SEACC!!!!
OK, I have been enjoying outdoor time lately and have been too tired each night to get a post up.
Back to SEACC...I've been researching a bit about their "successes."
If you go to their site: http://www.seacc.org/ they proudly boast about taking down our two pulp mills in Southeast Alaska. Costing hundreds of jobs instantly and thousands of Alaskan jobs that are related to the timber industry. Costing us millions in tax dollars and millions in money that would have been spent supporting our local businesses.
I grew up in Ketchikan and Juneau and let me tell you...The people that held those pulp mill jobs and the lumberjacks themselves took great pride in the job they were doing. They took great pride in the fact they were harvesting an incredible renewable resource. They took pride in the fact they were providing timber and paper to Americans so we wouldn't be dependent on Asian timber and pulp.
Now, thanks to SEACC millions of acres of trees are being destroyed in Asia and Siberia with no chance of recovery because they are being managed by corrupt governments and aren't being reseeded. There is no regulation over there.
If you go to the lands that Louisiana Pacific harvested back in the 70's and 80's around Ketchikan they are ready to be harvested again.
I ask you this: "How in the world is SEACC helping when you look at it from this perspective?"
They will show you some propoganda photos of some clear cut areas on Chichigof and Admiralty Islands where one of the Native Corporations did some irresponsible cutting.
Nothing but propoganda and it couldn't be further from the truth.
Now, here in Juneau and surrounding villages we are getting the same kind of treatment.
Soon we will be dependent on nothing but tourism because they won't stop with Kensington.
They have been quietly working behind the scenes to stop the road. They move money around amonsgt their other partner companies: Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Alaska Society of American Forest Dwellers, Chichagof Conservation Council Customary, Traditional Gathering Council of Kake, Friends of Berners Bay, Friends of Glacier Bay, Juneau Audubon Society, Lisianski Inlet Resource Council, Lower Chatham Conservation Society, Lynn Canal Conservation, Narrows Conservation Coalition, Prince of Wales Conservation League, Sierra Club, Juneau Group, Sitka Conservation Society, Taku Conservation Society, Tongass Conservation Society, Wrangell Resource Council or the Yakutat Resource Conservation Council...
My guess is that most of these locals aren't that gullible and SEAC has set up these "local" groups to sound more powerful...
They even have a program calling for their members to make them the beneficiaries to their life insurance policies, wills, retirement plans, and get this...they want fishermen to pass on their IFQ's! HAHAHAHA...(Wiping tears away)
The biggest challenge we face as Juneauites and Alaska Natives is that we all have families to support and activities to do with our kids. Basically, we have life to live....
SEACC's "job" is to defeat our ability to make our lives better by preventing development in mining and timber.
They have teams of lawyers writing grant applications...They claim to be a "non-profit" and have accountants cooking the books to keep up the appearance...They have folks that get a hold of young, maleable minds and coerce them into thinking that by coming up here and fighting the "good" fight that they doing a noble, worthwhile thing...
I guess the least these young granolas could do would be to at least shower once a week...
I am forwarding this post to Russel Heath and giving him a chance to respond...I will post anything he sends me...propoganda or not.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Hmmm...She's paying attention after all....
Here's this taken directly from the KINY Radio website:
NEW - Palin proposes $1.2 Billion energy relief program. Governor Palin is proposing a two pronged approach to providing Alaskans energy relief in a $1.2 Billion program that she'll propose to the Legislature to fund.
The program calls for grants to electric utilities and debit cards to Permanent Fund Dividend recipients for the next 12 months. The amount allocated for children’s benefits will accrue to the card of the sponsor on their PFD application. Money not used on the card one month will carry over to the next month. It is expected that the amount available to individuals through the card will be considered income by the IRS. The temporary Energy Debit Card can be used for purchases from Alaska energy vendors, such as heating oil distributors, natural gas utilities, electric utilities, gas stations and other retail fueling stations.
The governor says returning surplus funds through grants to the utilities will reduce in a 60 percent reduction for all rate payers. She says the benefit will flow to homeowners, renters, schools, government, and businesses.A review by the Department of Law indicates that there should be no federal income tax consequence since the grants act to offset the revenue collected by utilities.
In addition, there will be conservation incentives for the utilities. For every 1 percent reduction in 2008 kilowatt hour sales from 2007 sales, the state will make a year-end contribution for capital energy projects to the utility. "The state treasury is swelling, while family check books are evaporating," the Governor says. "The right thing to do is to return surplus monies to the resources owners through energy relief. "The grant to electric utilities is expected to be $475 million, while the Energy Debit Card totals are forecast to be $729 million. The Governor has proposed this energy relief plan for one year.
