I went grocery shopping tonight & saw the cover of the National Examiner…huge picture of $carah’s mad face with the headline – OBAMA’S OUT TO RUIN ME, and in smaller print – Michelle is too. I was going to read it, but for the first time in years, the line moved with lightening speed and I never got to it.
I’m sure the story didn’t live up to the cover, but the pathetic part is that she continues to compare herself to the President as if they were equals. She can’t take it that she is so far down the list of his worries that she doesn’t even exist.
It’s gotta gall her that when the Obama family arrives in Hawaii later this week, the press has announced they will be there in full force to welcome them. And, they’ve been covering the visit for weeks. “Those darn Hawaiians. He gave them orders to ignore me and my incognito self when I was there. Otherwise they would have flocked to me like a swarm of flies to a steaming pile of tchit.” ROFLMAO!
Love the 1-9 days AKM, especially the cookies and poor polar bears. Waiting with bated breathe for the remaining days. You are SO good!!
It’s book signing day in Wasilla and I can’t wait for the boots on the ground reports. Wonder how much security she’ll have to keep those real Americans who disagree with her away?
Thanks, AKM, for the new lyrics to the 12-days of Christmas. Much better than what the teabaggers came up with:
moseyon and pearl and austin – I’ll be virtually 4th in line behind you! Let’s see, I’m 4 hours behind, when is the signing?- I don’t think I can stand it – got a feeling there’s gonna be lots of boots on the ground for this one!
On MSN today, they announced their 11 most influential women, and I almost didn’t read it, thinking SP would lead the list. But, guess what? She wasn’t even on there!!! Folks like Sotomayor, Hillary and Oprah were. Some, also, I hadn’t even heard of! Here is their criteria for choosing:
“Every year at MSN Lifestyle, we assemble our list of influential people and every year we struggle to separate the truly influential from the merely popular. The women on this year’s list come from many different fields and backgrounds but they all share one common feature: they are doing something that inspires or encourages us and yes, influences the way we live.”
Neat, huh?
Love that one Fly ! ( but then, I always do ) $’error’s cookies can cure all ills. She should package them. Her adoring fans would gobble them up no matter how disgusting they are. ” Just like communion wafers only holier and with a full day’s worth of lean moose meat protein. Yum!”
This has always been my least favorite holiday song but this new version is turning that around. And I just love the photos of her that have been used. Captures all of her interesting personalities.
(and Pearl – what the heck were the teabaggers trying to do with their version. I couldn’t even watch the entire 56 seconds of it. painful !)
Kat @4 – if that tabloid with quitter’s face is still there next time you’re at the store, snag that little bugger and slip it into a large ziploc. You never know – might be worth some $$ a little bit down the line. I’m going to look for one when I’m out today.
Book signing day !! Woohooo! Has Wasilla instituted a city wide tomato ban ? Wonder what they’re going to do about the snowballs !
I finally decorated yesterday. Woke this morning to find that Evil Kitty hates Christmas along with everything else in the world. Found my big stuffed Frosty the Snowman yanked from the mantle and in a terrible disarray on the floor. His garland is thrashed and strewn and lord only knows what kitty did to his cute little top hat. Nowhere to be found. It was like a scene from ” CSI – Christmasland” . Gruesome.
Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve, Everyone! I’m to do Christmas shopping. (REALLY this time!) Still haven’t done a stitch of it. Should be fun!
It arrived 30 years ago, a rebellious little ditty that became the ultimate anti-Christmas carol by killing off an eggnog-loving Grandma in the very first line.
@BuffaloGal – I stopped putting ornaments on the bottom of my trees because of the cats. All my trees were nekkid 2/3 of the way down. And forget blinking lights. : )
My son and granddaughter are coming today for a pre-Christmas visit. They are going to Disney for the holiday. I’ll be taking care of their THREE Pugs while they are away. So, I’ll have FOUR dogs and THREE cats underfoot and loving it!
Sadly, quitting her responsibilities, lying about anything and everything and signing with a publishing company that knows how to (artificially) push and promote books to the Best Sellers list, has made her rich. The media can’t get enough of this tabloid princess and has made her famous but not for her knowledge, integrity or social contribution or even because she was an amazing VP choice or governor.
It disgusts me to admit it but for many, being rich and famous have become the most important qualities in America today.
These daily ditties just keep getting better and better! My radio is on in the background most of the day and each time the 12 days comes on, I’ve had to chuckle and replace the items with those AKM has posted.
I followed AKM’s suggestion for shopping the sponsors and my order of salmon from Vic Briggs has arrived. DH could barely contain himself and was ready to pop the first jar open and have a pre-dinner snack. My plan is to do a salmon mousse for our Christmas Day brunch with family and friends. Can hardly wait as I’m sure it will turn out better than any salmon I could buy locally.
BuffaloGal – I sympathize with your cat problem, but my problem is with our Chihuahuas. They think anything they can sink their teeth into is fair game so a gate goes across the living room doorway when the tree is up.
I also, too, will be waiting to hear how the book signing goes.
Figure the family is getting ready to release the straps on the staitjacket and let Sarah loose. Bet the family has been walking on egg shells since the HI photos, the Track/Menard blogs, the rape stories…….
LOVE the 12 Days of Christmas posts! Very witty.
I had a nice surprise this morning. Several weeks ago, my local paper reprinted S’error’s op-ed on climate change. I was disgusted. This morning the only 2 letters to the editor were blasting the op-ed. It made my day
A little humor to start the day…..from the Borowitz report:
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – The Senate’s efforts to introduce a tax on tanning beds hit a roadblock today as Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted the idea, calling it “a blatant attack on Orange Americans.”
Rep. Boehner said that the anti-tanning provision would likely create opposition from the so-called “Orange Republicans,” a group of pumpkin-colored lawmakers including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev).
“We are going from orange to red over this thing,” he said.
Mr. Boehner said he was confident that the tanning tax would be removed from the final healthcare bill just as a tax on Botox was: “Botox users were furious about that tax, but they didn’t show it.
tee hee and chuckle chuckle.
hubby and i did a no-no at borders last night.
yep, we turned each and every one of the GR novels upside down and backwards.
of course, this is los angeles so borders only had a few out….like maybe five.
but it made our hearts happy to join the card carrying members of the mudpuppy anti-GR book club.
I thought our long time lawmakers Ted Stevens and Don Young were embarrassing for Alaska but Sarah Palin takes the cake and eats it too. I use to support her but have changed my mind since she quit the Governor’s office. Stardom and money makes people weak and self-centered. I hope the people of the nation realizes that dumb chicks don’t make good leaders.
love the list, AKM, but, come on! two scapegoats won’t even begin to satisfy whiney blamehouse palin. are you going to give her another 12 at the end for the big finish?
I have to say the Sarah’s Cookie Monster moment has got to be about the most inexplicable and inexcusable moment of her political life.
What could she have possibly have been thinking?
At a guess the same thing she was thinking when she does so many bizarre things like wearing a blacked out McCain visor.
She is trying to get attention in a way that allows her to play the self righteous victim.
She wants the attention that bizzare acts bring.
But she also she wants the warm fuzzy hug she can give herself when she shows the self-righteousness of what ever she just did.
I’m thinking of the first post (#1) here by BigSlick who says cookies and milk have tainted her view of Santa.
I’ve had a similar problem this year. I’ve always had a fondness for Santa images, appreciate him both austere and jolly. This year I pulled out my big laughing face of Santa to put in the window and…looking at him, I just thought TEABAGGER! and possibly a pervert.
I hope I recover. I feel defiled by the shocking images of proud stupidity from the past year.
26 Cynamen Winter Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Is Pie Spy still in operation ~ or has it been placed in a cold oven….and where’s Meg, pray tell?
At a guess Meg is just sooooo, uh, little state Alaskan that she’s no longer welcome in the queen’s court.
(Dont get mad at me Alaska. I’m just guessing what would be going on in Sarah’s mind.)
LiladyNY@13, many years ago i bought myself a beautiful tree and went all holiday glam. what a foolish move on my part! by the end of the season my once magazine-ready tree was hardly recognizable after my ONE kitten was finished. the fancy ribbon had been just about completely pulled off and the yardage on the floor was in shreds. i lost many bulbs that year and avoided a floor tree for many years after that. but now that i have a child, i must go all out. however, my tree today is filled with homemade things, small stuffed Christmas thingies, and plastic ornaments. it’s actually more cheery and homey than my glam tree. we love it. and so do my three fully grown cats. nothing we do keeps them away. if they’re not under it, they’re on it. it is amazing how far up a one year old and a three year old can go! all we can do is keep the precious homemade stuff near the top.
ok, Alaskans, time to step up! Decorate a site as a “parents’ basement,” and gather in your pajamas, fuzzy slippers (or bunny boots or mukluks), and Groucho nose & glasses combos or Jackie O sunglasses, or just comb your hair over the face, Cousin It style. Add antlers if you’d like.
With flyinureye’s graphics on a computer screen in the background, record a video of AKM’s “12 Days” & post it on youtube. It will go viral *instantly* and non-Mudflatters will get a taste of our joy!
I had to laugh at the Tanning Bed Tax vs Cosmetic Surgery Tax – the govt believing the Middle Class would be hit harder by the BotoxTax? Yea Right, many plastic surgeons are considered “middle class” hahaha
How many small beauty salons & spa’s & gym’s will be hit with the “Tan Tax”?
Also, too, many ppl utilize Tanning Beds for skin conditions; such as psorisis and eczema. Something the “botox crowd” wouldn’t be concerned with.
” Compassion Cookies “… I loved it. Of course everyone must realize….. also too,… that someone ELSE baked those cookies she showed up with. Because Levi had already told us she is no ” Betty Crocker ” ( but IS a BIG CROCK ) and spends very little time in the kitchen.
Like everything else S’arah does … maybe WE just misunderstood her. Maybe cookies is all that she feeds her own family and so she felt they were totally appropriate. We misunderstood her.
( channeling the Jon Lovitz character of SNL… ” Yeah….. that’s my story “… and I’m sticking to it .
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And any chance that one of her dolts/fans/bots/pawns… see that headline and don’t get the sarcasm there…?
Will someone be marketing/selling ” Sweet Sarah’s- Compassion Cookies”…?
Only $14.95 with an autographed picture of Sweet Sarah.
And all profits from the sales of the cookies go to SarahPAC…. of course.
I love this version of the 12 Days of Christmas with the clever lyrics and great graphics!
Also looking forward to boots-on-the-ground reports but will be traveling and may have to wait until late or until tomorrow. Oh, the suspense! I imagine the Wasilla AOG and Bible Church will ensure an appreciative crowd. Will there will be protesters? Will AKM take her marked-up GR through the line to be signed? Will anyone dare use their 3 seconds with her to ask a challenging question? Will Piper be sitting at her side to discourage questions?
Back from shopping and so glad to be home ! It’s a jungle out there !! So many people in one place. Not my cuppa tea at all. blek!
Have mixed feelings about finding a great deal. I went to the local bookstore that I visit every Christmas and found it was going out of business. Was terribly sad that the big stores were driving it out but the books were discounted 85% even on the already discounted books. I walked out of there with a bagful of amazing hardcovers and spent only $7.17 .
Glad to hear other Pets vs Christmas tales. I guess Evil Kitty could do much worse so I’ll count my blessings. Hey Austin – When I first read that caption on the TacoCat picture I thought it said “Palin Drone”. Made me think of some bizarre sequel to the Terminator series.
As for this LAST ( ohhhh please let it be OVER ) book signing today, I sure hope TMZ was able to book their flights early and have a spot up there in the front of the line. Papparazzi are ‘ private citizens ‘ as well.
And does anybody know how much the Book would cost if you added the cost of a first-class airline ticket to get your crazy a** up to Wasilla… just to make sure you had your personal autographed copy by Christmas …?
( because you KNOW at least ONE of these Fans/Nutjobs would do it )
Because as per some comments I saw on one of her Fan sites… those that ordered the book for Christmas back in Nov….. it seems have not received them….. yet. ( as per below ) Awwwwwww…..Don’t you feel bad…?
That’s the way the ‘ compassion cookies ‘ crumble.
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JeanA
When did you order your signed copy?
I am still waiting on my copy.Yesterday, 6:21:45 PM – Flag – Like – Reply
JeanA
I ordered my copy on Nov. 23rd.Yesterday, 6:42:15 PM
How about naughty-monkey-peeptoe-shaped dog biscuits? Anybody in? Just imagine your cute little babies/monsters crunching a pair on a daily basis. The cat people here will have to give me a cat version. Something with a little catnip perhaps?
It could be a whole mudflats theme. Yellow Wellies, naughty red monkey pumps, that ugly green castro hat, hmmmm….what else…there is a $150,000 wardrobe to choose from. hahaha.
My kittehs love Celestial Seasons’ “Tension Tamer” teabags. Had to put them in tupperware stashed in a high cupboard if I wanted any for myself. One of the herbs in it is catnip, so there you go….
I also stuff a couple of them (unbrewed, of course) into home-made microwavable, rice-filled heating ‘pads’. Smells great whenever I need to soothe my computer-related stiff neck!
The comments over at that Politico story about Michelle B. are quite scary. One person wrote….so what? Do you have the paperwork to prove that she even wanted this government money?
