Not Americans; We are Alaskans.

Ordinarily I do not post video clips, but I believe that seeing the footage of the Alaskan secession convention last year and Gov. Palin's welcome message to the Independence Convention this year are worth the bandwidth. I was all excited about Sarah's nomination to VP. Not enough to vote Republican, mind you, but really, honestly enthusiastic about her. Little did I know that, though a newcomer to the political scene, her 'reform' actually had more to do with leaving the Union, is a product of a political system in Alaska now under the cloud of an ongoing FBI investigation and hired lobbyist Steven Silver, who from 2002 to 2004 Silver listed as a client Jack Abramoff's lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig. On Greenberg's behalf, Silver lobbied the federal government on "issues relating to Indian/Native American policy," "exploration for oil and gas" and "legislation relating to gaming issues" -- the very issues that Abramoff headed up for Greenberg at the time. In other words, Silver appears to have been a part of "Team Abramoff."