July 31, 2008 - 4:04am | Sheridan_Sheraton

If I were Bobby T I would be

If I were Bobby T I would be thinking clearly about some ailment real or contrived that he could get a medical transfer for his permits. Surely it would be considerate of his crew if they could fish his permit while he was away.

Good thing he got his wanderlust taken care of with a trip to europe.

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  July 17, 2008 - 2:46am | akwapsc

Gee

Everyone was 100% on board with Mike Tibbles and John Bitney when they were Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Governor Palin. And they both did a great job. Tibbles as the Governor's campaign manager and then COS, and Bitney as the campaign strategist and then LD.

These guys are and were whiz kids.

And they are doing a great job right now with Senator Stevens and Speaker John Harris. Let's hope that this will bring the Governor together more in the future with these other great Republican leaders.

I would think that since you were and are a big Governor Palin supporter several months prior to my being a big Governor Palin supporter -- as I still am-- that you would understand the why's, wherefores and people involved in her success. Gee Steve, that's one big thing that we have in common, unless you are questioning your recent support, which I can understand, whatwith your recent gnashing of teeth about Governor Palin's policies.

I predict that this is the beginning of an onslaught of commercial fishing groups that will go for Senator Stevens.

Stevens opponents in the primary or the general will be lucky to get one commfish endorsement while Stevens will have at least a dozen such endorsements. In fact, without one single phone call to any established commfish group by the Begich campaign, I wonder if they're not picking a losing hand like Tony did.... twice.

After all, Knowles was endorsed by commfish twice, and won twice. When he didn't even try for our support twice... well the rest is history.

Oh. That's right, you don't even like Begich, you are in the Metcalfe camp. Good luck with that. I'll betcha that, aside from the Groundswell boys (who aren't even properly incorporated in Alaska as a fishing group) that Metcalfe couldn't pick up the Wrangell Little League Herring Jiggers Association.

Begich might if he knew the directions as to how to fly there.

In every major statewide race in the last decade the overwhelming winner had the same type of support that Senator Stevens has from commfish:

Knowles-Palin 2006 ( 12 such endorsements for Palin, 1 for Knowles),

Knowles-L. Murkowski 2004 (13 for Lisa, 0 for Knowles),

Ulmer-F. Murkowski 2002 (12 for Frank and 1 for Fran)....

You can call some of us names, you can make these phony assertions, but you can't keep it up forever because, as you know all too well, if anyone in the commfish arena so much as sneezed at the wrong time or scratched a fingernail, the FBI, CIA, BATF or some serious federal agency would have them on the ground facedown in no time.

Your bluff has been called.
You are not an oil guy.
You are just a fish bum who couldn't hold down a real job.

So where's the fish "corruption". It's time for your predictions to either fizzle or come true. You talk about those currently indicted or convicted but, gee Steve, I cannot recall the "fish" word in one single document I have seen. Methinks that you, Victor Smith and Dennis Zaki have finally been exposed for the sideshow freaks that you really are.

Meanwhile the good guys keep working, making things better for Alaska commercial fishermen. And you keep wailing in the wilderness.

Ted Stevens will have a dozen endorsements representing over a thousand commercial fishing families and their communities. Some of them are even your new neighbors on the big Island.

Yeah. And let me know when Ray or Mark ( whom you will surely switch to when he kicks Rays butt in the primary) decides to call upon an actual commercial fishing group.

That'll be the day.

bobbyt

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  July 29, 2008 - 1:59pm | dkshoreline

Commfish should be careful what it wishes for

Bobby T - it just might get it.

Looks like Stevens just had his seat(s) on those powerful Senate committees handed right back to him - he "temporarily" resigned from them today. Your "great Alaskan" just had the house fall down around him today, and the pun is intended.

But I won't be so brazen to say all of commfish is involved, only you and your "guys." There are lots of good, hard-working, honest commercial fishers out there that you and your "guys" have cut out and left behind, maybe they might get a chance to sit at the table now.

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  July 29, 2008 - 1:45pm | Sheridan_Sheraton

It's time for your predictions to either fizzle or come true.

It's time for your predictions to either fizzle or come true.

Well . uh, gee, Bobby t. What can you say today?

Did you feel any more stupid when you woke up this morning?

How's your 'case ' comming along?

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  July 17, 2008 - 8:45am | staufen

Yeah, have it your way...

... and when you awaken, don't come looking this way for someone to sell your cane to.

BTW, not everyone was on board with Tibbles. It is telling that you are.

And it's laughable that the industry would continue to shovel its way deeper into the denial pit. You and Burch make quite the pair.

Those who understand federal corruption cases know that it is common for folks like you to say such stupid things when the cases hit their typical 2-year lulls before the thunder and lightening return. Did you learn nothing in law school?

As to Mark beating Ray in the primary, your presumptions are appropriately ignorant, but if you go to Anchorage and take Ray's 3-hour tour, you may get an education. If Begich makes it into office, he will be indicted there. Do we need to repeat that sentence?! INDICTED.