Here's this taken directly from the KINY Radio website:
NEW - Palin proposes $1.2 Billion energy relief program. Governor Palin is proposing a two pronged approach to providing Alaskans energy relief in a $1.2 Billion program that she'll propose to the Legislature to fund.
The program calls for grants to electric utilities and debit cards to Permanent Fund Dividend recipients for the next 12 months. The amount allocated for children’s benefits will accrue to the card of the sponsor on their PFD application. Money not used on the card one month will carry over to the next month. It is expected that the amount available to individuals through the card will be considered income by the IRS. The temporary Energy Debit Card can be used for purchases from Alaska energy vendors, such as heating oil distributors, natural gas utilities, electric utilities, gas stations and other retail fueling stations.
The governor says returning surplus funds through grants to the utilities will reduce in a 60 percent reduction for all rate payers. She says the benefit will flow to homeowners, renters, schools, government, and businesses.A review by the Department of Law indicates that there should be no federal income tax consequence since the grants act to offset the revenue collected by utilities.
In addition, there will be conservation incentives for the utilities. For every 1 percent reduction in 2008 kilowatt hour sales from 2007 sales, the state will make a year-end contribution for capital energy projects to the utility. "The state treasury is swelling, while family check books are evaporating," the Governor says. "The right thing to do is to return surplus monies to the resources owners through energy relief. "The grant to electric utilities is expected to be $475 million, while the Energy Debit Card totals are forecast to be $729 million. The Governor has proposed this energy relief plan for one year.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sara want Legislature to rethink some relief for Alaskans?
It seems our lady Sara has decided to send the Legislature back to the drawing board to rethink some energy relief for the whole state...I knew Mr. Meyer would suffer...If you don't remember, it was Kevin "the Douche Bag" Meyer that said we shouldn't add some money to the PFD for all Alaskans...Even in light of our massive oil profits surplus...
This is from a past post here:
"Rep. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, helped stop one bill in the House Finance Committee that would have given every Alaskan an extra $500 on their Permanent Fund Dividend, saying he wanted to avoid the creation of new entitlement programs."
At the time, like many Alaskans, I was furious...You can look at my post from April 19th to find out what we all thought of this dipsh*t then...
The best part of all this of course is that they have to have a special session this summer! LOL!
Eat sh*t Mr. Meyer for not using some of our surplus when we needed it the most you...
Here's yesterdays story from the Anchorage Daily News:
http://www.adn.com/legislature/story/404295.html
http://www.adn.com/oil/story/404296.html
It seems our lady Sara has decided to send the Legislature back to the drawing board to rethink some energy relief for the whole state...I knew Mr. Meyer would suffer...If you don't remember, it was Kevin "the Douche Bag" Meyer that said we shouldn't add some money to the PFD for all Alaskans...Even in light of our massive oil profits surplus...
This is from a past post here:
"Rep. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, helped stop one bill in the House Finance Committee that would have given every Alaskan an extra $500 on their Permanent Fund Dividend, saying he wanted to avoid the creation of new entitlement programs."
At the time, like many Alaskans, I was furious...You can look at my post from April 19th to find out what we all thought of this dipsh*t then...
The best part of all this of course is that they have to have a special session this summer! LOL!
Eat sh*t Mr. Meyer for not using some of our surplus when we needed it the most you...
Here's yesterdays story from the Anchorage Daily News:
http://www.adn.com/legislature/story/404295.html
Can you believe Exxon?
They have the nerve to sue us for lost future revenue to the tune of $800 million! After tying up their oil spill lawsuit for 20 years they decided to sue us when we made their leases go bye-bye because they didn't follow the agreement they had signed to develop these oil and gas leases within a reasonable amount of time...
I say we banish them from doing business in our state!
Read this if you can stomach it...
http://www.adn.com/oil/story/404296.html
Drug Dealer Denied Bail...
How sad that he was supposed to be a big time drug dealer but was born too stupid to be successful in this endeavor...The scariest part is that if he would have made bail, he would have been allowed to work as a home appraiser? Wonder how many jobs he cased doing that?
Monday, May 12, 2008
This is the real stuff you can do to save money!
1. If you smoke or chew tobacco, you can quit. A pack a day habit costs at least $6.00 per day. That's around $200 per month. $400 if there's two smokers in the house.
