Open Thread – Going Rouge in My Mailbox and on Firedoglake!
I finally got my copy of Going Rouge today! I opened my mailbox to find the big white envelope I’d been waiting for. I flipped through and there was my essay – the last entry in the “Half-Baked Alaska” chapter – pages 109-117 to be exact. I am immediately preceded by Alaskans Elstun Lauesen and Shannyn Moore. I am in good company.
It was definitely a little surreal to see my name in a book at all, nevermind one with Sarah Palin on the cover. I never would have imagined in a million years…
You can order your own copy of Going Rouge – An American NightmareHERE, and it is now also available in bookstores!
Do it quick because on Saturday from 5-7pm Eastern time (2-4 Pacific – 1-3pm Alaska) I’ll be your host on the Firedoglake book salon! My guests will be Colin Robinson from O/R books, and Richard Kim of The Nation who edited Going Rouge with Betsy Reed. It should be a lot of fun, and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll have an introduction posted on Firedoglake and then we’ll be taking your questions and inviting you to join in the discussion.
It’s a fantastic book, and an innovative publishing company. All we need now is you! I’ll put up a post on Saturday with the specifics.
I’ve already pored through it, and beLIEVE me, it’s a whole lot better than that “other” book. (shudder)
I already read it. It was great. Everybody did an a amazing job.
Congrats……
Congrats to you AKM ! Can’t wait to get my copy. ( hey lexky – how did you get a copy before AKM ? do you have secret connections ?? )
Doncha feel the need to remove that book cover? I’m not sure I’m going to be able to have her sitting around looking at me. brrrrrr
Woke to quite a storm. Winds are gusting to 60mph and there’s pretty much no visibility. Lightning & thunder. Porch furniture has decided to wander off somewhere down the street. Furnace keeps blowing out. Buffalo winter is officially here! How’re things going for my fellow WNYers ? I’m over at the W. Seneca border about 2 miles in from Lake Erie.
Gonna start a big pot of veggie stew or maybe chili.
Morning all !
i received my copy about a week ago and am almost done with the book. my only caveat is that some of the entries are dated: Bristol, it appears, is not going to marry the father of her child.
A true Palinista warrior.
http://www.sadanduseless.com/2009/12/beercan-tabs-chainmail-armor/
Very good article about Palin and her contradictory standards for publishing & news. Then it goes on to talk about “Going Rouge”
http://bit.ly/60soKC
***Seemingly from Palin’s perspective, when media coverage of her patriotism and family values is reported, the media has integrity. But when media coverage questions the disparity between her public image and her private actions, the media is unfair and obsessed. Palin is hardly the first celebrity to curse the source of their fame, while enjoying all the positive benefits of it at the same time. Reportedly Palin has seven million reasons to be grateful that anyone with press credentials ever got obsessed enough to make her a household name.
“We’re seeing this argument take shape where anyone who’s critical of Sarah Palin is portrayed as launching unfair personal attacks on her,” said Betsy Reed, co-editor of the Palin counter-memoir, “Going Rouge.” “It’s really important to tell the other side of her story… and not to fall prey to the Sarah Palin branding machine,” said Richard Kim, the other co-editor in a recent interview with the online political publication, “TruthOut.”****
Also, turns out Barbara Walters did not decide to go with Palin as the “Most Fascinating Person ” but chose instead — Michelle Obama. HA!!
BuffaloGal…thanks for the link it was, indeed, a good article.
As soon as AKM put up the first story of Going Rouge, I clicked on the O/R link she provided and pre-ordered. They started shipping on the 17th of November. The one I got is a soft cover (full size, not paperback) so the only way to get rid of her photo is to tear off the front. I’m trying to come up with some other photo to glue over it – maybe I’ll print off one of AKM’s lovely snow scenes she posts!
Yes, some of the essays are dated, some written during the campaign and prior to the election. However, the timeline of the older ones doesn’t take away from the overall quality and good-read of the book. Although all of the essays related to Palin, there are a wide variety of issues/topics connected with her, such as the polar bears, troopergate, religion and her church, etc. So it isn’t just one person after another bashing Palin on the same few issues.
Thankfully, it does NOT come across at all like Palin’s version. Each and every essay is a thoughtful and articulate piece, with substantiated facts, and with the exception of a few F-bombs, it is an outstanding book. Obviously, none of the submitters were/are Palin fans, yet each manages to get his/her feelings and viewpoints across without the nastiness that Palin’s book is so full of.
I very highly recommend it for the $21.00 price that included shipping.
BuffaloGal, I live in Lancaster and I can see the lake effect snow clouds from my back window. I must be right on the border of the snow – no snow line!
Actually, I do have snow, it’s just being blown around with the crazy wind. The dog didn’t take too long to choose her favorite spot this morning, ha!
Hope your power stays on and stay safe!
4 barbara Says: December 10th, 2009 at 3:03 AM
i received my copy about a week ago and am almost done with the book. my only caveat is that some of the entries are dated: Bristol, it appears, is not going to marry the father of her child. ——-
I’m hoping for a follow up book that documents her trip to JAIL for any one of her GATES, one that brings justice, so she can’t be out in her compound, helping OJ find the real killers.
Personally, AKM, I believe that you could have a terrific book of your own just by compiling all of your posts and publishing them as Molly Ivins did. I think it would be just as popular as any of Molly’s.
I ordered my book over two weeks ago through the publishers website, and it still hasn’t arrived. I thought I would give it three weeks, since I’m in Alaska and they may have sent it standard shipping.
