As Alaskans we are being asked to follow blindly in the steps of Colorado by tearing down the fence which makes the recreational use of marijuana illegal by taxing and regulating it just as we do alcohol. We should do so only if we understand why its use was made illegal in the first place, and with the certainty we are not making the characteristic mistake of our time.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-19 00:12:442016-04-11 11:04:57TEARING DOWN FENCES: The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization Intensifies
In a case certain to replayed in judicial chambers throughout the United States, a North Carolina magistrate had to decide this week whether he would violate deeply held religious convictions and submit to the tyranny of the state or lose his job.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-19 00:10:182016-04-11 11:04:57Exclusive: Christian Magistrate Resigns After Being Ordered to Violate Conscience and Preside Over Homosexual Weddings
Biologists say that as ice on the sea recedes, polar bears appear in the village to eat whale parts left by hunters.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-16 03:16:492016-04-11 11:05:08Polar Bear Breaks into Home in Alaska Village
A family-owned timber firm that operates the last significant sawmill in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has won a momentous U.S. Forest Service contract: the Big Thorne Project, which will allow the harvest of nearly 150 million board feet of wood.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-15 03:17:302016-04-11 11:05:11Environmentalists Halt Obama Administration Plan to Cut Trees in Alaska
Future generations will thrive or suffer based on whether our elected leaders choose the path of individual liberty or choose to grow government. I have consistently chosen more liberty through less government as Alaska’s future.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-14 03:28:302016-04-11 11:05:12The Path Chosen: Spend Less, More Liberty
With end of summer maintenance season, ANS crude at 496,388 bpd, close to June levels; Cook Inlet production breaks 18,000 bpd mark.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-14 03:20:132016-04-11 11:05:13Alaska North Slope: September Production Up 25% from August
A federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court decision in a week for the issue across the country.
Attorneys for the gay couples challenging Alaska’s ban on same-sex marriage say the right to marry is fundamental and due to all individuals.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-10-06 03:24:222016-04-11 11:05:33Same-Sex Marriage Ban Violates 'Fundamental Right,' Alaska Attorneys Say
After a long list of Obamacare failures in Alaska, one physician is shutting down his decades-old practice, charging that the health-care law and other federal PROGRAMS are “unsustainable” for practicing doctors.
A powerful earthquake shook a large swath of Alaska on Thursday morning, knocking things off shelves and causing people to take cover but bringing no immediate reports of major damage.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-26 00:14:072016-04-11 11:05:59Strong Earthquake Rattles Large Swath of Alaska
Wood bison, the largest animal in the Americas, once roamed throughout present-day Alaska and western Canada.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-26 00:06:242016-04-11 11:06:00Wood Bison, North America’s Largest Animal, to Be Reintroduced Into Alaska
A television reporter revealed during a live on-air segment that she owns a medical marijuana business and was quitting her job to advocate for the drug ahead of a November ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of pot in Alaska.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-23 03:19:242016-04-11 11:06:08Alaska Television Reporter Quits On Air to Promote Medical Marijuana Business
Russian strategic nuclear bombers carried out air defense zone incursions near Alaska and across Northern Europe this week in the latest nuclear saber rattling by Moscow.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-20 03:27:202016-04-11 11:06:14Russian Nuclear Bombers Intercepted by US Near Alaska
The governor race in Alaska has taken an interesting turn with Independent Republican Bill Walker jumping out of his party and platform to team with Byron Mallott, the Democrat’s candidate aligned with Begich and Obama.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-16 03:18:402016-04-11 11:06:27An Important Point on the Governor Race
You might be surprised where some of the most heavily armed places are in the United States. But the top-ranked locale shouldn’t: it’s Joe Miller’s hometown.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-07 00:22:112016-04-11 11:06:56Guess Where the Most Heavily Armed County is Located . . .
Alaska has the highest number of families on public assistance in the nation, and the state’s rate is more than twice the national average of 2.9 percent, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-05 03:29:282016-04-11 11:07:00Alaska Leads Nation with Welfare Recipients
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is retracting a television ad that an Alaska family said was exploiting a tragedy for political purposes, according to KTVA in Anchorage.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-09-03 03:26:482014-09-03 03:26:48Alaska Sen. Mark Begich Retracts Controversial Ad
The FBI tapped its local contacts, including federal judges, the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, an Anchorage physician and others for names of reliable Alaskans to be approached.
Not disagreeable in personality, but willing to buck their own party. That would be Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, both Republicans.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-08-31 00:27:532014-08-31 00:27:53Two Senators Willing to Defy the Party Line
After reviewing last week’s primary election numbers, a few things seem clear — the Valley supports the current oil tax structure and voters here love Joe Miller. One surprise in the primary election results showed Joe Miller as the favored Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Homer, as well as all other District 31 precincts including Ninilchik, Kasilof and Anchor River.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-08-27 03:27:262014-08-27 03:27:26Valley Favors Miller in primary
The Alaska Division of Elections has certified all three Alaska Constitution Party (ACP) candidate petitions to appear on the general election ballot on November 4th. J.R.Myers for Governor, Maria Rensel for Lt. Governor and Pam Goode for State House District 9 will represent the ACP. The Myers/Rensel ticket will face four other teams in the Governor’s Race this fall.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-08-27 03:22:282014-08-27 03:22:28Constitution Party Wins Spot on Alaska's November Ballot
TEARING DOWN FENCES: The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization Intensifies
/18 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Dave BronsonAs Alaskans we are being asked to follow blindly in the steps of Colorado by tearing down the fence which makes the recreational use of marijuana illegal by taxing and regulating it just as we do alcohol. We should do so only if we understand why its use was made illegal in the first place, and with the certainty we are not making the characteristic mistake of our time.
