill for natural gas has increased 100-percent the past 4-years in a row, ever since Ben Stevens was appointed to the Board of Directors for SEMCO Energy, the Michigan based company that owns Enstar. So why all of a sudden this wizard notion that the people need help? Hey, has anybody seen Ben? Yes indeed, the people that live in the villages have been paying outrageously for heating fuel, but that high price has been compounded through transportation costs. And there is a reason that the bastards down in Juneau that control the oil loot have taken it upon themselves to give a helping hand – through this so-called energy rebate. See, the last two years has broken the record historically with high oil prices, thereby increasing the cost of refined fuels. And Caesar Chavez has demonstrated that it is a good idea to help out others, through his Joe Kennedy “Citizens for Oil” program. See, Chavez is not that popular, just like most of our representatives down in Juneau. But by using the welfare card, it goes to show that the people take favor. So by giving out a pittance, it means silence upon the lambs. Think about it this way. If there existed no PFD, maybe people would start to understand the oil business here in Alaska, how it is a big rip off for the resource owners - that is you and I! This state has the largest of oil fields, been that way for the past 30-years. Billions of dollars has been reaped away with tankers full of crude oil heading south. The state gets no where near its fair share from the exploration and exploitation efforts. Many will argue that isn’t so, but they have a secret agenda. Either stupidity or siding with Bill Allen. Now for years the cost of natural gas was rather cheap. If it remained cheap as it was supposed too, maybe more help could be extended where needed, in the “Bush”. But without representation for the people, the oil companies find ways to take advantage of the situation to make more money. Case in point. For years the natural gas from the Cook Inlet was subsidized, that is the reason it had remained so cheap for so many years. It was a grandfathered subsidy promoted back in the 60’s in efforts to bring affordable natural gas to Anchorage, Kenai and the Mat-valley homeowners. It worked rather well, until! See, natural gas was a commodity all by itself for a long time. But oil company greed insisted that natural gas get tied to crude oil. They were successful, as nobody in D.C. gave a “Bush Rat’s” ass about the hard working American consumers. And Ted was busy raising his house as was Don busy picking coconuts down in Florida. Oh, and MoanaLisa was busy land swindling. So natural gas started skyrocketing along with out of control crude oil costs. But when a commodity is grandfathered in and stealing away the bottom-line, what to do? In Cook Inlet, it meant a few years of pinching back the wing nut and strangling the system. In fact, Anchorage came very close to running on empty during several cold spells in the bowl. Not that there wasn’t enough natural gas, but the oil companies in control made it so – called artificial manipulation. Why? So they could drill new wells into the same formation that was subsidized but make available un-subsidized natural gas. It meant brand new spanking wells tied to the crude oil index. So good producing wells that were grandfatherd in are now shut-in for the more lucrative valued wells. It is the same gas, just coming out of a different hole in the ground. See, if people were not given welfare, then maybe they would get concerned and find out what happens down in Juneau. This is all well known, this manipulation. So what does the “Corrupt Bastard” mentality do during the legislative cession? They for sure don’t fix the real problems. They just hand out a piece of candy and hope we all go away smiling like a bunch of little kids summoned to the stage of a Ted Stevens’ re-election rally. The best thing to do in efforts to get weaned away from the sick mentality is to obligate students an understanding of the Alaska political infrastructure. “Alaska Corrupt Bastards 101” should be a prerequisite to making the grade and should be a requirement for transplants, like getting a new driver’s license when one decides to become an Alaskan citizen. It is the blind leading the blind here in Alaska. Big oil has such a stranglehold on our representation that even with a bunch of elected politicians landing themselves in jail, nothing has changed. The entity in control was not Bill Allen, as he was just a pawn for the manipulators. One can’t blame “Big Oil”, as they are just doing what they are good at, raping the consumers. So the finger pointing points to Juneau, with our representation. But a lessons learned herein. We the people have control of our own destiny. If we let the hen house get ransacked by the FOX, then we are to blame. Same thing here, as we placed trust in our elected officials and they went blinded by the might. It is never to late to take control back, but first one must have an understanding. The Alaskan oil scene has become so complicated that it would probably take 30-years of study just to make heads or tails over what goes on behind the scenes. In the meantime, we continue to find “bandaids” provided to control the hemorrhaging. Instead of those kids being herded up on stage to support a felon, they should be learning about Alaska. Not about the spectacular scenery and wildlife, but about the ravaged political scene that was infiltrated by corruption and ask themselves why? Then maybe one day we will see another “Bush Rat” at the stick, and instead of an out of control nose dive, a representative body that takes us above and beyond - with the people for reasons by the people and for the people no other way. Thank you Jay! Wouldn’t it be great if instead of a “Corrupt Bastards Club” this state were known for its “Bush Rat Club”. I need a new hat and my membership check is already signed!

