tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post7650279772061661261..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: Picture of Mudflats' AK Muckraker Posted!Philip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-90719806367673870502009-04-07T05:59:00.000-08:002009-04-07T05:59:00.000-08:00@GerbeelWhat if niche bloggers are just paying mor...@Gerbeel<BR/><BR/>What if niche bloggers are just paying more attention to certain shenanigans than other people?<BR/><BR/>What if i knew how guests and property owners are being financially raped in my home state because of some criminally insane legislators?<BR/><BR/>If i try to warn people and get the laws changed back to normalcy, do i deserve to lose standing in my industry just because i chose to complain anonymoosely?<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, i write and document everything as if i will be asked to defend myself in court against slander and libel charges. Because if you write something that's true ~ it ain't slander or libel. <BR/><BR/>If i had to start out identifying myself, i probably would not do it because i'm a little 'skeered'. If and when the time comes to stand up, i hope by then i'm strong enough to stand tall. <BR/><BR/>Thank you PA, AKM, and ALL of you who pointed out that it's my civic duty to share my niche knowledge.Tinahttp://hammerandafeather.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-87804117742187115502009-04-02T07:04:00.000-08:002009-04-02T07:04:00.000-08:00I'd like to note that most "bloggers" tend to thin...I'd like to note that most "bloggers" tend to think they have opinions that someone should pay attention to. Some bloggers even make claims to priviledged information. That's where the problems start.<BR/><BR/>Here is part of the original post from Mudflats on the "outing"; a reference to Mudflats' start in the blogging biz:<BR/><BR/>" ...But I knew some things about her (Gov. Sarah Palin), and her policies and positions that others might not be able to find out so easily. I decided to write my opinion...." <BR/><BR/><BR/>I think the question should hinge on whether a private citizen claims to "know" things that "others" may not have access to, intimating the access is special and privileged.<BR/><BR/>This is not a journalist protecting a “source”. <BR/><BR/>Blogging is not “reporting”, no matter how many Bloggers pretend (or want to pretend) they are reporters.<BR/><BR/>When a Blogger (as so many of us do) crosses the line from opinion to stating supposed fact based on claims of privileged information, that Blogger has lost any expectation of legal protection of their identity.<BR/><BR/>IMNSHO, if you claim special access, privilege and expertise not available to the general public, expect to get outed.Gerbeel Haamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935116243615163246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-29269444979334886192009-03-30T21:22:00.000-08:002009-03-30T21:22:00.000-08:00Laurie,"I have posted here and there on your blog....Laurie,<BR/><BR/>"I have posted here and there on your blog. Often I am shy to post because you are so intelligent...and I am afraid of sounding dumb to you."<BR/><BR/>Almost four years ago, I wrote a comment almost exactly like yours at firedoglake. I was so intimidated by the knowledge of the people there, but I wanted to make a point.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, there were people at that blog who encouraged me and laughed at my shyness and awe at their understanding. <BR/><BR/>Please feel totally welcome to comment any time, even if you want to be an anony mouse.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind words.Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-77103158003600740642009-03-30T18:01:00.000-08:002009-03-30T18:01:00.000-08:00Phil...I have posted here and there on your blog. ...Phil...I have posted here and there on your blog. Often I am shy to post because you are so intelligent...and I am afraid of sounding dumb to you.<BR/><BR/>Like many others....I found you last Aug. when I got to mudflats. Alaskan blogs are pretty much all I read now...and I am a Canadian. I think that says a great deal.<BR/><BR/>Your blog is eclectic and wonderful...and I would give anything to have friends like you..gryphen..shannyn et al like AKM has.<BR/><BR/>This was another great post.<BR/><BR/>LaurieCaseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294078594118488251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-16813841558482527922009-03-30T14:38:00.000-08:002009-03-30T14:38:00.000-08:00I must agree with all the positive comments here. ...I must agree with all the positive comments here. I have pointed people to this blog for several of your most pertinent posts. This one is particularly touching in many ways. <BR/><BR/>As a Mudpuppy from the day SP was named, I have a great appreciation for the work done by AKM and all the AK bloggers, trying to get the truth out. I have never been so involved in my political leanings. AKM is my favorite, but I assure you that I am a lurker, not a poster here. <BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Ripley in CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-71154349577879815612009-03-30T14:07:00.000-08:002009-03-30T14:07:00.000-08:00Doogan, expect us.We are legion.Doogan, expect us.