Just ordered mine…cant wait to read
Buffgal…reporting in from Fredonia…little snow so far..kids are in school unbelievable…but much snow expected…winds yesterday ripped huge trees (including one in forestville that was attached to a sidewalk)…spouse saw whole framing of pole barn in pieces..tractor trailers pushed over yesterday on thruway near westfield…weird weird weather we are having…no snow until dec and then all of this…with thunder? more winds today…reported 60mph yesterday in dunkirk
have a good day all…and veggie stew and/or chili sounds great!
oh…and AKM I totally agree with wakeup re making your own..
I received my copy 2 days ago, it took almost 2 weeks after ordering it to arrive. (standard mail to Florida)
I ordered dirrectly from the OR/Publisher’s site $16. I have found it online since then for less than $10. Whah!
But, it was worth it!
Already finished it, couldn’t put it down. Loved it!
Congrats on the call-out in the book! WhooHoo!
I got mine last week – but I am afraid to read it all at once. Nightmares are not good; Palin nightmares are the worst, because they might come true.
So when are you and Shannyn going to drive your big tour bus to Chicago so I can get your autograph on it? And will you be charging $14.99 also for a picture too also?
(ps – I live close to O’Hare, so you can fly in on your Lear Jet or Gulf Stream, then get on the Big Painted Bus, so you can avoid all the riff-raff, here in the real America.) Also, too it’s all about the jobs, and the big mother bear not goin’ with the flow.
BuffaloGal, Thanks for that link. Great article. That perfectly describes Palin’s love/hate relationship with the media.
It reminded me of a comment I read yesterday on a scientific site (blasting Palin for her latest rant). I thought it was such a perfect description.
They said Palin obviously loves the attention but it’s also very obvious that she will not tolerate anyone questioning her…..She wants control and power without accountability. They added, she’s a grifter.
Grifter:
Slang. 1. a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., esp. a gambling attraction.
2. a swindler, dishonest gambler, or the like.
Perfect description!
@Buffalo Gal
My daughter’s future in-laws live in Buffalo! I’ve heard about the lake effect from Lake Erie and have seen pictures in winter! You guys up there are brave. B-r-r-r-r-r.
We were at the shore of Lake Erie earlier this summer. Lots of sea gulls. Friends of ours used to race yachts on the lake.
Congrats again AKM, keep up the good work.
BuffaloGal…….I am SO grateful we were spared this awful storm, yuck. Been there before. Chili sounds perfect.
So, lol, this guy does a whole interview with Auntie Katie with like no mic volume. Anyone with lip reading abilities should transcribe or not, lol.
Scarah’s branding machine indeed, well put Richard Kim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6N0lHR_RIY&feature=player_embedded#
On a different note: I read a few weeks ago (in a tiny article) that Palin was to be in Salt Lake City last night. I live in SLC, and I’m not sure she was here.
I have been waiting for the media blitz but I never heard a peep leading up to this blessed event. I didn’t hear anything on the news last night either.
Maybe someone whispered in Palin’s ear that Mormon’s live here so she cancelled. Or, the media didn’t cover it or didn’t cover it with great fanfare.
I’ll go check the online Trib and and see if she was in town and if they covered her visit.
But seriously, if she WAS in town, she did not get very good coverage. This is red, red, red state, but it’s also a Mitt Romney state.
Also too, regarding Barbara Walters, I was disgusted that she even has Palin in her Top 10. Seriously?
But, good news on her top pick.
Go Michelle.
AKM, you’re famous! Didja ever, in your wildest thoughts, think you would be a published author?
Didja ever think Mike Doogan thought for one milli-second when he maliciously “outed” you about how the incredible power of love and support of your family and the mudpuppies has catapulted you to becoming a household name in kitchens and basements all over the world to the exact opposite of what he intended? I know we all are so happy you decided to soldier on! Hubris, Mike Doogan. Google it.
Open Thread! I’M CANCER FREE! After all of the biopsies and such it is not a liver tumor. Short story . . . got sick, probably pancreatitus. I’ve had HCV for over 35 years, and for some reason blood clots formed in the liver portal vein causing an abnormality in the liver. During ultrasound it looked like a mass with veins protruding. With the contrasts in cat scans and MRI’s it looked just like a cancerous tumor. So everyone in the hospitals said, “Well, it’s liver cancer.” The oncologist kept having doubts because I still had a fever after one and a half months. So the last biopsy found no sign of a tumor though with the ultrasound the doc was using they could see it. After more tests a month later . . . the abnormality is smaller, the “veins” of the tumor were smaller, and the pet scan should NO CANCER.
Thank the Creator. Of course, I still have to see the liver specialist about the blood clots and the shape my liver is in, but hey!!!!!
What a great miracle. Thanks to all of you who sent hugs and good thoughts and prayers. Melanie
@19 trisha
She was in SLC doing her book signing. I think they said about 550 people showed up. The local news was complaining that she does not give interviews. She was not feeling the love from SLC.
http://breepalin.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-your-favorite-palinbot.html
PS Warning – don’t be eating or drinking when you see the painting. You may have an urge to barf!
that is wonderful news Newfoundland Dogs Rule
I’m so happy for you !!
@22 (((Newfoundland dogs rule)))
Great news indeed. I’m so happy for you. My friend has pancreatitis and it is NOT pleasant. I hope all goes well for you with that. Diet is important.
My little dog got pancreatitis after she ate an ENTIRE package of dried venison that one of the cats helpfully knocked off the counter to the floor. Very serious and now I have to watch her diet carefully as it could recur.