I think a Tan Tax is a great idea since these tanning beds are proven to be bad for you. It is like another “sin” tax like we have on alchohol and tobacco, things people want but don’t need. Like a fake tan.
Apparently the Wasilla Village Idiot just Twittered, asking if the “death panels” were back in the new version of the HCR bill.
Those of you near the Sports Complex, please go throw a net over this kook, put her in a strait jacket and petition for a 72 hour mental health hold.
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Oh noes!! You know that woman has had so much plastic surgery and liposuction, she is literally talking out of her a$$.
Yes the nitwit is back to twittering her asinine tweets. She really needs to just go sit down and shut up. You really have to admire tawd for not losing it and “sending alice to the moon.” Comments at other palin related blogs stating that “mudflats” has some “big news” to be released after Christmas, is this true? I kept asking where the big news was when AKM alluded to it the other day & never got a response from anyone…what’s up with buttercup?
50 Bystander Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Apparently the Wasilla Village Idiot just Twittered, asking if the “death panels” were back in the new version of the HCR bill.
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Are You KIDDING ME !!!..? She REALLY brought up ‘ death panels ‘ again after just this week getting the Award for biggest LIE of the YEAR!!
( and being debunked by EVERYONE )
Isn’t ” insanity ” described as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result..? {” Oily from Alaska” now..? }
As per the earlier post I had about the cookies and referencing Betty Crocker…
Maybe S’arah has created a new name for herself… AGAIN.
Betty/Sarah ” CROCKpot “… Sarah “CRACKpot”…etc… etc… etc…..
Question: ? Don’t you think her Kids must feel totally ‘ embarrassed”..?… by mom.
No wonder they don’t want to go to school and face the other kids. Geezzz.
I’d be hiding out somewhere as well if I was them.
Oh my, cats in trees, many times, many times! crash, clatter, bang, thud. All part of the season.
These days I just put xmas balls on all my plants (some quite large). I’ll get back into decking the halls and filling the lawn with lighted things when the the kids have some grandkids for me.
Beginning to tingle with excitement though, love it when I know I have found the very best, most exciting, super-doop-est gift ever. And I did it more than once this year…. I feel like a kid, but waiting to BE Santa!
Happy Holidays to all! And to all a good night -with egg nog and a few drinks and a glass of wine…
Irish #54, perhaps some of the fat on her rear was injected into her lips, and thus she is literally talking out of her…..
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That is exactly what I meant.
Haha, this is what I said on the forum last night
I just know I shouldn’t say this…….I think she put her thigh and buttock’s fat into her upper lip. In other words, she is talking out of her ass. Grin
Am taking a moment to think of those that have wicked Mothers in Law –
30 yrs ago today my wonderful Mother in Law passed away, she was a lovely person that only gave advice when asked. She enjoyed all (27) members of her extended family. Every Mid December, after church, we’d load up all the kids & sleds, and the family would take to the mountains for each of us to find the perfect tree. Pulling bundled kids on sleds – hot cocoa or soup in the thermos’s. Back at the ranch, crock pots of stew and chili simmered waiting for our return. I miss that lovely lady …. after all these years, those are my fondest memories.
Oh I remember those times when my kids were young and we’d go out to look for the most perfect tree! We’d be running all over the mountaintop because you know the perfect tree was just 100 yards up the hill! Oh those days.
I really really want a do-over with my kids. They grew up too fast.
To anyone who has young children and they make you crazy every minute of the day and night, I say savor each moment because they grow up in the blink of an eye and you’ll never get these days back.
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing. That’s FABULOUS!! McQuitter is SUCH a coward ! What does she think Shannyn’s going to do ??? $’error left to her own devices does so much more damage than anyone else can.
I read Palin’s tweet on another site referencing “death panels”–yep she’s done it again. Her fans won’t notice that she is trying to perpetuate a lie, because their Sarah doesn’t lie. Her fans won’t accept that Ms. Palin promoted the very same language about end-of-life discussions through an Alaska State proclamation, but for political purposes she know she now calls death panels, because she doesn’t make stuff up. Sarah alone is nothing, but since her die-hard worshipers view her as the second coming, she is dangerous.
I’m afraid that the Teflon coated sainted Sarah will remain unscathed to her fans …but for the rest of us and those in the country who allow their minds to function normally, I pray that she will eventually go the way of Ross Perot. Until then, she remains the best entertainment and joke fodder the country has seen in a long time.
“FAIRBANKS – As a student at North Pole Middle School, Kaleb Yates answered letters to Santa Claus as have thousands of other middle school students in the Christmas-themed town since the 1980s. ”
“What makes Yates different is the experience inspired him to make a documentary film “Letters to Santa.”
The film will be broadcast on KUAC Alaska One at 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.
“An elderly woman from Chicago, in debt and depressed, had written Santa asking for dental work and an eye exam. Yates said his mother, Jackie Fischer, called various media outlets in the Windy City, setting into motion an effort to get the womans medical needs met.”
(“KUAC describes the film as a “light-hearted, inspirational look at the people who keep the spirit of Christmas alive by writing back to those who have written letters to Santa Claus.” )
Huffpo article reports Sarah’s equally retarded cousin Michelle Bachmann got $250,000 in federal farm subsidies over 10 years. Michelle hates socialism, except when it puts money in her pocket- just like the Queen of Mean.
Michelle Bachman is not a “Welfare Queen”. She is a true red American who
swims against the flows of Obama’s socialistic drive to make this county fascist
and full of expensive corn and milk. Come on now what else would you expect
from a president that was not even born in this country, with no birth
certificate written in American.
Michelle’s family works way harder than what people will pay for the stuff they
grow and squeeze out of cows. (And no it’s not methane, because there ain’t
no such thing as invisible gasses). So the government gives them money to
make them OK with what the market pays them. That is the American free
market system at it’s finest. No Socialism for us GOPers. No sir-re Bob.
Besides if her family looses the farm that will be one less place for us to drill-
baby-drill and that is just Anti-American. I know things like this because my
family stands between Russia and the lower 48 states. And you know you can’t
depend on the Canadians because they have single payer medicine and so they
are all sick and wont be able to hold the Ruskies back. So me and Todd got
your backs. You bet-cha.
Besides the government subsidies that her family works so hard for can get
passed onto to her kin because no death tax from them. No way! We want to
pass it on so we can make our own little aristocrats that won’t have to work
hard, because there is nothing more middle class, red state, ya know, than that.
And don’t listen to anything Levi says about our family unit. I love my little
love child grand youngin he helped make for me. No death panels for him
either. You bet-cha
Well I gotta go now. Your little Pricilla from Wasila has to do some flying
around this great country and sneak onto busses so those pesky liberal
poparazzi don’t start taking pictures of me that lie and show them to my
followers. After all, are they going to believe their eyes or the truths I made up
especially for my book.
Love ya all, except the Terrorists and Liberals!
OMG, I can’t believe that there is a “banned list” at the Wasilla signing, but I guess I’m not surprised. Such a fraidy cat, that SP!
I did a drive by at 11:10am and parking lot was 3/4 full and KMBQ local radio said there were about 800 inside waiting for the quitter twitter queen to arrive. (she was running late
Perhaps she had to get that last batch of cookies out of the oven before she left the compound….
Hope Gryph made it out and he’s not on the “banned” list…me, I didn’t have it in me to stop and gawk.
OMG, I can’t believe that there is a “banned list” at the Wasilla signing, but I guess I’m not surprised. Such a fraidy cat, that SP!
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In addition to what AKPetMom said above I see that she mentioned on the palingates thread that the local radio station from Wasilla was at the book signing.( and she posted their link ) If you want to hear what they are talking about.
It has been mostly music so far…. haven’t heard any talk.
There is a new thread up in General Chat in the forum where you can give a holiday shout out to your mudpuppy buddies. Maybe, there is someone you would like to send a holiday greeting to that posted a great comment this past year.
Hi Honesty, yep I’m listening too and they have not had any further updates from the signing. I’m going to keep listening here and in the car just in case there are anymore updates….
I got the impression at 11am that they would be covering it at regular intervals, but who knows. Perhaps the tomatoes are flying and there is mass mayhem!
I love the way all these religious right-wing nutz love to call Obama a socialist and harp on the “redistribution of weath” meme while all the time professing their love and belief in Jesus.
While I am not a Christian, I seem to recall a story in the Bible where Jesus took some fish and loaves of bread from a few and redistributed it to feed the many.
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
# 64 BuffaloGal Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing. That’s FABULOUS!! McQuitter is SUCH a coward ! What does she think Shannyn’s going to do ??? $’error left to her own devices does so much more damage than anyone else can.
Too too funny.
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I guess Miss ” Oily from Alaska ” who said she could handle Putin and put him in his place is afraid of ” 1″ single Alaskan Blogger…. that’s strong character fer ya. What happened to that PitBull…?… lost it’s lipstick?
( Find a dark wig Shanny . )
And what ….only Her Tea-Bagger friends are allowed 1st Amendment Rights in S’error’s world. That’s UN-American and NOT Patriotic.
( What about ‘ for the troops ‘…. Sarah?)
And so Shannyn might mention a post on her blog… or a ‘ little ‘ something on the TV Show this week or radio about it. So what….. over and done with.
NOW !!!….. do you think Olberman and MSNBC might have Shannyn on speed-dial to ask her for a comment on NATIONAL TV…?
( Shhhhhh…. way to keep the story quiet… ” iconic image ” all over again )
OMG ……. A banned list. And this crazy idiot want to be the president of the united states of America only for the ones who agree with her. The rest of us would probably be Banned from the USA per scarah.
I notice that the ADN has a story about the “Liar of the Year” award on their front page.
With a small link under it to a brief story about the book signing, they estimated attendance at “at least 750″. Doesn’t seem like very many for a home town girl. At least they didn’t have to worry about running out of wristbands.
How legal is the banning of Shannyn and others? Isn’t the sports complex a public venue, supported by taxes, etc? The only way there should legally be a ban on anyone, is if Palin paid a fee for the specified period of time, in essence renting it for a private function.
CGinWI Says:
With a small link under it to a brief story about the book signing, they estimated attendance at “at least 750″. Doesn’t seem like very many for a home town girl. At least they didn’t have to worry about running out of wristbands.
Shanyn should emulate John Ziegler with video coverage while she tries to buy a book. No, on second thought, that would make news and give SP attention. So much for a “public” signing.
Shannyn is banned? What is she afraid of? Shannyn didn’t threaten her but I do recall she threatened Shannyn with a law suit, right? So much for her saying she “tells it like it is”, only her but not others?
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akmuckraker Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
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AKM….. I think you could have gotten in anyway….
Unless your drivers license has you listed as ” AKMuckraker ” on it.
Her worshipper/workers are not the sharpest tacks in the box…. just saying.
Just tell Brian to wait in the car… he would have been a dead giveaway .
64 BuffaloGal Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing.
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It is so offensive that a former governor/VP candidate would engage in such a soviet union type of blacklisting. Frankly, imho, those who engage in such an un-American activity are people should be… given swirlies. But seriously… why does s’error palin hate Americans? Does she hate America in the same fashion??
We should all write to whatever business is hosted the book signing to object to such offensive behavior. What’s the name of that business?
77 akmuckraker Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
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You should have gone to test their blacklist system. And then made fun of them afterwards.
80 honestyinGov Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 PM
I guess Miss ” Oily from Alaska ” who said she could handle Putin and put him in his place is afraid of ” 1″ single Alaskan Blogger…. that’s strong character fer ya. What happened to that PitBull…?… lost it’s lipstick?
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She apparently has taken to applying it to, and wearing it on, the other end. Especially since, as Irishgirl says, s’error palin’s developed the habit of talking out of her arse.
Now THIS story on the Huffpo is funny…. and McCain is whining like S’error.
Read the whole story at the link… there are a LOT more details and whining.
John thinks it is not fair…. Bwaaaaaaa. ( It’s called Karma …John )
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“PHOENIX, AZ — Talk-radio host, Tea Partier, and former House member J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) hasn’t even filed to run against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the Republican senate primary, but both sides have already gone on the offensive. Even while still in the hypothetical stage, this race has already escalated into push polls, name-calling, and legal complaint filings.
McCain’s former chief of staff and former Arizona Attorney General, Grant Woods, filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) alleging that Hayworth is illegally using his radio-talk show to promote his potential candidacy for McCain’s senate seat.”
checking ID’s?!!! oh good grief……..is this her version of the Presidents dinner? she is SO twisted! how in the hell can she ban people, really, wouldn’t that make it like an invite only party?
Man oh man, she just can’t help herself, lol, now wait till Oberman gets a hold of this, and when questioned what will McCain say about his VP pick. That Shannyn was a threat? OMG
Just make dang sure she pays for her own security, private signing, private hired security, yesiree Scarah girl.
I have two evil kitties. Catnip – naw – boring. They love, love, love flowers, & plants. Can’t have any live things (except for us) in the house. Garlands, Christmas decorations, anything bright & sparkling are just for their personal amusement. And they’re oh-so-very creative about what they do with them.
I have a son who insists on sending me flowers for Mother’s Day even though I’ve warned him. I came home last MD, wondering if I was going to make it to the bathroom in time, when my neighbor came out & handed me a florists delivery of a gorgeous arrangement. I grabbed the arrangement & bolted for my door. What to do? Couldn’t put down the flowers – the evil ones smelled it before I even got through the door, couldn’t wait to go, so I did the only thing I could – headed for the pot with the flowers in hand. There I sat – on the pot, holding the flowers in the air as high as I could with two cats climbing my frame trying to reach them. I was laughing like a loon. Normally they are angel kitties, but some things truly do bring out the “wild kingdom” side of them.
