tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post113164701181338508..comments2008-12-19T17:05:06.768-05:00Donny Baseballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post-1132007011163971992005-11-14T17:23:00.000-05:002005-11-14T17:23:00.000-05:00Like a billionaire that will still pick up pennies and dimes off the sidewalk, seems to me that Uncles Ted and Don go after ANY dollars, large or small.Donny Baseballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post-1131999977571174402005-11-14T15:26:00.000-05:002005-11-14T15:26:00.000-05:00Over at http://uncletedsplace.blogspot.com/ I've been tracking Uncle Ted's fiscal exploits (pun intended) recently but did't think the Salmon-Thirty-Salmon was worth commenting on due to the small quantity of money involved. A few million here or there is pretty small stuff for Alaska. Uncle Ted and Uncle Don prefer to work with billions instead. Witness our bridges which involve about 3/4 of a billion federal dollars. In spite of the fact that our state currently has a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars due to high oil prices.61northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875757620736268195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post-1131816140512291392005-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:002005-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:00It's very difficult to stem the flow of taxpayer money to Alaska. The Senators from Alaska and Hawaii have formed a caucus (I'd call it a cabal but it's not exactly a secret--odd that Mr. Cohen didn't mention it) and vote as a block, regardless of what their respective parties are doing, whenever legislation affects one or both of their states. A four vote block is pretty hard to overcome in a 55/45 Senate. It's difficult also, of course, to stem the flow of taxpayer money to Hawaii, but Hawaii doesn't seem to be as needy or greedy.Kyda Sylvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771928710618351597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post-1131719305920547072005-11-11T09:28:00.000-05:002005-11-11T09:28:00.000-05:00I can't get excited about anything that Cohen writes, even if it is a little Stevens bashing. I don't think he knows what he is talking about most of the time.Donny Baseballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553006.post-1131662983875377852005-11-10T17:49:00.000-05:002005-11-10T17:49:00.000-05:00You will enjoy this editorial.<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110901634.htmlZoltanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11153219360892804223noreply@blogger.com