Track Palin arrested!

Courtesy of KTUU: 

Court records show the son of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been arraigned on three charges Sunday morning, all are domestic violence related. Track Palin, 28, faces a Class B Felony charge of first-degree burglary, one charge of assault in the fourth degree and one charge of criminal mischief in the fourth degree 

According to CourtView, the charges were all committed on Saturday, Dec. 16. Palin was arraigned in the Palmer Courthouse at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning. 

Records indicate he previously faced domestic violence charges in 2016. At that time, Palin faced fourth-degree assault charges, a weapons charge and a charge of interfering with a domestic violence report. He was allegedly intoxicated. Former Gov. Sarah Palin spoke about those accusations against Track Palin, suggesting post-traumatic stress disorder may have been a factor from his service in the army.

Well now we know what got Palin so fired up about those old stories about her family yesterday.

So you want to hear something really funny?

Dennis Zaki and I were just joking around on Friday that Track was definitely going to end up back in jail anytime now.

And lo and behold.

Update: According to Court View Track is currently in custody.

Perhaps nobody is interested in bailing his drunken ass out this time. 

Update 2: Court View also did not identify WHO Track assaulted, so right now we do not know if it was another hapless girlfriend or a family member.

Anybody seen Todd lately?

Alaska's legal marijuana industry has now paid more than a million dollars in taxes.

Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch.

Courtesy of KTUU: 

Alaska's marijuana industry has brought in more than $1 million in tax revenue since commercial sales began in October. 

The Juneau Empire reports that June 30 was the due date for Alaska cannabis growers to pay taxes collected in May. The state's May revenue was $272,600, which is the highest of any month since October and pushed overall tax revenue to $1.2 million. 

The Department of Revenue predicted earlier this year that the state would collect $2 million in the fiscal year that ended July 1. The revenue will miss that mark, but sales are on the verge of increasing. 

Kelly Mazzei of the department's tax division says outdoor growing operations have not yet made their first harvest. She says when that happens the state's tax revenue might soar.

I have to admit that this started off slower than I anticipated, but it looks like legalized weed might finally be making some impact on Alaska's bottom line.

Not much yet of course, but if Alaskans start consuming weed in the same amounts they do alcohol and ice cream this could be huge.

Alaska Senate passes bill to cap Permanent Fund at $1,000.

Courtesy of KTUU: 

A steady stream of state government revenue instead of relying exclusively on volatile oil markets, and $1,000 dividends for Alaskans: that's what a bill approved Wednesday by the Alaska Senate would guarantee. 

Senate Bill 26 passed the GOP-controlled Senate 12 to 8 and strongly resembles the Permanent Fund restructure bill that cleared the Senate last year with the endorsement of Gov. Bill Walker but failed to pass the House. 

Under the new plan, 5.25 percent of the $57.2 billion fund -- as calculated over a five-year period of time -- would be drawn annually from the earnings reserve account. 

Three quarters of the money drawn out would be funneled to government, putting a significantly bigger dent in the $3 billion budget deficit than the proposals to implement an income tax and cut government spending for a third year in a row. 

The remainder of the draw would go to pay dividends, which would be locked at $1,000 for three years and are expected to grow slightly thereafter.

I can't even get upset about this.

I have known this day was coming since 1982 when I received my first PFD check. Which by the way was ALSO for $1,000.

However I am in the minority in my lack of anger over this, and I well realize that the majority of my fellow Alaskans are going to want blood and that the politicians who proposed this bill, and voted on it, have seriously endangered their prospects for reelection.

On a positive note perhaps it will convince some of the parasites up here to move on to greener pastures and leave the state to the REAL Alaskans.

Alaska Congressman for life Don Young has a new challenger.

Courtesy of KTUU:  

Former journalist and non-profit executive Steve Lindbeck announced today that he’s running as a Democrat to unseat Young, saying it’s time for change. 

“He’s been there a long time and as Alaskans we owe him a lot of respect for 43 years of service but things do change. The way things worked before may not work in the future. We’ve got to look ahead,” Lindbeck told Channel 2. 

“Maybe it’s time for a fresh face,” he said.

Actually it is well past time for a "fresh face."

The question is will this Lindbeck fellow be it, or will he be crushed in defeat like so many who have gone before him?

Don Young is 83 years old and yet if he wants to be reelected, which he does, it is quite likely that he will be. Remember the Republican party still holds the reins of power in this state.

