Won’t You Be My (Wingnut) Neighbor?
More end of the year frivolity. I can almost hear Mr. Rogers singing it now…
First, in a poll by Zillo, our very own grandma Governor was voted as the celebrity that people would most like to have as a neighbor. I wonder if the Palins’ neighbors realize how lucky they are? Actually, I wouldn’t mind being Sarah Palin’s neighbor for a little while. Think of the stuff that would pop up on Mudflats! The readership would probably be suffering from the “way too much information” syndrome in short order.
But on to another poll. One of my favorite blogs Crooks & Liars is preparing to give out the Golden Crookies Award for 2008. The question, “Who is the Biggest Wingnut of 2008?” And guess who’s in the lead by almost double her second place competitor? Well….I won’t spoil it for you.
There are some pretty good choices in the list, other than our dear gov; Michelle Bachman, Joe the Plumber, Pastor John Hagee, Bill Kristol… Click HERE and tell them what you think!
And I have to confess, I’ve become inspired by the Golden Crookies. I’m thinking that there needs to be some kind of contest for our own brand of Alaskan wingnuts, crooks, rogues and ne’er-do-wells.
I invite you to submit recommendations in the comments section. I have my own list, but goodness knows I don’t want to forget some well deserving soul.
This is going to be fun.
let me ponder
I would like to have mr and mrs heath for neighbors for a week to see what kinda people that they really are?????
AHH the best
AKM to see who they really are…..not that you are a wingnut…..but then I puff out my chest and say Yup thats my neighbor…….
Blagojevich, hands down.
BTW-
SP has 35% of the poll on Crooks and Liars (heh heh). Hmm…since I’m not an Alaskan, I don’t know the entire cast of characters up for consideration, but I vote for Uncle Ted or Bill Allen (?) the Vecco honcho. Seems like both had their fingers in a lot of pies-
I’m going to ponder an appropriate title for Chief Wingnut of 2008, something to rival Golden Crookies…
Trini (19:56:36) :
Blagojevich, hands down.
Excellent choice- is he from Wasilla?
CO almost native (19:58:23)
This is why I’m such a bad cook: I don’t read directions. My bad, but not as bad as he is.
CO….he is the guy that tried to sell obamas seat
How about bill mac(SP)I like him about as much as SWWNBN….He seems just a slimy……..
AKM….thanks for the new topic….one that people can get steamed up about.
Trini(20:02:36) :
CO almost native (19:58:23)
This is why I’m such a bad cook: I don’t read directions. My bad, but not as bad as he is.
LOL…heh heh…very funny:-)
mhrt oregon:
I know who Blago is; I thought AKM said Alaskan crooks, so I was funnin’ with Trini-
After deliberateness I would settle on SP, for just a week, she has those big hockey rink windows. They would tell a story. Then If I had to pick an alternative my choice would be robotic Cindy. John’s always in DC, and she’s in Cornville, This could really be good. I mean my God, she’s even got her own cell towers.
Excuse me if I barge in here to sell an idea that came to me through a freak of web surfing.
Alaska’s ONLY high school marching band is slated to march (on this 50th Anniversary of Alaska statehood) in the inaugural parade. Last night, the school board voted down a bailout to cover the costs. I am not ragging on the board, for it is a difficult decision.
The band says it will continue fundraising and be there January 20th.
Maybe it needs some Mudflats help?
Check out the Frontiersman article.
ON TOPIC – Blaujeazg… – THAT ONE!
Shoot CO-I thought AKM said AK also so I guess that I am another one that can’t cook.
Pastor Munthee
biggest wingnut and scariest
mhrt oregon (20:24:19) :
Shoot CO-I thought AKM said AK also so I guess that I am another one that can’t cook.
Heh heh…you funny, too.
