No politico

April 9, 2009

One thing that I’m not doing these days, and apparently don’t miss very much, is blogging about politics. I must admit that it feels good – perhaps the same way that it feels good when you stop hitting yourself in the head with a ball-peen hammer. Ahhh… Sweet relief.

It’s been – what, three weeks, now? – since I wrote anything purely political, and that last was just a brief bit of snark about AIG being the new Saddam. Otherwise, it’s been mostly personal stuff, with the exception of those posts connected with the April 20 paper drive, and that topic is political only in a platonic sense. (Though perhaps more Aristotelian, perhaps. Discuss.)

So clearly not in a political frame of mind, and I don’t miss it, and – honestly – neither do you. Everyone else is already playing this game, and most of them do a better job of it than I do. Let’s leave them to it. This doesn’t mean that all posts at PB.net are hereby ruled free of partisan content; that just isn’t possible these days, and has not been for some time. I just have other things to think about, most days, and will likely blog accordingly.

Sadly, this bodes ill for my recently launched GOP Wall of Stimulus Shame, a chronicle of the Republican FUD campaign intended to undermine federal economic recovery efforts. While it was fun at first, I just don’t seem to have it in me these days. I’ll retire the page shortly but not delete it, archiving it instead for posterity or some such.

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Vikki: You've made Alaska sounds distressingly like Missouri! :-D I can tell indeed that you're not happy being in AK - politically, at least.

“Where are you frum?”

Brrrr...

I'm new to Alaska (three long years now!)  My view of their political game is a bunch of good ole boys with big cigars and outsiders need not apply.  Ted Stevens registered his intent to run in six years for his old seat.  Don Young is a buffoon; and you probably know how I feel about Sarah.  It seems to be the old guard is not letting go an inch and anyone with new ideas are "just those stupid lib'rul bleedin' heart green-horns" who just want to muck up the works and take the PFD from the REAL Alaskans.  I've been here that long; I and still get the question, "Where are you frum?" (spoken in creepy Deliverance fashion!)
Needless to say, I'm not real happy here...

Vikki: I wish we had Tivo. We are losing the tech arms race big time.

Has politics always been a popular sport in Alaska, or is this a recent development? Is it at all entertaining? That's the problem with pols in St. Louis - all the ineptitude and corruption you could want, but none of the entertainment value of, say, Chicago.

That first paragragh made me guffaw!

I agree with being sick of politics.  Here in Alaska, they just LOVE it!  There seems to be an election of some sort all the time.  Even the school board commision candidates all have these very slick, Hollywood-esque production spots worthy of a national campaign.  To make matters worse, there will be a run-off election for Mayor of Anchorage; so I'll be tortured with that for at least two more weeks.  Auurrrgh; the horror!  I've gotten very quick with the mute button.  Lately; I try to  T-Vo the shows I like, just to have the power to skip through all the ads.  Makes me feel pretty powerful!

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