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Babe Patrol

Enough is enough! I just watched a CNN waste time talk show and a person of interest came up for discussion, again. Sarah Palin? CNN is good for a good laugh. FOX, an evil laugh. Sarah Palin is becoming pretty famous out and about. What for I am still searching an answer. OK, I give her credit for her ferocity in trying to get an ex-brother-in-law whacked off the payroll and at the same time her generosity at giving a “fund raising” surveyor friend a promotion, but vice presidential material for the old gray haired bastard? What is with Cinderella McCain? Talk about stool stuck. She needs something, young. Sorry, the thought of Sarah in competition with McCain’s wife nauseates me. And what is with all this hoopla about Sarah being a babe? Yes indeed, that came from the ED - Explosive Diarrhea - orifice of Pat Buchanan, once himself a presidential wannabe. Boy, were we lucky that never happened. I beg to differ with all of Sarah’s fans that think she is a babe. You don’t see Hugh walking around the mansion with the likes of a Sarah do you? I think Sarah is grease stuck back in Travolta High School days. What is living in that hairdo? I heard some youngsters talk about a secret radar. Maybe it is a silo for a star wars missile, an extension of the Kodiak Launch Facility. That is where all the rockets to be launched are hiding, in Sarah’s “Big Wild” hairdo! In fact, did that photo-op in Vogue ever hit the stands? Oh, it was a different magazine called Mrs. Vogue Mature. Sorry! Anyway, if you want to see some good looking women, go over to PJ’s. The same girls that danced during pipeline construction days are still performing today. Anyway, in Alaska we are blessed with a world of natural beauty. I have witnessed the North Slope migration on several different occasions over the years, and it is so satisfying. It is all so different each and every time. In Anchorage, we have a healthy brown bear population. There is also a healthy moose population. Cook Inlet shorebirds display a magnificence aloft. Now take what we see around town and multiply that by a thousand-fold, as a barometer to what one would see if given the opportunity to be up north in the Arctic when the lakes show open water. And if fortunate enough to witness the caribou migration, when the calving takes place, it is a miracle before your very eyes. But this year I witnessed another facet of nature, right here in Anchorage. See, I forgot to turn off my porch light. I have a house with metal siding, so the heat reflected and captured off of the 60-watter, it invited guests - moths! When you see these little miracles of the Creator in flight, it is no doubt the flight of an angel. But when the winged take to the siding to suck up the heat, that is when the true beauty unfolds before your very eyes. This year, it seems there came a certain type that frequented the scene, an Irish green color with these streaks of white - most likely imbedded as a means to camouflage against intruders. According to Mr. Phineas J. Whoopee, “Nemoria Mimosaria”, or for guys like myself into real babes, I mean moths - the White Fringed Emerald. So over the past week, with my morning French press coffee, I have taken to observe and enjoy the different species that have congregated here. It is truly amazing. Some are so beautiful. Others look mean and have this disposition like Java the Hut! As the morning dew disappears, so do the moths taking to flight. It is interesting, to wonder what is the moths’ calling upon this earth? Is it any different then our own mission? There has to be a reason for their appearance. And where do they hibernate? Or is there life span like a leave, only once! So as we complain about this and that, the cycle of nature continues on unadulterated. So when I see a moth enjoying freedom once, I cringe over the fact that man’s creed of greed is destined to make Atlantis the “Lost Continent” a reality. We think that North Korea is an enemy. I think today that South Korea is just as evil. There is an outfit in that country that is cloning dogs! Yes indeed, some wannabe American with too much cash at hand decided that she wanted a clone of her pet, a pit bull. Now pit bulls are not pets but wild animals with a mentality of an Alaskan politician. Pit bulls should be banned from existence, as they are ugly and serve no useful purpose except alter ones ego above and beyond reality. I almost had to kill a pit bull that attacked my dog. Lucky for me was the fact that the bull was a young “punk” dog that didn’t know what it was getting into. And this happened in broad daylight on a public hiking trail right here in Anchorage! My dog, my mountain dog, was about to make minced meat out of the youngster. The young “punk” that owned the dog thought he was cool, was about to pull the pit bull crap on me, until he saw my 44. Anyway, cloning a dog is a sin. When our representatives allow something like this to be imported, we are just asking for a disaster to happen. It serves no useful purpose, except to show the world that wealth brings with it a brain cancer that infiltrates reasonableness. Really, the lady that had the excess disposable income to break the Ten Commandments raved on that “it was a miracle”. Only the Creator performs miracles! She honestly thought that the cloning also cloned the same brain so the dog was exactly the same “dog”. “You know me and I know you” she was quoted while talking to the living crap with legs. It cost her $50,000-dollars for five puppies! Supposedly, this was accomplished by an individual who once upon a time worked for the “disgraced” scientist Hwang Woo-suk. Well Mr. South Korea, this is a worst disgrace. According to the U.S. Constitution, this qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment, against all mankind. Anyway, with what I know about cloning is this one fact. It is designed as a toy of the rich and