Exclusive: Christian Magistrate Resigns After Being Ordered to Violate Conscience and Preside Over Homosexual Weddings
/29 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured, Opinion /by News EditorIn a case certain to replayed in judicial chambers throughout the United States, a North Carolina magistrate had to decide this week whether he would violate deeply held religious convictions and submit to the tyranny of the state or lose his job.
Polar Bear Breaks into Home in Alaska Village
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressBiologists say that as ice on the sea recedes, polar bears appear in the village to eat whale parts left by hunters.
Environmentalists Halt Obama Administration Plan to Cut Trees in Alaska
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Ron ArnoldA family-owned timber firm that operates the last significant sawmill in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has won a momentous U.S. Forest Service contract: the Big Thorne Project, which will allow the harvest of nearly 150 million board feet of wood.
The Path Chosen: Spend Less, More Liberty
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Gov. Sean ParnellFuture generations will thrive or suffer based on whether our elected leaders choose the path of individual liberty or choose to grow government. I have consistently chosen more liberty through less government as Alaska’s future.
Alaska North Slope: September Production Up 25% from August
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Kristen NelsonWith end of summer maintenance season, ANS crude at 496,388 bpd, close to June levels; Cook Inlet production breaks 18,000 bpd mark.
North Carolina And Alaska Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
/4 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by BILL CHAPPELLSame-sex couples in Alaska and North Carolina are receiving marriage licenses, after courts in those states recently overturned bans on gay marriage.
Federal Tyranny: Bush Appointee Says Alaska's People, Constitution Don't Matter
/6 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressA federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court decision in a week for the issue across the country.
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Violates 'Fundamental Right,' Alaska Attorneys Say
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by BECKY BOHRER / Associated PressAttorneys for the gay couples challenging Alaska’s ban on same-sex marriage say the right to marry is fundamental and due to all individuals.
Walrus Invasion: 35,000 Come Ashore in Alaska
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by APPacific walrus that can’t find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
Alaska Physician Shuts Down Practice, Citing Obamacare
/8 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by SARAH HURTUBISEAfter a long list of Obamacare failures in Alaska, one physician is shutting down his decades-old practice, charging that the health-care law and other federal PROGRAMS are “unsustainable” for practicing doctors.
Will Pro-Pot Alaska Reporter's Viral Exit Boost Legal Marijuana Vote?
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Stephanie McNealThe marijuana ballot measure, polls show, has voters about evenly divided, and even a small shift could make the difference.
Strong Earthquake Rattles Large Swath of Alaska
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by APA powerful earthquake shook a large swath of Alaska on Thursday morning, knocking things off shelves and causing people to take cover but bringing no immediate reports of major damage.
Wood Bison, North America’s Largest Animal, to Be Reintroduced Into Alaska
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Douglas MainWood bison, the largest animal in the Americas, once roamed throughout present-day Alaska and western Canada.
Alaska Television Reporter Quits On Air to Promote Medical Marijuana Business
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by APA television reporter revealed during a live on-air segment that she owns a medical marijuana business and was quitting her job to advocate for the drug ahead of a November ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of pot in Alaska.
Army Soldier Shares Her Powerful Pro-Life Story
/6 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Lauren LeeLauren from Anchorage followed pro-life posts on Joe Miller For Senate Facebook page, and decided she wanted to share her own powerful pro-life story.
Russian Nuclear Bombers Intercepted by US Near Alaska
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Bill GertzRussian strategic nuclear bombers carried out air defense zone incursions near Alaska and across Northern Europe this week in the latest nuclear saber rattling by Moscow.
An Important Point on the Governor Race
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Lance RobertsThe governor race in Alaska has taken an interesting turn with Independent Republican Bill Walker jumping out of his party and platform to team with Byron Mallott, the Democrat’s candidate aligned with Begich and Obama.
Guess Where the Most Heavily Armed County is Located . . .
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Zach NobleYou might be surprised where some of the most heavily armed places are in the United States. But the top-ranked locale shouldn’t: it’s Joe Miller’s hometown.
Alaska Leads Nation with Welfare Recipients
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorAlaska has the highest number of families on public assistance in the nation, and the state’s rate is more than twice the national average of 2.9 percent, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich Retracts Controversial Ad
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Chuck RossDemocratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is retracting a television ad that an Alaska family said was exploiting a tragedy for political purposes, according to KTVA in Anchorage.
US Trained Alaskans as Secret 'Stay-Behind Agents'
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressThe FBI tapped its local contacts, including federal judges, the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, an Anchorage physician and others for names of reliable Alaskans to be approached.
Two Senators Willing to Defy the Party Line
/23 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by DEREK WILLISNot disagreeable in personality, but willing to buck their own party. That would be Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, both Republicans.
Valley Favors Miller in primary
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorAfter reviewing last week’s primary election numbers, a few things seem clear — the Valley supports the current oil tax structure and voters here love Joe Miller. One surprise in the primary election results showed Joe Miller as the favored Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Homer, as well as all other District 31 precincts including Ninilchik, Kasilof and Anchor River.
Constitution Party Wins Spot on Alaska's November Ballot
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by ACP Public Relations Chair, Alyssa EckThe Alaska Division of Elections has certified all three Alaska Constitution Party (ACP) candidate petitions to appear on the general election ballot on November 4th. J.R.Myers for Governor, Maria Rensel for Lt. Governor and Pam Goode for State House District 9 will represent the ACP. The Myers/Rensel ticket will face four other teams in the Governor’s Race this fall.