Ol' King Coal

So Gov. Dorkowski says that Taiwan may be our next economic salvation ... a willing market for Cook Inlet coal.

I remember reading an article years ago ... Forbes was interviewing the new President of Honduras, who was touting his brilliant new economic development plan it was to ... ready? ...

Increase exports of raw goods!

"We want to be a banana republic in a positive way," he said. "We want to produce the world's best bananas!"

And now we here in Alaska have the same kind of visionary leadership! Gov. Frank Dorkowski, following the models set out by such econonomic powerhouses as West Virginia and Honduras, will lead us down the path to prosperity!

And if it turns out it's too expensive to produce, that's ok! We'll just gut the environmental laws, forego any tax revenue from coal-related activity, and subsidize the necessary infrastructure! Heck, otherwise that coal's just sittin' there!

Yessiree ... it's forward thinking like this that got Frank out of the banking industry ...