I know that when someone invokes their Fifth Amendment rights I should not automatically assume they are guilty of something and covering up. But I do. And I bet you do too. What’s scary is when the person doing it is from the highest levels of the Department of Justice.
No column this week
Due to local elections, my column has been bumped to next week in the paper so it won’t show up here till then either. So this is my week off. I don’t have to sit here staring at the blank computer screen trying to come up with a topic that will hold my interest long enough to write about it. Wow. You’d think I’d feel more relieved than I do.
Meanwhile, for all Alaskans reading this, please vote no on the advisory vote to deny same sex couples health care benefits. First of all, let’s not codify discrimination into our
More socials workers need more services to offer
OOPS! Guess the column did run in the paper today, so here it is.
As a GAL in this state, I am thrilled that the issue of full staffing for OCS and the need for more foster parents is actually catching some attention, if not more money, down in Juneau. Usually, issues like this take a back seat to gas line talks, revenue projections and whether Mr. Whitekeys should be named the new state fossil.
So I hate to be the one to point out any flaws in this plan to hire more social workers, but I will. The simple
How old am I!
I was interviewed by a high school student about the March on Washington in the fall of ‘67. Not only is my youth now officially history, but her mother informed me that the dear child had no idea what a draft board was so my telling her about joining sit-ins there was like speaking a foreign language. Ditto for the words Quakers, Society of Friends, Abbie Hoffman and levitating the Pentagon. Sigh.
Let me see if I have this straight…
In the eyes of conservative moralistic Christians that listen to all those televangelists, Hillary Clinton would have more respect from their corner if she’d divorced Bill like Gingrich and Giuliani and McCain did with their spouses. In fact, based on their support for Giuliani and Gingrich, they should be wild for Bill since they seem to embrace men who cheat. Oh wait, that’s right. Clinton went back to his wife and they seem to be at least making a surface effort to keep their marriage together. That’s his problem. Had he dumped her for one of his bimbettes, he would
A message to Alberto Gonzales
It wasn’t that you fired those prosecutors. It was that you lied about it. How hard can that concept be to understand? And why does each new generation of politicians seemingly have to learn it over again? Don’t they remember Watergate? Irancontra? For god’s sake, Bill was impeached for lying under oath, not for screwing with Monica! It wasn’t the initial act that brought them down. It was the lies and cover ups.
I guess it is true that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
It’s spring?
It’s officially spring in Alaska. I know this because the robins are singing through the snow that’s falling.
How can it be Friday
It’s supposed to be Thursday. I need another day this week. Help!
A dog’s life
I think this picture says it all. No this is not one of my dogs. But it could be. This dog is owned by the person who taught me how to make my dogs understand that I am in charge in my home. Master, your pupil has learned her lesson well. By the way, do you bring your dog breakfast in bed too?
The babe factor
Ah yes, the “babe” factor. Our governor has it and yours doesn’t. Our governor has it to such a degree that even Barack Obama could stand to take a few lessons from her. Anyone doubting the power of the babe factor need only look at her approval ratings. More than three months into her administration and her numbers hover in the 70% favorable. Now that’s a babe factor and a half.
There are some who might argue that Palin has those huge numbers as a direct result of the unbelievably low numbers registered by our former head of state –