Texas Obamadillo(20:22:13) :
I found the site, too, and donated (Pay Pal loves to see my name). It was easy- I wish I could have signed as a mudpup…
mhrt oregon(20:30:35) :
Pastor Munthee
biggest wingnut and scariest
Ooohhh…good choice. Scary, very scary.
How about David Anderson, the witness in Uncle Ted’s trail who claimed the prosecutors offered him and 13 other immunity, and that Allen was trying to kill him to shut him up?
Now there’s a nut…
I’m sure C and L appreciates the plug, but I think you crashed their servers…
Mudpuppies say: “Ooops!”
Well 2008 has really been a big year for Alaskan “wingnuts.” I have several nominees. First and foremost, of course is Sarah Palin and the First Dud – (no misspelling).
2) Meg Stapleton
3) Bill McAllister
4) Last, but not least – Lesil McGuire
Juliette (20:48:41) :
I know the first four, but who is Lesil McGuire?
@CO almost nativeNo Gravatar I bet your mudpuppiness shows through!
Lesil is a Alaska State Senator
How about Mike Doogan, he sounds like a winner?
Texas Obamadillo:
Thanks:-) I read the Board comments, and decided that I needed to make a difference. The high school I taught at/daughters graduated from would have scrapped up funds to send our band. I hope the community steps up- I didn’t realize there is only one high school marching band in Alaska; is that right?
mmboucher Florida (21:10:12) :
How about Mike Doogan, he sounds like a winner?
(smacking forehead) I forgot about the King of Nasty Emails…
Yes, we, or possibly the “other wingnuts” seem to have crashed the crooks&liars server. Try again later.
My nominees: Palin, Sarah (grand theft so many ways); Palin, Todd (grandiose personality disorder); Petmenos, Tim (grand theft ethics); Dugan, Mike (grand theft accountability); Stapleton, Megan (grand theft reputation); The Moose, Brian (grand theft swingset).
Well, I think Brian should be pardonned, but only because he did it in the heat of passion, wanting to impress Brenda…
A note to Texas Obamadillo message below:
Alaska’s ONLY high school marching band is slated to march (on this 50th Anniversary of Alaska statehood) in the inaugural parade. Last night, the school board voted down a bailout to cover the costs. I am not ragging on the board, for it is a difficult decision.
“MAYBE IT NEEDS SOME MUDFLATS HELP,
I don’t think so, Texas Obamadillo. Are you from Alaska or Texas?
The marching band is from Wasilla – remember, the town and it’s people who love Palin and hate Obama. They interrupted Obama’s acceptance speech being aired at the Wasilla Sports Complex to receive a phone call from Palin the night of the election. Over the course of the campaign, they dismissed Obama, made fun of Obama, ridiculed Obama, and some Wassilians even cast racial slurs about Obama, as prompted by their fearless leader “Palin” – these were young and old, alike who hang onto Palin’s every word as gospel. Now Wasilla wants to go to Washington for a photo op and they want everyone to pay for it. I think they should solicit the funds from the Palinites and forget about getting any money from anyone else, especially Mudflats followers. My hat’s off to the School Board; they did the right thing.
oops. I am a Blue state Coloradan, and a supporter of high school kids getting a chance to see history made. Perhaps the School Board was right; I gave so maybe one kid- or more- might change their view of Obama (or reinforce their secret opinion that his election was right).
I second the vote for Meg “Scarytongue” Stapleton. What a sorry and shameless little witch she has proven herself to be over this past year. Her “self-righteous soapbox act”, where she tried to turn lies into truth by squinting her beady eyes and spewing her seedy lies was good for a bit of comic relief for awhile, but then the notion that someone like her had any credence, even if only with the Palin regime, became truly scary. How dumbed down has the populace become lately that this type of snow job-rhetoric is convincing to anyone? I really believe that the underfunding and undermining of the public school system in this country by the Neo-cons is simply their way of bolstering the Republican ranks. The dumber they can make them, the easier they can recruit them. But, I digress….