I will try to get a copy of the Nat’l. Examiner today when out.
The whole clan should show up. The Heaths, the aunts, sisters and brother, the cousins, Trig, Tripp, Bristol, Willow, Piper, the entire Clan.
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i got a couple cans of tomato soup i can send ya
Gryphen says he was told at the media check-in that the book-signing was a private event.
Guess that was a change from 12/15 – Palin’s twit:
Sounds like the Alaska book signing events 4 general public will be Dec 22, hopefully in both Anchorage&1 other location. Bundle up&join us!
6:55 PM Dec 15th from TwitterBerry
There has to be some sort of legal ramification regarding this “private” book signing! There were no invitations sent, only a public event with a list of private citizens that were not allowed to attend.
It doesn’t pass the smell test and I fear that the grifter twitter quitter queen may have stepped in a pile with this one.
There is only one word for her and it starts with a B and ends with an H. She is a piece of work….
If the powers that be have the kahunas to do something about it–so far Palin does as Palin pleases and no one steps in to say that she can’t. Remember that politicians aren’t allowed to flog their books on military bases…so how many bases did Sarah visit? Politicians are not allowed to raise money on military bases…so how many times was it reported that Sarah Pac tried to raise funds on military bases?
I’m hoping that someone does something this time…or is it Sarah’s right as a celebrity to ban private citizens at her public event?
Seagull Junker Palin -
Isn’t the Sports Complex a public space?
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Are not the fine citizens of Wasilla being taxed to service the debt on the Sports Complex ?!?!
If it is not open for a “public” event , then this would be called a “private” event and rent paid accordingly. No ??
I cannot believe what a chicken shit she is. I simply cannot.
At least Arnold S. had the BALLS to go on national tv and be asked questions about the little spat between the two of them. She can’t handle it. Celeb Scarah, don’t even try to categorize yourself as a politician. Those days are over baby. OVER!
You can be a celeb, higher your OWN security to fend off poparazi or unwanted media reporters. And you dang well RENTED the Curtis Mernard Jr. Center, correct?
And about those Mernard connections Miss Scarah, lets dig a little into that area shall we? eh? do you think it’s going to fade away? nope darlin, enjoy your private book signing and milking your community of money for your Casa Grande new home, a fundraiser for Scarah, ha funny.
Gee, did all your church show up, hmmm? or are some of them on to you by now. That Santa thing you mentioned while on tour and aired on national tv a few days ago, may have woke some of them up. That part about whether one goes to church all year or just shows up for christmas candlelight service, might wake a few more up too. And how are you on tithing, ya bess get that caught up too. And really, donating to a hockey team at Christmas? whose bright idea was that? does this get you the use of the center for free? is that because the center needs backdoor funds? hmmm? like the state money you gave as Gov this year for the Center kitchen? Is this where the yearly Christmas dinner is held? the one you help with every year? the one that feeds those in need and those that have no where to go? if so, goodness, are you going to ban the poor this year? check id’s? criminal records?
I can’t wait till all Alaska see’s what a lying pathetic fake person you are.
And, we are not done fact checking your book of lies and half truths.
And quit bashing and mocking our President! Quit trying to pretend you know what he should be doing. Quit endangering his life. Quit endangering our country. Sit down and shut up. you lost!
This is so like Sarah– banning people from a book signing?! It’s hard to face reality when you are a one way megaphone spewing ignorance and non-sensical babbling on Facebook. So if you actually have to face people who don’t think or babble like you–gotta keep ‘em out. They might ask you a question. And what are the first words out of her handlers mouths?—”No questions, no questions.”
Poor silly, scared Sarah. Those mean old bloggers might use correct grammar on her and make her head hurt.
Wish I was there to get a tub of cottage cheese signed.
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austin!! that was one of your best. quintessential austin from texas.
well, my latest rant got sent to who knows where, it had some good stuff in it too……maybe because of some cuss words, I don’t know. Good thing I copied it. I’ll try posting it elsewhere.
Banning the bloggers only means one thing to me, she is reading their blogs.
What a chicken or should I say turkey? Afraid of Alaska bloggers? What a whackjob. She said it was a public book signing for Alaskans, what they aren’t Alaskans?
Earlier today I tried posting the story about Shannyn being ‘ banned ‘ in some stories in the comments on Huffpo. One was a McCain story. And this was before I heard about Gryphen and Dennis Zaki. I would encourage others to hit the Huffpo threads with comments and links as well.
And I would think that Dennis could report it to his contacts through CNN.
Does anyone know the link to Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish?
( as many people as possible need to email Andrew Sullivan)
He WILL report it. And when he linked back to Palingates that night when the Harper Collins Attorney singled out Celtic Diva and Palingates about posting screenshots of pages of the book before it came out… the internet went totally NUTS!!… with the number of hits.
We know AKM is very busy right now but Huffpo needs to let either Shannyn or AKM do a story post. The story needs to get out there. Since Shannyn was directly/personally affected… that might be the way to go.
I do hope Shannyn contacted Olberman earlier. Keith would LOVE to rant on THIS.
RE: the news about the Banned List has me so insenced I cannot even spell incensed correctly! Can’t put together an intelligent thought about it, just the emotional response in the form of, I think it’s called a syllogism??:
IF you believe wholeheartedly that what you wrote in your book is all the unassailable, God’s-Honest Truth; AND
IF you trust the organizers of your book signing tour to not let anything get out of hand (they have had some experience doing this before, y’know); AND
IF you understand that any of the ‘banned’ would have to follow all the same rules as for the regular folk (or regular media) which you have pretty much not had a problem with on the rest of the tour (barring minor incidents)
THEN what on earth or any other planet are you so afraid of? You seemed to have a nice civil chat with the ethics filer lady the other day, why couldn’t you have done the same today? Heck, even your lawyer had lunch with one of the ‘banned’ the other day and guess what? The sky did not fall in! You say you are so tough, but banning people because you don’t want to face them is simply chickenshit cowardice!
Pitbull? Mama Grizzly? My Aunt Petunia’s patootie!
The author forgets to say that (panels smanels )
This urks me that they keep crying about death panels… What part of getting regular check ups or just the simple fact of seeing a Doctor do Republicans not get. Their solution is to get a better job with benefits? Wake up-
people can have a job and still not afford insurance. They just dont get it. I am blessed to have insurance but there was a time that I didn’t. Perhaps a few people need to do without to understand.
This is exactly why she will never be a viable candidate for anything. She is afraid! Fear is a crippling thing, and, until the bloggers, she had no fear. She did and said whatever she wanted and no one called her on it.
This war she is having with the bloggers is like a guerilla war, she doesn’t know who her enemies are and she just can’t go around making things up anymore which is the whole core of her personna. She can’t lie so she is losing her power.
It was interesting to watch the tape of her arriving at the book signing today. You could see how nervous she was and Todd looked positively green!
Maybe we should all be emailing John McCain as well about this latest development …? ( he started all this Mess )
Ask Him if he supports censorship of Americans and taking away their 1st Amendment Rights..? How about it John… simple question……?
131 redwood palinizer Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 PM
It was interesting to watch the tape of her arriving at the book signing today. You could see how nervous she was and Todd looked positively green!
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Does someone have the link to this tape from today…?
Where was it posted..?
BTW, here was the Twitter from Palin inviting all to her PUBLIC booksigning….
“Sounds like the Alaska book signing events 4 general public will be Dec 22, hopefully in both Anchorage&1 other location. Bundle up&join us!
6:55 PM Dec 15th from TwitterBerry”
I guess it was a “public” event for everyone that wasn’t on a list of people not allowed to attend for no stated reason. People who were then escorted out of the public building by law enforcement officers paid by our city tax dollars….
Sorry to keep beating this but it is wrong on so very many levels!
Oh jeeze! This whole book tour has been beyond bizarre with her selective craving for attention. She wants adoration yet bans cameras, recording devices and limits press access. Now that she is home on her turf, we learn she has a “banned list” which apparently includes Alaskan bloggers, the “new media”.
Bwahahahahaha! Someone should file a Freedom of Information to get a hold of that “banned list” I would LOVE to see the names. I’m guessing it would only include those pesky AK bloggers. Were there “banned lists” at any other “book events”?
Seriously, what a joke! (is that an oxymoron statement?)
AKPetMom@147 – I went to the link and no comments are showing at all yet. Are they moderating them as well?
It does seem a shame that she can proclaim it open to the public, yet ban specific people. I seriously hope some folks up there will look into whether or not she paid a fee to make it a private event, and who paid for the local police.
The YouTube clip is interesting…….and yes, she does look a tad frightened – not her usual cocky, confident self.
I’ve entered it on the tipline for Think Progress. If they get enough messages, they will probably do a story.
Moose Pucky Says:
Cheers to all those on the banned list!!
seattlefan Says:
I second Moose Pucky’s cheer. (((((CHEERS!)))))
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Dang Right !!
Just had a big-ass shot of Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Nog. Made with real dairy cream , rum , brandy , and blended whiskey. All in one bottle. I can highly recommend it.
Check out the Christmas card. They have Tripp listed as a Palin. Not to mention SarahPac displayed on the front of the card which leads me to believe this is just another ploy to get money out of the faithful. I, as many did, received a card from President Obama from the DNC…the DNC placed a small sticker on the back of the card; this is the difference between class and no class.
GreatGranny2C Says:
It does seem a shame that she can proclaim it open to the public, yet ban specific people. I seriously hope some folks up there will look into whether or not she paid a fee to make it a private event, and who paid for the local police.
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That is what I was sayin’ up thread. The taxpayers pay the tab on the building , so it only stands to reason that if it’s a private event , rent should be paid.
Someone should ask S’error if THIS is how President Obama ( CIC ) Commander in Chief would handle crticism..? Maybe he should just ban all the GOP Senators and Congressmen from entering the Capital building when they come to work.
That would solve the ‘ problem ‘ right there… doncha know.
We can still give her the title CIC though… Coward in Chief.
And for anybody that has a Youtube account or login… can you add comments to that clip about her banning people from the book signing?
I would assume that comments are disabled to not allow comments.
Or could you post the clip yourself under your OWN different account and allow comments with the same clip. Don’t know the Youtube policy.
I am seriously miffed. I have never been banned by Mrs. Palin. Ooh. Here is an idea. I will start a club. I know some middle schoolers and will ask them how to be like totally put out.
We will call it something catchy.
Or not.
Mrs. Palin, you are an embarassment to women across the globe. To put it in words you will understand, and I am not saying a word about your politics which suck the big one by the way, but really, ditch the red rose jacket. You have people calling 911. Honey, it just is over. Okay?
Lord, as if I have fashion sense.
Signed, she who is in seventh heaven with her new fleece-lined Crocs!
I noticed she has not yet Tweeted about her glorious final book event. If I remember correctly, she always Tweeted how wonderful it was to meet real Americans after each event. Perhaps today was not so wonderful.
Bloggers banned in Wasilla. I will order 10 of them. She really does have a scared look in her eyes. With all the recent photo comparisons floating around, I went back and looked over past photos/closeups of her. Her eyes are scared.
What a coward! She is acting more and more like a diva with a very fragile ego.
It was Republican McCain campaign staffers who called her a “diva” and “whack-job” and boy oh boy where they ever right. So Sarah your own party called you those names to describe you, it didn’t come from the Democrats.
If people had to wait in line outdoors instead of a huge warm building (like the other book signings in the lower 48), I doubt if there would have been the turnout. Alaskans are diehard when it comes to cold weather, but Sarah isn’t that much of a celebrity even by her faithful, to stand in freezing weather for hours. And she didn’t bring her props or any of her children.
I think the “banned list” should be made public and I want to know if everyone at the event had to show IDs. Was it just the press? Were the fans ID’d?
I had asked someone earlier in the thread if they had a ‘ contact ‘ for Andrew Sullivan to post it so we could email… no longer necessary.
I was just reading the comments at Gryphens blog and someone posted… Sullivan just linked to Gryphen…. WOOO HOOO!!!!
If you really want to see how ” Oily from Alaska ” can throw gasoline on a fire, just open up the ” Live Feedjit” on Gryphens blog in another tab and watch the HUGE numbers of people visiting right now… it’s a beautiful thing.
It has EXPLODED!! And the huge majority are being re-directed from Andrew Sullivans blog.
That’s Karma. She IS Her own worst enemy.
I just talked to a friend, and he was wondering if those pictures were linked to a facial recognition system. Very high tech. Very expensive. Gryphon was photographed then told her was banned. So, the book people have this?
Sounds like a small turnout for the Quitta from Wasilla today.
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Perhaps only 750 people in the entire state were not banned? I mean, come on… we all know she does not view Alaska as part of the US of A. Which is why she hasn’t tweeted about all the great Americans she met today… she’s already met all 750 members of the AIP.
So far, comments re book signing are NOT appearing at Frontiersman (Wasilla Newspaper) AND the ADN articles about the Queen are NOT allowing comments AND the Press (Zaki and Gryphen) BANNED from public book signing.
Facebook pronouncements are one-way, NO discourse, NO dissent, NO questions.
Sinclair Lewis said “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
Palin is a fascist.
