A Governor's Oath of Office

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Friday July 03, 2009 · 3:15 PM PDT

2009/07/03 · 15:15

I'm watching with wonder at all of the news about Palin today, and tend to subscribe to the notion that she's bailing out rather than working on her 2012 presidential aspirations. It just feels like that is what's happening.

Whatever the reason, here's what struck me as more germane than anything: Her resignation (without any stated justification) probably puts her in stark non-compliance of the oath she took as Governor. This is probably not a big deal, as there are many other politicians (on both sides of the aisle) who are guilty of doing the same.

I don't know that I've found the actual Oath that she took, but this is the closest I could find for an oath of office for public officers in the State of Alaska:

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Sunday January 25, 2009 · 11:22 AM PST

2009/01/25 · 11:22

Well in this upsetting entry from GrannyDoc early last month, she (?) describes a letter from Citibank regarding how they a) lowered her credit limit, and b) raised her interest rate in spite of her zero balance and sterling payment record. I thought about it a lot when I got two of my own versionss of that letter, one for each of two credit cards.

(RickD got a similar letter and had a similar take on it.)

My credit isn't the best (medical stuff I didn't pay, dummy me) but my payment on these cards was perfect. Each letter was very similar to the one GrannyDoc got, with one major difference being they didn't change my limit.

I was going to send in my written responses declining the rate increase, but other issues got the better of me and I forgot. I have balances of 4K+ on one and 6K+ on the other. But today, while paying bills and being reminded of the changes that kicked in this month, I called the bank and had some pretty positive results that I will share below the fold.

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 11:16 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 23:16

This will be quick: It's about bandwidth.

(AGH! I have to wait until midnight to post!! I've written three diaries in my life...why was one of them yesterday, fer chrissakes?!)

Rachel Maddow, on her show, just gave advice regarding what to do when someone calls you to "steal your vote." This is a serious situation, and I DO agree with her regarding not listening to them. Whether they are telling you that as a student, you would lose financial assistance by voting on campus, or that the voting date for democrats is November 5. (It's TODAY, November 4.)

But I don't agree that you should say "No," and then hang up.

What to do instead, very simply, below the fold.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 9:23 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 21:23

There is a fellow I work with who has been taunting me via IM for weeks now, his typical tack being that of launching a barrage of links to various right wing talking points. All of them are well-worn and fruitless, but tonight he seems to have found a brand new one.

It appears that newsbusters.org is pushing a story about "unearthed" audio tapes from an interview that Obama gave to the San Francisco Chronicle back in January. If you listen to the audio, he is talking about a cap and trade system that would charge power generating facilities for their greenhouse emissions.

The phrasing he uses indicates that under the program, builders of new coal plants would go "bankrupt" from the charges. It's being spun in an alarming fashion and being made to sound like the entire industry itself is going to go bankrupt. The story is making the rounds in the newspapers and teevee stations in the VA, KY, and OH areas. Links and text below.

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Think this story has legs?

150 votes Vote Now!

Think this story has legs?

Yes. Serious November surprise. We're toast.

18 votes

Nope. November pffffft. But get out the vote!

114 votes

Sorry, pie is not an option in this poll

18 votes

(updated x2) OMG - Tinklenberg over 438K!!

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 1:03 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 13:03

folks, the ActBlue pages for Elwyn Tinklenburg are at about $190,000 at the time of this first posting, and now they posted on their diary that they are over $438,000 in overall contributions, including Act Blue.

(I'm not associated with the campaign at all)

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 11:36 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 11:36

I've supported Edwards in many ways, and feel that entitles me to write him a letter requesting that he support my next pick for pres now that he's out of the race.

Seems reasonable.

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Thursday May 17, 2007 · 2:55 PM PDT

2007/05/17 · 14:55

Everyone knows that someone placed a call to Mrs. Ashcroft as she sat by her husband in the hospital.

And, everyone is speculating as to who called her. We are presuming; nay, hoping, that it was Bush. And I haven't seen this suggestion anywhere: Um, ask her.

I don't know her visibility or inclination to talk to the press, but it seems to me that a simple question could be posed about who placed that call to her on May 11, 2004. She would likely remember quite clearly who was on the other end of the phone.

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A Governor's Oath of Office

About those letters from Citibank...listen up!

Ms. Maddow, I respectfully disagree.

Nov surprise, or Nov pffft? O's comments on coal. Now w/ poll!

(updated x2) OMG - Tinklenberg over 438K!!

My letter to John Edwards today.

Why not ask Janet Ashcroft?