Bruce Walden

Basically none. If it is a choice between the life of the mother or the baby, then I would Pray very hard. Honestly in today's medical light, those incidents are so rare as to be practically non-existent. The baby is innocent life. I think we should concentrate on adoption.

Strongly Agree

Planned Parenthood began as, and to a degree still is, a racist organization seeking to abort as many babies as possible for profit, but particularly minority babies. You may disagree with me, but you can't prove me wrong. Look at the numbers.

Strongly Disagree

I Pray for those in great pain. I watched both of my parents die struggling with pain, but trying to hold on to life. My heart sincerely goes out to such folks. However, those who are being artificially kept alive and who wish to simply be let to go to sleep, as did my late and beloved sister in law, should be allowed to do so.

Alaska has no state tax. However, we do have the permanent fud dividend which for years now has been stolen by the government. This IS a taxation. The state has more than enough money to run itself IF we remove silly offices and jobs that have no business existing. The traditional PFD formula must be set in the state's Constitution.

I would begin chopping government jobs to bare minimum. The argument is always, "Bruce, those folks have families to feed." So do I. If i lose my job it is for me to find a new job. We cannot continue to fund people in government doing jobs that are repeated throughout the system to the point of redundancy. Yes, there are jobs that must be filled, but one in ten Alaskans work for government in some capacity. I want us to expand industry here of all kinds. It is part of my "Gray Gold" initiative. The Gray Gold being the Gray organ between the ears of our people. Everyone I know has a good idea. We'll help you to develop them. There are jobs for those in government who lose that job and are honest and hard working.

Strongly Disagree

I am for backing away from much of what is being done in our school systems... not expanding it. We pull out of the National PTA and push the running of the schools down to the localities. It can and must be done. We are paying around $19,000 per year, per student. Do you really think that much is going into that individual student's education? And if so, how does one account for the fact that we are between 47th and dead last in the nation. We can fix this.

Strongly Disagree

This is the very definition of tyranny to make someone pay for something, or do a thing that they find morally repugnant.

None. Absolutely not. This is a trick right out of Marx and Engels. The back bone of our nation is the family unit and the family draws strength from their religious institutions. In this land of ours, a land for which I fought, my son fought, and my friends died, we have the right to worship as we see fit or not at all if we so desire. This must be jealously guarded in all circumstances. NO Church closings. When sickness is going around, it is for the individual to stay home if need be, or better, call for Prayer.

I lean toward C. However, we need to be educating people much better than we are now. It is for the individual to see to their care. I spent 20+ years in the Army for many reasons, but one being the guarantee of life long health care at the VA. The nation has gone back on its promise (read, the government did that, not the people) and broke the bargain we struck in '79 when I raised my hand for God and country. However, I recognize that there are those who find themselves in dire circumstances. I have a brother who is such a one. Regardless of his poor choices, I'm glad there is care for him. Sadly, he found it too late.

When I joined the Army, there were many vaccines that we had to receive. In service of this country, I went to some exotic places with lots of nasty diseases. I was glad to get those vaccinations. But only one was "experimental." But even then we were given a choice. The choice was take the vax (early JAP B) or you stay home for this trip. I took the vax, did the trip and suffered no ill effects.... I was Blessed. The current vax being pushed by the government is experimental at best and extremely dangerous at worst. My son had a friend in the Army who was 32 years old, a healthy Infantry Soldier and took the vax. The next week he suffered a stroke that ended his career. No person who is watching can convince themselves that this vaccine is not dangerous. That being said, one has to wonder what vaccines are safe. Upon entering the Army, they gave us those shots in which you have a machine squirting the stuff through the skin. Then they wiped the head of the machine off with an alcohol pad and hit the next guy. The result was that 10 to 13% (maybe more) vets carry HEP C. I did my entire career and did not know until 1999 just before retiring. If a vaccine is absolutely proven to be safe and effective under some circumstances an employer might be allowed to require it. For instance, you have someone working with the sick and you are striving to keep them safe from harm. When I entered school in 1969, we had no vaccines and I was fine. I got measles, got rid of them and went on. I do not believe, in any scenario I can imagine that school kids should be required to take a vaccine.