Did Palin speak today before the book signing? I watched the video and it didn’t look like she addressed the crowd. One would think that she would say a few things to her home town supporters. Guess that’s just too much work.
I also love how her loyal subjects are kept below her and she leans over the balcony (for a moment) waving to those huddled below. It was so Queen like. snark.
I do find it odd that when she started this tour, she would get off the bus and addressed the crowd. Then, she quit doing that altogether. Quitter, again.
After reading all of the posts here and on Gryphen’s site, and checking the ADN website to see if comments had begun, I can only say this:
“Mrs. Palin, I know that you or one of your underlings reads this site and will see this comment. You are a frightened, bitter, paranoid woman. Because it is Christmas time, I can find it in my heart to feel pity for you. Please get the psychiatric help you so obviously need, before you are totally consumed by your own fears and your own hateful, spiteful spirit.
I don’t know why I’m continually surprised by the actions of this woman, an enemies list for a book signing?!
Alaska is still part of the US, right? Russia didn’t absorb it while Palin was fluttering around the lower 48….? Just checking…
Of course it was entirely legal for Palin to ban individuals. . .the Sports Center was a private site.
Tell that to all of those C4P’s and Team Sarah members who found the ‘exclusion’ of John Ziegler from the Couric awards in SoCal to be. . .um, unAmerican? Communist? Socialist? Alinskyish? I am certain that all of them are absolutely ready to defend the rights of those banned from Sarah’s booksigning. . .on, um, er, cough, Constitutional grounds.
OH, I forget. The Constitution only applies to them, and not to those who disagree with them.
welllllll… tried to get into the treehouse and could not even change out of mibbit mode. man… it’s tougher to get in there as a mibbit than it is to get into a s’error palin booksigning as denis zaki.
Yes, Scarah and her minions do read this blog. On Gryphen’s site where there is viseo of her at her “banned” book signing, her trainer is carefully looking inside the book, moxt likely to ma,e sure it isnt a copy of ” Going Rouge”! Too funny! Also and too, Scarah looks extremely tired!
She also twittered to welcome the turncoat Griffen, who flip-flopped from Dem to Repug, to the Repug Party. The other Repug’s are not so welcoming!!
adn.com says that the banned 4 were selected by a guy named Hastings. Evidently google told Hastings who to ban.
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Wasilla Recreation and Cultural Services Manager James Hastings that he wasn’t welcome.
“He said because this is a paid event, they can ban anybody they want,” Zaki said. He didn’t fight it, he said.
Zaki said he was told that he and a couple of Alaska bloggers were on the list, with photos to identify them.
Hastings said Zaki was right — the signing was a private event paid for by Palin’s publisher, Harper Collins, and that Zaki and the others were not invited.
“At the end of the day, if something had gone wrong, it would have been my responsibility,” Hastings said. “If I take three minutes on Google I can see that, given the nature of the people who were here, it wasn’t in his (Zaki’s) best interest to be here. He and others could have found themselves in a negative situation.”
jimzmum: They make fleece-lined crocs???? OMG-I MUST have a pair. Where did you get them?
Banned Bloggers-raise your heads and be proud. What did they think was going to happen? Sarah would wave her scepter (sp?) and Gryphen, Shannon, Denis and the fourth “incognito” blogger would have been jumped and tarred and feathered or something? Were there people “packing” at this event? Would an Obama T-shirt just send Scarah over the edge and have her screaming to her minions some kind of blather that would make them start itching for blood? Perhaps this is just another ploy for more publicity…hmmm.
Hastings had to have been given specific names to be banned otherwise how would he know who to ban given the list was limited to 4 names (of which we know 3).
Hastings googled for information on the names, not for the names themselves.
“At the end of the day, if something had gone wrong, it would have been my responsibility,” Hastings said. “If I take three minutes on Google I can see that, given the nature of the people who were here, it wasn’t in his (Zaki’s) best interest to be here. He and others could have found themselves in a negative situation.”
So this in just an indication that the people who are supportive of Sarah might have done something potentially “negative” towards Gryphen, Dennis Zaki, Shannyn Moore & the unnamed 4 banned person? What does that tell us about Sarah’s fans? That they are potentially dangerous!
I was driving home today and caught an interview on NPR with one of the guys from “The Family”, or as he preferred to call it “The Fellowship”. He was trying to defend them from things that were said in a book about them. He was going on and on about how their purpose is: if people could just get together and pray together all of the rifts between the right and the left could be healed. I almost had to pull off the road at this point because my blood started to boil and I had to think to myself….is there something wrong with me that this bothers me? I have no problem with the idea of prayer. If you want to pray, more power to you. But I do have a problem with the idea that they just assume that this is the path that everyone should take to spirituality or, for that matter, getting the work of government done. Some people don’t pray (or at least not in their way or to their god).
Yesterday I almost got into it with a co-worker. I went to a Baptist (no offense to any Baptists here) memorial service for someone that I truely cared about. This was her church-which was obviously very important to her. I knew that she was a born-again Christian but this never came into our relationship, except for her occasional references to god in conversation. I know that god and heaven is very important to many people. That is fine. This memorial service, on the other hand, was chock full of fire-breathing, preaching from all of her siblings. I went to remember her and support her children. I didn’t go to be preached at. I quietly slipped out the back when (after an hour and a half) I couldn’t take it anymore. So, the next day my co-worker (who was at the memorial) starts talking about how nice it was to go to a memorial where people spoke “the truth” and didn’t just talk about the person who died. I thought preaching was what funerals were for and remembering the person was what memorials were for. Geez, I must be stupid or something. Anyway, I mentioned to my co-worker that perhaps that was “her truth” but not necessarily “the truth” of everyone there. She replied “it doesn’t matter what I think, there is only one truth”. At this point I said, “well I beg to differ, your truth is not the truth of millions of people in this world and it is this very arrogance that has people killing each other all over the world”. I am struggling with how to cope with this as I am completely surrounded by it every day. It isn’t about reason or intellect. It is about faith. And if one doesn’t share another’s faith in this community, apparently one is a complete outcast and disregarded as being the lowest of the low. Huh.
I finished skimming my way through the copy of Scarah’s book that someone gave to me. I read it back to front as I was warned about how boring it was (my method didn’t really help). All I could think from page to page of God, Reagan, sacred motherhood and “commonsense” was “this reminds me of a baby working itself up into a squalling cry”. You know the wa…..wa….wa….waaaaaaaaaaaaaah? every three pages it got the waaaaaaaaaaaaah part. Unbelievable waste of time. Going Rouge gave me a compilation of most of my favorite writings from the election. The chapter on Alaska being a petrocracy was the most enlightening as I hadn’t seen it before.
My New Years resolution is to swear off everything SP and move on to the scarey people in congress who are working against everyone who wants some fairness and decency in this country. Murkowski is the first on my list. The absolute arrogance of those who act as if “I’ve got mine so scr#w you if you don’t” (and that means not just in this country but in the world as a whole) are all on my list.
Good for all of you leaving comments at the Frontiersman. Did you happen to notice this comment?
” I was at the book signing today and all I have to say is, “Thank God for Sarah.” The world is such a mess, we need Sarah now more than ever. To have such a wonderful, white woman full of energy and vision running for President is a blessed happening for our nation. I know that others will feel the power of her presence when she comes to their town and they too shall come to see her vision of faithful servants of the Lord serving our nation and rising up at the end of days. ”
Note The “white” woman and that this person thinks she is already running for President. And then, of course, there is the mandatory reference to God and the end of days. This is EXACTLY what I am faced with every day at work. ARGGGGGH. This kind of thing just bugs the sh*t out of me. Politics and religion…..ARGHHHHH.
Wait, Wasilla has a Cultural Services Director? Really? What cultural services do they have there, besides Meth making classes? (Apologies to any of you Mudflatters up there). And so they banned Dennis and company to protect them from negative situation? So he is saying that they can’t trust Palin supporters to remain civil and are afraid they would get out of control so they escort Dennis and Gryphen out. Hmmm, I wonder is Mr Hastings used to work for the Pentagon. His arguement sounds a lot like the arguement to keep Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. They aren’t worried about the gay soldiers, but of the reaction of any homophobes in the military.
Weird how all the other top stories on the ADN web site allow comments. And I see people are saying that some of you people think that Sarah is chicken or ascared of certain bloggers and that is why they were banned. But I would direct this comment to Miss Sarah and Todd and their supporters about her evading the press, in the words of Keith Olberman, “Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty”
Oh, and I hope to see Shannyn on countdown tomorrow talking about this. And geez, if there was a fourth banned person, I wonder who it was? Hmmm. Probably have to think about that a while. Any ideas, AKM?
blessed wrote on Dec 22, 2009 2:45 PM:
” I was at the book signing today and all I have to say is, “Thank God for Sarah.” The world is such a mess, we need Sarah now more than ever. To have such a wonderful, white woman full of energy and vision running for President is a blessed happening for our nation. I know that others will feel the power of her presence when she comes to their town and they too shall come to see her vision of faithful servants of the Lord serving our nation and rising up at the end of days. ”
oops i scrolled too fast it was already noted. on another note, has anyone seen the cspan clip of the caller crying because he thought gawd had heard his prayers wrong and killed inhofe (sp?) instead of byrd? probably a hoax but the senator (R something) did not respond at all to the prayer part and simply assured the man that imhofe (sp?) had not shown up because with or without him the dems had the votes. weird and really pathetic unless it was a joke. i wish i was more certain it was a joke.
“I went all the way to Sarah Palin’s book signing in Wasilla, AK and all I got was my name on a lousy banned list.”
And for the rest of us “Hey, Sarah. What? I’m not good enough for the Banned List?
I should note here that there is already in existence a worthy shirt. It’s part of the annual Banned Books week. It says, “I’m with the Banned.” I think that says it all.
Barbara, I commented to “blessed” on the Frontiersman site. I politely asked her if she knew that God had created people of many colors and that she and $carah had a lot in common, which wasn’t a compliment. I was very civil and also addressed the banning but my comment never made it. In fact, there were no more comments after blessed’s comment. Guess Frontiersman shut comments down. At least a few (19) comments got through. ADN didn’t allow comments at all. They’re strictly a Palin Newsletter, no investigative reporting there.
From now on Cookies and Milk will always remind me of DairyGate and the spawn of Billy Graham.
They’ve replaced my dreams of Santa with creepiness.
Very clever AKM.Love that one.
Are you going to the book signing today?
I went grocery shopping tonight & saw the cover of the National Examiner…huge picture of $carah’s mad face with the headline – OBAMA’S OUT TO RUIN ME, and in smaller print – Michelle is too. I was going to read it, but for the first time in years, the line moved with lightening speed and I never got to it.
I’m sure the story didn’t live up to the cover, but the pathetic part is that she continues to compare herself to the President as if they were equals. She can’t take it that she is so far down the list of his worries that she doesn’t even exist.
It’s gotta gall her that when the Obama family arrives in Hawaii later this week, the press has announced they will be there in full force to welcome them. And, they’ve been covering the visit for weeks. “Those darn Hawaiians. He gave them orders to ignore me and my incognito self when I was there. Otherwise they would have flocked to me like a swarm of flies to a steaming pile of tchit.” ROFLMAO!
Love the 1-9 days AKM, especially the cookies and poor polar bears. Waiting with bated breathe for the remaining days. You are SO good!!
It’s book signing day in Wasilla and I can’t wait for the boots on the ground reports. Wonder how much security she’ll have to keep those real Americans who disagree with her away?
Thanks, AKM, for the new lyrics to the 12-days of Christmas. Much better than what the teabaggers came up with:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/teabaggers-attempt-humor_n_393628.html
moseyon and pearl -
I’m right in line behind you guys in waiting for the “Boots on the Ground” report with pics. (cackling and rubbing hands together).
moseyon and pearl and austin – I’ll be virtually 4th in line behind you! Let’s see, I’m 4 hours behind, when is the signing?- I don’t think I can stand it – got a feeling there’s gonna be lots of boots on the ground for this one!
On MSN today, they announced their 11 most influential women, and I almost didn’t read it, thinking SP would lead the list. But, guess what? She wasn’t even on there!!! Folks like Sotomayor, Hillary and Oprah were. Some, also, I hadn’t even heard of! Here is their criteria for choosing:
“Every year at MSN Lifestyle, we assemble our list of influential people and every year we struggle to separate the truly influential from the merely popular. The women on this year’s list come from many different fields and backgrounds but they all share one common feature: they are doing something that inspires or encourages us and yes, influences the way we live.”
Neat, huh?
I should clarify that these were the most influentail women. There was another list for men.
Love that one Fly ! ( but then, I always do ) $’error’s cookies can cure all ills. She should package them. Her adoring fans would gobble them up no matter how disgusting they are. ” Just like communion wafers only holier and with a full day’s worth of lean moose meat protein. Yum!”
This has always been my least favorite holiday song but this new version is turning that around. And I just love the photos of her that have been used. Captures all of her interesting personalities.
(and Pearl – what the heck were the teabaggers trying to do with their version. I couldn’t even watch the entire 56 seconds of it. painful !)
Kat @4 – if that tabloid with quitter’s face is still there next time you’re at the store, snag that little bugger and slip it into a large ziploc. You never know – might be worth some $$ a little bit down the line. I’m going to look for one when I’m out today.
