Quitting Time

I was at one time an advocate and fan of the "Last Great Race". Matter of fact, when stationed in Valdez, I trained and raised 5-dogs that liked to pull, so I purchased a sled and on my time off went gallivanting about the hillside of Robe Lake. Now these were pet dogs, the ones that liked to enjoy the comfort of a living room after a long run. But over the years, I have maintained increasingly alarming reservations about this race - the Iditarod. It seems to have become just a big competition wherein the dogs’ health and welfare is compromised, thus as such has become not so important over the purse-pursued priority. Just this year, we see pictures of battered faces of the mushers, broken sleds and broken dreams. The trail is rough, so how is such conditions fairing for the dogs themselves? I am not out there, but in this day and age there comes before us enough information through technology that it allows pieces of the puzzle to paint a picture of what is indeed happening on the trail. It seems with all the face bashing from wayward branches and internal injuries due other obstacles that it was intended as a boxing venue instead of a dog race. But the way Dee-Dee was swinging at her dogs the other day, when they were misbehaving, it makes one wonder what happens when man and beast gets together on the trail and away from the comforts of home, civilization that is - no shower, no hot meals, and a lot of work to care for a bunch of tired and hungry dogs by a hungry and tired musher. It must be pure misery. Didn’t Brooks catch heat for hitting his dogs in front of a bunch of kindergarteners? I believe he was disqualified! Really, this was a pathetic showing to see a masher take swings at a dog, even if contact was minor, it just doesn’t fit well with the overall good faith relationship. And remember, people are watching! Dogs remember quite well when bashed. And wasn’t Jeff King found guilty for moose poaching? Whatever happened to the fair chase doctrine? Anyway it makes me upset. It goes too show that we continue to treat our pets as second rate and believe that if we live on the brink of civilization that the "laws are for the others" to contend with. Hey, would you slap your kids? You may want too, but that can land you in hot water nowadays. And how many dogs are missing? One dead, and another on the lam is the current predicament. Now this musher that was stuck in waste deep snow then set free by other "Good Samaritan" mushers, well she decided to free a few of her dogs that had been tangled during the stuck sled incident, what is she crazy? Why the hell she thought it was OK to let a lead dog wonder free in the gorge, it is mind-boggling. A dog’s adrenalin must be peaked, so to allow one the sense freedom, it means only one thing, a hightail away from this maddening scene. And we never hear as too why a dog dies along the trail. It is like during a plane crash. The black box is recovered but it is months before the authorities tell us the true story of what happened, so many let go the interest. Same thing here, as when the results finally make a show, nobody will remember - merely another dead Iditarod dog. Is there a tally as too how many dogs have died over the years during this well advertised race? Matter of fact, with the beginning of each race, in honor of Balto and the others, each race should begin with a memorial service ceremony for the fallen dogs - just like for the fallen troops on Memorial Day. Anyway, maybe it is time to formulate different strategies for the race, like a different qualifier to determine the winner. Maybe the dogs can have some sort of psychoanalysis evaluation performed after the race - like a lie-detector type analysis. And those that have been treated with kindness, that is how the purse could be divided. Just think how far this would go in efforts to extend and promote non-cruelty to animals. So with only a week down the trail I am throwing in the towel and will forfeit any further interest in this race. It seems that we hear more of the same bad news with respect to the "Last Great Race". Hopefully next year it will be different - with different rules and regulations that make it not a race in time but a race in sake of the dogs’ well-being. Of course that may not sit too well with the sponsors. For now though, time to say goodbye as I just can’t stand seeing a bunch of tired and hungry dogs make their way into another check-point. And they keep telling us that the dogs love it. I just wish the canines could talk, to tell us what they really think of such conditions, bordering on the insane. All for money!

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Americans in Contact(Sarah)PAC

Does anybody out ther in the blogisphere have a contact phone number for "Americans In Contact PAC"? I keep getting harassing phone calls and want to belch back at them. If you do have such a number, please publish it here on Alaska Blog so we can all play an eye-for-an-eye tooth-for-a-tooth game of revenge. E-mails accepted at storylineonline@gci.net. Get this number to me and I will publish it!

Dear Sarah!

