Another classic from the Mudflats Art Department! Flyinureye has outdone himself this time. The longer you look, the more you’ll laugh. And who needs “Where’s Waldo?” when you can have “Where’s Brian?” Bravo!
The Twitter Quitter strikes again !!!
The reigning Miss Congeniality of the AssHats party has ” pulled a Palin” and ran out of the 5K Thanksgiving day race that she publicized that she would participate in on her twitter account.
Huff Po has posted:
Sarah Palin Quits Turkey Trot 5K Race In Kennewick, Washington
Here’s a related story: Palin’s church doesn’t teach about the “Rapture.” It teaches that Christians must take control of the Earth & achieve dominion.
Palin QUITS her “tour bus”, but at least she hasn’t QUIT lying……………..
Sarah Palin lied on twitter about the book tour!
Sarah Palin has just published a “book of lies” and a growing number of people she portrayed in the book now challenge her version of events. Even before the publication of Sarah’s book, her lies were already well documented.
But now we have a novelty: For the first time ever, Sarah Palin has been caught lying on twitter!
From the flight log we can see that on November 23, Sarah flew from Fayetteville, which is just next to Fort Bragg, to Birmingham AL, taking off at 3:40 pm EST, arriving at 3:47 CST (the flight took one hour one and seven minutes).
In the evening of November 23, at 8:12 pm CST, Sarah took off from Birmingham, AL and arrived at 10:09 pm EST in Jacksonville, FL.
Therefore, it is proven from the records that Sarah Palin spent the night from November 23 to November 24 in or closely around Jacksonville. When she twittered at 5:52 am in the morning of November 24 that she was “on bus to Jacksonville”, she probably just got her lazy a$$ out of her comfy bed!
He quit his job on the “North Slope” …I guess her 5 million advance enabled him to do that….however………….he “quit” Sarah on Thanksgiving!!
Even with all that money Todd stayed in Alaska to………….
“fix the roof”….yeah….right…can’ t afford to hire someone….
Oh and speaking of quitting.. ………. Sarah quit making turkey dinner too……. ….too much hard work and all that fuss, she said, so the family went to….with all her $$…….. .Quiznos. …..to eat sub sandwiches for Thanksgiving dinner!!!
What a “real American” what a “patriot”. …..good thing she didn’t get VP, if making turkey dinner is too much hard work…………..Quiznos would be running the country.
Yes Palin is on a quitting role….she quit her tour bus………..she rents a private jet to haul her around……..the bus meets her at the airport…..or she is driven to the bus….then she arrives at her book signing pretending she’s been on the bus the whole time!
The ONLY thing Palin can’t seem to quit is…………lying
Is there something white sitting on the chair between the barrel of the gun and the desk? I always found things that weren’t there in Highlights Hidden pictures so could be just me….
…the denigrated American flag tossed aside over the back of a chair, from the original shoot, leaves me cold, sarah!!!!!!!! your fake respect is so captured!
Thought you all might like this video. It’s done by a conservative commentator in SC for whom Palin has lost her luster. I know (I think, rather) that a number of anti-Palin conservatives like myself congregated here during the election. For my part, I’ve enjoyed checking in from time to time afterwards, as I knew that Lady Blah Blah wouldn’t go away.
And if anyone feels like wading into brackish waters…my hometown paper had an article defending Palin suggesting that the anti-Palin fervor is meant to direct criticism away from the President. http://www.dnronline.com/opinion_details.php?AID=42652&CHID=36
“Sarah Palin is now in that category of politician whom reporters feel safe in attacking.”
“What the people who are flipping out about the treatment of Palin should be asking themselves is what it means when it’s not just jerks like us but everybody piling on against Palin. For those of you who can’t connect the dots, I’ll tell you what it means. It means she’s been cut loose. It means that all five of the families have given the okay to this hit job, including even the mainstream Republican leaders. You teabaggers are in the process of being marginalized by your own ostensible party leaders in exactly the same way the anti-war crowd was abandoned by the Democratic party elders in the earlier part of this decade. Like the antiwar left, you have been deemed a threat to your own party’s “winnability.””
since the ‘right’ like to throw things up against the wall just to see if it sticks, no matter how strange, how distorted, or how blatantly untrue…I am going to run a twisted thought out there that popped into my head along the same lines.
re: the war of the roses between palin & levi…with how coy she acts and how she uses her sexuality for control, do you think that what levi ‘has on her’ is something like an advance or flirtation of mama cougar to grandbaby daddy?
I, personally, wouldn’t put it past her, but that’s just me…or is it?
Was Quizos even open on Thanksgiving? I couldn’t really tell by a google search. Some were closed in the US, but none of the tri-cities Quizno stores gave holiday hours (that I could find.) Maybe it was just a throw-away line…just trying to be one of the “regular folks.”
I also, too, hope she paid her own entry fee to the Turkey Trot. And a large donation would also be nice and could maybe be considered “tithing” since I don’t think she’s been doing that much lately.
And while I am in the b-itchy mode, she sure seems to get a lot of cred being a hunter, hockey mom and Christian. Is there a shelf life on that? When was the last time she went hunting, did anything involving hockey (not including taking Piper out on the ice to get booed with her) or go to a church and worship with a community of believers?
And I know one doesn’t have to go to a church to be a Christian, but I think Christians are supposed to hold each other accountable, and she seems to be avoiding that aspect. Plus, no communion? (This last part may be a bigger deal in Catholic churches, and that is the only experience I have.)
This all got to me since that Quizos on Thanksgiving and book signing on Sunday stuff. It just doesn’t sound very “God and Family” to me, but then I am in no way her audience.
The New York Times magazine has a terrific article about Joe Biden this week. I have always like Joe, but my estimation of him has shot up about a thousand per cent after reading it. Say what you will about him being “wordy”, he has knowledge and experience, and, more importantly, skill in dealing with people.
As I read it, I kept thinking of how on earth Sarah Palin, with her non-existent foreign policy experience would be dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan as Joe Biden is doing and has done. My God, there is no possible way she could do the job! AND, even more telling, she is pathologically unable to delegate to people with the ability and knowledge to handle weighty matters. Ms. Palin seriously lacks gravitas. (Note to Sarah Palin: running a government is not the same as running a household or having a kaffee klatsch with the neighbors; heads of state are not unruly teenagers, and you are NOT as cute and cool as you think you are.)
Well folks, she’s “unleashed” at last and we can certainly see why the McCain campaign was terrified to let her speak without a script and to have press conferences with any serious news anchors or journalists after the disastrous Katie Couric interview. Good grief, she is hopelessly inarticulate. I see that even her most ardent FauxNews supporters glaze over when they finally meet her and hear her speak (or dis-articulate as I like to call it).
Random thoughts: Lainey: I would not be a bit surprised if she came on to Levi. Women like her get jealous when their daughters start to get attention from men. It’s twisted and sick, but that’s our Scarah. I’ve also started to think that maybe this story about her being a runner is another fantasy. That picture of her from the runners magazine is too bizarre. I can’t remember where, but I read a good article about her being “religious p0rn”. And how about the “it’s too hard to cook a turkey” story??? From Miss Real America herself…it’s too hard to shove a bird in the oven? Working women all over the country were baking pies, stuffing birds AND taking care of their families while Quittypants was being flown around in a private jet. She’s lucky breathing is automatic or she’d claim that was “too hard”, too. What a flaming hypocrite.Yeah, that’s the real America right there, having a Quizno’s for Thanksgiving. And it seems to me that she and Todd are already split; he’s home with the three older kids and she took the two younger ones. If you see pictures of Piper lately, she does not look happy. Okay, rant over.
In defense of Pugs, I have one and she is not yappy at all nor “bitey”. I know you meant no disrespect of Pugs who are the most people-friendly breed in the known galaxy and beyond. : )
I think a very small Chihuahua or toy poodle or Yorkie is a better candidate for the position. Now, those are some hyper over-bred YAPPY dogs, and more people are bitten by poodles than pit bulls. Standard poodles are lovely mild-tempered dogs. No offense to Chihuahuas, toy poodles or Yorkies intended.
22 LiladyNY – During the presidential campaign I wanted to learn more about Joe Biden, so I read his memoir. “Joe Biden, Promises to Keep”- It is an excellent read. Knowing that he was a heartbeat from being president, this book gave me every confidence that Biden had the wisdom, fortitude, and perspective of our Constitution to be an effective president we could trust.
Hey lillady,
In defense of Chihuahuas my little one is not yappy at all either ( I love all dogs) and she is very bright, Chiquita yowls and whines when she hears Sarahs voice, even dogs dislike and distrust Sarah. I find it interesting that a larger well off family has no pets, does anyone else find this strange? I am glad they don’t though ,by the way they neglect their children they wouldn’t care for pets either.
Please remove Brian from the pic before Sarh tries to shoot him!!! LOL!
I have a question for Alaskans and poeple in the valley, has Sarah tithed her church after receiving her big check? If not, that certainly is not the christian way is it?
Unlike Sarah Palin, Joe Biden IS a real middle-class American success story. He worked hard for everything he has achieved, and, when he tells stories about his family and upbringing, he doesn’t do it in a way that is divisive or exclusive. Joe Biden is the real deal unlike Sarah Palin who is a mannequin.
27 LiladyNY- Yes, I totally agree. Joe Biden is the real deal. I hope more magazines interview him and his family-so the public can learn more about him. He has an incredible story.
Many many apologies to Chiquita. If I misspoke, it is only out of my experience with other little doggies which I have found to be yippy and yappy. I will concede that even Pugs can be yippy and yappy under the right set of circumstances.
