Oh Sarah, where art thou?

In a world full of leaders with massive, blinding egos, ours takes the cake. To say that Sarah Palin is inconsistent is like saying Michael Jackson is not getting enough press coverage. Just days after announcing her ‘official’ premature extraction from Alaska’s highest office, Sarah Palin is now fishing in Bristol Bay. Yes, the very same Bristol [...]

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Sarah Palin to resign her office…

Sarah Palin announced today on KTUU Channel 2 News that she will resign as governor of Alaska effective in 3 weeks.
In a press conference from her Wasilla home held just minutes ago, Palin mentioned the various ethics complaints directed at her both personally and her administration as being one reason as to her early departure. Additionally, [...]

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Alaska’s Medicare Crisis… Hope on the Horizon?

Alaska is one of if not the wealthiest states in the country. How is it then that we are tip-toeing on the edge of a catastrophic nightmare? The population, like the rest of America, is aging and doctors are not accepting new Medicare patients…

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VOTE AMERICA!

The election season is nearly over. The only thing that remains is the most important right and privilege of all Americans. While waiting in line today at the polls look at the faces of people who just voted. In its purist form, minus the millions of $ spent, minus the negative attacks punched and counter-punched, voting is truly a beautiful thing.
The past [...]

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Top Ten Reasons Why David Letterman is Our HERO!

Thursday night on Letterman, John McCain made his belated appearance. During the first few minutes, there was a sense of nervous decency between the two. Dave seemed to have a hold on his understandable rage towards McCain for the senator’s bold faced lie to Letterman. His last scheduled appearance was suddenly canceled via phone by McCain just [...]

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Sarah Palin: Guilty of Abuse of Power…

Breaking News:
Troopergate hearing (Updated: 12-0 vote to release the report)
A group of 8 republican and 4 democratic Alaskan Legislators voted unanimously to release the findings of the Abuse of Power Investigation by Steven Branchflower.
Finding Number One (via Mudflats):
For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused [...]

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America’s Healthcare Crisis: Alaskan Perspective…

America’s current state of healthcare is beyond the need of a bailout. Healthcare is a right and not a selective, top-down responsibility of government. As a 4 year volunteer at my local community health center I have been witness to an exponential influx of uninsured and working poor families who cannot afford skyrocketing healthcare costs.
 
In last [...]

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Alaskans Rally for… Obama / Biden

Alaskans converged towards one of the 2 rallies scheduled in downtown Anchorage on Saturday. The clear winner in attendance and spirit was the Obama / Biden rally held downtown with an estimated attendance of well over 1,200 (I would guesstimate 1,800 at the height of the rally). The other was a 300 person affair for [...]

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Vice Presidential Debate: Biden vs Palin

The lone vice presidential debate is over and who was left standing? The McCain/Palin ticket’s targeted lowering of expectations in the week leading up to the debate (‘Joe six pack’) may have had an effect on a small percentage of Americans. However, after watching the debate I kept my eye on the real issues affecting Americans (the [...]

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A Table Worth a Thousand Words… and Millions of Votes

Obama vs McCain Tax Proposals:
…the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that in contrast to Mr. McCain, “Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers.”
The study said, “The largest tax cuts, as a share of income, would go to those at the bottom of the income [...]

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