9-9-14 Begich – Sullivan Senate Race Makes National Headlines

Found!  Lost ship from Sir John Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition near King William Island….

(Stan Rogers Audio-Ballad)

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This Senate Race Is All About Energy!

by

Dave Harbour

​(See Epilog Added 9-10-14, One Day Before 9-11 Anniversary)

Yesterday, we found where the Wall Street Journal recently focused on the Mark Begich (NGP Photo-L) – Dan Sullivan ​(NGP Photo-R) U.S. Senate race. 

We mention that race here, because its outcome will affect energy policy in Alaska–and elsewhere.  In recent years, the U.S. Senate has consistently failed to improve federal energy policies affecting Alaska, including those involving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; and mal-administration of the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act.  At the same time, Senator Begich has run and served partly on his desire, according to an AP writer,  to, "…be an independent voice against President Barack Obama."  (Additional link)

The Alaska Support Industry Alliance’s Board of Directors has voted to endorse Dan Sullivan’s campaign for US Senate against incumbent US Senator Mark Begich. “As a board, we believe this election and the make-up of the United States Senate are critical to resource development in Alaska,” said Board President Dave Lawer (NGP Photo).

Democrat senators have supported Senate leader Harry Reid's failure to act on responsible, natural resource legislation passed by the U.S. House of representatives.  Some of that legislation could have benefited Alaska.  He has even failed to act on Legislation passed by his own Senate Energy Committee.

We therefore conclude, sadly, that if our readers wish to have Alaska's job potential, economy and natural resources locked up for at least a generation to come, they should support Senator Mark Begich and his colleagues also running for reelection.  It is this group that, in supporting Leader Reed's failure to let responsible legislation be addressed, is also supporting President Obama's position in support of radical environmental activism (Also see this, and this and this).

(More commentary below.)

We find it interesting that in recent campaign emails (i.e. Subject Kochs: "Next up, Alaska"), the Begich machine is criticizing the Koch Brothers for exercising their right of free speech, while using the 'Act Blue' organization of 'outside-Alaska', sophisticated, progressive, political operatives to raise money.  We wish candidates would, like Sullivan, stick closer to the issues so critical to Alaska and to all of America's citizens.  -dh

If our readers wish to have the rule of law upheld in Alaska and elsewhere, see laws reasonably enforced and interpreted, and see the federal government begin to respect Alaska's statehood compact (i.e. depending as it does on natural resource development), they will likely tend to vote for former Attorney General Dan Sullivan.

As our citizens vote for a Senate candidate in the November General Election, so will their children be rewarded with the results–one way or the other. 

Alaska's vote will also affect the Nation, whose prosperity and security is in such large measure also based on wealth-producing natural resources…and Alaska's enormous, natural resource potential in particular.

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Epilog:  This month, Senate democrats seek to muster enough of their colleagues and a few errant republicans to corrupt the United States Constitution's free speech guarantee.  If they were to be successful, the rule of law moves from the 'endangered' category, to 'extinct'.  A free natural resource industry cannot survive in the absence of free speech and must become nationalized to survive — which may be a major goal of this Harry Reid, Senate Democrat majority.  To our other comments we add, "If you wish to see politicians empowered to censor political speech (i.e. including our opinions about energy), you must vote for Mark Begich.   If you wish to defend the Constitution and Bill of Rights as written, you must vote for Dan Sullivan in the upcoming, November election."  -dh 9-10-14

(Please note that we would be pleased to publish responsible, reader comments sent to us here.  Our goal is accuracy.  We always appreciate having facts corrected.  Our commentary is subjective, however, and we're happy to provide opposing and supporting views.  -dh)

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Some years ago your author played the Prince, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Today's epilog (i.e. right column) reminds me of those nights on stage, when after great tragedy had befallen us, the Prince urges his people to not forget. Below is my sad epilog, parenthetical comments added.