crazy. Should we trust that? And the scary part, can you imagine another Cinderella McCain? She has the money, so beware. In the mean time, why not clone these Emerald moths, as they are harmless little creatures that fly around showing us what the Creator is all about. But cloning dogs, because we are stuck on not believing in the future, it is a sad state of affairs. And when we have an inept and dysfunctional government that allows it to influence what happens here from over there, it points to an out of control state of affairs. See, if cloning is successful with dogs, then what will be next? What if something goes wrong, will it mean more homeless people, as we seem not to claim ownership of rejects now, so a human reject from the Lee Byeong-chun factory in South Korea would be somebody’s experiment gone wild - wherein we all pay. We have more pressing issues at hand, like starvation to deal with then pet crap. And want to do something worthwhile for society, adopt a pet, as thousands upon thousands of pet dogs and cats go homeless each and everyday, right here in America. Hey, why not clone cereal? It all boils down to greed and that is why Atlantis is coming to a theater near you, soon! For now, we should all boycott anything and everything that comes from South Korea, until this cloning business is shutdown. Write your congressman. But that won’t work as most congressmen have already been cloned, to do as the lobbyist say. By the people and for the people? What a dream!

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FBI - Most Wanted

Enough is enough! Ted Stevens, please go away. If you would just resign your senate seat, I would be prone to vote away your felonies. I would agree on a “speedy” pardon. Just to get rid of you. But you are now attempting to trash the justice system. The fact that you insist your innocence and that the trial will hurt your “campaign time”, well wait just a minute. What gives you the right to have freedom when under indictment? In fact all able minded Americans should go out and commit a felony, to see how much freedom a peon would get. There are humans stuck in the American justice system who have not or will not ever get a speedy trial. And they have not freedom either, but years of false incarceration. While incarcerated for no reason accept for being “poor”, they get caught in a system unjust and in efforts to defend their remaining freedoms, it usually comes to criminal activity which amounts to self-sustaining jail time. Help? What is that! And this is why we despise lawyers appointed by politicians in trouble. When somebody has enough disposable income to hire lawyers of the rich and famous, there is something wrong with equality. “All men are created equal” quotes my Independence. In fact, as a test, why not just use a court appointed public defender? “How does it feel to be on your own”, Mr. Stevens? Just take your cake and eat it too! Look, Bill Allen was a crock since day one, by trying to provide the oil industry low paid workers. The wages were so low that many workers that wanted to be part of the Alaskan oil scene had too live outside Alaska, so it may have helped the bottom line with kickbacks that lined your gift receiving program, but it didn’t really help Alaska. You committed a crime, it is evident without the jury and evidence. You can no longer represent this state or this country. Consider seeking political asylum in England. I am sure the Queen would accommodate that wish, as you have been very generous to British Petroleum here in Alaska. And no I am not in favor of taking your name away from the airport as it will continue to remind us of your true worth, while behind bars. And please, stop trashing the U.S. justice system, it is all us peons have! During a campaign shindig, it was clear and convincing that the Corrupt Bastards Club is still alive and well here in Alaska. Let us see who was in attendance at the secret gathering at an unspecified location. Bob Penney, hey didn’t he almost get MoanaLisa in trouble over a land deal too good to be true. That was a gift in disguise! Murkowski went caught. And Bill Sheffield, the turncoat and nosebleed king who squandered away a healthy retirement from the state run railroad, from FEMA medication, another jokester he is. Carl Mars? What a surrounding of no-goods! And where was son Ben? Ted, you have served but now you must serve, as in the end your true friends took advantage of your power. You let done your guard to guard this country’s righteousness. Now is not the time to test the justice system, by asking for “free time” when you are on the borderline of becoming a bonafide criminal. How will it feel if you can never vote again? Like some “poor” people right here in America! And why you had a bunch of kids stand up with you at the podium during the campaign rally, it is child abuse in my book. They can read. They know you are in trouble with the law – with the FBI and IRS. By using a kid forum, it is slippery sleazy politics at its worst. And those wannabe bikers that escorted your arrival, are you trying to instill the fear factor upon us? Sorry, it didn’t work. So do us all a favor. Do Alaska a favor, just take your penance cake and go away. After about a year from now and away from power, see what friends are left, it may be frightening! But justice will be served, here or there, as there exists many Americans who believe in the justice system, in its merits to not engage in frivolous lawsuits, especially against elected officials. You got caught! So far your shenanigans has cost the taxpayers millions of dollars in investigative time. Just admit to it, get the pardon and find a new hobby. It is ironic that you were instrumental in getting federal funding to build a brand spanking new FBI crime lab in Anchorage. I guess we are getting our monies worth, as you are their most wanted man. How does it feel? Maybe we have found the true meaning of kickback payback!