To: Honorable Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska
Subject: Constitutional Right to Privacy Violations

I continue to receive annoying phone contacts from an organization called "Americans in Contact PAC". This occurs every-night when I am trying to watch the local news in efforts to get an update on the Iditarod. Last night, I was finally able to get to the phone in time and was asked a bunch of foolish questions, political in nature, by a robot. My sentiment, "the executioner’s face is always well hidden". Anyway, this outfit was just trying to get me to donate money, confusing though as too what this money was intended for, so I do believe it is yet another Ponzi scam. And when I did receive a return phone contact, too make it clear and convincing that these unsolicited communications were too stop, I was made aware that the AICPAC along with ccAdvertising were running this scam by using information made available through the "voter registration" data banks. Now as governor, you are aware that this state - Alaska - has a Constitution that declares upon its citizens a Right to Privacy. Be it that a state’s "voter registration" data does make available the name, rank and serial number of its voters, it does not grant the data collectors and sharers of such information the "right" to violate the issues of privacy, by making "unsolicited" phone contact. The only way this "Right to Privacy" is not violated is if a citizen makes contact with an organization soliciting such communications, voluntarily, thus automatically waiving that right, this be accomplished on a preferential basis. With that in mind, I am asking that you, as governor, make it clear to outside action organizations and committees that try to utilize the "voter registration" data banks or share such information, that this can be considered a breach of this state’s Constitutional declaration and such a violation is against the laws of this state. That is your duty, so I hope to have a piece of mind soon. If you cannot accomplish this task because of your busty schedule, then maybe Meg can get on her broom, and like the Wicked Witch of the West - Wizard of Oz - fly over AICPAC’s location way back in Virginia and scare the Dickens out of these telemarketing freaks who say they can find no other work then to harass Americans in their homes. Either way, it will provide Alaskans what is ours to begin with, our right to be left alone in the privacy of our homes not yet in foreclosure. I am enclosing a copy of the Cease & Desist Notification that was sent to AICPAC in my efforts to protect this state’s Constitution and its citizens’ rights. Your help is requested in this troubling matter.

Cease & Desist Notification
With this E-mail, your organization shall cease & desist from contacting any Alaskan residents wherein contact information was gathered through "Voter Registration" data banks.. This "public" information in efforts to randomly contact bonafide citizens of Alaska for anything and everything is a violation under the Declaration of Rights, guaranteed before the Alaska Constitution. According to Article 1 - Declaration of Rights, Section 22. Right of Privacy: "The right of the people to privacy is recognized and shall not be infringed." Therefore you shall refrain from contacting any and all Alaskans through use of this data or through any means unless interested parties - Alaskan citizens - contact your organization directly in efforts to allow and accept participation in your mission and or survey. Any further attempts to contact Alaskans will result in a violation of constitutional law, be considered a breach of privacy and you may be subpoenaed in the Alaska Courts of Law to answer to why these practices of malfeasance continued when warned to cease & desist, from violating an individual’s right to privacy. Even though voter registration is indeed "public" information, it still does not allow a violation of an individual’s rights to such. This notification serves as your organizations last clear chance correspondence to cease & desist from such practices, following complaints from Alaskan residents, who value their right to privacy.

Respectfully Submitted;
S. Pam Magee/MaGoo Associates

How Many Trillion?

