FBI probes office of Alaska Sen. Stevens’s son
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on September 1st, 2006 11:14 am by HL
Remember Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens. He got all pissed off and upset when his plan to drill for oil was defeated. He claimed he would continue to fight for it no matter what.
Here’s why
FBI probes office of Alaska Sen. Stevens’s son
AP
Excerpt:
JUNEAU, Alaska – The offices of at least six Alaska legislators, including the son of Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record), were raided by federal agents searching for possible ties between the lawmakers and a large oil field services company, officials and aides said.
Among the offices searched was that of Republican Senate President Ben Stevens, the son of the senior senator from Alaska. Ted Stevens’ spokesman Aaron Saunders said Friday that they had no comment on the search.
H.L.s Take
Its all about the money. Never mind that drilling for oil in Alaska will ruin one of the most pristine wilderness left in The U.S. Ted Stevens and his son stand to make money on this. So Goddam everyone else as long as their is a dime to be made, even if it means they have to break the law to do it. Greedy Greedy Greddy
September 1st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Yet still no mention of the Democrat caught on tape taking 100K.
September 1st, 2006 at 8:35 pm
Here is why Ted Stevens would fight for it no matter what. It make sense that is why. Even though it would take some years to fully develope those oil fields the effect on gas prices would show immediatly. The anticipation of future barrels would shock prices down. Then eventually even lower gas prices as the oil fields started to kick in. The long term problem is refinery regulation.(long term Clinton damage). If we can open up . some more refineries. Then get loads of gasoline onto the market. Just flood the market with endless gasoline supply. There aint many green beans up in Alaska. Ted Stevens knows all of this. As well the people of Alaska are over whelmingly for it. So it should be so!
September 1st, 2006 at 11:46 pm
We need refineries, not more product to refine.
September 3rd, 2006 at 5:59 pm
It seems to me that the reason Stevens, Murkowski, etc. were elected is that they knew there were human beings up here in Alaska.
So far as I can tell folks Outside think of Alaska in one of three ways.
1. Vacation land.
2. Source of raw materials.
3. Wild life park.
Southerners don’t seem to understand that we actually are real humans, with real human needs. Like bridges, sewers, roads, airports, and all the other things that those Outside take for granted.
These Senators, for all their obvious faults, did “bring home the bacon”. Without that, many thousands of those who live in the Bush would have NOTHING! And you don’t care. They did. So we elected them, again and again and again.
And now, it’s time to stop. Their sins are, IMO, completely unforgiveable, and I do hope Ted, his son Ben, Don Young, and all their associates go to some Pound-Me-In-The-Ass prison, and that for a long, long time.
Alaskans are not arrogant folk: reality intrudes too harshly for that. But Murkowski, Stevens et. al. ARE arrogant, and may they suffer for their crimes.
I am posting this in many blogs; I want you folks to know that there are PEOPLE up here, folks with needs, just like you. We’re NOT just vacation land! And an airport, road, or ferry that you might call pork is often the only way to get to medical assistance, as just one example among many.
Ken Johnson
Sand Point Alaska (in the Aleutians)
September 3rd, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Ken, good points, and you should know. Thanks for writing in .
September 5th, 2006 at 7:10 am
Thank you for your polite reply. As noted in another polite and considerate reply in http://roughstock.blogspot.com , many of us live here by choice, and it is easily arguable that Southerners should not be required to pay for our civic improvements. That blog’s author is a country boy too, and I suspect I might like him.
In any event, scores of thousands of Alaskan Natives have lived here for 10,000 years or more, and for them that argument of living here by choice is irrelevant. The deep Interior is their homeland, and they should not be expected to leave. And most of those isolated villages have no economic base at all.
Whereas my home, Sand Point has a decent economic base of a strong fishery, it can be argued that we might not need Federal assistance. Yet, costs are so high that in no way could this town finance needed airport or harbor improvements, which in the long run benefit the Lower 48, by strengthening an area of great strategic value to the USA, as well as facilitating movement of massive quantities of foodstuffs and helping our nation’s abysmal balance of trade. In my biased opinion, we’re worth it.
But, look out! The deepening corruption scandal up here may affect this community directly, with surprising national consequences. We’ll see.
Really, I must admit that there are arguments for both financial view points. And, surely, a $223 million bridge to an island of 50 people, solely to benefit our sitting Governor and friends, is completely unacceptable.
Anyway, I just wanted to let the rest of America know that there are human citizens here, too, and if benefits to all other Americans are acceptable, then surely assistance for us would be, also. After all, how many states completely finance freeways, as one example?
Of course, an average of $1,900 plus per capita is hard to justify, even considering the exceptional costs of living in such remote locations. However, I suspect that Ted Stevens may not be re-elected, and such expenditures will then diminish radically. Myself, I’d like to see him in jail, where I feel he belongs. He’s bought us off long enough.
And, thanks again for being civil. Not all are, and I personally appreciate it.
As you are a “Hollywood Liberal”, I suspect that many of our view points may differ. Naetheless, your civility prompts me to bookmark your site for future visits and contemplation.
Thanks again.
Kenneth Johnson
Sand Point Alaska