DH and I adopted a three-year-old calico Maine coon cat yesterday to add to our family of one dog and two cats. She and her “sister” were on their way to the shelter because her owner is moving and could not take her. My dear friend adopted the other cat. As we were leaving, the lady and I hugged and cried over the sad necessity of doing this. There are so many stories like mine these days because of hard times. I can’t imagine life without my furbabies and how terribly wrenching it would be to have to let them go.
HistoryGoddess – loved your shout out to yourself – it was just perfect.
” It just doesn’t sound very “G-d and Family” to me, but then I am in no way her audience. (Such a nice compliment to myself!)”
laprofesora – I don’t get the not cooking a turkey or a home-cooked meal, either. It makes no sense to me. Even I have cooked a turkey twice and I don’t really know how to cook. It turned out just fine.
Since she was a guest of her aunt and they have been eating out daily, you would think that arrangements would have been made. They had more than enough time after “quitting” the “Turkey Trot”.
I really hope Piper and Trig have now been sent home. I think that Piper is now bored w/ the same pattern daily and most likely misses her friends, school, etc.
I am waiting for someone to publish a book of Sarah’s tall tales w/ illustrations a la the Paul Bunyan tales.
Sorry, I meant so many sad stories like hers these days. Terrible to have to decide between feeding your children and feeding your pets.
I just read this morning that legislation has been introduced for people to deduct pet food, vet bills and certain other items on their taxes up to $3500. It would give an enormous amount of relief to families already struggling. I hope it will be passed and will go into effect soon.
So now I’ll read the very long article in the NY Times on Vice President Joe Biden, and come back later to watch “Moore Up North” — I really, really need to get some work done today.
24 Lilady. I am surprised at the Pug in the graphic. I think the dog pix is referring to Beck’s comment about her being yappy and belonging in the kitchen. Get the popcorn ready for the next round. Ding, ding, ding!
I agree that Pugs are just to nice a breed to be part of the S’error brand. I guess that the Art Department may not be too familiar with various toy breeds. Also too the patriotic dog bikini may have influenced the selection.
My choice would be a Boston named “Terror” who comes to our dog park. He has a bad owner who allows and encourages the yappy and aggressive behavior that this breed is known to have. The owner has encouraged the bad behavior amongst his pack of Bostons. I have had to leave on a few occasions because the Bostons would not leave my Aussie alone and she was getting very annoyed. The bad owner just thought it was “funny”. One of the other dogs in this pack is named “Sassy” and the owner does everything possible to get her to live up to her name, too. I might suggest to the owner that the next one added to this pack be called “TeaBag”.
So if any of you have Boston’s please take no offense, as I am sure your dog is well socialized and a joy to be around.
lainey, LApfrofesora.
I’ve wondered about that bit too….I seem to remember Levi saying that Scarah had taken him to her bedroom to get him to show her how to operate/fire a gun she had there……seemed a bit odd that a woman who goes moose hunting regularly would need a lad to show her how to discharge her own weapon….( I’m NOT going there with the obvious innuenedo phrases!! )
I was just at the grocery store and I noticed a table of books for sale. I saw the Rogue Rag and picked it up. The first thing that I noticed was that it was so lightweight. I picked up a few others that were the same size and they were heavier. Just an observation. It appears to have been cheaply made. Mind you, this table had only marked down books. This one was 40% off.
I backed away and went to get some hand sanitizer.
If you feel like diving in, a rather long piece, by a Christian Conservative on Palin’s book and Palin in general. He still seems to like her a lot, but after reading her book, the shine is coming off her halo, so to speak.
The most laughable quote is that he says he didn’t think a few flubbed interviews meant that she wasn’t qualified to be President. ha, ha, ha!
If he thought a “few flubbed interview” was the extent of it, whew…..he has really been blinded by her red monkey pumps.
Mitt Romney finished his term as governor yet no ones calls him Governor Romney. Yet, I still keep reading about “Governor Palin”. Does she get to keep the crown even if she quit halfway through? And/or, I thought she didn’t need titles.
Why is it that Palin is referred to as Governor Palin and Mitt Romney is referred to as, Mitt or Romney? Just a thought.
I am sad to report that about 2/3 of the supply of “rogue” at the local Costco appear to have been purchased. This is much higher sales than the Beck tome that seemed to hang around forever on the book table. I was hoping for a high return rate.
CR46 Says:
In defense of Chihuahuas my little one is not yappy at all either
I have a Toy Long Hair Chihuahuas ” Amy ” also my little one is not yappy at all either.
My Hubby found her wandering around on a busy street out side of the auto mechanic shop he worked for and he was scared that she would get hit by a car .He brought her back to the shop and gave her some water and feed her some chicken. She had a collar on , no name tag. She was real dirty but looked healthy. She hung around the open garage all day with him and didn’t run ,also no one was out looking for her so he brought her home.That was three years ago. Hubby did put up a few flyer’s at work for about a month and no one came by looking for her also after a month we had gotten very attached and could not bare losing her. She is so sweet and loves almost everyone except small children. All I can think of is that maybe she was tortured by little kids before. Amy is my pride and joy. I love her very much. She brings me lots of happiness.
You may have seen this, but it is killing me how this book was not fact-checked in the least.
From the Philly Inquirer:
“…….Not to undermine Palin’s écriture, but she may want to fix a tiny mistake. She attributes the lovely quote used as an epigraph for Chapter 3 to a curious source, John Wooden. (The basketball coach?) The quote – “Our land is everything to us . . . I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it – with their lives” – is actually from Cheyenne chief John Wooden Leg…..”
A fan from CA @40: Maybe your local Costco had to ship 500 of their unsold stock to one of the other Costcos having a book signing and that’s why so many have disappeared?
I only concoct that theory because you report it outsold Beck’s book.
It’s like the Maxwell Smart shtick “Would you believe …”
I find that hard to believe.
So my brain MUST come up with some other reason why so many are gone, and that’s what I came up with.
LILlady and C rock, thank you both for adopting, I currently have 14 dogs ( one showed up dirty and sick to our ranch yesterday) 4 goats 10 cats 7 horses, 7 foster horses and 2 more fosters coming in tomorrow. Its a bad time for everyone even our furry friends Rescues always seem to know that they were rescued and love us more because of it. My chiquita was actually picked up on a stray viscious dog call and was going to be put down immediately(the next day) I am especially lucky to have gotten there when I did, she is my little guardian at all times.
CR46 Says:
My chiquita was actually picked up on a stray viscious dog call and was going to be put down immediately(the next day) I am especially lucky to have gotten there when I did, she is my little guardian at all times.
What a great story. You saved chiquita life. I would like to thank that my hubby saved amy also from not getting hit by a car. She is very tiny . Isn’t it funny how sometimes we are at the right place at the right time.
I haven’t checked the comments thoroughly, but I do see at least one that addresses something that I’ve been puzzled about.
Surely more than a few people have noticed her leaning on our nation’s flag, casually draped over a chair? I don’t get a lot of outside media, but aren’t the conservatives up in arms over this? Can you imagine what they’d be saying about a progressive who did this? It’s be the end of the world!
What I love is her own mother saying “I wouldn’t put anything past her.”
As far as Levi, he said somewher on the Insider that Sarah didn’t hit on him, but I think he just discounted the hints, since she throws so much sexual stuff out there, and he knows it’s mostly to reel in the men.
I know a few women like that. Constant flirtatiousness, but whoooa, you better not take it as the real thing.
ack…I’m a rescuer too. It’s feral-born kittens for me. There are several feral cats in the neighborhood (all from an irresponsible neighbor) and there is one mother that moves her kittens into my garden shed if I leave the door or window open more than a day in a row. She seems to know that I’ll feed her and take care of them, though at the first opportunity, she’ll scratch my eyes out. For the last 4 years, I’ve taken her kittens away from her at around 4.5 weeks, before they get crazy like her and I can’t catch them without donating a gallon of blood in the process.
My newest batch is amazingly adaptable. And adorable. I keep them in their own room replete with toys, a climbing platform, food, water, litter…all the accoutrements to create well-adjusted, adoptable kittens. I sit with them every day, sometimes for hours at a time, to help them trust…canned food helps! Once they climb on my lap and purr, I know I’ve won. Sometimes that takes 3-4 weeks!!! They can be very stubborn.
I have only kept 2 of the 9 I have saved from the same fate as their mother and her relations out there. I have placed one from this current litter, with two remaining. Anyone want a kitten?
46 CR46 Says:
November 29th, 2009 at 10:29 AM
LILlady and C rock, thank you both for adopting, I currently have 14 dogs ( one showed up dirty and sick to our ranch yesterday) 4 goats 10 cats 7 horses, 7 foster horses and 2 more fosters coming in tomorrow.
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CR46…. it’s nice to know that you have the space ( and the kind heart ) to be able to provide a second Home for some of these displaced animals. No matter what kind of animal it is they do seem to ‘ know ‘ that they have been rescued and show their appreciation for it.
After reading your comment I immediately thought do you have any pictures of Your ‘ expanded ‘ Adopted Family..? I sensed a story… or many here.
{ Would you be willing to do a Guest post story about them… I think AKM would love to see it as well} Buf was also ‘ rescued ‘.
I think we would all like to know a little bit more about them and their personalities and how they are unique. We all love the animal stories and need a break from S’error from time to time.
Please consider running the idea past AKM.
We all need some ” Aawwws” … and not ” AARRGHS ! ”
Relieves the tension…. and would be good for our blood pressure.