The first thing we need to do is be brave enough and bold enough to recognize it and point it out. This will hurt some feelings, but be advised: I worked with Muslims in Iraq, many of whom are still dear friends to me. Jangiz Lahidji, author of Full Battle Rattle and longest continuously serving Special Forces Soldier is a man with whom I'd trust my son's life and that's saying plenty. He's a Muslim. But he is no radical. My thinking is, "Your religion is your business. If you think I might have a problem with it, then do NOT make it my business. If your religion requires you to live in peace, we can be friends. If it requires you to kill me because I am not of your faith, then we have a major problem. Before deploying to Iraq, I studied Islam daily, to know what I was getting into. The problem with it all is that yes, there are peaceful practitioners of non-radical Islam and there are those who pose a threat. I equate it to eating mushrooms. I love mushrooms, but I do not know which ones are delicious and which are deadly. Until one eats the wrong one, likely you do not know which is which, so you must use caution. That being said, and to repeat, there are those Muslims who wish to live in peace. However, two of my interpreters in Iraq left Islam and found Jesus. They will be the first to say that radical Islam is a real threat to our way of life. We must educate our people.

Strongly Disagree

For one thing, the inequality of Arabs and Palestinians living Israel is a bit inaccurate. There are Muslims serving in the Knesset. I doubt there are any Jews serving in parliament of any Muslim nation. Israel is a tiny nation of less than 7,000,000 I think, surrounded by about 1.5 billion potential enemies who've sworn their destruction. We must always stand by Israel. Even the Quaran says that strip of land belongs to the Jews.

Strongly Agree

I wrote a whole book about it entitled Baja, Across the Border. To my way of thinking even the border fence is not enough and I, unlike any other of the gubernatorial candidates have worked and watched that border. But that's not all. That border runs right through Alaska. If you think the federal government is not off-loading those illegal aliens right here, you are being naive.

Nobody outside of the US has a "right" to move here. This is OUR country. If we wanted to be hard-nosed, we have a right to say, "Only left-handed folks get in this year." Throwing open the door simply out of pity is not good enough. Here's the thing: When we were dissatisfied with our situation with the British, we separated ourselves from them. When, in America, things aren't as they should be, we used to fix them. Not so much these days but we'll get back to it. Those people in all those countries can fix their country... if they just will. I've told them that. When we see Central and South America, tropical paradises, and plenty of hard working people, I just have to wonder why they cannot simply fix their own country. And while we're thinking of it, if they can't fix their country, how is letting them flood into our country going to make it better?

Strongly Agree

In short, competition fixes things. The free market economy is like water. If allowed to do so, it finds its own level naturally. If we give school vouchers, the good schools will bubble to the top and the bad ones will either wither and die, or they'll up their game. Works every time it's tried. But we're afraid to hurt the feelings of the failing schools. Not good enough folks. You deserve better.

Strongly Agree

Founding fathers George Washington and John Adams agreed that you cannot have national morality without religious principle. Washington said words to the effect that if our faith in God fails, how does swearing to tell the truth in court have any meaning?

Strongly Disagree

As a fan of Egyptology, I find it interesting that they only find mummies of males and females if there are dozens of other options. What is being done in our country, backed by powerful people whose name you'll likely never know, is the dumbing down of our schools. Moreover, this is opening the door to pedophiles' as some of us predicted would happen. No more, folks. I am outraged. I hope you are too.

Strongly Agree

Nowhere in the US Constitution can you find the words Marriage, husband, wife, divorce, any of that. Marriage is a contract between one human male, one human female and God. If others wish to have partnerships, that's your business. I only ask, a. don't make it my business, and b. It is not marriage.

Strongly Disagree

Racism has always been around, and likely always will be. And it goes in all directions from all points. But we must remember that we were likely the first nation ever to have a constitution to require that such things be deleted from our society. It has been a hard slog and we've come too far to turn back. Oddly, we were all getting along quite well, I thought until a few years ago, and those behind the scene began pushing this issue. Let racism die.

