Reminds me of my first plane trip 40 years ago – in a DC 10, I think – that just skimmed the clouds. I took a billion pictures of the great billows and couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. But there weren’t glaciers underneath. Very nice AKM. Thanks
sooooo…….is anyone noting what Gov Parnell is doing? have any opinions on the actions he’s taking? I’m curious. He appears to be adding staff, is this because people are leaving?
“EDUCATIONAL . . . Former Sen. Pete Kelly is the governor’s new special assistant on education, labor, natural resources and education, including UA issues. He served in the Legislature with Parnell and has been a lobbyist for UA for about five years. His appointment should make life easier for the university, no?
Kelly will be stationed in Fairbanks, according to the announcement.
And of course, you all read about Sen. Gene Therriault, a longtime Parnell pal, resigning to work for the governor. Remember how much fun Sarah had filling a vacated Senate seat?”
I also got a kick out of this, lol, way to go Ms. Heinz. It’s from the link I just posted.
“What’s not on the list is interesting, too: a white, beaded vest given to Sarah in 2007 at an Institute of the North conference in Talkeetna. It was from artist and former legislator Cheryll Heinz. Years after one might have expected it be reported as a gift, the governor’s office returned it, saying it was a loan. Skeptical Ear checked with Cheryll. Here’s what she wrote back:
“It was my vest – I had it in my antique store – it was beaded by a local Native man. When I realized that she was not really interested in Alaska anymore, I asked Sean Parnell to deliver this message: ‘Since the vest was presented to you as a loan to wear as governor of our state – and now since you seem to be eyeing something other than being our governor – please return it.’
ya see, reporting gifts really is kinda a big deal. Did Scarah declare the Red Socks tickets? And really, why the H*ll has she been allowed to file so delinquently? 30 days is 30 days! over a year is NOT a timely manner.
“Specifically, the indictment alleges that during this time, Cooper solicited and received from Abramoff and his colleagues thousands of dollars worth of tickets to sporting events and concerts; that Cooper and his companions allegedly received free or discounted meals and drinks on dozens of occasions at a restaurant controlled by Abramoff; and that Cooper, at Abramoff’s invitation and expense, allegedly hosted a Super Bowl party for his friends at another restaurant Abramoff controlled. The indictment also alleges that Cooper, rewarded and influenced by the tickets and meals solicited and received from Abramoff and his associates, agreed to use his official positions at VOA and the Department of Labor to advance Abramoff’s interests and those of his clients. In addition, the indictment alleges that from approximately 1998 to 2000, Cooper received from Abramoff and his colleagues thousands of dollars worth of tickets to concerts and sporting events while Cooper was serving as a Congressional staffer.
The indictment also charges Cooper with concealing his relationship with Abramoff, Abramoff’s colleagues and clients and the public by, among other things, failing to report certain gifts received from Abramoff on his annual financial disclosure forms, as he was required to do as a high-level official in both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. In addition, the indictment charges Cooper with making false statements on his 2003 and 2004 Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Reports. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Cooper reported he had received no gifts from a single source with an aggregate value of more than $260 during those years, when allegedly he had received from Abramoff many tickets to concerts and sporting events that required disclosure.
Finally, the indictment charges Cooper with obstructing a grand jury investigation by making false statements to federal law enforcement officials and to the grand jury, and by providing investigators with certain documents that he maintained proved his statements regarding alleged free meals were true, when allegedly he knew that they did not.”
I’d much rather be floating along all peaceful and serene with those beautiful clouds than catching up on the news this morning. Zen moment, much needed!
We’ve got self proclaimed “2nd most hated woman in America”, Michelle Bachmann, making sure that the seniors stay terrified about death panels and calling on good Americans who care about their country to fast and get down on their knees to pray for health care reform to fail: http://tinyurl.com/o85tsd
(not even kidding, in the least . these folks are kicking up the crazy 10 notches and there’s no end in sight )
Regarding the new torture report. First, it sickens me.
Secondly, all those people screaming “we want our Country back” don’t seem to have a problem with the fact that “their country”—became a nation that tortured prisoners.
How about this—-I want MY country back. The America that didn’t torture and stood for something good in this world. Thank God Obama is our President.
Those protesters who are screaming that President Obama is a nazi, a communist, a socialist, a marxist, etc, because he is trying to fix healthcare, never uttered a word during the Bush years when American soldiers (plus, soldiers from many countries & Iraqi civilians) died in the Bush/Cheney war……. and America began torturing prisoners.
They are having screaming fits over trying to fix the healthcare system yet they could give a damn that “their county” is responsible for torture.
I actually read a post from one of these anti-Obama/anti-healthcare/pro-torture citizens and he said, America has done good things in this world, so we should have some “wiggle room” regarding torture. OMG…did he just say that?
I’m saddened and stunned.
I wonder if Cheney’s silence (the last few weeks) has anything to do with this report coming out. He had to know it would point the finger at him—and it does.
Say NO to Palin – She’s being protected on many fronts at the moment, at least that’s my take on it. She’s got this big ol’ religious “infiltrate the world and take it over” group that has tentacles all through Washington and big business, and they are covering her butt from their end Then there’s non-religious cult wackado GOP faction that is most likely helping to cloak her in whatever way they can, in order to keep the overall Republican party from tanking completely. If it ever came out that darling Palin was a complete cheat and liar, that’d be that. It’d take them a long time to recover. Right now they can kind of deal with it as long she’s being perceived by most as mavericky and even a bit colorful by way of kooky. It’s balanced out by her adoring fans that will follow her to the ends of the earth. And those of us who see her for exactly what she is have been painted as fringe haters in Obama’s pocket. But if the truth came out then all those in the middle would run to the left, we would be vindicated and the right that supported her would look like idiots.
We need someone with money to put together a proper investigation. Maybe we need to organize a Palinpalooza with concerts happening simultaneously throughout the country. Ticket proceeds would go to the “Damn ‘RIght’ – We See What You’re Doing” fund. Personally, I want to see investigations in to Palin’s doings as well as this freaky religious movement and all the creepy politicians that are involved in it.
trisha – we all hear that, absolutely ! The kicker is that
10am and I’m already riled up and talkin’ to myself . Gonna be a long day !
@10 Trisha says:
all those people screaming “we want our Country back” don’t seem to have a problem with the fact that “their country”—became a nation that tortured prisoners.
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I was frothing about the same thing this morning. My guess is that there are many of this extreme right group that has noooo problem with the torture. I’ve heard a lot of that around here. As far as they’re concerned the prisoners should’ve been dealt with even more harshly. These people work from a different reality. (and i’m not saying that sarcastically) Their truths, their values and even their version of God is not the same as others. It’s truly another world. I’ve trying like heck to understand it.
Trisha (10)
Agreed, I want MY country back, the one that had a Constitution that had some teeth in it. For that matter, I want OUR Constitution back too!
BuffaloGal (11)
What I would like to see is every single lawyer that squirmed and danced around the Constitution to claim it was “legal” to use torture – I want ‘em disbarred. Disbarred, discredited and anything else I can think of. I’d add torture to the list, but gee… we don’t torture people, y’know?
In general, I’m not terribly impressed by the “haste” (lack of) in restoring our Constitution to its pre-2000 condition. This is not the “change” I voted for. Or thought I was voting for.
I find I’m having to remind myself that it is early days yet, and we will have to deal with the hand we’ve been dealt (or dealt to ourselves). Then I remember what the alternative was and give thanks that we’ve got what we do have.
I agree that Scarah is being protected by “bigger” groups who are in self preservation mode. The GOP and McCain would be further embarassed if the truth came out about P. It also explains why Palin called Cheney right before she quit. Who better to plan a covert operation than the prince of darkness…..Cheney.
I think they are controlling the message and their puppet—so to speak.
@12 BuffaloGal: I have tried to understand them too, but I’m baffled.
The whole “Christian–Jesus “N Guns” movement is beyond my comprehension. This new breed of “Christian’s” that stir up hate and division (for which Palin is a role-model) is something I will never understand.
They are so “off-message” yet they are convinced that they are God’s chosen ones. Remind anyone of the Taliban? They too are convinced that they are cutting off hands of voters—in the name of God.
lettersfromeurope – i’m getting an error. maybe the link that’s being used is from the wrong page within the transaction process. Snoskred? Can you shine a light for us ?? Thank you!
And, I’m not quite sure what to make of this little nugget of insanity. (which rhymes with Hannity) Seems he is open to making a run for the white house in 2012 if God asks him to.
***** Hannity said he would consider entering the front lines of the political fray if God directs him.
Later in the program, a member of the audience asked what the host thought of a Hannity-Palin ticket.
The studio audience erupted in applause.
Hannity asked: “Would any of you really want me to run?”
Re: the Strongheart Memorial Fund button not working – I think perhaps you can only access the paypal function by way of the actual button that is generated by paypal. Is there a site for the memorial fund that has the original paypay “donate” button on it ?
I guess God has his work cut out deciding whether to send signs to Hannity, Palin, Prejean and many others to enter the political fray. If Hannity and Palin both are told to run, does that make God a two-timing liar?
On Strongheart Memorial Fund: Thanks for getting back to me and letting me know you get the same error message. I sent a message to AKM via Facebook, which she will get in her morning, which is my evening I guess. Patience.
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Wow…I just read the Bachman article and she’s gone (even further) over the edge, along with her batsh!t crazy cohorts. Yeah sure, I really want to trust ANYthing that comes out of the mouth of Virginia Foxx after she stood in front of Matthew Shephard’s mother and called his murder a hoax. How downright evil!
The only positive thing about this ramping up of insanity is that more and more reasonable, intelligent people are seeing them for the dangerous and cruel liars they are. The wingnuts will follow them no matter how far into Crazy Town they go, but the independents and more moderate conservatives will start fleeing in droves. What’s that old saying? “Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.”
I want MY country back, too – the one that was respected around the world and held up as a model of integrity and compassion. The country that apologized when it did wrong and told the truth even when it hurt. Haven’t seen much of that in the last 8 years.
And exactly WHAT is wrong with our president apologizing for making a mistake or doing something that causes pain to others????? Makes him a better man and us a more honest country as far as I’m concerned.
I find this very fishy, McCain actually had dinner with Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi, in Libya, on the 15th August, according to his twitter. Gaddafi was very interesting apparently.
I sure hope that you New Yorkers aren’t still interested in Rudy G. Hard to picture him as gov. of NY. Of course, SP would be happy. I’m sure he would find a place for her in his administration. Talking about WWlll..
will they or will they not impeach him? it sounds like the Senate really wants to, they’ve asked him to resign and he refuses, lol…….a little embarressing? Wonder what the guys at C-Street House are thinking, cut him loose? I bet so.
This is insane. You have to click the link and read the comments,they must all be Mudpuppies.
Bachmann: Prayer and fasting will help defeat health care reform
By Paul Demko 8/24/09 4:35 PM
Photo: MnIndy
On Wednesday Rep. Michele Bachmann was part of a star-studded “teletownhall” meeting to discuss health-care reform. The event, billed “Keeping Faith with the Unborn,” was sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion advocacy group. The organization’s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, claimed that there were some 350,000 listeners on the line.
Bachmann was joined by North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, most famous for calling Matthew Shepard’s murder was a “hoax,” and former Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, who made national headlines by refusing to concede after losing her re-election contest November. But even with such veteran political pugilists sharing the phone line, Bachmann managed to distinguish herself during the 90-minute phone call.
The 6th district Republican quoted the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, attacked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for receiving political contributions from a medical doctor who was murdered in May, and called on everyone to get down on their knees and pray that health care reform fails. Bachmann didn’t always make sense, but she undoubtedly scared the living daylights out of anyone on the line.
Bachmann repeated the myth, adopted early by Sarah Palin, that the health-care plans being debated in Congress would set up “death panels” to determine which old folks are entitled to health care. “Thank God that Sarah Palin said that,” she told the callers. “These are true.”
In response to a caller from Minnesota who wanted to know if there was a plan afoot in Washington to require all medical doctors to perform abortions, Bachmann didn’t exactly shoot the suggestion down.
“Unless we explicitly restrict these items, I think we can fully expect that these radical pro-abortion individuals could very likely make those decisions,” she told the caller. “All of us who have labored tirelessly in the pro-life cause for years and years and years, we know what these people are capable of. That’s why they have to be tied down by restrictions explicitly in law.”
She also suggested that it might be some kind of religious destiny that hardy souls such as herself are in Congress at this time.
“We all need to consider that in God’s timing that he may have allowed us, as members of Congress, to be in the position that we’re in just for this specific issue right now,” she said. “Everything that all of us have worked together and labored for over the years, all of it could be undermined with this one bill. President Obama realizes that. The radicals that are on the pro-abortion left, they realize that. They could win it all. And the unborn, and the vulnerable, the disabled and those at the end of life could lose it it all.”
But it was Bachmann’s fervent call to utilize prayer and fasting to beat back health-care reform efforts that was the true highlight of the call.
“That’s really where this battle will be won — on our knees in prayer and fasting,” she told the listeners. “Remember: faith without works is dead. So we’re asking you to do all of it: pray, fast, believe, trust the Lord, but also act.”
An Andree comment from ADN, thanks Andree! Why is Parnell putting these new positions in Fairbanks?
“Therriault said the position will be based out of Fairbanks…This is a new position in state government that Parnell is creating; no one has had it previously. Therriault said the final salary hasn’t been set but the range is from $90,000 to $109,000 a year.”
“Henry Waxman’s move last week to ask insurance companies for their full records on compensation and perks is as consequential as any member of Congress has made in the fight over health care reform, because it has the potential to change the entire narrative around the issue. It’s seen as so successful on Capitol Hill, in fact, that Jay Rockefeller is supplementing it.
