Jasper Journal

I just read an article from Alaska about Sen Lisa Murkowsi, who was defeated in the republican primary for senate  by conservative Joe Miller. In the article , she states that “she’s still in the game.” The suggestion of course is that she could run as a third party like the insidious Charlie Crist of Florida. He decided his ego is bigger than the good of his party or the country as we try to stop Obama madness in Washington. 

She went on to say that if it was just about her, she would move on to other things.LISA stop pretending,,,, this is all about you !!! There is a decades long feud between the Murkowsi’s and the Palin’s and Murkowski is obviously upset that Palin’s support pushed Miller to victory. Additionally, Murkowski enjoyed a comfortable position in DC where she often voted against conservative positions.  This is about ego, spite and revenge, and no one is going to be fooled. I am saddened to see this. I have also seen a case like this here in Colorado where Tom Tancredo, famous for his anti immigration efforts, has decided that the republican candidate is unelectable and has just switched parties and entered the race as a third party candidate. While his thinking might have been correct, he did not enter the primary and has completely jeopardized any hopes the republican has against the outrageously liberal Hickenlooper.  Ego is a terrible thing sometimes. Whether it is a male or female, I just wish they would stop pretending it is about something else. It is about them. Move on Lisa.  The news article is below for your perusal.

JUNEAU, Alaska — A week after conceding the GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s not a quitter and is “still in this game.”

Murkowski told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she’s been inundated with calls and e-mails from supporters, asking her not to leave the race. She says she’s been humbled and is listening — and weighing her options.

She said that if this was “all about Lisa, certainly the easy thing for me to do would be to figure out what my next opportunity would be with my family and just settle in to a nice job.”

“But what I’m looking at is my state and the future of my state for my kids. So, I have not made that determination that I’m going to give up. I’m not a quitter, never have been. And I’m still in this game,” Murkowski said.

She met briefly Tuesday with the Libertarian candidate, David Haase after friends of hers — without her direction, she said — approached his party, asking if they would consider a Murkowski candidacy. She said she had an interesting discussion with Haase but made clear she’s not interested in changing her “political stripes.”

She gave no timetable for a decision — and her fate as a Libertarian candidate lies with party leaders who earlier voted against putting her on the ballot.

A party’s candidate would have to withdraw by Sept. 15 so someone else could run on the November election.

She has until five days before the general election to decide on a write-in run but acknowledged a decision needs to be made soon. She said she’s listening to Alaskans and giving “considered thought.”

First off, a tip of the Jasper Journal ball cap  to the coach of the Navy Midshipmen who chose to go for the win today  against Maryland rather than a certain tie with 31 seconds left. It didn’t work, but it is the kind of courage I like to see in college football.  Speaking of college football, Congrats to FSU, Colorado, Nebraska and Air Force.  Condolences go out to CSU fans and die hard supporters of the Washington State Cougars. Remember , there is always another week!

I was reading the Denver Post today and came upon a commentary reprinted from Indian Country Today. In it, the author compared the building of the Islamic center near the site of 9/11, to the desecration of Indian lands such as with Mt Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills,  and Denver International Airport.  Clearly the author is upset over the treatment of native Americans and their culture, and is using the mosque issue to make his point. His final comment was  ” Why not build a mosque near the hallowed grounds of the world trade center? American Indian holy sites are desecrated by Christians all the time.”

 The author states he wants to do away with double standards. However, I fail to see how desecrating a site revered by so many today can make up for insensitivities in the past. If indeed the author wants people to respect other’s sacred areas,  then don’t build the Islamic center there.  I suspect the author was using shock value to make his point about how poorly the native american culture was treated in the past. I was not aware that Denver Airport was built on a burial ground either.  Nonetheless, it is probably not helpful to complicate an already  explosive issue with 200 years of mistreatment of native Americans.  The last thing we need is another group joining in this fray. If you wish to read the whole article, the link is below. Am I off base here?

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_15986921

So it turned out  the crazed gunman who took over the Discovery channel building and held hostages for hours,  was awakened and inspired by Al Gore’s epic piece of chicanery, “An inconvenient Truth.” I cant wait to hear how the media spin this one.  Remember when Timothy Mcvey attacked the federal building in Oklahoma City and Bill Clinton blamed these acts of terror on right wing radio personalities like Rush Limbaugh?  Or today in pathetic attempts to pose a moral equivalence between the acts of terror by Muslim fanatics, some mainstream news personalities have started to refer to Mcvey as a Christian terrorist. Can you believe that?

Well it seems to me that Mr Gore is doing nothing less than inciting eco-nut jobs in the country to commit acts of violence. His shrill calls about impending doom, catastrophe, the last days of the planet unless immediate action is taken sure seem to me to be clarion calls to violence. I think our attorney general should open an investigation into links between Messr Gore and ecoterrorism. Perhaps Hillary Clinton should put this in her state department report  to the UN on US human rights abuses alongside her pathetic condemnation of the state of Arizona? 

I know I am dreaming, but just once it would be nice to see the media show one of their sacred cows the same treatment they reserve for conservatives.  I really would like to see Al gore squeal like a pig… or did he already do that with his mistresses?