This is a bit tasteless, but it’s the first thing that struck me when I saw this graphic. Her leg should be lifted while she’s peeing on Alaska since she’s been trying to establish the entire state as her territory. Come to think of it, Palin herself is so incredibly tasteless that peeing on a map would just fit her b!tchy image.
Our neighbor lady was feeding two stray mama cats and their endless litters of kittens. Our local TnR program came out and placed the traps. Took the mamas to be spayed and returned to the neighborhood. Took the babies to be adopted. If the cats are taken from the neighborhood, others come in their place. If the original cats are returned, balance is maintained. It’s a sad, short and often tragic life for feral cats, but they don’t adapt too well to indoor life. That’s not to say they can’t, but it is the exception rather than the rule. I feel that we should do what we can to make their lives a bit easier if possible. My heart breaks for every stray critter in the world – animal and human alike.
Lots of Bots on here defending the former 1/2 Term Gov of AK
Sarah Palin has done a poor job of establishing a strong online presence.
[Snip]
“Senate Republican Conference online communications director Sean Hackbarth lobbed this charge at Palin’s online presence this week: ‘I’m sorry, Sarah Palin has one of the lamest online efforts of any national political figure.’”
I think the only reason SP has so many supporters on Facebook is that many many of them are lurkers. I confess I pop in there from time to time also. The people sending her money every month are really pathetic. They could do so much good with that money to send it to children’s hospitals or donate it to Special Olympics or somewhere where it would do some real good. Idiots. They are no better than groupies who follow their favorite rock stars.
I eagerly await the first libel lawsuit resulting in the “book of lies.”
I eagerly await “any of them, all of them, that are put in front of me” – also, too.
Bitney, Halcro, Wooten………call your attorneys please.
Holy cow! The Alaska Dispatch shreds the Quitter’s lies! They fact-checked
weather reports & other minutiae. The best:
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“Going Rogue,” Page 118: “(Todd’s grandma) Lena grew up in Dillingham on Bristol Bay. Her story sounds like something out of a Herman Melville novel. Her father, ‘Glass Eye’ Billy Bartman, was a Dutchman, a sled-dog freighter, and caretaker of the Alaska Packers saltry, a salmon cannery on the Igushik River. Her mother was a full-blooded Yupik Eskimo who grew up in a barabara…”
TRUE BUT EERILY SIMILAR to the phrasing in a story written by Anchorage Daily News reporter Tom Kizzia in October 2008. “Her father was a Dutchman, Glass Eye Billy Bartman, a sled dog freighter in the Bristol Bay region and caretaker of the Alaska Packers saltry on the Igushik River,” Kizzia wrote. “Her mother was full-blooded Yup’ik, growing up in a sod-roofed barabara in the now-abandoned village of Tuklung…” Kizzia also reported that Lena returned to Dillingham from her home in Homer “to help campaign in 2006, speaking with Yup’ik elders who didn’t follow politics. Kizzia wrote: “I said, ‘You know Todd?’ All the Natives know Todd. I said, ‘His wife is running for Boss Alaska.’” “Going Rogue” notes: “Lena went around Dillingham talking with the Yupik elders. ‘Do you know my grandson Todd?’ she would ask. Everyone in Dillingham knew Todd. ‘His wife is running for Boss Alaska.”‘
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found this very interesting take on our little Queen of Darkness…. and the picture of her is creeping me out….. I just want to add that I’ve had this same thought recently, though I’m not one to really follow scripture…but she is!
Can someone explain to me why so many liberal and feminist blogs continue to support this idiot? I mean, what will it take for them to open their eyes to her? Even as her lies are dissected by the media at large, her resignation halfway through an elected audience, her constant use of these kids as props, the treatment toward Walt Monegan, her incoherent, rambling, nonsensical statements, not to mention her religious beliefs that are downright scary, they seem to revel in finding her a “victim of sexism”, or insisting that she “scares” the opposition in her quest for power.
I continue to scratch my head in disbelief at this never ending battle they choose in portraying her as some sort of “answer” when there is little by way of substance coming out of her mouth.
These are the same blogs who derided Bush and his inarticulation yet they beat the drum on behalf of this empty headed mess. Mind boggling.
I scratch my head too, PJ.
I had a notary in my house a couple of days ago, and he scared the living you know what out of me…b/c ‘they’ believe what they’re saying as they probably repeat it to themselves a ton of times…just like brainwashing.
He said he wasn’t a Repug or Dem, but was a Constitutionalist…believing in freedom of religion, yada yada, but in the same breath, he started almost whispering about Prez Obama being a ‘black’ Muslim…Yikes! Now isn’t Muslim a religion and if you’re for freedom of religion, then that doesn’t just mean Christianity…and WTF, did he have to preface with ‘black’???…as if Muslim has a designated color. This guy was like palin…a secret racist! (not so secret) and is hiding behind some forefather’s creed as if this makes you a better American. I tell you what…I couldn’t wait for this creepy guy to leave my house.
#38 Trish
I just finished reading link to Firstthings – was glad to see the author (blogger) found quite a few disappointments in the book, along with undocumented quotes , failure to fact-check, and others.
I thought the writer brought up some very valid points – her book lacks insight into the person: of MsQuitter the former 1/2 Term Governor or AK.
Shallow, good vs bad (if it hasn’t harmed her or theirs- it’s good, if it has – then it’s bad), policy – using other ppl’s thoughts & ideas to justify her own position, without stating why she believes that way. Loaded with charisma and charm – but critical thinking is not an asset she possesses,
Obviously she has idea’s of what should be done, (don’t we all) but doesn’t have the basis to resolve the problem. Throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If you add up the lies (in Palin’s book) and the information that is just wrong, it’s one big list. That link discusses that the book was not fact checked. Quotes are attributed to the wrong people, quotes used in the wrong context, etc.
Ripley in CT- You have a great big heart to take in these kittens,change their fate and give them a chance at a good life. I hope you can find a shelter or other rescue person who can lend you a humane trap. The best solution to overpopulation would be to trap, spay and release this Mom kitty. I’m sure there is a network of people who rescue in your area. You just have to start asking around.
I’d like to know if anyone has any ideas on what our community might do in response to the tea party convention being held here in Nashville in February. I think we should complain to the venue since these teabaggers seem motivated by hate and call for a revolution against the government. I find them to be offensive and that is what I would tell the convention center. I just can’t understand why they would want to host such a group . Others say the venue can rent to anyone they want and we should just protest the event. Some even say we should ignore them so they don’t get even more attention.
I also read the link to Firstthings. In the comments, one misguided Palin fan is claiming that all of the ethics charges against Palin were dismissed. Off the top of my head, I’ve written out a list of ethics charges that were valid.
Please read over them and correct where I may be wrong and add any that I missed because I want to post it over there on that site. Not often we get a chance to post FACTS on a conservative blog without being censored….and the blogger does not seem to be censoring.
1) Palin was found guilty of misusing state per diems and she was required to pay back the state thousands of dollars.
2) Palin was found guilty of misusing state money for travel expenses for her family and was required to reimburse the state thousands of dollars. (Not addressed but even more troubling is the fact that she went back and amended expense accounts to make it look like she was in compliance.)
3) Misuse of her state vehicle. She elected to give the vehicle up rather than pay reimbursements.
4) “Troopergate”… where she was found guilty of abuse of power and ethics charges by a bipartisan Senate investigation (10 Republicans/4 Democrats) led by Mr. Branchflower.
5) Her Alaska Fund Trust was found NOT to be in compliance with the law. Dissolution of the fund was recommended to stay in compliance with the law….(or quit so she could quietly retain the money?)
6) Several ethics complaints are still ONGOING and have not been dismissed, including the questions surrounding the sponsorship fees and gain from “Arctic Cat;” and her private emails.
Regarding Palin as the AntiChrist. I wouldn’t be surprised. The “Christians” were spreading that around about Obama during the election. Then, they turn around and start worshipping Palin. She is more fitting since she has been caught in a ton of lies in this book, she is unforgiving, mean, hateful, full of revenge in her heart—and they still worship her.
It’s my understanding that (they believe) the Anti-Christ will be the big deceiver. Christians will be drawn in to worship The Beast, but he/she will be a false God. President Obama never pretended to be a spiritual leader being called by God…to push through that door that God opened. But, Palin has. In addition, it’s the Christians who are blindly following her. It’s my understanding they believe that the AntiChrist will fool many Christians.
Yet, Look at the “Christian” leaders of this country who are lapping at Palin’s feet…Dobson, Graham,etc. She fits the profile of deceiving the Christians.
Lainey: In the 60′s there was a movement called the “Black Muslims.” It was the beginning of the “black is beautiful” movement and the return to the original religion brought from Africa. There was a lot of militancy, and people were frightened. I think much of this preceded the riots in the cities. I would bet your “friend” is pretty old and remembers those times. I wouldn’t want him in my house either, but don’t overread the phraseology.
Mark @51 -
Surely more than a few people have noticed her leaning on our nation’s flag, casually draped over a chair? I don’t get a lot of outside media, but aren’t the conservatives up in arms over this?
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This subject has been discussed numerous times on this blog. Many of the commenters (including me) were quite offended by the disrespect she showed toward the flag by using it as nothing more that a patriotic decoration. You are absolutely correct in saying that the conservatives would be screaming if the same thing had been done by one of those terrible ‘lefty libruls’.
