Archive for September, 2008
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Man, this just gets better and better… First of all, Alaska politics has always been interesting. Being an Alaskan myself (I grew up there, before moving out of the state in 1990), I’ve always loved it. It’s always open and interesting to watch. But that wasn’t so about Wasilla under Palin. They were critiziced for [...]
Update on Palin’s per diem scandal
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008When you go through Alaska’s FY2008 budget, there is a nice little section that talks about travel. Specifically, the State is trying to save money on Medicaid, and has put into the budget this statement: It is the intent of the legislature that the Department continues to aggressively pursue Medicaid cost containment initiatives. Efforts should [...]
Bridge to nowhere: Palin kept the money, so what did she do with it?
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Just doing a cursory search, there is an article on the New York Times website that states about the “Bridge to Nowhere”, which Palin is trying to say she killed: When Congress removed the earmarks for the bridges in 2005, it still gave the state the money, but it allowed Alaskan officials to decide how [...]
Back home in Oregon
Monday, September 8th, 2008First of all, there’s a website that I need to add to my blogroll, and that’s SenateGuru. They are pretty awesome – and this makes it much more so! First off, there is an extensive interview with Oregon Dem Jeff Merkley, who is going up against Bush scapegoat/apologist Gordon Smith. Merkley is up in recent [...]
If I were doing political commercials…
Friday, September 5th, 2008…then this is the first type of commercial that I would be putting out right now. You can click here to find it on YouTube.
Come on, Palin!
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Oh man. Sarah, you and I are both Alaskans. Both of us moved to Alaska and grew up there. And though I moved out, I still consider Alaska to be where my family is from, where a majority of my family still is, and holds a special place in my heart. One thing about Alaskans. [...]
A powerful graphic
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I’ve shown this graphic, that is specific about what your taxes will be under both Obama and McCain. It is so powerful that I’ve “converted” two McCain supporters who were supporting him solely because of his stance on taxes. We need to use this everywhere, people! The original article can be found by clicking here.
You know who else was a community organizer?
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK was a community organizer. But he really didn’t do anything, did he?
The “U” word
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Okay – it has finally occured. On camera, a House Republican has called Obama “Uppity”. You know, like “uppity negro”. And as David Gergen says (I’m paraphrasing), “Uppity” translates racially as a black man who won’t stay in his place.
The seven scariest words of the race so far
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I almost lost my lunch when I saw this headline pop up: Bush Aides Schooling Palin In Foreign Policy. What the hell, people?!?!? A president with the biggest blunders of any in the history of this nation. A president who lied us into war. And he’s teaching Sarah Palin how to do it? If that [...]