I guess Palin WAS in SLC last night. I just found it on the local Fox channel…go figure. It said, “Exclusive” interview. There were 4 comments on the page——all negative. ha, ha! Fox, at least, referred to her as, former governor.
My local news page has “top stories” from every local TV/newspaper in the area, and Fox is the only one that has “Palin” in their top stories.
Glad to hear your good news, NDR.
I also agree with above about your own book, AKM.
Newfoundland Dogs Rule: That is such great news!!!!!
NDR – Great news – congratulations!!!
Ann has posted another story on Anonymous Bloggers. There are still 10 families who could use some help this winter. If anyone can spare anything or join up with others to send an occasional box or two, please get in touch with Ann. My daughters and myself have taken on two families – one of 9 and one of 3, and simply can’t take on more. Sharing the load enables us to send more. Ann will be glad to match donors up as she recently did with five people adopting one large family.
This is about John Edwards but it could be written about Palin…
The underside of modern American politics — raw ambition, manipulation, and deception — are revealed in detail by (author’s) riveting account of a presidential hopeful’s meteoric rise and scandalous fall. Like a non-fiction version of All the King’s Men, The Politician offers a truly disturbing, even shocking perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a (wo)man determined to rule the most powerful nation on earth.
President Obama’s Nobel Prize speech- full text.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34360743/ns/politics-white_house//
Newfoundland Dogs Rule – hooray! that’s a relief! congrats!
Also too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-harris/once-again-palin-contradi_b_386977.html
THANKS to all the elite media/bloggers who catch this stuff and keep palin on the run (not for Prez!!!)…just running for her little tiny fame-seeking, money-grubbing life…someday, her followers will learn to read.
The last line is: One of theses days, the news media will catch on to Palin’s tricks and stop covering her factless outbursts as “news.”
(my fingers tapping on the desk) “I’m still waiting”.
An excerpt from Matt Taibbi’s article in Going Rouge was what finally convinced me to get the book, painful reading tho I thought it would be.
I bought the electronic version, and was magically able to transfer it from my PC to my Kindle for more comfortable reading. So that was my “Woohoo, this stuff is so cool!” techno moment yesterday.
And it is great reading. Wow. I’m in awe of the intelligence, perception, and wit of the writers.
And it only cost $10, with a speedy Paypal payment and no waiting for the mail. So if you’re on the fence, as I was, get the electronic version.
Newfoundland Dogs Rule that is the greatest news I’ve heard in a long time. I’m so happy for you. hugs.
SLC is strangely liberal. The mayor, Rocky, is VERY liberal. Lots of outdoorsy, live and let live kind of people live there.
Lots of independent book stores, coffee houses, the trapping of the latte liberal elite!
I LOVE Utah if it were not full of Mormons. Lovely people individually, but the whole cult is too much for me!
Tnx, Polly. I liked this Guardian reporter’s take on Obama’s Nobel speech:
A Thoughtful, Honest, Nobel Lecture
“So if the speech wasn’t designed to pander to an international audience, and it wasn’t constructed to help him politically at home, then what was it for? Well, here’s why I like the guy.
Maybe it was designed to … be truthful about the world as he sees it, and to be honest with the world and with posterity about the complexities we face. Imagine that. There are any number of criticisms to be made of Obama’s foreign policy decisions, and his major gambits – rebalancing the Middle East, negotiating with Iran and of course doubling down in Afghanistan – may yet fail. But at the very least, here we have a leader who is thoughtful and intellectually honest and won’t insult your intelligence. That already constitutes a success of some kind.”
Damn straight.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/dec/10/barack-obama-nobel-lecture
Thanks Mo. It’s great to read non-Palin articles this morning!
Here’s one of Alaskan university students at the UN Climate Change Conference. They are “celebrities” because of the effects here in Alaska.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11652946
To Polly, it took a while to get mine. I live in NYC and it is shipped from there.
The way I understand it is they print as ordered (not one at a time) but small amounts. It’s a small company and I wish them well. Be patient, it will be worth the wait.
AKM – You need to move your Muckraker’s Award to the TOP of the sidebar. It is too important to be lost way down at the bottom!
Great news NDR.
Lilybart, I loved Rocky, but he is no longer mayor. But, it’s true. SLC is strangely liberal. But, it’s still in Utah, so we have an umbrella of right-wing theocracy hanging over us. Yes, the cult-like atmoshere and the theocracy is maddening, but I do love the mountains.
Here is a little bit from the Salt Lake Tribune on Palin’s visit. It didn’t say how many people showed up, but she said she walked right in. All the comments on this story are negative toward Palin. ha, ha! The rest of the story is about her fans. They are the usual suspects who like her because she is pretty, cool, strong (?)….
It was single-digit cold as Madison Schiffman and her parents spent 13½ hours on lawn chairs, bundled in blankets, waiting for Sarah Palin to arrive at the Salt Lake City Costco on Wednesday.
I waltzed in at midmorning, armed with only my club card.
The Schiffmans, like me, undoubtedly thought there would be thousands of Palin fans here in Utah. Didn’t happen. But those who did show were all about Palin……..
I agree with the others. You should do your own book. Dunns book is coming out in 2010. Maybe you can get yours out by 2012 (prior to the elections). You are a great writer. You know how to draw in an audience. You already have you News-media, alot of Political supporters, the dedicated Alaskan bloggers and one and only Mudpups-lol.
Come to think of it; why aren’t you running for a political position? You have the passion and knowledge of Alaska(ns) and its Politics. Plus, I don’t think SP can influence your way of thinking.
NDR – Great news – congratulations!!!
