Comments (17)

Steve5117 wrote on July 23, 2007 5:44 PM:

I'll go, if we can stop by Lisa's place and fish for a while!

aklady wrote on July 23, 2007 5:51 PM:

please Mr. Stevens, could you stay out of my village (Anchorage)? I get tired of explaining and justifying my Native culture to you and now those whom you might bring here. It gets really old to always have to do this. I do come from a tribe and I know you do not like the thought of tribes in Alaska.

Cosmo Kramer wrote on July 23, 2007 5:53 PM:

This reminds me of my J. Peterman Reality Bus Tour.

mark wrote on July 23, 2007 6:14 PM:

Other Stevens-verboten words: schistosomiasis, buboes, Pellegrino, and any word ending in -ictment.

Dave Bowman wrote on July 23, 2007 6:48 PM:

I'm more interested in hearing from Alaskans about depth of corruption in their political system--seems like it's been an ongoing racket that has been kept under wraps until late. Thanks to TPM and to all you intrepid Alaskans here for bringing this out into the light!

Perhaps the Senate should consider funding the the Ted Stevens Minimum Security Prison for Corrupt Politicians in Anchorage as a way to clean up the state and provide jobs, hmm?

Anna S. wrote on July 23, 2007 7:43 PM:

Thesaurus.com suggests the following as replacements for 'investigation' in the questions of curious reporters:

exploration, fact finding, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inspection, probe, research, review, scrutiny, search

I personally like "fishing expedition", which should come in handy whenever Merkowski decides that she's not answering any questions about investigations either.

wisedup wrote on July 23, 2007 8:07 PM:

reporters should ready to shout
"hey, is your house big enough now?"

PalmerBuyer wrote on July 23, 2007 8:32 PM:

I think the new prison could easily be located at the Ted Stevens International Airport -- in the new train station that no Alaskan is able to use. ONLY the cruise ship / railroad people. AND I still refer to the airport as the ANCHORAGE airport. I haven't voted for Teddy for years. Such a hypocrite!!! Won't vote for Lisa either. (I used to be a Republican. No more.)

Ask Teddy about flying and wanting a different seat --someone else's seat in first class -- and throwing a tantrum when he didn't get it. AND the stewardess had the guts and professionalism to tell him NO even after he said "don't you know who I am?" She said 'yes, I do; you need to take YOUR seat." HURRAH FOR HER!!

molly wrote on July 23, 2007 9:52 PM:

He looks tired. Where's the pasture?

molly wrote on July 23, 2007 9:53 PM:

He looks tired. Where's the pasture?

Bad Troll wrote on July 23, 2007 10:24 PM:

How about:

"Disgusting Scandal" ?

"Dirty Tricks" ?

"Typical Sycophantism" ?

"Deep Corruption" ?

"Insider Criminality" ?

"Pork Barrel Follies" ?

"GOP S.O.P." ?

"Sickening Bullshit" ?

...

There are so many possibilities !

Anonymous wrote on July 24, 2007 2:46 AM:

Hi AK Lady-

Sorry this got so far as your home or neighborhood.

But with this apology of what I may have brought attention to,

Do not discard your obligation to push......locally Keep True....

Grumpy wrote on July 24, 2007 11:25 AM:

Another excerpt from Sunday's Anchorage Daily News article:

When asked whether he thought it hurt the state's credibility to have all three members of the Alaska congressional delegation under a cloud of ethical suspicion last week, Stevens said, "give her the piece of paper," and had his press secretary hand out a statement to the three reporters attending his press conference.

Utah eagle wrote on July 24, 2007 11:28 AM:

Ya just gotta wonder. Here you have CIRI's previous CEO proposing to sell their land holdings
in the Knik Bridge Crossing area when bridge funds are being asked for from his buddy Ted. What other CIRI real estate was sold in 03-04 timeframe and to whom? There's been swaps/sales etc. between Penney and CIRI before. Let's take another look at the rash of CIRI property that was sold in a short four month period of time in 03.

thomas wrote on July 24, 2007 12:32 PM:

why does AK need all that federal money when the state is handing out $?K anually to every citizen from oil revenues?
Let them build their own bridges.

SC bent, as in priorities

pansauced wrote on July 24, 2007 3:17 PM:

Alaska already has to pay people to live in their state, now they want to pay legislators to tour it?

Amazing.

Proud Alaskan wrote on July 24, 2007 4:27 PM:

So, all the lower 48 intelligensia, maybe we should have Congress assert control over 60% of all land in your states and then we will see how well you like having the federal government responsible for management in your state.

60% of land in Alaska is under Federal jurisdiction - yet no one seems concerned that many in positions of power never come to Alaska, don't have a clue about the state, and are absentee land owners ranking right up with the British (had to throw something in there that the sophiticated east coast historians can relate to).

Maybe on the environmental front we should ban people from Central Park - to less the human footprint in the last remaining Urban Wilderness. Maybe we can all give $20 to the Sierra Club to assist in that effort. All those poor trees and critters in the last remaining great Urban wilderness having to unfairly compete with the gross humans. Ban people now from Central Park!

And by the way, the idea of actually bringing capitalism as a basis of Native Alaska governance has had tremendously positive impacts on Alaska Natives in the state. It may not be perfect, but it has had a huge upside on many fronts. The village and regional native corporations, along with the many non-profits, have added greatly to the mix of established tribal governance throughout the state.