A U.S. Senate Democrat asked the top 15 health insurers to explain what portion of premiums go to profits versus patient care, putting further pressure on the companies to explain their business practices as Congress considers sweeping health reform legislation.”
What an incredible photo to wake up to this morning! I am humbled.
Meanwhile, I read in the comments that the Strongheart Memorial Fund button is not working at the moment, but decided to try, anyway.
This is when I noticed the logo being used and that in itself seems rather Zenish (is that a word) to me. Though simple it really says it all and is complex in many ways.
The Strongheart family being enveloped by native culture. The heart, comedy/tragedy, Ying/Yang…monochromatic, but the choice of brown was a good one. I only wonder what symbolism I missed. For example – the two outer rings? I just found myself staring at it and in its simplicity its power just shines through.
Bonjour à tous!
Would it not help enormously if a law was passed whereby an individual running for public office be obliged to have an INDEPENDENT psychological evaluation by a specially appointed board, and that the results be in the public domain. We seem to be constantly shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted -a waste of time, energy, money, and resources. I can see no other way to reduce the number of people with sociopathic/borderline tendencies who are elected to position of power. It would not be foolproof as it is well documented that many sociopaths are so clever they convincingly mask their real identities for years and years, but it would expose the less clever ones – as in Madame Butterfly.
BuffaloGal and Trisha–Leah Burton writes a wonderful blog about dominionism–the so called “religious” people trying to take over government, business, education, etc. (the Seven Mountains).
She is very knowledgeable about this subject and about Alaska. Her first blog is:
Buffalo Gal; I read the Bachman article. From my perspective, the (church) is going through a real identity crisis. It seems to be splitting. From what we read lately, politicians and those in power who are churched, are the biggest hypocrites around, USING christianity as a prop, just like someone we know who uses kids. This (prayer/scripture/God is on our side) PROP is a pathetic way to get votes. But, JMO, God will not honor any of that. He won’t be used. He hates hypocrisy.
Jesus said, “you cannot serve God and mammon”. “No man can serve 2 masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.”
The Michelle’s, Sarah’s, Newt’s, etc. know this. But they persist to infiltrate the political arena, using the (my faith in God) as a prop, to get fame, fortune, and reverence. If, these people really were concerned about the the future, and health care reform, they would have been going through the normal venues, studying legislative texts, and/or getting a political law degree, work at the federal level, trying to bring about improvements for the people.
But, these, prefer to make grandstanding references to their great faith, thinking that if they show themselves religious, and request fasting and prayer, that God will change laws for them. That is a mockery and offense to the vast majority of christians.
And the lies, the lies, the exaggerations, the smirk assurance and haughtyness of these who think that God just goes along with them……..if there are any christians reading this, please know these are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
One more thing, bible scholars have suggested, from trying to unravel Revelations, that in the last days, the nations will be dominated by one Government, one Economy, and eventually one man who will rule them all ( it sounds like Lord of the Rings). These so-called christian politicians would love nothing better to scare people into thinking this is where we are headed. But, they would love nothing better than to take the reins of power, thus, fulfilling the great prophecy of the end times, that the nasty Anti-christ system would be created by con artists cloaking themselves as religious.
One more thing, a person can be religious, have faith in their God, and quietly show himself/herself approved, by bringing about change through hard work. It’s that individual that I see as a true lover of the things of God. Not someone who boasts and brings up their convictions to a crowd of fanatic devoted applauding followers. Whew, man, I need an aspirin!
Yes it is getting curiouser & curiouser. You do wonder what is going on now. Are we really allowing the wingnuts & opportunists to have their way. The media seems to be on some mindless vacation. Barack needs to get the ball rolling. The left is getting very frustrated & so are some of the rest of us.
Beautiful photo…maybe I lshould try a little Zen. Om
Tell Sarah to stop spreading lies about Health Care Reform @ Americasn United For Change.
If we don’t confront the outright lies and liars as we did in 2008 then we allow the health insurance industry and their Republican supporters to swift boat health care reform. Take a minute to send a personal letter to Sarah Palin asking her to stop lying about health insurance reform.
What a good idea. I remember when our last president was elected there were many psychologists & others who were rather vocal wiith the fact that they thought he was one crazy dude, but as usual it was just shined on & voila. There is the theory that you have to be crazy to run for office. The least we can do it one term limits so we can drive them out in four years if they are not institutionalized prior to the end of their term.
Mirage 18–The logo for the Strongheart Memorial Fund is based on traditional Yup’ik mask designs. I don’t know who did it, but it would be instantly identifiable to any Alaskan who pays attention to cultural images as being Yup’ik. It’s lovely. I’d have to check the book on the Yup’ik mask exhibit that was done years ago for confirmation, but I believe the rings around the outside are supposed to represent the universe or our world.
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GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramblesays:
One more thing, bible scholars have suggested, from trying to unravel Revelations, that in the last days, the nations will be dominated by one Government, one Economy, and eventually one man who will rule them all ( it sounds like Lord of the Rings).
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I’m a preterist with regards to Revelation and believe that all of the events of Revelation were fulfilled during the period of the Roman Empire. Preterists include F. F. Bruce, William Barclay, R. C. Sproul, and James M. Efird (who wrote a great book- Revelation for Today).
Wondering whether the people who think terrorists should be tortured also believe in hell. I would expect a correlation of these beliefs.
Usually the process of becoming President requires so much time in public, and so much examination, that we seem to end up with sane people in charge. The lack of vetting of SP is an example of how that process was bypassed.
McCain is scheduled, according to, OFA website, to be in Sun City, AZ today@11 AM until 1PM. It will be held at Grace Bible Church. Sun City is an elderly community. When I use to work there years ago; the motto was you can work here but not live here unless you were 65 and over. There are a number of individuals scheduled to be there to greet him. However, the Huffington Post has the OFA scheduled to be in Phx, tomorrow (8-26-09) for an open town hall meeting with McCain.
Likewise, there will be a district, Congressman phone town hall meeting (Democrat) at the same time. These events will be held when it starts to get dark in AZ. Remember the assault weapons? in Phx. Can’t be at McCains. I will be trying to across town in the middle of rush hour traffic. These are bad traffic hours. However, I did sign up to listen on the phone. Hopefully, there will be a connection.? Him and I are not strangers. The Congressman, for the District, is more of a Blue Dog but is a nice person.
Senator Kyl, is to have a town hall meeting on Monday (8-31-09) from 7-9 pm. But the location has not been announced. I really plan on being at this one. Again, during the night hours. Of course, alot of people will be off from work. Tired and angry?? but protected by there 2nd Amendment rights. More people signed up for Kyl than McCain. Why? Kyl is worst!!
There also, are rallies that are going to be held in Tempe and Mesa. The cops are going to be kept busy!! Other cities are joining.
I had a crisis at work yesterday that I think only Mudpups could understand. I supervise volunteers who advocate for the needs of elderly patients in nursing homes. Yesterday I was working with a retiring volunteer and the new vol. who is replacing her. The lady who is retiring is a very conservative “Christian”, who’s proselytizing has been a problem in the past. She wanted to introduce the new vol. to a resident in the home who is also of the same conservative, religious ilk. Their conversation quickly turned to health care, and “how wondeful” it’d be if there is a Huccaby/Palin ticket in the next election. I did all I could to not comment, thinking that these elderly ladies deserved some respect, and that it was not my place to make ANY political or religious statements while on the job. But when one of these Christian ladies stated that maybe Huccaby/Palin whould “get rid of that [insert n-word here] for good”, I lost it. I said that I couldn’t stand there and listen to people who claimed to be Christians prove to be so hateful, and that if they were going to talk like that, I was leaving. And I left. It was tremendously unprofessional, but I really couldn’t stand it. I am a little ashamed and embarrassed about not being able to control myself, but hearing this out of the mouths of two little old ladies who are professed Christians was too much.
On another front, I learned today that the Arizona Republic, the state’s most conservative nesletter, printed my “Open Letter to John McCain” today. No answer as yet from the Senator. Maybe he’s still hanging out in Libya?
#41 Phoebe
I believe there are two types of people that run for office, type #1 are those that want power, money and control, and then type #2 (which some could understandably call ‘crazy’ ) who seeks office with the intend to try and make this world a better place for ALL, whilst knowing that many of his endeavors will be met with obstacles, abuse, ridicule, and in many instances downright dishonesty – by type #1. As for a one term limit, that is a splendid idea if one has a bad president, but would not be good for the country if you had the ‘right’ man – which you appear to have now. President Obama is going to need his two terms to get America back on its feet, and to try to undo untangle the sordid and deadly mess of Afghanistan and Iraq (which resulted in worldwide repercussions), created by the Bush administration. And while I know he cannot run for a third term, should he succeed in undoing all the wrong of the last 8 years, in the coming 8 years, then I certainly would consider him crazy to even wish he could run for a third term !
Mag the Mick–Good for you for standing up for what’s right and calling them on their un-Christian like behavior. They’ll get over it, or they won’t, but I don’t see as how it will hurt you. AND, congrats on the letter being published. That’s a coup if I’ve ever seen one (and no, he’s prob. not still in Libya, based on what Claw Washout Palin says his schedule says…).
rebekkah @ 39 – I recommend the following sites if you want to really get in to the nitty gritty of the dominionism/ 7 mountain religious movement. It’s like extreme evangelical / pentecostal on steroids with a hefty dose of multi-level marketing and cult mind-control mixed in.
As LisanTX mentioned @38 , Leah Burton’s site has a lot of great info
I also suggest googling : talk2action – click on the “palin information” link on the left hand side of the page. Bruce Wilson and others on talk2 have done fabulous things with this topic.
There are others but those are two really good starting points. I will be launching my own site shortly. I started it while Palin was still in office so it was slanted in her direction but now I’ll be broadening. I won’t be replicating Leah’s but will hopefully be another voice out there covering it all from a different angle. We need as many eyes, ears and voices on this as we can. Mine will be sort of a scaled down Huffington Post style which will bring together links to all of the great sites and resources that are out there.
Beta version is at http://palinreport.presspublisher.us/ This is still very much under construction and content will all be updated. I ground to a halt when she resigned and wasn’t sure what direction to take it in. I’m ready to get back at it again and should be updating this weekend.
I’ve been saying for awhile that I’m firmly convinced this is where many of our problems lie, within this movement. Once we can understand their way of thinking and what they plan to accomplish and also come to grips with the fact that we’ve let it go on this long, we can begin to defuse the situation. We’ve too long ignored it because we thought it was simply fringe lunacy. We failed to remember how easy it is to control people with patriotism and God. Add guns and racism into the mix and we’ve got ourselves a powder keg. Add to that leaders who have positions of governmental and big business power and money and I say we’ve got the makings for something historical and ugly.
I do wish the media would help. My daughter went to a meeting in Albuquerque and could not get in. But outside there were twice as many people with for health care reform. What the the media show, all those against. She said you would have thought there were very few there in favor.
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I sure hope that you New Yorkers aren’t still interested in Rudy G. Hard to picture him as gov. of NY.
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I think that idea would go under the title of “He!! NO ! ! ! ! !”
He’s burned way too many bridges to be a strong candidate and has tooooo many skeletons frolicking in his closets to be acceptable to the conservatives in the state.
From everything that I’ve heard, the Dem front runner still seems to be Andrew Cuomo. He’s done a great job as AG and seems to have the best of his father’s political skills without the edge that many people didn’t like about Mario. I haven’t seen too much in the media about a Rep candidate yet.
Say this story link from Gryphs Im. Morality. Daily Kos has reported the the WH is not letting the most recent ‘death book ‘ claim ( LIE) get talking point momentum or a foothold The story headline on Kos. Top of the page.
“Obama Admin Hits Back at “Death Book” Claim”
http://www.dailykos.com/
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“Perhaps finally having had enough of the rightwing mainstream Republican lies about government health care, the administration is fighting back with a detailed rebuttal.”
“The rebuttal includes a detailed fact sheet and a timeline, both of which were sent my way by an administration official and may be sent widely to reporters later this morning….”
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Looks like they learned a lesson and have people on top of this one. Now if only they could direct the blame for starting the LIE directly on Fox and the Wallace News Anchor over the weekend.
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GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramblesays:
That’s great news on the letter, Mag the Mick and good for you for calling out the xtian racists. I wouldn’t have been able to keep my mouth shut either (probably with profanity).
A Freedom and Faith rally is being held in DC across from the White House today. Here’s a quote from the president of the Freedom and Faith Institute:
” Dr. Gary G. Dull, President of The Faith and Freedom Institute said, “America is in a dangerous position these days. With the rapid expanse of liberalism, secularism and socialism, the generations to follow us will be led down a path where God will be forgotten, freedoms will be limited, and destruction will come upon this nation we all love. To prevent that from occurring, those of us who care must be willing to give ‘our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,’ to direct America back to the founding values of our ancestors, many of whom shed their blood and gave their lives for our freedoms.”
For those with controlled blood pressure and current outdoor temps under 80 degrees (and with a bit of a masochistic side) , here’s their website: http://www.ffcoalition.com/
LisanTx Says:
BuffaloGal and Trisha–Leah Burton writes a wonderful blog about dominionism–the so called “religious” people trying to take over government, business, education, etc. (the Seven Mountains).
She is very knowledgeable about this subject and about Alaska. Her first blog is:
I highly recommend checking out the archives at theopalinism.