Book signing day !! Woohooo! Has Wasilla instituted a city wide tomato ban ? Wonder what they’re going to do about the snowballs !
I finally decorated yesterday. Woke this morning to find that Evil Kitty hates Christmas along with everything else in the world. Found my big stuffed Frosty the Snowman yanked from the mantle and in a terrible disarray on the floor. His garland is thrashed and strewn and lord only knows what kitty did to his cute little top hat. Nowhere to be found. It was like a scene from ” CSI – Christmasland” . Gruesome.
Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve, Everyone! I’m to do Christmas shopping. (REALLY this time!) Still haven’t done a stitch of it. Should be fun!
” Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”
It arrived 30 years ago, a rebellious little ditty that became the ultimate anti-Christmas carol by killing off an eggnog-loving Grandma in the very first line.
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_14035576?source=rss
Sarah’s sickeningly sweet.
BuffaloGal -
Yeah , I saw that cat of yours just the other day.
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/funny-pictures-taco-cat-is-a-palindrome.jpg
@austintx
OMG you are wicked funny! LOL
@BuffaloGal – I stopped putting ornaments on the bottom of my trees because of the cats. All my trees were nekkid 2/3 of the way down. And forget blinking lights. : )
My son and granddaughter are coming today for a pre-Christmas visit. They are going to Disney for the holiday. I’ll be taking care of their THREE Pugs while they are away. So, I’ll have FOUR dogs and THREE cats underfoot and loving it!
Palin made the “Best Career Move” list on The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-21/the-decades-10-best-ndash-and-worst-career-moves/?cid=hp:vertical:r.
Sadly, quitting her responsibilities, lying about anything and everything and signing with a publishing company that knows how to (artificially) push and promote books to the Best Sellers list, has made her rich. The media can’t get enough of this tabloid princess and has made her famous but not for her knowledge, integrity or social contribution or even because she was an amazing VP choice or governor.
It disgusts me to admit it but for many, being rich and famous have become the most important qualities in America today.
These daily ditties just keep getting better and better! My radio is on in the background most of the day and each time the 12 days comes on, I’ve had to chuckle and replace the items with those AKM has posted.
I followed AKM’s suggestion for shopping the sponsors and my order of salmon from Vic Briggs has arrived. DH could barely contain himself and was ready to pop the first jar open and have a pre-dinner snack. My plan is to do a salmon mousse for our Christmas Day brunch with family and friends. Can hardly wait as I’m sure it will turn out better than any salmon I could buy locally.
BuffaloGal – I sympathize with your cat problem, but my problem is with our Chihuahuas. They think anything they can sink their teeth into is fair game so a gate goes across the living room doorway when the tree is up.
I also, too, will be waiting to hear how the book signing goes.
Happy holidays to all.
Waiting to hear how the book signing goes, also…
Im enjoying the countdown of the days of Christmas.
Figure the family is getting ready to release the straps on the staitjacket and let Sarah loose. Bet the family has been walking on egg shells since the HI photos, the Track/Menard blogs, the rape stories…….
Would not want to be in that family right now.
Sarah’s fan base. No wonder her fans think SHE is smart and don’t understand what’s wrong with her twitters….ion vs eon, etc.
http://wonkette.com/412864/teabagger-nearly-has-stroke-scrawling-this-four-page-threat-which-he-faxed-upside-down
LOVE the 12 Days of Christmas posts! Very witty.
I had a nice surprise this morning. Several weeks ago, my local paper reprinted S’error’s op-ed on climate change. I was disgusted. This morning the only 2 letters to the editor were blasting the op-ed. It made my day
A little humor to start the day…..from the Borowitz report:
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – The Senate’s efforts to introduce a tax on tanning beds hit a roadblock today as Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted the idea, calling it “a blatant attack on Orange Americans.”
Rep. Boehner said that the anti-tanning provision would likely create opposition from the so-called “Orange Republicans,” a group of pumpkin-colored lawmakers including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev).
“We are going from orange to red over this thing,” he said.
Mr. Boehner said he was confident that the tanning tax would be removed from the final healthcare bill just as a tax on Botox was: “Botox users were furious about that tax, but they didn’t show it.
tee hee and chuckle chuckle.
hubby and i did a no-no at borders last night.
yep, we turned each and every one of the GR novels upside down and backwards.
of course, this is los angeles so borders only had a few out….like maybe five.
but it made our hearts happy to join the card carrying members of the mudpuppy anti-GR book club.
With all that has been revealed about Ms P the last couple of days, I predict she will cancel today’s book signing.
ginger…
don’t ya think that they’ll rally around the church gang to inflate the fan base.
no reason to cancel if you’re surrounded by friends.
I thought our long time lawmakers Ted Stevens and Don Young were embarrassing for Alaska but Sarah Palin takes the cake and eats it too. I use to support her but have changed my mind since she quit the Governor’s office. Stardom and money makes people weak and self-centered. I hope the people of the nation realizes that dumb chicks don’t make good leaders.
Man_from_Unk…let’s hope that other former Palin supporters join your chorus.
Is Pie Spy still in operation ~ or has it been placed in a cold oven….and where’s Meg, pray tell?
The teacher side of me is coming out of retirement. Love the poster, but I am wondering if “recipe” is intentionally misspelled?
hahaha this is really funny. great work!
thanks, tigerwine@7… that MSM qualifier sums up the criteria quite nicely!
love the list, AKM, but, come on! two scapegoats won’t even begin to satisfy whiney blamehouse palin. are you going to give her another 12 at the end for the big finish?
I have to say the Sarah’s Cookie Monster moment has got to be about the most inexplicable and inexcusable moment of her political life.
What could she have possibly have been thinking?
At a guess the same thing she was thinking when she does so many bizarre things like wearing a blacked out McCain visor.
She is trying to get attention in a way that allows her to play the self righteous victim.
She wants the attention that bizzare acts bring.
But she also she wants the warm fuzzy hug she can give herself when she shows the self-righteousness of what ever she just did.
I’m thinking of the first post (#1) here by BigSlick who says cookies and milk have tainted her view of Santa.
I’ve had a similar problem this year. I’ve always had a fondness for Santa images, appreciate him both austere and jolly. This year I pulled out my big laughing face of Santa to put in the window and…looking at him, I just thought TEABAGGER! and possibly a pervert.
I hope I recover. I feel defiled by the shocking images of proud stupidity from the past year.
26 Cynamen Winter Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Is Pie Spy still in operation ~ or has it been placed in a cold oven….and where’s Meg, pray tell?
At a guess Meg is just sooooo, uh, little state Alaskan that she’s no longer welcome in the queen’s court.
(Dont get mad at me Alaska. I’m just guessing what would be going on in Sarah’s mind.)
LiladyNY@13, many years ago i bought myself a beautiful tree and went all holiday glam. what a foolish move on my part! by the end of the season my once magazine-ready tree was hardly recognizable after my ONE kitten was finished. the fancy ribbon had been just about completely pulled off and the yardage on the floor was in shreds. i lost many bulbs that year and avoided a floor tree for many years after that. but now that i have a child, i must go all out. however, my tree today is filled with homemade things, small stuffed Christmas thingies, and plastic ornaments. it’s actually more cheery and homey than my glam tree. we love it. and so do my three fully grown cats. nothing we do keeps them away. if they’re not under it, they’re on it. it is amazing how far up a one year old and a three year old can go! all we can do is keep the precious homemade stuff near the top.
10 austintx Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 AM
” Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”
Ahhh. They just don’t write songs like that anymore.
OOOOHHHH–Anti socialist Michelle Bachmann receives (government issued) farm subsidies for family farm.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Antisocialist_Bachmann_got_250k_in_federal_farm_subsidies.html
Click it up to draw attention to Palin’s pal Bachmann
ok, Alaskans, time to step up! Decorate a site as a “parents’ basement,” and gather in your pajamas, fuzzy slippers (or bunny boots or mukluks), and Groucho nose & glasses combos or Jackie O sunglasses, or just comb your hair over the face, Cousin It style. Add antlers if you’d like.
With flyinureye’s graphics on a computer screen in the background, record a video of AKM’s “12 Days” & post it on youtube. It will go viral *instantly* and non-Mudflatters will get a taste of our joy!
I had to laugh at the Tanning Bed Tax vs Cosmetic Surgery Tax – the govt believing the Middle Class would be hit harder by the BotoxTax? Yea Right, many plastic surgeons are considered “middle class” hahaha
How many small beauty salons & spa’s & gym’s will be hit with the “Tan Tax”?
Also, too, many ppl utilize Tanning Beds for skin conditions; such as psorisis and eczema. Something the “botox crowd” wouldn’t be concerned with.
Ohhhh Noes… Fly has done IT again !!
” Compassion Cookies “… I loved it. Of course everyone must realize….. also too,… that someone ELSE baked those cookies she showed up with. Because Levi had already told us she is no ” Betty Crocker ” ( but IS a BIG CROCK ) and spends very little time in the kitchen.
Like everything else S’arah does … maybe WE just misunderstood her. Maybe cookies is all that she feeds her own family and so she felt they were totally appropriate. We misunderstood her.
( channeling the Jon Lovitz character of SNL… ” Yeah….. that’s my story “… and I’m sticking to it .
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And any chance that one of her dolts/fans/bots/pawns… see that headline and don’t get the sarcasm there…?
Will someone be marketing/selling ” Sweet Sarah’s- Compassion Cookies”…?
Only $14.95 with an autographed picture of Sweet Sarah.
And all profits from the sales of the cookies go to SarahPAC…. of course.
I love this version of the 12 Days of Christmas with the clever lyrics and great graphics!
Also looking forward to boots-on-the-ground reports but will be traveling and may have to wait until late or until tomorrow. Oh, the suspense! I imagine the Wasilla AOG and Bible Church will ensure an appreciative crowd. Will there will be protesters? Will AKM take her marked-up GR through the line to be signed? Will anyone dare use their 3 seconds with her to ask a challenging question? Will Piper be sitting at her side to discourage questions?
Marnie~
Yes…but the Megster knows all of the nasty little secrets!
Sarah should be very afraid ~ and beggin’ for mo’ money to replenish the hush fund.
Back from shopping and so glad to be home ! It’s a jungle out there !! So many people in one place. Not my cuppa tea at all. blek!
Have mixed feelings about finding a great deal. I went to the local bookstore that I visit every Christmas and found it was going out of business. Was terribly sad that the big stores were driving it out but the books were discounted 85% even on the already discounted books. I walked out of there with a bagful of amazing hardcovers and spent only $7.17 .
Glad to hear other Pets vs Christmas tales. I guess Evil Kitty could do much worse so I’ll count my blessings. Hey Austin – When I first read that caption on the TacoCat picture I thought it said “Palin Drone”. Made me think of some bizarre sequel to the Terminator series.
As for this LAST ( ohhhh please let it be OVER ) book signing today, I sure hope TMZ was able to book their flights early and have a spot up there in the front of the line. Papparazzi are ‘ private citizens ‘ as well.
And does anybody know how much the Book would cost if you added the cost of a first-class airline ticket to get your crazy a** up to Wasilla… just to make sure you had your personal autographed copy by Christmas …?
( because you KNOW at least ONE of these Fans/Nutjobs would do it )
Because as per some comments I saw on one of her Fan sites… those that ordered the book for Christmas back in Nov….. it seems have not received them….. yet. ( as per below ) Awwwwwww…..Don’t you feel bad…?
That’s the way the ‘ compassion cookies ‘ crumble.
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JeanA
When did you order your signed copy?
I am still waiting on my copy.Yesterday, 6:21:45 PM – Flag – Like – Reply
JeanA
I ordered my copy on Nov. 23rd.Yesterday, 6:42:15 PM
The cookies have sparked another idea!
Particularly with the animal talk.
How about naughty-monkey-peeptoe-shaped dog biscuits? Anybody in? Just imagine your cute little babies/monsters crunching a pair on a daily basis. The cat people here will have to give me a cat version. Something with a little catnip perhaps?
Yes, lovemydogs, catnip can be mixed in with cat treat dough. But it is usually sewn into little sachets. I can has mooseburger?
30 txindygirl Says:
“love the list, AKM, but, come on! two scapegoats won’t even begin to satisfy whiney blamehouse palin.”
Yeah, it does.
1. The Gotcha Media
2. Everybody Else (well, everybody other than S’arah)
It could be a whole mudflats theme. Yellow Wellies, naughty red monkey pumps, that ugly green castro hat, hmmmm….what else…there is a $150,000 wardrobe to choose from. hahaha.
Oh- how about the catnip goes into sachets shaped like…..teabags?
My kittehs love Celestial Seasons’ “Tension Tamer” teabags. Had to put them in tupperware stashed in a high cupboard if I wanted any for myself. One of the herbs in it is catnip, so there you go….
I also stuff a couple of them (unbrewed, of course) into home-made microwavable, rice-filled heating ‘pads’. Smells great whenever I need to soothe my computer-related stiff neck!
Apparently the Wasilla Village Idiot just Twittered, asking if the “death panels” were back in the new version of the HCR bill.
Those of you near the Sports Complex, please go throw a net over this kook, put her in a strait jacket and petition for a 72 hour mental health hold.
Death Panels, no death panels, now death panels are back. Out of the news for 3 days eh Sarah, can’t handle it.
The comments over at that Politico story about Michelle B. are quite scary. One person wrote….so what? Do you have the paperwork to prove that she even wanted this government money?