AKM, I read the book a week ago or so — it took two to three weeks to get here after I ordered it, but I enjoyed it immensely.
Very good analysis of Palin’s meaning and impact on our political culture at large. I’m looking forward to Geoffrey’s book as well.
Still trying to finish The American Lie without driving nails into my veins, but keep getting distracted by her latest scandals. When Palin’s around, it’s a never-ending circus.
@37 Polly
I love to read stories about kids like this – intelligent, active and engaged and willing to learn more. I have hope for the world knowing these kids are the future.
I found “Going Rouge” in Border’s last week and bought it. The problem of what to do with Sarah’s picture bothered me at first, but then I took brown wrapping paper and made a cover for it, just like we used to do in primary school! Just like riding a bike, some skills never go away! I’m about halfway through and enjoying it very much.
Newfoundland!!! Wonderful news ! I didn’t think we’d hear till tomorrow. Merry Christmas to you and the pups!!! Really, really good to hear.
Hey TerryNY – are you getting this 2nd band of the storm? Worse than this morning. There’s this odd brown / sepia tint out there now. Sorta freaky.
Judi , I heard about the trucks and buses being blown over on the thruway from here and out towards you. I can’t even imagine being blown down the highway on a bus!
LiLadyNY – loved the “hubris” comment. ha!!
GreatGranny2C – thanks for the Ann post. Off to read it. I don’t have much but I can always spare some!
by the by – turns out I can’t make soup or chili because i’m out of salt! How do you run out of salt?!? I don’t think it’s happened to me ever in my life and I can’t go out due to the storm. I’m not entirely sure I can handle such a thing.
Thanks All for all hugs and prayers. Melanie
Had a wonderful time trashing Palin on the way to Boston yesterday. This blog gives me such great facts to trash with. My friend driving me, hit it right on the head when Palin first made the greater USA scene and people were trying to be “fair.” She said, Palin is just nuts.
Has anybody picked up on the fact that Larry Persily has been named the Federal Coordinator for the AK natural gas pipeline project? Evidently he has worked for 3 governors, is known for his droll humor and works both sides of the aisle. Was nominated by Begich. Seems like a good choice. See the article on Huffpost.
I’ve been having some computer problems, haven’t had a chance to read all the posts, just want to say I’m happy to hear that Michelle Obama was picked over Sarah Palin.
Ivy Freeborn Says: …I took brown wrapping paper and made a cover for it, just like we used to do in primary school! Just like riding a bike, some skills never go away…
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this made me smile b/c I still remember how to do that
Newfoundland: great news! Bless you. AKM, loved your comment that you’d have never thought in a million years …so funny. Bufflaogal: do you have any ingredient that is already salty to put in the pot? Hmmm. Hope you do because in weather like you are having, a big pot of stew or chili would “warm the cockles” of your heart. (had to throw this phrase in because it came up in discussion between my husband and a client yesterday and we had to look up the meaning of cockles and the origination of the phrase.) cockles = valves. Travelled through the Buffalo area for the first time in my life a couple of years ago at Thanksgiving, but alas, no snow. But I have heard stories of your lake effect snow storms. Stay warm.
Great news NDR. I haven’t been around for awhile. The company I worked for for 8 years closed the doors after 25 years on November 13th (Friday). The following Wednesday I accepted a new job & on Thursday went on our long planned vacation to Jamaica. Because I’m straight commission sales no paycheck for 2-3 months but at least I have a job. In the bitter end it came to light that the owner was a shyster kind of guy & not paying his bills while living high off the hog. When I first worked there there were 90 employees, when he closed the doors 35, 10 of us went to work for the same “new” company. I feel so bad for the other 25… Silly Sarah was in CS,CO on Tuesday night. The local neocon rag of a newspaper had many comments, majority including mine against her. Pretty bad when stupid sarah shows up in dr. dobson land & more dislike her than like her. My email is new I hope this goes through…
The title alone says it all. Very, very funny. I can’t believe CBC-TV’s Rick Mercer didn’t come up with that one.
from one of the comments on the huffpo piece mentioned above: “There is at least two people Palin will not fight with and one is of them is Levi. Palin has not said anything about him since Levi publicly said he would retaliate with the stuff he has on Palin.”
i think there’s something to that. wish i knew what.
NDR congrats on your good news. It must be a relief to get to the bottom of it. Hope the rest of your recovery goes well.
AKM, yes you should have your own book with all the wonderful essays you have done. S’error isn’t going away for a while so you should add to the knowledge base about her. Shining the light on her is important to get her back under the rock she emerged from.
If Palin was less enthusiastically received in SLC, Utah that would make sense to me.
Politics and religion aside, most Mormons I’ve known seem to embrace and live sincere “famly values”. Even the most basic glance at Sarah’s parental performance should make her suspect on that count alone.
icant wait for mine to arrive…if its here by Sunday, i will try to ge $pee to sign it.
I know who AKM and Shannyn are, of course, but who is Elstun Lauesten? I am not familiar with him, even though I live in Anchorage. Anybody?
GreatGranny, thanks for the heads up on Ann’s new post. I adopted a family last year but can’t do it alone this time. Anyone willing to go in with me? I’ll check out Ann’s blog and see if she can hook me up.
Yes, BuffaloGal, I was busy wrapping presents for over an hour, took a lunch break and whoa! noticed the storm is back full force.
I promised my husband I’d clear the driveway but I’m not sure I can tackle the 3 or 4 feet at the end where the street plows have dumped…sigh. He’s in Philly on business so he may not even make it home tonight. But I hate not being able to get out if I need to.
