And the parade of apologetic, "we did our job"-departures-from-reality letters from our oil-soaked 'representatives' marches on. Another screed filled will back-slapping, self-congratulatory praise for "how hard we've worked against such terrible odds, such high seas, such pounding weather!"

Balderdash.

The Zombiefied corpses of KABATA, Susitna-Watana, Ambler Road, the Juneau Avalanche Corridor and Mine Access Road (a mine belonging to one of these 'representatives'), the Taj Mawhawker, and a host of fiscal fiascos keep shambling along, tearing at the fatted calf of Alaska's fiscal coffers. Meanwhile, the foxes circle the henhouse and pay themselves Federal Per Diem while living at home, and the rest of Alaska is treated to the spectacle of Satan's Twister Championship, where one-by-one these Robber Barons tie themselves in knots, trying to justify their Raid on the Permanent Fund.

I sincerely hope you and your cronies get Fired next time you run for office. Elections are coming!