I know, I know, I'm cynical. But I have seen this movie play out so many times before it is all but impossible not to predict the ending.

Winter cave exploring is not exactly the best idea in Alaska.

Courtesy of KTUU: Michael Glidden was wandering the ice-blue remains of a glacier in the Chugach National Forest Saturday when he spotted one particularly, deep, dark tunnel, he says. 

The Anchorage retiree and his two American Eskimo Dogs, Shasta and Aspen, ventured inside. Temperatures had dipped to 29 degrees along the riverbeds outside.

It wasn’t until he got home and began posting pictures online that Glidden noticed an unusual shape, hidden in the shadows, had been there in the cave with him all long. 

The photo was cloudy but the claws gave the animal away.

 Good thing that bears are heavy sleepers this time of year.

Alaska, where you are constantly only yards away from something that could definitely kill you.

Alaskan voters angered about letters revealing voting records of friends and neighbors and threatening to reveal more before the election.

Billionaire Paul Singer, whose Right Wing organization is behind the mailings.

Courtesy of KTUU:  

A series of letters from a shadowy group is telling Alaskans’ friends and neighbors whether they voted in previous elections -- and threatening to release their voting records in the Nov. 4 general elections. 

In letters photographed by Channel 2 viewers who received them, the Alaska State Voter Program lists 10 friends and neighbors, along with their home addresses and whether -- but not how -- they voted in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 elections. At least one person reported subsequently receiving an email from the group containing the text of the mailed letter. 

An introduction in the letters rhetorically asks why people don’t vote, then poses the group’s solution to the issue. The language is mirrored on the group's website, which allows people to generate a list similar to those in the letters by entering their name and mailing address or their Facebook account. 

“This year, we’re taking a new approach,” ASVP members wrote. “We’re sending this mailing to you, your friends, your neighbors, your colleagues at work, and your community members to publicize who does and does not vote.” 

Channel 2 viewers have uniformly condemned the Alaska mailings as an unwarranted intrusion on their privacy, with one saying a friend who received a copy of the letter at his Wasilla home did not respond well. 

“He and his wife are furious because the letter lists names and addresses of their neighbors and what years they voted -- which means their names are probably on a letter in other people's households,” the viewer wrote. “These types of shaming and bullying tactics are unacceptable and they cross the line.” 

A second viewer pointed out the possibility of information from the letters enabling criminal activity. 

“We recently had ID theft and the last thing we want to publicize is where we live,” the viewer wrote. “I wonder how many people are outraged like us.” 

A third viewer said the mailings represent a threat to Alaska-based service members’ operational and personal security. 

“How is this even okay to send out people’s names and addresses?” the viewer wrote. “What about the military families in this state who are trying to maintain proper OPSEC and PERSEC, who just had their names and addresses sent out to random other people?”

This Alaska State Voter Program attempts to camouflage itself as a local political outfit, even using some of our beautiful scenery on its website, but it is certainly NOT an Alaskan organization.

And by the way when they say "this year we're taking a new approach" that is bullshit as this seems to be the first year they have even been in existence. In fact they really don't seem to even exist today.

Gee I wonder where they came from, and who is paying for all of this?

Well KTUU has some of those answers: 

While ASVP isn’t registered with the Alaska Public Offices Commission according to Fenumiai, she said the interstate nature of its PAC would leave it covered by the Federal Election Commission. State officials have been unable to uncover much more about the nature and origins of the group, she said. 

An attribution at the bottom of the letters says they are paid for by the Opportunity Alliance PAC, a political action committee associated with the Republican-affiliated American Opportunity Alliance. The alliance’s website doesn’t list a page for Alaska, but includes links to an attack ad against U.S. Senate incumbent Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as well as endorsements of Republicans Joni Ernst in an Iowa U.S. Senate race and Martha McSally for an Arizona U.S. House seat. 

Apparently the Opportunity Alliance PAC is run by billionaire Paul Singer who it just so happens donate $600,000 to Dan Sullivan's campaign last year.

Gee an out of state PAC supporting the carpetbagger trying to steal an Senate seat in Alaska? You could have knocked me over with a feather.

First male couple marries in Alaska. Somewhere Jerry Prevo is beating his head against a wall.

Courtesy of KTUU: 

Alaska history was made Saturday night as the first male couple exchanged “I do’s” in Anchorage. 

