[RightWhale]

There’s a lot of oil money in Alaska. It’s been kind of loose with goings ons. Don’t believe they will repeat the Teapot Dome scandal though.

[Kuksool]

If that is the case, then I could see why the AK GOP frowned on Palin. They felt threatened by her.

[TiaS]

I have been searching for more information on VECO's founder, Bill Allen, who is said to have dropped out of school "somewhere" in New Mexico at the age of fifteen.

Does anyone know what town that is and whether he has connections with former DOE Secretary, Bill Richardson?