I do believe the U.S. Treasury folks have lost count of how much U.S. Taxpayers’ money has been stolen away, in just the last few months. But maybe they were instructed to loose count, as the thieves behind this prank crime of all times probably utilized that bully-boy attitude - we know where you live! Stolen away money paints a truer picture of the crime scene, even if financed under the disguise of BARF or a Recovery "Something" Act. Both are nothing short an act of treason, this bailout giveaway program. Why so? Because when the representatives behind this thievery are now starting to talk and demand "transparency", the only thing transparent is a glimpse into their lack of credibility. What is with this aftermath demand? Give me a break. Do you really think that anybody who has squandered away some of that loot is about to come clean? This is good old American greed at work. Remember that show, called "Is Your 4th Grader Smarter then Sarah Palin?" or something to that effect. Well how about a new show, called "Are You as Stupid as Your Congressmen" or how about this, "Are You Lame Enough to Steal from Your Brother?" And was this treason like giveaway bailout performed without transparency so there would never be any accountability in concert with yet another attempt by Congress to screw the taxpayers? Sorry, Mr. Hill, we are not that stupid. You and the entire body of Congress are stupid, insane and sick to believe that we Americans are like yourselves, stupid. And with the banks that hosted a bailout extravaganza, well they all signed on the dotted line, under the clause where it stipulates a non-binding contract. I will tell you what seems to fall under the non-binding category, the oath these idiots swear upon for the office then soon after throw any semblance of ethics overboard. To ask for "transparency" after the fact is like the "Bridges to Nowhere" that made Alaska famous not too long ago. Yes indeed, just build a bridge even if there exists no infrastructure to hook up roads in efforts to utilize the bridge, as that is a problem to contend with after the bridge is erected and painted and the contractor retires for life because he is rich. Here we go again, the U.S. Congress must think the American voters are stupid, with this transparency bull-crap. Fact of the matter is this, if the money isn’t accountable, then we need the "Untouchables" to pull a Capone on crookedness. In fact, maybe what we need is Capone, with his bat to knock some sense into the idiots that throw away my hard earned money then ask for accountability. Money given away with not one iota of a thread attached with respect to where or how that money is to benefit me, the shareholder, now holding a bunch of debt and zero value assets! Yes indeed, the U.S. Congress went to a fire sale and purchased hot air! It is beyond highway robbery. Matter of fact, this country would be on better footing financially if the Mafia were running things. As corruption with that entity is a bonafide right. Can we use the RICO statutes to go after members of Congress that voted for this crap? It may not be "Racketeering" but it sure sounds like it fits under the category of "Corrupt Organizations". If not, then we Americans have not rules and regulation tough enough upon those we elect to uphold our rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. I just received a green card from the property tax assessor. I owe! Not unusual, but the return address for payment is in China. Is this outsourcing? Or has this entire mess allowed another foreign country to buy my future? Who am I indebt too, a communist regime? And get this. There is talk of yet another bailout, something called "Son of BARF", or words to that effect. Why? Because it seems that those in Congress flunked out on basic math aptitude. Sure enough, according to Mr. Hill, we don’t get a bang for our buck. With $2.3-trillion already stolen away, we only see $800-billion in transparency. It is a Return-on-Investment that is pathetic to say the least. So instead of the "Act" creating 3-million jobs, it means about 1-million, because of burecratic insanism creep. It makes one want to "BARF"! What ever happened to America? What ever happened to brotherly love? That is the sad fact of the matter when historians paint the present state of affairs with what happened in the 30s and other depression like eras. But is was brotherly love that made the difference back then. Do you really think that when the times get tougher that those with offshore loot will bring it back home to help you get a bowl of soup? I really doubt it. In fact they will probably use that money to post guards at their "guarded" community neighborhoods. Instead of "Brother can you spare a dime", it will be more like "Brother can you spare a bullet". It goes to show that bipartisan that was allowed to brew out of control during the Clinton and Bush & Bush years of no accountability has taken this country on a roller coaster ride to disaster. We have had not even close a statesmen like president of statute for a long, long time. Will Obama prove to be different then the rest, time will tell. In the meantime how about this for transparency. Rushpublicans - Rush’s neo-followers that believe UFOs visit the earth so aliens can gather intelligence from conservative thinkers instead of liberals. Republicans - those that believe in a Republic first under a Democracy. Democrats - those that believe in Democracy first upon a Republic and then there comes the Carvillecrats, those that kiss anything that looks like a Clinton, even if it an ass. And independents, hey we would have control of our money! In fact, we would use stimulus money to invite aliens to take the neo-scats with them. And we would erect a Clinton ass-kissing monument, hanging out over the Grand Canyon, bon voyage!

