Having lived in Alaska for almost 10 years, I have to say that Sarah Pallin was a breath of fresh air. Alaska has always been run by the good old boys. Take Senator Ted Stevens for example--no one ever ran against him successfully; he was an icon. I do have to say that he brought a lot of government money for numerous projects that Alaska needed; but, then he got the opinion that he was God (or close to him) and now look where he is. When I lived in Alaska Tony Knowles was mayor of Anchorage and then Governor. The man was inept; but, he had the good old boys on his side. So, all I can say is that if she beat the good old boys and has gotten Alaska back on good financial footing--she deserves a heck of a lot of pats on the back. As far as her 17 year old daughter being pregnant--that is family business and others should keep their nose out of it. Personally, I don't think that they should let the girl get married because it's a fact that teenage marriages to not work. But, building Sarah Pallin up just to tear her down in the news media is just not the way to run a campaign. Maybe she doesn't have a lot of political experience but it takes a lot to be governor of Alaska; a state that wants to be it's own country.

I haven't had time lately to blog about the Wall Street situation. I do not agree with our government bailing out bankrupt businesses. The reason these corporations are in such trouble is that they loaned money or backed loans to people who couldn't repay them. People knew that they couldn't repay the loans and the corporations didn't care--in many cases they didn't bother to check. And, what about the millions that their CEOs get when the company goes under? Every time I have filed for a loan, I have had to show W2s or pay statements and my boss has been call to verify my employment. So, I personally do not know how these corporations were conducting business, but---the principle of free enterprise is what America was founded on. Now the government is bailing out large corporations and talking about a billion dollar plan to rescue the economy. When the government takes over free enterprise, that is called socialism and/or communism. Is that what we, as Americans, really want? Free enterprise is based on the principle that if you do good, that's great and if you do bad, well you suffer the consequences. If my business fails, is the government going to bail me out. If I lose my job and can't pay my mortgage or can't repay my car loan--who's going to bail me out? If I cry loud enough, and long enough, will someone bail me out? Hell no. And, if our government keeps bailing out large corporations and coming up with billion dollar economic rescue programs; or if they keep sending out checks to get folks to spend money, the government is going to go bankrupt and then we won't have to worry about Wall Street anymore.

Dear No Name, I think if you want to go around leaving criptic messages you should have the balls to leave a blogger name or have a site so that I can do the same to you. Evidently you do not. Yes, I think that the police should do something about my purse being stolen. That's what my taxes pay them to do. It's my right as a US citizen to have protection under the law. As for me voting for tax increases, I do vote to increase taxes when it's something that my community or the union as a whole needs to function. I have been working since I was 14 years old and I think that I have paid my share of taxes. I didn't receive a federal or state economic stimulus check because my husband and I had income over the set limit. You don't see me blogging to complain about that--I don't need an economic stimulus. I vote as an Independent--so I'm not supporting either candidate and I haven't sent my money to support either campaign (I don't support things I do not believe in). If I know of someone who is down on their luck and I can help them; I do. But, the Albuquerque Police do not get off their asses to do anything to fight crime and I feel that I have the right to complain and blog about it. If you do not believe that or you want to blog negatively about it, fine, but get your facts straight.

I found the political conventions interesting, but not that great. I like Senator Bidden and his honesty; however, I don't think that he's going to add any big boost to Obama's ticket. I think that best part of the convention was his two daughters. Being from Alaska, I'm really glad to see Governor Pallin on the Repubican ticket. I agree that her family problems shouldn't enter into the race; but we all know that is never the case. And, lastly, I wish she was running for President; I'd vote for her.

I'm not going to waste your time relating the meeting I had with Karen Carmichael of the Albuquerque Police. I'm only going to say that if the Albuquerque Police White Collar Crime Department could take their heads out of their butts and investigate some of the 200 crimes that are committed in this city every month; and actually put some of the criminals in prison (because it seems to be the same gang committing the same crimes repeatedly); then you wouldn't find yourselves so overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and maybe you wouldn't be too busy to care. Other than that, you'll be talking to my lawyer from now on.