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Begich - Red, Yellow and I'm Blue

It looked like a giant garage sale from the crowd out of control. So I stopped into a place called Best Buy to see what had blessed this day of peace and rest with rage and rant upon a supposedly civilized society. It was a Sunday and the place was packed. Crap was my sentiment, as there wasn’t anything free for the taking. From the looks of things and the long line at the cashola registers, wherein cashiers were taking in debit cards like senators taking in lobbyists’ bribes, no damn economic downturn in the hi-tech sector. So I felt compelled to buy something, to help the economy limp along. With guilt on mind to leave empty handed, I was convinced by a young Geek that I needed a portable hard drive. So it was, what for I do not know. Anyway, I am now on my way to the emergency room. See, that packaging for the thing I didn’t need is by far more secure then Dick Cheney’s Hailburton stock. While trying to tear apart the plastic “I can see what I bought but can’t get my hands on what I bought” an irate piece of the Fort Knox package went berserk like shrapnel and struck my eye. I had used everything in my possession in efforts to open the container containing my drive, even to the point of painting a target bulls-eye - to blast it apart with a shotgun slug. Anyway, don’t you just love the hi-tech world of Geeks? There is so much out there that it is beyond belief. Hey, other countries don’t want to be like us, just too much confusion! And cameras are found just about everywhere. Go to the doctor for intestinal or colon surgery, well for an extra 500-bucks you can get your very own video of the procedure. And when the cesspool overflows, you can even get the “crap” guy to send a camera down-hole, to check out the crap. It is just the same as clogged intestines or arteries! And you can even buy a video of that cesspool makeover procedure, for future viewing, like at Thanksgiving time! I am waiting for the day when hi-tech gets to the point wherein I can just ring the cesspool man for a cholesterol cleaning. That hard drive I purchased during the Best Buy not a Sunday garage sale, it doesn’t work - as my computer is a little old. What the hell is with this “sub” connector anyway? Is Mark Begich really running for something other then rat fink? I saw a commercial broadcast that indicated he was trying to get that soon to be vacated U.S. Senate seat. Ted’s done for good. Another senator turned felon bites the dust. But some fans continue to waste their time as Ted’s campaign signs are showing up here, there and everywhere. In fact I saw one atop the VECO building! His headquarters and staff must be working around the clock to get the word out that Ted is not a crook. He is a crock of crap in my book. But Begich as a possibility? So I have performed my own “poll” on the merits of his attempt to jump from mayor of Anchorage – rape capital of the world – to a more serious endeavor, filling in where Ted left off. Here comes the results. As proof of a Begich incompetence trait, just look around Anchorage, especially downtown. This guy has gone crazy with red and yellow paint. There exists hardly anymore curb side parking spaces. What is with all the curbs painted red or yellow? We can’t keep the road lane paint fresh, but we can sure waste money painting curbs! And the roads are so damn bad, that it looks as though some terrorists are using the roads around town to test IED. Potholes, weathered lane paint and no parking places are three of the things that should be considered when it comes to that vote of confidence or not. It is that simpleton “three strikes you’re out” rule. Potholes suck the life out of my tires and shocks. Weathered lane paint invites road rage, as out of control teenagers have no clue about road etiquette. Lets face another fact of the matter at hand, without municipality sponsored low fee curbside parking spaces, we have to dole out wads of cash to private entities, just to take in the downtown festivities. Hey, “pave paradise put up a parking lot” seems to be the goal here in Anchorage. So Begich has not lived up too his ideals. And during his televised campaign trick shot, he mentioned that if elected for the rejected there would be no pay raise in Congress until there is a raise in minimum wage! Crap again. See, if I were going to a job with benefits for life that paid $175,000-dollars a year for about 200-days of work – which amounts to about $80.00 an hour – I would not have to worry about going broke, so a pay raise would be not necessary. From Anchorage mayor to U.S. Senator, that is about a 100 percent increase in pay and yes, benefits for life. So a Senator, in pursuit of life and liberty believes it takes $80-dollars an hour for happiness, wherein the minimum wage earner has to survive on about $7-dollars an hour. So what is Begich trying to prove? A class system exists and he is already part of that system of the rich and the rest of us. Lesser of the evils, the verdict is still out. Washington needs a lobotomy and an enema not more Viagra! Now talk about wasting money. The Elmore extension – voted the worst roadway extension ever since statehood – is in the third season of construction. This entire summer so far, it has been no construction but just a painting frenzy. I think Picasso painted the MoanaLisa in less time! What a waste of money. And that grass that was planted along the way, it harbors these swarms of flying leeches, wherein bike riders are choked to death. It had to be planned that way. Why not just let the wild stuff grow where it belongs? Anyway, it continues to be a sad state of affairs when we continue to vote in incompetence. We need fresh blood to reign in and take back what has been lost. More of the same is getting old. Begich is just that, more of the same. Why is it that this country is so down and