Open Thread – OK, I’m Really Going…
OK, now I’m really going.
I’m throwing up this open thread for you to keep the series of tubes unclogged.
There will be a new post up in a couple hours with more details about Palin’s millllions. I’ve also got open threads and fun little tidbits scheduled throughout the weekend, including the Gold Medal winner of the Sarah Palin Book Naming Contest in graphic form from flyinureye, live blogging with Shannyn Moore tomorrow afternoon, Troll of the Week and more!
Have fun Mudpuppies, and play nice! 
I have to repost this, it’s too funny!
oh, my God…I almost spit on my monitor…
http://mamadance.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/look-out-shes-loaded/
You deserve a little vacation, AKM. You’ve been working diligently and hard.
Another cryptic message posted at KTVA:
http://www.topix.net/forum/source/ktva/TRDPJK5N19C53E19I
Soldier_of_Fortu ne
Time is of the essence – wait until my ethic complaints come up – then it will make Troopergate – another result of me…look mild…sorry folks..
I just wish Palin wouldn’t be into lies and hiding money…
Would’ve been easier on Palin to arrive in Juneau and say
wow look at this – we need to talk…
Worked very well with Frank reversing the SOL in 2003…
I Didn’t have a penny and and didn’t ask for a dime…
then to discover the things done to me? Money…
Shame on Palin…
Our fearless and dearest leader is taking time off! Be well, sweet spirit, and enjoy everything. We will welcome you upon your return…
the woman I vanshare with was at the gym today and was listening to “The Ed Show” and there is a rumor that Buttercup wants to do a reality show in AK where they go out in the wilderness. Can find any info on it, but I’m going to keep looking.
I’ll repost my comment here. Since Levi has told us that Sarah’s resignation is all about the money, I’ll be spelling her name: $arah (that’s with a dollar sign instead of the letter S).
Palin is nothing but lies and money! And always was…complete moneynincompoop. For real. She and Bush are the two people whom I don’t believe anything that they say, ever. Ever.
Mae – very good! $arah the Whack Job.
$arahdippity into lots of money.
AKM is gone fishing! Here we are – shhhh! I propose a surprise for her upon return – all who can, click the PAYPAL button!! Where would we be without AKM? I cannot even place a monetary value on the information, the intelligent conversation, and the friends I have made here. Off to send a little – and hope it adds up.
Our camping welcome mat says “wine a little, you’ll feel better” – Have a great relaxing weekend!
The book naming thread was so much fun… can’t wait to see flyinyoureye’s next ‘cover’!
I don’t know if anybody has commented about this because I’ve given up on keeping up. Been off the computer all day. Anyway, this morning I started out trying to track down which “quote of the day” source dear Sarah has been using for her tweetie quotes. I knew she had taken the Cronkite quote out of context, and sure enough she did. Anyway…still haven’t found one that had both the Cronkite quote and the “Plato” quote because I ended up away from the computer again for the window replacing chaos going on in my house. But what should I see on Keith tonight but him bashing her for mis-attributing the Plato quote. So I looked that up, and again…yes, the quote was from somebody else but attributed to Plato on numerous “quote of the day” sites. Since the language of the quote doesn’t even faintly sound like Plato (I grew up with Plato readings), an intellectually curious person probably would have done a little more digging (took me two minutes to find this stuff out), but of course our dear Sarah takes things at face value and was just trying to sound deep. So kudos to KO for calling her on her silly tweetings. She can’t even manage to quote anybody correctly (another pattern of hers). Somebody might want to keep a running list of her “quotes,” as they seem to be her new way of talking on the ol’ tweet and bleat.
I don’t have a television these days but a while back, six or eight years ago, I stumbled upon a show that had a camera following the Ozzy Osbourne family around. That was a lot of fun to watch. I think I would watch a show like that showing the Palin family. Even if you hate Palin, and I do, it would be fun to watch.
The Palins have to make a living, after all, and I imagine Sarah has developed a taste for fancier things than she used to aspire to.
I almost never buy nonfiction books. I never read the memoirs of politicians. I have never read any celebrity books. But I think I am going to read Palin’s book, which kinda horrifies me. But I won’t pay for it. I ‘ll get it from the public library. And I can’t wait to read it.
womanwithsardinecan –
Here is the best breakdown on “the quote” that I have seen.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/09/palin-plato/
Andrew Sullivan covered the Cronkite quote today.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/when-palin-quoted-cronkite.html
AKM – Have a wonderful time and don’t worry about us.
You deserve a break. Heck you deserve more than a break! Enjoy (o:
I thought it was funny but sad that Sarah makes Ray Blanton look like a good governor because he at least planted some good economic seeds::
(This excerpt taken from
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=B049)
One of Tennessee’s most controversial governors, Blanton remained a politician who played the game to reward his friends and punish his enemies. His efforts on behalf of tourism and economic development, as well as state retirement security, contributed enormously to the general prosperity of the state. Nevertheless, the scandals eventually overwhelmed his reputation.
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Lori in Los Angeles Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 4:52 PM
AKM is gone fishing! Here we are – shhhh! I propose a surprise for her upon return – all who can, click the PAYPAL button!! Where would we be without AKM? I cannot even place a monetary value on the information, the intelligent conversation, and the friends I have made here. Off to send a little – and hope it adds up.
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I’m in!!! and…………………..DONE!!
This is an excellent article by Donald Craig Mitchell. He gives a very good recap. Ahhh, the “Peter Principle.”
It’s worth a read:
http://alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1283-palin-how-she-gained-control-and-then-lost-it?start=4
5 zyggy Says: …the woman I vanshare with was at the gym today and was listening to “The Ed Show” and there is a rumor that Buttercup wants to do a reality show in AK where they go out in the wilderness. Can find any info on it, but I’m going to keep looking.
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That makes sense, her “higher calling” could be a wilderness reality show of AK, thereby increase tourism economy and perhaps more business moving here….(investing) here, and $arah will make money, take credit for it, and get to keep winking and blinking for the cameras,….and wipe out Levi’s chances for television…
AKM, you said, “I’m throwing up this open thread …” I’m not too much into vomited threads. I get enough of that from my cats. LOL
Have a great time! I will console Buf. Poor puppy.
have a great trip away!! can’t deny I’ll be waiting for your return — was glad to read there will be uppcoming post!!
austintx Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 5:08 PM
womanwithsardinecan -
Here is the best breakdown on “the quote” that I have seen.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/09/palin-plato/
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those comments are funny. I’ve always thought that there is nothing so fake and trite and speaking in “quotes of the day.” For some reason it reminds me of an English instructor I knew in community college. I was tutoring a bunch of his students because they were lost and confused. He was forcing them to write paragraphs and essays that began with “It is axiomatic that…” They also had to include in the essay their vocabulary words for the week, a complex sentence, a compound, complex sentence, a simple sentence, and one more type of sentence, I believe. As you can imagine, they were paralyzed. lol. It is axiomatic that English teachers like that should be fired. As should Sarah. She saved Alaska the trouble.