<BR/><BR/>We are legion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-63310249336472291592009-03-30T10:39:00.000-08:002009-03-30T10:39:00.000-08:00thanks, sauerkraut!thanks, sauerkraut!Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-74258868424444282482009-03-30T10:28:00.000-08:002009-03-30T10:28:00.000-08:00Oh, yeah, and HERE'S to YOU, Shannyn Moore on your...Oh, yeah, and HERE'S to YOU, Shannyn Moore on your election to the VP of the Alaska Press Club!<BR/><BR/>Keep the good stuff coming, Phil.sauerkrauthttp://run4chocolate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-9762769508842030512009-03-30T10:22:00.000-08:002009-03-30T10:22:00.000-08:00wow... is that really Shannyn Moore?? Sorry, Den...wow... is that really Shannyn Moore?? Sorry, Dennis and Phil, but she's a look cuter than either of you.<BR/><BR/>As for the moose being AKmuckraker... um... that looks like a lotta bull.<BR/><BR/><BR/>hahahaa... <BR/><BR/>any sightings of our favorite idiot lately? nooo, I don't mean me!sauerkrauthttp://run4chocolate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-23616538748736847732009-03-30T09:17:00.000-08:002009-03-30T09:17:00.000-08:00To the several of you who are commenting at this t...To the several of you who are commenting at this thread, who have been readers, but are newly commenting here - <B>Thanks!!!</B><BR/><BR/>Your warm words are more welcome than you may realize.Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-50415153789495362432009-03-30T08:55:00.000-08:002009-03-30T08:55:00.000-08:00I also enjoy reading your blog and comments whenev...I also enjoy reading your blog and comments whenever I find them. I respect you. Thank you for speaking to issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-42251468487219264232009-03-30T06:30:00.000-08:002009-03-30T06:30:00.000-08:00I am another who reads your blogs all the time and...I am another who reads your blogs all the time and rarely comment. I found you through Mudflats. <BR/><BR/>You are always informative and insightful. Thank you for all you do!Lynn Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655157107199496416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-73064932156905678342009-03-30T06:18:00.000-08:002009-03-30T06:18:00.000-08:00It is beyond astounding that journalists would not...It is beyond astounding that journalists would not leap to the fore to defend an attack on free speech!<BR/><BR/>I always had this sense of hardbitten newspeople smoking cigars and pursuing truth and justice without regard for their personal safety (or even a living wage).<BR/><BR/>Since my naive bubble has now been burst, there is really only one question left for me: why are these pseudojournalists so willing to let AKM's free speech rights be trampled?<BR/><BR/>Either they really are that jealous of AKM's success, and hate that their own paying readers have abandoned them for a pajama-clad blogger...<BR/><BR/>Or they are afraid to stand up for free speech because there is one other person - far more powerful than Doogan - who feels grievously injured by AKM's friendly little blog and must be mightily pleased at what Doogan has wrought...Rob in Canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-11482422448907744592009-03-30T03:24:00.000-08:002009-03-30T03:24:00.000-08:00Phil, I never told you that I forwarded your post ...Phil, I never told you that I forwarded your post about the stimulus funds as they relate to Anchorage to someone in Anchorage who was thrilled to receive it. On behalf of him - "Thanks!"<BR/><BR/>Your blog is held in the highest regard - and you're much better-looking than AKM.Aussie Blue Skynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-77482143622220844222009-03-30T03:12:00.000-08:002009-03-30T03:12:00.000-08:00Great article!I would also like to reiterate what ...Great article!<BR/><BR/>I would also like to reiterate what HistoryGoddess said. You are on my daily reading list as well.Irishgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-16956489627906137702009-03-29T22:33:00.000-08:002009-03-29T22:33:00.000-08:00For a sec I thought "Progressive" had lost his min...For a sec I thought "Progressive" had lost his mind and really posted AKM's pic...and I felt guilty but looked....then I thought, oh, she's blonde....then I realized that's Shannyn Moore....then I worried for the safety of "Brian"....I can't tell either if that's a deer or a moose or what....<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a great post Mr. Munger.<BR/>I keep wondering too why this is not Big News since it involves constitutional rights. I really really hope that AKM, even though I'm sure she is very busy with her life already......allows someone to take her case pro bono to sue the pants of that horrible horrible little man you have up there in AK.This privacy thing and free speech and being able to anonymously dissent and anonymously talk "on the tubes" about current events is a huge big deal!! It should be a Huge Big News Story!! Wasn't it Delaware (or one of those other tiny states over on the east coast) that just ruled in favor of anonymous bloggers? Maybe in future, GINO could quote a US Supreme Court Case that she disagreed with: Doogan V. "Mudflats", wherein "Mudflats" prevailed.Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-11528351750927471872009-03-29T21:25:00.000-08:002009-03-29T21:25:00.000-08:00AKMuckracker is a Caribou? (or is that an elk?)I c...AKMuckracker is a Caribou? (or is that an elk?)<BR/><BR/>I could have sworn AK was a Moose, hence the obsession with Brian.