lame, so afraid, at voting in a no-name? Look at what happened in Poland back during the 70’s, when a no-name “simple electrician” working class hero named Lech Walesa rallied the cause for “change” and eventually ran for office and won. Why? He had the vote of the hard working people who were really bent on change. That is what we need here in Alaska as well as all across the nation. CHANGE. New blood with a new course to travel. So Begich should just stay as mayor and continue painting the town, red, yellow and keeping us all blue. Hey, he is only one color off, but so has the flag reflected a different color over the years, when the crooks infiltrated the Halls of Congress. Like a Jesse James photo-shoot, that is what I think about when I see a framed picture of Ted together with Don and the Murkowski clan. Crooks and crocks, just more of the same for way too long. And I watched the televised debates with the Republican Congressional wannabes, including incumbent Don Young, also under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. It is sad, so sad, that we have allowed crooks to infiltrate what was once a proud America. Maybe we should all step back, back to the curb, and see how and why it went so out of control. Maybe we need a moratorium on legislation and policies until policed and ethics once again enters the arena. It is our arena, not theirs. It is a place wherein egos should be left at the curb and where once corruptness was illegally parked, the time is up, no parking anymore.

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Brown Boy!

I finally made it back to Anchorage. Now before my return home, I had heard all kinds of complaints about the bad weather scene in the “Big Wild”, especially over the past few weeks. In fact the entire summer season so far seems to be pretty normal in the complaint category, overcast! My wife decided it was time to leave for better weather several years ago, she is still hanging on for that change. But when the cat complains, it is serious business. Hey in Alaska, rotten weather and rotten politics goes hand-n-hand. Maybe when one turns the other direction, towards the good, so will the other. Too bad, as my whereabouts the past few weeks included some pretty decent weather. It meant sunshine, 24-hours a day. A beautiful scenery with ocean waves licking the undisturbed shoreline of seclusion, allowing me to sleep like a baby. In the early morning as the fog moved out, one was greeted with a spectacular display of migratory waterfowl. I often thought that maybe this was where civilization began, as it was nothing short of a gigantic nest and so far removed from civilization that something started off here. And no I wasn’t on vacation, but working way up North for an independent oil company that is trying to make in-roads into the lucrative oil business that has been controlled by the “Big Boys” for some 30-years by now. Anyway, it was rather nice to make it back into a different civilization wherein the talk is something different and not all about oil. No more “downhole” lingo today. Where a “spud” is a potato and not some tool of the trade. So with spare time on my side and enough spare change leftover after paying my outrageous utility bills, there was not much to worry about accept enjoying life and liberty, so a pursuit of happiness meant a walk down to Westchester Lagoon with a good cup of coffee. And finally, it was a beautiful day in Anchorage. Nice warm temperatures with just enough of a mild breeze to keep the mosquitoes at bay. It also meant tourists out and about enjoying what we take for granted, that surrounding natural beauty. I could let you in on a little secret of the beauty found in the Arctic, but that is for a later correspondence. Anyway. I was sitting at the “Dumb Iron Worker” garden down at the lagoon when approached by a gentleman, accompanied by a younger lady. From the somewhat dark complexions - rarely seen around Anchorage - most likely of middle-eastern decent. I could tell by the smiles and frowns of confusion that they were definitely tourists. The man introduced himself and then started asking for directions. I like to see visitors out and about the trail system, so have no problem offering assistance. Hey, I would rather see tourists enjoying the free attractions then wasting their precious time down on 4th Avenue buying Alaska crap made in China! I went into some detail about what could be seen going east towards the mountains or west towards Earthquake Park. The earthquake thing seemed to gain their interest. From the conversation that was promoted by my willingness to assist, I could tell that this gentleman was probably very well educated. Now during the conversation, I noticed another older man take up residence at the vacant park bench in close proximity to my hangout – where the “Love” poem greets life. After the conversation with the middle-eastern tourists ended with some gracious thanks of appreciation and not more then a few steps away on their way I heard a voice ask, “Where do you think they’re from”? It came from the other man who had infiltrated my domain and who had taken it upon himself to strike up a conversation. Again, it was one of those days to converse. See, it seems that rotten weather has a tendency to “stool stuck” opinions, so when the weather finally comes around, so does it promote people to get involved. Weather on the good side makes people friendly! Now Alaska is known for its “Chinooks” and also hot-air blows from political corruption. Wow, I thought, upon this question from a stranger. And before I could answer, the same individual made the point that those folk, middle-eastern, are the kind we have to place suspicion upon - as they are trying to take over, or words to that effect. Wow again I thought, this was going to be an interesting conversation. And the individual was almost a double take for Rush Minnow, or