However, I am STILL waiting to hear about any conservatives who called her out on this clear misuse/abuse of the US flag. Anyone who missed the photo when it first appeared in Runner’s World should certainly have seen it on the COVER of Newsweek, especially with the fuss she made about it.
thanks sandra in oregon…still creepy, as if Obama was in that movement…how old was Obama then…6 or 8 ? …my ‘creepy notary guy’ doesn’t have the intelligence, in any case, to know the difference…to generalize and lump people in a category to suit his argument…and to keep quoting a document which contents don’t support their ideas (since they know nothing of what’s exactly contained in them) …remember Boener quoting from his copy of the Constitution which turned out to be him quoting from the Bill of Rights? …morons!
@trisha – She is the “false prophet” and her followers worship her blindly. I’m not that familiar with revelations but aren’t the followers supposed to wear the mark of the beast? In her case, that would be a big “S” branded on their foreheads and the “S” not for “Sarah” but for “Stupid”. And as the saying goes, “You can fool some of the people all of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time”…something like that.
As for the flag, conservatives would have had a “fit” if Obama posed with the flag like she did. They are all a bunch of hypocrites in my book and Sarah brings out the evil in people and seems to enjoy it.
Laurie @74 – I’m also disgusted that Bachmann and Palin will hold a teabagging convention in Nashville. There are enough darned racists and bigots in this area without B&P encouraging them. Money talks, particularly during this economic downturn, and Opryland Hotel stands to make big money. I think I read that tickets are in the $500 range? It is also a 3 day event, isn’t it?
Based on the cost of tickets, I wonder just how large the attendance will be. Granted, there are people in the area who could afford it, but how many are fans and supporters of them and their movement? Many of those who do attend, will probably come from further away.
I’d love to hear that it was cancelled, or that Palin was a no-show, but that’s probably wishful thinking. Writing letters probably won’t do any good, simply because Opryland is a private business with income being their only concern. Are you going to try to be there to protest?
8. Oct. 24, 2008 / She did have to pay the state $10,000 for questionable travel.
18. April 27: / Alaska Fund Trust. This was not dismissed, AKM has the archive. This is why a lot of people think she quit – so she could keep the AFT money.
This is not a complete list, and rumor in Juneau is that they had complaints filed after she left office . There were around three or more known filed between the dates of the above article and her quitty date.
Due to the convoluted and bizarre Personnel Board guidelines. the public does not necessarily get any information except in rare circumstances. The Board has not followed their own guidelines properly anyway – they have fudged, lied and struck out at everyone else (just like Palin).
So you can say that at least TWO were not dismissed, make it three with the Branchflower report. There are others, there will be others, but we may never know the outcome for reasons stated above.
BTW – the rumor of more complaints came from a connection in a Commissioner’s Office and I trust the info 100 percent. It’s probably general knowledge in the upper admin state offices. Juneau is small.
The Per Diem issue was not an ethics complaint originally (it became on the late filed ones) but this article discusses that they determined the amount was taxable on tax return, as well as state vehicle use. This was denied while she was on the campaign trail of course – that it was unethical or even taxable. She found out differently when she lost and had to come back home. Poor Sarah.
Palin’s reimbursement to the state on the per diem issue was that she was ordered to pay back taxes owed on some $17,000 of per diems. So-called “per diem-gate.”
I do not know the status of the case, but this one is BIG – FELONY! I highly suggest reading the comments that follow the article (if you have not seen them as yet).
I would encourage a writing campaign to- Opryland Hotel and Nashville Convention Center, right? I am getting ready to pen letters to both, once I have the correct facts: I will not be coming to Nashville for a vacation and/or convention anytime soon, as the city and Opryland Hotel are hosting a meeting of Teabaggers, members who encourage violence and acts against our federal government and President. In serious times like these, our country needs to unite, not espouse hatred. Teabaggers encourage unconstitutional acts and spread lies about President Obama, which have led directly to an increase of threats against his Office. I am disappointed that Nashville would encourage this type of group.
If I can find a list of groups also planning on meeting in Nashville in 2010, I will write to those also. too.
“Due to the convoluted and bizarre Personnel Board guidelines. the public does not necessarily get any information except in rare circumstances. The Board has not followed their own guidelines properly anyway – they have fudged, lied and struck out at everyone else (just like Palin).”
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So true! Because of the secrecy involved with the Personnel Board, some of Palin’s “dismissed” ethics complaints may have been settled without the public knowing. As far as I’m concerned, “settling” and “dismissing” have two different meanings, ethically speaking.
After the leaked information about the AFT, nothing more substantial seems to be known about it.
@ Lori #92……I wonder what the status is on that case. It does sound like the plaintiffs have the evidence to prove their case.
It’s clear that many bloggers have kept excellent records of Palin’s ethical problems. There’s no chance that she’ll be able to count on people forgetting her “going rogue with ethics” up in Alaska. If Palin does run for further office, it will be important to revisit the historical record…..because we know what Palin does with her “memory” of history. Hopefully, though, she’ll be in a courtroom spending her new found wealth on defense lawyers before that happens.
Thanks 85 GreatGranny2C and 94 Co almost native for the suggestions and letters.
I am going to call the hotel this week to let them know why this group offends me. The hotel does not depend on locals for business, but I can’t help but think they would not want to be associated with a group that calls for revolution and has been shown to use offensive tactics. I can’t figure out why they would risk being linked with some of the scenes we saw from the rally on Washington. I want them to be aware of the controversial nature of this group.
Some of the progressive communities/groups here have been circulating emails to get ideas about how to respond. I seem to be the only one who has expressed the desire to call out the Opryland Hotel & Convention Center for hosting this event. I thought I would ask some of you if you thought it was fair to contact the venue to let them know why people are unhappy about their hosting this event.
There is talk about a protest during the event. If there is a protest, I will be there. Others are suggesting our own event several days later for the purpose of attracting media attention to another view of the issues. Some are opposed to giving Palin any additional media attention.
I guess I am just upset that Nashville is considered a friendly place for their event. Palin will be here early in February for this ($545. ticket event) and again ( I heard) at the end of February for the Christian Broadcasting Conference.
I wish I could take a vacation for the month of February.
Palin will get media attention where ever she goes (sadly enough) so a well attended protest against her would help balance the (un)balanced coverage she so easily garners these days. I think the picture used to announce this thread would make a perfect poster! The tea parties nut cases are pictured constantly in media reports, thus their movement is gaining momentum. It’s time to use their tactics against them.
OMG I think you are right.I also think that the teabaggers are why there is a rise in violence around the country. People are being told not to hold back and it brings out maybe the wrong type of people like what happened at Fort Hood. People are being told it is alright.,by these far right religious people like palin.To take a life in the name of God like the shooter did in the Dr Tiller case.It’s alright because he ,she, they are killing others.
About the link about possible charges and palins avoidance of being served.During the primaries Ms Clinton did the same thing.no one could get near her to serve papers because of her guards and she would not let her attorney accept service for her. I believe it was in LA.I lost interest when she lost so have no Idea what happened.
GREAT job as usual Flyinureye!
The enhancements are wonderful!
The original pic in Runner’s World always made me gassy.
Bernie Sanders is on ABC This Week this morning to talk about health care and the war in Afghanistan.
The Twitter Quitter strikes again !!!
The reigning Miss Congeniality of the AssHats party has ” pulled a Palin” and ran out of the 5K Thanksgiving day race that she publicized that she would participate in on her twitter account.
Huff Po has posted:
Sarah Palin Quits Turkey Trot 5K Race In Kennewick, Washington
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/28/sarah-palin-quits-turkey_n_372818.html
Can she finish ANYTHING she starts?
Palin said, ” She quit the race to avoid the crowds.”
Sounds like, ” I will fight for Alaska without a title…”
Palin Quit List
Turkey Trot Race
Governor of Alaska
Mayor of Wasilla
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/11/25/153354/21
Take a look at sarah’s religious beliefs.
Maybe the repubs are not backing her and these guys are ?
Here’s a related story: Palin’s church doesn’t teach about the “Rapture.” It teaches that Christians must take control of the Earth & achieve dominion.
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/11/25/171232/34/
That is awesome. I love the look on her face.
Hey, I can see Russia!!!!! Now I can claim I have International relations experience. Maybe I’ll run for President.
I see Brian on the window sill!!
to cool…well done:D
Palin QUITS her “tour bus”, but at least she hasn’t QUIT lying……………..
Sarah Palin lied on twitter about the book tour!
Sarah Palin has just published a “book of lies” and a growing number of people she portrayed in the book now challenge her version of events. Even before the publication of Sarah’s book, her lies were already well documented.
But now we have a novelty: For the first time ever, Sarah Palin has been caught lying on twitter!
From the flight log we can see that on November 23, Sarah flew from Fayetteville, which is just next to Fort Bragg, to Birmingham AL, taking off at 3:40 pm EST, arriving at 3:47 CST (the flight took one hour one and seven minutes).
In the evening of November 23, at 8:12 pm CST, Sarah took off from Birmingham, AL and arrived at 10:09 pm EST in Jacksonville, FL.
Therefore, it is proven from the records that Sarah Palin spent the night from November 23 to November 24 in or closely around Jacksonville. When she twittered at 5:52 am in the morning of November 24 that she was “on bus to Jacksonville”, she probably just got her lazy a$$ out of her comfy bed!
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2009/11/palingates-exclusive-sarah-palin-lied.html
Surprise …Palin quit…… .again.
Todd has quitter syndrome too.
He quit his job on the “North Slope” …I guess her 5 million advance enabled him to do that….however………….he “quit” Sarah on Thanksgiving!!
Even with all that money Todd stayed in Alaska to………….
“fix the roof”….yeah….right…can’ t afford to hire someone….