In a close second place for Crooks and Liars comes Bill McAllister, Sarah’s new Press Secretary. Sadly, I used to think he was a real journalist when he covered the legislature for KTUU. But both of them have shown their true colors this year, as people who value opportunism over ethics (in true Palinesque fashion).
@CO almost nativeNo Gravatar (21:10:49) :
That’s what they say. Wild? What? However, they must have to work like heck to keep the brass warm and the reeds . . . uh . . . reedy.
@the problem child (a jerk, also) Nice to be part of that powerful of a movement….Good you pardoned Brian . . . there may have been words here.
@Juliette
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Dagblastit!
Sourdough Mullet Hussein Palin (21:36:28) :
Eloquent support of your choice; I knew she was bad, but not that bad- definitely deserves a Wingnut award…
Sourdough Mullet Hussein Palin (21:36:28) :
CO almost nativeNo Gravatar (21:47:54) :
Hear! Hear!
Totally OT, but this is the kind of wing nut I like (nut and bolt combined): http://www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/9059
Whether you are going to be crazy or put forth a theory, even if deranged, all things considered, simplicity is best (same applies for one-handled faucets v. two-handled, even if there are levers). It’s called “Universal Design”. So, of all the known public figures, I’d choose Trig Palin over the other complicated members of the family, in-laws, and extended family. Just saying…
Simple is straightforward. After that simple reveals more about those who interact with them than it says about them. Trig Palin is my celebrity of the year!
Are we drifting OT?
Will not the creature SWNBN feed upon the bad vibes of a sweep of these awards? Will it not hang it on the wall as a trophy of her contempt for our contempt of her contempt of the people?
Personally, I think we should give the creature an award as one of the top ten responsible for the election of Barack Obama.
She would get less comfort from something like that, thinks I. The wingnut award could just become her “precious”.
Boy, is it ever time for bed.
How Greta with the face that will not move
Lets not forget Tavis Colberg, AG. His utter disregard for jurisprudence earns him a censure. When will the Law Dept. give him what he deserves?
I think I’ll nominate Chuck Kopp. Remember him, he’s the $10000 dollar man. SP names him as Monegan’s replacement. Lasted two weeks. The repugs have this vetting process down pat. She overlooked his sexual harassment charge. Another harum-scarum appointment br SP. Took the 10 grand and never looked back.
how about the big guns Dick C and George W
Where are those WMD no not here … maybe here …No not here… maybe over there…Well shoot, dog dang it they told me they were here. Now where did that glass of wine go…over here ..no ..over there…Laura where did you put it now..
I’m gonna turn you into the secret service for hiding that wine …….you know it is legal to water board you until you tell the truth….why is it legal because I am the president and I say so…..Laura stop that …Laura I said stop that….What will the maid think when she finds your shoes all over the place tomorrow morning.
I tried to send money to that Marching Band, but Paypal won’t allow. Not sure why, checked & my acct is all correct. Maybe it’s a burp and will try again tomorrow. I took back a bunch of crafts stuff to Joannes (I didn’t get around to making for Christmas) today, figure I will turn the $$$ around to donate.
Juliette, while I seriously see your point, I have to agree with CO almost native & Texas Obamadillo. Give the kids a chance to see something of the outside world, instead of only rubbing shoulders with rednecks.
Seeing Obama and the Democrats might open up their own tiny worlds. Plus too, I find it comical that the ONLY HS marching band from Wasilla AK would be marching in THAT parade. What a hoot!
I’ll try again tomorrow.
@ mhrt oregon
“Laura stop that …Laura I said stop that….What will the maid think when she finds your shoes all over the place tomorrow morning.”
Giggle! I bet Laura wishes she could throw something heftier than her shoes most of the time.
@Juliette (21:29:16) :
Actually, Colony High School is in Palmer, where they used to be more open-minded and D-leaning than Wasilla. They did send Jay Kerttula to the Legislature for YEARS, as a Rep. then as Sen. (including a stint as Sen. Pres. and, yes, father of Juneau’s own Rep. Beth Kerttula!).