whatever the name. So with nothing else to do, I decided to invite a continued dialect. My comeback to his question, “I think maybe Pakistan or India”. He replied, “Yup, from over there”. Thinking right off that this was Mr. Alaska Conservative, I asked him what he thought about Ted Stevens’ most recent indictment. Let’s face it, this is an exercise upon the 1st Amendment. “Hang the bastard” was his answer! Mr. “Maybe” Conservative went on to say, “and that Cheney and cowboy from Texas, hang them at the same time”. Now this guy goes on a rant, about how bad the economy has become from the likes of Ted, George and Dick, especially with the protracted war upon us. I was a little miffed, as I could not figure out this individual’s political calling. Then he introduced himself and asked me how I was going to vote on the upcoming “Alaska Clean Water” stuff, Proposition 4. See, he was a fisherman from Bristol Bay. Has been an Alaska resident for 51-years. He went into great detail about the effects of the proposed “Pebble Mine” and how it would ruin the world-class fisheries in that area. He also went into detail about the Red Dog Mine, and the environmental consequences of allowing zinc dust to infiltrate the local streams. So I knew this guy was up on political stuff that affects Alaska. It was hard to get a word in and I was content on just listening. Like already acknowledged, it was difficult to figure this individual out. Then he went on about the Murkowski family. Egad, this guy was pissed. Good thing Frank is in hiding. And we were pretty much on even footing about MoanaLisa, especially in her most recent photo-shoot opportunity wherein she went overboard proclaiming to the world that Ted Stevens’ deserves a speedy trial. You know what MoanaLisa, there are black folks in prison down in Texas that have been waiting for their date in court for a lifetime. Many are innocent. Why don’t you advocate for their justice and a speedy trial? It goes to show that MoanaLisa was brought up on a class system mentality of the have and have-nots. How she ever made it to the U.S. Senate is a jokerman’s special. “You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing.” Of course, we can all thank Ted for that with his filthy “PAC” money, the same money that his so-called friends are returning faster then tainted tomatoes. So there existed some commonality with this guy’s beliefs and my very own. I could tell that he was a little frustrated with the political scene here in Alaska and from his comments about the “cowboy”, down on the national political scene. Anyway, the conversation ended with he informing me this. “I guess we will have to place our faith in the Brown Boy”. The times, they are a changing!

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Kingpin's Family & Friends

Seems everybody has an opinion, with respect to Ted Stevens’ indictment innocence, at least until proven guilty. Why he stood in front of a Federal judge and pleaded not guilty, it is absurd. What happened to honesty being the best policy? Of course he had Brendan Sullivan as his right hand man. Sullivan was the right hand man for Oliver North, when North was being tried for lying before Congress. So I guess Sullivan’s expertise is untying the lying! Sullivan is also an expert in presidential pardoning efforts. Pardons have to be applied for through a rigorous application process. It isn’t something that is just a phone call away nowadays. My guess is that Ted will no doubt be pardoned before the upcoming election. He deserves nothing less with the stipulation that he immediately retires his Senate seat and enjoys the rest of his life “powerless”. If he gets board, maybe he can turn his double-decker house back to a ranch style. Anyway, what was really ironic with this long awaited verdict came from the flashback offered to the dwindling clientele of the Anchorage Daily Stool. See, on Tuesday morning, just hours before the indictment verdict was mainlined as headline news from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans, the Stool gave the reading public a flashback. It was called “Nice Catch!” No it wasn’t directed towards the FBI for bringing down yet another Alaskan politician - most likely a member of the Corrupt Bastards Club - but a picture of a big halibut, submitted by Trevor McCabe! Who? It was so, so sweet justice, as McCabe is one of the reasons that Ted finds himself in defense of life, liberty and a pursuit of happiness that may soon be cut short with incarceration. Herein is my very own take on Ted. The Fed’s are going after him for stuff that can be un-denied a felony and easily tried before a jury. It is my understanding that there existed more serious allegations but the decision was to target the easy stuff. Like lying about “gifts” received that required disclosures. Guilty will be an easy thing to prove, thus allowing credibility upon the FBI and at the same time a criminal discredit against Stevens. And the sad fact of the matter, Stevens was screwed by his own kind! Not you or I as constituents, as taxpayers and true Americans, but the very people that used his position of power to get us all addicted on “pork”. It became a trickle down theory, wherein his friends and family would lobby hard for something, not by any means by the people for the people, but an attempt at segregated greed – for themselves! In the end, the constituents would gain from what was leftover and wasn’t swindled away along the way by malfeasance manipulation against the U.S. Treasury. See, his friends and family stole away the cream and left the “crap” for the peasants. That is exactly what happened, as his so-called dedicated following aided and abetted in his demise – from self-centered greed. They knew they could get away with it, not once but it became the normal way of doing business with the taxpayers’ loot. Part of the ”K” Street follies. I have