I was raised by parents who did not know how to doubt God. I cling to those same beliefs. I am not perfect. I'm a man with feet of clay. But then again, I am running for governor, not Messiah. We have Someone Holding that job already and He is not stepping down. I do not need "Proof" of God's Word to believe It. I must say, however, it sure is gratifying when God's Word is vindicated. So many Miracles in the Bible that little by little are being proven... this always makes my day. But to put it simply, as the old song goes, "I believe that good old Bible from beginning to the end." You can disagree. That's fine. My God is tough enough to Take it. But I know my name is Written in the Lamb's Book of Life and that's all the assurance I need. Will I make mistakes and sin? Of course. We all do. And don't say you don't because if you do, God will show you different. But I am so Thankful that there was one single Supreme Sacrifice Made to cover my sins. I see myself, if I am God's servant, surely I am the lowest of all of them. But I know my God and more importantly, He loves me. You know, as Christ Hung on that cross He could have Called angels to come down. He could have said, "Father, they're simply not worth it." But He didn't do that. Instead, I see Him Hanging there, bleeding and dying and I see Him looking down the tunnel of time, seeing Bruce sitting here, undone, unworthy and saying, "Father, though this pain is terrible, I'm going to hang here and die for Bruce, and if it's only for Bruce, then I'll still do it." I tear up and choke up when I think of that Love that he has for me, unworthy me.

Strongly Disagree

if you can't prove you are a citizen, as far as I am concerned you have no vote. If you have no vote, we have no election and if we don't have free elections, we do not have a country. I have many family members who are minorities and I find it very insulting when we are told that those members are not bright enough or affluent enough to get a photo ID... like a Drivers License for instance?

First: We end the vote by mail practice immediately. Second: We eliminate election month. This is a trick for stealing the elections. Third: We either go back to the old punch cards such as I voted by in 1980, or have a hand marked ballot. So, how to count them? Until the 1840s when the telegraph came into common use, all ballots were delivered on foot or on horseback. Oddly, we got it right pretty much every time. But in this day and age we are told that computers are more secure? This I find troubling as I receive notifications daily on someone trying to hack into my FB page or phone. Do not fool yourself. Even though a vote could be attached to 14 pages of zeroes and ones, it is not secure because you can be certain that out there somewhere some little guy or gal is developing a program to hack that entire document. If your vote is on line, your vote is NOT SAFE. My solution? One I'll pursue as governor: You have a room with ten to twenty, maybe more, tables. At each table are two regular chairs. In one chair is a Republican vote counter and next to him, a Democrat vote counter. Behind the R is a D, and behind the D is an R on higher chairs so they can watch the process. Across the table is another person, preferably an independent watching those four at that table. Overhead, watching everything is a camera that you can use by logging in on line. So, NOBODY is going to pull anything tricky. If you have 20 tables, and each table takes thirty seconds on each vote, counting at the same time, you have 100 folks working, and you wind up counting a vote, on the average of 1.5 seconds. Let's say you work for twelve hours, and have rotating crews, so that for 12 hours there is never a break in the count, It winds up taking less than 14 days. One former government official said that it would take two months! My answer was, "Sir, I'd rather have the right vote in two months than the wrong one today." Wouldn't you agree. This is one of the most, I think the second most important thing facing us today, next only to the Human-Trafficking issue that goes unchecked in Alaska. And by the way, friends, if you read everything I just wrote, you'd agree there is very little chance the vote could be stolen.

It is if we allow it to be. Actor Morgan Freeman supposedly said that if we stop talking about it, it will go away. That may be true, perhaps not. But, I do know that I minorities in my family from every ethnicity, and NONE of them think they are an exception to any rule. What is a threat to the security here is the manipulation of our citizens by the Divide and Conquer internationalists. And I'll say it again, if you think it's not happening you are being Naive. In 1998, I begin warning my ODA (Operational Detachment Alpha, or A Team) about the impending threat of China, not only to the US, but the world. If you look hard enough, and long enough, I suspect you'll track all of this mess right back to Beijing. But far too many in government haven't the backbone to see and not "be afraid to see."