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Thanks for this. It seems that most people are in a complete fog about the dangers that this kind of religious uprising brings to our country. Maybe if people had paid attention to the uprising of the Taliban many years ago, they wouldn’t have the power they do now. Just saying.
InJuneau – thanks for clarifying that the mask in the logo for the Strongheart Memorial Fund is Yup’ik. I wasn’t certain, so, used the term ‘native’, instead.
As an update to the Glenn Beck Sponsors. Colorofchange had this as part of their statement in an email sent to me today. Quite a List
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“Unusually successful”
There hasn’t been an exodus of advertisers in response to an organized effort like this in decades. Here are the companies that have stopped their ads from running on Beck: AT&T, Airware Inc. (maker of Brez anti-snoring aids), Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank (unit of GMAC Financial Services), Ancestry.com, Best Buy, Blaine Labs Inc. (maker of Dr. Blaine’s brand skin treatment products), Broadview Security (Brink’s Home Security), CVS, Campbell Soup Company, Clorox, ConAgra (maker of Healthy Choice brand foods), Ditech, The Elations Company (maker of Elations nutritional supplement), Experian (FreeCreditReport.com), Farmers Insurance Group, GEICO, Johnson & Johnson, Lawyers.com, Lowe’s, Men’s Wearhouse, NutriSystem, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Re-Bath, Roche (make of Boniva), SC Johnson (makers of Ziploc, Off!, Pledge, and other products), Sanofi-Aventis (maker of Ambien), Sargento Cheese, Sprint, State Farm Insurance, Travelocity, The UPS Sto re, Verizon Wireless, and Wal-Mart.
Mirage 18–You’re welcome. Once you’ve been here a while, you start to recognize the traditional styles of masks and other cultural items. If you’re interested in looking at different styles, the Alaska State Museum has a database of some of their collection on-line (look for the link called Search Collections Database): http://www.museums.state.ak.us/asm/asmhome.html
mag the mick@52, I don’t think it was unprofessional at all. If they hadn’t said the n word, then yes, it wouldn’t be your business. But once that line of hate is crossed, I would hope everyone would stand up…I am getting very sick of all this…There was a time when people thought nothing of saying that word, until finally some people stood up. I am sure those people still thought it, but at least we as a society were starting to make changes But when it becomes ok to speak that word without being told ‘that is offensive’, well, we diminish the disgust that word should make us all feel.
Thanks for the link to your new site – it is now bookmarked. The other sites you linked are indeed good resources. I like your take on the twisted x-tian movement – I see it as a much larger threat to the future of our secular state than most are willing to concede. There is a cultural taboo against criticizing people who wave the bible around and say God a lot – even when they’re spouting gibberish or dangerous rhetoric – that has provided them cover from being exposed for what they are. That taboo needs to be challenged and overcome. The biggest warning sign I’ve seen yet came during the pres campaign back in ’07 when Huckabee openly advocated rewriting our constitution to bring it into compliance w/ biblical law, and yet he remained a viable candidate – and still does. The silence of our media (other than Rachel’s “C” Street revelations) is very worrisome. How deep has infiltration of the media reached already, and will the media even be any help in shining a light on this twisted movement and their political agenda?
The following link is to a site that covers “The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party.” It’s is an ambitious work and is not a site one will read in a single visit, but does provide good insights into how the Republican party has become the – IMO – menace to the future of our civil liberties and continued prosperity that it is today. http://www.theocracywatch.org/
So glad you got story in the paper for all the see!! You must be an Ombusdman. I was too & found some of the volunteers could be a bit overzeaalous & mix politics & religion. A real no no. The elderly are a vulnerable group as I’m sure John McCain knows. Glad you’re fighting the good fight & getting heard!!
I agree it would be profitable for this country if Obama served a second term, but with the way things are going & the effectiveness of the obstructionists & the meida, I’m not sure he will even get that chance. I realize you could be throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but on the other hand, look at all the senators, governors etc. you could eleminate.
“to direct America back to the founding values of our ancestors”
Those were the folks that had slaves and wouldn’t let women work, get a higher education or vote, and considered anyone who wasn’t white and male to be less than a person, right? Yeah, those are the days we really want to go back to!
Do they really understand what they’re advocating? The founders lived in a time when most people were self-sustaining farmers. Whatever you needed had to be grown or made yourself. I just don’t see these right-wing, religious nutjobs plucking chickens or plowing fields. I’m guessing they also take advantage of terrible “socialist” institutions like the military, the post office, DOT, municipal water and sewer services, power grids, FAA …….
leenie17 @ 69 – Now can you imagine Bachmann, Prejean and Palin having their power revoked ? How about Prejean raising half a dozen rugrats and having to lop the head off of dinner? Now Palin could certainly handle the huntin’ and fishin’ but is she going to sit down and shut up and get the hang of that loom ? ha!
Re: the Faith and Freedom quote @60 –
They sure are referring to the shedding of blood quite a bit , lately. They’re willing to shed blood all willy nilly these days. For freedom. For liberty. For liberty trees. For freedom fries w/ gravy. If you’ve got something that sounds patriotic, they’re ready to bleed, make someone else do it or they’re celebrating those that have shed it in the past. Now… to me…. I just can’t picture the likes of Grassley, Boehner, Delay, Sanford or Beck decked out in camo and howlin’, ” Give me Liberty or Give me DEATH! BoooYAH!!!”
(now oddly, when it comes to Palin, I see it )
This is the same bunch of Republicans who vote for that thug, Joe Arpaio as sheriff every four years. These folks don’t give a damn about any of the rest of us as long as they can live in gated communities, play with their guns and watch the “crime supression” sweeps cart their brown brothers off to deportation jails. Fortunately, there are more of us Democratic types every day, and McCain and Kyl are known widely as the “twin embarrassments”!
Sorry to post again – I was planning to conserve posting space but forgot to add this :
http://tinyurl.com/nw6ujt Bachmann has a new nugget of wisdom . It’s called, “The Health Care Bill Would Be Unconstitutional” . Prepare for this one to start showing up at the town hall meetings.
They are a well organized minority. As the majority, we need to address this and readjust . We also need to find a way to reach that segment of the GOP that does NOT condone this insanity and inspire them to speak out against it. This is definitely a time for “if not me, then who?” for them. They could make a great impact.
McCain is BOOED by eldsters in Sun City Arizona when he says he believes Obama respects the Constitution and that he (Obama) deserves respect as a President!
I’m comin’ around to Wonkette’s conclusion: some folks just might NEED Death Panels.
I got an email from Democracy for America today asking where Begich stands on the public health insurance option – apparently he is uncommitted at this time:
“45 Senators have already told us where they stand on the public health insurance option. Begich is not among them.2 If we can get 50 Senators on the record, we’ll have enough support to pass a public health insurance option on a straight up-or-down vote in the Senate.
State bloggers in Alaska are putting in formal media requests with Begich’s office to ask him the same questions. But they need grassroots support behind them in order to get an answer. Along with Democracy for America and Health Care for America Now, who are helping out with this campaign, we can be that support.
If thousands of Alaskans ask Senator Begich to finally tell us whether he supports a public health insurance option, he’ll have to respond.
Click here to send a fax to Mark Begich and ask him a question he cannot ignore.”
Thank you Claw Washout @ 70 and karen @ 76 – I almost didn’t follow that link because I’m “linked” out today. This is very telling. We have to figure out exactly what it is telling us , but it’s certainly something important.
Considering the age of the audience, it strikes me that they’ve been fired up in a big way . Faux news? Church ? Door to door efforts? Locally run commercials? Direct mail propaganda ? Where is this info coming from that is getting to our seniors and scaring them to their core? And more importantly, who is it coming from? Who’s paying for it ?
“Please join Governor SARAH PALIN & nationally known conservative STAR PARKER Thursday, August 27th 7:30 pm at Change Point Church Anchorage
“The Alaskans for Parental Rights campaign was developed to return to parents the right to oversee abortion decisions their underage teenage daughters might be unfortunately considering. Because of an out of touch Alaska Supreme Court and a legislature that has been unable to vote on the issue, Alaska is currently one of only 10 states without a parental notification law on the books. In November of 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a state law the legislature overwhelmingly passed back in 1997 allowing parents the right to agree or deny abortions their minor teenager daughters might be considering was unconstitutional….The goal of the Alaskans for Parental Rights campaign is to obtain at least 32,734 signatures statewide to bring this issue back to the people on the 2010 August Primary Election.
“Please join other pro-family, parental rights supporters for a public signing event where Governor Palin will officially become the first petition signer. Star Parker will provide a national perspective on the parental notification issue.”
McCain getting booed in Sun City is unbelievable. I think it shows how out of control the mobs are getting. I admire him for his faint attempts at speaking out, and almost (but not quite) feel sorry for him. I will have to send him another letter thanking him for his attempt.
I haven’t sent my letter on any further than our two state newspapers, but if anyone else wants to forward anything on, be my guest. My heartfelt thanks to all of you who wrote in with your support.
Just got my ‘DraftSarahCommittee’ newsletter. This time they’re hawking tee-shirts:
“Show your support for Sarah and the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee by purchasing our new T-Shirts. This shirt is sure to drive your liberal friends crazy!”
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For quantities of 11 shirts or more please email Randy (probably) Highsmith (apparently!) at Chairman@2012draftsarahcommittee.com for the shipping cost and even better unit prices.
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My favorite part? I’m not a grammar / spelling fanatic (I swear!), but for the CHAIRMAN of this committee to mass-email the following just tickles me to no end:
“Please forward this email to all your like mined friends so they won’t miss out on this great offer! Don’t forget our newsletter for next quarter will be sent out in a couple weeks. Lot’s of exciting news to share, so….” blah-blah-blah, yadda-blah.
It’s a good thing I was sitting down when I got to the last lines of that article (italics are mine):
“Later in the question-and-answer session, McCain would again face moderately hostile receptions for insisting that Republicans couldn’t just “nuke” health care reform, but actually had an obligation to get reform passed. He also was booed for insisting that the prison at Guantanamo Bay needed to be shut down.”
I looked for a contact for John McCain and sent him this email–This requires me to admit I used to be a member of the GOP-how embarassing!!
“”"Thank you,sir,for being honest and truthful and behaving with honor.I watched video of you townhall.The members of the audience were disgraceful,rude,and disrespectful,yet you lead them and did not falter. I had to leave the Republican party when you chose Sarah Palin.I am sorry,but I could in no way place a vote in favor of her,and have held that against you.If the rest of the party begins to take a page from yor book,and act with truth and honor,I will be able to go back to the GOP.I hope what you are saying is a turning point for the GOP,I am afraid it is not.I have been ashamed of my former party. I do not want to vote Democrat because of fiscal conservatism on my part,but I could never vote for the leaders who are so cavalearly condoning lies,mistrust,fear,degradation,disrespect,and paranoia. I do place a large blame at the feet of the charismatic demagogue,Sarah Palin. I hope our country can outlive her madness unleashed on the country. Again,I thank you for behaving like the honerable man you are”"”
congratulations on the published article. i wonder if McCain has an introspecitve function which allows him to see how his selection of Palin and his campaign of hate has encouraged the the hateful among us.
I think that racists must be called to account even if they are old and Christian. One of things that really irks me is that certain Christians believe that just because they say, “I am a Christnian”;it exempts from the difficult task of living a Christian ethos. It is very difficult in work situations. You were not unprofessional, just human.
I was spending some time today doing some posting on a certain ProQuitter websight as my alter-ego there.My blood pressure was rising I knew by the headache. Suddenly,I got relief.I suddenly became clear to me that these people have been here before.They are the same people who had fallout shelters stocked with food for midnight of the year 2000 ,waiting for society to be ripped to shreds. The same people who are settling their afairs and waiting for the rapture in 2012. The same people who send their hard grubbed dollars to tv and radio evangelists,who spend them on gold plated toilets and private jets.
My mind cleared,I got a smile back on my face,my headache lifted.
Then ,to top it off,just as I was drinking a Diet Coke at my keyboard. ,I came across an article on Huffpost about Rush Limbaugh dissing rapper JAYZ for putting Rush’ name in a new song.The line that did it was when Limbaugh said “”I would remind the rapper Jay-Z, Mr. Z, it is President Obama that wants to mandate circumcision. We had that yesterday, and that means if anybody – if we need to save our penises from anybody, it’s Obama”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”
I had to get a spare keyboard while my good one dries out!
I think it was Sprio Agnew who was alwasys talking about a “small vocal minority”, (meaning the 60′s radicals), please dear God let this be a small vocal minority of loonies.
I looked for a contact for John McCain and sent him this email
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I’ll be sending an email, as well. I just hope he really means it and really wants to support the fact that Obama loves this country and our constitution. I would love to back McCain up about supporting differing views and recognizing that we have political parties that don’t necessarily agree but we can respect that America is all about the debating, discourse and then, the voting process.
I’ll admit that I considered McCain , early on. I think we’re all hungry for political reps that resound with truth, honesty, integrity and insight and/or intellect.
There were a few moments that I saw/heard it in McCain. Perhaps I more “hoped” it ?
We have term limits. It’s called voting. That’s how we got rid of Santorum after one term and how we got rid of 8 term English in PA 3rd and replaced him with a Democratic woman, Kathy Dahlkemper. It just takes effort and a good candidate.
Limbaugh has a penis? ? ?…he is a dick…but those two in the same sentence made me hurl….sorry, I’ve not commented in quite awhile…been busy with taking my baby to college…Limbaugh and penis put me over the edge….
>>>Sarah Palin’s leadership committee, SarahPAC, is now getting some annoying questions from people other than the media — namely, the Federal Election Commission.<<<<
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August 25th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Mag the Mick @52: No, you weren’t unprofessional. They were out of line and you had an obligation to point that out.
