The contents of this failed legislator and the majority of the posters to the column demonstrate, once again, the success of the 40 year brainwashing by the Oil Monopoly to blame everyone else except the Monopoly.  Intelligence and reason have been wiped out forever from the minds of every current and future Alaskan as the accepted ideology to protect at all costs the continuing drain of resources and wealth to the richest people and corporations in the world.  Cut, slash, burn all education, services, government functions, but do not touch the Monopoly circular tax escapes, i.e., Alyeska Pipeline owned by the Monopoly, from paying the fair share for the resources owned by all of the people.  From the Governor on down, the Alaska citizenery has been pounded into accepting subservience to the Monopoly Masters at the expense of their own independence and quality of life.  So sad.