had my very own bouts with Ted, to the point that he insists that I am not a bonafide taxpayer so he doesn’t have to ever again answer my questions on issues. He scolded me for asking questions about why he voted on a pay raise when the rest of the country was going unemployed and drilling rigs were being sent to the bone yard. So needless to say, I was never a Ted fan. I could see what was going on behind the scenes with appropriations miss-appropriated. It was becoming a big mess and Ted continued to maintain his innocence that he had no control of out-of-control “pork” once it left his office of approval. But over time, Ted was screwed over because he believed in an American system that was starting to limp along on broken spokes. Honesty missing in action became this country’s worst nightmare and enemy. More, more and more is what Ted was used for. Our own kind screwed us all! Now we all face an embarrassing moment to see a U.S. Senator face indictment, for just trying to abide by “honesty” in giving Alaska a chance. And it all could have been avoided had those individuals crawling up Ted’s ass been “honest”. See, when somebody made a request for something, even ridiculous things like seed money to study the penis size of the male Mux Oxen, he provided the money - with no strings attached. He didn’t second guess requests that sounded good on the surface level, as he believed that when requests came his way, it was for a valid reason that was supposed to help get something accomplished in Alaska. He was only looking out for Alaska’s very own interest, as a political entrepreneur with a vision of a future that would get Alaska weaned away from welfare and on a path of self-sustainability. What sent Ted to the doomsday embarrassment scenario he finds himself in today was promoted by greed, from his very own loyalists, like his son Ben and McCabe. Not to mention an entire fleet of lobbyist loyalist that used the Uncle Ted label to play unfairly with the American public in general. I once listened to Ted when he was asked about waste from Federal “pork” that was sponsored from his office. He was adamant that he had not the time or interest to see too it that the money was not misappropriated once it gets to the requestor. Why? Ted believed in honesty. He practiced it, no doubt. That is where the system went haywire. The money coming Alaska’s way was like a free-for-all. The legislation coming from Alaska’s delegation was like a free-for-all. When “Big Oink Oil” was called to testify in front of Congress over high gasoline prices, Ted didn’t allow testimony under oath! Why, he believed in honesty without the extra burden. He was fooled, as accountability for anything and everything in Washington became a joke. It was then that “Big Oil” had the chance, but they knew they had powerful Ted on their side, so sided again with greed and didn’t offer up any relief and left this country to continue down an economic path to gloom almost at doom. The American system was broke and Ted refused to acknowledge that fact, as that was something a true American did not want to face. As to take advantage of our very own system of checks and balances is treason! So behind the scene, his friends, his very own children even, took advantage of his role as a powerful and dedicated Senator. He was eventually swallowed up in a vortex of no-return. If I were Ted, I would also provide a not guilty plea. Maybe his lawyer can claim “age” and forgetfulness, over the fact that he forgot to disclose some kickbacks for doing favors for his friends. But were those things really kickbacks for favors? Think about it, if I were able and willing to offer my daughter a brand new Land Rover, she would question it. She would no doubt thank me for “buying” it for her. But honesty would have made me tell her the truth. What was Ted afraid of? I believe in the end that his friends and family had taken advantage of a true American to the point that there was no turning back. So if you can’t beat them, well as the sentiment goes, join them! Maybe that is what’s behind the not-guilty plea. Ted is a lawyer by education. Ted knows the American system. Maybe he can play a role in showing that the system is broke, not by those in powerful positions, but through our own selfish ways and means. If Ted can take that on as an issue, then I am sure the rest of America will listen in. When a statesmen like Ted makes it known that the system is so broken that it swallows in those bent on doing it right, we need to take this opportunity to show that greed here, there and everywhere is what is corrupting our democracy. It is so bad off that senators cannot operate without ties to lobbyist! It is time to untie that knot. So bad, that special interest have so screwed up the merit system that we now see an individual like Ted Stevens in the crosshairs of the very government he gave an oath to protect. His crimes are testament of influence and coercion from outside interests. Ted was one man. He thought what he was doing was for the betterment of Alaskans. Maybe the intent was such, but when those you trust take advantage of a situation, then the hen house has been infiltrated by the FOX. Ted, stand up for your rights. Tell the truth, that it is lobbyists - in disguise as friends and relatives - that have raided the hen house blind. Legislation banning such un-American selfishness should be swift with punishment. Now is the time, as you have been a powerful individual and you still have influence, to right this wrong that burdens the majority - the peasants of America. Ted, you have now before you the opportunity to make America what you thought it was all about all along, an honest and righteous country, wherein political clout was not bent on greed and selfishness but a ways and means to fulfill that life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, with liberty and justice for all. Amen!

