Archive for January, 2010

Posted on January 3, 2010 - by Hubba

Let it Stop, Let it Stop, Let it STOP

This is the sixth major winter storm we’ve had in 20 months.  Before the May 4, 2008 blizzard we had several open winters, interrupted occasionally by very uncomfortable winter fronts, but no blizzards.  We of course were in a drought, and I can’t say that anyone wanted a blizzard, but at that time we wouldn’t have minded a good snowstorm. (more…)

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Posted on January 2, 2010 - by Hubba

Book Review: Going Rogue by Sarah Palin

I have begun my wintertime reading schedule. Actually my wintertime over-reading schedule. At least this year I’m not reading submarine thrillers.

For Christmas, someone got someone else Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, and now I’m reading it.

When Mrs. Palin was chosen as vice-presidential candidate, I was as ignorant of her as everyone else in the Lower 48. I never became a fanatical Sarah Palin supporter, but I did admire what the media told us she had done, and I really couldn’t understand why the media didn’t. From what I heard, she was a strong-willed, almost Machiavellian woman who had helped Alaska grow and prosper. Of course, a person like that will make enemies, but I couldn’t understand why the rest of America, who idolizes the “man-eating” woman, turned on her so viciously. I also didn’t think she would be one bit worse than anyone else on the presidential ticket. (And for what it’s worth, I have been proven right.) (more…)

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