I kid you not folks shaking head.
Yeah, the Death Panels are back IN Baby!! Just for her parents and Trig.
sheesh what a b*tch
I think a Tan Tax is a great idea since these tanning beds are proven to be bad for you. It is like another “sin” tax like we have on alchohol and tobacco, things people want but don’t need. Like a fake tan.
@Bystander
Apparently the Wasilla Village Idiot just Twittered, asking if the “death panels” were back in the new version of the HCR bill.
Those of you near the Sports Complex, please go throw a net over this kook, put her in a strait jacket and petition for a 72 hour mental health hold.
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Oh noes!! You know that woman has had so much plastic surgery and liposuction, she is literally talking out of her a$$.
Yes the nitwit is back to twittering her asinine tweets. She really needs to just go sit down and shut up. You really have to admire tawd for not losing it and “sending alice to the moon.” Comments at other palin related blogs stating that “mudflats” has some “big news” to be released after Christmas, is this true? I kept asking where the big news was when AKM alluded to it the other day & never got a response from anyone…what’s up with buttercup?
50 Bystander Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Apparently the Wasilla Village Idiot just Twittered, asking if the “death panels” were back in the new version of the HCR bill.
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Are You KIDDING ME !!!..? She REALLY brought up ‘ death panels ‘ again after just this week getting the Award for biggest LIE of the YEAR!!
( and being debunked by EVERYONE )
Isn’t ” insanity ” described as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result..? {” Oily from Alaska” now..? }
As per the earlier post I had about the cookies and referencing Betty Crocker…
Maybe S’arah has created a new name for herself… AGAIN.
Betty/Sarah ” CROCKpot “… Sarah “CRACKpot”…etc… etc… etc…..
Question: ? Don’t you think her Kids must feel totally ‘ embarrassed”..?… by mom.
No wonder they don’t want to go to school and face the other kids. Geezzz.
I’d be hiding out somewhere as well if I was them.
Irish #54, perhaps some of the fat on her rear was injected into her lips, and thus she is literally talking out of her…..
Oh my, cats in trees, many times, many times! crash, clatter, bang, thud. All part of the season.
These days I just put xmas balls on all my plants (some quite large). I’ll get back into decking the halls and filling the lawn with lighted things when the the kids have some grandkids for me.
Beginning to tingle with excitement though, love it when I know I have found the very best, most exciting, super-doop-est gift ever. And I did it more than once this year…. I feel like a kid, but waiting to BE Santa!
Happy Holidays to all! And to all a good night -with egg nog and a few drinks and a glass of wine…
I found a way to keep the kitty away from the trees… electric fence countertop unit with a buzzer on the collar. Works like a charm.
Bystander Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Irish #54, perhaps some of the fat on her rear was injected into her lips, and thus she is literally talking out of her…..
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That is exactly what I meant.
Haha, this is what I said on the forum last night
I just know I shouldn’t say this…….I think she put her thigh and buttock’s fat into her upper lip. In other words, she is talking out of her ass. Grin
Am taking a moment to think of those that have wicked Mothers in Law –
30 yrs ago today my wonderful Mother in Law passed away, she was a lovely person that only gave advice when asked. She enjoyed all (27) members of her extended family. Every Mid December, after church, we’d load up all the kids & sleds, and the family would take to the mountains for each of us to find the perfect tree. Pulling bundled kids on sleds – hot cocoa or soup in the thermos’s. Back at the ranch, crock pots of stew and chili simmered waiting for our return. I miss that lovely lady …. after all these years, those are my fondest memories.
Merry Christmas with Love Ma -
@Enjay in E.MT
Oh I remember those times when my kids were young and we’d go out to look for the most perfect tree! We’d be running all over the mountaintop because you know the perfect tree was just 100 yards up the hill! Oh those days.
I really really want a do-over with my kids. They grew up too fast.
To anyone who has young children and they make you crazy every minute of the day and night, I say savor each moment because they grow up in the blink of an eye and you’ll never get these days back.
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing. That’s FABULOUS!! McQuitter is SUCH a coward ! What does she think Shannyn’s going to do ??? $’error left to her own devices does so much more damage than anyone else can.
Too too funny.
To the pup who was wondering about AKM’s Mysterious Envelope: This is all any of us (well with one obvious exception) know, and AKM can keep a secret, so don’t expect more. http://www.themudflats.net/2009/12/16/dear-alaska-mudflatters/
I read Palin’s tweet on another site referencing “death panels”–yep she’s done it again. Her fans won’t notice that she is trying to perpetuate a lie, because their Sarah doesn’t lie. Her fans won’t accept that Ms. Palin promoted the very same language about end-of-life discussions through an Alaska State proclamation, but for political purposes she know she now calls death panels, because she doesn’t make stuff up. Sarah alone is nothing, but since her die-hard worshipers view her as the second coming, she is dangerous.
I’m afraid that the Teflon coated sainted Sarah will remain unscathed to her fans …but for the rest of us and those in the country who allow their minds to function normally, I pray that she will eventually go the way of Ross Perot. Until then, she remains the best entertainment and joke fodder the country has seen in a long time.
THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS IN THE NORTH POLE!!!
North Pole Santa letters program
By Amanda Bohman | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
“FAIRBANKS – As a student at North Pole Middle School, Kaleb Yates answered letters to Santa Claus as have thousands of other middle school students in the Christmas-themed town since the 1980s. ”
“What makes Yates different is the experience inspired him to make a documentary film “Letters to Santa.”
The film will be broadcast on KUAC Alaska One at 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.
“An elderly woman from Chicago, in debt and depressed, had written Santa asking for dental work and an eye exam. Yates said his mother, Jackie Fischer, called various media outlets in the Windy City, setting into motion an effort to get the womans medical needs met.”
(“KUAC describes the film as a “light-hearted, inspirational look at the people who keep the spirit of Christmas alive by writing back to those who have written letters to Santa Claus.” )
http://juneauempire.com/stories/122209/sta_538278251.shtml
Huffpo article reports Sarah’s equally retarded cousin Michelle Bachmann got $250,000 in federal farm subsidies over 10 years. Michelle hates socialism, except when it puts money in her pocket- just like the Queen of Mean.
@Buffalo Gal: Maybe Shannyn can borrow one of Sarah’s wigs. Or, if Shannyn wears a visor with someone’s name blacked out, she can be incognito.
Sort of a ‘Stumble Upon’ found at ‘truth dig’…
sorry, can’t verify its accuracy…
“By NC-Tom, December 22 at 5:49 pm #
Michelle Bachman is not a “Welfare Queen”. She is a true red American who
swims against the flows of Obama’s socialistic drive to make this county fascist
and full of expensive corn and milk. Come on now what else would you expect
from a president that was not even born in this country, with no birth
certificate written in American.
Michelle’s family works way harder than what people will pay for the stuff they
grow and squeeze out of cows. (And no it’s not methane, because there ain’t
no such thing as invisible gasses). So the government gives them money to
make them OK with what the market pays them. That is the American free
market system at it’s finest. No Socialism for us GOPers. No sir-re Bob.
Besides if her family looses the farm that will be one less place for us to drill-
baby-drill and that is just Anti-American. I know things like this because my
family stands between Russia and the lower 48 states. And you know you can’t
depend on the Canadians because they have single payer medicine and so they
are all sick and wont be able to hold the Ruskies back. So me and Todd got
your backs. You bet-cha.
Besides the government subsidies that her family works so hard for can get
passed onto to her kin because no death tax from them. No way! We want to
pass it on so we can make our own little aristocrats that won’t have to work
hard, because there is nothing more middle class, red state, ya know, than that.
And don’t listen to anything Levi says about our family unit. I love my little
love child grand youngin he helped make for me. No death panels for him
either. You bet-cha
Well I gotta go now. Your little Pricilla from Wasila has to do some flying
around this great country and sneak onto busses so those pesky liberal
poparazzi don’t start taking pictures of me that lie and show them to my
followers. After all, are they going to believe their eyes or the truths I made up
especially for my book.
Love ya all, except the Terrorists and Liberals!
S. Palin”
Anyway… “Merry, Merry!”
OMG, I can’t believe that there is a “banned list” at the Wasilla signing, but I guess I’m not surprised. Such a fraidy cat, that SP!
I did a drive by at 11:10am and parking lot was 3/4 full and KMBQ local radio said there were about 800 inside waiting for the quitter twitter queen to arrive. (she was running late
Perhaps she had to get that last batch of cookies out of the oven before she left the compound….
Hope Gryph made it out and he’s not on the “banned” list…me, I didn’t have it in me to stop and gawk.
I thought you were made of sterner stuff than that, AKPetMom.
70 AKPetMom Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:42 PM
OMG, I can’t believe that there is a “banned list” at the Wasilla signing, but I guess I’m not surprised. Such a fraidy cat, that SP!
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In addition to what AKPetMom said above I see that she mentioned on the palingates thread that the local radio station from Wasilla was at the book signing.( and she posted their link ) If you want to hear what they are talking about.
It has been mostly music so far…. haven’t heard any talk.
http://www.kmbq.com/
Death Panels again, huh??!! She is at it again,vying for attention anyway she can get it. (Walking away shaking my head)
There is a new thread up in General Chat in the forum where you can give a holiday shout out to your mudpuppy buddies. Maybe, there is someone you would like to send a holiday greeting to that posted a great comment this past year.
There really doesn’t have to be a reason.
Hi Honesty, yep I’m listening too and they have not had any further updates from the signing. I’m going to keep listening here and in the car just in case there are anymore updates….
I got the impression at 11am that they would be covering it at regular intervals, but who knows. Perhaps the tomatoes are flying and there is mass mayhem!
I love the way all these religious right-wing nutz love to call Obama a socialist and harp on the “redistribution of weath” meme while all the time professing their love and belief in Jesus.
While I am not a Christian, I seem to recall a story in the Bible where Jesus took some fish and loaves of bread from a few and redistributed it to feed the many.
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
No greater honor for an AK blogger than to be on Sarah’s “banned list”.
Wasilla’s version of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism.
Tomatoes are out of season.
I’m waiting for cream pies in Canada.
The whole clan should show up. The Heaths, the aunts, sisters and brother, the cousins, Trig, Tripp, Bristol, Willow, Piper, the entire Clan.
# 64 BuffaloGal Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing. That’s FABULOUS!! McQuitter is SUCH a coward ! What does she think Shannyn’s going to do ??? $’error left to her own devices does so much more damage than anyone else can.
Too too funny.
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I guess Miss ” Oily from Alaska ” who said she could handle Putin and put him in his place is afraid of ” 1″ single Alaskan Blogger…. that’s strong character fer ya. What happened to that PitBull…?… lost it’s lipstick?
( Find a dark wig Shanny . )
And what ….only Her Tea-Bagger friends are allowed 1st Amendment Rights in S’error’s world. That’s UN-American and NOT Patriotic.
( What about ‘ for the troops ‘…. Sarah?)
And so Shannyn might mention a post on her blog… or a ‘ little ‘ something on the TV Show this week or radio about it. So what….. over and done with.
NOW !!!….. do you think Olberman and MSNBC might have Shannyn on speed-dial to ask her for a comment on NATIONAL TV…?
( Shhhhhh…. way to keep the story quiet… ” iconic image ” all over again )
Pass the popcorn…. AND… that plate of cookies.
OMG ……. A banned list. And this crazy idiot want to be the president of the united states of America only for the ones who agree with her. The rest of us would probably be Banned from the USA per scarah.
I’m sure that Palin came out with that little death Panel comment just because she got that award. She’s so mavericky like that.
I notice that the ADN has a story about the “Liar of the Year” award on their front page.
With a small link under it to a brief story about the book signing, they estimated attendance at “at least 750″. Doesn’t seem like very many for a home town girl. At least they didn’t have to worry about running out of wristbands.
Why bother with a ham or turkey for x-mas when you could have a BACON EXPLOSION? OMG http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
How legal is the banning of Shannyn and others? Isn’t the sports complex a public venue, supported by taxes, etc? The only way there should legally be a ban on anyone, is if Palin paid a fee for the specified period of time, in essence renting it for a private function.
CGinWI Says:
With a small link under it to a brief story about the book signing, they estimated attendance at “at least 750″. Doesn’t seem like very many for a home town girl. At least they didn’t have to worry about running out of wristbands.
Must be 750 people from the AIP Party.
GreatCranny2C I agree. What is Shannyn a threat to her life or something. This is Strange indeed.
problem child -
Is that you I see sometimes over on wonkette ??
Shanyn should emulate John Ziegler with video coverage while she tries to buy a book. No, on second thought, that would make news and give SP attention. So much for a “public” signing.
Wish I was there to get a tub of cottage cheese signed.
Shannyn is banned? What is she afraid of? Shannyn didn’t threaten her but I do recall she threatened Shannyn with a law suit, right? So much for her saying she “tells it like it is”, only her but not others?
LOL Austin!
I suppose Brian made the ban list, but surely Brenda wasn’t on it.
# 77
akmuckraker Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
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AKM….. I think you could have gotten in anyway….
Unless your drivers license has you listed as ” AKMuckraker ” on it.
Her worshipper/workers are not the sharpest tacks in the box…. just saying.
Just tell Brian to wait in the car… he would have been a dead giveaway .
Sandra #89: My thoughts exactly!
