Wow,
appears
the wrecking ball may be headed to Alaska, under the control of the
U.S.
ARMY
5-Star
Generals
–
so don't get in the way of progress! It
means
that Fairbanks will become a ghost town. But
the lights of progress in
the “Golden Heart” were
turned to dim a long time ago! Yes,
we blew it and
time once
on our side has
by
now become
our worst enemy. See, Ft.
Wainwright was voted in
as the
most expensive military base in the world, due the cost of energy.
High
marks came for the worth of the base with respect to training troops,
but when combined, the energy offered not a rebate that demonstrated
the base was worth maintaining. Long
winters means mega-piles
of coal
must be torched in efforts to keep the troops warm. And
the cost of electricity coming
from the Golden Valley Heist Corporation, in efforts to
light the base so
the troops can read the game plans of WAR –
outrageously
expensive watts so
this
utility
can reward its executive branch with out-of-control salaries – it
is but another factor that makes the military infrastructure in
Alaska no longer necessary. Yes,
outrageous salaries that amounts to a 3-to-1 dollar per meter with
respect to similar salaries for electric companies down Anchorage
ways! Things
have changed in the theater of WAR, so what was once considered a
base to secure the “Homeland”, with modern
day hi-tech
mobility the troops can be stationed almost anywhere, at a base that
is more friendly towards the U.S. Taxpayers footing
that bill –
we still foot the bill! In Alaska, we did shoot ourselves in both
feet when it came to keeping an open invite to the military machine –
remember, it creates jobs to maintain the base infrastructure. Take
for instance the
price of Joe's crappy coal along with the Alaska Railroad's
highway robbery, to
ship goods on
its podunk
rails,
it strangles any
incentive
to expand anything that has to run by a business model. And
today, the military is forced to find cheaper ways to do the same
with
less,
as the budget is running on empty. So when we hear
about
a dilapidated base – like Eielson Air Force Base – getting
furloughed, it has nothing to do with politics but comes about
through pure business necessity reasoning. And Begich has a
conniption fit, MoanaLisa MurCowpie runs for cover and Don Young,
well he makes sure the bases in Florida are secure! Look,
the Department
of Defense
logistics guru's have succeeded in procuring long-term
energy contracts from entities like BP, wherein the U.S. Taxpayers
would realize a 5% decrease in fuel costs, to energize the military
infrastructure. A
1% decrease amounts to $100-Million in savings! This
was a
cost saving realized all
over the world, even
in Iraq, except
Alaska. Yes, in the “Lost Frontier”, fuel costs to Uncle Sam have
increased
by 14% and
it cannot bicker a long-term bargain, as Joe and Casey Sheffield say
they cannot look into the future!
For what reason, it
is beyond simple supply and demand no competition so screw the
government thinking.
Look, when the Tea-Party shovels the coal, what do you expect? Sock
it Tome Saturday night special sound
familiar?
I
listened to the ARRC's
new CEO, I guess it was the railway-man's way of extending all of us
a Happy New Year.
See, the kids were all nestled in for
a long winter's night,
when across the tube came this character
that I assume was the chief, as it
was on that Alaska Railroad
fantasy
reality show.
“Opinions
are like anal holes, they all stink except mine”. Thanks
boss! Honestly,
what a message for our kids thinking Rudolf was safe! Sorry,
as I went anal bushwhacked.
Now
since
Fairbanks
is on the EPA's hit list due
year after year of air pollution abuse and many of the nearby
military
base
power plants working under a “shield” -
a poor excuse to allow polluting of the air we breath - well
the brass are
not stupid and by now have
no other option then to place many
of the non-critical interior bases
into stand-down mode. Which
means that in a matter of time, the OK to let loose the wrecking ball
will commence. Had we looked carefully at the crystal-ball,
we would have noticed the writing on the wall: “Cheap energy or
else”. By this time in the grudge-match, we should have been
bathing in cheap natural-gas from Prudhoe Bay. It is our gas. It is
our land. We
know
how to build pipelines across the tundra. All
we need is some pipe, and it is a done deal. But instead we have
fostered a new
business in
which “buddy”
nepotism
generations
will continue to study this
and study that only in efforts to study their greedy way to stay
gainfully employed,
the feasibility herein
takes on an entirely different attribute.
