Read the Alaskan Independence Party platform and tell me what you think...

[skooooo]

http://www.akip.org/platform.html

Preamble

We affirm that all political power is inherent in the people; that all government originates with the people, is founded on their will only, is instituted to protect the rights of the individual; that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own industry; that all persons are equal and entitled to equal protection under the law. We stand on a firm constitutional foundation.

Platform
We pledge to exert our best efforts to accomplish the following:



1. To effect full compliance with the constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Alaska.
2. To support and defend States' Rights, Individual Rights, Property Rights, and the Equal Footing Doctrine as guaranteed by the constitutions of the United States of America and the state of Alaska.
3. To advocate the convening of a State Constitutional Convention at the constitutionally designated 10 year interval.
4. To reinforce the unalienable rights endowed by our Creator to Alaska law, by eliminating the use of the word "privilege" in the Alaska statutes.
5. To amend the Constitution of the State of Alaska so as to re-establish the rights of all Alaskan residents to entry upon all public lands within the state, and to acquire private property interest there in, under fair and reasonable conditions. Such property interest shall include surface and sub-surface patent.
6. To foster a constitutional amendment abolishing and prohibiting all property taxes.
7. To seek the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska in conformance with Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, of the federal constitution.
8. To prohibit all bureaucratic regulations and judicial rulings purporting to have the effect of law, except that which shall be approved by the elected legislature.
9. To preserve and protect the Alaska Permanent Fund, Permanent fund earnings, earnings reserve fund and individual Permanent Fund Dividends.
10. To provide for the direct popular election of the attorney general, all judges, and magistrates.
11. To provide for the development of unrestricted, statewide, surface transportation and utility corridors as needed by the public or any individual.
12. To affirm and assert every possible right-of-way established under R.S. 2477 of July 26, 1866, before its repeal by the Federal Land Management Policy Act of October 21, 1976.
13. To support the right of the individual to keep and bear arms.
14. To support the complete abolition of the concept of sovereign or governmental immunity, so as to restore accountability for public servants.
15. To support the rights of parents to privately or home school their children.
16. To support the privatization of government services.
17. To oppose the borrowing of money by government for any purposes other than for capital improvements.
18. To strengthen the traditional family and support individual accountability without government interference or regulation.
19. To support the right of jurors to judge the law as well as the facts, according to their conscience.
20. To support "Jobs for Alaskans...First!"

[bahrbearian]

1. To support the privatization of government services?????

[skooooo]

5. What do you think this part means?

1. To effect full compliance with the constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Alaska.
2. To support and defend States' Rights, Individual Rights, Property Rights, and the Equal Footing Doctrine as guaranteed by the constitutions of the United States of America and the state of Alaska.

[Lucinda]

7. Well...its subversive to support the US constitution right?

[skooooo]

9. Doesn't it put the state constitution at the same level as the federal?

So what happens when there's a conflict? Alaska first?

[Lucinda]

10. I read it as that they are supporting both. What state laws do that have that

violate US laws?

[skooooo]

12. The marijuana laws...

I suspect this means really nothing -- something they put up front to legitimize themselves. :shrug:

[Lucinda]

16. I 'm not sure. It reads like a Hollywood script. A bunch of plucky Alaskans

vow to take up the challenge of allowing that vote that was denied them back in 19 ought whatever after their leader passes on.

It's like everyones viewpoint is tolerated. That could definitely be BECAUSE of the marijuana laws. LOL

[Bicoastal]

2. B-b-b-but Obama's preacher dislikes America too!

Bye bye, Republican twits...

[skooooo]

3. She belonged to a Pentecostal church in Wasilla...

WOnder what they teach there??

:shrug:

[sandnsea]

13. Church on the Rock

They're all over the place and they're nuts.

http://www.churchontherockak.org/about.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. We have one of those churches around the corner from the school where I teach

It's beyond bizarre. There are more Jewish flags in there than crucifixes. I wish I had taken pictures. The one time I was in there I was just blown away. I felt like I was in a synogogue.

[Coexist]

4. Sarah Palin.... America second!

Alaska first!

[MikeNearMcChord]

6. I wonder what is the AIP position of the Inuit and other Native Alsakans?

[skooooo]

8. I wonder if this phrase refers to that topic?

"To reinforce the unalienable rights endowed by our Creator to Alaska law, by eliminating the use of the word "privilege" in the Alaska statutes."

[Lucinda]

17. Dsoes the website cover it? I read the home page and their platform...

and skimmed elsewhere...

[demobabe]

11. I know the people who are the chair and vice chair

They're relatives. All they want is to be allowed to vote as they say they were promised in 1958... so they can choose between Statehood, Commonwealth, Independent Nation, or Territory... They say some people are for this or that, but realistically, they want Alaska to be an independent nation.

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14. How do you think that would play in the lower 48? and...

...how do you think most Alaskans would vote?

There's no way the federal government would allow Alaska to secede.

[demobabe]

19. The lower 48 aren't ready for Alaskans.

They just aren't. And you got the point right about the Federal Government. See, Alaskans like to think they can do anything - that they're prepared for any situation, and they're extreme individuals. They really do have a lot of can-do attitude, and the whole AIP thing is just part of that.

[skooooo]

21. I was in Wasilla..

...just a few weeks ago. It's a very strange place, coming from the lower 48. Once the MSM press gets there and starts broadcasting from Wasilla, I think people will be absolutely shocked at the difference in lifestyle.

[sandnsea]

22. I lived in Montana for almost 20 years

and I know separatists when I see them. And so do you. Don't try to fool people into believing everybody in Alaska are like these AIP people. They aren't. Just like all hunters don't have a slaughter house on their living room wall.

[Lucinda]

18. Which is exactly what they say their goals are. Thanks for the info.

[Arrowhead2k1]

15. Since this young woman is running on a platform of "Country First"

then having a past of putting "Alaska First!" is definitely going to hurt her.