Mommom @89: So, Rush fears that he may loose his penis? Somehow, I always knew that.
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LOL…I really didn’t need that visual of Limbaugh looking for his penis under all those rolls of fat.
Help me out here. Just catching up on the deatils and implications of the Jutice Department investigation of abuse of prisoners. Cheney and Peter King (R-NY) and others are outraged. King called it bullshit (his word) and Cheney said interrogation techniques saved us from mass casualty attackes.
So it’s OK for people acting on my behalf to tell a prisoner that they are going to bring in that person’s mother and rape her in front of them, but it’s not OK for Medicare to pay for a doctor to put that person and their mother together and talk about end of life decisions.
How the hell did we go so far off the rails? Damn it, I want my country back!
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
Good grief, Cheney is vacationing and fishing in AK.
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I think he is holding Palin in an undisclosed location. But seriously, I think he is doing more than fishing in Alaska.
I have said from the day Palin quit that Cheney was somehow involved, and I still believe it. I had read that Palin and Cheney chatted often before she was picked by McCain. I always found that….errr….odd. Then, she called him right before she quit.
Remember (during the campaign) how she agreed with Cheney about expanded powers of the VP? Come on, she didn’t think of that herself. I think he was somehow involved with picking Palin and now, he is coaching her, guiding her or getting her a job representing big oil.
She is the female version of Cheney—evil. No wonder he loves her…it’s like looking in a mirror.
They can share a duel mirror at the Federal Prison; where they both belong. They both think they are smart. SP will not go anywhere without votes. She won’t get them. They more Cheney and SP linkage is exposed; the less exceptable she will become.
I think I was sent for a time out by the mods because I used the actual spelling for BS. Best as I can reconstruct here’s what I said.
Help me out with this? How can Cheney and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and others critize the DOJ’s announced investigation of torture techniques (King called it BS and Cheney says they stopped several chances for mass casualties) . One of the incidents involved telling a prisoner that they were going to bring his mother in and rape her in from of him.
That’s OK with them.
But we want to bring the person and their mother in for counseling on end of life decisions and we’re communists, socialists, Nazi’s, French, gay, aliens, anti-American whatever-ists, hate apple pie, boy scouts, puppies, God the father, God the son, scapulars (Catholics in the group?), the Second Amendment and all the ships at sea.
Rumor has it is that Tom Ridge was “encouraged” to raise the terror alert level to “hot pink” whenever anyone including Rush Limburger or the Palomar Observatory was able to catch a glimpse of Rush’s penis.
However, I digress.
The Yankees tickets were for Palin, her husband, Todd, and daughter Willow.
This may well be a major coverup!!!!! My understanding is that these tickets cost approx. $2150 a seat. If they are claiming $4300 then Willow sat on Todd’s lap! There was some question over the Letterman flap as to whether Willow was even at Yankee stadium. Claiming the cost of the tickets AND saying they were for Todd, Sarah, AND Willow is an attempt to cover up that lie. Sarah figures the value is correct, just the names have been changed to protect the innocent. More research is necessary! There were never any pictures of Willow at that game!!!
I got a shout out at a the DailyGeorge.com regarding a poetry submission.
It’s a poem I wrote when staying in a hotel during the winter, on the shores of lake Superior (like 100 yards away or so).
It’s a contest, and it takes votes. So iffen’ ya want could you at least check it out- and if you think it’s worth a vote- and better than the other nine options, send me one?
Water is casual as it drips – callous – and suggestive…
It can be rough, flat, but never indifferent…
Salient it is…
Expressionless, remorseless, relentless.
eww, I knew darth vader had his hand up princess winky’s skirt flapping her jaw! She better hope he isn’t doing any hunting or she’ll be picking buckshot out her newly lifted face. I think I see an iceberg headed towards darth & princess winky. Please don’t mention rushbo’s winky anymore, the mere thought makes me throw up in my mouth.
As per something I just saw on a Huffpo thread…. Lisa Murk is on C-SPAN RIGHT NOW. it is a repeat of the one over the weekend. Tune in if you want to see her live response.
Three weeks ago I had to get stitches to close a v-shaped tear in the calf of my leg, and the bills are in. I went first to an Urgent Care facility that is affiliated w/ the hospital that is nearest to me b/c the UC is much closer. They took about an hour to getting around to looking at it and then told me that they couldn’t deal w/ it and that I’d have to go to ER. It also happened to be time for the UC people to go home by then. They have now billed me $232.72 for sharing their assessment of their own lack of skill w/ me.
UC (no treatment) 232.72
ER $ 1150.00
ER Contract Doctor 816.00
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Total $ 2198.72
Teutonic 13; nice poem; will vote in tomorrow, as the starting date is the 26th. Have observed water, how it trickles, or waves on the rocks, I love the way you describe it’s personality – and the insight. Nice!
Since this is an open thread, I wanted to share information on Leonard Peltier. Some of you may remember “Wounded Knee” from thirty years ago and the conviction of Leonard Peltier.
From Peltier website:
Leonard Peltier has spent more than three decades behind bars with his rights being repeatedly denied. In 1977, Leonard was wrongly convicted in the killing of two FBI agents amidst the native rights uprisings at Wounded Knee. His trial record is so laden with fraud and illegalities as to mock the fabric of our entire criminal justice system.
Amnesty International and a host of other independent global observers have long since confirmed that the FBI intimidated witnesses, withheld evidence, falsified affidavits and perpetrated every other dirty trick they could find to slap Peltier behind bars.
To this day, in the name of “national security,” the FBI is withholding some 140,000 pages of critical documents, in direct violation of numerous federal statutes. Peltier’s sentence has been wrongfully extended. And his repeated requests for a retrial have been routinely denied.
The late Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, Amnesty International, International Indian Treaty Council, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Coretta Scott King, Mikhail Gorbachev, Gloria Steinem, Wilma Mankiller, Robert Redford, the European Parliament, and a host of other notables all have worked, petitioned, and pleaded for his release.
For the American Indian Nations as well as the world at large, the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier is America’s Judicial embarrassment.
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His next parole hearing is 2017! He will be 73. Maybe when some dust settles President Obama can pardon him?
bigdayqueen now you put that picture in my head of rush trying to find his P Yuck!!! I tried to post about palin for pres and said you have got to be kidding .we do not need that type of person running our great country. That she was a liar and very vindictive and we did not need someone like that to even run for any office.I don’t think it will be accepted does any one else?
I will say again that when people say they want their country back,it belonged to the native americans and was taken from them now most must live on reservations.WHY????they were moved ther against their wills abck when and not much has changed .
I was posting some comments about Mag the Mick’s Open letter to McCain on the Huffpo story about John’s Town hall meeting where he was getting booed.
As of now there were 4 that I found that picked up the letter. Continue to use these links. If it gets a buzz maybe the MSM will ask questions as well.
The 4 I found found by using Google with this as the search…
{ Open letter to John McCain+Nazis } I could post each link in 4 different posts but you should be able to see all four of these. These were where they were posted. Maybe others will pick up on it as well.
Checked out the photos from your link. Just had to sit here shaking my head at the absurdity of it all. Obviously, irony is a foreign concept to those folks.
Then I read some of the comments. My favorite:
“we can still benefit from the sartorial dressing tips: khaki shorts, black socks and loafers totally says, look out, Golden Corral buffet, here I come!”
I have a hunch on who is actually doing the writing of those pieces attributed to Sarah – “Death Panels” and so forth.
Neo-con Bill Kristol has been enthralled by SP since before McCain nominated her, and still continues to sing her praises at every opportunity.
I read most of what gets published under his name – not because I like what he says, but to stay on top of it for debating my brother-in-law who is a Kristol and Palin fan. (YUCKY)
She obviously doesn’t have the intellect nor the discipline to research and compile those pieces, let alone the grammar. If it isn’t Kristol doing the writing, then I think someone close to him is doing it. Way too many similarities to his style and ideas.
Jojobo1@120, That is what I think every time I hear ‘I want my country back!’. It is starting to drive my kids nuts but I just can’t help it. I wonder if they also wish that they had closed those dang borders 300 some odd years ago…
Please take action on what we are learning from AKM. The best thing we can do in society is to educate women because they pass along what they learned. Scholarships and schools for educating women are probably the best investment for sustainability in the world.
Sad for all the work Ted Kennedy put in to health care and not making it long enough to see it pass. Kind of like Pres. Obama’s grandma not making it to Election Day. Hope it spurs people to get off the crazy train to get health care reform passed. Is there anyone in either the House or Senate going to step up and lead instead of acting like a scene from “Animal House?” I hope someone starts LEADING.
(On another note, Nancy Reagan was probably the first female president eg when Ron was going into the abyss of Alzheimer’s. Don’t remember why I wanted to say that, but one of the posts on the ‘flats brought that to mind.)
“An Alaska state senator will challenge a fishing citation he received and seek a court opinion on whether a state wildlife officer has jurisdiction over subsistence fishermen on federal land.
“Sen. Albert Kookesh, D-Angoon, said Monday the Alaska Legislature has consistently refused to take steps to align the state constitution with federal law governing subsistence on federal land. He believes the state wildlife officer who landed his floatplane on Admiralty Island and cited him and other fishermen for too many subsistence fish had no business being there. “We need to challenge the state of Alaska coming in the back door trying to manage subsistence on federal lands,” Kookesh said.”
It really is an interesting article (and gives additional insight into the “tenth amendment” mindset).
Wow!
love love love your pictures
love clouds, just beautiful
Reminds me of my first plane trip 40 years ago – in a DC 10, I think – that just skimmed the clouds. I took a billion pictures of the great billows and couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. But there weren’t glaciers underneath. Very nice AKM. Thanks
Great picture AKM!
sooooo…….is anyone noting what Gov Parnell is doing? have any opinions on the actions he’s taking? I’m curious. He appears to be adding staff, is this because people are leaving?
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/alaska_ear/story/908122.html?commentSort=RecommendationsDescending&pageNum=1
“EDUCATIONAL . . . Former Sen. Pete Kelly is the governor’s new special assistant on education, labor, natural resources and education, including UA issues. He served in the Legislature with Parnell and has been a lobbyist for UA for about five years. His appointment should make life easier for the university, no?
Kelly will be stationed in Fairbanks, according to the announcement.
And of course, you all read about Sen. Gene Therriault, a longtime Parnell pal, resigning to work for the governor. Remember how much fun Sarah had filling a vacated Senate seat?”
I also got a kick out of this, lol, way to go Ms. Heinz. It’s from the link I just posted.
“What’s not on the list is interesting, too: a white, beaded vest given to Sarah in 2007 at an Institute of the North conference in Talkeetna. It was from artist and former legislator Cheryll Heinz. Years after one might have expected it be reported as a gift, the governor’s office returned it, saying it was a loan. Skeptical Ear checked with Cheryll. Here’s what she wrote back:
“It was my vest – I had it in my antique store – it was beaded by a local Native man. When I realized that she was not really interested in Alaska anymore, I asked Sean Parnell to deliver this message: ‘Since the vest was presented to you as a loan to wear as governor of our state – and now since you seem to be eyeing something other than being our governor – please return it.’
Awesome picture. Thanks for sharing that AKM.
ya see, reporting gifts really is kinda a big deal. Did Scarah declare the Red Socks tickets? And really, why the H*ll has she been allowed to file so delinquently? 30 days is 30 days! over a year is NOT a timely manner.
http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/wfo082109.htm
“Specifically, the indictment alleges that during this time, Cooper solicited and received from Abramoff and his colleagues thousands of dollars worth of tickets to sporting events and concerts; that Cooper and his companions allegedly received free or discounted meals and drinks on dozens of occasions at a restaurant controlled by Abramoff; and that Cooper, at Abramoff’s invitation and expense, allegedly hosted a Super Bowl party for his friends at another restaurant Abramoff controlled. The indictment also alleges that Cooper, rewarded and influenced by the tickets and meals solicited and received from Abramoff and his associates, agreed to use his official positions at VOA and the Department of Labor to advance Abramoff’s interests and those of his clients. In addition, the indictment alleges that from approximately 1998 to 2000, Cooper received from Abramoff and his colleagues thousands of dollars worth of tickets to concerts and sporting events while Cooper was serving as a Congressional staffer.
The indictment also charges Cooper with concealing his relationship with Abramoff, Abramoff’s colleagues and clients and the public by, among other things, failing to report certain gifts received from Abramoff on his annual financial disclosure forms, as he was required to do as a high-level official in both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. In addition, the indictment charges Cooper with making false statements on his 2003 and 2004 Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Reports. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Cooper reported he had received no gifts from a single source with an aggregate value of more than $260 during those years, when allegedly he had received from Abramoff many tickets to concerts and sporting events that required disclosure.
Finally, the indictment charges Cooper with obstructing a grand jury investigation by making false statements to federal law enforcement officials and to the grand jury, and by providing investigators with certain documents that he maintained proved his statements regarding alleged free meals were true, when allegedly he knew that they did not.”
Good morning , all !
I’d much rather be floating along all peaceful and serene with those beautiful clouds than catching up on the news this morning. Zen moment, much needed!
We’ve got self proclaimed “2nd most hated woman in America”, Michelle Bachmann, making sure that the seniors stay terrified about death panels and calling on good Americans who care about their country to fast and get down on their knees to pray for health care reform to fail: http://tinyurl.com/o85tsd
(not even kidding, in the least . these folks are kicking up the crazy 10 notches and there’s no end in sight )
Clean those pipes! This picture makes me head straight to the loo…
Whoosh! Yum! Desk paperweight!
