Comments by Guamalaskan
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Posted on September 12 at 12:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Used to be a good Mexican resturant under the neon sign to the right. Prolly why so many cars still there, food was GOOD. There's a tat shop in that same building where I got my big story shield tat on the back. Folks here on Guam think it's pretty cool, ask me about it a lot. Good tat artist, the owner there. Ah, rain and mid 40's. Won't be long now for snow, eh? What I would GIVE to have that tingle of 40 below on my skin again, to be able to look up at the northern lights driving home some cold night. <sigh> not for a while now. I miss Alaska more than I thought.
Posted on August 31 at 7:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
P-davenport and AKracefan; you are both right, outstanding posts from both of you. It's not just a military problem and if I insinuated that from my previous post, I apologize. Military wives have enough on their hands being single parents while their men are putting their lives on the line for our freedoms, even the freedom of the "gangsta's" in our midsts. The right to gather in groups and express ourselves is protected by their men (and women) and that should never be overlooked. The problem is NOT just a military problem and the military is an easy target for finger pointing. It is OUR problem, a community problem and as much as a few don't like the military here, guess what...they're here to stay.
On Fort Wainwright officials decry gang-related Fairbanks crimes
Posted on August 31 at 1:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Puh-leeaz. Gangs have been a part of a military problem since the early 90's. The military doesn't know how to handle it other than knee jerk reactions. They need to aggressively investigate their "problem". I admit, only 20% of their "problem" came from the base but those of us who live and have lived there know...I'm sorry but the military wives in the forum are putting their heads in the sand on this one. I saw it in Las Vegas, I saw in Anchorage, now I'm seeing it here. I respect our soldiers for putting their lives on the line for us but the use of the military to gain "plus points" for the gangs has GOT to end. How many crosses cascading from the eyes of gang members from Fairbanks are WE going to tolerate? You know what I'm talking about. It probably could have been a few from the shootout on Airport Way, for you see, they don't care. A baby in a carseat is a cross that is tatooed on the face. It means you killed someone for the gang. It doesn't matter who, it just matters that you killed, no more than a moose or a bear, a partimigan or anything else that we take for subsistance. IT DOESN'T MATTER. A kill is a kill. It is a tattoo of a cross. Wake up. Smell the stench. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Don't let this take Alaska away from us.
On Fort Wainwright officials decry gang-related Fairbanks crimes
Posted on August 28 at 2:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
As a community, Fairbanks must stand up to this. From the kids to our elected officials. As Alaskans, each of us must take a long, cold, hard look at this infection and best figure out how to excise it from our community. In my opinion, it should be dealt with swiftly, decisively and with extreme prejudice. Granted, there's little money available or to be made available for more policemen to patrol and protect, lawyers to fully excercise the law against the disease, or apparently legislators who rarely look beyond their own front doors. But there is a community that is either aware or becoming aware and THAT is a start. Through it all and I saw it for 18 years, Fairbanks is a community of concerned, caring people. Some come and go, like the military, but they remember the sense of community, take my word for it. Don't let this fade away and hide and fester till it pops up again. I advocate several things mentioned by posters here; it starts at home with proper discipline and educating our kids about gangs...it continues in our schools with even more education and administrators who are knowledgable about gangs keeping an eye out for the symptoms. It is a staffed professional police department trained to handle situations that the disease creates and forces upon the average law abiding Alaskan. It is legislators who are proactive and have it in their hearts to create laws that physically tell the disease that it...will...NOT...be...tolerated.
As to the part of the "individual rights and priviledges"...if one of my family members is harmed by gang related activities in any way, there will be one pi**ed off grandfather returning to Alaska and it will be open season on gang members. If they have running gunfights down Airport Way, not concerned about anything other than blue or red and a stray bullet happens to cause my family harm...unbelievable. You diseased gangbangers don't care about anyone's rights to common laws or priviledges to life, you would have just revoked yours. I don't advocate frontier justice but in that instance, I would.
Posted on August 19 at 6:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I remember I almost rented a place in C building but opted out for a place in North Pole. Two weeks later, the big fire started directly under that very same apartment I almost moved into. I never really did like the places but they were home to a lot of folks. Some hated them, some loved them, all were warm in the winter tho. I had no idea of the historical significance of them tho. Glad to see them go, what an eyesore.