I wish/hope, Shannyn (and other bloggers, also, too!) are there with video cams to record it all for everybody to see.
THEN POST THE VIDEO online and let it go viral!
64 BuffaloGal Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Shannyn posted on Twitter that she just found out her name and photo are on the “banned ” list for the Wasilla book signing.
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It is so offensive that a former governor/VP candidate would engage in such a soviet union type of blacklisting. Frankly, imho, those who engage in such an un-American activity are people should be… given swirlies. But seriously… why does s’error palin hate Americans? Does she hate America in the same fashion??
We should all write to whatever business is hosted the book signing to object to such offensive behavior. What’s the name of that business?
77 akmuckraker Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I was thinking of trying to make it out there today, but way too busy here to get away. Now that I find out there was a “Banned List” and they were checking IDs to get in, I may have made a good decision.
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You should have gone to test their blacklist system. And then made fun of them afterwards.
Sarahs new tee shirt says “if you don’t love me, get the hell out!”
85 GreatGranny2C Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 PM
How legal is the banning of Shannyn and others?
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In Maine, it would subject the offender to a $1000 fine and up to 6 months in jail.
I thought about heading over to the quitters book signing but decided I could not stomach it. It would be to hard to be near any of her crazy fans.
80 honestyinGov Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 PM
I guess Miss ” Oily from Alaska ” who said she could handle Putin and put him in his place is afraid of ” 1″ single Alaskan Blogger…. that’s strong character fer ya. What happened to that PitBull…?… lost it’s lipstick?
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She apparently has taken to applying it to, and wearing it on, the other end. Especially since, as Irishgirl says, s’error palin’s developed the habit of talking out of her arse.
Now THIS story on the Huffpo is funny…. and McCain is whining like S’error.
Read the whole story at the link… there are a LOT more details and whining.
John thinks it is not fair…. Bwaaaaaaa. ( It’s called Karma …John )
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“PHOENIX, AZ — Talk-radio host, Tea Partier, and former House member J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) hasn’t even filed to run against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the Republican senate primary, but both sides have already gone on the offensive. Even while still in the hypothetical stage, this race has already escalated into push polls, name-calling, and legal complaint filings.
McCain’s former chief of staff and former Arizona Attorney General, Grant Woods, filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) alleging that Hayworth is illegally using his radio-talk show to promote his potential candidacy for McCain’s senate seat.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/mccain-senate-re-election_b_389589.html
checking ID’s?!!! oh good grief……..is this her version of the Presidents dinner? she is SO twisted! how in the hell can she ban people, really, wouldn’t that make it like an invite only party?
Man oh man, she just can’t help herself, lol, now wait till Oberman gets a hold of this, and when questioned what will McCain say about his VP pick. That Shannyn was a threat? OMG
Just make dang sure she pays for her own security, private signing, private hired security, yesiree Scarah girl.
Are there any protestors at the book signing?
Buffalogal,
I have two evil kitties. Catnip – naw – boring. They love, love, love flowers, & plants. Can’t have any live things (except for us) in the house. Garlands, Christmas decorations, anything bright & sparkling are just for their personal amusement. And they’re oh-so-very creative about what they do with them.
I have a son who insists on sending me flowers for Mother’s Day even though I’ve warned him. I came home last MD, wondering if I was going to make it to the bathroom in time, when my neighbor came out & handed me a florists delivery of a gorgeous arrangement. I grabbed the arrangement & bolted for my door. What to do? Couldn’t put down the flowers – the evil ones smelled it before I even got through the door, couldn’t wait to go, so I did the only thing I could – headed for the pot with the flowers in hand. There I sat – on the pot, holding the flowers in the air as high as I could with two cats climbing my frame trying to reach them. I was laughing like a loon. Normally they are angel kitties, but some things truly do bring out the “wild kingdom” side of them.
I will try to get a copy of the Nat’l. Examiner today when out.
lilly Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Tomatoes are out of season.
I’m waiting for cream pies in Canada.
The whole clan should show up. The Heaths, the aunts, sisters and brother, the cousins, Trig, Tripp, Bristol, Willow, Piper, the entire Clan.
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i got a couple cans of tomato soup i can send ya
Oh my goodness. Gryphen and Dennis Zaki were banned from Sarah’s book signing event today.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/12/banned-making-it-on-sarah-palins.html#comments
That is simply outrageous! Banning regular citizens from a book signing?
Ohhhh, I certainly HOPE to see this covered on Countdown and/or Rachel!
WOW!
Gryphen says he was told at the media check-in that the book-signing was a private event.
Guess that was a change from 12/15 – Palin’s twit:
Sounds like the Alaska book signing events 4 general public will be Dec 22, hopefully in both Anchorage&1 other location. Bundle up&join us!
6:55 PM Dec 15th from TwitterBerry
I just love the thought that Sarah and her minions are trolling the AK bloggers websites, figuring out who to put on their “enemies list”!
Isn’t the Sports Complex a public space? What gall the quitter has.
I hope someone will go on Huffpo and publicize the banned bloggers and their websites, so millions will go to take a look at what scares the Pit Bull.
There has to be some sort of legal ramification regarding this “private” book signing! There were no invitations sent, only a public event with a list of private citizens that were not allowed to attend.
It doesn’t pass the smell test and I fear that the grifter twitter quitter queen may have stepped in a pile with this one.
There is only one word for her and it starts with a B and ends with an H. She is a piece of work….
What is she so afraid of, I wonder?
Sarah fears the truth – that’s why she’s banned the Alaska Bloggers. What a scared little mongrel.
I hope there are least “ten banned bloggers” to fit into the 12 days of
Christmas sequence.
If the powers that be have the kahunas to do something about it–so far Palin does as Palin pleases and no one steps in to say that she can’t. Remember that politicians aren’t allowed to flog their books on military bases…so how many bases did Sarah visit? Politicians are not allowed to raise money on military bases…so how many times was it reported that Sarah Pac tried to raise funds on military bases?
I’m hoping that someone does something this time…or is it Sarah’s right as a celebrity to ban private citizens at her public event?
Seagull Junker Palin -
Isn’t the Sports Complex a public space?
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Are not the fine citizens of Wasilla being taxed to service the debt on the Sports Complex ?!?!
If it is not open for a “public” event , then this would be called a “private” event and rent paid accordingly. No ??
What a crock of…of….cottage cheese !!
What a COWARD. Private in what sense? Seems to me anyone who got her twit was invited to attend. What part of “come and join us” isn’t an invitation?
This is so freaking sad. I hope the backlash is major. The irony of banning people from a BOOK SIGNING. I doubt Sarah even sees it.
I cannot believe what a chicken shit she is. I simply cannot.
At least Arnold S. had the BALLS to go on national tv and be asked questions about the little spat between the two of them. She can’t handle it. Celeb Scarah, don’t even try to categorize yourself as a politician. Those days are over baby. OVER!
You can be a celeb, higher your OWN security to fend off poparazi or unwanted media reporters. And you dang well RENTED the Curtis Mernard Jr. Center, correct?
And about those Mernard connections Miss Scarah, lets dig a little into that area shall we? eh? do you think it’s going to fade away? nope darlin, enjoy your private book signing and milking your community of money for your Casa Grande new home, a fundraiser for Scarah, ha funny.
Gee, did all your church show up, hmmm? or are some of them on to you by now. That Santa thing you mentioned while on tour and aired on national tv a few days ago, may have woke some of them up. That part about whether one goes to church all year or just shows up for christmas candlelight service, might wake a few more up too. And how are you on tithing, ya bess get that caught up too. And really, donating to a hockey team at Christmas? whose bright idea was that? does this get you the use of the center for free? is that because the center needs backdoor funds? hmmm? like the state money you gave as Gov this year for the Center kitchen? Is this where the yearly Christmas dinner is held? the one you help with every year? the one that feeds those in need and those that have no where to go? if so, goodness, are you going to ban the poor this year? check id’s? criminal records?
I can’t wait till all Alaska see’s what a lying pathetic fake person you are.
And, we are not done fact checking your book of lies and half truths.
And quit bashing and mocking our President! Quit trying to pretend you know what he should be doing. Quit endangering his life. Quit endangering our country. Sit down and shut up. you lost!
Lisa,
mebbe she thought she was in a library….
This is so like Sarah– banning people from a book signing?! It’s hard to face reality when you are a one way megaphone spewing ignorance and non-sensical babbling on Facebook. So if you actually have to face people who don’t think or babble like you–gotta keep ‘em out. They might ask you a question. And what are the first words out of her handlers mouths?—”No questions, no questions.”
Poor silly, scared Sarah. Those mean old bloggers might use correct grammar on her and make her head hurt.
austintx Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Wish I was there to get a tub of cottage cheese signed.
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austin!! that was one of your best. quintessential austin from texas.
well, my latest rant got sent to who knows where, it had some good stuff in it too……maybe because of some cuss words, I don’t know. Good thing I copied it. I’ll try posting it elsewhere.
I wonder if you were on the banned list AKM.
Shannyn was according to Gryphen.
THIS MEANS WAR!!!!!!! ( declared in a voice very much like Bugs the Bunny.)
we mudpups should consider taking out full page ads in ADN or Juneau Empire
and publish AKM’s essays on ‘going rogue’ ourselves. i wonder how much it
cost? what do you alaskan pups think? what would AKM think about it?
hmmmmm.
Banning the bloggers only means one thing to me, she is reading their blogs.
What a chicken or should I say turkey? Afraid of Alaska bloggers? What a whackjob. She said it was a public book signing for Alaskans, what they aren’t Alaskans?
Watching from New Jersey -
Respectfully , if I may , let’s call it chickens^*t.
Coward, is the word that comes to mind.
Yes, that fits. She is a coward.
Earlier today I tried posting the story about Shannyn being ‘ banned ‘ in some stories in the comments on Huffpo. One was a McCain story. And this was before I heard about Gryphen and Dennis Zaki. I would encourage others to hit the Huffpo threads with comments and links as well.
And I would think that Dennis could report it to his contacts through CNN.
Does anyone know the link to Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish?
( as many people as possible need to email Andrew Sullivan)
He WILL report it. And when he linked back to Palingates that night when the Harper Collins Attorney singled out Celtic Diva and Palingates about posting screenshots of pages of the book before it came out… the internet went totally NUTS!!… with the number of hits.
We know AKM is very busy right now but Huffpo needs to let either Shannyn or AKM do a story post. The story needs to get out there. Since Shannyn was directly/personally affected… that might be the way to go.
I do hope Shannyn contacted Olberman earlier. Keith would LOVE to rant on THIS.
RE: the news about the Banned List has me so insenced I cannot even spell incensed correctly! Can’t put together an intelligent thought about it, just the emotional response in the form of, I think it’s called a syllogism??:
IF you believe wholeheartedly that what you wrote in your book is all the unassailable, God’s-Honest Truth; AND
IF you trust the organizers of your book signing tour to not let anything get out of hand (they have had some experience doing this before, y’know); AND
IF you understand that any of the ‘banned’ would have to follow all the same rules as for the regular folk (or regular media) which you have pretty much not had a problem with on the rest of the tour (barring minor incidents)
THEN what on earth or any other planet are you so afraid of? You seemed to have a nice civil chat with the ethics filer lady the other day, why couldn’t you have done the same today? Heck, even your lawyer had lunch with one of the ‘banned’ the other day and guess what? The sky did not fall in! You say you are so tough, but banning people because you don’t want to face them is simply chickenshit cowardice!
Pitbull? Mama Grizzly? My Aunt Petunia’s patootie!
Oh poor widdle Scarewah. She thinks she is qualified to be Leader of the Free World, yet she is scared of some widdle bloggers.
What cha’ ‘fraid of Palin?
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/12/22/death-panels-sarah-palin-was-right/
The author forgets to say that (panels smanels )
This urks me that they keep crying about death panels… What part of getting regular check ups or just the simple fact of seeing a Doctor do Republicans not get. Their solution is to get a better job with benefits? Wake up-
people can have a job and still not afford insurance. They just dont get it. I am blessed to have insurance but there was a time that I didn’t. Perhaps a few people need to do without to understand.
This is exactly why she will never be a viable candidate for anything. She is afraid! Fear is a crippling thing, and, until the bloggers, she had no fear. She did and said whatever she wanted and no one called her on it.
This war she is having with the bloggers is like a guerilla war, she doesn’t know who her enemies are and she just can’t go around making things up anymore which is the whole core of her personna. She can’t lie so she is losing her power.
It was interesting to watch the tape of her arriving at the book signing today. You could see how nervous she was and Todd looked positively green!
She’s going down.
Maybe we should all be emailing John McCain as well about this latest development …? ( he started all this Mess )
Ask Him if he supports censorship of Americans and taking away their 1st Amendment Rights..? How about it John… simple question……?
http://mccain.senate.gov/public/
Here’s a video of $arah arriving. No Meg. Her personal trainer is now her personal assistant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBHstMclVsQ&feature=player_embedded#
131 redwood palinizer Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 PM
It was interesting to watch the tape of her arriving at the book signing today. You could see how nervous she was and Todd looked positively green!
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Does someone have the link to this tape from today…?
Where was it posted..?
Thank you Seagull.
Thank YOU Austin for the cottage cheese mention. I’m still laughing!!
She’s really getting sloppy signing those books in her red bathrobe ? Borrowed it from Mrs Santa ?