CopyRight 2008 – Dixie Productions/MSK Media/Eagle Rock Press
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Anchorage Daily Stool

My subscription faded away about a month ago. But the paper weight continues to show up at the front door. And when not on time just last Sunday, I called the “hot line”. After entering in the data of my delinquent account, I thought the robot lady was going to say, “Sorry, we cannot process your request. Please contact a customer service representative during normal business hours”, to renew the subscription. But no, in fact I received two papers on that day. Sunday is the day wherein the paper weighs in at 2-pounds and only 50-grams is news worth waiting for. The rest is garbage advertisement. So one gets used to a hernia on Sundays, while hauling the Stool around. And this telemarketing guy has been bugging me for eons, about great new prescription rates, I mean subscription rates, all for a limited time only offer of a lifetime. Hey, it’s free now! Can I get free hernia insurance? Anyway, page 2 of the Monday paper was all so interesting as a sure sign of failed journalism. I look forward to Monday, as to find any news in Sunday’s paper is a real challenge. In fact, I read this pathetic piece of journalism just for a laugh. Anyway, page 2 has this add that is real fascinating. No it’s not the one about the 50th Anniversary Statehood festivities, but the one next to it. So as the kids read about statehood, they can also ask about fakehood! It is titled, “The New Sexual Experience”, in giant can’t miss headline type font! “Call now for a FREE bottle”! “Keep her coming back for more”. And this was sitting right by the 50th Anniversary of Statehood ad, “Bring the family. Join the parade!” Like I said, pathetic journalism. To have this kind of garbage on page 2, what are the tourists going to say? And then page 4 was a half-page of ads. Page 5 more of the same. Page 6, a full page ad for some Internet business of a life time crap. Telemarketing in print is my sentiment. Then there is all the other full page ads for yet another natural gas pipeline proposal. How many gas lines do we need, besides ONE. What is this some kind of secretive confusion factor? And page n to n+1, more adds. Wow, is this an extension of Sunday’s paper? Crap journalism. It is sad when there is only one paper in a one corrupt club town. But that is the wave of the future, as the hi-tech allows one to read a news flash of choice and “blog” back anything and everything. It is the best of the 1st Amendment Right under your nose. At one time, we were just the receivers of the news, as readers. Now we can make our opinions known to the rest of the world, immediately. And when one observes the barrage of responses following something of interest, it provides a response that follows a very popular curve, known as the Bell-weather curve. Like is utilized to indicate the stock market performance in general, for the news it provides a performance index to the fact that prejudice is alive and well! And the excitement, it “peters out” like a premature orgasm. Maybe it can use some of that stuff advertised in the Stool, “Vazopren”! It starts working in 25-minutes. It keeps working for 36 to 48 hours, guaranteed! But at least blogbusting journalism is a cheap way to rage on, rant on, vent out and opinionate. That is all we get out of the Supreme Court these days, is an opinion by a select minority of 9 judges appointed for life. And everybody gets upset over this lifetime appointment, no different then our senators and congressmen! Answer me this, with the Internet becoming a valuable tool reaching most of America, why not let the people vote directly for everything and anything? Benihumbing! Well believe me, it is only a matter of time wherein we will have the technology to do just that. There will come a time when all decisions will be made by a vote placed upon the people, and the true meaning of “By the people and for the people” will not be muddied upon by lobbyist who insist on representatives be lobotomized under oath. Statistically speaking, we have approached that time! As it is a time come and no longer is it required to have representatives far and removed in one central location. In fact, I can vote more responsible from the confines of my home then can most elected or selected representatives! As they bring with them supposedly only the will of the people’s voice, but included is greed, corruption, religious affiliation and a trust me smile that doesn’t broadcast very well over the Internet, as it is a confusing signal with missing bits of integrity. So the Bell-weather is telling us that Internet journalism is here to stay, wherein we can all enjoy that 1st Amendment Right, to swear as we please and not have to worry about the FCC, as all words are sacred in the blogisphere! Talk about a well-defined unregulated militia, bearing a keyboard as the arms of choice. Remember, more damage with a pen then a gun is something to be wary upon. Alas, my Constitution is awakened!

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