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I was kinda thinking AK *was* Brian. That's the picture AK uses on Facebook. I mean, if you're an anonymous blogger, how sneaky is it to use your actual picture?mlaiuppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-28177516813078796652009-03-29T21:24:00.000-08:002009-03-29T21:24:00.000-08:00The photo is a hoot...I just knew AKM must be ador...The photo is a hoot...I just knew AKM must be adorable!<BR/><BR/>Love your blog. I wonder if blogging excellence is directly related to the zaniness of local politicians. You've got a bunch of exceptional bloggers up there.<BR/><BR/>With appreciation...BRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810960941828121250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-29231854109529583942009-03-29T21:14:00.000-08:002009-03-29T21:14:00.000-08:00{{{{{AKM & family}}}}}{{{{{AKM & family}}}}}Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-68768895830648869252009-03-29T20:49:00.000-08:002009-03-29T20:49:00.000-08:00I kept pondering the author who Doogan reminded me...I kept pondering the author who Doogan reminded me of and finally I remembered his name: Jack Daniels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-70705090336466810062009-03-29T20:22:00.000-08:002009-03-29T20:22:00.000-08:00Phil,You're the only one I'd let post my picture a...Phil,<BR/>You're the only one I'd let post my picture and get away with it! ;-) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for this great piece. You are insightful as always, and were able to articulate well, and connect the dots...like you always do.<BR/><BR/>Yours was the first Alaskan blog I ever read, and when I was starting out I only hoped I could be half as good. This AK blogging community continues to inspire me with its deep insight, passion, cameraderie, and talent.AKMuckrakerhttp://www.themudflats.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-51334513280692053762009-03-29T19:19:00.000-08:002009-03-29T19:19:00.000-08:00Very well thought out piece. Thanks - and while I ...Very well thought out piece. Thanks - and while I may not always comment, I always read!<BR/><BR/>Word verify is 'deden' (as in deden the water, Doogan?)hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081958857560183947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-20132939931366388362009-03-29T19:18:00.000-08:002009-03-29T19:18:00.000-08:00Phil,I found AKM on August 29th, along with many o...Phil,<BR/>I found AKM on August 29th, along with many other confused people. After a month or so, I began checking out the other blogs she had listed to the side. I found you, Celtic Diva, Moore and the Immoral Minority. Then there were more! I began checking Andrew Halcro and ADN. All of you made up part of my morning routine. <BR/><BR/>I rarely comment on any sites, but I really do want you to know how much I appreciate your writing style and thoroughness. You have given me some laughter and a lot to think about. I seem to get the impression you teach music? Conduct a band? Other times, I am thinking you are a science teacher.<BR/><BR/>August 29th was a fateful day. Many gathered at Mudflats out of shock and confusion. But, many of us ventured out to other areas and met people like you. Each of "my" Alaska group offers something different. Probably the ONLY good thing about the Palin pick was finding all of you. Even after Nov 4th, I didn't leave. You ALL had become a habit.<BR/><BR/>So thank you. You don't have one of those map widgets, but if you did, I think you might be surprised at how many visitors you get. I am sorry I hadn't thanked you for all your postings earlier.<BR/><BR/>Another great post today, Phil. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Jan from Olympia, WAHistoryGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962334034096835646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-54046047038621177632009-03-29T19:04:00.000-08:002009-03-29T19:04:00.000-08:00Hi Phil. Great article! I just wish you hadn't be...Hi Phil. Great article! I just wish you hadn't belittled yourself when you made your comment about your blog. I love this blog because you address other issues rather than just Alaskan politics. I also know firsthand that you have so many other accomplishments aside from your blog. You are a bit a renaissance man and that's why I love to visit you each day and see what you have to say.AKPetMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393010346244038373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-9037965200551537602009-03-29T18:51:00.000-08:002009-03-29T18:51:00.000-08:00Also, at the AK Press Banquet on Saturday, I asked...Also, at the AK Press Banquet on Saturday, I asked Matt Zency why there was no mention in the ADN of what I considered to be a HUGE story-it is all over national blogs. <BR/><BR/>Matt was very dismissive and didn't think it was news. When I mentioned the anonymous authors of the Federalist Papers-he interuppted me and said, "Mudlats is no Federalist Papers!" <BR/><BR/>When I told him there were Supreme Court decisions protecting anonymous free speech-he walked away very dismissively. He clearly didn't get why this was a big story-possibly bigger than all of the individual players involved.<BR/><BR/>That attitude, as much as other factors, certainly has contributed to the downfall of the ADN.kwaltersnoreply@blogger.com