Big Lake residents Gene Zola, 62, and Bob Deloach, 75, legally married at Raven in Downtown Anchorage. 

The two men have been together for more than 40 years.

I think that if a couple remains together for 40 years it does not matter WHAT gender they are, they should be allowed to get married anywhere in the world.

By the way first female Alaskan couple married last week in Barrow of all places.

For those trivia buffs you might like to know that Big Lake is just a hop skip and a jump away from Wasilla, and that Sarah Palin also won the title of Miss Big Lake the year after she won the Miss Wasilla title so that she could have a second shot at the Miss Alaska title, which she failed to win for the second time in a row.

First interview with Congressman Don Young after he threatened his Democratic challenger fails to ask him the most important question. #Whodidyoukill?

"The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead."

As all of you know I am obsessed with discovering who our lone Congressman has killed, and where he hid the bodies, ever since that fisheries debate in Kodiak, during which he said the following:

"Don’t you ever touch me. Don’t ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.” 

So I was really excited to learn that Young had recently been interviewed by KTUU reporter Grace Jang. As far as I know this was the first interview with Young since the incident, but sadly Jang did not directly ask him about it.

However she did ask about Young's history with that kind of behavior:

Grace Jang: Your challenger mentioned a few incidents, like the staffer’s arm and the racial slur and the antics on the (House) floor. You responded to that. Can you tell us again what you said? 

Young: I said, ‘That’s me.’ I make no bones about it. I don’t want to be touched. I’ve never been touched unexpectedly by anybody. That was my immediate response. I was trained that way. He’s too young to know that. He’s never been in the military. And I’ve been that way. That’s who I am. I’m Don Young. I’m an Alaskan congressman, and I’ll always be the Alaskan congressman until they decide not to vote for me. But I’ll continue being Don Young. I’m not going to change because somebody wants me to change.

Jesus he even talks about himself in the third person.  As if there was any doubt as to his arrogance.

And the son-of-a-bitch has no plans to retire either. Just listen to this:

Grace Jang: You’re 81 years old. How much longer can you do this? 

Young: I feel good. Physically, I’m in great shape. I go well, and I do what I have to do. There will be a time when if I can’t do it physically, I won’t do it. I’ve got a commitment to my daughters. And if I know I can’t walk, I’m staggering around, I’ll probably not do it. I know that time will come. Right now, though, I’m tearin’ ‘em up and making little pieces out of them. So I’m having a good time.

"Tearin' em up and making little pieces out of them." That is exactly what he is doing to the reputation of Alaskans. 

I am under no illusions that Young will lose this next election, but dammit he certainly should.

And if reporters would simply start demanding to know who it was that he supposedly killed, or at least make him admit that he lied about that, this might actually be the election that sees him forced to step down.

And THAT would be good news for Alaskans indeed.

Snoop Dogg offers to perform in Alaska once the state legalizes marijuana. Actually I bet a whole lot of bands offer to play up here once the proposition passes.

Courtesy of KTUU:  

Rapper and marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg has promised to perform a concert in Alaska if voters choose to legalize pot. 

The promise came during an episode of Snoop Dogg's GGN webcast in which he interviewed former KTVA Channel 11 reporter Charlo Greene about her on-air announcement that she owns the Alaska Cannabis Club. 

"If we get y'all to vote yes on Proposition 2, Snoop Dogg is coming to Alaska to do a concert, a wellness retreat concert, and I'm bringing some of that California with me to celebrate," Snoop says.

What some people failed to recognize about the Charlo Greene on-air "fuck it, I quit" comment, was that it would bring national attention and support to Alaska's attempt to legalize pot.

In fact Charlo's comment may play an instrumental part in helping us hang onto our lone Democratic Senator.

Right now we have two issues on the November ballot that should help turnout more young liberals in the state. One is Ballot Measure 3 which increases the minimum wage, and the other of course is Proposition 2.

Even though I think both of these issues essentially cross party lines in Alaska, conventional wisdom suggests that it is the liberals who are more likely to be drawn to the polls in support.

THAT could really help Senator Begich who is currently struggling in the polls, and help Alaska to hang onto the one Senator who is not firmly in the pocket of the oil companies.

At this point every little bit helps, and Greene's on air expletive might go down in history as having a significant effect on Alaska politics in 2014.

Petition to have Alaska secede back to the Russians receives more than 10,000 signatures in three days.