Reality TV in Alaska? How is she gonna wangle the Helicopter. Guess the EX-gov. will have to walk like the rest of us. I hope a bear eats her!
Have mega fun AKM. We promise to be good little Pups while you are away.
that would be “as” speaking in…
Poor bear will have major tummy ache!!
Bye, AKM!!!! Have fun and catch lots of fish.!!
Hi all! Just in from a little “Gardening at Night” to thin/re-plant my various basils. Sorry to have missed the Poe/Burke encounter.
Apparently, GINeverexplainalwayscomplain was on a gun nut show with Ted Nugent this evening. The Nuge and the Numbskull, what a perfect pair!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwtYDJNph89FVHGTBMIaR9ibk6OgD99BU7VG0
She has two weeks left in office. Any bets on her causing drama and mayhem every other day until then?
I think, therefore I am
Might all these pseudo-intellectual quotes have Stapletongue’s fingerprints all over them? It wouldn’t be unreasonable for her to be worrying about her continuing usefulness to “the mission”.
ds55, I don’t take sucker bets!!! LOL!
Lori in Los Angeles Says “AKM is gone fishing! Here we are – shhhh! I propose a surprise for her upon return – all who can, click the PAYPAL button!! Where would we be without AKM?”
I am in for another $20. no teasing this site is fabulous and has to be kindof spendy with bandwidth etc…
I wish I could believe that $arah was merely going for the fame and fortune of a reality tv show. But I don’t. Too many code words to the Dominionist Christian base. See Theopalinism blog (on right) and you will get the idea.
I talked to someone in Wasilla, and no – I will not say who. He is highly-educated and a Republican (not even relgious) – he LOVES Sarah and is very angry at the world right now (like most of her followers) – he yelled “Wait and see! She will be President and stop the ruination of the Country by the socialist Obama…..” Oh my. He actually pushed my buttons – I said “Tell me, are YOU Trig’s father of something?” He hung up.
Have fun, AKM. THANK YOU.
Help me out, mudpuppies. You can see I live in Portland, Oregon, obviously, and I am SO trying to figure out HOW this woman can go on fundamental Christian values that she promotes, and go for the money. I am just floored. For all the websites you have given all day for blogs, I have read. This is money in her pocket, CERTAINLY not for the Lord. Think she’ll tithe? Sorry, God, for the thought. Judging. Sorry.
I just don’t know what to say, except that she RAN with the “anointing” at her church and now she thinks she is the Second Coming in her mind. Is that a fair assessment? It’s obvious to me that there’s some self-importance there that I just do not see.
Kinda like I have to defend myself as a NORMAL female.
About those quotes in $arah’s twitter: Could this be something out of one of her journalism classes? It’s woman sardine can’s post that reminds me of some of writing 101′s rules which can be awkward. There is a rule of thumb for describing a subject, briefly noting hair, eyes, smile, demeanor. In the hands of a good writer, you have a sense of the subject. Used poorly, it’s like trying to put odd vocabulary words in a story where they don’t fit. She has taken quotes out of “Quotes for Dummies” or some equally profound reference book.
Suggestions for $arah’s reality show: I read that Sarah is interested in doing a reality show out of Alaska, something that involves going out into the woods, shooting moose, the outdoor life. Remembering how happy she was when the motorcycle dudes made a special chopper for her, and the rifle people made a commemorative model for her. I envision something that involves all the things that we find on Bravo, TLC, Science channels, Discovery , A&E, namely: motorcycles, fishing, bounty-hunters, tattoos, cooking contests, fishing, getting dropped off nowhere to test survival skills, and most important of all– blowing stuff up!
lori, he’s not Trig’s father, but that’s really funny you asked him that. Trig really does look just like his daddy Toddy Waddy.
Lori in Los Angeles Says “I said “Tell me, are YOU Trig’s father of something?” He hung up.”
ROTFFLaughing!!!
Seriously though like any really really really bad abusive relationship it takes time for many to break free. Those who donated who sacrificed heat they are clinging to the dream….tell your friend the DREAM is always better then the reality and to GET OUT NOW before she costs him anymore.
Last line should read “a NORMAL” female amongst friends and co-workers.
Wow Ana Marie Cox on Rachel Maddow show is hammering Palin…ouch!
Not sure if this has been posted.. but there is a new ethics complaint. See Immoral Minority.
enjoy your vacation akm -drink late, sleep late, do a lot of nothing and whatever something you feel like
mae lewis Says “those quotes in $arah’s twitter”
She is freakin losing it. Those Tweets are off the wall.
Great photoshop of Quitters World magazine
http://www.sarahpalinunderground.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=100&topic_id=5&mesg_id=5&page=
ds55 Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 5:26 PM
She has two weeks left in office. Any bets on her causing drama and mayhem every other day until then?
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Any bets on her “un-quitting”? There’s ya’ drama and front page news. Watch.
Who is this Soldier of Fortune person? I’ve seen one of his posts before, and he sounds really angry. Can one file an ethics complaint after SP has resigned? If not, SoF better file soon. Of course, it may just all be a hoax. The IRS thing hasn’t materialized yet, either. SP may just be able to take the money and run. : (
CougInPortland: “I just don’t know what to say, except that she RAN with the “anointing” at her church and now she thinks she is the Second Coming in her mind. Is that a fair assessment?”
yes, that is correct. boggles the mind, but I do believe she is SURE she is
“the chosen ONE.”
SoOo funny
Have a beer met Trig.
http://twitter.com/exgovsarahpalin
Oh my gawddddddd! I cannot stop laughing. Over on HP, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/john-ensign-scandal-escal_n_229730.html , there’s this word salad-ism over SP….
Sarah Palin’s “Oration On The Verbal Frappe Currently Coursing Out Of My Mouth In Alaska, Because I Have No Political Advisers Who Are Worth A Good God Damn.”
Ain’t that the truth!!!!
Just Read her tweet:
“The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.” -Jesus Christ.
OH MY GOD. I am a CHRISTIAN HERE. No words. I had the guts, I’d tell her she was the AntiChrist…but I e-mailed John McCain last night. I think that’s enough.
