The View From ‘Nowhere’

I was born, raised and lived all of my child hode in Alaska. Been to Anchorage, ran my fathers business in Juneau and Fairbank, spent summers in Delta and travild through many other parts of Alaska. I to have hunted, fish and trapped. I to played hockie for many years. Worked on the pipeline for 3 years. I would never call any place in the Great State of Alaska " no where ". How insulting....

You know it's that kind of backwards thinking that really irks me, people in Alaska are NOT ignorant in any sense of the word! Tell me how would you get to your local airport if it was located just across the pond from your town with NO possible or visible means of driving to it? What, would you suggest taking a raft? With all those people visiting each and every year to our beautiful state just to get away from the lower 48, deserve a better way to get from the airport to town just like any town in any of the other 48 states we are a part of.

As to if Gov. Palin spent the earmarked money on something else, in my opinion she shouldn't have if you are given money for a specific reason to be used on something specific, then that's what you should spend it on. Like if you have money set aside to pay the electric bill then that's what it should be spent on, not say for some other miscellaneous item you really didn't need, that's just bad budgeting. And if a govenor is doing that for just one state, could we then possibly assume that she might do that for the rest of the country?

And to my fellow Alaskans in Ketchikan, I say "Keep up the good work, and keep fighting to get that bridge."
That bridge that goes from a lonely airport to a gateway to the most awe inspiring place left on this planet!

In my personal opinion Obama is a COMMUNIST if you people want to have a russian goverment then take your ass to russia and let Americans be American.

has palin forgotten her own state during campaigning? our state should not be forgotten due the rigors an election.

Where are the stories on Obama, he is the superstar . The media needs to do the job!!. Who the hell cares about the bridge or the road to nowhere. enough is enough!. America does not know anything about Obama still ,besides that he walks on water. Come on newsweek ,MSNBC AND NBC. Do your job!!. Lets see somethings Obama did ,lets see some answers to his pass. His own party is not even sure about him. Tried of reading these half truth and fiction stores about McCain and Palin. I have never seen one woman be attacked everyday from the media so much in life. OBAMA WANTS TO BE THE LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY ASK HIM ABOUT EARMARKS ,ASK HIM SOMETHING!. What a sad way this election has been handled by the media.

I see a simple way to fix this... The federal government can match funds with the residents of Ketchikan. For a modest fee of $14,214.30, each resident can then share in the ownership of the bridge, which, by saving the residents the costs of taking the ferry, should pay for itself in no time. Then, you can turn it into a toll bridge to help pay for maintenance. Of course, it would be unfair to charge the residents TWICE for the use of the bridge, so they would of course use it for free. I'm sure the tourists would gladly pay to rent a car so they can pay the toll to drive across the bridge. Better yet, each rental could be increased with a free one way pass across the bridge. You'd pay to return of course, otherwise, you'd have to take the ferry...

Every American has the basic right to an infrastructure that is suited to their needs. If the town needs a bridge, they should get a bridge. I'm saying build a multi-million dollar, record-breaking example of man's acheivements, just put up a simple bridge. I live in West Virginia. Believe me whan I say that I can understand the frustrations of those living in a small town that needs a bridge. They have just started the process of building one here and we've been told that it will take 25 years to build that bridge. Government studies have to be done on feasibility and environmental safety and la-de-freakin-da. Meanwhile I have to drive thirty minutes out of my way to get across the Ohio River and that's if the two lane road the government calls a highway isn't closed due to a land slide or a car accident or anything else. Try getting your child to the closest hospital when that happens. I understand that small towns don't have the same needs as large urban areas, but that doesn't mean that our needs are any less important just because we don't have a large population. We pay our taxes and are entitled to the same services as everyone else.

You People are a bunch of inconsiderate ASS HOLES if Alaska needs a bridge there is no reason in the world that they can't have one. I live in Missouri I have never been to Alaska but I know here in the "Lower 48"
that they will build a bridge right freaking next to another bridge simply so you don't have to wait an extra 10 minutes to go to work because were all so !@#$ing Impatient. I say if Alaska needs a bridge to simplify there life, help with medical needs, and save the people in Alaska $40 per day then they should start that project tomorrow. If someone were to die or have a baby in the cold down here because there's no bridge, then someone's ass would be in a sling but in Alaska it's ok and that's a bunch of B.s.

BTW, being pro-bridge is not synonymous with being anti-Palin.

1.) NeoCons are uneducated ignorant people and in no way represent the true conservatives of America who are now called "liberal" by the NeoCons who also out and out labeled McCain as a liberal 8 years ago in their fanatical ignorant support of the Anti Christ GW Bush so it's not suprising whatever they post on the blogs. What is suprising is that people of such limited intelligence and reasoning ability are able to figure out how to turn on a computer and post. Wonders never cease.

2.) To the Mayor. If every town in America got what they wanted this would be Fantasyland not America. The price of that bridge was nowhere justified by the expense vs the number of people who would benefit by it regardless of how nice of people you may be.

3.) The money was taken and spent elsewhere by Madam Herr Palin. If you had the nerve and the dishonesty to take the money, you should have used it for what it was earmarked for.

4.) And honest person would never have taken the money and then told the American people you "stopped the bridge". That's the same thing as saying you stopped a thief who was black from stealing your big screen but neglect to mention that a white thief stole your big screen. Stealing is stealing.

Very well stated. This is exactly the kind of information that should have been brought to light in the first place. Unfortunately the bridge became a political football and then a buzzword and the people of Ketchikan suffered so various people could advance their personal agendas. Hopefully we can learn from this and realize that we are all Americans no matter what state we live in or how big a town we come from.

Kiffer must be a Dem. Right? May be the left would have you be their "Joe the Plumber". Good try! Suggest you call Obama media to run full steam with this.

Kiffer, you must be a Dem. Right? The left may be wanting you to be "Joe the Plumber' of the Republican party. Good try.