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THE BLOG--HISTORY
"Blue Oasis" began in 2005 in its Blogger format (now an archive) and became possibly the first Alaska Blog on Progressive Politics. At the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis was honored to represent Alaska as the state blog.
Transition--Community Blog
In September 2008, Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis moved to a Soapblox Community Blog format. Readers can become full participants by registering on the blog to comment and write "diaries." Diary titles appear on the right sidebar for folks to read and provide comments. Blog editors may choose to move some of these diaries to the front page.
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YOUR BLOGMISTRESS
My name is Linda Kellen Biegel and I am a former 15-year Federal employee. Thirteen of those years were spent working for the US Army Corps of Engineers. I am also semi-retired from the Alaska music scene (singer, sound tech, stage manager, logistics).
When the blog was chosen to represent Alaska in the DNCC State Blogger Pool at the Denver Convention, I attended with the help of Alaska Real blogmistress, Writing Raven and my daughter Morrigan. On August 29th, one day after Barack Obama's inspiring speech at Invesco Field , my life took another turn as it did for all Alaska bloggers when Gov. Sarah Palin was chosen to be John McCain's VP running mate. Since then, I've either assisted or have been interviewed by media from the UK, Italy, Australia and Germany as well as national media outlets such as Wall Street Journal, NY Times, ABC Good Morning America's Kate Snow, National Journal, Dallas Morning News, LA Times, and NPR.
Presently, I work as a freelance writer, PR, event coordinator, community organizer, wife to computer programmer Josh and mother to 11-year-old Morrigan. Our family especially enjoys our summers in Alaska where we get to subsistence set-net fish Sockeye salmon as well as halibut fish/whalewatch in the family's homemade aluminum boat, "The Neverdone" (when it's working). We reside in Anchorage, Alaska.
Origin of "Celtic Diva"
I've used "Celtic Diva" as a screen name since the early 1990's on Web TV.
"Celtic"
"Folks have asked about my Celtic heritage, especially in light of my name. What they don't realize is that I'm adopted. I was born Valerie Morehead of the Clan Muirhead. I was adopted at three-months-old by the Kellens. I always "knew" I was Celt even before really knew. I was drawn to all things Scottish, especially music. That's why my parents eventually told me at age 16."
"Diva"
"Linda is well-known in Alaska & beyond as the prominent progressive political blogger Celtic Diva of Celtic Diva?s Blue Oasis. But back in the day, the early 1990s, I knew her as Linda Kellen, a member of the local folk/rock band Sky is Blu, which amongst other things performed in at least a couple or so of the annual women?s show Celebration of Change, in which I also performed. And if you don?t already know, let me tell you: Linda is one fine damn singer."
I went on after the break-up of "Sky is Blu" to perform with various Alaska musicians and work with national folks like Bo Diddly, Coco Montoya, Debbie Davies, Taj Mahal, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater, Carny Wilson, etc...
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My daughter touched a Silver Medal!
USA Women's Olympic Hockey Team Star Kerry Weiland with our friend Isabella and my daughter Morrigan at St. Baldrick's Day
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Tue May 12, 2009 at 15:25:26 PM AKDT
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| I don't even know where to begin.
I've explained that the Administration's claim the Department of Law is completely tied up beyond all hope with ethics complaints against the Governor is false. The reason we know this is true is because complaints barely stay in the Department of Law before they are passed over to the Personnel Board.
Now we have proof that the Department of Law has EXCESSIVE time on their hands.
It seems that they have the time to sue the owner of a (now defunct) website using the url www.crackhos.com.
You better darn-tootin' not hijack an official Web site from Sarah Palin's State of Alaska. Houston DJ and nightlife ne'er-do-well Shoe Latif recently found that out the hard way when she got a cease-and-desist letter from the flinty-eyed legal eagles in Palin's Attorney General's office. And no, Palin didn't enclose a picture of herself winkin' either. This is the Internet we're talking about here, people. Serious business.
When I pulled up the site, the title was "Bristol, your mom is a crackho!" Here's what we find on the site now:
SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!!
So here's the deal. A while back during the election I created a new front page for crackho.com I used frames and in one frame I redirected to the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin's website. I never had the official seal or anything from her site on my server. It was a simple redirect using the meta refresh tag. I didn't think anyone would notice. Ooops.
So, what kind of horrible human could this "Shu Latif" be that would warrant such action from a Law Department too busy for anything else?
Well, it seems that she's a photographer and a DJ! How AWFUL!!!!
Meet Shu Latif:
Shu Latif was born on August 13th, 1976 in Miami. Growing up in Houston, she was raised by her mother who had emigrated from a small town in Egypt. Obsessively taking pictures of her cat at an early age, she quickly fell in love with the craft. Despite dreams of going to art school, she found herself in a career in technology. Almost ten years later she returned to school at the University of Houston pursuing her BFA in photography.
You can see the photos from her DJ career at her Flickr site.
So, let me see if I can get this straight...
Someone creates a "goof" site insulting Sarah Palin with a meta-tag link to the State of Alaska website (which, while questionable and unadvisable, I don't believe for a second is misuse of the State Seal). Sarah Palin, because she feels that the government of the State of Alaska is her own personal Nazi SS squad, decided to use the full force of the Department of Law to slap down a detractor.
Does any of this sound...oh, I don't know...even vaguely familiar?
I think this is in the list of the best punchline's ever written, and it's the first sentence on a letter with official State of Alaska letterhead:
"It has come to our attention that the website www.crackho.com has hijacked a State of Alaska webpage."
Yeah, the State of Alaska has been hijacked, alright, and not just the website. |
| Celtic Diva :: Palin is LOSING IT--A legal battle with Houston (Texas) Crack Hos? |
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