Look,
nepotism is alive and well in Alaska, and the worst thing that ever
happened to this state – wherein the “Last” was replaced with
“Lost” - was when Frank gave that senate seat to his daughter and
we ended up with a land swindler! My
take on this, along with many others educated
and disciplined in business,
it is the sad fact that we have started a cottage industry that does
not want to ever see natural gas heat water to the
boiling
point
in the interior, as that would mean time to look for another job for
those that have succeeded in so
far making
a career out of nothing. But
if those in
control can
continue to delay this and delay that, in efforts to keep their cush
do-nothing jobs alive and well all the way through to retirement, we
get what we deserve – doom with
gloom appears
to be the outcome.
I
get a kick out of the Tea-Party mentality
here
in Alaska.
See, many aligned
with Sarah Palin work
at the military bases, as the defense budget is the gift that keeps
on giving. But you mention the “BRAC”, and low and behold these
lunatics go berserk, get
decked out in camouflage, strap on dildoes
– I meant their weapons – and gather around and talk
intimidation
towards
Uncle
Sam.
They don't want government for
anything, yet
their paycheck relies on government. It is the ultimate “wishy-washy”
party of conservative fruitcakes. If they truly felt that government
was a
waste,
they would quit their jobs, say the
hell with unemployment and join
the “Dickless
Dynasty” clan. They
could all head out into the Alaskan wilderness, and within a year it
would be a remake of “Donner's Pass”, they would all be starving
to death and crying for Uncle Sam to “feed me”! In
fact, they should enjoy seeing the Alaskan military infrastructure
fade away! And
out at Ft. Greely, well budget cuts were about to thin a few jobs for
the goons that sweep the never used runways, of snow and grit blown
in from the Tanana delta. Those
civilians about to loose that Uncle Sam paycheck with benefits
went on a Begich migraine
rampage,
in the end, well the cush jobs found a stay yet the commissary that
provided hot lunches for the training troops went on rations –
how about a cold sandwich!
Out
at Wainwright, same occurred when the returning troops found no work
except to maintain the security check-points, it meant the private
contractor had to furlough some security goons,
so the troops could work – after finishing up in Afghanistan. Low
and behold, the contractor contacted the Alaska delegation and guess
what! Yes, Uncle Sam was reneging on the contract and would end up
paying for nothing if the troops interfered with the “private”
contractor, so the troops were pulled off the security duty. I heard
one Doyon security guard, one that was upset over the fact that he
was close to the unemployment line should the troops succeed in
taking over - basically securing their own base - that the troops
should go back home, to Afghanistan! What in hell has happened to
America? But
getting back to the doom and gloom, it is coming our way. As we
speak, drones are mapping out a “stand-down”
strategy
wherein Alaska will be left behind. It's too late, we cannot say
please Mr. Postman, return to
sender that
layoff
notice.
Who is too blame? Start off with our delegation. Then we see the
trickle down theory begin to show its ugly face, local politicians
are
also
at
blame.
When Congress is dead-on-arrival, and when we continue to see the
effects of the Corrupt
Bastard
Club
hangover here in Alaska, wherein religion somehow went out-of-control
and lost all separation, there will come a time wherein the brats
will raid the hen-house. Yes,
the Constitutional Budget Reserve is NOT safe. And
believe me, it won't
be
divvied out with any semblance of equity, as
they will raid it for their own benefit and then get that 1st
class plane ride out of here to
that secret location that has been sheltering their future. But
in the end, we are too blame, as we voted the scoundrels into office,
based on lies and deception -
their
Motif Operandi
-
and
we took the line,
bait,
hook and
sinker,
and still don't realize what the sharp barb
caught in our groins means. So
for Alaska, which has never succeeded in developing a sustainable
jobs infrastructure – even though we had approved “Foreign Trade
Zones” up the yin-yang – I guess future generations can claim a
new discipline, that of a demolition expert, as that is all that will
be left in the long run! And
we would not have this problem front and center for attention had we
insisted upon our politicians to get off the stool or else, get a
natural gas pipeline headed our way back 20-years
ago or
else. Look, how
hard is it to ditch some pipe in the tundra for a measly 500-miles,
along
a paved road?
And Trans-Canada is laughing all the way to the Toronto-Dominion
bank,
after milking this state out of $500-Million, to perform, well not
much except excuse after excuse, because that is what the state
bureaucrats wanted so bad and
like Twiddly-Dee and Twiddly-Dumb, the latter seems to be what we all
suffer upon
for letting it go on, for way too long!
