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SET wrote on Sep 21, 2008 9:34 AM:

" Hmmm..to the comment that the oil belongs to all the citizens of the US..this oil comes from Alaska statehood lands. When each of the states was admitted to the union, a certain portion of the land in each state was deeded to that state in order to give it with a means to provide for itself. Alaska was no different....EXCEPT THAT AFTER 50 YEARS ALASKA HAS STILL NOT RECEIVED ALL OF ITS PROMISED LANDS. The federal government has abrogated it's statehood contract by not fullfilling it's promise to the people of Alaska with the completion of transfer of land. "




To I Wanna Know wrote on Sep 21, 2008 8:55 AM:

" AGAIN, Most of Alaska's oil production comes from land OWNED BY THE STATE and leased to the oil companies...some of the most significant undeveloped resources are in areas owned by the federal government, such as ANWR and federal waters in the outer continental shelf. Revenue from oil production there would go mostly to the U.S. Treasury...

So you think you all deserve profits from STATE OWNED resource but don’t think we deserve federal money from taxes collected? We pay federal taxes.

You need to READ all posts; they will very clearly answer your questions "




Jjanice... wrote on Sep 20, 2008 5:20 PM:

" Another braniac. You support your comment on WHAT? You need to remember that A LOT of the people here are from the Lower 48 and have family in the Lower 48. Believe me, we know what goes on in the Lower 48 -- maybe that's the reason we are here. If you actually believe your comment, you are the idiot. "




I Wanna Know wrote on Sep 20, 2008 5:19 PM:

" Why is it a good thing for the folks up in Alaska to get a cut of exorbitant oil company profits, but not the rest of us, if we are all part of one nation? Didn't taxpayers from across the U.S. buy the place from the Russians? Isn't it our federally collected tax dollars that have been subsidizing Alaska more lavishly than any other state, both before and after the bonanza of oil? "




Jjanice Bunch wrote on Sep 20, 2008 4:19 PM:

" Most of the people in Alaska (including Palin) are clueless about what is going on in the lower 48 states as well as the rest of the world. "




Read this wrote on Sep 19, 2008 12:44 PM:

" This blog seems to show some insight
into what is being discussed here.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/alaska_the_welfare_state.html

Educate yourself before "spewing vitrol". "




Boudreaux in Louisiana wrote on Sep 18, 2008 7:58 PM:

" Hey Spaceaged, Come down to Louisiana and go to New Orleans. There are about 125,000 democrats on the government dole there in Chocolate City as their mayor chose to call it. You'll probably see a lot more than you saw in Alaska, but heed this warning, don't go on the streets at night except in the French Quarter. "




Okay Spaceaged wrote on Sep 18, 2008 6:27 PM:

" Now that's an intelligent statement. How long ago was that? what did you do here for your summer vacations? "




Spaceaged wrote on Sep 18, 2008 5:31 PM:

" I spent my college summers working in Alaska. I've never seen so many people with a sense of entitlement towards government handouts. Truly a subsidized state. "




Keep Believing What You Read wrote on Sep 18, 2008 5:25 PM:

" Taxpayer money did not pay for the pipeline. AK 2x size of TX; 65% of AK is owned/regulated by the federal government. Ever stop to think that federal money is used to build roads on their own land, better connecting our cities? Alaskans pay Borough, Federal &property taxes. "fareshare" is based on approx. 680,00 people.

Why spend money at the bar when we can stay in our beautiful homes or lakeside/bayside cabins that we actually own due to working our butts off and living simple & non- materialistic lives with a priceless view of this majestic State. "




Boudreaux in Louisiana wrote on Sep 18, 2008 1:44 PM:

" I guess I missed something, Neil May. Why are you saying Alaskans are on welfare? This is an honest question. "




Neil May wrote on Sep 18, 2008 4:46 AM:

" When are (so-called) conservative Alaskans going to get off welfare? It would give me a significant financial break, if parasites such as you quit being hypocritical leeches (meaning no insult to the other leech life form).

The funny thing about conservatives is that they apply conservative values to everyone but themselves. I guess being a conservative means never having to pay your fair share.

