Comments on: Begich: Alaska needs to step up for leadership role in time of climate change http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/ Homer, Alaska Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: confused http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110479 confused Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:40:51 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-110479 Yes, Alaska needs to step up, but we can't even step up for a simple bill that would prevent dumping waste in our Alaskan waters by cruise ships. Yes, Alaska needs to step up, but we can’t even step up for a simple bill that would prevent dumping waste in our Alaskan waters by cruise ships.

]]> By: franks http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110444 franks Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:17:35 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-110444 All the above comments make me laugh so hard that I spit out my coffee, Whaaa Whaaaa Whaaa. Let me see... Do you think this town would exist if this state didn't produce and export petroleum products? Halibut charters will be down to 1 fish in 2014 and you'll start to see this town drying up and withering away. I guess you think the fisherman delivering halibut to your port will support your schools. Petroleum brings money to this state and in-turn through profit sharing, money to your beloved Homer. Lets just stop producing oil and see the umemployment rate climb to over 30%. Oil just doesn't bring ships to your port. It's a trickle down all the way to the kids stocking shelves in Safeway. I'm not going to preach to a community who wants to live off of the people who work for a living. And the comment on guns. I can lay a bazooka on your kitchen table. That bazooka is not going to kill anyone until some mentally disturbed person decides to use it against people. Guns don't kill. People kill people. Why don't we ban Alcohol? More people are killed everyday by drunk drivers than by people shooting people. All I have to say is look at Chicago. That city has the toughest control laws in the nation. Oh by the way, 43 people we killed last MONTH in Chicago using guns. I guess that proves your point that we need tougher gun laws doesn't it. Good grief. All the above comments make me laugh so hard that I spit out my coffee, Whaaa Whaaaa Whaaa. Let me see… Do you think this town would exist if this state didn’t produce and export petroleum products? Halibut charters will be down to 1 fish in 2014 and you’ll start to see this town drying up and withering away. I guess you think the fisherman delivering halibut to your port will support your schools. Petroleum brings money to this state and in-turn through profit sharing, money to your beloved Homer. Lets just stop producing oil and see the umemployment rate climb to over 30%. Oil just doesn’t bring ships to your port. It’s a trickle down all the way to the kids stocking shelves in Safeway. I’m not going to preach to a community who wants to live off of the people who work for a living.
And the comment on guns. I can lay a bazooka on your kitchen table. That bazooka is not going to kill anyone until some mentally disturbed person decides to use it against people. Guns don’t kill. People kill people. Why don’t we ban Alcohol? More people are killed everyday by drunk drivers than by people shooting people. All I have to say is look at Chicago. That city has the toughest control laws in the nation. Oh by the way, 43 people we killed last MONTH in Chicago using guns. I guess that proves your point that we need tougher gun laws doesn’t it. Good grief.

]]> By: raised by wolves http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110410 raised by wolves Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:34:47 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-110410 “Alaska has been supplying the world with nutritious salmon for decades,” Begich said. “We cannot afford to experiment with the world’s largest wild salmon stocks without the certainty that these fake fish won’t pose a serious environmental risk, especially to wild salmon and their habitat.” One oil spill ... we won't be supplying real salmon or genetically engineered salmon to anyone. All fish will be toxic. These politicians are toxic. “Alaska has been supplying the world with nutritious salmon for decades,” Begich said. “We cannot afford to experiment with the world’s largest wild salmon stocks without the certainty that these fake fish won’t pose a serious environmental risk, especially to wild salmon and their habitat.”

One oil spill … we won’t be supplying real salmon or genetically engineered salmon to anyone. All fish will be toxic. These politicians are toxic.

]]> By: raised by wolves http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110408 raised by wolves Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:31:58 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-110408 Kim, maybe you didn't notice this is about oil, not guns, but probably it's good for people to know he has taken stands that the people do not want ... especially on the oil and gas stand against the wishes of the people in Homer. Why are the people in Alaska ignored by the government? What part don't they understand, the "N" or the "O?" Kim, maybe you didn’t notice this is about oil, not guns, but probably it’s good for people to know he has taken stands that the people do not want … especially on the oil and gas stand against the wishes of the people in Homer. Why are the people in Alaska ignored by the government? What part don’t they understand, the “N” or the “O?”

]]> By: Kim Terpening http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110396 Kim Terpening Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:56:22 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-110396 I am a life long Democrat and gun owner but I cannot support Begich until he modifies his stance on sensible gun control. He is NOT in favor of banning assualt weapons and high capacity magazines.. one of the few democratic Senators who has taken that stand. Shame on you Senator Begich I am a life long Democrat and gun owner but I cannot support Begich until he modifies his stance on sensible gun control. He is NOT in favor of banning assualt weapons and high capacity magazines.. one of the few democratic Senators who has taken that stand. Shame on you Senator Begich

]]> By: who do they work for? http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-109942 who do they work for? Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:48:52 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-109942 “Oil and gas development means we will need a fleet of ships to service supplies. Our ports are undersized to handle it,” So now they just openly admit they work to supply infrastructure for corporate profit. Begich joins Parnell to declare Homer's port number one priority....why? Does it matter that there were people living in this community here....before you all discovered this area as your latest gravy train since Asia started paying double for natural gas? Why don't we just rename the place "Oil and Gas's Homer'...Conoco High, Buccaneer Middle School, Enstar Visitor's Center... “Oil and gas development means we will need a fleet of ships to service supplies. Our ports are undersized to handle it,”

So now they just openly admit they work to supply infrastructure for corporate profit.

Begich joins Parnell to declare Homer’s port number one priority….why?

Does it matter that there were people living in this community here….before you all discovered this area as your latest gravy train since Asia started paying double for natural gas?

Why don’t we just rename the place “Oil and Gas’s Homer’…Conoco High, Buccaneer Middle School, Enstar Visitor’s Center…

]]> By: oil and gas man http://homertribune.com/2013/02/begich-alaska-needs-to-step-up/comment-page-1/#comment-109941 oil and gas man Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:24:52 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33437#comment-109941 “Oil and gas development means we will need a fleet of ships to service supplies. Our ports are undersized to handle it,” he said. Equipment like icebreakers and a greater Coast Guard presence further north are needed. Well, here you go, now they openly admit they work to get money to pay for infrastructure to support oil and gas. We all kinda figured out they work for corporate profit, so why pretend? The politicians have Big plans for Homer's port? Does it matter what we want?? from another article: “It was a big deal when Homer’s port ranked No. 1 in statewide priorities” http://homertribune.com/2013/02/harbor-readies-for-brighter-economic-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-109939 I must be so nice for oil and gas companies to have a government who listens and works for them, putting money down on their projects where needed. What a wonderful state, of,by and for corporations. “Oil and gas development means we will need a fleet of ships to service supplies. Our ports are undersized to handle it,” he said. Equipment like icebreakers and a greater Coast Guard presence further north are needed.

Well, here you go, now they openly admit they work to get money to pay for infrastructure to support oil and gas. We all kinda figured out they work for corporate profit, so why pretend?

The politicians have Big plans for Homer’s port? Does it matter what we want??

from another article:
“It was a big deal when Homer’s port ranked No. 1 in statewide priorities”
http://homertribune.com/2013/02/harbor-readies-for-brighter-economic-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-109939

I must be so nice for oil and gas companies to have a government who listens and works for them, putting money down on their projects where needed. What a wonderful state, of,by and for corporations.

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