The drawback with just about every home business is it’s either ,too costly to set up, takes too long to become profitable, or is too difficult to learn.

In 1968 Pete Kott and I were married in Flint, Michigan. In that same year we had a child. Unfortunately, this marriage was a big mistake for me. He was so brutal I escaped for my life by leaving the state. He has never supported this child or had any contact with her. Since I left him in 1968, his life has been driven by lies. He has never told anyone including his current wife and children that he has another child. Moreover, It may be possible his second marriage is not legal. Yes, he met his second wife in Asia in 1968 and I believe he was married before our divorce was final.

Obviously, this is a person who knows lying is wrong but does not care. Most of all, he wins the prize for being the biggest hypocrite for stating family values were important to him.

According to this story, the one who held up the bill was Sen. Byrd…..who’s the actual guilty party?

JUNEAU, Alaska – Federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska lawmakers Thursday in a search for any ties between the legislators and a large oil field services company, officials said.

[snip]

The offices of Senate President Ben Stevens, R-Anchorage; Kohring; Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, R-Juneau; Sen. Donald Olson, D-Nome; and Rep. Pete Kott, R-Eagle River also were searched.

The blinds were mostly drawn and doors shut in most offices being searched at the downtown Legislative Information Office in Anchorage. Agents wearing blue rubber gloves were visible through gaps in the blinds, rifling through documents in Stevens’ Anchorage office.

Ahhh, yes….a chip off the old block!

Daddy Ted will be proud!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14608601/

-Lazarhat

The Republican Senator from Oklahoma who co-sponsored the bill with Barak Obama knew about the ‘hold’ two weeks ago and announced it publically to his constituents during a public townhall meeting in his home state at that time. He was quoted as asaying so yesterday.

The ‘hold’ tactic can be done by any single senator on ANY bill at any time. This particular one, by that mean old bastard Stevens, was done on purpose in an attempt to make it look like Stevens was specifically punishing the Republican Senator from Oklahoma because he was the most vocal opponent of the earmarks referred to by some as “bridges to nowhere”. Period. End of story.

It’s not right. I’m not his apologist. But y’all need to get your facts straight and get off the talking points. This is merely a diverson, meant to look like Republican infighting when in fact it is carefully designed to kill the bill entirely. And for that you’ll have not just Stevens to thank, but the entirety of the Republican party for this planned and well orchestrated disagreement.

-Lazarhat

Ok Herb, there are some BASIC PROBLEMS with your post. First, the details of this bill are very well known and posted on the internet for your review. It SAILED out of committee with 100% support, telling us no politician wanted to be seen voting against it, usually good for Americans, and total bipartisan support, usually good for Americans. Second, “Tubeboy” Stevens is a mean ASS, so you judge people on their character and that tells you a lot. THE FACT STEVENS WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HIDE THE FACT he put a hold on the bill tells you a lot. And how can he “rebut” what he’s actively hiding? Duh, if he doesn’t want to get “caught” doing something shifty, then he shouldn’t be hiding crap in the first place.
And lastly, yes sunshine is the best disinfectant to government corruption, that’s why “Tubes” is hiding in the dark dark recesses of the Senate on this one. “Being fair” would be Ted Tubes standing the hell up and saying he placed a hold on the bill and why, not getting caught and then having apoligists stating we “haven’t heard his side”.

Lets give ol’ Stevens here the GOP PIG stamp of approval.

Go Pigs!

/sarcon

Remember the famous “Bridge To Nowhere”? A Slate article from 09AUG06 might help to jog our memories a bit:
A bridge to nowhere
Alaska’s Gravina Island (population less than 50) will soon be connected to the megalopolis of Ketchikan …

I have not read all your comments but I read enough to know the vast majority of you lambasted the hell out of the man that has brought more money to the state of Alaska than all the other congressmen combined that have ever served in congress. Some of the ways he has gotten that money has not been well understood by many of us. Power does strange things to people, and Ted is arguably one of. if not the most powerful men in the Senate. Who among you know in their heart how they would react to some of these bills as they come through congress if we had the power to kill them. I for one do not know enough about this bill or any other bill to know how I might react to them. How many of you know the details of this bill. Probably very few, if there were two of you who knew, it would surprise me. How many of you can see how easily it is to insight people against someone or some issue by only telling you some of the story. By that I mean, where is Ted’s side of the story. Does he get the chance for rebuttal? It is doubtful he or I or you would rebut anything written in this forum if we were in his position. I really cannot know that for sure, but if you think about it. It would only serve to fuel the fire of those that mean to harm the man. Why to I write this? Just to remind you that some of the people who wave these kinds of things in our faces have an agenda of their own. I am quite certain any one of you could cast dispersions on anyone you might care to who serves the public. Look at what happen to Sara Palin for example in the recent primary race. Is Tony Knowles squeaky clean? I do not know, he might be, but could some of his actions as governor or mayor be written in such a manner as to cast doubt on his integrity? I will leave that for you to decide for yourself. Primarily because I do not know. I do know that without the whole story we should only make half a judgment. It was actually kind of scary reading what some of you wrote. One would have us hanging the guy over this. How would you like to have that guy reviewing what bills get voted on and which ones don’t, for now I’ll stay with Ted. Ok I have had my say. Have a nice day.

“East of Yakutat was an enormous, completely impassable glacier which stopped all projects.”

Don’t worry, Bush 43’s environmental policy’ll take care of that right quick.

I’m a pretty well-traveled person and my brain functions as intended, but when I was in Alaska, I kept catching myself after saying “back in America…” because it really did feel as different as being in another country. This sheds some light on why it felt that way.

Odd to me that people who grow up there aren’t more environmentally aware. Alaska truly is one of the last frontiers left on this planet. I can’t imagine anyone being for any process that would compromise it in the least.