It is not God's will that will provide a new oil pipeline to Alaska, but (so-called) welfare state liberals or possibly you could pay for the oil pipeline yourself (ha). "




DAZED wrote on Sep 17, 2008 2:20 PM:

" Say what you will, but when the bottom drops out of the oil market, and you are all in the same position, with no roads, no infastructure, no leadership and a little poorer, you can all go to the bar and talk about the good ole daze!

You may even ponder if paying taxes might have been a good idea after all... "




swampy wrote on Sep 17, 2008 10:59 AM:

" It's really hilarious to watch the lefties in California and the North east share their infinite wisdom. The methane stench from there isn't so nice though. It's so ironic to hear these folks talk about things that they really don't have a clue about. Oil: The oil being produced in Alaska belongs to the "Share Holders". That means the citizens of the state, who gave the developmental and handling responsibilities to the state. So, California, no it's not yours. The per diem is for the costs of living for the Governor. She doesn't live in the Governor's mansion. Go figure. "




Ben Compton wrote on Sep 16, 2008 3:25 PM:

" I would REALLY like those that look at us as 'being on the dole' or 'on welfare' to make a trip up to the North Slope and spit that garbage! It would make for good entertainment. In the meantime, I'll keep working my full-time job and taking care of my family while wondering how $3000 REALLY makes some sort of difference in my yearly budget! These out-of-state folks making judgements and opinions about something they don't know about is good entertainment...reminds me why we chose to live up here and leave the lower 48.. "




LOL wrote on Sep 14, 2008 7:10 PM:

" Very good - I see you did SOME research. Not that you tell, know the whole story or the ballot language, but much better. Very typical. BTW - didn't choke on the moose; it was yummy though. Frankly speaking, if your wish comes true about the pack of ravenous wolves, it will be your fault that I end up with some new nice warm wolf mittens because I don't hunt wolves. I hunt for meat...like most Alaskans. It's the Outsiders that trophy hunt. "




J. Driscoll wrote on Sep 14, 2008 6:41 PM:

" Alaska really is just a bunch of people living on the dole. Instead of The Frontiersman you shoul rename the paper The Welfare Queen "




Eat This wrote on Sep 14, 2008 5:19 PM:

" On August 26, 2008 Alaskans voted for a third time on the issue of aerial wolf hunting. More than 70,000 Alaskans voted to stop private aerial hunting of wolves and bears and to limit the practice to Alaska Department of Fish and Game personnel only.

Unfortunately a well funded opposition coupled with a strong turnout in conservative voters led to the defeat of the ballot measure.

And nothing against children, just the breeding of animals that should't. So, in this case forget the after life. I hope you meet up with a pack of ravenous wolves! "




To No Respect wrote on Sep 14, 2008 2:10 PM:

" Your email proves your lack of knowledge of everything you are speaking about. Such hatred towards children; great example. By the way - I don't have any children. Family to me means my entire extended family. So close minded! As a moose in "after life" I would be proud to provide food for the Alaskan people. I'll let you know if I choke on my moose lasagna that is in the oven right now. "




No respect for where you live wrote on Sep 14, 2008 1:41 PM:

" As a woman, and a hunter/fiherwoman at that, manipulating the population of wolves, or any toher animal (killing the competition) to put food on your table is hardly sportsman/woman like. It's survivalist. If you can't handle the heat (the wolves) then get out of the kitchen, or go to the store!

From afar you say..? I think you should level the playing field at least, like ground level!!

Frankly speaking, I hope you choke on your moose. And if there's an after life I hope you and your children and your childrens children came back as moose! "




This might help you understand wrote on Sep 14, 2008 12:46 PM:

" From the Seattle Times: "Most of Alaska's oil production comes from land owned by the state — and leased to the oil companies that look for and extract the crude. But some of the most significant undeveloped resources are in areas owned by the federal government, such as the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and federal waters in the outer continental shelf. Revenue from oil production there would go mostly to the U.S. Treasury, but the state could claim a small part of it, according to state Department of Revenue officials..." Does that explain it simply enough for you? "




To Typical wrote on Sep 14, 2008 12:05 PM:

" LOL!! You certainly didn't offend me; we're used to people like you and all your lower 48 "campaigns". We all know what it takes to live here and we will contiue to fight all that money that pours in here in an attempt to regulate our hunting rights from afar. "




Help Me Understand wrote on Sep 14, 2008 11:18 AM:

" "Hmmm...let's shut off all our oil and see how the most car-congested city in the world reacts to $10 per gallon gas."