Oh and speaking of quitting.. ………. Sarah quit making turkey dinner too……. ….too much hard work and all that fuss, she said, so the family went to….with all her $$…….. .Quiznos. …..to eat sub sandwiches for Thanksgiving dinner!!!
What a “real American” what a “patriot”. …..good thing she didn’t get VP, if making turkey dinner is too much hard work…………..Quiznos would be running the country.
Yes Palin is on a quitting role….she quit her tour bus………..she rents a private jet to haul her around……..the bus meets her at the airport…..or she is driven to the bus….then she arrives at her book signing pretending she’s been on the bus the whole time!
The ONLY thing Palin can’t seem to quit is…………lying
Is there something white sitting on the chair between the barrel of the gun and the desk? I always found things that weren’t there in Highlights Hidden pictures so could be just me….
I want a list (o:
Is that a dinosaur creeping along the top of the flag where the stars should be….?
love the plastic smiley mask
…the denigrated American flag tossed aside over the back of a chair, from the original shoot, leaves me cold, sarah!!!!!!!! your fake respect is so captured!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgW5tgDIxY
Thought you all might like this video. It’s done by a conservative commentator in SC for whom Palin has lost her luster. I know (I think, rather) that a number of anti-Palin conservatives like myself congregated here during the election. For my part, I’ve enjoyed checking in from time to time afterwards, as I knew that Lady Blah Blah wouldn’t go away.
And if anyone feels like wading into brackish waters…my hometown paper had an article defending Palin suggesting that the anti-Palin fervor is meant to direct criticism away from the President. http://www.dnronline.com/opinion_details.php?AID=42652&CHID=36
Enjoy,
RR
This is great. I love Russia lurking there beyond the window. Hilarious!
I have a great image of the latest Fox 2012 presidential poll. How do I insert it in a comment?
you’ve outdone yourself Fly… excellent work. LOVE the mask.
The only thing missing is her AIP flag pin… or it could be stitched onto her red jacket.
RouletteRog – so ya think maybe Matt Taibbi is onto something?
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/feed/
“Sarah Palin is now in that category of politician whom reporters feel safe in attacking.”
“What the people who are flipping out about the treatment of Palin should be asking themselves is what it means when it’s not just jerks like us but everybody piling on against Palin. For those of you who can’t connect the dots, I’ll tell you what it means. It means she’s been cut loose. It means that all five of the families have given the okay to this hit job, including even the mainstream Republican leaders. You teabaggers are in the process of being marginalized by your own ostensible party leaders in exactly the same way the anti-war crowd was abandoned by the Democratic party elders in the earlier part of this decade. Like the antiwar left, you have been deemed a threat to your own party’s “winnability.””
How about doing Sarah Palin up as a blonde. She fits the mold very well. Flitter here and flitter there, flitter everywhere.
@11 & 12 michigander
It looks like the trunk of an elephant so I am guessing it’s a statue of an elephant.
since the ‘right’ like to throw things up against the wall just to see if it sticks, no matter how strange, how distorted, or how blatantly untrue…I am going to run a twisted thought out there that popped into my head along the same lines.
re: the war of the roses between palin & levi…with how coy she acts and how she uses her sexuality for control, do you think that what levi ‘has on her’ is something like an advance or flirtation of mama cougar to grandbaby daddy?
I, personally, wouldn’t put it past her, but that’s just me…or is it?
I see the Pit Bull has been replaced by a yappy little Pug. Lot’s of noise but a soft bite. Apologies to Pug’s everywhere are in order.
Was Quizos even open on Thanksgiving? I couldn’t really tell by a google search. Some were closed in the US, but none of the tri-cities Quizno stores gave holiday hours (that I could find.) Maybe it was just a throw-away line…just trying to be one of the “regular folks.”
I also, too, hope she paid her own entry fee to the Turkey Trot. And a large donation would also be nice and could maybe be considered “tithing” since I don’t think she’s been doing that much lately.
And while I am in the b-itchy mode, she sure seems to get a lot of cred being a hunter, hockey mom and Christian. Is there a shelf life on that? When was the last time she went hunting, did anything involving hockey (not including taking Piper out on the ice to get booed with her) or go to a church and worship with a community of believers?
And I know one doesn’t have to go to a church to be a Christian, but I think Christians are supposed to hold each other accountable, and she seems to be avoiding that aspect. Plus, no communion? (This last part may be a bigger deal in Catholic churches, and that is the only experience I have.)
This all got to me since that Quizos on Thanksgiving and book signing on Sunday stuff. It just doesn’t sound very “God and Family” to me, but then I am in no way her audience.
(Such a nice compliment to myself!)
Thanks for the great Sunday morning graphic.
The New York Times magazine has a terrific article about Joe Biden this week. I have always like Joe, but my estimation of him has shot up about a thousand per cent after reading it. Say what you will about him being “wordy”, he has knowledge and experience, and, more importantly, skill in dealing with people.
As I read it, I kept thinking of how on earth Sarah Palin, with her non-existent foreign policy experience would be dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan as Joe Biden is doing and has done. My God, there is no possible way she could do the job! AND, even more telling, she is pathologically unable to delegate to people with the ability and knowledge to handle weighty matters. Ms. Palin seriously lacks gravitas. (Note to Sarah Palin: running a government is not the same as running a household or having a kaffee klatsch with the neighbors; heads of state are not unruly teenagers, and you are NOT as cute and cool as you think you are.)
Well folks, she’s “unleashed” at last and we can certainly see why the McCain campaign was terrified to let her speak without a script and to have press conferences with any serious news anchors or journalists after the disastrous Katie Couric interview. Good grief, she is hopelessly inarticulate. I see that even her most ardent FauxNews supporters glaze over when they finally meet her and hear her speak (or dis-articulate as I like to call it).
Random thoughts: Lainey: I would not be a bit surprised if she came on to Levi. Women like her get jealous when their daughters start to get attention from men. It’s twisted and sick, but that’s our Scarah. I’ve also started to think that maybe this story about her being a runner is another fantasy. That picture of her from the runners magazine is too bizarre. I can’t remember where, but I read a good article about her being “religious p0rn”. And how about the “it’s too hard to cook a turkey” story??? From Miss Real America herself…it’s too hard to shove a bird in the oven? Working women all over the country were baking pies, stuffing birds AND taking care of their families while Quittypants was being flown around in a private jet. She’s lucky breathing is automatic or she’d claim that was “too hard”, too. What a flaming hypocrite.Yeah, that’s the real America right there, having a Quizno’s for Thanksgiving. And it seems to me that she and Todd are already split; he’s home with the three older kids and she took the two younger ones. If you see pictures of Piper lately, she does not look happy. Okay, rant over.
@20 a fan from CA
In defense of Pugs, I have one and she is not yappy at all nor “bitey”. I know you meant no disrespect of Pugs who are the most people-friendly breed in the known galaxy and beyond. : )
I think a very small Chihuahua or toy poodle or Yorkie is a better candidate for the position. Now, those are some hyper over-bred YAPPY dogs, and more people are bitten by poodles than pit bulls. Standard poodles are lovely mild-tempered dogs. No offense to Chihuahuas, toy poodles or Yorkies intended.
22 LiladyNY – During the presidential campaign I wanted to learn more about Joe Biden, so I read his memoir. “Joe Biden, Promises to Keep”- It is an excellent read. Knowing that he was a heartbeat from being president, this book gave me every confidence that Biden had the wisdom, fortitude, and perspective of our Constitution to be an effective president we could trust.
Hey lillady,
In defense of Chihuahuas my little one is not yappy at all either ( I love all dogs) and she is very bright, Chiquita yowls and whines when she hears Sarahs voice, even dogs dislike and distrust Sarah. I find it interesting that a larger well off family has no pets, does anyone else find this strange? I am glad they don’t though ,by the way they neglect their children they wouldn’t care for pets either.
Please remove Brian from the pic before Sarh tries to shoot him!!! LOL!
I have a question for Alaskans and poeple in the valley, has Sarah tithed her church after receiving her big check? If not, that certainly is not the christian way is it?
25 Polly
Unlike Sarah Palin, Joe Biden IS a real middle-class American success story. He worked hard for everything he has achieved, and, when he tells stories about his family and upbringing, he doesn’t do it in a way that is divisive or exclusive. Joe Biden is the real deal unlike Sarah Palin who is a mannequin.
27 LiladyNY- Yes, I totally agree. Joe Biden is the real deal. I hope more magazines interview him and his family-so the public can learn more about him. He has an incredible story.
Excellent picture. Much better than the original. The expression on her face is much more honest than anything we normally see from Sarah.
26 CR46
Many many apologies to Chiquita. If I misspoke, it is only out of my experience with other little doggies which I have found to be yippy and yappy. I will concede that even Pugs can be yippy and yappy under the right set of circumstances.
DH and I adopted a three-year-old calico Maine coon cat yesterday to add to our family of one dog and two cats. She and her “sister” were on their way to the shelter because her owner is moving and could not take her. My dear friend adopted the other cat. As we were leaving, the lady and I hugged and cried over the sad necessity of doing this. There are so many stories like mine these days because of hard times. I can’t imagine life without my furbabies and how terribly wrenching it would be to have to let them go.
HistoryGoddess – loved your shout out to yourself – it was just perfect.
” It just doesn’t sound very “G-d and Family” to me, but then I am in no way her audience. (Such a nice compliment to myself!)”
laprofesora – I don’t get the not cooking a turkey or a home-cooked meal, either. It makes no sense to me. Even I have cooked a turkey twice and I don’t really know how to cook. It turned out just fine.