OMG.
AKM…get movin’, or else it will be time to head back before you get there…
According to Rachel Maddow and her guest Jeff Sharlet, there are weird goings on concerning our Congress people and religion. Rachel reports that a house on “C” street in Washington D.C., is actually some form of church where seven of our Congressmen reside. The leader is a man named Doug Coe. They call themselves “The Family” or “The Christian Mafia” and they(Congressmen) are sworn to secrecy and are not allowed to talk about their affiliation with this group or its religios beliefs. They have strange religious preaching and teaching that teaches such things like, if you dont hate your mother, father, sister, brother etc., you cannot be following Jesus’ teachings.
What is sort of odd is that Ensign and Sanford are reported to be affiliated with this group, and sometimes resides there, and both confided in the group about their infidelites and were helped finacially to try to help cover- up the affairs.
This was supposed to have been” busted” wide open by Rachel’s guest, Jeff Sharlet, when he infiltrated the gtoup and lived among them for a while and has written a book entitled, “The Family”. Does anyone have any knowledge or any other information about this. This is really creepy!
Question for the locals. I listened to Demo Memo today on KUDO, Kathy Phillips said there would be local programming added soon and an announcement is coming. I want BOTH Shannyn and CC back on the progressive station. Please join me in emailing the station and get our two favorite radio women back on where they belong.
http://www.kudo1080.com/
So I go to the ADN and, lo, and behold, Attorney General Daniel Sullivan disagrees with Tamara Cooke, the legislatures lead attorney, and says that Craig Campbell can serve as acting Lieutenant Governor and doesn’t need the Legislatures approval. Seems like somethings never change. The AG does disagrees with the legislature and rules in favor of the governor.
I, too, am a Christian, but I have never seen that scripture. I wish she would cite chapter and verse. I don’t think SP is actually a Christian, though. Many people CLAIM to be Christians, but SP certainly doesn’t act like one. I think she’s just “in it” for whatever she can get–money, noteriety, votes….etc.
don’t know if its been posted…BUT THIS IS THE BEST
alaskadispatch com
palin-how-she-gained-control-and-then-lost-it?
very well written & detailed
Rachel Maddow had a segment portraying Sarah on a radio station tonight – possibly one in fairbanks explaining once again why she resigned as Governor
I missed the whole piece as I was on the phone – can anyone update info for me?
Has anyone seen any MSM articles relating to John Coale saying that Palins legal fees have been paid and that they also paid the fees owing for the kids travel?
Supporters are still as of today asking for money to pay the bills that Coale says have been paid.
New ethnic complaints will probably be dismissed since she will no longer be Governor, so there wouldn’t be any bills associated with those. (No one Really thinks the Personnel Board will act against her do they?)
califpat –
Yes !! I posted this when it came out on June 26. Creepy indeed. These people are whack.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504480.html
calipat, I watched and thought it to be very creepy. And those creeps are in Congress and Governors.
Sorry that’s Stanford. Yokes!
44@ KateInCanada~~~ Love it…Such a piece of work..he he
Someone posted this link on the open thread this morning I believe. It is of an upcoming article in “The Weekly Standard”. The same mag that Bill Kristol word for who has never been right on ANYthing… and he vetted $arah.
It’s total Crap… but you can count how many things they have wrong.
Journalism as it’s worst.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000%5C000%5C016%5C708gpxia.asp
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Just a few points I found…
“Last year, in the space of eight weeks, the media said Palin was a Buchananite (she wasn’t), a member of the Alaska Independence Party (nope),”
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See what happens when “Nighline ” doesn’t do any fact checking.. their own words are used by someone else as a basis for fact.. the (nope)
And it was the McCain camp SAID he was a member of the AIP…a FACT .
“The governor and the legislature fought protracted battles over the replacement for Democratic state senator Kim Elton (appointed to the Obama administration) and stimulus money from the federal government. Civility with the legislature became untenable.”
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All these ” protracted battles ” were a result of her NOT following the Rules and picking a Dem. for replacement and submitting her own GOP names.
What was it… like 3 ‘fake ‘ Democrats she found..?
“Another said that her wearing a T-shirt with the insignia of Todd Palin’s sponsor in the Iron Dog snow-machine race constituted a conflict of interest. “It’s a cold, outdoor event,” Palin said. “I’ve been wearing Arctic Cat gear for many years. I wear a Carhartt coat and commercial fishing bibs, too.”
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There was NEVER a story anywhere where someone mentioned a ‘ T-shirt’..?… with an insignia. I guess this is attempt to show just a ‘ simple ‘ piece of clothing created this debate. NOT an insignia… basically a full body logo in a custom fitted OUTFIT.. with her name on it as well.
“In late June, an Alaska Democratic blogger pasted the face of a pro-Palin radio talk-show host on the body of Palin’s son Trig. The governor’s camp released a withering statement, saying, “The mere idea of someone doctoring the photo of a special needs baby is appalling. To learn that two Alaskans did it is absolutely sickening. . . . Babies and children are off limits.” The blogger backtracked. She said she only had intended to ridicule the talk show host, like that made any difference.”
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Even though they have it in ‘quotes ‘… notice there words have been changed from Megs ” an Iconic image desecrated ” to… “photo of a special needs child “. W o W!! How could they have gotten the ” quote ” wrong? Could they have done THAT on purpose?…. Yu betcha
“The closest Sarah’s come to admitting her true motivation happened on Monday when, while holding court on the beach at her husband Todd’s fishing site in Dillingham, she told the national press corps that “when all these lawmakers are lining up for office their desire would be to clobber the administration left and right so that they can position themselves for office” and that “I’m not going to let Alaskans go through a year of stymied, paralyzed administration and not getting anything done.”
Translated from Palinese, what Sarah said was that the real reason she is quitting is that she understands that she’s lost control of the Alaska Legislature, a majority of whose members are fellow Republicans, many of whom hate her guts.
~alaskadispatch~
austinrx- Thanks for that link. This is very scary!!
Donald Craig Mitchell ENDS THE ARTICLE WITH…”Sayonara governor-girl.”
governor-girl, LOL
OT on the OT but – in case no one here is aware of this…AKM helped out Shannyn by moderating on her blog AND managed to keep on going here w/all the added chaos.
Might already be in comments somewhere but figured y’all would care cuz we love her (o:
@califpat
you can go here and listen to the author talk about it. It is fascinating to listen to. he was interviewed about it on NPR you will then understand more why they hate the poor, unions and government spending on social programs. They are taught they were chosen to help those people and they are in charge of giving out the funds. Here is a link
‘Family’: Fundamentalism, Friends In High Places
http://weblogs.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106115324
Remember that Bush held prayer meetings every morning and all were required to attend.