Great news, Newfoundland!! Being cancer free for two years now, it’s always a boost to hear the ‘all clear’ news. Good luck with the liver specialist.
TerryNY – I’m going to head over there now too, to see if I can be a part of a “group assist”
Newfoundland..Wonderful news…God bless you…
congrats NDR ! big hugs!!
Hi, J-Dog, hate to tell you, but Chicago isn’t Real America. But I’ll join you in the invitation to AKM, Shannyn, et al. — come on down and pal around with the terrorists! Here in Hyde Park, we haven’t had terrorists for a while — just ordinary muggers — but we could probably find a real, live Communist to have your picture taken with. They are an endangered species and their habitat has been reduced to protected enclaves of a few square miles around select urban college campuses ….
As far as the Mormon’s and Palin. I think they loved her during the campaign when she was McCain’s running mate. I heard of a lot of Mormon women who really liked her. Go figure.
My guess is they have cooled to her since she has shown aspirations for the White House. They are fully expecting Mitt to run and they will be supporting Mitt….not Palin. Also, some of the scandal surrounding Palin and her family may be part of it.
(((Newfoundland Dogs Rule))). Sigh of relief.
Yo, Chaim – thanks for the shout-out! But out here in the suburbs around O’Hare, it’s Only Me vs. Scarah’s Real Americans, and I’m fighting The War On Christmas all by myself. So when you’re done pallin’ around with Dr. Ayers in Hyde Park, ask him if he can do a counter-culture drive-by out here.
Right on, Power to the People, and Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays!
(I hope I just made Scarah & Bill O’Reilly’s heads explode).
Has anyone heard from dreamgirl???
Newfoundland Dogs Rule: Congratulations on finding out it isn’t liver cancer. On to the pancreatitis — get yourself alkaline! Lots of water, green juices, baking soda in water, and eliminate/manage all the stress you can (nature walks, play with the dogs, etc.). Read The pH Miracle by Dr. Robert O. Young to find out more. And I agree with you, Newfoundland dogs are among the finest creatures on earth! My mom adopted Shadow, who was half Newfoundland, half Labrador, black as the ace of spades, and so bright the family had to SPELL if they didn’t want him to understand. My younger sister delayed leaving home because she didn’t want to be away from that amazing dog!
I have contacted Anon. Bloggers about joining a group to support a family.
I think this is one of the best concrete ways to counter the negatives of the CW.
Yay, Newfoundland Dogs! Great news, Milkbones for all!
Buffalo Gal- any soy sauce in the house? Doncha just hate it when:
1) That crucial ingedient goes missing
OR
2) Sarah shows up in your town
trisha Says:
December 10th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
As far as the Mormon’s and Palin. I think they loved her during the campaign when she was McCain’s running mate. I heard of a lot of Mormon women who really liked her. Go figure.
My guess is they have cooled to her since she has shown aspirations for the White House. They are fully expecting Mitt to run and they will be supporting Mitt….not Palin. Also, some of the scandal surrounding Palin and her family may be part of it.
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….or the other possiblity is they are drugged:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,595104726,00.html
Deseret News | Meth emergency: Use soaring among Utah females
Nov 15, 2004 … Kathy Garcia, a “meth mom,” is incarcerated at Utah State Prison
http://mormonism.suite101.com/article.cfm/utahs_high_antideprresant_usage
The article states that Utah has lowest rates of illegal drug use in the nation, which they are quick to attribute to the practice of the Mormon faith. …
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I own two condos in Park City, and when I was there one time, I saw the Deseret News article in the paper and almost died from the shock. Then I looked further and saw the antidepressant use part….sad and scary, IMO.
Hi all…
I was just reading this post and was facing into my kitchen. I looked up from my laptop to see a huge red “Palin Pride” sign on my other computer… I nearly died! My desktop is set to randomly scroll through my photo library and the picture is one of the pictures that I took from my “boots on the ground” post a week ago when I met Sarah at her Book signing.
I guess I gotta go delete some pictures! Don’t want to ever have THAT happen again.
I haven’t read Palin’s book, but this one looks like a hoot!
NDR — Great News!!! Now, Stay that way!
AKM — Congrats on your name in Print!
I have 2 questions:
Will Palin read this thing?
Will Palin “write” a new book trashing everyone who wrote an essay?
If Palinever gets in a position of power… Will the authors of these pieces be the first on Palin’s enemy list? (After Katie Couric and Tina Fey, of course)
Where’s the dirt on her alleged affair with Todd’s partner? Did they pay off the affairee (sp) lol.
Calculating, digging and scheming……it sounds just like Scarah. I just re-read the college roomate piece in LA times. So Scarah pulled the fire alarm in her college dorm, wow that’s brilliant, does she mention that in her book?
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/21/nation/na-palincollege21?pg=3
“Everybody liked her, but I could tell she was very calculating,” Blackburn said. “We were all very secretive about our talents and how we were going to present ourselves. She was always asking questions, figuring out what she needed to do to get ahead.”
“with that in mind”, don’t people see through her BS? She’s comin home Alaska.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/home-to-alaska/194978798434
Today at 11:53am
This book tour has been an amazing and inspirational experience for me and my family as we crisscrossed the country and met so many wonderful Americans. At nearly every stop we met someone with a connection to Alaska – usually through the military from being stationed at one of Alaska’s bases. With that in mind, we’ve decided to hold the final book signings at Alaska’s Elmendorf and Eielson AFBs. Hope to see you there!
- Sarah Palin
Oops, left off the detail info…….