What’s the story (link please) to “The Moose, Brian (grand theft swingset)”?
AKM, I regaled everyone at Christmas Dinner with your story of Brian’s Knock Knock Joke (eating the ripe compost veggies frozen on your porch after Thanksgiving). Even my friend’s 2 young male, early teens stopped playing their ipods & were totally interested! Thx for the conversation starter!
@Kath from Seattle (00:01:58) :
That was from ages ago (you may be able to look through the blog threads on the “Old Mudflats Blog Archives” link up there somewhere on the right). As I recall, Brian “stole” the swing set and had it all tangled around his antlers for a bit before he managed to get it off and AKM rescued it from the woods.
@ InJuneau
Thanks, I will go back to look for it.
I vote for Brian as the Best Wingnut Neighbor! He always gives good juicy stories while bumbling around! Not that he would actually be such a great neighbor for me (he’d probably tear my poorly constructed house to smitherines)!
Talis Colberg, the man whose job it is to bust Sarah Palin and Cronies for all the criminal behavior exhibited during her tenure, deserves the award for 2008. I suggest the name be the Steaming Polar Poop Award.
If little Talis would just do his job, The Alaskan House of Sin would be put out of business, Walt Monegan would be properly vindicated, and nobody would have nightmares of Caribou Barbie somehow storming the White House.
Oh, and the name Talis means a specific genus of Moth.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Species/5000/5200.shtml
He’s a bug who will eventually burn his wings flying too close to the Palin flame.
Although there are some great choices this year, I’m going with the smart money & voting for Sarah. I’m still waiting for the “Mommie Dearest” book that Bristol will be working on after she gets her GED. A little taste of that People money will make the idea of a mundane job a little pedestrian .
She can stay home & care for little Tripp & work on the book for just a few hours a day. There’s a possibility that Willow would like to contribute. Just say no to next weeks People issue, but the “Mommie Dearest” book… I might just buy.
Queen Sarah should be made aware of the marching band and wave her wand to make that happen………I mean what could possibly be more “American” than a bunch of small town kids having the oppurtunity of a lifetime to march for the first black President in the nations capitol ??? ……….Oh!!…….(bitchslap to forehead)……..WTF was I thinking !?!? Well to tell the truth………I don’t think a nice gesture like this would help her score on the Kid Karma Index – she is so far negative on that I don’t think she’ll recover……….
My choice for biggest crook in AK would be Bill Allen. (yes I know SP is terrible), but just consider.
He gave SP big $$ to help political career.
He seems to be behind all the palm greasing in AK.
Sounds as if he at least considered knocking off his own nephew.
He did destoy said nephews house.
His name has come up in at least two instances of unlawful sex with minors cases.
He comes across as a very dangerous man to cross.
There is more, but these are the things that spring to mind.
UK Lady — bet your nominee has good dirt on SP !!!
Look what happens when I go to bed for a few hours: you mudpups come up with great nominations! Hmmm…looks like AKM will need award categories, so we can bestow honors on all these worthy candidates.
Yes, Brian for Best Wingnut Neighbor…
My vote for the Biggest Wingniut of 2008 is, (drum roll) Sarah Palin. She a typical right right wing hypocritical, lying thug. She pals around with drug dealers (Sherry Johnston) by her own standard she set forth saying that Obama pals around with terrorists with his slight association with Bill Ayers. Incidentally, Ayers was never convicted on any terrorist activity and today is an upstanding university professor. Johnston has been arrested and will most likely be convicted of making and selling meth amphetamine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGu76ayRq60
I have an additional question for people on this board. Is Palin that much of a bullying thug that you are afraid of talking about this hypocrisy?
My biggest wingnut: Marian Hinnent, the juror in the Stevens trial who said she had to go to her father’s funeral but in fact had to go to a horse race. Hm, I wonder if she and Gov. Palin were sisters separated at birth?