Courtesy of KTUU:

A petition to the Obama administration for the secession of Alaska back to Russia has reached more than 10,000 signatures in three days. 

The petition, entitled "Alaska Back to Russia", was created by an unnamed Anchorage resident on Thursday, and has gathered signatures from Alaska and several other states. It cites historical evidence of previous visitors and claimants for ownership of the territory. 

The petition must reach 100,000 signatures by April 20, 2014, in order to be considered by the current presidential administration for review and an official response. The White House petition site currently has 120 petitions gathering signatures and awaiting consideration.

WTF?

As of this post the petition has 11,272 signatures.

Now I have no idea what the motivation of the "unnamed Anchorage resident" might have been to create this petition, but I can guess as to why it has received so many signatures so quickly.

So let me set the record straight. She no longer lives in Alaska!

That's right she now lives in Arizona, so giving Alaska back to the Russians will not do you any good.

Sarah Palin will not go with it!

She no longer sees Russia from her porch. Instead she sees Saguaro cactus, rattlesnakes, and fresh new skin cancer lesions on John McCain's forehead.

Besides if the Russians wanted Alaska back, don't you think Putin would have invaded us by now?

The ADN has an excellent graphic to illustrate the convictions handed down to the Alaska domestic terrorists yesterday.

Graphic courtesy of ADN.

I was perusing the various news sites that covered the trial and I stumbled across this from KTUU:

Cox became angry as the verdict was read, telling jurors, "The prosecutors withheld evidence from you guys." He looked at his wife Marti Cox and cried as bailiffs led him away, refusing to speak with reporters.

I know it may seem cruel but part of me is glad that Cox burst into tears as he finally understood that he was now headed to federal prison,  and that essentially his life was over. That is EXACTLY what you are supposed to feel when you are convicted of the kinds of criminal activity that Francis and his buddies engaged in.

You know when I was sixteen years old my father, who had worked as a sheriff's deputy in Arizona, told me of the things he had seen while dealing with prisoners in the correctional facilities there.  My dad held nothing back and told me stories that scared the shit right out of me.

I tried to play it off, and puffed up my chest to play the bad-ass.  But my Dad leaned right in and said, "Boy you may think you are the cock of the walk out here, but in that place it is wall to wall bad-asses who have nothing left to lose by cutting your dick off and choking you to death with it. And I have seen that very thing take place. I am sure you will fight, but eventually you will lose. You're a good kid, and it would break my heart to see you end up like that."

My dad was not always the best dad, but that was a very important thing to tell his often pugnacious oldest son. And it was something I never forgot.

All of my life I remembered what he said and I lived my live to avoid that consequence.  I was quick tempered and quite aggressive, but I respected the rule of law, and I made damn sure that I did not do ANYTHING which would put me behind bars.

Francis "Schaeffer" Cox would have been well served with similar parental advice from HIS father. But if he received any, Cox did not pay attention, and now he will suffer for his arrogance and lack of respect for the law.

And as far as I am concerned he deserves whatever fate awaits him there.

This case was very important NOT just because it got these criminal assholes off of the street, but also because it sends a message to OTHER potential sovereign citizen militia members and 2nd Amendment lunatics, that the rule of law is still in place, and that just because they don't respect law enforcement, it does not mean they cannot get thrown into a dank, isolated cell for the rest of their natural lives.

The other important outcome from this case is that it has re-energized the Feds, who had essentially lost their mojo  after the unfortunate Ted Stevens debacle, and now there is a MUCH stronger possibility that we will start to see federal investigations launched on a whole slew of very deserving Alaska criminal types.

And, to me at least, THAT is very good news indeed!

Sarah Palin reporting on Glen Rice's basketball team for KTUU three months after they did the nasty.

Courtesy of Deadspin:

Just about three months after her alleged one-night stand with Michigan star player Glen Rice, Sarah Palin (then Sarah Heath) reported on a Wolverines game for Anchorage's KTUU-TV. In the clip above, she's reporting on Michigan's 80-67 loss against Purdue on March 3, 1988 in to clinch the Big Ten championship game. Her alleged former lover had just 11 points and shot 5 for 16 from the field in the game, so he goes unmentioned. 

Okay this might just be the result of knowing that Palin and Rice bumped uglies, but does EVERYTHING she says in this sportscast seem packed with sexual innuendo to anybody else?

One of my visitors has a question.