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Kelly's Heroes

I was glad to see that Fairbanks’ Rushpublican Senator Mike Kelly is in favor of drafting a bill that allows for Federally restricted firearms to be built in Alaska. Why? For several reasons of impotence. First and foremost it may create jobs. Second, with a downturn in the global economy and freight loading and unloading down 50% at the Ted Stevens’ "Pork Breath" International Airport, it means the availability of specialized equipment to foster a re-birth of specialized weaponry, the kind allowed under Kelly’s beak. Note: A bill becomes a beak when it creeps beyond its original goal, like adding earmarks. And last but not least, with North Korea having now the ability to lob a missile from there to here - Alaska Standard Time - we need the capability to lob something back. A payload of dog crap would suffice. I heard somebody say a payload of Juneau politicians would be a better choice. Sorry, as the majority has taken off to D.C., for some energy conference, so you can’t count on fodder being available and hot air just doesn’t have the punch. I see they are really in favor of energy conservation! Remember, its Spring Break! Now sure we have the secret star wars initiative stuff that is positioned in expensive underground concrete silos around Alaska’s backcountry, but not so secret about this project is the fact it don’t work. The silos leak water. In fact, the silos go flooded and the water short-circuits the launch and guidance systems. But regardless of this deterrent’s dim record of availability or success lacking, it is used as a fake-out smokescreen, to intimidate space invaders. So we can afford us some protection on the cheap, by using technology now owned by the U.S. for occupying Iraq. I am sure there exists some "stimulus" money for my project. Hey, if the Alaska Railroad - hasn’t shown a profit in 50-years - can get some of this free-for-all money, there has got to be some loot for other freeloaders? So my project goes like this and in harmony with Kelly’s bill as introduced during his meeting with the "2nd Amendment Task Force". My project calls for the re-creation of Saddam Hussein’s "Big Gun" or was it "Super Gun" and was cast in the disguise as the "Babylon Project". For those that don’t remember what started to make Hussein famous and in the crosshairs of debate, it wasn’t the gassing of humans, but it was his dream of the "Big Gun". It used non-specialized components in effort to construct these immobile like 120-ft long guidance tubes, as nobody would sell this crackpot even a pea-shooter never mind a BB gun. So he improvised and started buying equipment designed and destined for a refinery project under the "Babylon". Just plain old pieces of pipe! See, he had oil and he had money. With that, the buying of heavy duty precisely machined pipe components was allowed even under international embargoes. In fact, many of the high-pressure fittings that made it over to Iraq when Hussein was still breathing came from the United States! The pipe would be bolted together and in the end would be born this "Big Gun". It could be used to lob almost anything toward Iran, even gas filled projectiles. And that makes my project even more worthwhile, as a few gas bombs lobbed over the tundra from my "Babylon" could devastate the entire wolf population. Especially now that "gassing" is allowed in the 49er by authority of the Alaska Board of Hitlerism! So with a refinery in North Pole that is under-producing - with that the high price of motor fuel - we have before us an opportunity to use some of the un-used crap that is just going to rust away. See, the only reason that refinery remains in existence is because the railroad gives it a break for transporting jet fuel to Anchorage. Here it is in a nutshell. The railroad gives the refinery a break. With that, the refiner sees a return-on-investment higher then reality, which in turn sets the stage for high motor gasoline pricing. That is why the Attorney General could find no reason for the high price at the pumps. There is nothing illegal going on, as it is all a matter of prudent business practices. But it is the Alaska Railroad’s interference that is getting in the way of fair pricing. Somebody has to pay! Now this state would have been better off by spending money investing in the Fairbanks airport infrastructure instead of what has occurred over the years in Anchorage. In the interior, there was already a rail spur line from the refinery to the airport proper and there have been private businesses looking at building a pipeline to supply the airport’s needs. It is a business and it would have been a whole lot cheaper transporting jet fuel from the source to Fairbanks instead of the added cost to get it all the way to Anchorage. So the entire cargo infrastructure should be moved, to Fairbanks. I am tired of those jets flying overhead my Anchorage home. And it is scaring the Dickens out of the bears. I am really tired of looking at Ted’s pirate ship. Really, that international airport terminal is bizarre looking, like a pirate ship. I guess it fits Ted’s legacy! So I am all in favor of building "Babylon" right here in Alaska. To show the rest of the nation where we stand on gun control. And since the "2nd Amendment Task Force" urges gun owners to openly display their weapons, this "Big Gun" display could become a tourist attraction. And with a downturn in the economy, wrench gangs are ready and willing to go to work. This is a "wrench ready" project that carries with it a sense of heroics. Hey, we haven’t got back diddly squat from Bush’s invasion upon Iraq, at least my project makes an attempt to recoup some of the losses, except the loss of human life!

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Hitlerism Alive & Well in ALaska

Gassing of wolf pups? Tree mounted paw snares for bears? Black bear hanging? Increased vigilante like killings from helicopters? Sounds like the Alaska Board of Game should be renamed, like the Alaska Board of Hitlerism! It is time for a resident boycott. E-mail everybody you know outside and tell them not to visit this state until righteousness is established, wherein cruelty to wild animals is outlawed!

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