Strongly Disagree

What was done to minorities in the past is inexcusable. But I didn't do that. If one wants to look for injustices of this nature, look around you! Slavery is going on right here in Anchorage if you know what to look for. Again, I wrote about it in Angels in Chains (non-fiction) and That House up the Knik (Fiction)

A is closer, but in all honesty, I believe we can extract the resources without causing damage. i am not an environmentalist, but I am a Conservationist. Teddy Roosevelt pointed out that Conservation includes the wise harvesting of our resources. I look up in the Chugach and I see tens of thousands of dead Spruce trees simply waiting for that one spark. And when it goes, you'll have a raging fire right here and it will destroy much of Anchorage. Never doubt it. When I was in the National Guard, to supplement my income (I was in Missouri at my sister's house at the time), I worked a fire watch tower. We have none of those in Alaska and perhaps we need them, but if not that, then we definitely need something. I say we prosecute fighting forest fires like fighting an enemy on the battlefield and harvest the dead trees for what we can do with them. But when it comes to mining, for instance the coal in the Sutton area, these things can be done safely, and without causing damage. Look at the job Usibelli is doing. When they mine an area and leave, you can hardly tell they were ever there. The EPA (dreamed up under Nixon and found nowhere in the founding documents, BTW) gave Pebble a pass saying there was little chance of damage as a result of that prospect. So, as They were getting ready to move on the same, and create needed jobs out there, up jumped the devil and they EPA, now under brand new management moved the goal line. Enough is enough. Alaska was promised in '58/'59 that we'd be allowed to develop our natural resources just like any other state. I simply do not recognize the EPA as having any say in the matter.

Strongly Agree

As far as I can tell it is safe. I admit I have not studied it that closely as to my understanding it is not done here. I tend to believe that anything is possible, if done properly and those who try to shut such things down simply are striving to keep America from thriving... for their own national interests. You can see the result at the gas pump.

The founders believed that "THESE" Untied States were 13 different countries under one Federal Nation. I agree. The US is my nation. I love my nation, but Alaska is my country. In other words, of all the 50 countries in this union, this is mine, it is my favorite and it is my home. The Federal government has only a few jobs that they are mandated to do. The same goes for state government. It amazes me how that G. Washington, president of nearly 4,000,000 people with no computers, no telephones, or telegraphs, no planes, trains or automobiles was able to lead the country with a tiny cabinet of, I think, less than ten people. Our government, and particularly here in Alaska is a type of pyramid scheme. It is time for an end to it. The government's job is to facilitate our taking care of ourselves. It is not the job of the government to pamper each of us, or see to it that we are never offended. Offenses will come. But generally speaking, I believe people, deep down, are good at heart. If left alone to pursue an honest life, people, for the most part will do just that. As of this writing, we live under a nearly totalitarian form of government. Our servicemen and women who rendered up the fullest measure of devotion for our freedom would terrified to see what we've become.

Very Conservative

I'm a pragmatist. What works, works. What does not work does not work even if it makes us feel great about ourselves in the short term. To me, Freedom is not about not having to worry about anything. Freedom is being free to be responsible for myself with little to no intrusion from government as long as I'm not taking liberty from the other person.

This will sound like a shameless plug, and perhaps it is, but my four non-fictions, namely There's No Such Thing as Can't, Were you Warned? Wickedness in High Places and Angels in Chains give a very clear picture of who I am and what I believe right down to the minutest detail. I have all four on thumb drives. They are in audio and PDF format. I do not have links to some of the other stuff, but if one goes to Must Read Alaska and searches for the recent Gubernatorial Debate in Palmer between and Mesters Pierce and Kurka, and the interview with Michael Dukes (look at his web site) you will get a very clear picture of who I am. Also, an interview from a few months ago on the Richard Cason Radio show, on Frank Speech network, interviews with Randy Purham... you'll have a pretty clear view. Moreover, if you see me around, I'll chat with you any time.

No. Neither penalized or accused. I say this, because often one sees this question and says, "Okay, I wasn't convicted, so no. " No , none of the above.

