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16 11 2009
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November 16th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Check out what McCain said having a conference call last Friday with his campaign aids, lol……..btw…..he hasn’t spoken with her for months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LjCGid_Neo
November 16th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Some great shots from Atlantis looking down at earth as she gets way up there in the wide blue yonder…
November 16th, 2009 at 10:54 AM
20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I am going to Grand Rapids wed. but looks like I won’t be able to get inside so will stick w/protesting outside.
Info to get in: “Her fans in Grand Rapids will be glad to know they’re part of “real America.” As we’ve reported, her book tour begins Wednesday with a stop at the Barnes & Noble in Woodland Mall. One theory why Grand Rapids was picked goes back to a 2008 campaign decision she disagreed with.
The signing begins 7 p.m. A limited number of wristbands for entry will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis starting 7 a.m. Attendees must purchase the book at Barnes & Noble prior to receiving a wristband. For more information, contact..”
Well, that sounds like BS to me. Can’t even go inside, it’s a long way to travel and it’s gonna be a long, cold night )o:
November 16th, 2009 at 11:03 AM
she is such a piece of work……..my shout at her (REALLY?) I had to put the * in p*rn, and I hope Levi does turn into a star, preferably a reality tv show or modeling.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1109/Palin_attacks_Levi.html?showall
Asked by Oprah about Levi Johnston, Palin, R-Alaska, responded: “I don’t think a national television show is the place to discuss some of things he’d been doing and saying.”
(REALLY?)
She continued: “By the way, I don’t know if we call him Levi — I hear he goes by the name Ricky Hollywood now, so, if that’s the case, we don’t want to mess up this gig he’s got going…. Kind of this aspiring, aspiring p*rn — the things that he’s doing. It’s kind of heartbreaking.”
Oprah clarified that Palin was referencing Johnston’s decision to pose for “Playgirl.”
Said Palin: “I call that p*rn, yes. So it’s a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he’s on right now.”
November 16th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Curtis Menard was Mayor of Wasilla. Dentist, no connection to Spenard Builders Supply.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:09 AM
((((austintx)))) It’s so good to see you back at the flats!
November 16th, 2009 at 11:14 AM
#20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
#20 – oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
austintx – hugs from me too! You are witty so how about some input for signs to protest Palin? I need 4 zingers at least, will bring extra signs if I have the time to make them.
“Sarah Palin Quit makin’ stuff up” is all I’ve got so far (o:
November 16th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Taken from the Fox/Cheney thread to keep it “current”
75 BigSlick Says: November 16th, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Read the entry at Wikipedia on Liz Cheney and her comments become clearer – she is testing the public reaction to voicing her own aspirations to the Presidency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney
“In October 2009 Liz Cheney, William Kristol, and Deborah Burlingame launched, as board members, a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, Keep America Safe, with the mission of destabilizing the incumbent Democratic president’s foreign policy. Staffed predominantly by former staffers of John McCain’s presidential campaign, the group collects donations and data about contributors and visitors to its website, and reserves the right to share that data with unspecified “third parties.” ”
That quote about destabilizing the current foreign policy is TREASON, as in aiding & abetting the enemy.
Someone(s) contact the DOJ about this…as in a whole bunch of e-mails to DOJ to follow-up….from a bunch of us…
November 16th, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Oowee…..watch what Anna Marie Cox says on Rachel Maddow………she also shows the clip of Rushgo, he says he talked to Scarah, awww.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5A3×1BE57M
Paco……Gryphen posted she’s speaking to some logging group during her book tour. It’s on his blog.
Big Pete…….she can’t wait to read her own book? LOL, big head much…..like she hasn’t seen it yet.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:42 AM
@Michigander, re: for signs to protest Palin:
“Sarah Palin: Quitting a Book Tour Near You”
“Sarah Palin: How Do You Feel About Prejean P&rn?”
“Katie Couric Says Hi!”
November 16th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
listen to this brave little guy from Arkansas………..he’s brilliant, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlT5wvBbVEw
November 16th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Thanks Emp! Couldn’t remember the last name and with the pages down I couldn’t check back, but her repeated mentioning of him in those few excerpts, struck me as a bit odd.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
The Guardian is Going Rogue! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-book
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Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue – uncut
Exclusive – the raw, unexpurgated first draft of Sarah Palin’s biography Going Rogue, complete with author’s notes”
November 16th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
@Michigander
“Pallin around with exhibitionists?”
“Carrie misses you! Call soon!”
November 16th, 2009 at 12:38 PM
I’m not going to watch the Opera interview, I’ll find it later.