Oh, and about the marching band, let them hold bake sales, silent auctions, and moose-nugget tosses like every other music/arts/sports group that travels Outside.
Austintx
I agree. Moreover, I would think Bill Allen is wily enough to have real dirt on a lot of people in AK, insurance is very important for people in his ilk.
we are her neighbors and it sucks.. the valley was always blue(Kertulla Blue Alaska’s longest serving leg..) till the mid to late 90′s
the average residency I believe is only 3 years now..most people that live are from somewhere else.. our population went from about 10 thousand to 60 in about a decade.. apparently allot of the transplants were red..
UK Lady
Yikes….maybe I should resend my vote!!
Kimosabe – your suggestions on fund raising are spot on……obviously this invite was on very short notice and it would be nice for a benefactor to step up and help now……..then this spring and summer you can add car washes to the list of ways to raise money……..also discount cards for local business’ that the kids sell……..I serve on the board of the booster club of my son’s Chamber Orch. and they are going to NYC to play @ Carnegie Hall next June. We have plenty of time to raise money – these kids do not. Also any donations are tax deductible . Bristol…..Levi ????
blue moose
I’m curious, what states did most of the “new” people come from?
speaking of neighbors, lets ask the Palins neighbors who built their house!
On the “who would you like as a neighbor” poll, are the the ‘pollees’ given a choice of candidates, or are all the selections write-ins? If pre-determined choices are offered, it seems that we would have an inherent bias. After all, Palin as a neighbor would be a bigger public nuisance than even Snowzilla.
For the Alaskan Golden Crookies, there can be no other winner than the Big Kahuna himself…Richard “The big Dick” Cheney. Yes, Alaska he’s yours too!
As long as he retains control of a large media empire, Rupert Murdoch gets my vote for biggest wingnut of the year and decade.
Most of my neighbors would move if Sarah Palin moved here. I wouldn’t move, but that’s only because I know how to drive them crazy enough to make them reconsider moving next door in the first place.
As to biggest AK wingnuts… I dunno, but the skipper of the Time Bandit seems like a wingnut to me (Maine definition).
Just checked and Palin still is 2-1 over the closest #2, Sean Hannity.
We need award categories; let’s see…
The Rusty Wingnut- person who has “forgotten” integrity and ethics in politics
The Chrome-plated Wingnut- person who appears religious/honest (you pick),
but isn’t
The Red-neck Wingnut- most despicable but loved by the Repugs
The Well-oiled Wingnut- Bill Allen? (heh heh)
come on, mudpups- I know you can do better than this (must have more coffee, wandering toward the kitchen…)
CenterLeftNo Gravatar (05:41:19) :
My vote for the Biggest Wingniut of 2008 is, (drum roll) Sarah Palin.
Wingnuit? Is that the aboriginal name of Palin clan?
Almost Native – seems like the same person could win all those awards without even trying…
I would pick SP but I honestly think that it should be Levi and Bristol. For the two of them to now believe that two teenagers getting it on can earn them $300,000 for pictures of the results of that tryst, ultimate WingNuttery. We are now dealing with the second generation of Extreme Wingnuts benefiting from ” Do as I say, not as I do.”
I had such high hopes for Bristol’s new motherhood and not raising a 3rd generation of …well, WingNuts. All we need is for Bristol to run for Wasilla City Council and here we go again…
My nominations:
Wingnut of the year: Sarah Palin
Wacko of the year: Vic Vickers
Lifetime achievement award for slime: a tie, Don Young and Jerry Ward
sjk – As part of the house-gate investigation – the Feds will certainly be asking the neighbors a “truckload” of questions…..who , when , how long at site , signage on vehicles , on and on………I would also say”Did you get a permit to build ? They did not”……..
I voted for Sarah Palin, too, but a close second would be her devoted media pal and BFF Ann Coulter.