1. The First thing I want is a hand recount of the 2020 election that gave us the ranked choice voting abomination... which may put me in office, but it is still wrong. Election reform is an absolute must. Cleaning the voters' rolls must be done immediately. This will be my Lt. Gov Tanya Lange's top priority. 2. Day one, my "untouchables" (Don't ask their names. I won't tell you) will swing into action, legally and on the side of the law to go after Human Traffickers. 3. Our education system is a tragic mess. I've got ways to fix that. 4. The PFD. If the legislature won't work to get you back every dime that has been stolen from you going back to Governor Walker, I will visit each of their districts and name them. Moreover, I will hold special sessions right on the road system. Watch how we do that. 5. Our infrastructure is an embarrassment. Sweden has the same problems with frost heaves and all that as we do, but their roads are pristine. Why? Because they make them to last. And don't tell me the money isn't there. If an order cane come from the White House to spend upwards of $13,000 per Alaska, (that's about $10 billion) to try to convince you to take a vaccine you don't want, don't tell me the money isn't there. It needs to be given to the right purposes. The Glenn Highway needs widening, especially with the reinstatement of the 11th Airborne Division coming here. The Knik Arm Bridge MUST be built. We can and we will. 6. Fossil Fuels. We have got to and we shall, get back to refining our own oil here. Companies that do not wish to play ball may lose their lease. Bringing LNG from the slope does not require a pipe. It requires that we extend the rails to the Slope, liquefy there (the process requires low temperatures so what better place) and send it down on rail cars. BTW, the byproduct is helium. Right now there's a worldwide Helium shortage. win win 7. Employment and industry. If you wish to open a coffee shop or a book store, or an art store, that is allowed these days. If you wish to start a new industry or bring in an existing one (look what happened to the film industry here) not a chance. We'll fix that and smooth the road from angel investor, to entrepreneur with a good idea to products being sold. 8. Agriculture. I've been preaching this for years. Now you are beginning to see why. We have got to open the Western Susitna and I know how to do it cheaply and very quickly to allow farmers to move in, break the soil or build greenhouses and what say we try producing food? if you smoke pot, that's your business, but we require food here. 9. Keeping our best and brightest from leaving our state. It is a tragedy how each year our grads leave the state and many don't come back for 30 years and retirement. We can fix that and keep those smart kids with great ideas right here. 10. Defense of Alaska. We will reinstate the Eskimo Scouts but they will become three and four man reconnaissance and pathfinder teams. With an Airborne Division, in a state which is basically one enormous drop zone, we need Pathfinders in place. the 38th SF Company needs to be here, reinstated to train the ASDF. 11. Fishing rights must be looked at. There has to be an agreement between sport fishermen, subsistence fishermen and industry fishermen. But when Chinese ships park off our shores and grab untold millions of Alaskan hatched (on Alaska's dime) salmon, bound for Alaskan waters, we've all got a problem. We're going to fix this.

Strongly Agree

Yes, but as is the case with the military's Uniform Code of Military Justice, if you are given an order, that is possibly questionable, there is a gray area. However, I trust honest cops to make the right decision. Often things happen in a flash in a firefight and Monday Morning Quarterbacks do not understand this. I back the blue 100% as long as you are not dirty.

Strongly Disagree

Alaska wastes so much money on irrelevant things, I'm sure we can find money for both. But I can say with absolute knowledge that there are many, many Alaskans living off the system who have no mental health issue. I can name them. They have a laziness issue. Those who are truly in need are cheated as a result.

I am a career soldier with two wars under my belt. Moreover, I was a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant. I've been around tens of thousands of guns, and millions of bullets being fired in combat and in training and I have never seen a gun kill anyone. By the same token, I've never seen a hammer drive a nail or a scalpel perform an operation. A gun is a tool. The recent killing of two police officers in another state by a man who was not allowed to own guns, points this out in stark terms. You cannot make a criminal harmless by making law-abiding citizens defenseless. Moreover, the second amendment is more applicable in Alaska than anywhere else to my way of thinking. It is not there to protect my right to hunt moose. It is there to protect me from tyranny or from invasion from an outside force. We sit literally 2.5 miles from Russia and a quick plane ride from North Korea and Red China. One day, I predict that China will send special operators into Alaska to distract us as they invade Taiwan. There is evidence that they are already here. I wrote about this in my book (shameless plug coming) The Kings of the East. In fact, I'd say half the things I've written about have come to pass, and I'm no prophet. But I was trained by some awesome Intel instructors. I write from that point of view and if you want to talk to me about that, pull me aside. The danger is real and we'd better be armed and ready should it ever come to that.

Strongly Disagree

If you are a victim of gun violence my heart goes out to you, and I'm being sincere. If this is the case, get with me and if you rent the range and buy the bullets I'll teach you how to guard yourself against this ever happening again. Sadly, in Alaska we are scared to protect ourselves as the law comes down heavy on someone who draws a gun in self-defense.