The Republican party has gone so far into the Religious category that they are definitely going to lose even more independent and moderates.
The Republicans no longer represent a small government conservative party, but a religious evangelical party. Therein lies their division and why they continue to lose the true conservatives, who are left with only the Democratic Party to turn to, even if they don’t agree with big government.
Some of the old time congressional members of congress try to keep to the old line of small government party, but as more and more of the junior republicans got elected, they were elected on the platform of morality. Unless you are a part of the evangelical movement, those politicians aren’t going to be appealing.
Palin is a representative of the politicians who are running under the banner of the Republican party now and a good representative of why the party is in disarray and will continue to be.
michigander, thanks for making that clear. Some of us where speculating on that after seeing Shannyn’s thank you to AKM.
bucfan Says:
So I go to the ADN and, lo, and behold, Attorney General Daniel Sullivan disagrees with Tamara Cooke, the legislatures lead attorney, and says that Craig Campbell can serve as acting Lieutenant Governor and doesn’t need the Legislatures approval. Seems like somethings never change. The AG does disagrees with the legislature and rules in favor of the governor.
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I saw that. So his idea is Campbell resigns his position where he is?? Plays Acting LG until approved, which then ties the hands of the Legislature in that if they say no — what does he do. Is he able to take a leave of absence to play Acting LG?
If he resigned and they didn’t approve — that leaves Campbell flapping in the wind. How considerate of Sullivan for thinking this through – NOT
This tells me AG Sullivan has grey areas showing — not sure.
@ those who think the exakgovsarahpalin twitter account is real, it is a joke. Satire. Should be fun to follow, though. It is very well done.
Tealwomin Says:
”Sayonara governor-girl.”
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Here is Perry poppin’ off to a reporter. I say the same thing for sarah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4tWZNxnABk
Califpat, here is another line for you. It is a speech by the Jeff Sharlet who wrote the book about “the family” http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/2009/april/sharlet.php and one more from an article Mr Sharlett wrote for Harper’s about the influence of the religious right in the military. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/05/0082488 and the name of the article is “Jesus Killed Mohammed”
austintx…you do relize tht he is a crazy one [using the same wording he said]…LOL
michigander Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 6:09 PM
OT on the OT but – in case no one here is aware of this…AKM helped out Shannyn by moderating on her blog AND managed to keep on going here w/all the added chaos.
Might already be in comments somewhere but figured y’all would care cuz we love her (o:
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Actually, I was wondering if Aunty Shannyn is minding us while AKM is away.
You know what, no MATTER what, she will be found out. Through grassroots, “Oh, HELL, No!” If the media “pussyfoots,” you can send her “barracuda” right back at her.
GO, mudpuppies…
Tealwomin –
Oh yeah , I know he’s crazy. I live here.Several years ago when Austin used to throw a concert/party for Lance every time he won The Tour de France , a friend was the stage manager and I got to stand backstage. Perry walked within 2 ft. of me and I swear my skin crawled when our eyes met.
I just saw Angry’s ignorant assertion again that the Democrats and the President conspired to bring down Quitty Lamebrain.
I just now realized why that will continue to happen. Quitty will go on every radio show in the universe now and repeat this rubbish (as will Angry) because Quitty’s new job – starting July 27 – is to mouth off against the President 24/7.
$arah Palin has nothing she can say for herself – no policies, no ideas, nothing – so she will be blathering on against the President for a living. Nobody is paying any attention to the whining of the old DC Republicans, so the screeching from $arah Palin is bound to be heard for a little while.
CougInPortland (50)
Just Read her tweet:
“The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.” -Jesus Christ.
OH MY GOD. I am a CHRISTIAN HERE. No words. I had the guts, I’d tell her she was the AntiChrist…but I e-mailed John McCain last night. I think that’s enough.
OMG.
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It’s worse than you think.
I grew up with the King James version, so I thought maybe that was why I didn’t recognize the quote. But no!
Journalism Major Buttercup gave Henry Miller a promotion!!! That’s a quote from Henry Miller.
Omg. Words can not express…
…so says Peggy Noonan about GiNO over at Wonkette
….She wasn’t thoughtful enough to know she wasn’t thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. “I’m not wired that way,” “I’m not a quitter,” “I’m standing up for our values.” I’m, I’m, I’m.”
comments:
“Peggy knew Ronald Reagan. She was a friend of Ronald Reagan. Sarah Palin is no Ronald Reagan.’
“ey! You guys be nice to Ms Palin -she’s way smarter than we will admit. She went to 4 colleges you know. That’s 2 more than most of us I’ll wager!”
“She called Palin “very nice.” Oooooo. That’s gotta hurt.”
PALIN: (v) to abandon one’s principles for short term gain
~urban dictionary~
Funny Sarah and Todd head Photoshops over at DU (cover your keyboards!):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105×8903793
Nan –
Another tardass quote from sarah…….she can’t even get the quote right off a Starbuck’s cup. She gives dumb new meaning.
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/palin-misquotes-her-starbucks-cup.html
Bea –
Good one !!
CynthiaTx: Thanks for the link. Yikes!! Frightening!!
Thanks, AKM, for leaving us this nice little chatroom while you are gone fishing.
Oh $$$arah, I’ve been waiting for you all my life to point me the way. I want hair like yours, shoes like yours…I want to spread ignorance and hatred across real Amerika.
@50 CougInPortland Says: July 10th, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I can’t find the “real leader” quote at http://twitter.com/akgovsarahpalin
when was it tweet-ed?
BEA:::: # 46, 61, 71 #85[is the best!] is funny thanks for pointing the way….have mercy….i’m chocking ova here
i saved both heads for my own photoshopin…fun time
Aussie Blue Sky Says:
“OT on the OT but – in case no one here is aware of this…AKM helped out Shannyn by moderating on her blog AND managed to keep on going here w/all the added chaos.
Might already be in comments somewhere but figured y’all would care cuz we love her (o:”
YES, that is why we are having our own little fundraiser tonight for AKM!
She works tirelessly for truth. Use PAYPAL button : )
CouginPortland: I also am in this great city. Remember that in 2000 years there have been a lot of branches of Christianity. We have to make our own decisions on what it means. SP has one definition that seems opposite to others.
What we have to rely on is the Constitution of the United States. That provides the premises for how we operate.
We can set rules for discussions in our own livingrooms, but for political purposes we have to go back to the Constitution.
Our directions in living our own lives are very personal.
The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way. ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart
OMG! The religious right despises Henry Miller! LMBFAO!
Calipat– Do you think ‘THE FAMILY’ is Sarah’s higher calling?? Watched this on Rachel just a few minutes ago– WOW, Looks like her kind of people.
sarah mistook henry miller for jesus christ? jesus christ. sarah’s good for my a$$ – i’m laughing it off!
re: press release on 19th ethics complaint http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1964
Nizich says:
“Typically, the first action by these complainants has been an illegal one – to announce the filing of the complaints to the news media, in clear violation of the mandatory confidentiality in the law.
(snip)
“Although the governor would not have thought it possible, the latest complaint rises to a new level of absurdity in alleging that she has been paid for interviews that she has given to the news media.”
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OK, I’m confused! Either both the complainant AND Nizich broke the law or Nizich is somehow protected by some mysterious force field?
Uh – huh……..Front page of Huffpo now.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/71675.html
Have fun AKM! Downtime is always good and I’m sure you are ready.
Lori in LA: Great idea! I’m in.
OK, what is up with all these bizarro off the wall tweets? I think she has become unhinged. It sounds like she is trying to convince someone, anyone that she is really busy doing good things for Alaska and being very philosophical. She is accomplishing neither. Very strange.
Bea Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Funny Sarah and Todd head Photoshops over at DU (cover your keyboards!):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105×8903793
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I just went over for a quick look and ended up giggling madly. I dragged my reluctant hubby in, much to his annoyance, and then HE ended up giggling too. NO public figure that I can recall has ever been subjected to this volume of photoshopping. And now they are putting Todd in all of the pics too.
CouginPortland; Like you, am without words with the tweet you posted on #50. Now it’s been going around there is an imposter SP tweeter. Wonder if this is the imposter.
Holy mackerel! I just checked this quote on google, and what came up was Henry Miller (1891-1980) “A real leader has no need to lead; he is content to point the way”. This is supposedly one of his quotes. Check google and let me know what you think about this.
Jeasus is GiNOs boyfriends
but the kid is not her son….
DU is killin me this evening…
re: “real leader” tweet
I think this is a fake. I’ve scanned http://twitter.com/akgovsarahpalin back a few days. There is no entry even remotely like it
Jesus….
HEY!!! STOP!!! the “jesus” quote is from the rogue site http://twitter.com/exgovsarahpalin
It is NOT a tweet from Palin.
@winkwinkWA: One Hell Yeah!! They are her kinda crowd. You betcha!!!
The Republicans are trying to sell us on their Secessionist Sweetheart, Sarah Palin, as Presidential material in 2012. They’re working every media outlet they can, utilizing their “co-opt the language” method of re-branding a bad thing into a good thing.
We’re being told that it’s not quitting when Sarah quits! It’s brave and courageous and brilliant! They tell us it doesn’t matter that she quit, or in Republicanese, “She had a higher calling”…
elehhhhna: She’s a Quitbull! [pitbull] LOL
~du~
i think your right antiAnti. yep, it’s on the fake site.
http://twitter.com/exgovsarahpalin
still funny
those twitts are from EXgovSarah Palin….
funny stuff….cleaver too also
antiAnti Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 7:09 PM
re: “real leader” tweet
I think this is a fake. I’ve scanned http://twitter.com/akgovsarahpalin back a few days. There is no entry even remotely like it
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I can’t find it either. It might be one of the fake ones. Someone is trying to get her goat and they are doing a good job.
lol, thanks antiAnti – we have to watch for that “ex” before the twit’s real tweets. The exgov tweeter is funny, but we have enough dimwitty stuff from the dimwit herself, and we don’t want to spread false rumors.
For more info – and I mean a lot of it – on the Republican party and the religious right (and their perverse interpretation of Christianity) this site has it
http://www.theocracywatch.org/
On how the religious wingnuts have infiltrated the military (see also too Rachel Maddow last night) [After seeing the redshirts in AK, this makes it pretty clear why the militry is balking at doing away w/ DA/DT]
www[.]militaryreligiousfreedom[.]org
Two other orgs actively defending separation of church/state
www[.]jewsonfirst[.]org
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
www[.]au[.]org
And more on Palin’s connections – including a Mary Glazier video
www[.]dailykos[.]com/story/2008/10/8/81320/5572/717/623739
lol There’s a couple weeks’ worth of reading for ya’
@ seattlefan: If this is Buttercup tweeting, then she is definitely not being philosophical in the least. More like psychotic and losing it.
antiAnti:
She took it OFF! hahahahaha
Her minions are watching this, she probably, also, too, has my IP address and my computer will be dead in 5…4…3…2…1….
LOLOL
Sarah…The CHRISTIAN. **rme**
New on Huffpo…$30,000 attorney fees? Hahahaha!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/palin-report-overstates-c_n_229903.html
Califpat: Agreed! Losing it for sure!
@109 CougInPortland Says: July 10th, 2009 at 7:20 PM
TROLL ALERT
I have to spend time with company, but I peeked.
It’s $arah from now on!!!
LOVE IT
Then why did she quote it? I think SOMEONE may be doing her tweets. Maybe not HER. I’ll give you that one.
I can say in ALL honesty, I cut and pasted it.
She could get the money for her new cement pond by simply switching to GEICO.
wonkette is crazy….
Sorry, everyone. I was duped, I guess.
I WILL say, “keep ON!”
Separation of church and state. Separation of church and state. This country was founded not on Christianity or any other religious sect, but on freedom of and from religion. Keep your Gods and their words out of secular society. How can we knock Iran when Sarah and her crowd want to be Iran, as long as they get to be the Ayatollahs. I have a rock where I live and I believe this rock is responsible for creating everything in the universe. I can show you this rock, can you show me your God? Point being that I am perfectly happy for every one to believe whatever they want to, makes no difference to me, but just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. So when polititians invoke the words of their Gods or Holy Books into the discourse of public policy they are out of bounds. That is why we have this document called the Constitution………On to Ghana……Ghana is in the news. Obama went there. Ghana has recently discovered lots and lots of oil. Ever heard of AFRICOM? Country after country in Africa has rejected America and their AFRICOM. Looks like it will land in Ghana. America’s new base of operations in Africa. What is left of Africa is still a prize and America and the rest of the world will be fighting over it until it is picked clean. Pretty much what God wants I would imagine.
This is an excellent read. Found the link in the comments section over at HP. Sorry if someone already posted it. I can’t keep up with the comments here!
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/
antiAnti:
re: press release on 19th ethics complaint http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1964
Nizich says:
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Hey Nizich, would you like some coffee with your snark??
This Dork Chief of Staff is being kept on by Parnell. Numerous years of service doesn’t equate to professionalism. Parnell better get him under control as he does nothing for the State either. His releases are on the Governer’s page of a State website, free to be read by anyone. The Snark is not becoming for the State. After Palin vacates, someone should bring it to Parnell’s attention. Chief of Staff or not, he needs a personality adjustment.
Wasn’t it discussed before, that this crap he spits out each time is BS as it only applies to them with regard to confidentiality otherwise that is their attempt to silence the citizens:
“Typically, the first action by these complainants has been an illegal one – to announce the filing of the complaints to the news media, in clear violation of the mandatory confidentiality in the law. Unfortunately, unlike the legislative ethics act, there is no provision in the executive ethics act for a complaint to be automatically dismissed when it is publicized prematurely. Regardless of that, it is breathtakingly hypocritical for anyone to violate the ethics law in the very act of making an allegation against the governor.”
@118 Canadian Neighbour Says: July 10th, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Nizich whines that the complainant when public, then on the gov website gives the details of the complaint which Nizich just said are supposed to be confidential. Does Nizich think that someone waved a magic wand and now he can publish the info? He just said it’s “illegal” then he DOES it. gack.
when s/b went
I sure hope Alaskans will go to that picnic (where Parnell is being sworn in at end of month) and give $arah a royal send -off. Mudpups can wear name tags with mudflats names (so we in the “lower 48″ can see you on the news). PLEASE OH PLEASE go to that picnic and bring your “send off” signs.
woodstove…God and Jesus Christ are a message of peace. Look at how people tear it apart in His name ….signs of the times.
SARAH — all about the money. Different Bible than mine.
austintx (81)
Nan -
Another tardass quote from sarah…….she can’t even get the quote right off a Starbuck’s cup. She gives dumb new meaning.
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No kidding.
It’s wild though, that a self-proclaimed Christian ascribes a “quote-du-jour” to Jesus Christ. No dear, it’s Henry Miller.
@123 Nan Says: July 10th, 2009 at 8:04 PM
The real Palin twitter acct is http://twitter.com/akgovsarahpalin
and the quote by Henry Miller is NOT from palin. It was a joke post on a rogue twitter account.
I was just “sayin’,” glad you caught it.
Sure wish I knew how to photoshop………
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadiantourism/3131956334/sizes/m/
“Screen Door Saturday”
Saturday, July 25, 2009. The day Palin officially leaves the governor’s office.
“Screen Door”, as in “Don’t let the screen door hit your a$$ on the way out”
Tealwomin Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Jeasus is GiNOs boyfriends
but the kid is not her son….
DU is killin me this evening…
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The weekly “DUzys” are pretty hilarious tonight too. The Oscar Mayer thread and inanimate object thread in particular.
antiAnti
Ooohhh, I should have caught that. I’m sorry.
Thanks.
Where is JHop? I have not seen any posts by him/her today. And does anyone know what happened to the rebuttal letter he/she was working on for the ADN
(re Shannyn Moore)? I cannot find the thread over on the forum.
People in Chat….
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seattlefan Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 7:52 PM
This is an excellent read. Found the link in the comments section over at HP. Sorry if someone already posted it. I can’t keep up with the comments here!
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/
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OMG! Wrong link. This is the one I meant to post (below). The barracuda link was in my clipboard to send to my ultra conservative father to discuss with him. Sorry! That one above is an intelligent read but not one I am sympathetic to. My Dad will love it and and we have extensive and heated debates over these things. Ha! It has already begun. I already have two emails from him railing on my comments
Here is what I meant to post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/peggy-noonan-goes-off-on_n_229564.html
Sorry if this has already been posted (can’t keep up), but here is the full quote from Walter Cronkite that $he conveniently tweeted out of context (not that she would understand it anyway). It’s from an interview he gave in 1973:
“I think that being liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, noncomitted to a cause—but examining each case on its merits. Being left of center is another thing; it’s a political position. I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they’re not liberal, by my definition of it, then they can hardly be good newspapermen.”
On second thought, even if she did understand what Cronkite was actually saying, it would probably just reaffirm her contempt for the “liberal media”. His definition of liberal is the antithesis of her very being, not to mention there is no such thing as context in her black and white world. And that’s the way it isn’t… actually, also.
An interesting post on Salon.com about the “losers” who are responsible for foisting the whackjob onto our country last fall:
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“The losers who gave us Sarah Palin”
The GOP operatives who championed her should be held accountable for endangering the country
By Joe Conason
“But in late October 2008, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published an extraordinary and timely story that explained exactly how McCain had come to select Palin. According to that article, Schmidt had collaborated with Davis and Salter to promote Palin over several more qualified candidates — after a cursory background investigation that revealed almost nothing about her lack of knowledge, bizarre official conduct, and narcissistic temperament. When the three insiders presented her to a smitten, impetuous McCain, he accepted their judgment, ratified by Charlie Black, one of the most experienced Republican operatives in Washington…”
read full post below:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/07/10/palin/?source=newsletter
austintx Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Sure wish I knew how to photoshop………
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadiantourism/3131956334/sizes/m/
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Just for you, austin:
http://tinyurl.com/kp2rlz
(A quick and dirty job. I was going to make it better but–meh– I got bored, so I quit.
)
Lori,
JHop is okay.
disregard my last post, I “see” JHop on forum.
Whoops! Too many urls in one post… into moderation purgatory.
austintx Says:
Sure wish I knew how to photoshop………
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Just for you, austin:
http://tinyurl.com/kp2rlz
(A quick job. I was going to make it better but–meh– I got bored, so I quit. hehe)
I am chatroom challenged. I know how to go to the chat room but when I write in a message, I do not know how to submit it. Can Mudpup help?
calipat,
type your message and then just hit your ‘enter’ key
How about a “Cyber-Retirement Party” sans the retiree, of course….
Not sure how we can do this, but maybe AKM can put up a thread of some sort?
I was thinking as with any party we would need Sign-Ups-main dishes, salads, desserts, etc.
Entertainment- via youtube sites, perhaps??
Theme-
Attire – PJs?
Time –
Gifts? –
Location – here or at I (heart) Mudflats???
You get the idea…so, what do you all think? I pass the torch…
Everytime a politian says God Bless America and everytime I look at my money and it says In God We trust, I see it as a drop of water wearing the freedom of a secular society down and replacing it with the interpretations of how those in power choose to dictate the laws of the land to us, not from the Constitution but from their Bible. Are we being controlled with freedom? The truth is always stranger than fiction.
Bea –
WOW !! You are pretty dang funny !!
Can anyone here help me figure out how to register to comment on Celtic Diva’s site? I tried to sign up and keep getting a message that my logon is invalid. I’m not sure how to correct it, cause I can’t find instructions as to whether there are limits in number of characters, capitalization, etc. Same with password. I couldn’t find an FAQ, so I’m kinda lost. Wanted to give CD some love in light of the ugly emails she’s been getting. Thanks in advance.
@126 austintx Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I was going to tell you to send it over to somethingawful but Bea’s will do fine.
Oh Bea – that photoshop is grand!!!!
I am dying laughing at the ones on Democratic Underground.
Canadian Neighbor: Thanks for the info. I feel silly because the answer was so simple. I got to go dePalinize myself. LOL!!
Bea, It is perfect…whether planned or not, you captured SP’s swelled head just perfectly.
@132 JS in Chicago
They had a big chat about the Cronkite quote in last night’s open thread. Andrew Sullivan posted about it on The Atlantic (Daily Dish) today.
Mirage 18 Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Bea, It is perfect…whether planned or not, you captured SP’s swelled head just perfectly.
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Yes, I thought GINormouslygrandopinionofmyself deserved a slightly bigger that normal noggin, you betcha!
Whoops! too many links took my post to moderation I’m guessing. Here is what I posted without my mistaken original link.
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seattlefan Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 7:52 PM
This is an excellent read. Found the link in the comments section over at HP. Sorry if someone already posted it. I can’t keep up with the comments here!
(can’t post but it was the baracudda one)
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OMG! Wrong link. This is the one I meant to post (below). The barracuda link was in my clipboard to send to my ultra conservative father to discuss with him. Sorry! That one above is an intelligent read but not one I am sympathetic to. My Dad will love it and and we have extensive and heated debates over these things. Ha! It has already begun. I already have two emails from him railing on my comments
Here is what I meant to post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/peggy-noonan-goes-off-on_n_229564.html
Am glad to hear the tweet was a fake. In this whole political brou-ha-ha, it’s not surprising jokers will have a field day with quotes, whether philosophical or scriptural. Not a good idea to mix religion and politics. It almost always is counter-productive. Senders tend to sound self-righteous, whether they are or not, and it goads those who aren’t interested in hearing.
I’ve been on a road, still learning, but I am always open to sharing some of my belief, when someone asks. If we are discussing a topic that brings religion into the mix, everyone chimes in. Am aware that so many here have different religious beliefs, and I respect them in their choice. Just to say that if someone were to offend by misquoting the Koran for a joke, I would be equally insulted for my friend who was a follower of Islam. And, I would comment here about my outrage.
I think as mature thinkers, we would protect one another from hurtful digs if they come. To Sarah Palin’s credit, she didn’t send that tweet. She knows she must guard scripture carefully to her vest, so that it doesn’t become a mocking circus. But quoting scriptures will undoubtedly offend someone, making them feel guilty, and it’s not recommended to slap a person with a bible like a side of meat, especially when they are not interested.
Usually a pastor will use scripture in a twitter account to cheer members or anyone reading up with comforting words, but he knows his readers well. He’s the guy who his members depend on to talk the talk as well as walk the walk.
Governing by 140 words or less = twitter.
They all need to give it up. It’s a joke when it’s theirs, then someone imitates & it’s a bigger joke.
Mature thinkers would never give Sarah Palin credit. Especially when it comes down to using God as an excuse to do whatever she wants to. Someone has not been paying attention.
@ #23 womanwithsardinecan July 10th, 2009 at 5:16 PM
That was a scream!! So sweet – I’m sending it to my sister the English Major.
Latest tweet: (from the real Twitter account)
AKGovSarahPalin
1.
Chief of Staff releases stmnt on 19th frivolous ethics complaint. Says Ethics Act repeatedly abused. http://tinyurl.com/kvud5eabout 1 hour ago from web
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Another one? Lol! I went to ADN but didn’t see anything. Last I heard it was “only” 18. Is this a typo or a preview?
@154 seattlefan Says: July 10th, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Nizich press release does say 19 complaints not 18.
Well did we expect anything different from her chief of staff? He is after all the one who asked for a backlash….
Have you all heard about the racist POS the Young Republicans are poised to make their next president?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-06/new-gop-racist-headache/
On top of the fact that she’s a bigot and seems to have a Palinesque relationship with the truth and sentence structure, she is 38. That’s their “young” leader. (And I say that as someone several years older than she… but when your youthquake is middle-aged, that’s pathetic.)
@ antiAnti Says: July 10th, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Interesting……I wonder what #19 is? Have they released anything on it? The last I heard was the 18th one with her being paid for tv interviews and appearances.
@158 seattlefan Says: July 10th, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I am confused about the 18/19 thingy also. The press release by Nizich http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1964 says “19″ and describes it as “a new level of absurdity in alleging that she has been paid for interviews that she has given to the news media”
Dare I confess?
“Screen Door Saturday”
Saturday, July 25, 2009. The day Palin officially leaves the governor’s office.
Is my Birthday. Oh my, what a BD present $arah is delivering, the best present ever! And knowing mudpuppies will be having a pajama party up there to help celebrate.
My Sis in Phoenix is going to get such a giggle. She got such a charge to be the one to inform me of SP’s resignation, since I hadn’t yet turned on the news. I think we will both be simultaneously wearing our pjs to vicariously join the party.
Here’s an interesting reader comment from a HuffPo article about a young republican candidate. Link below quote:
“The things conservatives say against their imagined enemies, i.e. non-whites, religiously different, sexually non traditional, exposes their narrow minded bigotry, but when they come down on socialists, they condemn their own savior, Jesus Christ, who preached socialism as mandatory to salvation. Their contempt toward the teachings of Jesus Christ exposes their hypocrisy and disobedience to their own faith. They demand that the poor and needy NOT be cared for by the rich, while Christ specifically spoke to personal accumulation of wealth when He said, “Go, sell all that you have and give it to the poor, then you’ll have treasure in heaven.” & “No one can be my disciple who doesn’t give up all his own possessions.”
They should never have mixed religion with government, since they have proven that they are loyal to neither.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/more-racist-online-musing_n_229367.html?show_comment_id=26931503#comment_26931503
rebekkah,
And there you go. Look at how all of us, who profess the name of Christ, try to keep on keeping on. Doesn’t mean we’re out there doing what she is. MONEY and FAME. I guess she hasn’t read her Bible lately…she is NOT all she thinks she is, and I take GREAT offense that she brings God into the conversation when it is blatently evident that her agenda is self.
@antiAnti: I’m with you. I’m perplexed to say the least. I read on ADN earlier that the 18th complaint had been filed then she tweets about a 19th. Too tired to figure it out. I’m out for now. Perhaps it will all be tweeted out tomorrow. Lol!
Kath the Scrappy from Seattle: We will definitely have to have a Board Party on the 25th celebrating the resignation. Cyber fireworks, cyber cake and cyber drinks for all! It should be a fun day. (Happy Birthday in advance!). Have your sis in Phoenix join Mudflats! I have a brother in Phoenix, but he is hopelessly Republican and I can’t share the fun with him. Love him just the same.
The 19th complaint is on Gryphen’s blog.
@ seattlefan Says:
Kath the Scrappy from Seattle: We will definitely have to have a Board Party on the 25th celebrating the resignation. Cyber fireworks, cyber cake and cyber drinks for all! It should be a fun day. (Happy Birthday in advance!).
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Thank you also too. Yes, that will be the most perfect way to enjoy my day. Actually, my Sis feels like a ‘lonely little petunia in an onion patch’ usually. Gay Dem down in redneck Phx.
But she sure pulled in a LOT of votes for Obama, even got family members changing their voter registrations from Rep to Dem in order to vote for him. She’s not really computer savvy, don’t think I could pull her into the ‘flats, but she sure loves hearing all my stories from here.
@ Kath the Scrappy from Seattle:
Woo Hoo! for your sis pulling in those votes. She doesn’t have to be computer savvy…just send her the link. I’m sure she would love this place. All she has to do is bookmark it and visit at will!
Are you in Seattle proper or in the burbs? I’m in the burbs. I am a true Seattle fan and we are heading to the Mariner’s game Sunday afternoon. I can’t wait!
ooops, sorry Gryphen’s blog was #18.
Could someone give me the link or name of Gryphen’s blog? I have been lurking for quite a while and love this place!
Physicsmom Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Can anyone here help me figure out how to register to comment on Celtic Diva’s site? I tried to sign up and keep getting a message that my logon is invalid. I’m not sure how to correct it, cause I can’t find instructions as to whether there are limits in number of characters, capitalization, etc. Same with password. I couldn’t find an FAQ, so I’m kinda lost. Wanted to give CD some love in light of the ugly emails she’s been getting. Thanks in advance.
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Physicsmom, you need to click on “make a new account”. That will take you to some fill-in fields in the body of Linda’s blog. You will be sent an email with a Soapblox-generated password.
Actually, I think the getting paid for TV and radio appearances ethics complaint actually IS #19; someone was counting wrong earlier. Earlier this week there was discussion that 15 had been dealt with (NOT all dismissed without, in spite of what Buttercup’d want you to think–there were those minor details of having to pay back $ for the kids’ travel and required ethics training for a staffer) and 3 were still pending (can’t remember which 3, though one must be the legality of the AFT…). So, that makes 18 already, and the newest is #19. SO glad they’ve finally learned to count up there.
Well now, I think this might be encouraging news: http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/860937.html
Career prosecutor Karen Loeffler was nominated by the White House Friday to become the next U.S. Attorney for Alaska.
To My Friends, The Sarah Slashers
by a former chairman of the Republican Party
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142305
He naturally thinks the President should have resigned (from his role as one of many senators) to run for office, but that it was cool for $arah Palin to run Alaska while $he was running for office.
Usual Republican hypocrisy.
In Juneau: I left a comment the other day wanting to get the opinions of those who live there on the Kensington Mine deal. How do people in Juneau feel about the lake being used for “fill”? Like I said before, I know there are always 2 sides to every story. Just wondering seeing how Buttercup and L murkowski are all jazzed about the court decision. Thanks
lovemydogs–I’m not happy about it, nor are many of my friends I suppose, but then again we’re the type who hang out here… Jobs are good and all, but they had a less damaging (though more expensive for them) option that was permitted and they could have opened the mine a few years ago using that or another option that was also less damaging. With the current SCOTUS though, I’m not surprized at the outcome.
Oh–Of course it gets spun as more jobs. But is a lake really worth 370 jobs? And how many of the people working that mine actually live there? Is it like the Slope where many of the workers just fly in from outside?
I just cry for my planet.
Prob. not, and I think that number is only during construction. Actually though, I think most of them are likely to live here.
Hey Mudflatters…I can’t have AKM post this while she’s away so I figured I’d let you know in the open thread…
All signs point to me live blogging the Mike Method Show tomorrow (after Shannyn) with a SUPER SECRET SQUIRREL GUEST!!!!!
There’s a little perk for the person who guesses the identity of the guest first!
I beg leniency of the blog authorities in allowing me to post the link to Blue Oasis where the discussion will occur:
http://divasblueoasis.com/diary/714/possibly-liveblogging-mike-method-tomorrow-700-pmwith-a-huge-doublesecret-guest
I hope you’ll join Shannyn at 5:00 PM and Mike at 7:00 PM…you won’t regret it!
Got a dog you love?
I found this super article on the web.
Any real dog lover who reads this very well-written article will most certainly appreciate how the author was able to express so well in words why dog lovers love their dogs so much and how much dogs really need us as they get old. Read the heart warming comments at the end of the article, too.
Enjoy!
Warning: Have a tissue handy.
FTA: “They can be eccentric, slow afoot, even grouchy. But dogs live out their final days, says The Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten, with a humility and grace we all could learn from.”
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/89914/The_last_word_Why_old_dogs_are_the_best_dogs#
Linda (Celtic Diva) Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 12:57 AM
All signs point to me live blogging the Mike Method Show tomorrow (after Shannyn) with a SUPER SECRET SQUIRREL GUEST!!!!!
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Linda, I’m thrilled that you’re going to be back on Mike Method’s show – his show last week was certainly enlivened by the presence of some of our favorite folks.
I like squirrels and I enjoy secrets.
anonymous Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Got a dog you love?
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My old darling drew her last breath on 11/10/96 and I still miss her.
I don’t believe in a heaven that has no dogs.
@ Aussie Blue Sky
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Sorry for your loss. The old dog article is definitely for someone like you — the comments too. Add a comment.
Diva,
Looking forward to both Shannyn’s and Mike’s show! It’s become a Saturday Stable of many of the Mudpups!! Thank Diva for letting us know. Blogging at the Flats and possibly live blogging at divasblueoasis!!
Shannyn at 5:00pm AK 9pm EST
Mike Method 7:00pm AK 11pm EST