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Blue_In_AK

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5. And as for reading about Alaska on DU,

Reply to Stargleamer (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 03:50 PM

Sep 2014

I think everyone got kind of tired of us during the 2008 election cycle and now they don't want to hear about us anymore. Our politics is still just as fascinating and frustrating as ever, our current governor is at least as evil as Scott Walker, Rick Scott, et al., and our fight against continuing as a corporate colony is heating up, but I guess we're just too far away for anyone to give a care.

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Alaska is the rape capitol of the United States [View all] RandySF Sep 2014 OP

hmmmm. . . Stargleamer Sep 2014 #1

Maybe because it's a very serious problem up here? Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #2

No doubt it is . . . Stargleamer Sep 2014 #3

It was probably the confluence of NFL stories and the Palins back in the news. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #4

And as for reading about Alaska on DU, Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #5

You don't even have the decency to be a flyover state! leftstreet Sep 2014 #6

Sounds about right. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #7

I never tire of Alaska. RandySF Sep 2014 #9

Actually, I think Anchorage is more connected to civilization. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #10

Anecdotal evidence says this is true sub.theory Sep 2014 #8

Is it the climate? surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #11

Every frontier is a rape haven... Orsino Sep 2014 #12