Regarding the new torture report. First, it sickens me.
Secondly, all those people screaming “we want our Country back” don’t seem to have a problem with the fact that “their country”—became a nation that tortured prisoners.
How about this—-I want MY country back. The America that didn’t torture and stood for something good in this world. Thank God Obama is our President.
Those protesters who are screaming that President Obama is a nazi, a communist, a socialist, a marxist, etc, because he is trying to fix healthcare, never uttered a word during the Bush years when American soldiers (plus, soldiers from many countries & Iraqi civilians) died in the Bush/Cheney war……. and America began torturing prisoners.
They are having screaming fits over trying to fix the healthcare system yet they could give a damn that “their county” is responsible for torture.
I actually read a post from one of these anti-Obama/anti-healthcare/pro-torture citizens and he said, America has done good things in this world, so we should have some “wiggle room” regarding torture. OMG…did he just say that?
I’m saddened and stunned.
I wonder if Cheney’s silence (the last few weeks) has anything to do with this report coming out. He had to know it would point the finger at him—and it does.
BTW, beautiful clouds.
Say NO to Palin – She’s being protected on many fronts at the moment, at least that’s my take on it. She’s got this big ol’ religious “infiltrate the world and take it over” group that has tentacles all through Washington and big business, and they are covering her butt from their end Then there’s non-religious cult wackado GOP faction that is most likely helping to cloak her in whatever way they can, in order to keep the overall Republican party from tanking completely. If it ever came out that darling Palin was a complete cheat and liar, that’d be that. It’d take them a long time to recover. Right now they can kind of deal with it as long she’s being perceived by most as mavericky and even a bit colorful by way of kooky. It’s balanced out by her adoring fans that will follow her to the ends of the earth. And those of us who see her for exactly what she is have been painted as fringe haters in Obama’s pocket. But if the truth came out then all those in the middle would run to the left, we would be vindicated and the right that supported her would look like idiots.
We need someone with money to put together a proper investigation. Maybe we need to organize a Palinpalooza with concerts happening simultaneously throughout the country. Ticket proceeds would go to the “Damn ‘RIght’ – We See What You’re Doing” fund. Personally, I want to see investigations in to Palin’s doings as well as this freaky religious movement and all the creepy politicians that are involved in it.
trisha – we all hear that, absolutely ! The kicker is that
10am and I’m already riled up and talkin’ to myself . Gonna be a long day !
@10 Trisha says:
all those people screaming “we want our Country back” don’t seem to have a problem with the fact that “their country”—became a nation that tortured prisoners.
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I was frothing about the same thing this morning. My guess is that there are many of this extreme right group that has noooo problem with the torture. I’ve heard a lot of that around here. As far as they’re concerned the prisoners should’ve been dealt with even more harshly. These people work from a different reality. (and i’m not saying that sarcastically) Their truths, their values and even their version of God is not the same as others. It’s truly another world. I’ve trying like heck to understand it.
Trisha (10)
Agreed, I want MY country back, the one that had a Constitution that had some teeth in it. For that matter, I want OUR Constitution back too!
BuffaloGal (11)
What I would like to see is every single lawyer that squirmed and danced around the Constitution to claim it was “legal” to use torture – I want ‘em disbarred. Disbarred, discredited and anything else I can think of. I’d add torture to the list, but gee… we don’t torture people, y’know?
In general, I’m not terribly impressed by the “haste” (lack of) in restoring our Constitution to its pre-2000 condition. This is not the “change” I voted for. Or thought I was voting for.
I find I’m having to remind myself that it is early days yet, and we will have to deal with the hand we’ve been dealt (or dealt to ourselves). Then I remember what the alternative was and give thanks that we’ve got what we do have.
Nan
off to work early, for once
buffalo gal—-I hear ya’….me too!
I agree that Scarah is being protected by “bigger” groups who are in self preservation mode. The GOP and McCain would be further embarassed if the truth came out about P. It also explains why Palin called Cheney right before she quit. Who better to plan a covert operation than the prince of darkness…..Cheney.
I think they are controlling the message and their puppet—so to speak.
Hi, I´m trying to use the Stronheart Memorial Fund Button, but keep getting an error message. Is that just me or is it just not ready yet?
Thanks
Sorry for the confusion… It’s still being tweaked. I’ll post when it’s up and running! Thanks. AKM
Beautiful Zen moment!
@12 BuffaloGal: I have tried to understand them too, but I’m baffled.
The whole “Christian–Jesus “N Guns” movement is beyond my comprehension. This new breed of “Christian’s” that stir up hate and division (for which Palin is a role-model) is something I will never understand.
They are so “off-message” yet they are convinced that they are God’s chosen ones. Remind anyone of the Taliban? They too are convinced that they are cutting off hands of voters—in the name of God.
Sigh.
lettersfromeurope – i’m getting an error. maybe the link that’s being used is from the wrong page within the transaction process. Snoskred? Can you shine a light for us ?? Thank you!
And, I’m not quite sure what to make of this little nugget of insanity. (which rhymes with Hannity) Seems he is open to making a run for the white house in 2012 if God asks him to.
***** Hannity said he would consider entering the front lines of the political fray if God directs him.
Later in the program, a member of the audience asked what the host thought of a Hannity-Palin ticket.
The studio audience erupted in applause.
Hannity asked: “Would any of you really want me to run?”
Loud applause followed. *****
Re: the Strongheart Memorial Fund button not working – I think perhaps you can only access the paypal function by way of the actual button that is generated by paypal. Is there a site for the memorial fund that has the original paypay “donate” button on it ?
I guess God has his work cut out deciding whether to send signs to Hannity, Palin, Prejean and many others to enter the political fray. If Hannity and Palin both are told to run, does that make God a two-timing liar?
On Strongheart Memorial Fund: Thanks for getting back to me and letting me know you get the same error message. I sent a message to AKM via Facebook, which she will get in her morning, which is my evening I guess. Patience.
Tata
BuffaloGal -
Wow…I just read the Bachman article and she’s gone (even further) over the edge, along with her batsh!t crazy cohorts. Yeah sure, I really want to trust ANYthing that comes out of the mouth of Virginia Foxx after she stood in front of Matthew Shephard’s mother and called his murder a hoax. How downright evil!
The only positive thing about this ramping up of insanity is that more and more reasonable, intelligent people are seeing them for the dangerous and cruel liars they are. The wingnuts will follow them no matter how far into Crazy Town they go, but the independents and more moderate conservatives will start fleeing in droves. What’s that old saying? “Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.”
Trisha (10) -
I want MY country back, too – the one that was respected around the world and held up as a model of integrity and compassion. The country that apologized when it did wrong and told the truth even when it hurt. Haven’t seen much of that in the last 8 years.
And exactly WHAT is wrong with our president apologizing for making a mistake or doing something that causes pain to others????? Makes him a better man and us a more honest country as far as I’m concerned.
Maybe Hannity and Palin can run for office in their own little kingdom….somewhere far, far away.
I’m thinking some deserted island where they can do little damage to the rest of the world.
Think Lord of the Flies.
Put them on an island together and they will soon be fighting each other for the power while each claiming that THEY are God’s chosen one.
I find this very fishy, McCain actually had dinner with Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi, in Libya, on the 15th August, according to his twitter. Gaddafi was very interesting apparently.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=155&num=251074
Why are there no news reports of this? McCains flight out must have waved to the incoming released bomber on his way in. What is McCain up to?
Can you imagine the outrage on the right if one of the Pres’s aides had done this?
Simply stunning, AKM!
Thanks for sharing the view from on-high….
@24 UK Lady….very interesting.
Beautiful AKM! Thanks for sharing a moment of Zen!
OT – MARCH FOR HEALTH CARE – in a city near you.
http://www.marchforhealthcare.com/home
September 13th @ 12:00 PM
i just RSVP’d for Seattle’s march…hope y’all do the same where you live. (Wouldnt it be sumptin if millions took part?!! wow…)
I sure hope that you New Yorkers aren’t still interested in Rudy G. Hard to picture him as gov. of NY. Of course, SP would be happy. I’m sure he would find a place for her in his administration. Talking about WWlll..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/24/governor-giuliani-former-_n_267760.html
will they or will they not impeach him? it sounds like the Senate really wants to, they’ve asked him to resign and he refuses, lol…….a little embarressing? Wonder what the guys at C-Street House are thinking, cut him loose? I bet so.
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/914939.html
“House Republicans will discuss whether to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford when they meet in Myrtle Beach this weekend.”
You notice he did not say Palin/Hannity.
Maybe Glen Beck could be Secretary of State.
This is insane. You have to click the link and read the comments,they must all be Mudpuppies.
Bachmann: Prayer and fasting will help defeat health care reform
By Paul Demko 8/24/09 4:35 PM
Photo: MnIndy
On Wednesday Rep. Michele Bachmann was part of a star-studded “teletownhall” meeting to discuss health-care reform. The event, billed “Keeping Faith with the Unborn,” was sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion advocacy group. The organization’s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, claimed that there were some 350,000 listeners on the line.
Bachmann was joined by North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, most famous for calling Matthew Shepard’s murder was a “hoax,” and former Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, who made national headlines by refusing to concede after losing her re-election contest November. But even with such veteran political pugilists sharing the phone line, Bachmann managed to distinguish herself during the 90-minute phone call.
The 6th district Republican quoted the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, attacked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for receiving political contributions from a medical doctor who was murdered in May, and called on everyone to get down on their knees and pray that health care reform fails. Bachmann didn’t always make sense, but she undoubtedly scared the living daylights out of anyone on the line.
Bachmann repeated the myth, adopted early by Sarah Palin, that the health-care plans being debated in Congress would set up “death panels” to determine which old folks are entitled to health care. “Thank God that Sarah Palin said that,” she told the callers. “These are true.”
In response to a caller from Minnesota who wanted to know if there was a plan afoot in Washington to require all medical doctors to perform abortions, Bachmann didn’t exactly shoot the suggestion down.
“Unless we explicitly restrict these items, I think we can fully expect that these radical pro-abortion individuals could very likely make those decisions,” she told the caller. “All of us who have labored tirelessly in the pro-life cause for years and years and years, we know what these people are capable of. That’s why they have to be tied down by restrictions explicitly in law.”
She also suggested that it might be some kind of religious destiny that hardy souls such as herself are in Congress at this time.
“We all need to consider that in God’s timing that he may have allowed us, as members of Congress, to be in the position that we’re in just for this specific issue right now,” she said. “Everything that all of us have worked together and labored for over the years, all of it could be undermined with this one bill. President Obama realizes that. The radicals that are on the pro-abortion left, they realize that. They could win it all. And the unborn, and the vulnerable, the disabled and those at the end of life could lose it it all.”
But it was Bachmann’s fervent call to utilize prayer and fasting to beat back health-care reform efforts that was the true highlight of the call.
“That’s really where this battle will be won — on our knees in prayer and fasting,” she told the listeners. “Remember: faith without works is dead. So we’re asking you to do all of it: pray, fast, believe, trust the Lord, but also act.”
http://minnesotaindependent.com/42612/bachmann-prayer-and-fasting-will-help-defeat-health-care-reform
An Andree comment from ADN, thanks Andree! Why is Parnell putting these new positions in Fairbanks?
“Therriault said the position will be based out of Fairbanks…This is a new position in state government that Parnell is creating; no one has had it previously. Therriault said the final salary hasn’t been set but the range is from $90,000 to $109,000 a year.”
I thought this was a great idea. Do some diggin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-dayen/henry-waxmans-effort-to-c_b_267692.html
“Henry Waxman’s move last week to ask insurance companies for their full records on compensation and perks is as consequential as any member of Congress has made in the fight over health care reform, because it has the potential to change the entire narrative around the issue. It’s seen as so successful on Capitol Hill, in fact, that Jay Rockefeller is supplementing it.
A U.S. Senate Democrat asked the top 15 health insurers to explain what portion of premiums go to profits versus patient care, putting further pressure on the companies to explain their business practices as Congress considers sweeping health reform legislation.”
That’s a nice picture of the glacier and clouds. For Alaska to be a small area; there seems to be alot to see.
What an incredible photo to wake up to this morning! I am humbled.
Meanwhile, I read in the comments that the Strongheart Memorial Fund button is not working at the moment, but decided to try, anyway.
This is when I noticed the logo being used and that in itself seems rather Zenish (is that a word) to me. Though simple it really says it all and is complex in many ways.
The Strongheart family being enveloped by native culture. The heart, comedy/tragedy, Ying/Yang…monochromatic, but the choice of brown was a good one. I only wonder what symbolism I missed. For example – the two outer rings? I just found myself staring at it and in its simplicity its power just shines through.
AKM, do we know who designed this?
Bonjour à tous!
Would it not help enormously if a law was passed whereby an individual running for public office be obliged to have an INDEPENDENT psychological evaluation by a specially appointed board, and that the results be in the public domain. We seem to be constantly shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted -a waste of time, energy, money, and resources. I can see no other way to reduce the number of people with sociopathic/borderline tendencies who are elected to position of power. It would not be foolproof as it is well documented that many sociopaths are so clever they convincingly mask their real identities for years and years, but it would expose the less clever ones – as in Madame Butterfly.
How about adding Cramer for Secretary of the Treasury?
Now that would be some ticket.
BuffaloGal and Trisha–Leah Burton writes a wonderful blog about dominionism–the so called “religious” people trying to take over government, business, education, etc. (the Seven Mountains).