Are you not a part of the UNITED STATES? How is that oil YOURS? Is it not all of OURS in the UNITED STATES because last I heard, Alaska was part of the UNITED STATES.

Seriously, I'm not trying to be thick headed, maybe I have a mental block, but this is, in a nutshell, what I am not understanding. "




somewhere in alaska wrote on Sep 14, 2008 9:07 AM:

" some of you folk that have never been
to this great state obviously only know
what you have taken from news articles
that have been written by news folks
that have never been north of the lower
48 nor do they want to come up here due
the fact that certain facilities are not
with in an arms reach or a couple steps
away from the boob tube or some other
news source or are too far from some
other source of luxury. So why don't
you come up and see for yourself
what goes on! "




Typical wrote on Sep 14, 2008 9:06 AM:

" Sorry I didn't mean to offend your those finer "womanly" sensibilities of yours!

Also, can you donate a smigeon of that to the campiagn to stop aerial shooting of the wolves? I would but I need gas to go to work. Thank God the food bank is on the same route!

So happy your freezer is full! "




That gun and savings account wrote on Sep 14, 2008 6:21 AM:

" belongs to a WOMAN. Typical lower 48 comment By the way, I did get that new rifle, I funded my savings account.... and I did get that moose. My freezer is full. With all that money I will save buying meat, I will not have to worry about a higher heating bill or gas prices...I am feeling GREAT!!!!!! "




FEEL GOOD PROGRAMS wrote on Sep 13, 2008 7:14 PM:

" Only a matter of time before WA enacts an 'oxygen usage' tax I suppose to help pay for all those wonderful, 'feel-good' programs.

The only "feel good program" I know of right now is the guy that has the savings account and new gun. Yeah, I'd say he's feeling pretty good.

Sure wish I had something in my savings account! "




RE Drill Baby Drill wrote on Sep 13, 2008 6:56 PM:

" Maybe if the democratic congress/senate would allow drilling in ANWR, we would all get a break on high gas prices. DRILL BABY DRILL!!!! "

Why there? Why not drill on why of the millions of other acres at their disposal. And then yeah, maybe in ten years or so we will see a decline in what we pay for oil.

Also, why didn't the republican controlled congress/senate drill when they were in control? How is it such a HUGE issue now? "




Ben Compton wrote on Sep 13, 2008 4:41 PM:

" Loved the comment from the Komrade in Washington State. We just fled the People's Socialist State of Washington and came back to Alaska because of exactly what he said...taxes. One of the highest in the nation. Only a matter of time before WA enacts an 'oxygen usage' tax I suppose to help pay for all those wonderful, 'feel-good' programs. Yes, just keep paying and the gov't will take care of you! Just like the former Soviet Union, China, etc.... lol... "




Duh wrote on Sep 13, 2008 11:59 AM:

" You are mixing apples with oranges. Would WA send its profits earned from investments on its own resource to another state? Maybe if the democratic congress/senate would allow drilling in ANWR, we would all get a break on high gas prices. DRILL BABY DRILL!!!! "




DUH wrote on Sep 12, 2008 5:15 PM:

" Ohhh, I get it now. What's ours is Alaskas and what's Alaskas is Alaskas! Of course, how stupid of me.

But then again we don't own homes, or businesess or pay taxes here in Wshington state..Only some of the HIGEST in the nation!!!

