The Upper Hand: Who has it? | AndrewHalcro.com

The Upper Hand: Who has it? | AndrewHalcro.com.

More of the same old song from our famous Governor. The song goes a little like this:

Do nothing.

Take credit for everything, even those things she tried to stop.

Leave the state for a little unconditional love.

A new stanza in this little ditty is the dressing down of chief of staff for the Speaker of the House over posting her schedule.  The schedule was already posted in the Anchorage Daily News, part of the public record.

As a Republican, I am embarrassed.  As an Alaskan, I am embarrassed.  As a blogger (albeit one of questionable talent) I am getting lazy.  Sarah Palin makes bitching about things way too easy.  Fish in a barrel easy.

In the immortal words of Caddyshack’s Carl Spackler, “So, I got that going for me.”

Facebook | With Palin pettiness takes a back seat only to ambition | The Alaska Standard

Facebook | With Palin pettiness takes a back seat only to ambition | The Alaska Standard.

Dan’s right the money with this post.  Nice work.

U.S. to drop Stevens charges: Former Sen. Ted Stevens | adn.com

This is good news.  Ted Stevens has always been a political hero of mine and has been great for the state of Alaska.  I am so happy to hear that the charges have been dropped.

That being said, I am also ashamed that I fell for what they put him through.  I didn’t vote for him this past election.  His race went down to the wire and he eventually lost.  There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that he would have won the election had there been no charges.  The winner of the election, Senator Mark Begich, wouldn’t have even run against him if not for the trial.

So, that raises the question, “Did someone manipulate the system to get Ted Stevens out of the Senate?” “Were there forces at work to start a silent but effective coup to oust Stevens from office?”

You cannot help but wonder.

U.S. to drop Stevens charges: Former Sen. Ted Stevens | adn.com.

Obama’s Double Standard on Corporate Governance – Umair Haque – HarvardBusiness.org

I was wondering about this.  It cannot be good to have our government fire and hire corporate leaders.  If you are giving money, then give money.  If you are concerned about the money given, don’t give it.

It isn’t a coincidence that there are no auto makers in the cabinet but there are a lot of bankers/investment people.

I get the feeling we were duped during the election.  But only about Obama, McCain was weak and he was called on that from the beginning. It seems we had no good pick for president.  Except Ron Paul?

Obama’s Double Standard on Corporate Governance – Umair Haque – HarvardBusiness.org.

The Return of Megan Baldino

This post is for the person who continually searches WordPress for Megan Baldino posts.

I understand that she is to return to KTUU sometime soon. We will be glad to have her back.

I saw her once at the airport. She is tiny.

On to bigger and better things | The Alaska Standard

You all in the lower 48 can have her.  Just don’t mess up the rest of the Republican Party.

On to bigger and better things | The Alaska Standard.

The Mudflats » In Exposing the Identity of Mudflats, Rep. Mike Doogan Exposes Himself.

Incredible story here.  Mike Doogan an Alaska State Representative, apparently with nothing better to do, has chosen to investigate not our governor but the identity of a blogger he disagrees with.  He things it she shouldn’t be able to say what she wants anonymously.  So he outed her.

I don’t agree with most of what is written in the Mudflats but I do respect her passion and writing and right to privacy.  Mike Doogan does not.  He is a state representative not a disgruntled teenager.

What a loser.  I hope his constituents vote him out of office.

Email him to let him know how you feel.

Rep.Mike.Doogan@legis.state.ak.us

The Mudflats » In Exposing the Identity of Mudflats, Rep. Mike Doogan Exposes Himself..

In this economy…

I am really starting to despise this phrase. Many folks in life and in the media are using it to beat up on those that are successful. For instance, in an article about the NFL owners meetings the commenter states, “I’d be curious to know the names of the papers that DID pay for their writers to stay at that $425 a night hotel…” My question is, “Why do you care?”

Honestly, is the downturn in the economy a license to turn up the volume on the holier-than-thou stereo? Those self-righteous folks that are constantly judging others and other’s behavior? If those folks have committed a crime or been accused of a crime, like Bernie Madoff, then I could understand. But when business goes about doing their business in a completely legitimate way and lay people interject on what they spend and why, it just smacks of jealousy. Those same folks are usually the ones begging for stimulus money, saying that the credit markets need to open up again.

Business needs to spend. That spending supports other businesses. The $425 a night hotel is fighting to stay open just like the local Motel 6. That is how things work. Just because one chooses to not stay at that hotel or it is beyond their means to stay there, does not mean that those that can, shouldn’t.

Business and personal finance are, for the most part, private matters. Even in a down economy/recession/depression/meltdown.

Here is a novel thought. Mind your business. Take care of your business and leave other’s business to them. If you are doing poorly, work to fix it. If you are doing well, great, keep up the good work. But mind your own business.

Thanks.

Better Free than Fair | BipolarNation.com

I’ve always thought the issue with fairness is the taking from the successful and the giving to the unsuccessful.  This guy agrees.  Good for me.

Better Free than Fair | BipolarNation.com.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Palin hammered for rejecting stimulus money « – Blogs from CNN.com

I am really not sure about the stimulus money.  On one hand, everyone can use more money but here in Alaska the only entities paying taxes are oil companies and businesses and their taxes aren’t going down at all.  The state is running a deficit.

On the other hand, everyone is bitching about the government bailing out AIG and their ilk.  Those folks are lining up for money from Uncle Sam too.  How are the states different?  Many states as just as guilty of running their states into the ground just as the financial sector has and yet it is ok to take that money but not business?

I was also told once that the key to giving money away is to become completely unconcerned about how it gets spent.  If you worry about how it is spent, you shouldn’t give it out.

This is truly a political move on the part of our little pitbull but the consequences of this move I can get behind.

The sadness to the whole event is that our legislature will fall for her little trap and get the rest of the money anyway.  She will win by presenting herself as a conservative and allowing the state to get the entire amount of money.

Will this have any effect on her political aspirations?  I say no, it has already been shown, time and again, that Americans rarely vote for a leader but they do vote for an idea, a symbol, a representation of what they think they want.

I hate to quote Dan Fagan (the local Limbaugh) but it is an American Idol campaign and election.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Palin hammered for rejecting stimulus money « – Blogs from CNN.com.