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		<title>By: B. Moore</title>
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		<dc:creator>B. Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HELLO Mr. Frix
A friendly &#039;Good Day&#039; to you..

where do YOU set your priorities?

$12 billon a month and lives wasted/destroyed, plus national/world economic damage/disruption?   you LIKE $5 a gallon gasoline/truck fuel?   you LIKE the ripple effect of same in your expenditures?  and related etc?

or throwing away a few dollars a day on &#039;possibly&#039; legitimate, by current law, optional expenditures by a popularly elected official that is authorized to make same decisions by voters?
(keep in mind that if Alaska voters no like spending the $60K extra dollars, they can always vote their vote AGAINST, next time.  and, i do not live in Alaska.   people get the gummint they vote for, either way they vote.)

me, i start at the top of the list.  i&#039;ll clean up the pissant details later...

i&#039;ll drain the swamp first, the major portion of the alligators will naturally go away.  leftover small alligators can be shot later.

i SET/CHOOSE my priorities according to what i decide affects me...

i think $12 billion thrown away, monthly, plus wasted human bodies and lives, plus $5 a gallon gasoline and the other economic effects of same, rates just a bit higher than $100 a day in perhaps legit authorized expenses in ALASKA for a few months.

if you got a problem with that opinion, i&#039;m willing to hear legit arguements...  

BUT, i will agree that non-authorized THEFT of funds need to be kept on the list of things that need cleaned up, eventually</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HELLO Mr. Frix<br />
A friendly &#8216;Good Day&#8217; to you..</p>
<p>where do YOU set your priorities?</p>
<p>$12 billon a month and lives wasted/destroyed, plus national/world economic damage/disruption?   you LIKE $5 a gallon gasoline/truck fuel?   you LIKE the ripple effect of same in your expenditures?  and related etc?</p>
<p>or throwing away a few dollars a day on &#8216;possibly&#8217; legitimate, by current law, optional expenditures by a popularly elected official that is authorized to make same decisions by voters?<br />
(keep in mind that if Alaska voters no like spending the $60K extra dollars, they can always vote their vote AGAINST, next time.  and, i do not live in Alaska.   people get the gummint they vote for, either way they vote.)</p>
<p>me, i start at the top of the list.  i&#8217;ll clean up the pissant details later&#8230;</p>
<p>i&#8217;ll drain the swamp first, the major portion of the alligators will naturally go away.  leftover small alligators can be shot later.</p>
<p>i SET/CHOOSE my priorities according to what i decide affects me&#8230;</p>
<p>i think $12 billion thrown away, monthly, plus wasted human bodies and lives, plus $5 a gallon gasoline and the other economic effects of same, rates just a bit higher than $100 a day in perhaps legit authorized expenses in ALASKA for a few months.</p>
<p>if you got a problem with that opinion, i&#8217;m willing to hear legit arguements&#8230;  </p>
<p>BUT, i will agree that non-authorized THEFT of funds need to be kept on the list of things that need cleaned up, eventually</p>
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		<title>By: Adam Frix</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Frix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not about the amount.  It&#039;s about the mindset.

When we stop pursuing it because &quot;well, it&#039;s only a few bucks,&quot; then it grows and grows.

Anyway, this sounds like the old Microsoft light bulb joke, the punch line of which involves redefining dark as the standard.  This *is* mainstream business as usual--to them.  And Palin et al. will look at you quizically, like a dog with its head turned, when you question it.  How can you possibly question mainstream behavior?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not about the amount.  It&#8217;s about the mindset.</p>
<p>When we stop pursuing it because &#8220;well, it&#8217;s only a few bucks,&#8221; then it grows and grows.</p>
<p>Anyway, this sounds like the old Microsoft light bulb joke, the punch line of which involves redefining dark as the standard.  This *is* mainstream business as usual&#8211;to them.  And Palin et al. will look at you quizically, like a dog with its head turned, when you question it.  How can you possibly question mainstream behavior?</p>
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		<title>By: B. Moore</title>
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		<dc:creator>B. Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it&#039;s difficult to get excited about mere &#039;thousands&#039; of dollars over a 20-month period when BILLIONS are wasted everyday by others in the gummint.  round numbers, $60k by the figures you quote...

$60K?   is that what all this yellin&#039;s about???

only $60K?  that works out to about $100 a day...

not that i&#039;m saying you&#039;re making this up, but are not such expenditures allowable according to existing law?   and what politician does&#039;t indulge in the perks of office from time to time?

how much has you favorite congressman(s) indulged during the years he&#039;s been in office.  or any of your guv&#039;ners...

if THIS is the best you got, i say sit back and relax.   make yourself a tomato sammitch; enjoy life

Hey.  gimme something big and nasty, dirty and juicy.   but make sure it&#039;s the TRUTH...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it&#8217;s difficult to get excited about mere &#8216;thousands&#8217; of dollars over a 20-month period when BILLIONS are wasted everyday by others in the gummint.  round numbers, $60k by the figures you quote&#8230;</p>
<p>$60K?   is that what all this yellin&#8217;s about???</p>
<p>only $60K?  that works out to about $100 a day&#8230;</p>
<p>not that i&#8217;m saying you&#8217;re making this up, but are not such expenditures allowable according to existing law?   and what politician does&#8217;t indulge in the perks of office from time to time?</p>
<p>how much has you favorite congressman(s) indulged during the years he&#8217;s been in office.  or any of your guv&#8217;ners&#8230;</p>
<p>if THIS is the best you got, i say sit back and relax.   make yourself a tomato sammitch; enjoy life</p>
<p>Hey.  gimme something big and nasty, dirty and juicy.   but make sure it&#8217;s the TRUTH&#8230;</p>
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