Andrew's Weekly Shouts......

A quick scream of random thoughts and events....

Julia O'Malley is quickly becoming my favorite read in the Anchorage Daily News.

Her June 27th column about the harsh responses she receives from readers who disagree with her opinions, O'Malley opined, "Rule No. 1: spelling doesn’t count. Rule No. 2: the more personal, the better. And, capital letters and exclamation points are GREAT! Like this: “you need to repent … you are living an UNGODLY life and you will be MUCH!!! HAPPIER!!!”

Her column made me recall one of my favorite emails I received from the 2006 Gubernatorial campaign:

name: Donna Figel
email:

message: THE FIRST AND ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS CUT YOUR EYE BROWS YOU LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL. THERE IS THINGS CALLED BEAUTIY SHOPS SPEND A LITTLE MONEY AND GET THE CUT AND SHAPED OH AND IM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU PALIN IS WHO I WILL BE VOTING FOR LOLOL

The email touched all the bases O'Malley described; bad spelling, very personal and in all capital letters.

On June 28, Congressman Don Young filed for re-election.

According to his statements to the media when he filed at the Division of Election, Young stated that Americans should be concerned with the "awesome" debt accumulated in recent months and how the country will pay for reforms.

On June 30, 1974 which was Young's first year in Congress the Federal Debt was $475 billion. As of June 18, 2009 the Federal debt stood at $11 trillion.

In the eight years under a Republican President, including the years when Young was Chair of House Transportation Committee, the accumulation of debt doubled from $5 trillion to over $10 trillion.

His concerns about the accumulation of debt seems like finding fiscal religion 36 years and $10.5 trillion too late.

Great Summer Reads.

One of the nice things about stepping away from the blog has been the time I've had to read some fabulous books. I highly recommend the following: