Open Thread – Sarah Palin Book Contest Winner!
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And now…the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Flyinureye presents the Gold Medal winner in the Mudflats’ Sarah Palin Book Naming Contest! Sarah – Vain and Simple. Would we have ever imagined that we’d be enjoying this book cover in her fleeting last 3 weeks of lameduckitude? Or would that be lameduckery? Ah, well. If the book jacket fits…
I love the book cover!!
I LOVE it! The regal look. All that’s missing is the fish waders.
That is great!! Flyinureye – fantastic!
Getting curious about truthfullness in all things Sarah Palin, I did a bit of casual fact-checking on her resume and actual employment. It turns out that she wasn’t reeaallya sports newscaster. She just played one on TV. She was an unpaid intern who got her big break on Superbowl Sunday 1988. And then quit.
This is nothing new; it was researched last fall. Fact is, most of us didn’t care and didn’t pay attention. Now we are. It speaks to an ongoing history of getting by with tiny deceptions. And continuously quitting for something better…
http://openline.medialine.com/archive/index.php/t-25529.html
The assignment editor at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, confirms that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, was once a sports intern at the NBC affiliate.
Alaska Broadcasters Association spokesperson Darlene Simono said she was at the station for “less than three months,” March through May of 1988.
Wikipedia reported her as a one-time sport reporter, but it is not clear whether that was referring to the internship at KTUU, Bennett said he didn’t think she had gone to another station after her stint at KTUU, but did not know for sure.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/politics/24palin.html?pagewanted=3
From Intern to City Council
College degree in hand, Ms. Palin moved back to Alaska and, one afternoon in late 1987, walked into KTUU-Channel 2 in search of work.
John Hernandez, then the sports director, offered her an unpaid internship. By early 1988, Mr. Hernandez asked Ms. Palin to fill in for a sports anchor on his night off. “She was nervous and stiff, pretty much like she was reading off the teleprompter,” Mr. Hernandez recalled, adding that it was nevertheless a respectable debut.
For a few months, Ms. Palin was paid as a substitute anchor, and Mr. Hernandez said he saw in her someone who might have worked her way into bigger markets and who appeared, in a brief time, to have found new confidence.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/28344599.html
Former TV boss remembers Palin
John Hernandez, a San Diego horse racing consultant with Las Vegas ties, was sports director at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, from 1984 to 1988. In late 1987, Hernandez was summoned to the TV station’s front desk to interview a job applicant.
Her name was Sarah Heath and “she was fresh out of the University of Idaho. She was 24 years old, very outgoing, very eager,” he said.
Hernandez hired her as an unpaid sports intern and taught her how to put together a sportscast, from writing to editing video.
“Typically in commercial TV, an intern is very rarely presented an opportunity to get airtime,” he said in a telephone interview.
But her big chance came a couple of months after being hired when Hernandez’ weekend anchor asked for the day off on the day of the 1988 Super Bowl.
John Hernandez on CBS 8 SD Mon Sept 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtwR5seALXo
http://deadspin.com/5044945/sarah-palins-former-sports-director-tells-all
Hey Guys, I’ve posted about this once or twice. As you know AKM and Shannyn appear to be on their way to Pittsburgh. However, we also want to get someone else there. Ian is an 18 year old young man (and the son of our admin – Lani) who is heavily involved in politics. He would love to win one of the Netroot’s scholarships. He needs more votes though. So anyone who has already voted for AKM and Shannyn, it should be very easy to pop over to Netroots and vote for Ian. It is important that this is done this weekend and so I am going to hassle you all about this for the next two days. Here is the link.
http://democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/609-ian
Please go and vote for Ian!!!
Done. Hope Ian makes it, too, also.
(((NYHawk))). Every vote counts.
Love the book, good stuff Flyinureye!
CG – Great work with the delving, looks to be a real quittypants now and no mistake.
Really nice, Flyinureye.
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#
love the cover …great job
Ah, we need some new Bad Sarah Haiku–
Money say Levi
Reason for quitin’ is doh
Gov want the bucks now!
Sarah, lyin’ still
When she gunna stop? Maybe–
When she out office?
Todd, what he gunna
Do? No more first dude? Can’t race
Snowmachine New York!
Wassilla no more
Sarah is media star
Hello N Y C!
Okay, really bad, haven’t had coffee yet. Voted for Ian. Later.
Actually, I’m gunna miss the TransAlaska Terror and family. But I don’t need to put up with her actual antics in g’ment since I don’t live in AK. Probably for the best that she gets a talk show or something where she can’t really hurt anything.
BTW, I completely agree with the poster in another entry who said Levi probably comes out of this looking the best/smartest. Which is pretty damning when you think about it.
My vote is for Lameduckitude. Off with her head!
(hello, Aunty Snos.)
Oh, the book cover is fabu! But shouldn’t she have a “Miss Wassilla” sash?
Irishgirl Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 2:53 AM
Hey Guys, I’ve posted about this once or twice. As you know AKM and Shannyn appear to be on their way to Pittsburgh. However, we also want to get someone else there. Ian is an 18 year old young man (and the son of our admin – Lani) who is heavily involved in politics. He would love to win one of the Netroot’s scholarships. He needs more votes though. So anyone who has already voted for AKM and Shannyn, it should be very easy to pop over to Netroots and vote for Ian. It is important that this is done this weekend and so I am going to hassle you all about this for the next two days. Here is the link.
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I just went to vote for Ian (political 18-year-olds – the world can’t have enough of them) and I discovered that Ian is half-Australian. A politically-aware 18-year-old who’s half-Australian is double the value.
I think that pic shows the proper amount of stuckupitude. Well done! Bravo!
Btw CG, one of those article quotes made it look like she was a paid substitute, but puffing her resume nonetheless. She’s a legend in her own mind…
You might want to copy this quote and file it (in case of certain people who may soon be found to owe taxes)
Romans 13:7-8,
“Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”
@ Irishgirl
Thanks for bringing Ian’s nomination to my attn. I don’t recall seeing anything before. He got my vote, will talk to Sis from Phx tomorrow to see that she does likewise (hey, she’s got grandkids close in age). It’s good to bring the younger bloggers into the mix.
In his book “A Century of Congress,” James Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States, wrote:
“We are given the freedom to choose our leaders and the obligation to hold them accountable.”
Just sayin’
Gotta rush, but there is always enough time to say BRILLIANT!!
Tata
Great book cover !!
BTW – Did she really get a degree ?? Lies about everything else……..
Since this is an open thread….I’ll share what I have found, but not where I found it.
Palin Lawyer releases statement on latest ethics complaint:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2009
When Governor Palin announced that she would be resigning, in part, because of the unusual number of frivolous ethics complaints burdening the state of Alaska, that was not intended to be an invitation to file more frivolous ethics complaints. Not everyone got the message. As if to underscore the Governor’s point, two more frivolous complaints were filed this week.
For example, Raymond A. Ward (DOB 1947) 1., has apparently filed a state ethics complaint (No. 19) incorrectly alleging that the Governor has appeared on “television and radio variety shows earning and accepting money for personal and private use on state time.” These allegations are categorically false. Though signed under “penalty of purgery” (sic) it is apparent that Mr. Ward has no factual basis for the statements he has made.
Governor Palin has never been paid an appearance fee or received other remuneration from any “television or radio” show. She has not been paid for any media interview. The allegations made by Mr. Ward have no basis in truth.
In releasing the complaint publicly today, Mr. Ward violated the confidentiality provision of the Ethics Act. Mr. Ward is apparently no stranger to the Alaska court system apparently with a collection of criminal and civil matters allegedly involving him, including possible allegations of: filing a false report, illegal use of the telephone, criminal trespass, domestic violence, vehicle tampering, and DUI. Ward’s attorney in some of those past cases–Rex Butler.
Attached are Courtview print-outs as well as an updated list of ethics complaints.
THOMAS VAN FLEIN—Personal Attorney for Governor Palin
1. There are other “Raymond Wards” not at issue here who have different dates of birth.
There are attachments listing all of the “ethics complaints” but I cannot link due to the site that they are shown on. Oddly enough I can’t find this “press release” anywhere else …yet.
^^ There is also a link/attachment that shows 8 pages of court history on Mr Ward as well.
Book cover – classic.
EyeOnYou -
Interesting.
BTW – Gonna venture to Giddings today. Won’t be there long , but gonna sniff around.
As for all of the ethics complaints…their list shows….all dismissed, yes even the travelgate one (which has additional wording that says..Dismissed but with recommendation to rewrite law and voluntary compliance with new law by Governor)….
One pending…Chatman vs Palin: Allege Legal Defense fund is unethical
And two “unknown” …those are the latest two complaints to be filed.
Austin…
Cool, let me know what you find!
@Eye on You –
regardless of the validity of the complaint, it would appear that Van Flein was/is engaging in demonizing the complainant. Also, if I understood the AK law, private citizens are under NO obligation for secrecy, only government employees and officials are held to that standard. If true, what are the repercussions on Van Flein for knowingly and publicly lying about the law?
Oh, and I did see something about this, but not sure where. ADN?
Boy, I wish I was up there. So much good investigative fodder.
redwoodmuse
For Immediate Release:
To Van Flein: Apparently you have so much free time that you can write an unprofessional smear piece about Mr. Wards. Also, your self-serving claim that Palin has not been paid, as alleged by Mr. Wards, is irrefutably rank hearsay, because you obviously have no personal knowledge of the facts that you allege to be true. In other words, your allegations prove absolutely nothing.
It is curious that you have so much free time, yet still have not filed the lawsuit you threatened against Ms. Moore a week ago. What happened to your lame “crying-wolf” threat on behalf of your sleazy paper tiger client — Sarah “the serial quitter” Palin?
Grow a pair of balls Van Flein and sue when you threaten to, or shut up and crawl back into the coward and bully sewer you and Palin are from.
Van Flein = coward and punk. Sue me!!!!!!
Fox News is working on an audio filter that will take the screech out of Palin’s voice. They hope to have it perfected in two weeks.
ericmiami –
I have some duct tape that will fix the problem.
@EyeOnYou
I always said Van Flea was an amateur.
Anyone who gets into bed with Mansour comes to grief. Half of $arah’s girlfriends are in bed with Mansour; there’s no reason why Van Flea wouldn’t want to hop right in there too also – especially since he has such a difficult time remembering he’s a lawyer (of sorts).
Governor Palin issued the following statement:
“The only saving grace in this recent episode is that it proves beyond any doubt the significance of the problem Alaska faces in the ‘new normal’ of political discourse. I hope this will be a wake-up call – to legislators, to commentators and to citizens generally – that we need a much more civil and respectful dialogue that focuses on the best interests of the state, rather than the petty resentments of a few.”
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From this statement.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1964
austintx Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:25 AM
ericmiami –
I have some duct tape that will fix the problem.
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I have some horse tranquilizer.
EyeOnYou Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:01 AM
There are attachments listing all of the “ethics complaints”
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Isn’t it extraordinarily ‘IMPARTIAL’ that the same three so-called ‘impartial’ consulting lawyers are ‘impartially’ dismissing all of these complaints ‘impartially’ also too?
All the discussion about Sarah’s constant lying brought to mind something Judge Judy says frequently about the teenagers that come before her court: “How do you know when a teenager is lying? When their lips are moving.” Seems pretty apt for Sarah to me.
How do you know when Sarah is lying? When her lips are moving.!!!!
Aussie… I’ve also heard (still looking for confirmation) that Petumenos was part of the law firm that represented the town of Wasilla in the sports complex land deal.
@Irishgirl –
I voted for Ian, good luck to him, and keep throwing the link & the note in amongst the comments to remind people!
EyeOnYou Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:18 AM
One pending…Chatman vs Palin: Allege Legal Defense fund is unethical
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Are they kicking themselves they didn’t flick this one to Petumenos?
And found it.
Yes, Petumenous worked for the City of Wasilla
http://www.birchhorton.com/attorneys_location.html
Hockey is much loved in Wasilla, and Ms. Palin, whose son was a star player, wanted to build an indoor rink, with a track, basketball courts and soccer field. In the late 1990s, the city sought a 145-acre parcel owned by the Nature Conservancy, which wanted to sell the land to buy more environmentally sensitive property elsewhere. City officials negotiated a price of $126,000. Months passed without the city’s securing a signed purchase agreement, according to the city’s attorney, Tom Klinkner of Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065537792905483.html
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EyeOnYou Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Aussie… I’ve also heard (still looking for confirmation) that Petumenos was part of the law firm that represented the town of Wasilla in the sports complex land deal.
That topic was discussed here last November:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/the-alaskan-white-knights-are-waffling-and-we-have-homework-to-do/
Okay, worked for the law firm that represented the city of Wasilla.
Thank you Anonymous!!!
Aussie Blue Sky
Are they kicking themselves they didn’t flick this one to Petumenos?
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I’m betting the answer is no, simply because we have had a nice round of consistent dismissals so far, so I bet they aren’t worried about anything. The nice thing is that JHop can show us how they screwed up when the dismiss it!
“simple” really shines through on her countenance there, Flyinyureye. Excellent choice.
“…rather than the petty resentments of a few.” Oh that’s rich.
I honestly think she believes she has the upper hand of all things Sarah. I can’t stop shaking my head!
It’s painful, but it was interesting to read the comments posted on the WSJ article of Peggy Noonan. It’s sad to see what has happened to a publication I used to enjoy reading (that was decades ago though…) The comments in response to Ms Noonan’s article could come straight from a Palinbot site. Almost all male, fawning over Caribou Barbie, and downright rude to Noonan.
ANYWAY, I happily voted for Ian! To hear the sentiments of the Young Republican stars, filled with hatred and divisiveness, we need every level headed young person out there we can find, to help America navigate the difficult future!
I like Lameduckery, or Lameduckity.
Peace
Ripley – time for a chat?
I”m there now… but only for a bit.. the sun is out!
ver wonder, What would your name be if Sarah Palin was your mother? Well now you can find out!
Enter your Name:
thomas van flein, if you were born to Sarah Palin, your name would be: Fog Piles Palin
Who knows, Fog Piles Palin you just might be president one day!
EyeOnYou Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Aussie Blue Sky
Are they kicking themselves they didn’t flick this one to Petumenos?
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I’m betting the answer is no, simply because we have had a nice round of consistent dismissals so far, so I bet they aren’t worried about anything. The nice thing is that JHop can show us how they screwed up when the dismiss it!
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But TimPet would have tossed that one out the window long ago – just like all the others he tossed. Tossing is what he loves to do. In fact, he likes it so much that he welcomes perjury as a means to a quick toss.
Certainly, Mr Daniel isn’t finding it so easy to toss this one – even with Van Flea’s amateurish assistance.
A guy walks into a bar and says to the bartender: “I’ll have the Sarah Palin special”
the bartender says: “That’s it … I quit”.
bada bing (cymbal crash)
Thanks everyone for the votes for Ian. He has 76 votes so far. I think it is 3.30 am in Hawaii and wouldn’t it be great if we could get that up to 100 votes before Lani checks in in the morning.
Regarding her last few weeks, how about, Mavericky-lameduckery?
BTW, The book cover is awsome.
flyinyoureye…brilliant as always………………………….irish girl i voted for ian just this minute. thanks for reminding me.
Have you seen this?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/71675.html
hey austintx did you check your mail?
“““““penny………. isn’t it odd that the msm is just about useless to us? they are just beginning to report on subjects that we on mudflats have known for months.
Just wondering, is there a play on words here, or does it resemble some well-known phrase?
Otherwise I don’t really get the “Vain and Simple” title.
From someone living in Europe and not up on current American slang and culture and many other things…
Absolutely love the book cover – great job flyinyoureye!
Now AKM needs to get busy and fill those pages, make it a real book cuz I want to read it – hee-hee (o:
We haven’t heard from Representative Les Gara for quite some time. He use to weigh in on the legislature’s point of view.
I very happily went here:
http://democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/609-ian
and proudly showed my support for Ian.
Thank you for giving me hope, Ian.
(wow! i got to feel happy and proud and hopeful on a $arah topic!)
LOL – Andrew Sullivan strikes again!
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-delusional-celebrity.html
Glamour! Well, she has that now. Pity we had to risk the national security of the United States to get the smell of fish out of her clothes.
She is such a petty mean girl amateur!!! If she did not get paid and the allegations are false denying them and saying nasty things is nit the way to go. Is she dense???
Seriously why hasn’t she learned yet to take the high road. Her snarky juvinile statemements make herblook just that juvenile and snarky.
Can you imagine if President Obama released statemens so amateurish and unprofessional like this?? He ignores them and he gets it far worse than Palin. She does NOT have the temperament for higher office and it is too bad she is so dense that she does not see it yet. And that lawyer should tell her NO, just ignore it, but she makes him.
Some say she is poltically savvy. I don’t. She is Hwe highness Queen Majesty Vain and Simple!! The book cover is gorgeous and perfect!
bubbles
but the mudflats is proving useful to the MSM, seems like.
eyeonyou
It seems interesting that VanFlee is posturing about the “confidentiality” being broken… 1. I thought that was confidentiality on the part of a state employee or rep.
2. How can he fuss about the filer mentioning the content of the complaint when … (can’t think of the name) posted a rant about people spilling the beans (just as Van Flee says), and then goes on to mention the contents of the complaint! ON the state website. (what’s his name – Nizech? Niz..?? can’t think of it, sorry. ) I remember feeling like I’d just been lectured by the principal.
That link was posted on another thread by a mudpup, but I have no idea what thread (I kept nodding off last night, very irritating).
EyeOnYou #42
Keep researching…the property did not have a clear title and it has cost the City of Wasilla over $2M thus far. I remember reading an article way back in the fall. There was a purchase agreement, but someone else owned the land or a portion thereof. Construction was begun before the city had a clear title in their hands. Uh..oh… Not sure if it has been resolved yet.
Wonderful bookcover, Flyinureye!
In another outrageous and brazen attempt to smear, personally attack and try to embarrass an Alaskan citizen who dared to file an ethics complaint against Sarah “hold-me-accountable-and-elect-me-governor-because-my-administration-will-be-open-and transparent” Palin, Palin’s personal attorney, Van Flien, released a smarmy statement to the press, wherein he characterized the latest complaint with the same old self-serving “frivilous” label, but made absolutely no attempt to provide any proof to back up his “frivolous” claim (like a statement from Palin herself). Instead he personally attacked the Alaskan citizen who filed the latest complaint.
The obvious point of Van Flien’s statement was to not only attack and harass the messenger, but to try and intimidate anyone else who might be considering filing an ethics complaint.
Surprising that Van Flien has time to write more sleazy, bullying crap. Everyone is still waiting for him to make good on his bullying threat from last week to sue Shannyn Moore. She called his bluff, and he backed down, proving to the world that he has no balls.
Typical bullying coward, just like his client, Sarah Palin.
Here is the link to the news story with Van Flien’s completely inappropriate statement:
Political activist files 19th ethics complaint against Palin
http://www.ktva.com/ci_12810684?source=most_viewed
Back to why $arah quit: http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/112208kvue-palin-mw.1da70eaa9.html this backs Levis story.
If memory serves… doesn’t the AK rule go that if a citizen wishes to declare that she/he will be filling an ethics complaint, that they can, in fact, publicy announce said intent and describe said action immediately prior to its actual filling? I remember reading that here quite a while ago. If VanFleece persists in this interpretation as he has written, won’t someone (preferably another lawyer) call him out and correct him on said written opinion? And can’t that citizen now file any sort of defamation of character against Von Fleabag because of what he wrote or even implied? The intentional graying of that process by Vince Flea certainly can’t be helping his credibility, not to mention the haircut! Looks too much like a skinhead in a suit! But I digress. It may be interesting to know more about this lawyers own personal history and past life. Top of his class? Ranked 349 out of 350? Three attempts to pass the bar? Criminal law or torts? Won-loss-settlement record? Do we know more about him? Is he sinless and able to cast that first stone? Is this his fifteen minutes? Doth his wheel squeaketh too much?
“There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure”
Clay Aiken
And we all know what too much exposure can do for your career!
Just Sayin’!
That should read ‘publicly announce’… I need more coffee!
Sorry Pups! Proofredaing and spellchecking with one eye again!
You may want to check out Celtic Diva’s blog, where she has Letterman’s show posted. Letterman talks about Palin/fishing… funny.
There is also an announcement about a special mystery guest on Mike Method’s radio show — 7:00-9:00 PM on KBYR– unsure, if that is tonight or tomorrow?
http://www.divasblueoasis.com/
When Van Flea got shot , was it a head wound ?? Just askin’………..
anonymous Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 3:47 AM
In his book “A Century of Congress,” James Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States, wrote:
“We are given the freedom to choose our leaders and the obligation to hold them accountable.”
Just sayin’
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Good point, and it’s something that has been rattling around in my head for weeks. I don’t know if I have fully formulated my thoughts, so excuse me in advance for this is rough draft.
It seems the media is missing the bigger point about Sarah blasting citizens for filing “frivolous ethics complaints”…and then quitting over them.
Palin claims to be “for the people” because she is “one of them”…”just a hockey mom”. However, when citizens use the system and express their rights to question their leaders, it seems that Palin feels that “the people” should NOT have a voice.
She has claimed that the complaints burden her, and her administration has actually mocked people (using their names) for the “frivolous” complaints.
In essence, it seems Sarah feels that she should NOT be questioned by “the people”. Her remark that, the “Dept of Law in the White House would just throw these out” is very telling.
The fact that we can hold our leaders accountable is one of the core freedoms in this Country. It seems that Sarah believes that the Dept of Law in the White House does and should take away the rights of citizens to question their leaders…..by just throwing out their complaints. Doesn’t that speak volumes?
What does this say about Sarah? A lot, actually. It seems that Sarah believes she is “for the people”, yet she doesn’t want to be held accountable “by the people”. Rather, she publicly blasts ordinary citizens for expressing their “freedoms” to hold their leaders accountable.
Palin’s appeal is a populist one. Yet, she seems to be saying that the people shouldn’t have a voice. It’s the hypocricy of Palin.
TO……. BahstinBoyo aka Wrangler Tractor Palin Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 6:34 AM
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I don’t think commenting about how someone looks and wanting to delve into their personal history in the hopes of getting some juicy dirt about them is appropriate. That is exactly what Palin and her kind do. We should be above all that, IMHO.
Palin’s attorney is a punk because of the positions he takes and arguments he makes. How he looks and his personal history stuff are irrelevant. Obviously, they can’t win an argument using facts. We can. So, because they can’t win on the facts their way of “arguing” is to avoid the facts and change the subject by attacking the messenger. They make it personal. I don’t think we should stoop to their sleazy level. We can always win without getting dirty and creepy like them.
Just my two cents.
Polly: thanks for the link to Celtic Diva’s post about Letterman/fishing, etc. Hilarious.
Here is another good piece by Andrew about Lady GaGa—-the mavericky lameduckery-quittie-governeree
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/lady-gaga-update.html
I’ve done my vote for Ian.
Need to add to that “#1″ – I thought the confidentiality only applied to state gov employees or reps – *not to the general public*
Our Time magazine came just minutes ago with who-know-who on the cover.
They publish letters from readers about articles in subsequent editions, so I think I might just write a letter outlining some of the stuff the writers get wrong. Will have to do it soon, but I haven’t even had breaky yet and it’s nearly noon!
I would not mind editorial help from fellow mudpups, so I’ll post ideas, questions etc. later.
(tummy rumbling, must get fooooood)
Interesting article:
Dear Thomas Van Flein: Sarah Palin is a Loser, a Quitter and a Whiner, and May Be a Crook
http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/05/dear-thomas-van-flein-sarah-palin-is-a-quitter-and-a-whiner-and-may-be-a-crook/
Don’t know if anyone has mentioned this. Googling “insurance fraud palin” I found:
COMMENT #22 blady said
Palin is about to be indicted for insurance fraud. She is not the mother of Baby Trig; but claimed the maternity benefits for his birth.
The BRAD BLOG – http://www.bradblog.com/
Rumors, rumors everywhere…..my my…
Terpsichore #78
I visited the Media Matters site yesterday and the author was dissecting that article.
@ Aussie Blue Sky Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 5:10 AM
EyeOnYou Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Aussie Blue Sky
Are they kicking themselves they didn’t flick this one to Petumenos?
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I’m betting the answer is no, simply because we have had a nice round of consistent dismissals so far, so I bet they aren’t worried about anything. The nice thing is that JHop can show us how they screwed up when the dismiss it!
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But TimPet would have tossed that one out the window long ago – just like all the others he tossed. Tossing is what he loves to do. In fact, he likes it so much that he welcomes perjury as a means to a quick toss.
Certainly, Mr Daniel isn’t finding it so easy to toss this one – even with Van Flea’s amateurish assistance.
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So, are you by any chance calling this bloke a “tosser”?
@ penny Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 5:24 AM
Have you seen this?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/71675.html
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Ah, another day, another reason to file another ethics complaint against The GINO!
Love the book cover. A picture is worth a thousand words!
Can’t keep thinking about creating a few chapters for the book…..speakin Palinese is one thing, writin it is another, don;t ya know also too.
It is too hot in Texas right now to do anything so I might just have to put fingers to the keyboard, stay inside in the air conditioning, and give serious thought to submitting a chapter.
Just wonderin if the book should be bio, autobio, mystery, science fiction, legal text, self help, or high school year book! Any ideas?
I am still counting on Sarah to be of help in turning Texas blue. (Should we start calling Gov. Perry “Carribou Ken”?
NYHawk…
It would be nice if we WERE all above that, but in reading what’s written on posts here on a daily basis, (since last August for me…) are we not doing that very thing? Do we not belittle and make fun and question genealogy? Inasmuch as Mr. Van Flein is concerned, ‘it goes to establishing character, your honor’. And qualifications. He is, after all, in a position of importance and noteriety, and as such subject to scrutiny. We do it on a daily basis here and in our own personal lives. I am not without sin. We delve into Saracuda et als personal history in an attempt to get some juicy dirt about them. We act surprised, amazed, even disgusted, and yet we press on. An unfortunate nature of our society. You even called him a ‘punk’. Don’t get me wrong here. I see and appreciate your point. I agree to disagree in the assumption that we remain above all that. Reference the book titles, PhotoShop work, and heartfelt comments of utter disgust at the entire situation. We may poke lightly, but we poke nonetheless. We make it personal as well. Myself included! Does that make us any better? Or is it that we see it for what it is, and them for who they are… and will not be drawn down to their level… a level where they BELIEVE what they say and do. We’ve gone down that proverbial ladder, just never all the way to the bottom rung.
This, I feel, IMHO, is the BEST part of this site… the opportunity to exchange points of view… to listen to one another, not necessarilly to agree, but allow many varied opinions to be expressed and pondered, whole or in part. Thanks for your reply!
I’ll see your two cents, and rasie you two more!
@ Tina Nelson Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 6:05 AM
I very happily went here:
http://democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/609-ian
and proudly showed my support for Ian.
Thank you for giving me hope, Ian.
(wow! i got to feel happy and proud and hopeful on a $arah topic!)
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I just gave my support to Ian too, also.
Please everyone give Ian the support he needs to win that Netroots Nation Scholarship!
”We want to see Ivana,” said Palin, who admittedly smells like salmon for a large part of the summer, ”because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblance of glamour and culture.”
Regardless of her current status as one of the Glamourati (or is that Glitterati? or Twitterati? or Twatterati?) she still smells fishy and always will. No offense intended to the salmon.
My husband is a champion skeptic. His favorite publication is “The Skeptical Inquirer.” So, when he heard the news of $arah Palin’s resignation last week, his Skeptical Radar signaled that something wasn’t right.
At first glance, it’s easy to assume it’s the money, and that was part of it. Ethics violations? She’s been shaking them off like a horse brushes away troublesome flies. He’s sure that something bigger is brewing, more likely at the federal level. For example, just looking those beautiful windows in the beautiful lake home, he reasons that there had better be a beautiful canceled check from the Palin bank account which paid for them. And, the bookkeeping over at the supplier’s office should match.
My husband, the skeptic’s reasoning is that she cut the deal now, while she still had the power to cut the deal. Once any possible charges would be aired publicly, there are no bargaining chips left. But, just the threat of staying in office while fending off more time and money consumming charges (true or false) vs. “I’ll leave right now and we won’t have to worry it anymore”– well, you can see how his reasoning goes.
Besides, her staying in office while fighting off charges (true or false) does not make Alaska look good. Look at the examples of people who remained in office despite their scandal: Larry Craig, David Vitter, Gov.Sanford, Sen.Ensign, all have become punchlines to late night jokes. So, he reasoned, she negotiated her way out while she still had the power to do so. It’s not that she has already cost the state alot of money; it’s the threat that if she stays, she’s going to cost them big time.
Sarah Palin, a commercial fisherman from Wasilla, told her husband on Tuesday she was driving to Anchorage to shop at Costco. Instead, she headed straight for Ivana.
Lies, lies, lies.
LOL!
Great cover…now off to click all those links you guys posted…I’ll never get my housework done!
NYHawk Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 6:54 AM
TO……. BahstinBoyo aka Wrangler Tractor Palin Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 6:34 AM
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I don’t think commenting about how someone looks and wanting to delve into their personal history in the hopes of getting some juicy dirt about them is appropriate. That is exactly what Palin and her kind do. We should be above all that, IMHO.
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NYHawk – I agree about the looks (dressing inappropriately is fair game, though) , can’t help that. I vehemently disagree with you about the personal history, especially attorneys, personnel board members etc. Background checks can speak mightily to the individuals’ ethics, integrity, work history, grasp of facts etc. For instance, have any complaints been filed with the Bar against Van Flein in the past. Where there is smoke? The personnel members should be backgrounded to see if any of them have benefited via Palin in more ways than their jobs. This is not snooping…this is the first step in holding folks accountable. I mean this respectfully.
redwoodmuse
Who IS Ian and why are we voting for him?
Not being snarky, just asking as I think I missed something.
Paula – check out comment #17 on the first page of posts.
# 91 Paula Says:
See Post # 7 from Irishgirl
Levi holds a press conference!!
http://tinyurl.com/ktke9l
CG’s resume checking upthread reminded me of my curiousity about “PEP” (the Palin Educational Plan — Five Colleges for One Degree).
It’s not uncommon for college students to transfer once, even twice, but, until I heard Sarah’s educational background, I had not heard of anyone attending five colleges to get one degree.
Is this more common than I realize, or was there something strange going on with Sarah (or both)?
just gave my support to Ian too, also.
A Story: Sarah Palin and the Playground Bullies
On her first day of school, mother plopped a tin foil hat on Sarah’s head, and wagging her finger, warned the little girl to look out for bullies.
When Sarah arrived for the first day of school, the teacher partnered her with a playmate. Sarah smiled, knowing they’d be friends, because Johnny wore a matching tin foil hat.
At recess Sarah met scores of other children and quickly made friends with Rush, Billo, Anne and Glenn, who wore tin foil hats even bigger than her own!
The next day, Sarah met even more children, but these children weren’t so nice. Unlike the tin foil children, the blogger children liked to laugh at Sarah, especially when they caught her telling lies. And that happened a lot.
Though the bloggers made her mad, the helmeted hoodlums were always there to defend her.
Most days Sarah had fun with her friends making up stories and lies about the bloggers, and those other nasty kids –the media crew, who were constantly trying to expose her in the school newspaper.
When media girl, Katie, wrote about how she could not read, Sarah was livid. When Keith made fun of her grammar she cried. When Diva crayoned on one of her pictures she screamed to the teacher “desecration!”
Sarah’s mother warned her to stay away from the media and blogger kids. Yet, even though she had many friends, she felt the need to get back at them.
She told the teacher about them, but the teacher laughed and said, “Just go play, Sarah.” She told the principle about them, but he just said, “Ignore them.”
She told her mom about them, but she just said, “Don’t explain yourself dear. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.”
Sarah stomped her feet. She heald her breath. She screamed, and hollared, and banged her fists. She killed a turkey. And then a moose. But still the media and blogger kids laughed all the harder.
Unable to ignore the laughter, she left her tin foil friends behind and quit school to return home in tears to the protection of her mother where she pretended to be a home schooler.
The End.
#24 EyeOnYou @ July 11th, 2009 at 4:01 AM: “”Palin Lawyer releases statement on latest ethics complaint: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2009 “”
Isn’t it ‘renumeration’ …?
and ‘perjury’ … rush job or hoax?
just askin’
Van Flein says there are two complaints but only tells about one. I want to know about the other one he doesn’t explain away so easily…lol
Brian aka Snooker Hinge Palin Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 8:15 AM
CG’s resume checking upthread reminded me of my curiousity about “PEP” (the Palin Educational Plan — Five Colleges for One Degree).
It’s not uncommon for college students to transfer once, even twice, but, until I heard Sarah’s educational background, I had not heard of anyone attending five colleges to get one degree.
Is this more common than I realize, or was there something strange going on with Sarah (or both)?
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Our son has been to 3 so far: Started college in 11th grade at Susquehanna University (homeschooled, but not THAT way). After getting diploma, went to Millersville U for 2 1/2 years. After illness, came home to live, now attends close to home Bloomsburg. But that makes more sense than just college hopping… I think so, anyway.
how is ian doing now? i hope we can send this young man to pittsburg. i love to encourage young folk like ian. have a feeling a.k.m. would like us to help him.
love the book cover…….very representative of how Scarah behaves.
“God save us from the Queen”
Scarah is delusional and in my opinion mentally sick. I’m not saying that to be nasty, I truly do think she is a sick person. I don’t know if there is help or a cure, but I do know she has no business anywhere near politics or influencing people.
#90 Redwoodmuse
1. My point is we should not try and get personal dirt on someone just so we can use that information as the basis for an ad hominem attack against someone. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
2. The original commentator only spoke about Palin’s attorney’s “own personal history and past life.” You raised a completely different topic, that: “The personnel members should be backgrounded to see if any of them have benefited via Palin in more ways than their jobs.” I agree. That is a legitimate basis for an inquiry — looking for motives to be dishonest (for example, related to a Palin), or looking for proof of graft, favoritism, accepting a bribe, etc. But, trying to dig up personal “dirt” on the personnel members just to try and smear and embarrass them would not be appropriate.
paula i love your story. now…hm..who does that little girl remind me of?…hmmm?
I just voted for Ian, count was at 97.
#88 mae lewis @ July 11th, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Housegate may be one thng, but there also pending is the charge of embezzlement, from a trust fund her parents control, and the issue of federal loans distributed to SP’s associates in realty and dairy businesses.
See Andrew Halcro’s analysis:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/palins_agriculture_board_got_fraud
Voted for Ian. He was then at 94.
BTW, wonderful Book Cover, Flyinureye!!
What — no Globe & Scepter? Oh, I just got it!!!!
What does the one finger pointing down mean?
Aussie Blue Sky Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:26 AM
@EyeOnYou
I always said Van Flea was an amateur.
Anyone who gets into bed with Mansour comes to grief. Half of $arah’s girlfriends are in bed with Mansour;
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Is that any relation to the Mansour running an All-in-for-Palin web site?
BTW – I’ve posted in ADN about how VanVlein has it wrong on the ethics law. It only regulates the behavior of officers and employees of AK.
NOWHERE in either the executive or the legislative ethics law does it regulate the behavior of citizens filing.
The legislative law requires the legislators to dismiss a complaint if the filer makes it public.
But its not illegal or against the law to reveal what you’ve filed.
The confidentiality provisions are for state employees & Officers.
Wondering if Van Flein has libeled a private citizen by falsely claiming a violation of the law…
say no to politics“i have done bit of reading about these kinds of personalities. i would say each of has known or knows people with personality defects.some of us have even been married to these characters. most psychiatrists won’t have anything to do with them. they are too toxic. they don’t ever get better or change because they don’t see the need to do so.
AKPetMom commented somewhere about the Gov Farewell picnic being held at Iditarod Park. Can’t find the thread now but anyway…
Mudpups have organized some great things in the past so I really hope you guys are planning something. I am assuming the media will be covering her big “Bye-Bye, I’m not a Quitter” send off at Iquitarod Park so please don’t miss the opportunity to show America how many Alaskans really feel about her.
Don’t mean to sound pushy but please…don’t blow this opportunity, seems darned important (o:
Mel Green’s work (& pie chart) on Queen Sarah’s bogus financial claims is highlighted on Daily Kos.
#98 for Ian.
Oh, and Andrew Sullivan has this on Palin’s aspirations when she was just a Glamour Queen in waiting http://bit.ly/mscbW
NYHawk…
My apologies if I misrepresented myself! I SHOULD have said ‘… own personal history and past life AS AN ATTORNEY OF RECORD’. I asumed my intent was clear, but we all know what ‘asuming’ does! The sentences FOLLOWING that which you’ve so graciously quoted help further my point of inquiry! I could care less about who he dated in college and if he ever had an issue with the drink or if it’s boxers or briefs! I stand by my posts, and can say that Redwoodmuse has, in fact, broached the SAME topic, not a different one!
PLEASE see my post at #85…
Always a pleasure… and a priviledge… BB
Michigander #111, et al:
The Gov picnics are Fri 7/24 in Wasilla 5:30pm-8:30pm, Sat 7/25 in Anchorage 12pm-3pm, and the real doozy, Sun 7/26 in Fairbanks (that’s the one where she passes the baton to Parnell) Can’t find a listing for the time of the Fairbanks event….
Hopefully folks will show up in each location to give her a warm send off
lol, Paula, enjoyed your little story. She should have watched “Veggie Tales” this morning, it’s a cute cartoon for young children, the characters are vegetables. It’s the first time I ever watched it, the hubby and I laughed through the whole thing.
It was about the evil “LIE”, how with each lie to cover the previous lie, it grows from small to monster size and tries to consume the veggies, lol. the little veggie child saves himself by telling the truth, then the monster lie shrinks and all is safe.
Moral of the story is don’t lie in the first place, because then negative things happen and the liar is the only one who can “save herself” by fessin up.
I’m looking forward to watching it more often, lol.
Just voted for Ian!
http://democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/609-ian
From his bio:
“I grew up in both Hawaii & Australia, plus some long term visits to Indonesia where I attended a bi-lingual, multi-national school. Not surprisingly, I developed a strong interest in politics and world affairs.”
Remind anyone of another smart kid who grew up to make a name for himself in politics?
Paula@100
Your son’s situation makes sense. Sarah’s educational background, not so much.
After I posted, I had a chance to read Donald Craig Mitchell’s excellent opinion piece posted at alaskadispatch dot com. In attempting to explain much of Sarah’s bizarre behavior, he may have put his finger on the reason for five differenct colleges:
“And when she’s in over her head, Sarah’s instinct is to find a face-saving way to make her way to the nearest door marked “Exit.”
This could be the explanation for Sarah’s college experience. Or, there could be more to the story.
NYHawk…
PS… went to the link… did you find ‘ad hominem tu quoque’?
Therein lies my point.
Just Sayin’ !
Morning Mudpups.
Flyinureye BRILLIANT!
Andrew Halco enplanes the law about confidentiality very well here.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/thursday_morning_comment_frivolity
sorry explains
Seems there’s a lot of stomping out the fires around Quiter $arah, their going to need a whole brigade of firetrucks, then leave her smoldering in the ashes. Must be driving her lawyer crazy, Probably sitting in his office, wondering what the hell is next, Oh well more money in my pocket!!!
Thank you so much Mudpups!!! Ian has 98 votes the last time I checked. I really want to push it so that he has over 100 votes within the next half an hour.
Forgot the link
http://democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/609-ian
Yes we can.
I’m a new reader here at Mudflats, so don’t know if something like this was posted before, but I had looked this up a couple of years ago when I was dealing with a person here who had some really odd behavior – and boy, do I recognize a lot of the same things in Scarah as I did then.
Profile of the Sociopath
This summarizes some of the common features of descriptions of the behavior of sociopaths.
*Glibness and Superficial Charm
*Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
*Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as “their right.”
*Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
*Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
*Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.
*Incapacity for Love
*Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.
*Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others’ feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.
*Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
*Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet “gets by” by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.
*Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others’ lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
*Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.
*Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.
*Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.
but wait, didn’t queenie Scarah just issue a state memo asking for more civil discourse? is Van Flea’s press release civil? are they on the same page? lol
“Hernandez hired her as an unpaid sports intern and taught her how to put together a sportscast, from writing to editing video.”
So did queen Scarah sneak her speech onto the teleprompter? hmmm? no pesky witnesses that way, just askin. It did happen, so who did it?
now THAT is friggin scary!
“Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.”
Rubber Room…
Perfect link and piece by Mr. Halcrow. Is there a way to email the link directly to Mr. Van Flein to afford him an opportunity to retract his erroneous message of earlier? An ‘I stand corrected’ appears to be inorder. At least. Loophole or no, the law is the law, and every AK attorney should be aware. Especially one who has to deal with those very issues. What DOES that say about Mr Van Flein? Talk amoungst yourselves! Discuss!
Illinois Gabster- Boy, that totally describes her, right down to her naughty monkey shoes!!!! yubetcha
Has anybody read the article by Mary Pemberton. It is on the Huffington post about palin on the gun friday show. It is full of lies and half truths.
the complaints were not anonymous and it wasn’t 1.9 million dollars.
This is a list of the complaints.
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/838912.html
and this is the money trail
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142302
@Irishgirl Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 2:53 AM
Hey Guys, I’ve posted about this once or twice. As you know AKM and Shannyn appear to be on their way to Pittsburgh. However, we also want to get someone else there. Ian is an 18 year old young man (and the son of our admin – Lani) who is heavily involved in politics. He would love to win one of the Netroot’s scholarships. He needs more votes though.
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Done. What an impressive young man. A credit to his parents.
We have reached the magic number of 100! Thank you all. But don’t stop now. This young man is the future.
As we know, the law is not broken if an ethics complaint against the Former Gov. $arah is announced. But they say it was. It just doesn’t matter if they lie. Is there anything that stops an atty from lying to the press? A Govt. Press Secretary? If there’s nothing to stop them, why would they? It’s all about saving face and making money.
I just voted for Ian. I think that makes it 100!
this is from last Nov…….I say bring it on. I vote for a Barbara Walters interview. How about a psychiatric evaluation, also, too.
“Tomorrow, Governor Palin could do an interview with any news media on the planet,” said her spokesman, Bill McAllister. “Tomorrow, she could probably sign any one of a dozen book deals. She could start talking to people about a documentary or a movie on her life. That’s the level we are at here.”
“Barbara Walters called me. George Stephanopoulos called me,” McAllister said. “I’ve had multiple conversations with producers for Oprah, Letterman, Leno and ‘The Daily Show.”‘
Just a reminder, this is not an open thread and AKM asked us to behave while he/she goes fishing.
Oops Sorry, sorry, sorry, my bad, it is open.
Seagull Junker Palin Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
As we know, the law is not broken if an ethics complaint against the Former Gov. $arah is announced. But they say it was. It just doesn’t matter if they lie. Is there anything that stops an atty from lying to the press? A Govt. Press Secretary? If there’s nothing to stop them, why would they? It’s all about saving face and making money.
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Thinking out loud here…re: Van Flein’s lies…defamation, intimidation, knowingly releasing inaccurate information, libel/slander, obstructing the filer’s civil rights, oh and NOT KNOWING THE LAW… I’m not an attorney but studied law and worked for four years as a paralegal; also covered lots of activists caught in court cases; and I’ve seen this behavior before. Filing complaints and public ridicule is really the only effective way to stop it.
For AK folks, besides Rex Butler, where are the stand up attorneys up there? I hear nary a peep.
redwoodmuse
hmmmmm, interesting, it says she specializes in white collar government crime.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/860937.html
LOEFFLER: She’d be top federal law enforcement officer for the state.
“She is a long-time Alaskan who is active in her community and has a no-nonsense approach to the law we need in Alaska’s top federal law enforcement officer,” Begich said.
The U.S. Attorney for Alaska is one of 93 U.S. attorneys in the United States and its territories. About 25 lawyers work in the Alaska office, which mainly prosecutes cases brought by the FBI or other federal agencies.”
#135 SayNo…
And she will do all that for FREE?? REALLY?? So the earth IS flat after all!
Levi ‘The Hammer’ Johnston… Hit the nail on the head I see!
Palin on Letterman? To discuss WHAT exactly? At least John Stewart would plug her book, he’s good at that amoungst many other things newsworthy and comedic. Oh wait! That means he would have to INTERVIEW her as well! That’s gonna cost him! ‘Word salad’ is expensive these days!
One more thing, just how MANY ‘spokes-people’ does she HAVE?
136-137 Dr.Patois
Good afternoon Doc! THAT was funny! Laughed aloud… thanks!
ow! hot coffee blown out the nose hurts! Would ya warn me before making
laugh so hard?
AWESOME picture!
See Andrew Halcro’s analysis:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/palins_agriculture_board_got_fraud
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As a retired dairy farmer I find this just absolutely amazing. Cheese is made from the crappiest milk possible and they cannot even produce milk good enough for that? And the debt loads, whoa! The most debt we were ever in was $135K. That was a loan for cows (we rented a farm).
This sounds like the biggest scam I have ever heard of.
The dairy thing still has me with chin on chest. Gasp.
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 8:55 AM
lol, Paula, enjoyed your little story. She should have watched “Veggie Tales”
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She should be familiar with that cartoon, it is a Bible based series (did you pick that up?).
Brian aka: On college -I will also note that our 3 colleges so far son is completely blind and has autism. He at least has an excuse for his change (illness).
She’s just a nutcase who cuts and runs when the going gets hot.
I appologize if someone has posted this already. I didn’t see it here, but on Huffpo.
Saturday am,
Palin’s latest on Twitter: “Problem w/Professional Politicians: They’re more concerned w/holding a title in perpetuity than just accomplishing goals they promised voters”.
Say what? Why did she run for office if she didn’t need a title? What goals does she plan on accomplishing for “the voters” of Alaksa since she just quit? Didn’t she just break her promise to the voters of Alaska by quitting?
She thinks she was at risk of becoming a professional politician by completing one term? Didn’t she just insult all “politicians” out there?
She’s come undone.
Saturday am,
Palin’s latest on Twitter: “Problem w/Professional Politicians: They’re more concerned w/holding a title in perpetuity than just accomplishing goals they promised voters”.
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Will all the milking it GOP “I need a title” losers will enjoy this type of comment when she is campaigning for them? And, yeah, dumb jerks try to accomplish goals. We should just sell the country back to France, England, Spain and Russia and end all this mumbo jumbo… she is insane.
Scarah says she didn’t want to play their game, lol, yeah she wanted to play her own.
I see all this running around the state at the expense of the state another F U to everyone.
Who is spending a lot of state money running around? Promoting herself on each trip. Who is being fiscally responsible with the State of Alaska’s money? She’s havin fun again. No more stuffy office job.
Scarah’s flittering while she’s twittering while she’s littering lies.
And Nero fiddled whilst Rome burned!
@trisha – I’ve been thinking…not that AK wants to keep her, but didn’t SP breach her contract with the electorate? Isn’t that actionable? At least to the extent of recovering costs made necessary by her actions i.e., special session?
redwoodmuse
that twitter is a thinly veiled reference to our President.
We are up to 105 now!!
(((Mudpups)))
I want to know when someone is going to finally call her a traitor. She is. And she will likely prove this time and again. She and all those other gasbags are traitorous. You know what they do to traitors, doncha, soon-to-be-ex-governor- of- a-2/3- term-in Alaska?
I swear, we can expect daily drama from her forever! Here she rigged up a radio call in gig, a love fest for her, while she was “working” of course.
Putting your signature on a bill is working hard? Oh and all you other politicians who don’t want me near them, see she’s accomplishing promised goals.
Give me a break. Signing her name so it looks like she accomplished something during “her” term. Which she considers equal to 2 terms. GAH!
She’s also saying this…….how many were anonymous? she was forced? lol, she asked to be held accountable.
“As governor, she was forced to answer ethics complaints filed by anonymous people, Palin said.”
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/860923.html
hi team. i just wanted to say thank you to everyone for being so supportive yesterday. i was freaked out (which doesn’t easily happen) and you all were amazing. it really meant a lot to me. so thank you so much.
I found this little opinion piece from a link within the story that was on ” Crooks & Liars”. It is by Mike Murphy who is described as a GOP strategist who has worked for McCain Romney.. etc. He doesn’t have nice things to say about $arah… and most of the comments tend to attack him. Where have we seen THAT before.. Hmmm. Here’s the link.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_to_go_forward_gop_must_snap_out_of_its_sarah_palin_spell.html#ixzz0Ku0xN0cJ&D
AKGovSarahPalinProblem w/Professional Politicians:They’re more concerned w/holding a title in perpetuity than just accomplishing goals they promised voters
about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry
… like fulfilling their full term.
“than just accomplishing goals they promised voters”
what exactly has she accomplished? i ask that half sarcastically, because i dont know what she promised to begin with…but i bet it wasnt to be a crazy and corrupt loony tune.
What freaked you out Jhop? I’ve been busy the last couple days and haven’t been able to stay on top of things on my favorite site (Mudflats).
JHop…any news?
grimes PMed me on mudflats. it was so…cteepy. that is the only word i can think to describe it. and i sort of just signed out of here quickly.i felt badly for leaving you all hanging, wondering what the hell just happened.
should we go to chat so our words are not immortalized?
mae lewis Says: July 11th, 2009 at 7:59 AM “My husband is a champion skeptic. …He’s sure that something bigger is brewing, more likely at the federal level. For example, just looking those beautiful windows in the beautiful lake home, he reasons that there had better be a beautiful canceled check from the Palin bank account which paid for them. And, the bookkeeping over at the supplier’s office should match.
My husband, the skeptic’s reasoning is that she cut the deal now, while she still had the power to cut the deal. Once any possible charges would be aired publicly, there are no bargaining chips left. But, just the threat of staying in office while fending off more time and money consumming charges (true or false) vs. “I’ll leave right now and we won’t have to worry it anymore”– well, you can see how his reasoning goes….”
I tend to think along the same lines as your husband, Mae.
But I think it’s worse than we imagine. I believe an “insider” with knowledge of whatever is about to go down probably gave her a July 31st deadline date that she’s be indicted/arrested/served with some kind of warrant by a federal agency, the identity of which we ordinary folks aren’t yet aware of.
If the end of July was her date of denouement, that would explain the panic on the 4th, and the 3 weeks to fly around the state, look busy, and spend lots of the state’s money talking to her in-state base.
This falderol about Schmidt and Campbell vieing for the Lt. Governor position, and who should really have the right to name the Lt. Governor — the outgoing quitter Gov or the incoming new Gov? — I think that’s all a smokescreen to distract a lot of shredding, and a behind the scenes set-up for her to “advise” or “consult” Sean Parnell with some kind of lucrative retainer for her, and lastly she probably is making sure her visa is up to date, so that she’s not only out of Alaska but out of country when the feds come for her.
We stayed in chat a couple of hours last night waiting for an update…but had a good time…
i signed into chat….
Sarah, Vain and Simple. What a hoot!
i came into chat last night too, much later…
i am in there now.
#156 JHop Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 10:18 AM
“than just accomplishing goals they promised voters”
what exactly has she accomplished? i ask that half sarcastically, because i dont know what she promised to begin with…but i bet it wasnt to be a crazy and corrupt loony tune.
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You have to love the series of tubes that make up the internets. Archives are everywhere.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://palinforgovernor.com
I say, if the shoe fits, make it a Naughty Monkey “Thumper”.
Here’s an interesting story on ‘Crooks & Liars ‘ for all those people who say that Faux News is #1… because they tell the truth and so hence they have the ‘highest ratings’. Didn’t happen last week with the M.Jackson coverage.
To me CNN is still so Right-wing bias though. I mean Lou Dobbs is just Glenn Beck in a better suit and the fact that John King is like BFF with Dick Cheney with those interviews he did. Their bias is there and they are short on the details more and more. Just talking points hour after hour.
The story is a smackdown on the Faux News channel though.
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/when-theres-big-event-nation-watches-cn
Hi Honesty –
I cannot stand Lou Dobbs. He’s just a highly paid xenophobe.
Time article – first read impressions.
Actually not so bad. Points to some of Sarah’s behaviors such as not listening to advisors (e.g. John Coale, who said to just ignore the stories).
Premise is that Sarah’s lightweight resume and wild-west style might just be what America wants/needs right now or in the near future. But it is not. IMO, convincing.
Also, SP and Meg’s ‘hallucinated’ (my opinion) connection between the ethics comlaints and the “Obama White House” is not substantiated at all. The authors print the Pete Rouse-Senator Obama-Kim Elton-Preisdent Obama connetion, but don’t in any way explain how that has anything to do with any of the ethics complaits, except tangenitally [sp?] re: Kim Elton was in a leadership position in the AK senate during Troopergate.
My letter to Time will probably be along the lines of that it’s not her lightweight resume that bothers some of us, it’s her behavior and how she reacts to events – too ‘touchy’ to be in any important position, and demonstrates over and over and over (as they document in their very article) that she simply seems to refuse taking advice, even when that advice is sound.
I’ve known a few women like Sarah. People with that type of personality never have true friends. They only have followers. As soon as a follower shows independence, whoosh!! They’re kicked to the curb.
JHop Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 10:15 AM
hi team. i just wanted to say thank you to everyone for being so supportive yesterday. i was freaked out (which doesn’t easily happen) and you all were amazing. it really meant a lot to me. so thank you so much.
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Apparently I wasn’t one of the helpers but hugs to you today & glad to hear you were able to exhale
Totally OT:
I am working on a zucchini article and am looking for the many ways to use them (besides battered and for zucc bread). If you have some great use email me at pjc@dejazzd.com
Thanks pups
New Book title:
“Quitting My Way to Success”
With a supplement on her newest baby named ‘Prop’
Gryphen has some new tidbits on his site..like paying for silence, wounder whats that’s all about??? This has got to be the best soap opera of all time….
Andrew Sullivan posted the Levi interview video. Levi said a lot more than what is being covered about her going for the money. He said BEFORE the campaign she would come home at night (possible hint: I was living there) she was really stressed by the job. He said there was no way she could handle the pressure of being VP or Pres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-c6sGqtVJw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fandrewsullivan.theatlantic.com%2Fthe_daily_dish%2F&feature=player_embedded
WakeUpAmerica Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I’ve known a few women like Sarah. People with that type of personality never have true friends. They only have followers. As soon as a follower shows independence, whoosh!! They’re kicked to the curb
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A few days before she quit, I posted (somewhere) how I thought it was appropriate that on the Sycophants 4 Palin site, their banner has her with back turned. I said get used to that…
Little did I know confirmation would be coming so soon.
Everybody should go look on Andrew Halcro’s blog; he has an article by the editor of the Fairbanks Newsminer (I think that’s it) about how Sarah should just go already, and, basically, STFU, because she never would sit down with the editorial board there to make complaints to them; she would only complain publically, and how out of whack that was compared to former AK Guvs.
One of the comments afterwards was pretty funny: “Well, why SHOULD she talk to the Newsminer; they never even published the fact that all 15 ethics complaints against her were dismissed”…..blah blah LOL
I finally got my “Palin” name. Seems appropriate, somehow. Ian has another vote.
Levi said it plain and simple, she wants the money and couldn’t handle the stress of Gov. how can she be VP or Pres. , “she’s not cut out for the job”
somebody in the comments said the guy she spoke with on the radio, a famous musician, has a hit song about a 10 year old girl getting STD. Is this true? Was the writer squeezing in a little slam by mentioning that song? lol
Someone mentioned a while back something about getting “juicy dirt” on Palin. I thought about that, how one would use casting the first stone story. That story wasn’t about the person being outed; but rather the harsh sentence of death being imposed. When did truth become “juicy dirt?”
During the campaign, I began searching the internet to find out who Palin was, her principles, not just the title she was holding. What I found was distasteful. Then I watched the old press conference and I knew the story she told was a lie. So I searched the internet some more and found photo evidence that substantiated my opinion, a confirmation if you will. Funny how Palin has never attacked the authenticity of all the photo evidence that shows no baby was born while governor before the campaign. Those photos are just a google away, just like those Alaskan bloggers, who I proudly call my internet friends.
If a job applicant said they were qualified because they had a family, 5 kids, one in tow with DS, would that make that person qualified for the position they were applying for? That is what happened. Palin’s work achievements were lacking; thus her motherhood and reproductive achievements were pushed into the forefront of the 2008 presidential campaign in an attempt to sway votes, my vote. So when did the subject become taboo? When it stopped serving her purpose? In my opinion, Palin used her family and family matters as distractions from her lack of leadership skills.
And the fiasco she started about that picture was nothing but a ploy. It should be obvious that it was who it was, Burke; not a peek about Letterman in that same picture a week or so before. I would bet it was really all about Burke’s red t-shirt; distraction is her game.
