Monthly Archives: April 2009

WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays!

Posted on Thu, 16 April 2009 by Mel Green

WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays.  Repeat: Wayne Anthony Ross will NOT be Alaska Attorney General. We fought the good fight, people, and we WON! The lima beans of the state are dancing. And so, I bet, are Alaska … Continue reading →

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Alaska newspaper editorials against WAR

Posted on Thu, 16 April 2009 by Mel Green

At least one of Alaska’s daily newspapers have come out editorially against the confirmation of Wayne Anthony Ross to be Alaska’s attorney general: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — “Reject Ross: Nominee for top legal post is wrong man for the job” … Continue reading →

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WAR's antigay letter to the Alaska Bar Association, 1993

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

You’ve heard about it, now here it is: the famous letter written by Wayne Anthony Ross to the Alaska Bar Association and published in the Alaska Bar Rag in the early 1990s (turns out it was 1993) which referred to … Continue reading →

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Jay Ramras: "We won't necessarily be coloring within the lines"

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

Representative Jay Ramras, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, doesn’t seem to mind joining Alaska attorney general-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross — not to mention Gov. Sarah Palin herself — in coloring outside the lines of Alaska state law.

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Pro-WAR = anti-LAW

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

Just last night I posted about the opinions that Alaska attorneys with direct experience dealing with Attorney General-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross have of WAR’s mediocre legal abilities: His middling scores on the Alaska Bar Association surveys when he applied for … Continue reading →

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Anti-WAR letter: Opposing Wayne Anthony Ross

Posted on Tue, 14 April 2009 by Mel Green

I’m a writer-blogger, not a political blogger — though I did try it out a little last fall after Palin became a vice-presidential candidate. But it proved too emotionally exhausting for me, & other Alaska progressive bloggers were doing it … Continue reading →

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Ptery's recent Nevada travels

Posted on Tue, 14 April 2009 by Mel Green

Austin, NV to Silver City, NV — overnight last night just outside Fallon. Prior to Austin, he was in the Round City, NV area (per my post a few days ago), & both before & after Round City was around … Continue reading →

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Note to Jeff Bezos: #glitchmyass

Posted on Mon, 13 April 2009 by Mel Green

My tweet of the day: Note to Jeff Bezos: #glitchmyass, we deserve more explanation & apology than that for #amazonfail. Do you really want to regain our trust? Things have really snowballed. In fact I’d say it’s a snow-boulder now, … Continue reading →

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Amazon Rank – Google bomb 'em!

Posted on Sun, 12 April 2009 by Mel Green

Yep, it’s true. Amazon.com has decided that all any any books about or by LGBTA folk are “adult content” — the equivalent of pornography. Hence, they’ve removed the sales rankings for those books. Hence those books are tougher to find … Continue reading →

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Lauren Green sings

Posted on Thu, 9 April 2009 by Mel Green

Last Saturday (April 4) I attended a concert at UAA of the winners and honorable mentions in two competitions held recently by National Association of Teachers of Singing Alaska (NATS): Classical Voice (held April 3–4) and Musical Theater (held February … Continue reading →

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