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This is my “front page”, where I post links and brief updates.  For actual posts, please look under “Recent Posts” or “Old Scoop” to the right, or scroll down to the calendar. 

November 14, 2008

So I’ve been too busy/lazy/obsessed with socks to post much here, but I wanted to share this hilarious site with anyone who is still kind enough to drop by:

Stuff Indians Like

Leave it to a desi to borrow an idea (“Stuff White People Like”) and Indianize it. I’m particularly partial to #218. Heh? HeEeEeEeEeEeh?

November 6, 2008

Did you hear it on Tuesday?  That collective sigh of relief around the world when America finally got something right? 

All around the world, people are celebrating our choice of President, proclaiming their admiration for the American spirit, extending their hands in renewed friendship, grinning from ear to ear in sheer happiness. 

Wow. 

I can’t even begin to describe how I feel today.  Well, maybe I can.  I feel like I do when I manage to get a week’s vacation in Hawai’i during the heart of an Alaskan winter.  Life under Bush has been nothing but endless cold darkness - a bleak post-modern version of the Middle Ages, complete with Crusades and Inquisitions, War and Blight, Superstition and Fear of the Unknown - and now there’s a letting in of light, like the balmy warmth of a bright sunny beach. 

Ironic, that in the midst of some of the worst times my generation can remember, I feel more hopeful than I have in a long, long time.

October 23, 2008

I really wanted to laugh at this “Daily Show” clip, but my face was frozen in horror:

Understanding Real America in Wasilla

October 17, 2008

At the risk of being excessively vulgar, and despite the fact that I just gave my mother the link to this blog, I proposed the following adult-only political slogan to my husband:

Obama: Putting the O back in “country”.

October 5, 2008

Here’s a cool letter from an Alaskan fisherman to Sarah Palin: Deadliest Catch.

Also, The Ballad of Sarah Palin: HILARIOUS! Liesel, are you sure this isn’t your brother singing?

October 3, 2008

Here’s a fabulous blog post by a fellow Mudflatter who, among other concerns, is rightfully insulted by Palin’s references to “Joe Six Pack”: read why.

Sarah, read notes much? Doggone it!

And just funny:

Hey Sarah Palin

Hey Sarah Sarah

October 2, 2008

Okay, unlike a certain political party, I can admit when I’m wrong. It has been pointed out to me by none other than my dear husband that Palin’s use of the word “federalist” may not be as off as I believed, since “federalism” can mean shared power between a central government and the states. One smack in the head with a foam hockey stick for me.

Off to the debate!

October 1, 2008

Your “WHAT THE FUCK?” moment of the day:

“Federalist”: a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government

Sarah Palin to Katie Couric on abortion: “I think it should be a states’ issue not a federal government-mandated, mandating yes or no on such an important issue. I’m, in that sense, a federalist, where I believe that states should have more say in the laws of their lands and individual areas.”

How I wish I was making this stuff up. My best guess: she’s mixing up federalist and Britney Spears’ ex, Kevin Federline.

I spotted this prize-winning dimwit moment on my own, but of course, others were way ahead of me. For more on this topic, go here: A State’s Rights Federalist? Impossible!

September 30, 2008

Shaking our heads and wringing our hands in sympathy with Sarah Palin is a disservice to every woman who has ever been unfairly dismissed based on her gender, because this is an utterly fair dismissal, based on an utter lack of ability and readiness. It’s a disservice to minority populations of every stripe whose place in the political spectrum has been unfairly spotlighted as mere tokenism; it is a disservice to women throughout this country who have gone from watching a woman who — love her or hate her — was able to show us what female leadership could look like to squirming in front of their televisions as they watch the woman sent to replace her struggle to string a complete sentence together.

For more, go here: The Sarah Palin Pity Party

September 29, 2008

In light of the bailout on the Bailout, I can say with confidence, for the first time in my life, that it’s a good thing I’ve never had any savings.

September 24, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: McCain wants to cancel the Friday debate with Obama:

McCain’s statement

Can you say “McCain’t”? Never mind the financial crisis, Johnny; how am I supposed to find a babysitter on such short notice?!?

I don’t like not being able to post more than a quick update or a link, but sometimes that’s the way it goes.

I found today’s link on the website of the Anchorage Daily News. Shamefully, Sarah Palin was the first governor not to attend the annual Juneteenth celebration by the black community here, or even send a letter acknowledging the event. Well, knock me over with a hockey stick. Why am I not surprised? Understandably, it did not go over well with the Juneteenth director:

Juneteenth

September 22, 2008

Another mandatory read, this one by Frank Schaeffer:

An Open Letter to All Republicans

And a random awesome quote from the “Chuck Norris Facts” site:

Crop circles are Chuck Norris’ way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the fuck down.

September 19, 2008

Woot! Mudflats has evolved! Check out the new Mudflats forum and spread the word! “It’s as clear as mud” is going to take on a whole new meaning…

Mudflats forum

September 18, 2008

Happy birthday to my little sister!

And here’s some good news regarding our Congressional race. Now we all need to cheer for Ethan Berkowitz to defeat Don “Spam” Young!

Parnell concedes

September 17, 2008
Because we need to laugh a little a lot:

The Onion

September 15, 2008

My friend Mike sent me the link to this thought-provoking article by Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology who researches morality and emotion in cultures:

What makes people vote Republican?

Food for thought as I sit here pondering how on earth the Republicans have created the illusion of standing on the moral high ground, when their actual policies and goals create harm, havoc and divisiveness in the world.

And two more articles, both from the New York Times… Bob Herbert is particularly to the point, although Frank Rich has a deeper analysis:

Frank Rich
Bob Herbert

On another note, don’t forget to read your daily Mudflats (link to the right) for a real Alaskan’s ongoing commentary and updates on the Palin situation. Mudflats has rapidly become THE go-to source for Alaska politics. Whoever this woman is, she’s doing an amazing job of keeping up; anything I say here would be redundant and superficial in comparison. A big muddy kudos to her. Pass it on.