2. If you drink alcohol you can quit or cut back. A twelve pack is usually at least $10. If you drink every night, probably about 4-5 beers per person so figure $5.00 per day. That's $150 per month. $300 if there's two drinkers in the house.
3. If you smoke weed, you can quit or cut back. Figure an 1/8 of an house cost about$70-$80. Probably lasts about 5-6 days. So for the sake of simplicity say you buy four bags a month. Probably at least $300. Two dope smokers in the house...$600 per month.
4. If you go to fast food or eat out a lot the best thing to do is to not eat out at all. Figure at least $10 per day, per person, per meal time. A family of four eating out is at lest $50 per meal. Do that once per week and your looking at $200 per month. Your still gonna spend some of that money to eat but lets say your gonna save at least 70% or almost $150 per month.
5. Bring a lunch to school or work. You gotta figure at least $10 per day per adult. Two working adults going to A&P every day for lunch is probably around $100 per week so by bringing lunch you can easily save at least $300 per month for a couple. Gotta figure it'll cost around $100 for the same amount of food prepared at home.
6. If you can't afford the car payments on a new car, the stupidest thing you can do is be making payments on one. Or two for some families...Status doesn't mean sh*t when it comes to what car you drive. The moment you drive that car off the lot, you've lost. Looks good, feels nice, smells good...Really, who cares!
These are just some ideas of mine that I was thinking about while eating dinner. I know we've all become accustomed to our ways of living. I just think any little idea you can find will help out right now.
Luckily for me I haven't used tobacco in about 18 months, I haven't smoked weed in at least ten years, I don't drink, I bring a lunch to work every day(so does my son), my biggest vice is probably eating out. (We love us some Sandpiper). We do have one car payment but I can proudly say it's a used car.
So for us so far the biggest challenges have been not using the dryer or the oven. We've made a weekly trip to the laundry mat to dry our clothes. We use the BBQ almost every night. We generally only have either the TV "or" the computer on. We never have more than one light on.
I guess I can ramble on all night here.
I think the bottom line is there is a lot of stuff we can give up. So as one person I know said..."You could be in Iraq!"
1. If you smoke or chew tobacco, you can quit. A pack a day habit costs at least $6.00 per day. That's around $200 per month. $400 if there's two smokers in the house.
2. If you drink alcohol you can quit or cut back. A twelve pack is usually at least $10. If you drink every night, probably about 4-5 beers per person so figure $5.00 per day. That's $150 per month. $300 if there's two drinkers in the house.
3. If you smoke weed, you can quit or cut back. Figure an 1/8 of an house cost about$70-$80. Probably lasts about 5-6 days. So for the sake of simplicity say you buy four bags a month. Probably at least $300. Two dope smokers in the house...$600 per month.
4. If you go to fast food or eat out a lot the best thing to do is to not eat out at all. Figure at least $10 per day, per person, per meal time. A family of four eating out is at lest $50 per meal. Do that once per week and your looking at $200 per month. Your still gonna spend some of that money to eat but lets say your gonna save at least 70% or almost $150 per month.
5. Bring a lunch to school or work. You gotta figure at least $10 per day per adult. Two working adults going to A&P every day for lunch is probably around $100 per week so by bringing lunch you can easily save at least $300 per month for a couple. Gotta figure it'll cost around $100 for the same amount of food prepared at home.
6. If you can't afford the car payments on a new car, the stupidest thing you can do is be making payments on one. Or two for some families...Status doesn't mean sh*t when it comes to what car you drive. The moment you drive that car off the lot, you've lost. Looks good, feels nice, smells good...Really, who cares!
These are just some ideas of mine that I was thinking about while eating dinner. I know we've all become accustomed to our ways of living. I just think any little idea you can find will help out right now.
Luckily for me I haven't used tobacco in about 18 months, I haven't smoked weed in at least ten years, I don't drink, I bring a lunch to work every day(so does my son), my biggest vice is probably eating out. (We love us some Sandpiper). We do have one car payment but I can proudly say it's a used car.
So for us so far the biggest challenges have been not using the dryer or the oven. We've made a weekly trip to the laundry mat to dry our clothes. We use the BBQ almost every night. We generally only have either the TV "or" the computer on. We never have more than one light on.
I guess I can ramble on all night here.
I think the bottom line is there is a lot of stuff we can give up. So as one person I know said..."You could be in Iraq!"
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