tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post8012584689867382668..comments2023-10-26T05:35:59.924-08:00Comments on <br><br><br>FieryBlazingHandbasket: At least we'll always have Marmot Day...CabinDwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064395622100420809noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-33057250705221651002009-05-06T17:50:00.000-08:002009-05-06T17:50:00.000-08:00Alas, some Alaskans are preparing to exhibit folly...Alas, some Alaskans are preparing to exhibit folly and futility over their ignorance of the genuine Marmot Day. In Michigan we’re crying FOUL! DESECRATION! Do your homework: the original Marmot Day falls on July 27 this year. Any kindergartner can go to Wikipedia and run a search on Marmot Day! <br />Marmot Day is a community celebration in Owosso, Michigan, occurring on July 25th (or on the following Monday if the 25th falls on a weekend). It is a celebration of all marmots, which include groundhogs, woodchucks, and ground squirrels. <br />Marmot Day was begun in 2002 in Owosso, Michigan, as a day of celebration for this animal which is usually considered a pest. A luncheon is traditional as part of the celebration and the marmot jokes are also shared, among other festivities typical of any party or celebration. At 12:45 P.M., a marmot is positioned outside its hole, and if it goes into its hole, legend has it that summer is over; if it does not go into its hole, there will be one more month of summer. (Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot_Day; Hidden categories: Orphaned articles from February 2009 | All orphaned articles.)<br />This really should matter to Alaskans, who, I dare say, might struggle to see the Marmot’s shadow! Does the sun really shine on February 2 in Alaska? <br />Nonetheless, the folks at Covenant Eyes invite all Alaskans who are inebriated (or angered) over their legislature’s narrow mindedness to come on down and witness a REAL Marmot Day party (what the heck, we invite everybody in the whole dog-on state to come on down). <br />Plans are tentative at this point, but we’re praying that the following events will fall into place on July 27th, 2009: Noon lunch (pig roast with all the trimmings); CE Marmot is shuttled by train and dropped off at the doorstep of Covenant Eyes (greeted by a brass band); a comedy show the night before (possibly Thor Ramsy, who will also MC the Marmot Day’s events); a car show on the CE premises; bowling for marmots at the downtown bowling alley; a one-thousand dollar prize for the best marmot video; and prizes for the best marmot jokes. <br />We will soon create a special category for Marmot Day festivities on the Covenant Eyes Breaking Free Blog: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/ Stay tuned…We’d love to show you all from the Great Frontier some Great Lakes hospitality. Who knows, if your legislature were able to “get it right,” we might be on to something: a friendly competition for the best Marmot Day celebration? <br /> Marmot Day falls the day after “America’s Largest Celebration of Railroading in 2009.” The train festival comes to town July 23–26, 2009 in Owosso, MI. To learn more about the train festival, follow http://www.trainfestival2009.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914891842151096362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-36146205371727143062009-05-05T15:22:00.000-08:002009-05-05T15:22:00.000-08:00We Michiganders and Alaskans must get on the same ...We Michiganders and Alaskans must get on the same page with Marmot Day, which is actually a real holiday here (July 27) in the Great Lakes State. Read these blog posts to learn more: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/?s=marmot day<br /><br />Perhaps the good folks of Alaska can persuade the legislature to follow the Michigan Marmot Day celebration and rituals, and we can celebrate together. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot_DayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914891842151096362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-31014180839370159092009-05-05T15:21:00.000-08:002009-05-05T15:21:00.000-08:00We Michiganders and Alaskans must get on the same ...We Michiganders and Alaskans must get on the same page with Marmot Day, which is actually a real holiday here (July 27) in the Great Lakes State. Read these blog posts to learn more: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/?s=marmot day<br /><br />Perhaps the good folks of Alaska can persuade the legislature to follow the Michigan Marmot Day celebration and rituals, and we can celebrate together. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot_DayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914891842151096362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-24414382782829172312009-04-22T22:48:00.000-08:002009-04-22T22:48:00.000-08:00Ish, you make several good points.
In my defense,...Ish, you make several good points.<br /><br />In my defense, I did not jump on Johnson himself. From what I've read in the press, he sounded alright.<br /><br />The choice was ill-considered, I think, because given the generally tone deaf manner of the Palin Administration, there was no way it was going to fly. Which is me backpedalling a bit. <br /><br />If I had my druthers, we'd have another person representing subsistence users on the Board.CabinDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064395622100420809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-55050055897897957082009-04-22T21:57:00.000-08:002009-04-22T21:57:00.000-08:00Just so you know, Cook Inlet hasn't had a commerci...Just so you know, Cook Inlet hasn't had a commercial fisherman on the Board of Fish in over 30 years. And in that time sports fishing interests, as represented by real estate magnate Bob Penny and facilitated by Gov. Tony Knowles, have destroyed commercial fishing in Cook Inlet. Do you know why there is no pink salmon commercial fishery in Cook Inlet, as one example? Because they run at the same time as the sport-valued silver salmon. As a result, hundreds of thousands of pinks run, spawn, die and wash up on the shore of the Kenai River every other year.<br /><br />Just my way of pointing out that Brent Johnson is a good man and would have been a nice balance to the rabid, and well-healed, elitist sportsfishing interests in Southcentral.Ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092735311036097850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-23705422513484485372009-04-21T18:00:00.000-08:002009-04-21T18:00:00.000-08:00Mike Kelly - who hunts by using his private plane ...Mike Kelly - who hunts by using his private plane to get to remote places - thereby not only hunting the very same animals that the people he so despises and disparages depend on for food - but using a whole lot of E in the process.<br /><br />Not to mention all the little private plane junkets he takes his family on too...what a piece of work.FlictheBichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358697353558207227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-7495991370272354232009-04-21T08:17:00.000-08:002009-04-21T08:17:00.000-08:00I'm with you on energy reform, KC. Big freaking d...I'm with you on energy reform, KC. Big freaking dead elephant in room. Dealing with rural energy issues goes beyond finding a way for people to lose less stove oil, to pay less for it -- to maybe even get off it. <br /><br />What about the cost of generating electricity? I can't remember which community this winter was paying 42 cents per kwh - damn all that beer anyway. AVEC was tacking on fuel surcharges to deal with its own high cost of providing electricity; some folks I know reported getting $700 electric bills for one month.CabinDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064395622100420809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-50242718330016032112009-04-21T08:08:00.000-08:002009-04-21T08:08:00.000-08:00Kelly's still here because 5 people who won't live...Kelly's still here because 5 people <I>who won't live here in a year</I> voted for him.<br /><br />I really hate DST, but I'd give that up for something in the vague direction of energy reform. Which I think is saying something, given my burning hatred for DST. My deep, burning hatred.<br /><br />Sarah's got to be excused on her visit to Russian Mission instead of Emo. Geography's never been her strongest suit. O:}TwoYakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004999495564178762noreply@blogger.com