I try to not listen to the woman — I believe I only heard her talk once, and thought, “surely this bitch doesn’t believe all the stuff that’s spewing from her mouth?” (oh, yeah, I’m talking about Coulter, not Palin! ha!).
Difficult to forget Coulter’s public-declaration-of-girl-love paean to Palin at HumanEvents.com.
sauerkraut (07:40:39) :
Almost Native – seems like the same person could win all those awards without even trying…
That is true- but the rules would have to say only one award per person. So the worst of the worst would get…hmmm…The Supreme Wingnut award!
petepeta: I do like the sound of the Wacko Wingnut award- and the Lifetime Achievement Award, going to the first member of the Mudflats’ Wingnut Hall of Fame.
(This could be big, AKM-)
Whatever happened to cause Coulter’s jaw to get wired shut needs to happen again …….and again………and again……….
Lnonblonde (07:44:01) :
Wingnuttery? Don’t you mean WingNursery? Since Bristol was raised, so to speak, by Her Governoress and First Dud, I don’t have high hopes for Tripp…good wishes (AKM said it best), but not high hopes.
austintx (08:07:13) :
Whatever happened to cause Coulter’s jaw to get wired shut needs to happen again …….and again………and again……….
Well said- or in Coulter’s case, not said (heh heh)
Phoebe: I think they have come from all over..Anchorage is out of real estate space.
the land between is tied up by Military or is owned by native corp. so allot of them have to move to the valley.. there is lots of space between here and Anc but it’s all unavailable to the public.
Kajo
What about the Meanest Woman Alive category……Yes, Ann Coulter would win hands down, but Sarah is still a top contender. I don’t think Ann has ever been able to get the crowds yelling….kill him…kill him.
As a tribute to all the wingnuts of 2008 SWWNBN makes an appearence
in this YouTube Video around the 2:40 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY
IN JUNEAU: I often wonder what Beth Kertulla thinks of this whole mess?? And I wonder why she left the valley?
Juneau is just the most beautiful place.. I’ve been there 5 times. I hope you like it there..
@blue moose (09:05:50) :
I haven’t actually talked to her about it, but I’m sure she’s dismayed, as are the rest of us. She grew up 1/2 time in Palmer and 1/2 time in Juneau and “worked” for her dad, right up until he didn’t get reelected so has been here in Juneau as an adult for years. She worked for DOL here too before she ran for the House, so she’s been a Juneauite for ages. Among other things, I think she fits in much better here than in Palmer, given how it’s changed up there since she was a kid!
@blue moose (09:08:24) :
I LOVE it here! Come visit the next time you’re down here (PM me over at the Forum if you are headed this way…). We love to play tour guide!
yea her family homesteaded here in the thirty’s all us old timers have great respect for their family.. her and I attended the same high school but she is about 6 or 7 years older than I. Me and my spouse worked in the Airline Industry for many years, But I left the industry after my second child was born I needed to be home more so I never get to juneau anymore
I’m pretty sure her parents still live up on the homestead at least part of the year (summer). Darn that you don’t get here anymore.
Anyway, back ON topic, I think I’d have to nominate SP, Bill Allen, Talis Colberg, Bill McAllister, Meg Stapleton, David Anderson, Lesil McGuire, Chuck Kopp, and McHugh Pierre (and any one else most of us would think of up here). Now we just need to come up with categories so they each get their own special little Alaskan Golden Moose Nuggeties…
Around turkey day I saw spot on tv about a woman making x-mas ornaments out of actual elk turds….. she spayed ‘em with clear laquer to have no smell and had gold glitter on ‘em……now that I think about it – they could easily be substituted for moose turds and be mailed as the awards !!!!
