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Alaskan politics
Your "Civics Of the Last Frontier" lesson for the day:
At last count, Sen. Ted Stevens (also known in Alaska as "Uncle Ted" for being a campaigner for Alaskan statehood, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, and the ultimate in bringing home the federal bacon; also also known as "A series of tubes"; also also also known as "a convicted ( Read more... ) -
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Alaska, you are seriously killing my buzz.
(I spent the last third or so of Obama's speech crying quietly to myself. I think I started when he started thanking his family, and I just got new bursts all the way through -- when he said a new spirit of service and I realized I was hearing and watching my generation's ask not what your country can do ( Read more... ) -
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Guess who got found guilty on all counts of ethics violationsThis comes as very little surprise to, well, anyone, I expect. The real question is how this is going to reflect on Palin, I should think ( Read more... ) -
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Mailed my ballot. I wish I had a sticker that says "I Voted Today!" That would be sweet ( Read more... ) -
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OHSHI--
Who just filled out her absentee ballot?
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Holy shit.
I'm gonna be 20 on Tuesday.
O.O
My birthday present to me thus far has been my Tenth Doctor costume, which has so far come in at just under $20 -- not counting the sonic screwdriver I ordered with gift cards from last birthday.
Unrelatedly! Sarah Palin not only officially abused her power in getting State Trooper Mike Wooten fired, ( Read more... ) -
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Dear peers:
Do not make fun of my state's constitution. The Permanent Fund is not the snowmobile and rape kit fund, thank you so much Dan Savage. It is a useful, important part of my state's economic system.
Make fun of Sarah Palin. Fine. Sling mud. Fine.
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I am so damn proud of my city right now. Biggest rally in Alaskan history.
And I'm so damn homesick, too.
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