She is very knowledgeable about this subject and about Alaska. Her first blog is:
http://www.theopalinism.com/blog/
She is in the process of expanding her coverage to national theological/dominionism issues with a new website that is barely getting started at:
http://www.godsownparty.com
I highly recommend checking out the archives at theopalinism.
Buffalo Gal; I read the Bachman article. From my perspective, the (church) is going through a real identity crisis. It seems to be splitting. From what we read lately, politicians and those in power who are churched, are the biggest hypocrites around, USING christianity as a prop, just like someone we know who uses kids. This (prayer/scripture/God is on our side) PROP is a pathetic way to get votes. But, JMO, God will not honor any of that. He won’t be used. He hates hypocrisy.
Jesus said, “you cannot serve God and mammon”. “No man can serve 2 masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.”
The Michelle’s, Sarah’s, Newt’s, etc. know this. But they persist to infiltrate the political arena, using the (my faith in God) as a prop, to get fame, fortune, and reverence. If, these people really were concerned about the the future, and health care reform, they would have been going through the normal venues, studying legislative texts, and/or getting a political law degree, work at the federal level, trying to bring about improvements for the people.
But, these, prefer to make grandstanding references to their great faith, thinking that if they show themselves religious, and request fasting and prayer, that God will change laws for them. That is a mockery and offense to the vast majority of christians.
And the lies, the lies, the exaggerations, the smirk assurance and haughtyness of these who think that God just goes along with them……..if there are any christians reading this, please know these are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
One more thing, bible scholars have suggested, from trying to unravel Revelations, that in the last days, the nations will be dominated by one Government, one Economy, and eventually one man who will rule them all ( it sounds like Lord of the Rings). These so-called christian politicians would love nothing better to scare people into thinking this is where we are headed. But, they would love nothing better than to take the reins of power, thus, fulfilling the great prophecy of the end times, that the nasty Anti-christ system would be created by con artists cloaking themselves as religious.
One more thing, a person can be religious, have faith in their God, and quietly show himself/herself approved, by bringing about change through hard work. It’s that individual that I see as a true lover of the things of God. Not someone who boasts and brings up their convictions to a crowd of fanatic devoted applauding followers. Whew, man, I need an aspirin!
Buffalo Gal, thanks for your input in all this.
UK Lady
Yes it is getting curiouser & curiouser. You do wonder what is going on now. Are we really allowing the wingnuts & opportunists to have their way. The media seems to be on some mindless vacation. Barack needs to get the ball rolling. The left is getting very frustrated & so are some of the rest of us.
Beautiful photo…maybe I lshould try a little Zen. Om
Tell Sarah to stop spreading lies about Health Care Reform @ Americasn United For Change.
If we don’t confront the outright lies and liars as we did in 2008 then we allow the health insurance industry and their Republican supporters to swift boat health care reform. Take a minute to send a personal letter to Sarah Palin asking her to stop lying about health insurance reform.
http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/s/palinmessage
#36 Frenchconnection
What a good idea. I remember when our last president was elected there were many psychologists & others who were rather vocal wiith the fact that they thought he was one crazy dude, but as usual it was just shined on & voila. There is the theory that you have to be crazy to run for office. The least we can do it one term limits so we can drive them out in four years if they are not institutionalized prior to the end of their term.
french connection i agree with you. i been saying the same thing for years. such a reasonable thing to do. aussi…love bubs
frenchconnection@36, that is just way too logical..
mommom@31, I guess if we all fasted long enough, we wouldn’t need healthcare..
husky82@20, hahahahahah…
Mirage 18–The logo for the Strongheart Memorial Fund is based on traditional Yup’ik mask designs. I don’t know who did it, but it would be instantly identifiable to any Alaskan who pays attention to cultural images as being Yup’ik. It’s lovely. I’d have to check the book on the Yup’ik mask exhibit that was done years ago for confirmation, but I believe the rings around the outside are supposed to represent the universe or our world.
@rebekkah
One more thing, bible scholars have suggested, from trying to unravel Revelations, that in the last days, the nations will be dominated by one Government, one Economy, and eventually one man who will rule them all ( it sounds like Lord of the Rings).
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I’m a preterist with regards to Revelation and believe that all of the events of Revelation were fulfilled during the period of the Roman Empire. Preterists include F. F. Bruce, William Barclay, R. C. Sproul, and James M. Efird (who wrote a great book- Revelation for Today).
Wondering whether the people who think terrorists should be tortured also believe in hell. I would expect a correlation of these beliefs.
Usually the process of becoming President requires so much time in public, and so much examination, that we seem to end up with sane people in charge. The lack of vetting of SP is an example of how that process was bypassed.
McCain is scheduled, according to, OFA website, to be in Sun City, AZ today@11 AM until 1PM. It will be held at Grace Bible Church. Sun City is an elderly community. When I use to work there years ago; the motto was you can work here but not live here unless you were 65 and over. There are a number of individuals scheduled to be there to greet him. However, the Huffington Post has the OFA scheduled to be in Phx, tomorrow (8-26-09) for an open town hall meeting with McCain.
Likewise, there will be a district, Congressman phone town hall meeting (Democrat) at the same time. These events will be held when it starts to get dark in AZ. Remember the assault weapons? in Phx. Can’t be at McCains. I will be trying to across town in the middle of rush hour traffic. These are bad traffic hours. However, I did sign up to listen on the phone. Hopefully, there will be a connection.? Him and I are not strangers. The Congressman, for the District, is more of a Blue Dog but is a nice person.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/during-mccains-townhall-o_b_267462.html
Senator Kyl, is to have a town hall meeting on Monday (8-31-09) from 7-9 pm. But the location has not been announced. I really plan on being at this one. Again, during the night hours. Of course, alot of people will be off from work. Tired and angry?? but protected by there 2nd Amendment rights. More people signed up for Kyl than McCain. Why? Kyl is worst!!
There also, are rallies that are going to be held in Tempe and Mesa. The cops are going to be kept busy!! Other cities are joining.
I had a crisis at work yesterday that I think only Mudpups could understand. I supervise volunteers who advocate for the needs of elderly patients in nursing homes. Yesterday I was working with a retiring volunteer and the new vol. who is replacing her. The lady who is retiring is a very conservative “Christian”, who’s proselytizing has been a problem in the past. She wanted to introduce the new vol. to a resident in the home who is also of the same conservative, religious ilk. Their conversation quickly turned to health care, and “how wondeful” it’d be if there is a Huccaby/Palin ticket in the next election. I did all I could to not comment, thinking that these elderly ladies deserved some respect, and that it was not my place to make ANY political or religious statements while on the job. But when one of these Christian ladies stated that maybe Huccaby/Palin whould “get rid of that [insert n-word here] for good”, I lost it. I said that I couldn’t stand there and listen to people who claimed to be Christians prove to be so hateful, and that if they were going to talk like that, I was leaving. And I left. It was tremendously unprofessional, but I really couldn’t stand it. I am a little ashamed and embarrassed about not being able to control myself, but hearing this out of the mouths of two little old ladies who are professed Christians was too much.
On another front, I learned today that the Arizona Republic, the state’s most conservative nesletter, printed my “Open Letter to John McCain” today. No answer as yet from the Senator. Maybe he’s still hanging out in Libya?
#41 Phoebe
I believe there are two types of people that run for office, type #1 are those that want power, money and control, and then type #2 (which some could understandably call ‘crazy’ ) who seeks office with the intend to try and make this world a better place for ALL, whilst knowing that many of his endeavors will be met with obstacles, abuse, ridicule, and in many instances downright dishonesty – by type #1. As for a one term limit, that is a splendid idea if one has a bad president, but would not be good for the country if you had the ‘right’ man – which you appear to have now. President Obama is going to need his two terms to get America back on its feet, and to try to undo untangle the sordid and deadly mess of Afghanistan and Iraq (which resulted in worldwide repercussions), created by the Bush administration. And while I know he cannot run for a third term, should he succeed in undoing all the wrong of the last 8 years, in the coming 8 years, then I certainly would consider him crazy to even wish he could run for a third term !
Bisous Bubs
Mag the Mick–Good for you for standing up for what’s right and calling them on their un-Christian like behavior. They’ll get over it, or they won’t, but I don’t see as how it will hurt you. AND, congrats on the letter being published. That’s a coup if I’ve ever seen one (and no, he’s prob. not still in Libya, based on what Claw Washout Palin says his schedule says…).
rebekkah @ 39 – I recommend the following sites if you want to really get in to the nitty gritty of the dominionism/ 7 mountain religious movement. It’s like extreme evangelical / pentecostal on steroids with a hefty dose of multi-level marketing and cult mind-control mixed in.
As LisanTX mentioned @38 , Leah Burton’s site has a lot of great info
I also suggest googling : talk2action – click on the “palin information” link on the left hand side of the page. Bruce Wilson and others on talk2 have done fabulous things with this topic.
There are others but those are two really good starting points. I will be launching my own site shortly. I started it while Palin was still in office so it was slanted in her direction but now I’ll be broadening. I won’t be replicating Leah’s but will hopefully be another voice out there covering it all from a different angle. We need as many eyes, ears and voices on this as we can. Mine will be sort of a scaled down Huffington Post style which will bring together links to all of the great sites and resources that are out there.
Beta version is at http://palinreport.presspublisher.us/ This is still very much under construction and content will all be updated. I ground to a halt when she resigned and wasn’t sure what direction to take it in. I’m ready to get back at it again and should be updating this weekend.
I’ve been saying for awhile that I’m firmly convinced this is where many of our problems lie, within this movement. Once we can understand their way of thinking and what they plan to accomplish and also come to grips with the fact that we’ve let it go on this long, we can begin to defuse the situation. We’ve too long ignored it because we thought it was simply fringe lunacy. We failed to remember how easy it is to control people with patriotism and God. Add guns and racism into the mix and we’ve got ourselves a powder keg. Add to that leaders who have positions of governmental and big business power and money and I say we’ve got the makings for something historical and ugly.
I do wish the media would help. My daughter went to a meeting in Albuquerque and could not get in. But outside there were twice as many people with for health care reform. What the the media show, all those against. She said you would have thought there were very few there in favor.
#28 Claw Washout Palin -
I sure hope that you New Yorkers aren’t still interested in Rudy G. Hard to picture him as gov. of NY.
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I think that idea would go under the title of “He!! NO ! ! ! ! !”
He’s burned way too many bridges to be a strong candidate and has tooooo many skeletons frolicking in his closets to be acceptable to the conservatives in the state.
From everything that I’ve heard, the Dem front runner still seems to be Andrew Cuomo. He’s done a great job as AG and seems to have the best of his father’s political skills without the edge that many people didn’t like about Mario. I haven’t seen too much in the media about a Rep candidate yet.
Say this story link from Gryphs Im. Morality. Daily Kos has reported the the WH is not letting the most recent ‘death book ‘ claim ( LIE) get talking point momentum or a foothold The story headline on Kos. Top of the page.
“Obama Admin Hits Back at “Death Book” Claim”
http://www.dailykos.com/
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“Perhaps finally having had enough of the rightwing mainstream Republican lies about government health care, the administration is fighting back with a detailed rebuttal.”
“The rebuttal includes a detailed fact sheet and a timeline, both of which were sent my way by an administration official and may be sent widely to reporters later this morning….”
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Looks like they learned a lesson and have people on top of this one. Now if only they could direct the blame for starting the LIE directly on Fox and the Wallace News Anchor over the weekend.
That’s great news on the letter, Mag the Mick and good for you for calling out the xtian racists. I wouldn’t have been able to keep my mouth shut either (probably with profanity).
A Freedom and Faith rally is being held in DC across from the White House today. Here’s a quote from the president of the Freedom and Faith Institute:
” Dr. Gary G. Dull, President of The Faith and Freedom Institute said, “America is in a dangerous position these days. With the rapid expanse of liberalism, secularism and socialism, the generations to follow us will be led down a path where God will be forgotten, freedoms will be limited, and destruction will come upon this nation we all love. To prevent that from occurring, those of us who care must be willing to give ‘our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,’ to direct America back to the founding values of our ancestors, many of whom shed their blood and gave their lives for our freedoms.”
For those with controlled blood pressure and current outdoor temps under 80 degrees (and with a bit of a masochistic side) , here’s their website:
http://www.ffcoalition.com/
LisanTx Says:
BuffaloGal and Trisha–Leah Burton writes a wonderful blog about dominionism–the so called “religious” people trying to take over government, business, education, etc. (the Seven Mountains).
She is very knowledgeable about this subject and about Alaska. Her first blog is:
http://www.theopalinism.com/blog/
She is in the process of expanding her coverage to national theological/dominionism issues with a new website that is barely getting started at:
http://www.godsownparty.com
I highly recommend checking out the archives at theopalinism.
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Thanks for this. It seems that most people are in a complete fog about the dangers that this kind of religious uprising brings to our country. Maybe if people had paid attention to the uprising of the Taliban many years ago, they wouldn’t have the power they do now. Just saying.
InJuneau – thanks for clarifying that the mask in the logo for the Strongheart Memorial Fund is Yup’ik. I wasn’t certain, so, used the term ‘native’, instead.