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Elmendorf AFB
Joint Military Mall
5800 Westover Avenue
Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506
12:00 – 3:00 PM
Eielson AFB
AAFES
451 Broadway Avenue
Building 3338
Eielson AFB, AK 99702
6:30 – 9:30 PM
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/12/the_washington_post_cant_go_ou.php has great comments on Mrs. Quittypants’s ghostwritten op-ed in the Washington Times, I mean Washington Post. While I disagree that WaPo should go out of business, many of the commenters know their stuff, and much of it is a fun read.
Buffalo Gal, I never add salt, if you need to, use a little lipton onion soup mix, I think it’s very salty.
“by the by – turns out I can’t make soup or chili because i’m out of salt! How do you run out of salt?!? I don’t think it’s happened to me ever in my life and I can’t go out due to the storm. I’m not entirely sure I can handle such a thing”
or if you’ve got beef bouillon that’s very salty also, too.
Please put a video or audio up of your show.
70 LibertyLover Says: December 10th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Will Palin read this thing?
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Sure, she will “read” it… in the same fashion as she “writes.”
just sayin’
77 Say NO to Palin in Politics Says: December 10th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
This book tour has been an amazing and inspirational experience for me and my family as we crisscrossed the country and met so many wonderful Americans.
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Oh, sure.
She met lots of people while crisscrossing at what… 30,000 feet? And I suppose pigs fly up there, too also?
HA,HA,HA! I just opened a Christmas card which said on the inside: “Merry Xmas to our very best liberal friend” signed Sarah Palin. It was post-marked Tampa, so I knew immediately who it was!! (Another good give-away was that the card was from The Vatican Collection. Sarah would certainly not do that!)
OMG Palin is now comparing President Obama’s speech to day with something she wrote in her Book . I didn’t catch it all on MSNBC but Bree has the quote on her site.
“”I liked what he said,” Palin told us in a phone interview. “I talked too in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times.”
and
“By the way, I’d like to see President Obama follow more closely in the footsteps of George Bush and his passion for keeping the homeland safe,”
from USA today
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/12/surprise-palin-likes-obamas-nobel-speech.html
this woman is delusional
72 nswfm CA . Thanks for those links I’ll have to read them. I knew that Utah had the highest antidepressant use in the nation, but they also have the highest prescription drug abuse in the country. Note that they said “illegal” drug problem. Vicodin is legal with an RX, so they don’t look at those numbers.
Lots of smiling, happy people who are hopped up on Vicadin.
I work in the medical profession and know this well.
They can’t drink alchohol, but popping an RX from your doctor isn’t considered a sin….so pop away. It’s a big problem here. Woman are expected to be perfect and pop out as many kids as possible, plus do church work, serve their husbands, families,etc. They can’t even have a glass of wine so they take Vicadin.
This town has more dirty little secrets and quite a few dirty BIG secrets.
Utah….also number 1 in the country for paid online p0r_n.
It really is the Valley of the Dolls.
@76 Everybody liked her, but I could tell she was very calculating,” Blackburn said. “We were all very secretive about our talents and how we were going to present ourselves. She was always asking questions, figuring out what she needed to do to get ahead.”
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I have known people like this. In fact, I have one in-law who always wants to see what I’m doing with my photography and/or jewelry. The next think I know, she has tried to duplicate what I am doing and beat me to the punch.
She never even had a camera until she saw mine..I’ve been shooting for over 30 years. Pretty soon, she is buying up expensive camera equipment though she had never done photography her whole life. Everything she does is to try and upstage and out do me. So now, I don’t tell her anything. I can image exactly what she means about Sarah.
My belief.. people like that have very low self esteem because they are trying to feel better about themselves because “they won”, “they were first”, “they beat you”. They can’t be happy with themselves, they need to lower other people to feel better about themselves.
Palin Refuses To Say If She’d Debate Gore On Climate Change: ‘It Depends On What The Venue Would Be’
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/10/palin-gore-debate/
this is good LOL
@89 twain12
Oh this was a goodie. I laughed till I cried at the very idea. Sarah is right for probably the first time when she says Gore would not lower himself to her level. Seems she actually knows how low-class she is. LOL
@89 twain12
Oh this was a goodie. I laughed till I cried at the very idea. Sarah is right for probably the first time when she says Gore would not lower himself to her level. Seems she actually knows how low-class she is. LOL
It depends on what the Venue would be? Really? SP wouldn’t debate Gore on Climate Change if it was just the two of them in her fancy new lakeside living room over a pot of Moose Stew.
Here’s the full transcript of her interview on a radio show (not sure what/which etc.) I’m just cutting and pasting from another poster on another blog. It is just.too.much.
Transcript:
Palin: “I liked what he said, in fact, I thumbed through my book quickly this morning to say ‘Wow, that that sounded really familiar’ because I talked in my book too about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times and history’s lessons when it comes to knowing what it is that we engage in warfare and a couple of the other things he said were I thought, wow, those were a ni-nice, a broad message so broad I just wrote about those and a lot of Americans right now are getting to read off of my take on when war is necessary. Personally, of course, as a blue-star mom, I and so many other blue-star families we worry about the safety of our soldiers, but my son an tens of thousands of other men and women of America have made the right decision to put some things on hold at this point in their lives so that they can serve something greater than self. I’m so extremely proud of him and all of our troops, and personally of course I’m on my knees more than ever praying for his safety along with all of his fellow troops and of course war is the last thing any American I believe wants to have to engage in but its necessary. We have to stop these terrorists over there. We’ve learned our lesson from 911. George Bush did a great job of reminding Americans every single day he was in office what that lesson is, and by the way I’d like to see President Obama follow more closely in the footsteps of George Bush and his passion for keeping the homeland safe, his passion for respecting honoring our troops, and I certainly believe that the mission is necessary right now, both in Iraq and the surge strategy that’s needed in Afghanistan.
