Speaking of the 'Bridge to Nowhere' - I remember how much noise was made at the time that it was a 'dead end' bridge to an island that nobody lived on, a horrible boondoggle.

I have friends who live in Ketchican.  That bridge was to be to their airport, which happens to be on an 'uninhabited' island.  So they still have to take a ferry to get to their airport.  Not the end of the world, to be sure, but characterizing the bridge as a 'bridge to nowhere' was just a teeny bit disingenuous.

Yes it was.  But when Afghanistan refused to give them up was when the US went to war with them.

Didn't Sarah Palin announce that she was totally against the "bridge to nowhere"?

A politician?  Disingenuous?  I'm shocked.  Schocked, I say. 

Um, didn't change under Bush???  So what was the invasion of Iraq, then... a training exercise, or just little R&R excursion so's the troops could let off a little steam??

Anyhow... on a lighter note....

I think you're right.   As I recall, Palin said something like: "All roads (and bridges) in Alaska should lead to Wasilla, so that everybody, Alaskans and visitors alike, can come worship at my statue on the town hall steps."

Yeah, she apparently commissioned an artist to do a Rocky-like statue so's Alaskans had a likeness of her to worship while she was away in D.C.  Dunno if it ever got erected, though.  Seems she had a Janet Jackson-like wardrobe malfunction during its commission (a nipple slip), and because the statue was so life-like, some townsfolk were against it's erection... for fear some followers and those rather staunch Republicans might get erected on the town hall steps, also.

Ketchikan is actually how it's spelled.  Funny, I might know whomever you're speaking of.  It's a small close knit community of roughly 13,000 within the city limits.  Also Gravina (the isle of nowhere as it's been dubbed) isn't completely uninhabited and this bridge could potentially provide access to other communities in SE AK.  I'm a resident of Ktn and don't personally think we need said bridge but I've been told that we're the only community in the US that needs to take a ferry back and forth to it's airport.  We were promised this bridge years ago and a few people have possibly died from the extra 30 min. wait for the ferry and consequently emergency services are a lot slower at responding. 

And for the record, Palin referring to a community of her constituents as "Nowhere" hasn't sat well with us either.  You folks in the lower 48 can have her.

Just so long as nobody in the lower 48 decides the same and figures to send her here...

We already had more than our share of dipshits and dizzy bitches (Pauline Hanson, Amanda Vanstone) in politics who had/have absolutely no clue, and we DON'T want Palin.  For one: we couldn't afford the wardrobe... and two; we prefer our wildlife without buckshot.

Starkers, you are truly unique.

I don't know if this is a cheap shot at hunters because it seems to me that I read that somewhere else on this thread, but if so and you're not a vegetarian then you're a hypocrite.  I can't stand how people get so sactimonious about people shooting their dinner as opposed to having something raised in a cage.  If you don't waste any of the meat and the animal isn't allowed to suffer then you're simply providing for your family and therefore shouldn't be labeled a sadist or a gun nut.  I don't hunt myself, but my dad does and I see no problem with it.  Also you're previous post about all of us being staunch republicans is ill informed to some extent.  Most of us are fierce independents however lean to the right simply because of the way the left destroyed our timber industry.  Think about it.  What industry besides fishing (in it's decline by the way) and tourism (seasonal at best) are we left with.  I watched a lot of $ leave this town and it's still reeling.  Unemployment is a huge problem here and we're constantly being preached to as if we don't know how to sustain an industry.

You could always hunt the unemployed....'kill two birds', as it were...

"It'a a long road....when you're on your own....."

Still fighting the same stupid 'wars'. still squabbling amongst ourselves. ridiculous, stupid crap.

say... how much i could make selling hunt dems/repubs licenses....wow!

or....maybe just junk the whole stupid mess, and start over again.

you got the song right, Jafo.

Good chance that you do know them or of them, Saint C; they are semi-retired & spend the winter here in Arizona.  They're still a little miffed about the bridge being scrubbed, too, but they still admire Palin.

Sorry for the typo, BTW.  Been to Ketchikan once myself, did the tourist thing & took a float plane up into the Misty Fiords.  Beautiful up there, enjoyed every minute of it.  Hope the economic situation improves there soon.  Jafo may be on to something for ya in the meantime.

To quote S. Palin: "Thanks, but no thanks."

i love all those silly photoshop pics, the more outrageous the better. politicians are just a bunch of self-centred wind bags anyway so i never take them seriously