As an update to the Glenn Beck Sponsors. Colorofchange had this as part of their statement in an email sent to me today. Quite a List
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“Unusually successful”
There hasn’t been an exodus of advertisers in response to an organized effort like this in decades. Here are the companies that have stopped their ads from running on Beck: AT&T, Airware Inc. (maker of Brez anti-snoring aids), Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank (unit of GMAC Financial Services), Ancestry.com, Best Buy, Blaine Labs Inc. (maker of Dr. Blaine’s brand skin treatment products), Broadview Security (Brink’s Home Security), CVS, Campbell Soup Company, Clorox, ConAgra (maker of Healthy Choice brand foods), Ditech, The Elations Company (maker of Elations nutritional supplement), Experian (FreeCreditReport.com), Farmers Insurance Group, GEICO, Johnson & Johnson, Lawyers.com, Lowe’s, Men’s Wearhouse, NutriSystem, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Re-Bath, Roche (make of Boniva), SC Johnson (makers of Ziploc, Off!, Pledge, and other products), Sanofi-Aventis (maker of Ambien), Sargento Cheese, Sprint, State Farm Insurance, Travelocity, The UPS Sto re, Verizon Wireless, and Wal-Mart.
Mirage 18–You’re welcome. Once you’ve been here a while, you start to recognize the traditional styles of masks and other cultural items. If you’re interested in looking at different styles, the Alaska State Museum has a database of some of their collection on-line (look for the link called Search Collections Database): http://www.museums.state.ak.us/asm/asmhome.html
mag the mick@52, I don’t think it was unprofessional at all. If they hadn’t said the n word, then yes, it wouldn’t be your business. But once that line of hate is crossed, I would hope everyone would stand up…I am getting very sick of all this…There was a time when people thought nothing of saying that word, until finally some people stood up. I am sure those people still thought it, but at least we as a society were starting to make changes But when it becomes ok to speak that word without being told ‘that is offensive’, well, we diminish the disgust that word should make us all feel.
GOOD NEWS Pups…. I just read Mag the Mick recent post and so I went to the Arizona Republic website. It IS POSTED !!! Woo Hoo!
Find any way you can to spread the word and link around to Huffpo threads or wherever. Get the word out.
BuffaloGal…. this is worthy of a PalintruthWatch Twitter comment.. Right?
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/08/25/20090825tuelets252.html
BuffaloGal @ 53
Thanks for the link to your new site – it is now bookmarked. The other sites you linked are indeed good resources. I like your take on the twisted x-tian movement – I see it as a much larger threat to the future of our secular state than most are willing to concede. There is a cultural taboo against criticizing people who wave the bible around and say God a lot – even when they’re spouting gibberish or dangerous rhetoric – that has provided them cover from being exposed for what they are. That taboo needs to be challenged and overcome. The biggest warning sign I’ve seen yet came during the pres campaign back in ’07 when Huckabee openly advocated rewriting our constitution to bring it into compliance w/ biblical law, and yet he remained a viable candidate – and still does. The silence of our media (other than Rachel’s “C” Street revelations) is very worrisome. How deep has infiltration of the media reached already, and will the media even be any help in shining a light on this twisted movement and their political agenda?
The following link is to a site that covers “The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party.” It’s is an ambitious work and is not a site one will read in a single visit, but does provide good insights into how the Republican party has become the – IMO – menace to the future of our civil liberties and continued prosperity that it is today.
http://www.theocracywatch.org/
Mag the Mick
So glad you got story in the paper for all the see!! You must be an Ombusdman. I was too & found some of the volunteers could be a bit overzeaalous & mix politics & religion. A real no no. The elderly are a vulnerable group as I’m sure John McCain knows. Glad you’re fighting the good fight & getting heard!!
Frenchconnection
I agree it would be profitable for this country if Obama served a second term, but with the way things are going & the effectiveness of the obstructionists & the meida, I’m not sure he will even get that chance. I realize you could be throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but on the other hand, look at all the senators, governors etc. you could eleminate.
BuffaloGal #60 -
“to direct America back to the founding values of our ancestors”
Those were the folks that had slaves and wouldn’t let women work, get a higher education or vote, and considered anyone who wasn’t white and male to be less than a person, right? Yeah, those are the days we really want to go back to!
Do they really understand what they’re advocating? The founders lived in a time when most people were self-sustaining farmers. Whatever you needed had to be grown or made yourself. I just don’t see these right-wing, religious nutjobs plucking chickens or plowing fields. I’m guessing they also take advantage of terrible “socialist” institutions like the military, the post office, DOT, municipal water and sewer services, power grids, FAA …….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/mccain-booed-by-arizonans_n_268531.html
I think, Mag the Mick, that McCain was trying to be in Obama’s counter in hopes that he can count on your vote next year..lol
Good Article!!
Any way you can put this on Huffington Post and other MSM, Mag the Mick? on television? Did you send this to Rachael Maddows?
leenie17 @ 69 – Now can you imagine Bachmann, Prejean and Palin having their power revoked ? How about Prejean raising half a dozen rugrats and having to lop the head off of dinner? Now Palin could certainly handle the huntin’ and fishin’ but is she going to sit down and shut up and get the hang of that loom ? ha!
Re: the Faith and Freedom quote @60 –
They sure are referring to the shedding of blood quite a bit , lately. They’re willing to shed blood all willy nilly these days. For freedom. For liberty. For liberty trees. For freedom fries w/ gravy. If you’ve got something that sounds patriotic, they’re ready to bleed, make someone else do it or they’re celebrating those that have shed it in the past. Now… to me…. I just can’t picture the likes of Grassley, Boehner, Delay, Sanford or Beck decked out in camo and howlin’, ” Give me Liberty or Give me DEATH! BoooYAH!!!”
(now oddly, when it comes to Palin, I see it )
This is the same bunch of Republicans who vote for that thug, Joe Arpaio as sheriff every four years. These folks don’t give a damn about any of the rest of us as long as they can live in gated communities, play with their guns and watch the “crime supression” sweeps cart their brown brothers off to deportation jails. Fortunately, there are more of us Democratic types every day, and McCain and Kyl are known widely as the “twin embarrassments”!
I don’t know what to say. However, the Republican talking points are very frightening.
Sorry to post again – I was planning to conserve posting space but forgot to add this :
http://tinyurl.com/nw6ujt Bachmann has a new nugget of wisdom . It’s called, “The Health Care Bill Would Be Unconstitutional” . Prepare for this one to start showing up at the town hall meetings.
They are a well organized minority. As the majority, we need to address this and readjust . We also need to find a way to reach that segment of the GOP that does NOT condone this insanity and inspire them to speak out against it. This is definitely a time for “if not me, then who?” for them. They could make a great impact.
Whoa. Check out the link from post #70.
McCain is BOOED by eldsters in Sun City Arizona when he says he believes Obama respects the Constitution and that he (Obama) deserves respect as a President!
I’m comin’ around to Wonkette’s conclusion: some folks just might NEED Death Panels.
sheesh.
I got an email from Democracy for America today asking where Begich stands on the public health insurance option – apparently he is uncommitted at this time:
“45 Senators have already told us where they stand on the public health insurance option. Begich is not among them.2 If we can get 50 Senators on the record, we’ll have enough support to pass a public health insurance option on a straight up-or-down vote in the Senate.
State bloggers in Alaska are putting in formal media requests with Begich’s office to ask him the same questions. But they need grassroots support behind them in order to get an answer. Along with Democracy for America and Health Care for America Now, who are helping out with this campaign, we can be that support.
If thousands of Alaskans ask Senator Begich to finally tell us whether he supports a public health insurance option, he’ll have to respond.
Click here to send a fax to Mark Begich and ask him a question he cannot ignore.”
It doesn’t look like the link copied so here it is – http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/speakout/begich
Thank you Claw Washout @ 70 and karen @ 76 – I almost didn’t follow that link because I’m “linked” out today. This is very telling. We have to figure out exactly what it is telling us , but it’s certainly something important.
Considering the age of the audience, it strikes me that they’ve been fired up in a big way . Faux news? Church ? Door to door efforts? Locally run commercials? Direct mail propaganda ? Where is this info coming from that is getting to our seniors and scaring them to their core? And more importantly, who is it coming from? Who’s paying for it ?
Found the following link on Twitter:
http://sarahs-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-palin-to-speak-at-change-point.html
“Please join Governor SARAH PALIN & nationally known conservative STAR PARKER Thursday, August 27th 7:30 pm at Change Point Church Anchorage
“The Alaskans for Parental Rights campaign was developed to return to parents the right to oversee abortion decisions their underage teenage daughters might be unfortunately considering. Because of an out of touch Alaska Supreme Court and a legislature that has been unable to vote on the issue, Alaska is currently one of only 10 states without a parental notification law on the books. In November of 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a state law the legislature overwhelmingly passed back in 1997 allowing parents the right to agree or deny abortions their minor teenager daughters might be considering was unconstitutional….The goal of the Alaskans for Parental Rights campaign is to obtain at least 32,734 signatures statewide to bring this issue back to the people on the 2010 August Primary Election.
“Please join other pro-family, parental rights supporters for a public signing event where Governor Palin will officially become the first petition signer. Star Parker will provide a national perspective on the parental notification issue.”
So, will she or won’t she show? Hmmm….
McCain getting booed in Sun City is unbelievable. I think it shows how out of control the mobs are getting. I admire him for his faint attempts at speaking out, and almost (but not quite) feel sorry for him. I will have to send him another letter thanking him for his attempt.
I haven’t sent my letter on any further than our two state newspapers, but if anyone else wants to forward anything on, be my guest. My heartfelt thanks to all of you who wrote in with your support.
Hangin’ in there…
Mag the Mick
Just got my ‘DraftSarahCommittee’ newsletter. This time they’re hawking tee-shirts:
“Show your support for Sarah and the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee by purchasing our new T-Shirts. This shirt is sure to drive your liberal friends crazy!”
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For quantities of 11 shirts or more please email Randy (probably) Highsmith (apparently!) at Chairman@2012draftsarahcommittee.com for the shipping cost and even better unit prices.
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My favorite part? I’m not a grammar / spelling fanatic (I swear!), but for the CHAIRMAN of this committee to mass-email the following just tickles me to no end:
“Please forward this email to all your like mined friends so they won’t miss out on this great offer! Don’t forget our newsletter for next quarter will be sent out in a couple weeks. Lot’s of exciting news to share, so….” blah-blah-blah, yadda-blah.
Karen in OR (76)
also Claw Washout Palin (70)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/mccain-booed-by-arizonans_n_268531.html
It’s a good thing I was sitting down when I got to the last lines of that article (italics are mine):
“Later in the question-and-answer session, McCain would again face moderately hostile receptions for insisting that Republicans couldn’t just “nuke” health care reform, but actually had an obligation to get reform passed. He also was booed for insisting that the prison at Guantanamo Bay needed to be shut down.”
Really glad I was sitting down….
I looked for a contact for John McCain and sent him this email–This requires me to admit I used to be a member of the GOP-how embarassing!!
“”"Thank you,sir,for being honest and truthful and behaving with honor.I watched video of you townhall.The members of the audience were disgraceful,rude,and disrespectful,yet you lead them and did not falter. I had to leave the Republican party when you chose Sarah Palin.I am sorry,but I could in no way place a vote in favor of her,and have held that against you.If the rest of the party begins to take a page from yor book,and act with truth and honor,I will be able to go back to the GOP.I hope what you are saying is a turning point for the GOP,I am afraid it is not.I have been ashamed of my former party. I do not want to vote Democrat because of fiscal conservatism on my part,but I could never vote for the leaders who are so cavalearly condoning lies,mistrust,fear,degradation,disrespect,and paranoia. I do place a large blame at the feet of the charismatic demagogue,Sarah Palin. I hope our country can outlive her madness unleashed on the country. Again,I thank you for behaving like the honerable man you are”"”
I for one can hardly believe Quittypants will be standing on a stage and sharing it with a black women.
Mona Lisa
I’d sure like some of those T-shirts from the Draft Sarah Campaign, but I’m saving up for the jeans.
Found this interesting little site via Buzzflash that may be useful when having a Health Care Discussions or Letter
It is breaking down the 1000 page bill into plain language & understanding
read more @
http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/2009/08/whats-actually-in-the-health-care-reform-bills-part-one.html
Good grief, Cheney is vacationing and fishing in AK.
Mag the Mick
congratulations on the published article. i wonder if McCain has an introspecitve function which allows him to see how his selection of Palin and his campaign of hate has encouraged the the hateful among us.
I think that racists must be called to account even if they are old and Christian. One of things that really irks me is that certain Christians believe that just because they say, “I am a Christnian”;it exempts from the difficult task of living a Christian ethos. It is very difficult in work situations. You were not unprofessional, just human.
I was spending some time today doing some posting on a certain ProQuitter websight as my alter-ego there.My blood pressure was rising I knew by the headache. Suddenly,I got relief.I suddenly became clear to me that these people have been here before.They are the same people who had fallout shelters stocked with food for midnight of the year 2000 ,waiting for society to be ripped to shreds. The same people who are settling their afairs and waiting for the rapture in 2012. The same people who send their hard grubbed dollars to tv and radio evangelists,who spend them on gold plated toilets and private jets.
My mind cleared,I got a smile back on my face,my headache lifted.
Then ,to top it off,just as I was drinking a Diet Coke at my keyboard. ,I came across an article on Huffpost about Rush Limbaugh dissing rapper JAYZ for putting Rush’ name in a new song.The line that did it was when Limbaugh said “”I would remind the rapper Jay-Z, Mr. Z, it is President Obama that wants to mandate circumcision. We had that yesterday, and that means if anybody – if we need to save our penises from anybody, it’s Obama”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”
I had to get a spare keyboard while my good one dries out!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/rush-limbaugh-disses-jay_n_268678.html
I think it was Sprio Agnew who was alwasys talking about a “small vocal minority”, (meaning the 60′s radicals), please dear God let this be a small vocal minority of loonies.
mommom Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 1:58 PM
I looked for a contact for John McCain and sent him this email
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I’ll be sending an email, as well. I just hope he really means it and really wants to support the fact that Obama loves this country and our constitution. I would love to back McCain up about supporting differing views and recognizing that we have political parties that don’t necessarily agree but we can respect that America is all about the debating, discourse and then, the voting process.