And by the way, our gas is taxed and we were being gouged $4.70 a gallon at one point. But then again the pay off is we have roads, and schools and hospitals, and BRIDGES that actually go somewhere! "




ha wrote on Sep 12, 2008 1:53 PM:

" OMG!! You just don't get it do you? You know, many Alaskans do not just sit back and collect. We run businesses and pay plenty of taxes. I OWN my home and other rental property--you read that right OWN - no mortgage all due to hard work and non-frivolous spending. The SOA has found a way to make money from a resource it OWNS and actually gives back to the people. It's really too bad other States refuse to do that. Say what you want but you're the one with the high blood pressure..... :) "




From idiot in lower wrote on Sep 12, 2008 9:59 AM:

" Why not take her per deim and all those big fat checks EVERY member of EVERY household got and use it for the infastucture then!

Easier to just sit back collect those checks and justify her actions and cry about how you haven't any roads I guess? To me this is idiotic!

RE: By the way, you forgot to whine about the gas tax that we don't have to pay for the next year - thanks to Gov. Palin. "

Maybe if she charged a tax..you would have the money for roads..duh! "




To Sept wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:02 AM:

" $17,000 a NIGHT? Again, get your facts straight.She is stationed in Juneau; that's where our capital is. Did you know that? Do you know where that is? How you get there? Do you know you can't even drive there because there is no road to Juneau? I am guessing no. The majority of her consituents are here. She is allowed that per diem when she is working for us. She is saving us money by staying at home and not flying back and forth. I can't take you lower 48 idiots anymore..... "




Yeah right wrote on Sep 11, 2008 2:49 PM:

" Maybe the overwhelmingly democratic state of California should ask AK for their Oil/PFD plan and you too would be getting some dividends instead of having electrical blackouts and no state money. It is the years of refusal to allow anything to happen outside of the tree-hugging box that got CA in the the shape they are in today. I'll be enjoying the extra $ in my savings account and my new rifle that I am going to buy to shoot the moose that will fill my freezer and feed my family for the next year. :) "




TO bigskyt. wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:14 PM:

" dire need of simple things such as road/utility infrastructure.."

Oh really? Then how does she justify charging the town of Wasilla $17,000 a night to stay in her own home when she is there?

Seems to me the very reasons people stay there or moved there in the first place will soon be wiped out by your wonderful Governor.

Yep, north to Alaska, go north the rush is on! "




Dynahog wrote on Sep 10, 2008 12:50 PM:

" LA in particular and California specifically are the centroid of Federal Dole and immorality.

Sacramento has yet to pass a budget; is $17 Billion in budget deficit; justifies Bonds from sales taxes and lottery money; and has yet to create a Balanced Budget in '08.

LA is home to tree sitters and Hollywood rich that stand on a Malibu beach to complain of off-shore anything, when they can't see it 50 miles from the shoreline.

LA should collect those seals and walruses that jump on their yachts, and feed them to ALASKA POLAR BEARS. "




Ben Compton wrote on Sep 10, 2008 12:04 PM:

" HA HA! Somebody from LOS ANGELES is preaching to us about some ill-perceived notion that we feel morally superior?! WOW! And as far as what we contribute? Hmmm...let's shut off all our oil and see how the most car-congested city in the world reacts to $10 per gallon gas! Not that a latte-sipping native of Southern California would know anything about what it's like to work up on the North Slope. "




bigskyt wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:22 PM:

" Who's spewing vitrol? I am guessing that you have never been to AK. If you have, you would know that we are in dire need of simple things such as road/utility infrastructure. Before you go posting such hateful and shameful letters, you should be better informed. By the way, you forgot to whine about the gas tax that we don't have to pay for the next year - thanks to Gov. Palin. "




Valley kid wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:32 AM:

" Yeah, we get a lot of earmarks for special projects. We need more. Take a look around your state, see all the roads and infastructure? We don't have it yet.
You don't want us to get any of your tax money? Then let us keep all the taxes the federal govt. gets from the oil companies. "




AKBoy wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:23 AM:

" Currently, Alaska receives from the Federal government $6 for every $1 we pay in Federal taxes. You are absolutely right that the image of Alaska as ruggedly independent is flat wrong. But do please remember that this is a young state with HUGE infrastructural needs. Most of the state (which, if an independent nation, would be the 5th largest in the world) is not reachable by road nor serviced by power lines. I am not a fan of excessive government pork either, but a lot of what comes to Alaska is necessary to bring the state into the 21st century. "