@austintx (10:37:21) :
Ah, but there is a whole moose turds industry in AK already! Swizzle sticks (yes, really), earrings, pins, whathaveyou… So, I’m sure AKM could find a local “artisan” to make some from real Alaskan Moose Turds (that is, if they’re not already being made in the garage at AKM’s house from Brian and Brenda’s contributions…)!
yes even Alaska we make jokes of ourselves… all the time, it’s fun and I love the moose turd stuff…. GO ALASKA! that’s one thing I like about us, is we like to laugh at ourselves..
Without a doubt…Nuttiest Wingnut of 2008 Award:
1)Palin
2)Palin
3)Palin
4)All the rest on the list.
Speaking of WINGNUTTERY…Lawrence Wilkerson (Powell’s erstwhile #2 at the State dept.) recently described Bush as ‘Sarah Palin-like’-for his ignorance, smugness, incompetence, (dishonesty?) etc. etc. etc. etc. While there has been some conversation as to which of the two should feel the most insulted, we shouldn’t miss the main target of the ‘dis’ -wingnuts generally.
Cookies? I think oatmeal (If you eat enough, they cleanse the system) with “mixed nuts.”
Big Pete (11:52:01)
I read the same story on Huffington Post. The quote that struck me as spot-on was by Steve Benen in response to Lawrence Wilkerson’s statements:
“Both (Bush and Palin) were out of their depth seeking national office, both are strikingly uninformed, both suffer from an eerie misguided confidence, and both seem to consider policy details as minor annoyances to be ignored.”
to neighbors have to be vetted?…
re: turds – yes – local,home-grown are best………
@austintx (13:29:34) :
And we certainly seem to have our fair share of those here…
@austintx
@InJuneau
I enjoyed the edifying treatise on the local turd artisans
However, you neglected to point out a rather salient characteristic of the home grown product- as pertains to a certain local celebrity politician..SWILATTWF
(She who is like a turd that won’t flush.)
……..a will-not……..
Oy, this is becoming like the “is it or is it not bear scat” discussion at the Forum a few weeks ago in the Night Kitchen…
About that marching band..hmmm..there ARE 2 Wasilla residents about to get $300,000 handed to them. Maybe they can donate some of their money to the band. After all, Grandpa Heath has already said that they have gotten more gifts sent to them that they will ever need and then some.
Guess Palin is feeling the heat of glorifying two high school (ahem, alleged) “dropouts” to the tune that $300,000.
She had no comment on the arrival of the baby but this she speaks out about? I imagine she has already wrote the People article **for** People mag?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AK_PALIN_JOHNSTON_AKOL-?SITE=AKWTF&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Palin slams dropout reports
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday that her future son-in-law is not a high-school dropout as the press is reporting.
Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate, told The Associated Press that 18-year-old Levi Johnston is enrolled in high school through a correspondence program.
Palin said some media outlets also are erroneously reporting that her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, is a high school dropout. The governor said her daughter is enrolled in regular high school and also has taken correspondence courses.
@txdemocrat (15:04:08) :
Yeah, a shortened version of that is in the Fairbanks and Anchorage papers too. Bit odd that she’ll comment on that but not the birth. How is their high school status any less of a private family matter than the birth of the baby?
Wingnut in the 1st degree – Ms. Sarah, formerly beauty queen
Wingnut in the 2nd degree – This list is long but I have to top it with the first dude, who, if not a hand of power behind Ms. Sarah’s throne, is at the least, the best enabler anyone could ever not want.
3rd degree wingnuts include Ms. Sarah’s pastor and visiting 7 mountain believers, and all those devotees who sent presents to the Palins for the new grandson we still don’t know much about.
InJuneau (14:35:59) :
Oy, this is becoming like the “is it or is it not bear scat” discussion at the Forum a few weeks ago in the Night Kitchen…
I still say it was coyote (heh heh)…
Would the Wingnut awards be home-grown moose turds spray painted in gold, topped with wingnuts? Such a wonderous sight-
Yes, I think Brian and Brenda should supply the nuggets, which AKM can spray with gold paint. Maybe they could go all natural (except for that paint) and use maple “wingnuts” for the tops!
