| Gas line divide crosses party, regional lines
We have a process under AGIA that all the people in the Legislature but one voted for," she said. That one legislator was Rep. Ralph Samuels, R-Anchorage, and the House majority leader. "I wasn't a big fan of the process," acknowledged Samuels, who said he stands behind his lonely vote. House Speaker John Harris, R-Valdez, said that even though TransCanada was the only company the Palin administration certified as complying with the demands of AGIA, they were still going to look at competing proposals. "It is still a proposal that should be looked at by the Legislature," Harris said. That could open the door for another rejected proposal, the plan by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority for an all-Alaska pipeline to bring natural gas to Valdez, where it would be converted to liquid and exported by ship.
Has SNL found its Fauxbama?
Saturday Night Live finally may have found its Fauxbama. Word has it in comedy circles that Donald Glover, a writer for Tina Feys sitcom 30 Rock, will begin performing on SNL with this weekends episode, the shows first since the end of the writers strike. .
What the candidates stand for
Hillary Clinton: 47 million Americans lack health insurance. The New York senator, who came to grief in 1994 with a complex plan as First Lady, has proposed a scheme that requires everyone to carry health insurance, offering government subsidies to help reduce the cost of coverage. Cost of the plan is $110bn (£56bn). Barack Obama: Also wants universal coverage, but would keep the private insurance system. He would inject cash to expand it to cover everyone. Insurers would not be allowed to refuse coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Campaign aides put the cost at $50-65bn a year, financed largely by eliminating tax cuts for the rich. John Edwards: Seeks to insure all Americans by 2012. Wants businesses, government and individuals to share responsibility, make insurance more affordable and reform the market to improve choice and quality and cut costs.
Should airport security be allowed to search and seize our digital ...
The democrats were right for going on vacation instead of voting to renew our right to ease drop on others. So what if we have another 9-11? No one should worry that anyone is listening when they talk onn their cell phone. What are a few thousand American lives when we are talking about cell phone security? I WANT MY RIGHT TO PRIVACY!!!! But airport searches? People like Andrea might not want their laptops searched. What are a few thousand American lives compared to Andrea getting through the sirport in a expedient manner. Screw the public. Andrea has appointments. America needs to learn that now that the Democrats are in charge, no one will want to hurt us anymore. We will be loved by the world just like they loved us during the 1990s. I understand that every other country in the world has security in their airports which is just as stringent as ours and many have security that is a lot worse, but we are Americans!! We are better than everyone else and I'll be damned if I am going to stand by and let those mean old Republicans make us afraid.
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