Since she was a guest of her aunt and they have been eating out daily, you would think that arrangements would have been made. They had more than enough time after “quitting” the “Turkey Trot”.
I really hope Piper and Trig have now been sent home. I think that Piper is now bored w/ the same pattern daily and most likely misses her friends, school, etc.
I am waiting for someone to publish a book of Sarah’s tall tales w/ illustrations a la the Paul Bunyan tales.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave…
Sorry, I meant so many sad stories like hers these days. Terrible to have to decide between feeding your children and feeding your pets.
I just read this morning that legislation has been introduced for people to deduct pet food, vet bills and certain other items on their taxes up to $3500. It would give an enormous amount of relief to families already struggling. I hope it will be passed and will go into effect soon.
So now I’ll read the very long article in the NY Times on Vice President Joe Biden, and come back later to watch “Moore Up North” — I really, really need to get some work done today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/magazine/29Biden-t.html
CR 46 #26 Yes I am certain Sarah wrote a check for $125,000 to the Wasilla Bible Thumper Church when she got her $1.25 million dollar advance. LOL
24 Lilady. I am surprised at the Pug in the graphic. I think the dog pix is referring to Beck’s comment about her being yappy and belonging in the kitchen. Get the popcorn ready for the next round. Ding, ding, ding!
I agree that Pugs are just to nice a breed to be part of the S’error brand. I guess that the Art Department may not be too familiar with various toy breeds. Also too the patriotic dog bikini may have influenced the selection.
My choice would be a Boston named “Terror” who comes to our dog park. He has a bad owner who allows and encourages the yappy and aggressive behavior that this breed is known to have. The owner has encouraged the bad behavior amongst his pack of Bostons. I have had to leave on a few occasions because the Bostons would not leave my Aussie alone and she was getting very annoyed. The bad owner just thought it was “funny”. One of the other dogs in this pack is named “Sassy” and the owner does everything possible to get her to live up to her name, too. I might suggest to the owner that the next one added to this pack be called “TeaBag”.
So if any of you have Boston’s please take no offense, as I am sure your dog is well socialized and a joy to be around.
lainey, LApfrofesora.
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I’ve wondered about that bit too….I seem to remember Levi saying that Scarah had taken him to her bedroom to get him to show her how to operate/fire a gun she had there……seemed a bit odd that a woman who goes moose hunting regularly would need a lad to show her how to discharge her own weapon….( I’m NOT going there with the obvious innuenedo phrases!!
Has anyone seen Todd? Is he still fixing the roof? LOL
I was just at the grocery store and I noticed a table of books for sale. I saw the Rogue Rag and picked it up. The first thing that I noticed was that it was so lightweight. I picked up a few others that were the same size and they were heavier. Just an observation. It appears to have been cheaply made. Mind you, this table had only marked down books. This one was 40% off.
I backed away and went to get some hand sanitizer.
http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/rogue-thoughts-chapter-by-chapter-on-sarah-palin/
If you feel like diving in, a rather long piece, by a Christian Conservative on Palin’s book and Palin in general. He still seems to like her a lot, but after reading her book, the shine is coming off her halo, so to speak.
The most laughable quote is that he says he didn’t think a few flubbed interviews meant that she wasn’t qualified to be President. ha, ha, ha!
If he thought a “few flubbed interview” was the extent of it, whew…..he has really been blinded by her red monkey pumps.
Here is something to ponder…..
Mitt Romney finished his term as governor yet no ones calls him Governor Romney. Yet, I still keep reading about “Governor Palin”. Does she get to keep the crown even if she quit halfway through? And/or, I thought she didn’t need titles.
Why is it that Palin is referred to as Governor Palin and Mitt Romney is referred to as, Mitt or Romney? Just a thought.
I am sad to report that about 2/3 of the supply of “rogue” at the local Costco appear to have been purchased. This is much higher sales than the Beck tome that seemed to hang around forever on the book table. I was hoping for a high return rate.
What is that about Quiznos? I thought the Palin family minus Todd the roof fixer was going to Aunt Katies for Thanksgiving dinner.
CR46 Says:
In defense of Chihuahuas my little one is not yappy at all either
I have a Toy Long Hair Chihuahuas ” Amy ” also my little one is not yappy at all either.
My Hubby found her wandering around on a busy street out side of the auto mechanic shop he worked for and he was scared that she would get hit by a car .He brought her back to the shop and gave her some water and feed her some chicken. She had a collar on , no name tag. She was real dirty but looked healthy. She hung around the open garage all day with him and didn’t run ,also no one was out looking for her so he brought her home.That was three years ago. Hubby did put up a few flyer’s at work for about a month and no one came by looking for her also after a month we had gotten very attached and could not bare losing her. She is so sweet and loves almost everyone except small children. All I can think of is that maybe she was tortured by little kids before. Amy is my pride and joy. I love her very much. She brings me lots of happiness.
@greatgrammy1 – She didn’t have time to go shoot a turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. She was too busy making sure she got media coverage.
You may have seen this, but it is killing me how this book was not fact-checked in the least.
From the Philly Inquirer:
“…….Not to undermine Palin’s écriture, but she may want to fix a tiny mistake. She attributes the lovely quote used as an epigraph for Chapter 3 to a curious source, John Wooden. (The basketball coach?) The quote – “Our land is everything to us . . . I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it – with their lives” – is actually from Cheyenne chief John Wooden Leg…..”
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/20091124_Sideshow__Who_s_Palin_quoting_.html
A fan from CA @40: Maybe your local Costco had to ship 500 of their unsold stock to one of the other Costcos having a book signing and that’s why so many have disappeared?
I only concoct that theory because you report it outsold Beck’s book.
It’s like the Maxwell Smart shtick “Would you believe …”
I find that hard to believe.
So my brain MUST come up with some other reason why so many are gone, and that’s what I came up with.
Anyone got other ideas?
LILlady and C rock, thank you both for adopting, I currently have 14 dogs ( one showed up dirty and sick to our ranch yesterday) 4 goats 10 cats 7 horses, 7 foster horses and 2 more fosters coming in tomorrow. Its a bad time for everyone even our furry friends Rescues always seem to know that they were rescued and love us more because of it. My chiquita was actually picked up on a stray viscious dog call and was going to be put down immediately(the next day) I am especially lucky to have gotten there when I did, she is my little guardian at all times.
CR46 Says:
My chiquita was actually picked up on a stray viscious dog call and was going to be put down immediately(the next day) I am especially lucky to have gotten there when I did, she is my little guardian at all times.
What a great story. You saved chiquita life. I would like to thank that my hubby saved amy also from not getting hit by a car. She is very tiny . Isn’t it funny how sometimes we are at the right place at the right time.
I haven’t checked the comments thoroughly, but I do see at least one that addresses something that I’ve been puzzled about.
Surely more than a few people have noticed her leaning on our nation’s flag, casually draped over a chair? I don’t get a lot of outside media, but aren’t the conservatives up in arms over this? Can you imagine what they’d be saying about a progressive who did this? It’s be the end of the world!
Double standards. The American way, apparently.
What I love is her own mother saying “I wouldn’t put anything past her.”
As far as Levi, he said somewher on the Insider that Sarah didn’t hit on him, but I think he just discounted the hints, since she throws so much sexual stuff out there, and he knows it’s mostly to reel in the men.
I know a few women like that. Constant flirtatiousness, but whoooa, you better not take it as the real thing.
ack…I’m a rescuer too. It’s feral-born kittens for me. There are several feral cats in the neighborhood (all from an irresponsible neighbor) and there is one mother that moves her kittens into my garden shed if I leave the door or window open more than a day in a row. She seems to know that I’ll feed her and take care of them, though at the first opportunity, she’ll scratch my eyes out. For the last 4 years, I’ve taken her kittens away from her at around 4.5 weeks, before they get crazy like her and I can’t catch them without donating a gallon of blood in the process.
My newest batch is amazingly adaptable. And adorable. I keep them in their own room replete with toys, a climbing platform, food, water, litter…all the accoutrements to create well-adjusted, adoptable kittens. I sit with them every day, sometimes for hours at a time, to help them trust…canned food helps! Once they climb on my lap and purr, I know I’ve won. Sometimes that takes 3-4 weeks!!! They can be very stubborn.
I have only kept 2 of the 9 I have saved from the same fate as their mother and her relations out there. I have placed one from this current litter, with two remaining. Anyone want a kitten?
46 CR46 Says:
November 29th, 2009 at 10:29 AM
LILlady and C rock, thank you both for adopting, I currently have 14 dogs ( one showed up dirty and sick to our ranch yesterday) 4 goats 10 cats 7 horses, 7 foster horses and 2 more fosters coming in tomorrow.
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CR46…. it’s nice to know that you have the space ( and the kind heart ) to be able to provide a second Home for some of these displaced animals. No matter what kind of animal it is they do seem to ‘ know ‘ that they have been rescued and show their appreciation for it.
After reading your comment I immediately thought do you have any pictures of Your ‘ expanded ‘ Adopted Family..? I sensed a story… or many here.
{ Would you be willing to do a Guest post story about them… I think AKM would love to see it as well} Buf was also ‘ rescued ‘.
I think we would all like to know a little bit more about them and their personalities and how they are unique. We all love the animal stories and need a break from S’error from time to time.
… and not ” AARRGHS ! ”
Please consider running the idea past AKM.
We all need some ” Aawwws”
Relieves the tension…. and would be good for our blood pressure.