To clarify, the long actual quote I posted above is from a Kos post – Darth Star – who listened to the entire thing. Its amazing to me that USA Today cleaned up her quote, and actually took out the more clear implication she made that Pres. Obama got the idea from her book.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/10/812921/-Word-Salad:-Sarah-Palins-comment-on-President-Obamas-speech
In this season of joy and compassion, we ought to thank Sarah for giving us all so much to discuss and for helping us focus on the importance of staying abreast of our elected officials and watching their every move to ensure our interests are being addressed. She may be dividing the republicans, but she sure is helping to solidify the democrats and the independents. Thank you Sarah!
SJP @92 – o dear gawd – I came here with more to talk about but right now I can’t get beyond the sheer delusion and arrogance of that statement. I had read snippets earlier but had no idea how very sick it would be in its entirety.
Does anyone have a link to this transcript ??
Does anyone have the cited section in her book to which she is referring?
BTW Gryphen at Immoral Minority and Celtic Diva (Blue Oasis) had lunch with Thomas Van Flea yesterday. Very interesting conversation with $Ps legal mouthpiece.
Links are on the sidebar. Diva had not posted a blog when I visited her site earlier, but Gryphen’s recounting of it is very interesting. : )
thanks for the link BuffaloGal …..she is crazy
Comment on HuffPo re Gore debate:
“Man….she quit that debate faster than most things she quits.”
Newfoundland Dogs Rule @23 -
Awesome news…and isn’t it great to get it just before the holidays!
BuffaloGal – How are things in your neck of the woods tonight? I’m in a NW suburb of Roch and we didn’t get much total snow accumulation, but the wind was blowing so hard this afternoon that visibility was down to less than 1/10 mile. When I headed home about 3:00 there were already about 40 accidents on the roads and rush hour hadn’t even started yet. I was supposed to have an event at school tonight but it was cancelled, thank goodness! I got to come home, get into my nice warm fleecies, have a leftover chicken enchilada and curl up with my computer mouse. If it’s this nasty here, I can only imagine what it’s like closer to Lake Erie.
Stay warm and safe, all you WNYers and anyone else who’s battling this lovely welcome-to-winter storm!
She just doesn’t shut up, does she?
@53 Silly Sarah was in CS,CO on Tuesday night. The local neocon rag of a newspaper had many comments, majority including mine against her. Pretty bad when stupid sarah shows up in dr. dobson land & more dislike her than like her. My email is new I hope this goes through…
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Same in Salt Lake. Most of the comments are not positive toward Palin. Someone is creating a lot of hype around her, but 1,000 people in a big city will NOT an election win. I was reading that “she signed hundreds of books” in SLC yesterday and the crowd was thin. Utah is so RED even the rocks are red, so that was a poor showing.
On another blog, someone just called her a Political Prostitute. I thought that was very fitting. Her beliefs and values are those whispered in her ear for that day…..for cash, I’m sure.
Leenie17 @99 – I’m laughing really hard! At the VERY moment I was reading your post asking, “How are things in your neck of the woods”, The front door of the house and the “side back” door went flying open allowing snow to come twirling through the living room and kitchen. It’s like a Christmas Wonderland in here at the moment. If Santa wandered through I would not be surprised.
AND – It was funny enough to choose to finish this post before trotting off to close and lock the doors . I’ll grumble tomorrow when I come down the stairs to find my socks getting wet from the snow I let in.
Sometimes a good and timely blog post wins over wet socks.
(I’m pretty sure that is a direct Reagan quote. I think Palin referenced it in “Going Rogue” )
Hey AKM, if you want, I can try and get her to sign it on Sunday. Fox News accidentaly used a graphic of the cover of Going Rouge once when talking about the other book, the one of fiction. It probably would go right past her. But really, I was thinking of getting a book and having her sign the page with the “quote” by legendary basketball coach John Wooden. The proofers at Harper Collins must be the same people who “inadvertently” aired the wrong film when showing one of her book signings.
I just came back from two days up in the Big City, Phoenix. Because we have no bookstores in a 30-mile radius here, I made tracks to the first big book store I found, which happened to be a Borders. (Hey, even a big chain store looks good when you’re as book-deprived as I am!) They had no big flashy displays of Scarah’s book, which initially cheered me a great deal. However, I sound found small piles of them scattered around the store. I made sure to turn over the top copy in every pile I saw. At one table, they were included with several stacks of biographies and autobiographies of other individuals, and RIGHT NEXT to the Scarah stack were several copies of a Molly Ivins bio. Ha-ha, I chortled, as I buried the Sacarah books underneath several volumes of Molly. I could swear I heard a Texas-accented voice chuckling at me from more celestial regions. I am sure that Borders employess are still finding upsdie down copies of Scarah’s book all over the store and wondering what happened. It ain’t much, folks, but it sure felt good.
bucsfan, I saw on another site that you don’t get your own book back. They take you book and put it in a pile, then they pick up a book from another pile and hand it to Palin.
Sounds like they are trying to avoid getting punked. LOL
They probably flip though the pages to make sure it’s clean before it goes in the pile to sign.
I was just on another site and they had Palin’s tweets from yesterday. She was in SLC and said, “we were able to start early so we could see more people”.