This picture was sent to my e-mail with the following message:

This is a picture of my nephew. He was born premature at 35 weeks, 6lbs and 14oz. My sister actually lost weight during her pregnancy and gave birth 3lbs lighter than her prepregnancy weight, but she still showed. This was her second child. My nephew stayed in the NICU for weeks before being allowed to come home.

Why did Sarah not mention an NICU stay a all? Why was her child not given steroids to help with lung development?

Below is a picture of the baby identified as Trig Palin, lovingly held by his grandparents Chuck and Sally Heath, only hours after his birth.  He was also supposedly born premature, at only 35 weeks.

Notice any difference?

So as to the question of WHY this person's nephew had to spend so much time in the NICU, with all of those tubes and monitors attached to him, while Trig was paraded around the hospital looking like a completely healthy full term baby is essentially a question with no good answer.

Then you add in the fact that according to the letter written by Sarah Palin's doctor this child was supposed to have jaundice and, according to Sarah Palin herself, a hole in his heart, NOTHING about this makes any sense whatsoever.

But hey, what do I know?  After all  I am just one of those "Trig Truthers."  Who would ever take anything I had to say seriously?  

(Actually you might be VERY surprised.)

Unbelievably Sarah Palin provides criticism of Brian Williams interview with President Obama!

Transcript courtesy of Politico:

"My first reaction was listening to Brian Williams and wondering, 'Brian, that's some stealth reporting. You're not even going to follow up and ask him what in the heck is Barack Obama talking about. What is he insinuating?'

"I was pretty appalled at that notion that Brian Williams was just letting him get away with that kind of false accusation that there is some kind of suggested right-wing conspiracy again, especially knowing that the media still — the mainstream, lamestream media — they're in his back pocket, still."

Just when I think this no talent moron cannot get anymore arrogant and filled with self importance she says something as unbelievably arrogant as this.

Listen lady that is Brian "freaking" Williams!  He is the anchor on the highest rated evening news cast on television!  The last thing he needs is advice from a woman who went to FIVE different colleges before finally emerging with a degree in journalism, only to work for a brief time as the weekend sports girl at KTUU in Anchorage.  I mean when THIS is the example of your journalistic experience you do not have the right to judge ANYBODY on how well they conduct an interview! You ignorant, ignorant woman.

And the REASON that Brian Williams "let him get away with that kind of false accusation" is because there is NOTHING false about it!  And you damn well know it!

Maybe the next time you want to judge somebody for their performance you should pick something you actually know how to do. like play the victim, or take credit for other people's hard work, or convince uneducated people to donate their money and then use it to buy stuff for yourself, or raise a house full of dysfunctional children and lie to everybody about what saints they all are, or blame every stupid thing you say on the media.  You know, things like that.

Or, here's an idea, you could just SHUT THE FUCK UP!

I think we should start a "Save Trig Palin" campaign.

Not difficult to write the book? No shit Sarah, you did not write a word of it!

Uh oh! Did you see how fast Sarah ditched her little prop as soon as he became a little fussy? Can't have the Palin-bots seeing their idol being embarrassed by her ticket to pro-life credibility, now can we?

And did you notice she is showing him a book without having his glasses on? "Here baby, look at these fuzzy pictures. We don't want you to look too silly for the cameras now do we? Oh that's right you can't hear me without your hearing aids in."

I am convinced that the child is not getting ANY of the therapy or special support he needs from this famiily. I really worry about what kind of future he will have. I also wonder if when she is done with this book tour if he gets sent back to wherever she got him from?

God her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard! I have no idea how ANYBODY could possibly imagine her having her own television or radio show. Her only audience would be made up of house cats mewling and hissing at the screen.

A video that sums up the sad state of journalism in Alaska.

Okay let me set this up. Lisa Murkowski was speaking at the AFN (Alaska Federation of Natives) convention and agreed to meet with the press afterward.

The question you hear is asked by young woman from KTUU, a local television station in Anchorage.



"Please state and spell your name? And for the record your title." Did you see Senator Murkowsi's eyes after she answered that last question? She could NOT believe she was just asked that!

Like every other state we only have two Senators, and in the small town atmosphere of Anchorage they are not hard to miss when they are here. Yet this reporter does not seem to know that she is speaking to one of them? And supposedly she works in the NEWS business!

People from outside have often asked how it is possible that Sarah Palin could have gotten away with the things that she did. Well now you know.