Wow (I need the smiley with the googly eyes to show my reaction)- I like it:-)
The term is “selective amnesia”………..
Bush and company win hands down.. hold them accountable for such abuse of power and betrayal of trust, the deception to the world.. And All the lives lost….Torture,violating the Geneva convention, possibly the worst economy in 50 years.. (it is sad and shameful). cant top that folks. I hope for peace in the new year..
SP is Wacky and I don’t approve of her conduct but she has not been responsible for taking a life. (stressing the point) as of now? But she could be dangerous!
The funny thing about that People report, txdemocrat, is that she LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE at People magazine, she didn’t actually talk to anybody. Didn’t want to answer any probing questions, I guess. Like how Trig is all over the AK/gov web site, and this kid hasn’t even got an official announcement…
But….but…I thought Levi Johnston was up on the North Slope learning the electrician trade as an apprentice. You mean he’s doing that PLUS finishing high school through a correspondence course? Wow, pretty dedicated for a guy who only last year was partying hard, writing rather coarse things about girls, drinking, etc. on his Flickr page, and doing who knows what all with Bristol…
SP refers to any talk that the two teenagers are high school dropouts will “harm their reputations” — as if outing Bristol’s pregnancy in early September at the RNC for all the world to know and talk about wasn’t enough. Or dragging along the poor guy, who, according to some reports, was surprised that Bristol was pregnant.
Wouldn’t it be something if Levi eventually says “We made out, sure, but we didn’t DO it…” (maybe to the National Enquirer) — speculating Bristol got pregnant at some kind of rave party, and she hasn’t got a clue who got her pregnant?
If neither Levi nor Bristol are actually in high school and did not graduate with their respective class(es), then they are about as close to drop-outs as can be. Now, it is possible that either or both are enrolled in cyberschool, but that’s not “correspondence school” or whatever the heck Sarah Palin believes it to be.
When did this critter known as “correspondence high school” start up? Is that like how she got her claimed degree from IU? Pay a fee and they mail back a degree?
Since an apprenticeship course/program requires anyone trying to get INto their program to already HAVE a HS diploma or GED, how is it that Levi has reportedly already enrolled in an apprenticeship program so soon after stopping classes at his high school?? These are not done concurrently. You don’t just drop out of HS on, oh, a Friday, and then head to an apprenticeship program the following Monday.
So if there is any talk that he is working on getting his GED still, Palin may have some ‘splainin’ to do…perhaps she would like to share with People magazine and the rest of us the name of the company he is doing his apprenticeship with?? Maybe follow him around while he is doing his on the job training or attending their classes??
http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/apprentice/electrical-brochure.pdf
Hmmmmmm. Curiouser and curiouser.
Wonder what Levi wrote down in the “Education Completed” section of his application at that “gimme” job at BP……..just askin’……….hope he is at least good at math and does not get hosed on the People deal……..
Soooo, now that she has posted a public comment on her own STATE website…
Is she directly contradicting the state requirements for being accepted INTO an electrical apprenticeship program.
I think this is officially a “state matter now”, Sarah, given that if he is enrolled, he and the program are not going by state laws if it is a program that falls under the state’s website desciption of electrical apprenticeship
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1593
Bristol begins her final semester of high school next week where she’ll get her last credit needed to graduate. She looks forward to continuing her record of good grades and high achievement. Levi is continuing his online high school work in addition to working as an electrical apprentice on the North Slope.
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http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/apprentice/electrical-brochure.pdf
Rules -schmules……..The Palns and anyone Her Highness deems worthy operate in a parallel universe !!!……..us pj wearin’ , basement dwellin’ peons can only dream……..
Rules -schmules……..The Palins and anyone Her Highness deems worthy operate in a parallel universe !!!……..us pj wearin’ , basement dwellin’ peons can only dream……..