When good folks exercised their civic duty in an effort to hold Palin accountable as Palin had said, they were dissed by Palin and her agents in an effort to take away the power of the people. Why are folks chastised for their subjective opinions and for using the system to assert their rights? I would consider less than 20 folks out of more than 600,000 constituents nothing but a drop in the bucket. All complaints have merit; some more than others. But I bet not one accused Palin of being an alien; that would be frivolous, of course. So when did holding her accountable become wrong?
I am hoping the ACLU addresses that $25,000 the State of Alaska gave to a Juneau church that had Palin’s name all over it. For that after school, in-home 7-week study program on being a spiritual warfare warrior.
So, I guess what I am trying to say is Palin can only blame herself for playing in the dirt!!
Ted Nugent = Cat Scratch Fever (I think that’s the song they mean)
Molly, thanks for the heads’up. I read Halcro’s blog today but missed that one.
I think it is the height of corruption that Sarah Palin gets to use the lies she told during the gubernatorial campaign to make millions – and still keep all her policies (and minions) in place.
The chaos this woman has brought down on our state is unforgivable. That being said, why would we allow her policies to continue when she has been such a spectacular failure at leading?
If she really wants the “best” for Alaska, doesn’t that mean a new election and not Sarah-lite (aka Sean Parnell)?
Thanks, KaJo, you made my husband’s day!
#180 anon blogger Says:
Funny how Palin has never attacked the authenticity of all the photo evidence that shows no baby was born while governor before the campaign.
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She could have easily stopped the rumors before the baby was born with a photo op of her pregnant and someone else not pregnant. She quickly sent a ‘cease and desist’ notice to one blog (can’t remember the name) but nothing to Palin Deception or any other blogs covering that rumor. Looks like someone’s afraid to be deposed.
anon blogger: I am hoping the ACLU addresses that $25,000 the State of Alaska gave to a Juneau church that had Palin’s name all over it. For that after school, in-home 7-week study program on being a spiritual warfare warrior.
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I have heard from them 3 or 4 times in the last several months. They have something in the works, and not sure of the details. Of course, if she steps down I am not sure it will matter?
We saw Ted in concert a few years back, even then (Bsh era) he was all red white and blue and camo and guns and he was such an a hole I made the husband leave. I detested him from that moment on.
“accomplishing goals they promised voters”…you mean like finishing their terms that they promised to serve?
Victoria has popped in on their blog to say hi and share some pics.
Did you see Obamas press conference where he said “Africa is a continent, not a country…” they’re saying he did it as a Palin joke. God, they think the whole world is about her. They don’t realize it’s just the tabloid, amazing insanity, this women thinks she can do -and get away with anything part. UGH.
Diva is gonna be talkin to Levi tonight! oh how fun, Shannyn then Levi…….Scarah is gonna come unglued.
OMG Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
“accomplishing goals they promised voters”…you mean like finishing their terms that they promised to serve?
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Yeah, how dorky is THAT?
How can this be? She is still up in the polls for a WH run according to the polls:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_sarah_palin_still_popular_despite_quitting_at_alaska_governor.html
Did you ever watch “The Secret”- the film on the law of attraction? Supposedly what we focus on is what we get. If we are focus on our bills (debt), we will keep getting more bills (stay in debt). Focusing on lack creates more lack. Focusing on prosperity draws to us more financial opportunity (then we can pay off the bills.)
According to the law of attraction, the more we think about her, the more she will be there.
Maybe we should be focusing more on Poe, or one of the good guys we want to be the next governor.
just a humble thought
The summer my brother died Ted Nugent was playing the Alaska State Fair. Late one beautiful summer evening my extended family and I went to the Best Western Lake Lucille for dinner. Walking across the loading area in front of the door my small children were nearly hit while holding my uncles’ hand – by Ted, driving his own rented SUV. He swerved into that relatively small parking lot at about 50 mph.
If we hadn’t been grieving, Ted might’ve gotten his ass kicked by a couple of middle aged men from Texas.
I should have seen the omen in that encounter, so close to Sarah’s yet-to-be-built house and her new BFF Ted.
That last tweet just proves, once again, that she is uneducated and frankly, delusional.
Paula at @ #142…The link to Andrew Halcro’s article is an unbelievable story…..a must read for those who missed the Dairy Debacle. Another article talks about that new Palin Dairy being under investigation by the Legislative Audit Committee. I am sure there is more of that dirty little story to come out yet. It was Palin’s first real blunder in her term (er….2/3 term).
Polly, this does not suprise me. Over that last 50 years Americans have become stupier than most people in 3rd world nations. They have no understanding of WHY the founding fathers created seperation of church and state. They have never lived through things -like the Jews did in WWII for instance. American reject science at every turn while the world laughs (and while the same anti-science crowd used antibiotics and cancer treatments). On and on I couyld go. But Gump said it best, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Americans are stupid as He11. Truely sad.
Newt slapped down by fisherman:
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/newt-gingrich-gets-slapped-fisherman-wa
“Newt Gingrich tried to take a page out of Sarah Palin’s playbook and took to the waters for a photo-op. However, a fisherman ripped him.” (a new one – SJP)
BooBooBear Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Paula at @ #142…The link to Andrew Halcro’s article is an unbelievable story…..a must read for those who missed the Dairy Debacle. Another article talks about that new Palin Dairy being under investigation by the Legislative Audit Committee. I am sure there is more of that dirty little story to come out yet. It was Palin’s first real blunder in her term (er….2/3 term).
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Our ag secretary her in PA -Dennis Wolff, is an awesome guy. Really knows his stuff and does his job.
Palin puts someone in the same position who “likes cows.” That is so -Palin, what else can I say.
Try to imagine a Palin White House Admin? We’d have Tripp as sec of state or some wacky thing. She cries socialism, but I feel sure she is the one who wants to be the socialist who controls all things.
I am babbling -too many thoughts at one time!
Comapre and contrast:
Dennis Wolff
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture
Dennis Wolff of Millville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by Governor Edward G. Rendell and confirmed on May 5, 2003.
Wolff is a dairy farmer and owns Pen-Col Farms, a 600-acre dairy cattle operation specializing in purebred Holstein genetics. He currently serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders and Penn State University Board of Trustees.
Wolff was recognized as a Master Farmer in 1994 for his outstanding management skills, land stewardship and role in the agricultural community. Wolff is the President of the Nicholas Wolff Foundation, Inc. and Camp Victory, a non-profit summer camp for handicapped and chronically ill children.
Since becoming Secretary, Wolff has worked with Governor Rendell on a variety of initiatives designed to strengthen Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry, including the Center for Dairy Excellence, PAgrows, Marketplace for the Mind.com, and the PA Preferred marketing program.
Wolff has also made great strides in improving Pennsylvania agriculture’s position regionally, nationally and internationally. He is an appointed member of the Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee to the World Trade Organization; past president of the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture; and has organized and led several trade missions to key trading countries including Mexico and Cuba.
Diva is asking for questions she can ask Levi tonight.
pop on over there, if you’re not signed up, post your question here and one of us can post them for you.
For you researchers in Alaska (Palin connection?):
Coonrod, Metcalfe, and ACLU of Alaska v. State of Alaska
Issue: property tax exemption for religious school teacher housing
Case Number: 3AN-06-8866CI (Superior Court)
Status: active litigation
Summary: In 2006, the Alaska legislature passed a law that exempts from taxation any property owned by religious organizations and used as housing for teachers in religious or parochial schools. Both the U. S. and Alaska Constitutions bar the government from showing favoritism for one religion over another, or for religion generally over non-religion. The ACLU of Alaska believes that this legislation has the impermissible effect of carving out special privileges for religion that do not apply to non-religious interests. The ACLU of Alaska filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Anchorage residents to challenge the law and have it declared unconstitutional. Oral argument was on February 28, 2008.
Prayer at Wasilla Planning Commission Meetings
Issue: Sectarian Prayer at Wasilla Planning Commission Meetings
Status: settled; Planning Commission agreed to cease sectarian prayer at meetings
Summary: In 2005, the Wasilla Planning Commission was opening its monthly public meetings with sectarian prayer in violation of the strict constitutional prohibition of such activity. After receiving numerous complaints from residents of Wasilla, the ACLU of Alaska sent a letter to the City Attorney requesting that the Planning Commission immediately cease this practice. The City Attorney agreed with the ACLU of Alaska’s analysis and advised the Commission on the unconstitutional nature of including sectarian prayer at public meetings. The City Attorney confirmed to the ACLU of Alaska that the Commission agreed to follow his advice.
@Seagull Junker Palin
Thanks for the link. Newt deserved that and more. Go, Mr. Kipp.
Diva states no Levi on tonight. Apparently he “had a better offer …at NBC” and needs to fly there.
So? It will always be good if anyone and everyone booking them (even for books?) has a backup plan, because the Palin and Johnstons seem to have such disregard for “promises” and appointments. “Show me the money” would seem to be a good slogan for identifying these folks. They are only interested in the highest bidder, which is probably the only ones their promoters are interested in as well.
Paula, whether Scarah is out of office or not, it does matter if she did something wrong or underhanded while in office. Just because she’s walking away doesn’t mean her credibility and accountability don’t count. She’s still responsible for decisions she’s made. And further more, if she is guilty of any wrong doing she deserves her reputation to be tarnished. She doesn’t get a halo if she doesn’t deserve it.
@jhop – I peeked at the chat again late last night. Saw you were with friends so I stopped worrying.