So be it, as maybe then voters will throw their ignorance and petty party prejudices to the roadside. If so, then Ray will probably take it in the special election.

Your relentless blindsided rants are again duly noted, with a chuckle. But nothing tops the humour of you regularly crawling on hand and knees as you try to (too late) stick your nose up the administration's backside, after putting a Murkowski knife in its spine up until your chain was jerked. How have your visits to the 3d floor been going? - or are you persona non grata?

The key difference between us is that you spew propaganda over and over -- in Hannity-Coulter fashion -- and expect others to learn from the repeated lies. We know that eventually the truth does arise, and all of the CBC will fall, and their sub-cronies too.

PS: we're still waiting for your endorsement letter of Cowdery. And when you do, please tell us what it means to you that his aides had to appear before the Grand Jury in Washington DC, too.

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  July 17, 2008 - 9:18am | akwapsc

golly steve

it'd take you 2 seconds to know that i always supported Senator Cowdery and consider him a good friend.

his aides, esp. his chief of staff, are top notched folks who worked hard on important issues to Alaskans over the past decade and helped Alaska's process with a diligent, ethical and responsible fashion.

So here's your show, Taufen.
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indict one
indict another and then

elect ray.
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put that on a poster. i'll pay for that one just to see it. what a joke you have become Steve. Backing Begich is an option for a heck of a lot of Alaskans. Ever hear the word "Nader". Good luck with that. Be sure that Disco Ray stays in the election until the final, with a new party, his 4th in under a decade. Hope he did all the paperwork right for the Republican Moderate party. Hope they'll let him back in.

the truly unfortunate thing here the Taufen, is that you seem to possess some intellect and want to believe that you are heading off to some lofty, intellectual nirvana.

but you are a deceiver, the Taufen.

what you want is just change for change sake. no positions... what is Ray's position on diesel fuel credits for Alaska resident fishermen.. what is Ray's position on the salmon Treaty for SEAK... what is Ray's position on ASMI or marketing in general...... all we see from you, the Taufen, is thatyou'll see that you'll never get closer to true, righteous, durable change unless you work within a system of government or management with other human beings.

you should run with your intellectual fervor, right to join UFA. first sign up your group, Groundswell, with the state of Alaska. Then send $2500 to Mark Vinsel with your board of directors, last meeting minutes, etc.

imagine the fertile ground, with 40 board members, maybe 60 folks, with alternates, twice a year in Alaska, or course, generally Juneau then Anchorage with alternating meetings in recent years in Wasilla, Cordova, Kodiak, Petersburg and Wrangell.

come on down. if you get just one person to join Groundswell out of all the groups of Alaska commercial fishermen's 60 representatives at a UFA meeting.... well then I'll personally buy you dinner.

unless you are running for public office of course, as that gets to be a lot of paperwork.

bobbyt

bobbyt

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  July 25, 2008 - 1:48am | Sheridan_Sheraton

Death Nail

golly steve

it'd take you 2 seconds to know that i always supported Senator Cowdery and consider him a good friend.

OOOh, I bet John C says thanks, but no thanks.

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  July 17, 2008 - 10:23am | staufen

Thank you again.

But no thanks, we don't join groups who engage in illegal activities. And we don't work with fascist regimes. Because we do have principles.

You make one good dog's tail, so wag on...

PS: are you writing Tibble's news releases now? We noticed that twice it signaled the old KKK southern R's network... that's very White of ya! But I think you are going to get Trent Lott to take Ted to the Senate woodshed one more time. In 1999, Lott made Ted bow Japanese style in apology... we'd love to see another repeat of that on C-SPAN II.

PSS: Hint to Christian Science Monitor & to the DNC - get the tapes from December 14 or so of that year, on the day Liebermann conceded to Cheney/Bush on Senate floor and Ted gave his rant, then the following day Lott and Reid and others got Ted's apology - obviously extracted during late hours in that woodshed! It would make a great campaign ad for Begich to show Ted's speech and his bowing over and over and over .... and especially the end piece when he reminds the sitting Senate President "you have to understand, Alaska is a lot closer to Tokyo than to Washington DC". Ted's a good little geographer... and a very revealing politician.

PISS: on Al Burch's boots - it was the FMCA that established the 200-mile limits. Stevens couldn't even sneak his name on the MSA until after certain authors were dead and buried. In 1976, an economically seditious Burch was aiding and abetting the Koreans to keep a US Owned seafood plant from being built in Kodiak!!! (Come on Barbara, write a reply so Al can put his name on it like Steele put his name on Thomson's piece in the KDM!!)

Why are we having trouble finding someone in Kodiak who has heard of 40 trawlers belonging to a group named Alaska White (or Whitefish) Trawlers Assn., let alone FOR 30 YEARS!??? Is this the new name for AGDB? or a new racially-bleached version of Alaska Draggers? - some kind of a breakaway effort to disassociate with the failure to file as House and Senate lobbyist, giving illicit contributions to cover Young's legal expenses etc.? Very telling!

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