This is a bit tasteless, but it’s the first thing that struck me when I saw this graphic. Her leg should be lifted while she’s peeing on Alaska since she’s been trying to establish the entire state as her territory. Come to think of it, Palin herself is so incredibly tasteless that peeing on a map would just fit her b!tchy image.
@ Ripley in CT
Do you have a Trap and Release program near you?
Our neighbor lady was feeding two stray mama cats and their endless litters of kittens. Our local TnR program came out and placed the traps. Took the mamas to be spayed and returned to the neighborhood. Took the babies to be adopted. If the cats are taken from the neighborhood, others come in their place. If the original cats are returned, balance is maintained. It’s a sad, short and often tragic life for feral cats, but they don’t adapt too well to indoor life. That’s not to say they can’t, but it is the exception rather than the rule. I feel that we should do what we can to make their lives a bit easier if possible. My heart breaks for every stray critter in the world – animal and human alike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJRFRd8lEo
Remind you of anyone? LOL
LiLadyNY: No programs here. I do what I can.
Lots of Bots on here defending the former 1/2 Term Gov of AK
Sarah Palin has done a poor job of establishing a strong online presence.
[Snip]
“Senate Republican Conference online communications director Sean Hackbarth lobbed this charge at Palin’s online presence this week: ‘I’m sorry, Sarah Palin has one of the lamest online efforts of any national political figure.’”
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/69629-some-see-palins-online-effort-lacking?page=1#comments
@ Ripley in CT
LOL
I have always loved Bugs Bunny – he’s such a rascal!
@54 Enjay in E.MT.
I think the only reason SP has so many supporters on Facebook is that many many of them are lurkers. I confess I pop in there from time to time also. The people sending her money every month are really pathetic. They could do so much good with that money to send it to children’s hospitals or donate it to Special Olympics or somewhere where it would do some real good. Idiots. They are no better than groupies who follow their favorite rock stars.
I eagerly await the first libel lawsuit resulting in the “book of lies.”
I eagerly await “any of them, all of them, that are put in front of me” – also, too.
Bitney, Halcro, Wooten………call your attorneys please.
Got Brian on the first glance.
He is of course outstanding in any crowd.
I can’t think of a better metaphore for Sarah than Sarah and her own false face.
Contragulations Flyinureye, that image says it all.
Holy cow! The Alaska Dispatch shreds the Quitter’s lies! They fact-checked
weather reports & other minutiae. The best:
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“Going Rogue,” Page 118: “(Todd’s grandma) Lena grew up in Dillingham on Bristol Bay. Her story sounds like something out of a Herman Melville novel. Her father, ‘Glass Eye’ Billy Bartman, was a Dutchman, a sled-dog freighter, and caretaker of the Alaska Packers saltry, a salmon cannery on the Igushik River. Her mother was a full-blooded Yupik Eskimo who grew up in a barabara…”
TRUE BUT EERILY SIMILAR to the phrasing in a story written by Anchorage Daily News reporter Tom Kizzia in October 2008. “Her father was a Dutchman, Glass Eye Billy Bartman, a sled dog freighter in the Bristol Bay region and caretaker of the Alaska Packers saltry on the Igushik River,” Kizzia wrote. “Her mother was full-blooded Yup’ik, growing up in a sod-roofed barabara in the now-abandoned village of Tuklung…” Kizzia also reported that Lena returned to Dillingham from her home in Homer “to help campaign in 2006, speaking with Yup’ik elders who didn’t follow politics. Kizzia wrote: “I said, ‘You know Todd?’ All the Natives know Todd. I said, ‘His wife is running for Boss Alaska.’” “Going Rogue” notes: “Lena went around Dillingham talking with the Yupik elders. ‘Do you know my grandson Todd?’ she would ask. Everyone in Dillingham knew Todd. ‘His wife is running for Boss Alaska.”‘
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http://alaskadispatch.com/news/politics/3059-palin-hunting-devils-in-the-details?showall=1
http://montrealsimon.blogspot.com/2008/09/is-sarah-palin-anti-christ.html
found this very interesting take on our little Queen of Darkness…. and the picture of her is creeping me out….. I just want to add that I’ve had this same thought recently, though I’m not one to really follow scripture…but she is!
Can someone explain to me why so many liberal and feminist blogs continue to support this idiot? I mean, what will it take for them to open their eyes to her? Even as her lies are dissected by the media at large, her resignation halfway through an elected audience, her constant use of these kids as props, the treatment toward Walt Monegan, her incoherent, rambling, nonsensical statements, not to mention her religious beliefs that are downright scary, they seem to revel in finding her a “victim of sexism”, or insisting that she “scares” the opposition in her quest for power.
I continue to scratch my head in disbelief at this never ending battle they choose in portraying her as some sort of “answer” when there is little by way of substance coming out of her mouth.
These are the same blogs who derided Bush and his inarticulation yet they beat the drum on behalf of this empty headed mess. Mind boggling.
I scratch my head too, PJ.
I had a notary in my house a couple of days ago, and he scared the living you know what out of me…b/c ‘they’ believe what they’re saying as they probably repeat it to themselves a ton of times…just like brainwashing.
He said he wasn’t a Repug or Dem, but was a Constitutionalist…believing in freedom of religion, yada yada, but in the same breath, he started almost whispering about Prez Obama being a ‘black’ Muslim…Yikes! Now isn’t Muslim a religion and if you’re for freedom of religion, then that doesn’t just mean Christianity…and WTF, did he have to preface with ‘black’???…as if Muslim has a designated color. This guy was like palin…a secret racist! (not so secret) and is hiding behind some forefather’s creed as if this makes you a better American. I tell you what…I couldn’t wait for this creepy guy to leave my house.
Inspired graphic, flyinureye!
Now THIS is a real American Thanksgiving. Take note, Paylin the Imposter:
Grandma delivers baby, Thanksgiving dinner
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191041/ns/us_news-wonderful_world?GT1=43001
#38 Trish
I just finished reading link to Firstthings – was glad to see the author (blogger) found quite a few disappointments in the book, along with undocumented quotes , failure to fact-check, and others.
I thought the writer brought up some very valid points – her book lacks insight into the person: of MsQuitter the former 1/2 Term Governor or AK.
Shallow, good vs bad (if it hasn’t harmed her or theirs- it’s good, if it has – then it’s bad), policy – using other ppl’s thoughts & ideas to justify her own position, without stating why she believes that way. Loaded with charisma and charm – but critical thinking is not an asset she possesses,
Obviously she has idea’s of what should be done, (don’t we all) but doesn’t have the basis to resolve the problem. Throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Enjay, I thought it was especially interesting coming from a right wing Evangelical.
It seems that cracks are starting to appear in her halo. I’m sure the Palinbots will attack him as soon as they discover his review.
If you add up the lies (in Palin’s book) and the information that is just wrong, it’s one big list. That link discusses that the book was not fact checked. Quotes are attributed to the wrong people, quotes used in the wrong context, etc.
Ripley in CT- You have a great big heart to take in these kittens,change their fate and give them a chance at a good life. I hope you can find a shelter or other rescue person who can lend you a humane trap. The best solution to overpopulation would be to trap, spay and release this Mom kitty. I’m sure there is a network of people who rescue in your area. You just have to start asking around.
I’d like to know if anyone has any ideas on what our community might do in response to the tea party convention being held here in Nashville in February. I think we should complain to the venue since these teabaggers seem motivated by hate and call for a revolution against the government. I find them to be offensive and that is what I would tell the convention center. I just can’t understand why they would want to host such a group . Others say the venue can rent to anyone they want and we should just protest the event. Some even say we should ignore them so they don’t get even more attention.
Any thoughts?
I also read the link to Firstthings. In the comments, one misguided Palin fan is claiming that all of the ethics charges against Palin were dismissed. Off the top of my head, I’ve written out a list of ethics charges that were valid.
Please read over them and correct where I may be wrong and add any that I missed because I want to post it over there on that site. Not often we get a chance to post FACTS on a conservative blog without being censored….and the blogger does not seem to be censoring.
1) Palin was found guilty of misusing state per diems and she was required to pay back the state thousands of dollars.
2) Palin was found guilty of misusing state money for travel expenses for her family and was required to reimburse the state thousands of dollars. (Not addressed but even more troubling is the fact that she went back and amended expense accounts to make it look like she was in compliance.)
3) Misuse of her state vehicle. She elected to give the vehicle up rather than pay reimbursements.
4) “Troopergate”… where she was found guilty of abuse of power and ethics charges by a bipartisan Senate investigation (10 Republicans/4 Democrats) led by Mr. Branchflower.
5) Her Alaska Fund Trust was found NOT to be in compliance with the law. Dissolution of the fund was recommended to stay in compliance with the law….(or quit so she could quietly retain the money?)
6) Several ethics complaints are still ONGOING and have not been dismissed, including the questions surrounding the sponsorship fees and gain from “Arctic Cat;” and her private emails.
That was the best one yet! It says it all, “Lying for profit, running all the way to the bank”!!!!!! Classically wonderful.
Regarding Palin as the AntiChrist. I wouldn’t be surprised. The “Christians” were spreading that around about Obama during the election. Then, they turn around and start worshipping Palin. She is more fitting since she has been caught in a ton of lies in this book, she is unforgiving, mean, hateful, full of revenge in her heart—and they still worship her.
It’s my understanding that (they believe) the Anti-Christ will be the big deceiver. Christians will be drawn in to worship The Beast, but he/she will be a false God. President Obama never pretended to be a spiritual leader being called by God…to push through that door that God opened. But, Palin has. In addition, it’s the Christians who are blindly following her. It’s my understanding they believe that the AntiChrist will fool many Christians.