# Eye On You..I think the letter from Van Fleece is very interesting and very important. What does Mr. Ward’s past have to do with his ethics complaint? I think those were just listed so VFlee could point out that Rex Butler had been Mr. Ward’s attorney? Is this a shot across Butler’s bow? An attempt to malign Butler by suggesting these are the types of clients Butler represents? I am not a lawyer, but it is it usual to vilify a person in the press before evidence has been presented?
I hope she took money for appearances and I hope it was from John Ziegler. Now that would be poetic justice.
I have also looked for the Van Fleep letter on the web, only able to find it on one site. Apparently, it was for immediate release on proPalin sites (sorta like the spreadsheet that took days to materalize). Which makes me wonder how they get these things ahead of everyone else?
Every time I see a picture of “the house”, I am struck anew by how ugly it is. You would think for 1/2 a mil, you could get something more attractive. I don’t live in AK nor have I ever been, but I wouldn’t think it would be common practice to put that many huge windows on a house in the frozen North. Heating bills must be astronomical.
Now for a positive note…Sarah Palin and her family is the best soap opera in America. I try not the miss a single episode.
…try not to miss. I’m having the hardest time being coherent these daze.
Re: $arah & Levi, et al……
“How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm. After they’ve seen Paree”
Betzy, actually if you think about it, it may be in Diva’s best interest not to get in the middle of Levi and Scarah’s mess. Diva has enough wrath comin her way.
Let the big guys be the bad guys, at least we gave them plenty of fodder to ponder, lol……or we could repost our questions to the tv website, lol, since the bloggers seem to be more on top of “what” should be done and “what” should come out.
And let Levi make good money, he deserves is more than Scarah. Did you read on Gryphen’s site her book deal is for 10 million dollars. AHHHHH, she so does not deserve that money. And here she’s milking her cult groupies, shameful.
I’m amazed that I heard the other site has spent the week trying to justify the bogus spreadsheet. I’m a die-hard on many things, but I haven’t had my loyalty tested that hard yet. Blind Faith.
# 207 @ pearl89
Van Fleece’s letter is now posted in several places, including Sarah’s Facebook page:
Google this phrase: “When Governor Palin announced that she would be resigning, in part” to find it.
JHop…
Make sure you read Phil Mungers piece on Progressive Alaska posted today. He comments on the ADN story that was talked about earlier and to which you had some opinion. His comments are right in line with what you were saying and backs up your point.
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/
Paula at #200-Wow…our Director of Agriculture could not hold a candle to yours, Dennis Wolff. Our Francie Havemeister once owned a basket business, loved cows as a child and worked part time real estate for Kristan Cole……(Palin’s best friend and also the SOLE Trustee for the Alaska Trust Fund AKA $arah $lush Fund.) Francie also is the daughter in law of Palin’s childhood babysitter and largest dairy farmer (one of 5 left) in the state. So, don’t you think that would qualify her for a $95,000 job with these illustrious qualifications? Sheesh…….only under the Palin administration does stuff like this happen.
Some one on the Mcclatchy blog said someone should file an ethics complaint to open the books, to find out where all the money went. Is that possible, like an audit to find out a detailed account of where all the money went????
189 Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Victoria has popped in on their blog to say hi and share some pics.
What are you talking about? Who’s Victoria? What blog? Photos of what?
MORE information, please?
BooBooBear, “…a $95,000 job…”
You mean $126,825, don’cha? Remember, you gotta add in that 33.5% fringe benefits thing, you know, the cost to the state of employing staff.
Sarah makes $167,000, not $125,000. Without perdiem, car, lunch money, travel expenses, reimbursables.
Good Afternoon antiAntiMibbit!!!
honestyinGov,
I just went to Phil’s site that you speak in #213. There is so much going on in that post, it took me 3 times glancing through the post to even notice it.
#80 anon blogger @ July 11th, 2009 at 7:24 AM “”"Don’t know if anyone has mentioned this. Googling “insurance fraud palin” I found:
COMMENT #22 blady said: Palin is about to be indicted for insurance fraud. She is not the mother of Baby Trig; but claimed the maternity benefits for his birth.
The BRAD BLOG – http://www.bradblog.com/ “”"
That is clear proof the Brad Blog reads PalinDeceptions.com because I posted a question about that very item a week ago on PD.
@BahstinBoyo aka Wrangler Tractor Palin Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 9:48 AM
#135 SayNo…
And she will do all that for FREE?? REALLY?? So the earth IS flat after all!
Levi ‘The Hammer’ Johnston… Hit the nail on the head I see!
Palin on Letterman? To discuss WHAT exactly? At least John Stewart would plug her book, he’s good at that amoungst many other things newsworthy and comedic. Oh wait! That means he would have to INTERVIEW her as well! That’s gonna cost him! ‘Word salad’ is expensive these days!
One more thing, just how MANY ’spokes-people’ does she HAVE?
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I don’t believe any of that for a nano-second. That is just to hype her “star power”. If any of these invitations were true for an instant, don’t you think she would have jumped on at least ONE of them. Not Oprah or Leno or even The View? She keeps playing coy like she’s playing a fish on the line and it keeps blowing up in her face. She can only “tease” for so long, before no one cares any more – witness the “un-invite from the Repubs.
LiladyNY@220
I think those offers are from last year.
Great work…. again, flyinureye. Scary good.
BTW….Her left index finger is problematic:
-Has she stopped with the “audibles” and now going with hand signals?
-Has her “Number One” status lost its erection?
-Has she just finished poking her loyal subjects in the eye?
-Is this her idea of being a good “point” guard?
-Is she pointing at the pile of hooey that she’s leaving in the Queen’s office?
-Has she just completed a prostate exam on her favorite attorney lap dog?
-Was Freud right about “penis envy?”
So many questions. So little time to laugh at her.
Flyinyreye – great visual for the book cover. Well done!
I voted for Ian.
Everyone have a great day – it’s beautiful here, if a little warm for me. We can all use a quiet weekend.
All I Saw @197:
What a really crappy “brush with fame”…
had been MY family he wouldn’t have had to worry about middle-aged men from Texas… grieving Kentucky women would have kicked his ass (and his SUV also too for good measure).
@CG:
Victoria is at Anonymous Bloggers, listed over on the right side of this page under the “Other Alaska Blogs” listing.
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/
Only her and her rabid followers would think of her that way.Has any one seen the movie Angles & Demonds or rerad the book. I am reading it now I know it is fiction but a lot seems to come from reality
@Dr. Patois Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
LiladyNY@220
I think those offers are from last year
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Ah. Thanks for clarification. I still stand on my fishing premise, though. : )
And I think someone should take up the fact that she’s costing the state how many umpteen $$$ flitterin’ and twitterin’ all over Alaska! Since she’s so conscientious about how many dollars the state spends and all. Also too therefore. And she should stop twitting. She’s giving truth to the rumor that she’s an idiot.
@jojobo1 Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Only her and her rabid followers would think of her that way.Has any one seen the movie Angles & Demonds or rerad the book. I am reading it now I know it is fiction but a lot seems to come from reality
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That is a great book. I liked it much better than The DaVinci Code. I saw the Angels and Demons film recently, and it had me sitting on the edge of my seat! Excellent.
@ 205 Paula – The only connection to the prayer at the planning commission meetings is this: She appointed Pastor Stan Tucker to the planning commission. We have been stuck with him as chairman of that commission for years. The good news is we now have term limits, and he will have to leave for at least a year after his term ends in December of this year.
trouble posting, just testing, sorry
About that other site:
Sarah and Meg keep refusing to take any responsibility for anything said or done by their followers on that site, yet from the fast postings to their sites of things that have not yet appeared elsewhere, it looks like there is direct contact.
Given that there is this closeness and they are using her likeness and promoting her, she should take responsibility to remind her following to play nice and not engage in the kinds of personal attacks against others that they so abhor against her.
ValleyIndependent Says:
July 11th, 2009 at 4:11 PM
About that other site:
Sarah and Meg keep refusing to take any responsibility for anything said or done by their followers on that site, yet from the fast postings to their sites of things that have not yet appeared elsewhere, it looks like there is direct contact.
Given that there is this closeness and they are using her likeness and promoting her, she should take responsibility to remind her following to play nice and not engage in the kinds of personal attacks against others that they so abhor against her.
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Ivy Frye is supplying them.
Holy cow – check out Peggy Noonan at the Wall Street journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124716984620819351.html
“A Farewell to Harms: Palin Was Bad for the Republicans – and the Republic”
“What she is, is a seemingly very nice middle-class girl with ambition, appetite and no sense of personal limits.”
But the enchanting part is the way Noonan dissects the prevailing Palin mythology and shoots down every piece of it.
And the scary clincher:
“Here are a few examples of what we may face in the next 10 years: a profound and prolonged American crash, with the admission of bankruptcy and the spread of deep social unrest; one or more American cities getting hit with weapons of mass destruction from an unknown source; faint glimmers of actual secessionist movements as Americans for various reasons and in various areas decide the burdens and assumptions of the federal government are no longer attractive or legitimate.”
Twits like Palin need not apply.
flyinyoureye…Great cover and congts again…Irish girl..Just put my vote in for Ian…Hope he makes it…
OMG Mudpups……3.30 am here in Ireland. I was asleep, woke up and checked out how Ian’s votes were going. He has 134 votes!!! You guys ROCK.
Thank you all so much. Looks as if we will have 3 representatives!!! Way to go….I am so excited I will never get back to sleep now!
Good blog about SP Vain & Simple:
http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2009/07/emperor-has-no-clothes.html
If this title hasn’t been mentioned before, I could see “THE NONCURIOUS CANDIDATE” as the title to her book.
Pretty disgusted with TIME having her on the cover – will she ever go away??? LOL…she looks fake just like the running article.