I’ll admit that I considered McCain , early on. I think we’re all hungry for political reps that resound with truth, honesty, integrity and insight and/or intellect.
There were a few moments that I saw/heard it in McCain. Perhaps I more “hoped” it ?
We have term limits. It’s called voting. That’s how we got rid of Santorum after one term and how we got rid of 8 term English in PA 3rd and replaced him with a Democratic woman, Kathy Dahlkemper. It just takes effort and a good candidate.
Checked out the “well known conservative,” Star Parker. Apparently she has strong Christian ties. Do we know what type they are? What a strange duo.
Mag the Mick @52: No, you weren’t unprofessional. They were out of line and you had an obligation to point that out.
Mommom @89: So, Rush fears that he may loose his penis? Somehow, I always knew that.
Limbaugh has a penis? ? ?…he is a dick…but those two in the same sentence made me hurl….sorry, I’ve not commented in quite awhile…been busy with taking my baby to college…Limbaugh and penis put me over the edge….
Hmmm, some interesting new info on gift disclosures from the crazy woman: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/143128
Say NO to Palin in Politics–NNNNOOOOoooo, say it isn’t so! He’s not near my town is he?
I don’t know if anyone else has seen this yet, but the FEC is asking questions of
SARAPAC…
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/palins-pac-gets-questions-from-fec-about-problems-in-finance-report.php?ref=fpc
@ 98 knittingbull – What a nice find !
>>>Sarah Palin’s leadership committee, SarahPAC, is now getting some annoying questions from people other than the media — namely, the Federal Election Commission.<<<<
@ 98 – interesting link
94 Trini Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Mag the Mick @52: No, you weren’t unprofessional. They were out of line and you had an obligation to point that out.
Mommom @89: So, Rush fears that he may loose his penis? Somehow, I always knew that.
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LOL…I really didn’t need that visual of Limbaugh looking for his penis under all those rolls of fat.
It’s just about 8PM est. Heading up to the tree fort chat room for about 20 minutes before my son gets back with dinner.
Help me out here. Just catching up on the deatils and implications of the Jutice Department investigation of abuse of prisoners. Cheney and Peter King (R-NY) and others are outraged. King called it bullshit (his word) and Cheney said interrogation techniques saved us from mass casualty attackes.
So it’s OK for people acting on my behalf to tell a prisoner that they are going to bring in that person’s mother and rape her in front of them, but it’s not OK for Medicare to pay for a doctor to put that person and their mother together and talk about end of life decisions.
How the hell did we go so far off the rails? Damn it, I want my country back!
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
Good grief, Cheney is vacationing and fishing in AK.
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I think he is holding Palin in an undisclosed location. But seriously, I think he is doing more than fishing in Alaska.
I have said from the day Palin quit that Cheney was somehow involved, and I still believe it. I had read that Palin and Cheney chatted often before she was picked by McCain. I always found that….errr….odd. Then, she called him right before she quit.
Remember (during the campaign) how she agreed with Cheney about expanded powers of the VP? Come on, she didn’t think of that herself. I think he was somehow involved with picking Palin and now, he is coaching her, guiding her or getting her a job representing big oil.
She is the female version of Cheney—evil. No wonder he loves her…it’s like looking in a mirror.
trisha@102
They can share a duel mirror at the Federal Prison; where they both belong. They both think they are smart. SP will not go anywhere without votes. She won’t get them. They more Cheney and SP linkage is exposed; the less exceptable she will become.
I think I was sent for a time out by the mods because I used the actual spelling for BS. Best as I can reconstruct here’s what I said.
Help me out with this? How can Cheney and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and others critize the DOJ’s announced investigation of torture techniques (King called it BS and Cheney says they stopped several chances for mass casualties) . One of the incidents involved telling a prisoner that they were going to bring his mother in and rape her in from of him.
That’s OK with them.
But we want to bring the person and their mother in for counseling on end of life decisions and we’re communists, socialists, Nazi’s, French, gay, aliens, anti-American whatever-ists, hate apple pie, boy scouts, puppies, God the father, God the son, scapulars (Catholics in the group?), the Second Amendment and all the ships at sea.
I want my country back!!!
Rumor has it is that Tom Ridge was “encouraged” to raise the terror alert level to “hot pink” whenever anyone including Rush Limburger or the Palomar Observatory was able to catch a glimpse of Rush’s penis.
However, I digress.
The Yankees tickets were for Palin, her husband, Todd, and daughter Willow.
This may well be a major coverup!!!!! My understanding is that these tickets cost approx. $2150 a seat. If they are claiming $4300 then Willow sat on Todd’s lap! There was some question over the Letterman flap as to whether Willow was even at Yankee stadium. Claiming the cost of the tickets AND saying they were for Todd, Sarah, AND Willow is an attempt to cover up that lie. Sarah figures the value is correct, just the names have been changed to protect the innocent. More research is necessary! There were never any pictures of Willow at that game!!!
Hey guys,
pant pant pant…
I got a shout out at a the DailyGeorge.com regarding a poetry submission.
It’s a poem I wrote when staying in a hotel during the winter, on the shores of lake Superior (like 100 yards away or so).
It’s a contest, and it takes votes. So iffen’ ya want could you at least check it out- and if you think it’s worth a vote- and better than the other nine options, send me one?
Here is the link:
http://thedailygeorge.com/poetryentries.html
The beginning of the poem is as follows:
THE ROUGH STUFF
By Frank Aprile
Water is casual as it drips – callous – and suggestive…
It can be rough, flat, but never indifferent…
Salient it is…
Expressionless, remorseless, relentless.
eww, I knew darth vader had his hand up princess winky’s skirt flapping her jaw! She better hope he isn’t doing any hunting or she’ll be picking buckshot out her newly lifted face. I think I see an iceberg headed towards darth & princess winky. Please don’t mention rushbo’s winky anymore, the mere thought makes me throw up in my mouth.
There are reports of changes of SP’s pictures on facebook. Could it be that they don’t want comparisons with the “new improved” Sarah Palin?
As per something I just saw on a Huffpo thread…. Lisa Murk is on C-SPAN RIGHT NOW. it is a repeat of the one over the weekend. Tune in if you want to see her live response.
Alaska Town Hall meeting from 8/20
I guess appointing your old highschool buddies has its downside.Seems pretty incompetant to me.
Three weeks ago I had to get stitches to close a v-shaped tear in the calf of my leg, and the bills are in. I went first to an Urgent Care facility that is affiliated w/ the hospital that is nearest to me b/c the UC is much closer. They took about an hour to getting around to looking at it and then told me that they couldn’t deal w/ it and that I’d have to go to ER. It also happened to be time for the UC people to go home by then. They have now billed me $232.72 for sharing their assessment of their own lack of skill w/ me.
UC (no treatment) 232.72
ER $ 1150.00
ER Contract Doctor 816.00
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Total $ 2198.72
Divide by 14 stitches, and that’s $157.05/stitch.
Health care reform, anyone?
http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/2009/08/gov-palin-speaking-in-anchorage-on.html
“A STRONGER AMERICA THROUGH OUR 1ST FEMALE PRESIDENT. NO APOLOGIES.”
Gag, here’s the invite to Change Point’s Thursday night gig. Anyone going to report for us? I haven’t the stomach.
wonkette has some funny pictures taken by Lisa (not me) in Dallas at the townhall meeting. Looks kinda like Alaska but with shorts and short sleeves.
http://wonkette.com/410699/a-childrens-treasury-of-insane-old-people-that-zeke-emanuel-should-euthanize-in-dallas#more-410699
Teutonic 13; nice poem; will vote in tomorrow, as the starting date is the 26th. Have observed water, how it trickles, or waves on the rocks, I love the way you describe it’s personality – and the insight. Nice!
Since this is an open thread, I wanted to share information on Leonard Peltier. Some of you may remember “Wounded Knee” from thirty years ago and the conviction of Leonard Peltier.
From Peltier website:
Leonard Peltier has spent more than three decades behind bars with his rights being repeatedly denied. In 1977, Leonard was wrongly convicted in the killing of two FBI agents amidst the native rights uprisings at Wounded Knee. His trial record is so laden with fraud and illegalities as to mock the fabric of our entire criminal justice system.
Amnesty International and a host of other independent global observers have long since confirmed that the FBI intimidated witnesses, withheld evidence, falsified affidavits and perpetrated every other dirty trick they could find to slap Peltier behind bars.
To this day, in the name of “national security,” the FBI is withholding some 140,000 pages of critical documents, in direct violation of numerous federal statutes. Peltier’s sentence has been wrongfully extended. And his repeated requests for a retrial have been routinely denied.
The late Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, Amnesty International, International Indian Treaty Council, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Coretta Scott King, Mikhail Gorbachev, Gloria Steinem, Wilma Mankiller, Robert Redford, the European Parliament, and a host of other notables all have worked, petitioned, and pleaded for his release.
For the American Indian Nations as well as the world at large, the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier is America’s Judicial embarrassment.
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His next parole hearing is 2017! He will be 73. Maybe when some dust settles President Obama can pardon him?
bigdayqueen now you put that picture in my head of rush trying to find his P Yuck!!! I tried to post about palin for pres and said you have got to be kidding .we do not need that type of person running our great country. That she was a liar and very vindictive and we did not need someone like that to even run for any office.I don’t think it will be accepted does any one else?
I will say again that when people say they want their country back,it belonged to the native americans and was taken from them now most must live on reservations.WHY????they were moved ther against their wills abck when and not much has changed .
I was posting some comments about Mag the Mick’s Open letter to McCain on the Huffpo story about John’s Town hall meeting where he was getting booed.
As of now there were 4 that I found that picked up the letter. Continue to use these links. If it gets a buzz maybe the MSM will ask questions as well.
The 4 I found found by using Google with this as the search…
{ Open letter to John McCain+Nazis } I could post each link in 4 different posts but you should be able to see all four of these. These were where they were posted. Maybe others will pick up on it as well.
1.flagstaff today…
2.arizona typepad…
3.azcentral at Arizona Republic… and
4. http://www.politicker.com/arizona/96067/open-letter-sen-john-mccain
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We need to have people keep asking if he will respond. John is not for Healthcare reform and defends Palin. Not good John.
LisanTx #116 -
Checked out the photos from your link. Just had to sit here shaking my head at the absurdity of it all. Obviously, irony is a foreign concept to those folks.
Then I read some of the comments. My favorite:
“we can still benefit from the sartorial dressing tips: khaki shorts, black socks and loafers totally says, look out, Golden Corral buffet, here I come!”
Voting is open for teutonic’s poem – easy to vote! and it IS the best poem.
http://thedailygeorge.com/poetryentries.html
“The Rough Stuff” is the title.
I have a hunch on who is actually doing the writing of those pieces attributed to Sarah – “Death Panels” and so forth.
Neo-con Bill Kristol has been enthralled by SP since before McCain nominated her, and still continues to sing her praises at every opportunity.
I read most of what gets published under his name – not because I like what he says, but to stay on top of it for debating my brother-in-law who is a Kristol and Palin fan. (YUCKY)
She obviously doesn’t have the intellect nor the discipline to research and compile those pieces, let alone the grammar. If it isn’t Kristol doing the writing, then I think someone close to him is doing it. Way too many similarities to his style and ideas.
Jojobo1@120, That is what I think every time I hear ‘I want my country back!’. It is starting to drive my kids nuts but I just can’t help it. I wonder if they also wish that they had closed those dang borders 300 some odd years ago…
I just heard that Ted Kennedy had died.
msnbc
i am speachless
Me too. Just heard it. What a sad day.
He lived to see health care on the verge. Up to us to make it happen how.
Senator Ted Kennedy dead from brain tumor at age 77. We we finish the work you started.
Thank you for your service that you and other members of your family gave to America. We are the better for it.
Senator Kennedy..peace be with you.
My sincerest condolences to the Kennedy family and friends.
Please take action on what we are learning from AKM. The best thing we can do in society is to educate women because they pass along what they learned. Scholarships and schools for educating women are probably the best investment for sustainability in the world.
Sad for all the work Ted Kennedy put in to health care and not making it long enough to see it pass. Kind of like Pres. Obama’s grandma not making it to Election Day. Hope it spurs people to get off the crazy train to get health care reform passed. Is there anyone in either the House or Senate going to step up and lead instead of acting like a scene from “Animal House?” I hope someone starts LEADING.
(On another note, Nancy Reagan was probably the first female president eg when Ron was going into the abyss of Alzheimer’s. Don’t remember why I wanted to say that, but one of the posts on the ‘flats brought that to mind.)
Wouldn’t Edith Wilson (President Wilson’s wife) be the first, as opposed to Nancy Reagan?
Interesting story in ADN (seriously!):
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/southeast/story/909908.html
“An Alaska state senator will challenge a fishing citation he received and seek a court opinion on whether a state wildlife officer has jurisdiction over subsistence fishermen on federal land.
“Sen. Albert Kookesh, D-Angoon, said Monday the Alaska Legislature has consistently refused to take steps to align the state constitution with federal law governing subsistence on federal land. He believes the state wildlife officer who landed his floatplane on Admiralty Island and cited him and other fishermen for too many subsistence fish had no business being there. “We need to challenge the state of Alaska coming in the back door trying to manage subsistence on federal lands,” Kookesh said.”
It really is an interesting article (and gives additional insight into the “tenth amendment” mindset).
We’ll miss you Ted.