Yet, Look at the “Christian” leaders of this country who are lapping at Palin’s feet…Dobson, Graham,etc. She fits the profile of deceiving the Christians.
Lee, thanks for that list. Please post it. I can’t think of any others, but maybe someone else can. AWESOME!
Lainey: In the 60′s there was a movement called the “Black Muslims.” It was the beginning of the “black is beautiful” movement and the return to the original religion brought from Africa. There was a lot of militancy, and people were frightened. I think much of this preceded the riots in the cities. I would bet your “friend” is pretty old and remembers those times. I wouldn’t want him in my house either, but don’t overread the phraseology.
Mark @51 -
Surely more than a few people have noticed her leaning on our nation’s flag, casually draped over a chair? I don’t get a lot of outside media, but aren’t the conservatives up in arms over this?
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This subject has been discussed numerous times on this blog. Many of the commenters (including me) were quite offended by the disrespect she showed toward the flag by using it as nothing more that a patriotic decoration. You are absolutely correct in saying that the conservatives would be screaming if the same thing had been done by one of those terrible ‘lefty libruls’.
However, I am STILL waiting to hear about any conservatives who called her out on this clear misuse/abuse of the US flag. Anyone who missed the photo when it first appeared in Runner’s World should certainly have seen it on the COVER of Newsweek, especially with the fuss she made about it.
Still waiting….. (crickets)
Hmmm, nothing yet……
thanks sandra in oregon…still creepy, as if Obama was in that movement…how old was Obama then…6 or 8 ? …my ‘creepy notary guy’ doesn’t have the intelligence, in any case, to know the difference…to generalize and lump people in a category to suit his argument…and to keep quoting a document which contents don’t support their ideas (since they know nothing of what’s exactly contained in them) …remember Boener quoting from his copy of the Constitution which turned out to be him quoting from the Bill of Rights? …morons!
Lee323, I don’t think she ever was found guilty on the per diems or paid any back.
@trisha – She is the “false prophet” and her followers worship her blindly. I’m not that familiar with revelations but aren’t the followers supposed to wear the mark of the beast? In her case, that would be a big “S” branded on their foreheads and the “S” not for “Sarah” but for “Stupid”. And as the saying goes, “You can fool some of the people all of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time”…something like that.
As for the flag, conservatives would have had a “fit” if Obama posed with the flag like she did. They are all a bunch of hypocrites in my book and Sarah brings out the evil in people and seems to enjoy it.
Op-Ed
Hate Sarah Palin? She loves that
http://mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo;jsessionid=A13CD0822C2E598E67B2.4439?view=webarticle&feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=opinion&feed:i=50747696
Laurie @74 – I’m also disgusted that Bachmann and Palin will hold a teabagging convention in Nashville. There are enough darned racists and bigots in this area without B&P encouraging them. Money talks, particularly during this economic downturn, and Opryland Hotel stands to make big money. I think I read that tickets are in the $500 range? It is also a 3 day event, isn’t it?
Based on the cost of tickets, I wonder just how large the attendance will be. Granted, there are people in the area who could afford it, but how many are fans and supporters of them and their movement? Many of those who do attend, will probably come from further away.
I’d love to hear that it was cancelled, or that Palin was a no-show, but that’s probably wishful thinking. Writing letters probably won’t do any good, simply because Opryland is a private business with income being their only concern. Are you going to try to be there to protest?
@ Lee323
Here is a good list of the complaints.
8. Oct. 24, 2008 / She did have to pay the state $10,000 for questionable travel.
18. April 27: / Alaska Fund Trust. This was not dismissed, AKM has the archive. This is why a lot of people think she quit – so she could keep the AFT money.
This is not a complete list, and rumor in Juneau is that they had complaints filed after she left office . There were around three or more known filed between the dates of the above article and her quitty date.
Due to the convoluted and bizarre Personnel Board guidelines. the public does not necessarily get any information except in rare circumstances. The Board has not followed their own guidelines properly anyway – they have fudged, lied and struck out at everyone else (just like Palin).
So you can say that at least TWO were not dismissed, make it three with the Branchflower report. There are others, there will be others, but we may never know the outcome for reasons stated above.
BTW – the rumor of more complaints came from a connection in a Commissioner’s Office and I trust the info 100 percent. It’s probably general knowledge in the upper admin state offices. Juneau is small.
@ Lee323
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/693695.html
The Per Diem issue was not an ethics complaint originally (it became on the late filed ones) but this article discusses that they determined the amount was taxable on tax return, as well as state vehicle use. This was denied while she was on the campaign trail of course – that it was unethical or even taxable. She found out differently when she lost and had to come back home. Poor Sarah.
Lee- the senate committee was not led by Steve branchflower, but hired him as it’s investigator.
Thanks Trish, problem child, Martha
Palin’s reimbursement to the state on the per diem issue was that she was ordered to pay back taxes owed on some $17,000 of per diems. So-called “per diem-gate.”
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/693695.html
http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/18/palin-can-see-17000from-her-house-and-so-can-the-irs/
$6,800 for Travelgate….ethics complaint by Frank Gwartney
http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/25/travelgate-more-evidence-of-sarah-palins-specialness/
Thanks, Kimosabe…..more precisely, he was the investigator.
Palin is counting on time to dim the memory of her ethical problems and their disposition.
The internet archives won’t let her….and neither will we.
Lee – You may want to re-visit this pending case (and the BRIBERY charge) added to it:
http://threebrain.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-there-felony-conviction-in-sarahs.html
I do not know the status of the case, but this one is BIG – FELONY! I highly suggest reading the comments that follow the article (if you have not seen them as yet).
Lee 323- I think the Arctic Cat complaint recently failed- Check Celtic Diva’s site.
@Laurie (74):
I would encourage a writing campaign to- Opryland Hotel and Nashville Convention Center, right? I am getting ready to pen letters to both, once I have the correct facts: I will not be coming to Nashville for a vacation and/or convention anytime soon, as the city and Opryland Hotel are hosting a meeting of Teabaggers, members who encourage violence and acts against our federal government and President. In serious times like these, our country needs to unite, not espouse hatred. Teabaggers encourage unconstitutional acts and spread lies about President Obama, which have led directly to an increase of threats against his Office. I am disappointed that Nashville would encourage this type of group.
If I can find a list of groups also planning on meeting in Nashville in 2010, I will write to those also. too.
@lee 323
If you go to the palingates.com site they list all the “gates”. Celtic Diva has lots of information on the ethics complaints too.
http://www.divasblueoasis.com/
@ Martha # 86
“Due to the convoluted and bizarre Personnel Board guidelines. the public does not necessarily get any information except in rare circumstances. The Board has not followed their own guidelines properly anyway – they have fudged, lied and struck out at everyone else (just like Palin).”
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So true! Because of the secrecy involved with the Personnel Board, some of Palin’s “dismissed” ethics complaints may have been settled without the public knowing. As far as I’m concerned, “settling” and “dismissing” have two different meanings, ethically speaking.
After the leaked information about the AFT, nothing more substantial seems to be known about it.
@ Lori #92……I wonder what the status is on that case. It does sound like the plaintiffs have the evidence to prove their case.
Thanks everyone for the other links.
It’s clear that many bloggers have kept excellent records of Palin’s ethical problems. There’s no chance that she’ll be able to count on people forgetting her “going rogue with ethics” up in Alaska. If Palin does run for further office, it will be important to revisit the historical record…..because we know what Palin does with her “memory” of history. Hopefully, though, she’ll be in a courtroom spending her new found wealth on defense lawyers before that happens.
Thanks 85 GreatGranny2C and 94 Co almost native for the suggestions and letters.
I am going to call the hotel this week to let them know why this group offends me. The hotel does not depend on locals for business, but I can’t help but think they would not want to be associated with a group that calls for revolution and has been shown to use offensive tactics. I can’t figure out why they would risk being linked with some of the scenes we saw from the rally on Washington. I want them to be aware of the controversial nature of this group.
Some of the progressive communities/groups here have been circulating emails to get ideas about how to respond. I seem to be the only one who has expressed the desire to call out the Opryland Hotel & Convention Center for hosting this event. I thought I would ask some of you if you thought it was fair to contact the venue to let them know why people are unhappy about their hosting this event.
There is talk about a protest during the event. If there is a protest, I will be there. Others are suggesting our own event several days later for the purpose of attracting media attention to another view of the issues. Some are opposed to giving Palin any additional media attention.
I guess I am just upset that Nashville is considered a friendly place for their event. Palin will be here early in February for this ($545. ticket event) and again ( I heard) at the end of February for the Christian Broadcasting Conference.
I wish I could take a vacation for the month of February.
Palin will get media attention where ever she goes (sadly enough) so a well attended protest against her would help balance the (un)balanced coverage she so easily garners these days. I think the picture used to announce this thread would make a perfect poster! The tea parties nut cases are pictured constantly in media reports, thus their movement is gaining momentum. It’s time to use their tactics against them.
OMG I think you are right.I also think that the teabaggers are why there is a rise in violence around the country. People are being told not to hold back and it brings out maybe the wrong type of people like what happened at Fort Hood. People are being told it is alright.,by these far right religious people like palin.To take a life in the name of God like the shooter did in the Dr Tiller case.It’s alright because he ,she, they are killing others.
About the link about possible charges and palins avoidance of being served.During the primaries Ms Clinton did the same thing.no one could get near her to serve papers because of her guards and she would not let her attorney accept service for her. I believe it was in LA.I lost interest when she lost so have no Idea what happened.