But I did listen to an excerpt that apparently won’t be on tv, Scarah said ya know I’m a journalist and that she’s been journaling all her life, and I give Oprah credit for delving into that a little, saying really, when did you start, Scarah points towards piper, they pan camera on her, and says since before Pipers age, okay, how old is Piper?
Went on how she and her sister ‘just recently’ got out their little girl diaries and opened them with their little girl keys, to discover how she’d written about hunting expeditions and stacking firewood as a chore to heat the house…….
Well, sounds like she had ‘this little story’ ready, and if she’s like any other little girl she started one and didn’t stick with it. I’d love to see what Scarah wrote in her little girl locked up diaries. It was probably her older sister that did this and Scarah’s borrowing memories from her.
Yep, Scarah was ready with ’stories’…….but with Scarah it’s always half truths and delusional thinking.
I’d don’t think Oprah threw any curve balls, like, what do you think about your friend Carrie Prejean. So, we’ll see if Barbara Walters can dig deeper. Scarah hasn’t said anything about her yet, I don’t think anyway. Her saying Oprah was gracious and enjoyable may have been a shot across the bow asking Barbara show her the same treatment.
I don’t think Barbara would ever take that bait.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:32 PM
michigander -
Thanks for the hug.
I (heart) Levi
Oh Really
My BS detector just redlined
November 16th, 2009 at 2:36 PM
We are all loving Levi.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:43 PM
17 BuffaloGal Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 4:55 AM
“Christian Group Questions Palin’s Pro-Life Credentials
Here’s the link to the Palin Profile on their site:”
http://prolifeprofiles.com/palin
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Very interesting link, BuffaloGal.
We progressives can work relentlessly to expose Palin’s many flaws and hypocrisies but her adoring base will rarely listen to reason and facts.
No….Palin’s actual demise as a public “leader” will ultimately come from inside her own base. This Christian group who questions Palin’s Pro-Life credentials, for example, has the power to peel off more supporters in her base than any progressive criticism.
If you haven’t checked out BuffaloGal’s excellent link above, take a look……it contains the seeds of Palin’s own base’s disillusionment with her. Once they start examining Palin with their own strict criteria, her hypocrisy and slavish devotion to political expedience will become obvious.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Welcome back austintx, ol’ buddy!
November 16th, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Thanks Professor, G Katz and dear austintx (o:
I am getting discouraged – just got off the phone with the guy who is involved w/4 groups. He said there aren’t enough people interested from his whole email list so there is nothing organized! He said he thought there would be more interest but most people feel Palin’s not worth the time. He encouraged me to go but has no idea what I should expect. I guess the kid from Kuper College will be there with a small group but people are getting really nasty toward him so I am getting scared. I only have myself and my daughter-in-law…. )o:
November 16th, 2009 at 2:57 PM
78 austintx Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Well – well……..today should be fun watching the psychobilly lie and tap dance. All dormant and sleeping pups arise and kick some sarah ass. From the chasm of kaos , the bowels of bozoland , the precipice of palinistas……hello.
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Yeehaw!!…..it’s austintx!….The Texas phoenix risin’ from dormancy to kick some psychobilly ass with his pointy-toed ostrich n’ gator sh*t kickers!
Hi, austintx….glad to have ya back.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Say No, I saw the mention of her being the keynote speaker at the Logging Convention. The Convention has long been a supporter of gun rights, think NRA, which is the first speech that Palin gave after quitting her job. (private, no press event in Anchorage).
Tickets are $54. and won’t comment on how much they are paying her to speak, which usually means that they are paying, if it was a freebie, they’d be bragging.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Does anyone know if it is normal practice for a book signing event to make you buy the book to get a wristband to enter the store?
November 16th, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Oh lordy! CNN/Jeanne Moost just included a blurb w/ Oprah and hunting/Palin…
Don’t know if this is from tonight’s show or from last week…
November 16th, 2009 at 3:40 PM
The answer is IGNORE her and any venue like Barnes and Noble. Sarah is so over. Chief indicator of over was rushing the pathetic excuse of a book to print.
Barnes and Noble is suicidal. Who would pay full price or for that matter any price for the stupid woman’s book? So basically they lose all business for that day.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:41 PM
problem child – thank you
Lee323 – dang right buckaroo !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBOcwgb4OA&feature=related
November 16th, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Just watched a snipet of O’Reilly while flipping through channels. He said he thought “Going Rogue was a great book and will makes lot’s of money”. He couldn’t even look at the camera while he said it. He hung his head and looked down while he endorsed the book. He didn’t sound very convinced. Better watch that body langauge Bill!