Comments on: “Are My Children Invited?” and Tales of Voodoo Travel Magic. http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mommy Dearest Leader of the Free World Against Putin http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-23130 Mommy Dearest Leader of the Free World Against Putin Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:37:24 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-23130 Number of attendees Notable attendees Is First Family [or equilavent] invited? Will ther be a podium/microphone? Is the media invited? No blue M&M's. :-) Number of attendees
Notable attendees
Is First Family [or equilavent] invited?
Will ther be a podium/microphone?
Is the media invited?
No blue M&M’s. :-)

]]> By: Karen http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-23119 Karen Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:50:35 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-23119 "Are my children invited?" "I don't know. Are your children the Governor?" “Are my children invited?”

“I don’t know. Are your children the Governor?”

]]> By: sauerkraut http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-23033 sauerkraut Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:32:56 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-23033 I don't get it. And neither, apparently, do Palin's people. If she's not entitled under state law to be reimbursed for the kids' travel, then what does it matter if the kids are invited or not? Plus, the IRS looks askance on this type of undeclared income skullduggery. What she really ought to do is hire a CPA to ensure that she's following the federal tax code. I don’t get it. And neither, apparently, do Palin’s people.

If she’s not entitled under state law to be reimbursed for the kids’ travel, then what does it matter if the kids are invited or not? Plus, the IRS looks askance on this type of undeclared income skullduggery.

What she really ought to do is hire a CPA to ensure that she’s following the federal tax code.

]]> By: trish in SW FL http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22926 trish in SW FL Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:13:04 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22926 SP, the gift that keeps on giving! Never ceases to amaze me! PLEASE, impeach or recall her? SP, the gift that keeps on giving! Never ceases to amaze me!

PLEASE, impeach or recall her?

]]> By: Linda http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22921 Linda Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:58:54 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22921 You know, I worked 10 years for a company where I traveled first every other week, then every 3rd week, and finally (for the last 5 years), every 4th week. I didn't think my job should take me away from my family either (kids were 6 and 11 when I started), but my employer -- like most employers -- didn't see it that way. He didn't think it was particularly cost effective to fly my kids with me all over the country and feed them while I worked. I had to admit that he had a good point. So, for all those years I missed a real lot of my kids' events and special moments, but I did it because I CHOSE the job I was doing which earned me enough money to help support my family and to pay for their future educations. There were trade-offs, and I made hard decisions, and I did not whine about it. There are plenty of other folks who do this same thing all the time -- men and women. Generally, this is something one weighs when accepting a job such as this -- i.e. will this job be good for my family if I perform it the way I am hired to perform it? It annoys the heck out of me that AK's governer, who CHOSE to run and be elected, thinks that the state should pay for her kids to go with her whenever she wants them to go with her. That she apparently did not look ahead and weigh whether this job was a good match for her family's needs. And maybe even do some research to find out whether she could legally, ethically, take her kids along. The few times I did manage to dovetail a family trip with a business trip, you can bet that I did NOT ask my boss to pay my kids/spouse's airfare or meals. What intelligent employee would????? My point is that SP is not unique. All she has to do is look around to see what other people with families do when they have jobs that require travel. Surely, she is acquainted with just a few such people. The answer for SP is the same as it is for everyone else who has a job that requires that they travel for work and takes them away from their family -- either deal with it or quit it! She is not special. If she were my governor, I would be so incensed that I don't know what I'd do, but it wouldn't be pretty! Maybe throw a cream pie at her???? You know, I worked 10 years for a company where I traveled first every other week, then every 3rd week, and finally (for the last 5 years), every 4th week. I didn’t think my job should take me away from my family either (kids were 6 and 11 when I started), but my employer — like most employers — didn’t see it that way. He didn’t think it was particularly cost effective to fly my kids with me all over the country and feed them while I worked. I had to admit that he had a good point. So, for all those years I missed a real lot of my kids’ events and special moments, but I did it because I CHOSE the job I was doing which earned me enough money to help support my family and to pay for their future educations. There were trade-offs, and I made hard decisions, and I did not whine about it. There are plenty of other folks who do this same thing all the time — men and women. Generally, this is something one weighs when accepting a job such as this — i.e. will this job be good for my family if I perform it the way I am hired to perform it?

It annoys the heck out of me that AK’s governer, who CHOSE to run and be elected, thinks that the state should pay for her kids to go with her whenever she wants them to go with her. That she apparently did not look ahead and weigh whether this job was a good match for her family’s needs. And maybe even do some research to find out whether she could legally, ethically, take her kids along. The few times I did manage to dovetail a family trip with a business trip, you can bet that I did NOT ask my boss to pay my kids/spouse’s airfare or meals. What intelligent employee would?????

My point is that SP is not unique. All she has to do is look around to see what other people with families do when they have jobs that require travel. Surely, she is acquainted with just a few such people. The answer for SP is the same as it is for everyone else who has a job that requires that they travel for work and takes them away from their family — either deal with it or quit it! She is not special. If she were my governor, I would be so incensed that I don’t know what I’d do, but it wouldn’t be pretty! Maybe throw a cream pie at her????

]]> By: Quetzalcoatl http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22807 Quetzalcoatl Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:29:31 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22807 dang, my post disappeared into the ether. Guess I was cussing like a pirate too much, but it was a reference to a David Allen Coe song, heh, heh. :( dang, my post disappeared into the ether. Guess I was cussing like a pirate too much, but it was a reference to a David Allen Coe song, heh, heh. :(

]]> By: Quetzalcoatl http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22806 Quetzalcoatl Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:28:56 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22806 dang, my post disappeared into the ether. Guess I was cussing like a pirate too much, but it was a reference to a David Allen Coe song, heh, heh. dang, my post disappeared into the ether. Guess I was cussing like a pirate too much, but it was a reference to a David Allen Coe song, heh, heh.

]]> By: Quince Squibb Underpinnings http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22774 Quince Squibb Underpinnings Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:17:51 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22774 Sorry if I missed this, but for those of you keeping track of info for the IRS......What do you suppose is the chance GINO declared the value of the lovely framed gift of her "educational poster child" as referenced in that article, or, say, the "hundreds of thousands" of baby gifts Grandpa Chuck suggested GINO's tax-deductible dependant daughter received for baby Tripp? Sorry if I missed this, but for those of you keeping track of info for the IRS……What do you suppose is the chance GINO declared the value of the lovely framed gift of her “educational poster child” as referenced in that article, or, say, the “hundreds of thousands” of baby gifts Grandpa Chuck suggested GINO’s tax-deductible dependant daughter received for baby Tripp?

]]> By: austintx http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22757 austintx Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:27:21 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22757 BigSlick strikes again !! LOL. Thanks!! BigSlick strikes again !! LOL. Thanks!!

]]> By: BigSlick http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/27/are-my-children-invited-and-tales-of-voodoo-travel-magic/#comment-22754 BigSlick Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:02:32 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1926#comment-22754 A little change in the lyrics and it works.... GINO, you're not ALONE You're uninvited An unfortunate slight..... A little change in the lyrics and it works….

GINO, you’re not ALONE
You’re uninvited
An unfortunate slight…..

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