On Fairbanksans gather to say goodbye to Fairview Manor as demolition begins
Posted on August 15 at 8:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is Alaska, not California. Back in the early 80's, these *&%^heads would have had more return fire than just between them. It IS the "Last Frontier", both in reality and in spirit. Alaskans have a different sense of justice than most because life is a little more precious in Alaska. If this continues, I have a feeling the next time a "running gunbattle" takes place, all the cops will find are two burned out vehicles with the bodies having quite a selection of calibers of bullets within. And no one will see a thing. So much for "gangs" in Alaska. When Alaskan spirit takes over, these punks had better move on or push up daisies. It might be "against the law" to take it in hand, but when these punks obviously don't care about others lives, why should we care about theirs? I agree, it's a reality check, a wake up call but it might not be just for the normal citizen, catch my drift?
On Fairbanksans caught in crossfire as feuding gang members take aim at each other
Posted on June 11 at 1:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Any time I've had a run-in with the troopers they have always been considerate and professional. I knew I was wrong and they never rubbed it in. I was always treated with respect and given dignity. I am now proud to say my son-in-law is an AST and tho on Guam, I have an AST support sticker on my car still. Kudos to all AST's.
Posted on May 14 at 10:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, once again looks like the folks who want to preserve nature against the folks who want progress against the folks who just want to get by against...there's got to be a happy medium someplace here. There's a magnificent animal threatened with possible extinction, along with a few others, I'm sure. There HAS to be alternate means of drilling INTO ANWR without having to set up rigs and equipment IN ANWR. There's a world that is more and more dependant on oil that WILL keep on running even if it has to pay more for it. I'm afraid in the end it's going to be the need versus the desires and the needs are finally going to outweigh the desires. I sometimes wonder, what if it were human beings that were on this "threatened" list? What happened to alternate energy sources? Big Oil puts a squash to that every chance they get. We have quite the energy crunch on Guam here now that oil is so high, we went out looking for alternate energy sources and Mobil and Shell told us not to even think about it, that the legislation to mandate looking for alternate energy sources would be "lost" somewhere. There are alternatives, even if global warming isn't a factor and it's just cyclic nature, it's a wake up call. In my opinion, we'd best heed it..."tree-huggers" or not.
Posted on April 25 at 11:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Word of note to those traveling in or to Alaska. The Milepost, in my opinion, is the definative road atlas for the trip, even up thru Canada, but be sure and obtain the most up to date version before the trip. Could save some heartache but as one poster said, Alaska is best veiwed slowly, leisurely and with as many cameras as possible! It's a good rag that has a lot of information, not just about where you are but what you'll see as well. I don't think a breakup had broken unless I had bought the newest version.
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Posted on October 1 at 12:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Great story, MarkG454, I'm gonna print that out! Here's one of my "Alaska" stories.
back in the early '80's when I was stationed at Eielson for the first time, I was an avid photographer and was asked if I would accompany a couple of friends on a bear hunt. I cannot for the life of me remember what river we were hunting along but it wasn't too far from the base. We came upon some tracks of what they thought was a griz and they lead around a log jam that was on a sandy spit at a turn in the river. One hunter when one way around, the other went the other way and I decided since I was only carrying a pistol I'd go OVER the log jam. Probably ranks with one of the best decisions I've ever made. About the time I got to the top log and was about to climb over, I smelled the most God awful smell, like wet dog times 100. I raised my head to look over the log and came face to face with a sow griz. I mean, less than 10 feet away. We stared at each other in what I guess was mutual surprise for a couple of seconds, as I recall, both of us grunted at the same time. Well, mine was probably more like a school girl squeal. She opened her mouth and roared and that was all I needed to motivate my feet to drop me as far down into the log jam as I could go. Fortunately for me, it was about 25 feet and she decided not to come after me. I don't know what happened to the bear, neither of my partners shot her even tho they heard the roar and came to my rescue. She was gone by the time they got there tho. One of my best memories of Alaska.
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