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enough about joe while the media has consentrated on his futile battel in the courts look what the princes is doing voting straight obama progressive entitlement ticket .
so now we have two socialist representing alaska,how long before alaska is the most dependent state in the union on the feds,if we arnet allready?

Joe Miller bought a low income fishing license and has credit card debt. He was clearly not "fit" to represent us Alaskans.. Even if he had voted the way we would want him to vote.

I guess I shouldn't run for Senate then.

While much is made of Alaska's dependence on the federal government, the bigger picture which is often overlooked is how much Alaska contributes to the federal coffers through its resources. I don't know how it all balances or doesn't, but I'm sure not going to waste much time worrying about getting some of that back. And I'm reluctant to call socialism every picky bit of "silver spoon" sharing. I understand a good share of Alaska's population have benefitted for years from cheap energy tapped in their, (or their near neighbor's ) back yard. (Gas in Cook Inlet.) As that runs out, I wonder who will be tapped to share next?

I do wish Joe had been a bit less "intelligent" and a bit wiser instead. Perhaps he would have gotten a broader section of "We" on board. I don't so much think Alaskans wanted to sail with the HMS Lisa as that they didn't want to board the Schnellboot Miller. But, as Bob Hope said many years ago, "Thanks for the memories" Joe.

I understand a good share of Alaska's population have benefitted for years from cheap energy tapped in their, (or their near neighbor's ) back yard. (Gas in Cook Inlet.) As that runs out, I wonder who will be tapped to share next?

Cheap energy?? Whatcha been smokin' there? We in the interior pay about $3.56/gal. for gas with a refinery about 6 miles from my house. I just paid $2.98/gal for a fuel oil delivery. Don't talk to me about cheap energy. Every time we turn around, some two-bit moroon from the Feds. tell us that they're here to help us. B.S.!!!!
One of the reasons statehood was so difficult to achieve was that the Feds. originally thought that Ak. would be a drain on the national economy. The state's Founding Fathers were able to convince Congress that would not be the case and they turned out to be correct. The only reason we still depend on the Washington klusterf#@^ is because of special interest groups that have absolutely no economic interest in the state. AKA "preservationists".
Bear in Fairbanks

You make my point well, but cheap is relative I suppose. Gasoline and fuel oil out here is just shy of $8.00 gallon. (Bring your own drum, thanks. We don't deliver.) If the simple act of pouring fuel into a barge provides the boat owner with a Lincoln bill for every gallon, either capitalism sucks, or every barge owner not reaping these kinds of profits is an idiot. Your energy is generally on par with lower 48 prices, perhaps, as with most things, slightly above. A major portion of the state's population does or has benefitted from the relatively cheap gas (not gasoline) under Cook Inlet for years. The price may be rising as of late, but it's still cheap compared to other places up this way.

That aside, I take no issue with the idea that Alaska try to seek every nickel that the FedGov takes from us in the first place. Most outlying parts of Alaska would still be in the stone age were it not for "socialistic" policies. I'm sure similar situations would exist in western states and rural areas in general.

I believe Miller is refusing to admit the obvious so that he can continue to solicit more funds for his political war chest. He knows that this bid is over, but he's looking to future runs for an elective office.

He's a grifter, an opportunist, a con man. He should go back to his Kansas farm, and get a vasectomy ... for the good of the country.

I think you should crawl back into whatever Dhimmicrap snake hole you crawled out of, azzhat.

Joe Miller's record in Alaska, not his rhetoric, is the true measure of his lack of character. I wouldn't vote for him regardless of his party. And I'm not a Democrat.

I agree with endgameAK.And I did just vote for him.Not again.

I'm not a Lisa supporter at all.