She didn’t mention that there wasn’t a long line and the newspaper said she signed hundreds of books, not thousands. Bwwwhahahah! The reporter said she walked right in.
Palin, Just creatin’ her own hype.
Yep! She’s very good at creating her own hype! You betcha!
BuffaloGal @ 102 -
I’ll grumble tomorrow when I come down the stairs to find my socks getting wet from the snow I let in.
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No problem. Just put on your yellow rubber boots before you go down the stairs!
I bought a copy of Going Rouge at our local bookstore. I have been devouring it at a rapid pace. I was so excited to see that several of my very favorite pieces that were written during the campaign were included. Such lovely memories of blasting those links to everyone I knew. It’s like a good bottle of wine that can be savored over and over. AKM could probably make a book of mudpups comments over the past year (esp some of the juicy rants).
I was waiting at an appointment today and indulging in the guilty pleasure of a People magazine. While trying to find the page with pictures of Johnny Depp (true eye candy for me) what do my wondering eyes did appear but a story on SP entitled “She’s not quitting, she’s reloading” (A papa Heath quote I believe). It was a short fluff piece with lots of pictures (some from her book). But what really caught my eye was at the end there was a quote about a prayer that she and Toad say “everynight”. Classic Palin—”May we always be happy-and may our enemies know it”. Now there is a good christian thought for the day, eh? They really haven’t evolved past high school (either one of them).
And how dare she even remotely try to compare her incompetent self to President Obama. I think that our involvement in these wars is entirely GW’s fault (and I emphasize the word fault). He rushed in without blinkin because Cheney wanted it. I think that we should all want to live in a world without wars. Unfortunately it is people like SP that propagate wars in this world. I wonder how many Americans would be all for these wars if we had a draft?
Sarah Palin goes head to head with Albert Gore
Newfie — Great, great news. Best wishes.
You muddies will like this… I went to the Elmendorf AFB base exchange store today, after hearing on the local Anchorage news that $arah will do a book signing event this Sunday (13th) afternoon. I saw the pile of her books on a display table right inside the entrance. Picked up a book, taped a correct-sized picture of the Going Rouge cover over the regular book cover, set the modified book standing up next to the “real” one on top of the table-full of her books, and grabbed a Blackberry photo, with the sign advertising the upcoming book signing date in the background. This is sort of like the Brian-in-the-photo pics AKM has collected, but I unfortunately did not have Brian or his clone handy to be in the picture. Here’s hoping AKM gets my email of the photo and can post it for a chuckle.
The Elmendorf signing will not be open to the general public, just those with regular base access. Sorry, I don’t think I can stand to wait around all morning for a five-second thrill… (I was thinking, as I’m sure others have, it would be fun to slip her book jacket over Going Rouge, and get her to sign the “alternate”, but someone mentions up above that the handlers are already beating that game by taking your book and giving you another signed official one, so it would be a bust!!)
Susie Snowflake @ 59:
Check the biographical listing m on p 330 at the back for Going Rouge. It says that
Elstun Lauesen is a rural affairs specialist in Alaska.
Newfoundland Dogs Rule: enormous ((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) for the great news!
Newfoundland….I’m so happy for you and wish you well with ongoing tests. Positive thoughts!!!!!
AKM…..write a book! I know you have one in you. Do it!
What a great cover!
Spent another evening skipping around in Going Rouge. AKM & Shannyn’s masterpieces are worth the price all by themselves.
What I’m finding most interesting about the book is not the light it shows on Sarah Palin, but who her supporters are and why she appeals to them. Combine that with certain chapters from What Hath God Wrought [a history of the US from 1815-1848] and a rather scary picture emerges. That era ended in the Civil War. If history doesn’t repeat itself, but echoes, we face some frightening times.
But then, don’t we always?
I got my copy of Going Rouge yesterday as well… one note of caution… try not to read it before going to sleep… gave me nightmares! Otherwise it’s very comforting, and… scary at the same time.
thanks again Mudflats!
@ Political Prostitute – AGREE! did anyone see this article? I find its interesting she will spin speaking here…its amazing how she drops for money – supposedly they are paying her $200K speaking fee…locals there are planning a protest…
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/11/palin-canada-hospital/
Palin might be surprised to learn that the hospital she is fundraising for runs counter to her professed beliefs:
– St. Peter’s Hospital is a public hospital within the national Canadian healthcare system. In Palin’s worldview, universal, government-insured health care is “socialism.”
– [b]St. Peter’s Hospital performs abortions. Palin, a staunch anti-choice zealot, has protested outside of abortion clinics and has refused to denounce abortion clinic bombers as terrorists.[/b]
– St. Peter’s Hospital, through its Centre for Studies in Aging, offers “advanced directives.” Palin tried to derail health reform earlier this year by falsely labeling advanced directive reimbursements as “death panels.”
If you truly believe you are carrying out divine will, then there is no need for restraint.” Remind anyone of a certain someone and I don’t mean Bush either,maybe that’s why she thinks it is her right to make things up. or exaggerate.
Newfoundland Dogs Rule Glad to hear it wasn’t cancer and pray you will will get thru this.;I also pre ordered the book when it was first mentioned.I am not fond of reading non fiction but found as with the last few I bought this fall once I started I could not stop..I also kind of put it out their that the bots should read this book as it gives the other side and is not for the most part one sided.IMO It is also not a palin bashing book despite it’s name.I went to a site I know they read at and gave the name and how to order it and told them if someone read palins book they should also read this one and get some perspective.
Can’t wait to get my copy! AKM & Shannyn are Alaskan heros.