Monthly Archives: July 2009

More on Palin's spreadsheet

A walk through Sean Cockerham’s Anchorage Daily News article about the spreadsheet from the Office of the Governor that attempts to prove Palin’s claim that ethics complaints have cost the State of Alaska $2 million. I’ve also got a link to the spreadsheet itself. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-08

I finally filled in some info about myself on the "About me" page of my blog. It might even be interesting! http://a2a.me/XWS # "Storming New Caprica” from season 3 Battlestar Galactica soundtrack is great music for contemplating combatting Palin’s Palincchioisms. … Continue reading

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The nearly 2 million dollar spreadsheet

The Office of the Governor has a spreadsheet which “proves” Palin’s claim that “frivolous ethics complaints” have cost the State of Alaska $2 million. But… well, there are just a few little problems with the spreadsheet. Who’da guessed?

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Mel Green, Occasional political blogger

After writing that post about Sarah Palin and her million dollar meme, I started to get worried: if I don’t look out, people are going to mistake me for a political blogger. Well. Maybe I am. Sometimes. Call me an occasional political blogger.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-07 (Assembly public hearing #5)

@alaskacommons Whoa thanks for the good words John! I do okay when my hands aren’t killing me, huh? in reply to alaskacommons # @jansonjones Thanks Janson, nicel words to get the three hours of shuteye left to me on! 😉 … Continue reading

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The 2 million dollar meme

Sarah Palin’s fabrication about ethics complaints against her costing the State of Alaska 2 million dollars to resolve just keeps on replicating itself — thanks to the lazy reporting of mainstream media, & the cooperation of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell.

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-06

Wow, this WSJ article on Palin quitting is full of factual errors. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124680788967696341.html # WSJ re: Troopergate: “State legislators eventually cleared Gov. Palin” — no they didn’t. Leg. investigation found her guilty. # WSJ also uncritically accepted Palin’s lie of … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-04

Finally saw the Star Trek movie. Ugh. Sorry, I found it irredeemably stupid. # Hearing the fireworks from Mulcahy Stadium. Just a few days past solstice though, too light out for me to feel like going out to watch ’em. … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-03

Palin resigning. When I heard she was doing an 11 AM announcement, this was one thing I thought of… but wow. http://tinyurl.com/ntfn7t # Hope Parnell is at least competent. Though it’d be hard not to be more competent than Palin. … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-01

Happy New Fiscal Year! # Note to world: The Alaska Justice Forum is not a law journal. The Justice Center is neither a law school, nor a law firm. # Note to cellular directory assistance: The Justice Center is also … Continue reading

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