We have subpar journalists up here. And that is why the Alaska blogs became so important. We were doing the job that was being left undone.

(H/T to Dennis Zaki)

More from yesterday's rally to protest the release of a dangerous local police officer facing 13 felony counts for rape.

The rally was smaller than we had hoped, undoubtedly the rain did not help, but it was a feisty and energetic group that showed up in front of the Nesbett Courthouse yesterday afternoon.

Holding up signs and waving at passing motorists the crowd did their level best to let the city know that a potentially dangerous man was being released into their midst.

I stood with AKMuckraker in the drizzle and talked to various women who showed up. One by one they tentatively approached AKM to tell her that they were there because she posted about the rally on Mudflats. By my estimation more than half of the twenty or so people who showed up did so because of AKM's post.

We listened to the women express their shock that the judge had decided on such a low bail for a man who in all probability is a serial rapist, and who used his job as a police officer to stalk and victimize at least six different women in our city.

I was very struck by the fact that the rally consisted of only women, except for myself and one other guy who admitted that his wife had made him come down with her. The idea that this is a women' issue and that men do not need to stand up and protest violence done to members of their community is ridiculous.

It is my opinion that as men we need to show up and demonstrate that we do not condone this type of behavior. If we stay silent we risk being defined by the guy's like this who use their larger size and strength to intimidate and violate those that cannot defend themselves.

I have been in situations where women have looked upon me with unease, not because of me personally, but because of what I represent. I am a man, and I shoulder the weight of all of the violence that men have done to women, whether I like it or not.

It is up to all men to demonstrate that REAL men are gentle and non-threatening. By virtue of our strength we should protect, and never abuse, those who are defenseless.

Everyday there are men in the world hurting others and giving women a reason to fear them. If, as men, we do demonstrate that those are cowards, and not true representations of what it is to be a man, then we have only ourselves to blame if we find women avoiding us or expressing fear at our approach.

Which is why I allowed myself to be talked into giving a short interview to the nice, and very assertive, KTUU reporter. I am not very comfortable on camera, but since there were no other males, I felt I had no choice. You can find me at the 2:20 mark.

By the way here is Mudflat's post about the rally.

KTUU unscientific poll shows that majority of Alaskans believe leak of Daniel report was beneficial.

In a poll conducted by Channel 2 News, respondents were asked if the recent leak of an ethics investigation report on Gov. Sarah Palin was a disclosure that benefits the public.

Here is the official question and results of the 841 people who voted.
Was the recent leak of an ethics investigation report on Gov. Sarah Palin a disclosure that benefits the public or an abuse that threatens the legal system?

Benefit to the public 52 %
Abuse of legal system 40 %
Both 5 %
Neither 3 %

All polls conducted by Channel 2 News and KTUU.com are unscientific.

Well I am of course firmly in agreement with that 52 percent.

I believe if it had not been leaked we would NEVER have known that the investigator had determined that Palin's defense fund was not ethical.

And I STILL think it was somebody connected to the Personnel Board who leaked it.

KTUU reports on "Palin's Wild Ride". Don't get too excited it is not as revelatory as you are hoping.

See Sarah promise one thing, and deliver another!

See Stapletongue spin like a top.

See McCain make a national fool of himself.

See Sarah return to Alaska in defeat.

See Stapletongue blame the Turkey video for Palin's current negative image.

See Palin blame KTUU for her stupidity.

See Palin hide behind her Twitter account.

KTUU reports on the battle between Sarah Palin and the Alaska Democrats, over a devious shapeshifter named "Dorfy".

I actually have one compliment for Tim Grussendorf (who will from now on be known on IM as simply "Dorfy"), at least he has the guts to accept his baldness. His father, Ben Grussendorf, had one of the all time worst hairpieces in the whole history of hairpieces. This thing was so ugly that it almost looked like something had crawled onto his head and simply died there.

So good on you Dorfy! It looks like the only thing you are trying to hide is your true party affiliations and your secret pact with Governor Sarah.

Hmmm. You know upon further reflection I think I would prefer an honest guy with a dead mammal on his head.

Well I am watching these Juneau Democrats and they better not let Palin out maneuver them again. Now is the time to show some backbone and stop this woman in her tracks. If she wants to play games with this process then let the world know how little she respects the constituents of Juneau, and the will of their legislators.

Come on Juneau! The whole world is watching. Don't let us down!