We need somebody to oust her but apparently it a'int him.He needs to get over it and the sooner we do too,the sooner maybe we get her out of here.

therein lies the rub, we've allowed them to sweeten the deal too much by holding office, decent money compared to what the average guy makes, great benefits that last a lifetime if you can just hang on a bit, power and influence in spades and if handled correctly after leaving office they can get a great gig on the board of a multinational company and drag in the real big bucks.


tis too tempting for most folks, especially folks with 6-7 kids I'd reckon, there's a whole lotta billable hours to decently house, feed and provide insurance to a crew that size.

you guys that have 2-4 kids figure close to doubling your monthly expenditures to provide and all of a sudden being a US senator seems like a pretty sweet deal.

imagine winning the primary and figuring you've got the lock and are just months away from being the next US senator from Alaska?


and then wonder of wonders, the media goes after you like flies on fresh feces while touting all the good your vanquished opponent has done in office and completely ignoring the questionable activities she's been involved in.


next thing you know, your gravy train has been derailed.


I get why he's sore and won't let it go, but that don't make it right.


heck I get why OJ killed his ex and her lover that was driving around in "his" Ferrari that all those Hertz ads paid for. But that don't make it right either.


I also get why seniority plays such a big role in appointments on committees but that don't make that right either.

I fear that folks like Art are right that say we'll probably be stuck with the witch now till she croaks, but I hope that ain't right.


in the end we get the gov't we deserve, we don't have the balls to fire enough of them.


and the way we've let them run the country aground, we should be tar and feathering them anyway.

I would think that Joe with his gold medal education should be able to make a couple of hundred thousand a year fairly easily. This is what makes me wonder about Joe. Something doesn't fit. He is a guy with an enviable skill set for anyone but can't seem to provide for his family. As a matter of fact he takes his skill set to Tok, Ak. Now is this the skill set for bush Alaska? I don't think so. When I first heard Joe speak it was about Afghanistan, he was right on and very impressive. Downhill it went from there not the message but the messenger. Additionally, I cannot give a guy with his training a pass on intentionally erasing and lying about seemingly small things. If he will lie as a default position, on small stuff, what will he do when something big is on the line. It is hard for me to believe Joe is going through all the legal manuvers for principle rather than consuming the cash in his campaign account.

So you don't think a guy with a good education should have a lower paying job? Or live in a rural town? That is ridiculous.

All of which would make him easier to "de-elect" next time around...

We are now stuck with Lisa forever...

+1

A lot of us, I think, hoped he was going to be so much more.

Time may reveal that even "I never have or will vote for a Dem" will wish they had voted for what's-his-name from Sitka.

I have no problem where someone wants to live. The problem I have is his family were the ones who paid for the lower paying job and rural lifestyle. With his earning potiential he could have made the big bucks elsewhere then moved.

Bouncing an incumbent is very hard to do. Perhaps it will be easier in the future, I really don't know. Alaska has had some dandies in Congress, think Gravel.
pak

Yup!! How can any old timer here forget about "Moscow Mike"?
Bear in Fairbanks

While not elected......remember John Lindauer(sp)??

Jeff

Palin made her political bones and her enemies by forcing a State Revenue Tax of 25% of the profit obtained from the oil. This is up from 22.5% that Frank In the Tank Murkowski had obtained.

Alaska Receives double what it pays in for federal taxes in federal revenue. However, this is deceiving. While we might have received about 30 Billion dollars in extra federal revenue in inflation adjusted dollars, the Federal government which gets to tax 1/8th of the total gross oil production has received 90 billion in Federal revenue and it also gets to tax the oil corporations for profits.

The Alaska Constitution made a deal that the federal government was supposed to be limited by taking 30% of any revenue generated by resources found in the state while leaving the rest to the state.

To make this right the feds really should pay Alaskans 6 dollars for every dollar that we receive in tax dollars. We should also be extremely critical for the lack of payment for the 66 percent of the state that they have selected as federal lands. This percentage is growing as the NPS and feds use tax dollars to buy up private property.

This information is from the MMS and the Tax Foundation. Jim Whitaker who was Millers Boss in Fairbanks also told me about this. Now remember that the Alaska presently has about 50 billion stored up in its congressional constitutional reserve. However, Norway has almost 500 billion dollars in its coffers.

The average amount of taxes paid by private individuals in alaska or our salary went from number 1 to number 18. This is because the high salaries of the Pipeline years have not kept up with the rate of inflation.

It is information like this that explains why the economists involved in Natural resources are so AntiFed.

Sincerely,
Thomas