Forget McCain! He and Sarah are soulmates cut from the same, exact cloth!
AKM, Shannyn, Gryphen, Dennis, now our official Impressionist Bloggers, proud members of the 2st century’s Salon des Refusés.
SP, the rogue and maverycky coward.
Nine cookies crumbling. (Yes) Eight ghosts a writing. Seven bears a swimming. (Go bears!) Six trains a wrecking. Fiiive missing riiings.
Love that singin’ in the slough this time of year.
Four hundred pages (not for me, these pages), Three weeks notice (yay!), Two scape goats, and a great big pile of moose pucky tea! (for thee)
(waving, waving, jumping up and down, waving)
Hey, sarah! Merry Christmas. Thanks for being the gift that keeps on giving. It’ll be ions before we forget you.
Paraphrasing Twain…..
sarah, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were the only quitting governor of Alaska. But I repeat myself.
My apologies to Mark Twain (but d-mn, I’d love to hear his take on you, sarah).
Is there a book signing planned for Anchorage as the twit tweeted there would be?
GACK !!
Sarah Palin got treated like a homecoming queen when she brought her national book tour to Wasilla today.
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/1066198.html
Oh cheeze louise, she’s wearing that gadawful “crushed velvet roses” jacket.
austintx Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:05 PM
GACK !!
Sarah Palin got treated like a homecoming queen when she brought her national book tour to Wasilla today.
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/1066198.html
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She banned comments, too?
BTW, here was the Twitter from Palin inviting all to her PUBLIC booksigning….
“Sounds like the Alaska book signing events 4 general public will be Dec 22, hopefully in both Anchorage&1 other location. Bundle up&join us!
6:55 PM Dec 15th from TwitterBerry”
I guess it was a “public” event for everyone that wasn’t on a list of people not allowed to attend for no stated reason. People who were then escorted out of the public building by law enforcement officers paid by our city tax dollars….
Sorry to keep beating this but it is wrong on so very many levels!
Hey GA Peach…yep no comments allowed on the ADN article but a bunch of us are bombarding the Frontiersman article currently just up on front page.
http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2009/12/23/local_news/doc4b314e16c5dfc944243270.txt
Oh jeeze! This whole book tour has been beyond bizarre with her selective craving for attention. She wants adoration yet bans cameras, recording devices and limits press access. Now that she is home on her turf, we learn she has a “banned list” which apparently includes Alaskan bloggers, the “new media”.
Bwahahahahaha! Someone should file a Freedom of Information to get a hold of that “banned list” I would LOVE to see the names. I’m guessing it would only include those pesky AK bloggers. Were there “banned lists” at any other “book events”?
Seriously, what a joke! (is that an oxymoron statement?)
Cheers to all those on the banned list!!
I second Moose Pucky’s cheer. (((((CHEERS!)))))
@AKPetMom #147
I didn’t see any comments there either.
On another note, cousin having issues w/ her sister regarding their inheritance. Called her a ‘revisionist’. And I thought, OMG, that’s sarah!
AKPetMom@147 – I went to the link and no comments are showing at all yet. Are they moderating them as well?
It does seem a shame that she can proclaim it open to the public, yet ban specific people. I seriously hope some folks up there will look into whether or not she paid a fee to make it a private event, and who paid for the local police.
The YouTube clip is interesting…….and yes, she does look a tad frightened – not her usual cocky, confident self.
I’ve entered it on the tipline for Think Progress. If they get enough messages, they will probably do a story.
Moose Pucky Says:
Cheers to all those on the banned list!!
seattlefan Says:
I second Moose Pucky’s cheer. (((((CHEERS!)))))
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Dang Right !!
Just had a big-ass shot of Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Nog. Made with real dairy cream , rum , brandy , and blended whiskey. All in one bottle. I can highly recommend it.
From Palingates http://palingates.blogspot.com/2009/12/great-chairwoman-sarah-appoints-tripp.html#disqus_thread
Check out the Christmas card. They have Tripp listed as a Palin. Not to mention SarahPac displayed on the front of the card which leads me to believe this is just another ploy to get money out of the faithful. I, as many did, received a card from President Obama from the DNC…the DNC placed a small sticker on the back of the card; this is the difference between class and no class.
Sounds like a small turnout for the Quitta from Wasilla today.
GreatGranny2C Says:
It does seem a shame that she can proclaim it open to the public, yet ban specific people. I seriously hope some folks up there will look into whether or not she paid a fee to make it a private event, and who paid for the local police.
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That is what I was sayin’ up thread. The taxpayers pay the tab on the building , so it only stands to reason that if it’s a private event , rent should be paid.
Someone should ask S’error if THIS is how President Obama ( CIC ) Commander in Chief would handle crticism..? Maybe he should just ban all the GOP Senators and Congressmen from entering the Capital building when they come to work.
That would solve the ‘ problem ‘ right there… doncha know.
We can still give her the title CIC though… Coward in Chief.
And for anybody that has a Youtube account or login… can you add comments to that clip about her banning people from the book signing?
I would assume that comments are disabled to not allow comments.
Or could you post the clip yourself under your OWN different account and allow comments with the same clip. Don’t know the Youtube policy.
I can’t help feeling that the “Great and Powerful Oz” has lost her power since we have seen her cottage cheese thighs.
Just saying……………..
I am seriously miffed. I have never been banned by Mrs. Palin. Ooh. Here is an idea. I will start a club. I know some middle schoolers and will ask them how to be like totally put out.
We will call it something catchy.
Or not.
Mrs. Palin, you are an embarassment to women across the globe. To put it in words you will understand, and I am not saying a word about your politics which suck the big one by the way, but really, ditch the red rose jacket. You have people calling 911. Honey, it just is over. Okay?
Lord, as if I have fashion sense.
Signed, she who is in seventh heaven with her new fleece-lined Crocs!
I noticed she has not yet Tweeted about her glorious final book event. If I remember correctly, she always Tweeted how wonderful it was to meet real Americans after each event. Perhaps today was not so wonderful.
Suggest a tee shirt:
Bloggers banned in Wasilla. I will order 10 of them. She really does have a scared look in her eyes. With all the recent photo comparisons floating around, I went back and looked over past photos/closeups of her. Her eyes are scared.
This banning of certain individuals from a public function smells very very wrong ~ and most likely is illegal to boot. I can hope.
Speaking of boots ~ the woman walks like a horse.*
Makes me want to scream, “Just who in the hell do you think you are?”
*no insult to horses intended.
What a coward! She is acting more and more like a diva with a very fragile ego.
It was Republican McCain campaign staffers who called her a “diva” and “whack-job” and boy oh boy where they ever right. So Sarah your own party called you those names to describe you, it didn’t come from the Democrats.
If people had to wait in line outdoors instead of a huge warm building (like the other book signings in the lower 48), I doubt if there would have been the turnout. Alaskans are diehard when it comes to cold weather, but Sarah isn’t that much of a celebrity even by her faithful, to stand in freezing weather for hours. And she didn’t bring her props or any of her children.
I think the “banned list” should be made public and I want to know if everyone at the event had to show IDs. Was it just the press? Were the fans ID’d?
I really think discrimination took place here.
I had asked someone earlier in the thread if they had a ‘ contact ‘ for Andrew Sullivan to post it so we could email… no longer necessary.
I was just reading the comments at Gryphens blog and someone posted… Sullivan just linked to Gryphen…. WOOO HOOO!!!!
If you really want to see how ” Oily from Alaska ” can throw gasoline on a fire, just open up the ” Live Feedjit” on Gryphens blog in another tab and watch the HUGE numbers of people visiting right now… it’s a beautiful thing.
It has EXPLODED!! And the huge majority are being re-directed from Andrew Sullivans blog.
That’s Karma. She IS Her own worst enemy.
I just talked to a friend, and he was wondering if those pictures were linked to a facial recognition system. Very high tech. Very expensive. Gryphon was photographed then told her was banned. So, the book people have this?
124 bubbles Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 PM
we mudpups should consider taking out full page ads in ADN or Juneau Empire.
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What a great idea, bubbles! I can see it now… Shannyn Moore, banned in Wasilla. Could be an ad for her television and radio shows.
How much does a 1/4 page ad in the Anchorageor Juneau newspapers cost??
155 jerryG Says: December 22nd, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Sounds like a small turnout for the Quitta from Wasilla today.
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Perhaps only 750 people in the entire state were not banned? I mean, come on… we all know she does not view Alaska as part of the US of A. Which is why she hasn’t tweeted about all the great Americans she met today… she’s already met all 750 members of the AIP.
So far, comments re book signing are NOT appearing at Frontiersman (Wasilla Newspaper) AND the ADN articles about the Queen are NOT allowing comments AND the Press (Zaki and Gryphen) BANNED from public book signing.
Facebook pronouncements are one-way, NO discourse, NO dissent, NO questions.
Sinclair Lewis said “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
Palin is a fascist.
Did Palin speak today before the book signing? I watched the video and it didn’t look like she addressed the crowd. One would think that she would say a few things to her home town supporters. Guess that’s just too much work.
I also love how her loyal subjects are kept below her and she leans over the balcony (for a moment) waving to those huddled below. It was so Queen like. snark.
I do find it odd that when she started this tour, she would get off the bus and addressed the crowd. Then, she quit doing that altogether. Quitter, again.
You have to hand it to the “Queen.” She could smile and sign and make people feel wanted. She had to be dying inside.
I noticed her “stomp” in the video. A clear indication of her mania.
Glad the kids were left home. They got 3 hours of respite.
@70 lori. Well said, and I agree!
After reading all of the posts here and on Gryphen’s site, and checking the ADN website to see if comments had begun, I can only say this:
“Mrs. Palin, I know that you or one of your underlings reads this site and will see this comment. You are a frightened, bitter, paranoid woman. Because it is Christmas time, I can find it in my heart to feel pity for you. Please get the psychiatric help you so obviously need, before you are totally consumed by your own fears and your own hateful, spiteful spirit.
Yours in peace,
Maggie McQuaid”
I don’t know why I’m continually surprised by the actions of this woman, an enemies list for a book signing?!
Alaska is still part of the US, right? Russia didn’t absorb it while Palin was fluttering around the lower 48….? Just checking…
I noticed a certain mudpuppie has a youtube up which has nearly 1.5 MILLION hits. Palin’s book signings have been getting what… 500? 750?
Woohoo! Mudpuppies get more attention that the Wasilla attention wh… oh, wait. Shouldn’t use that type of language here!
Of course it was entirely legal for Palin to ban individuals. . .the Sports Center was a private site.
Tell that to all of those C4P’s and Team Sarah members who found the ‘exclusion’ of John Ziegler from the Couric awards in SoCal to be. . .um, unAmerican? Communist? Socialist? Alinskyish? I am certain that all of them are absolutely ready to defend the rights of those banned from Sarah’s booksigning. . .on, um, er, cough, Constitutional grounds.
OH, I forget. The Constitution only applies to them, and not to those who disagree with them.
It would be great if you could give a link to the youtube!
Thanks
welllllll… tried to get into the treehouse and could not even change out of mibbit mode. man… it’s tougher to get in there as a mibbit than it is to get into a s’error palin booksigning as denis zaki.
lemme in, justafarmer !!
Yes, Scarah and her minions do read this blog. On Gryphen’s site where there is viseo of her at her “banned” book signing, her trainer is carefully looking inside the book, moxt likely to ma,e sure it isnt a copy of ” Going Rouge”! Too funny! Also and too, Scarah looks extremely tired!
She also twittered to welcome the turncoat Griffen, who flip-flopped from Dem to Repug, to the Repug Party. The other Repug’s are not so welcoming!!
bwahahaaa!!!
kraut was on the secret banned list…
all is ok now…
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adn.com says that the banned 4 were selected by a guy named Hastings. Evidently google told Hastings who to ban.
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Wasilla Recreation and Cultural Services Manager James Hastings that he wasn’t welcome.
“He said because this is a paid event, they can ban anybody they want,” Zaki said. He didn’t fight it, he said.
Zaki said he was told that he and a couple of Alaska bloggers were on the list, with photos to identify them.
Hastings said Zaki was right — the signing was a private event paid for by Palin’s publisher, Harper Collins, and that Zaki and the others were not invited.
“At the end of the day, if something had gone wrong, it would have been my responsibility,” Hastings said. “If I take three minutes on Google I can see that, given the nature of the people who were here, it wasn’t in his (Zaki’s) best interest to be here. He and others could have found themselves in a negative situation.”
what a freaking tool that hastings is… blames the victim with underhanded threats of harm that would never have materialized.
To the Fearless Foursome of Banned Bloggers, Merry Christmas!
Oh, you better watch out, you better not try
To enter that door, I’m telling you why,
Sarah-Claus has come home, to town…
She’s makin’ a list
Checkin’ it twice,
Gonna write down who’s naughty or nice
Sarah-Claus has come home, to town
She reads you when you’re blogging,
She sees you on TV
She knows if you’ve had posts today
So please don’t be snark-y
Oh, you better watch out, you better not try
To enter that door, I’m telling you why,
Sarah-Claus has come home, to town!
Frontiersman is letting comments through now:
http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2009/12/23/local_news/doc4b314e16c5dfc944243270.txt
jimzmum: They make fleece-lined crocs???? OMG-I MUST have a pair. Where did you get them?
Banned Bloggers-raise your heads and be proud. What did they think was going to happen? Sarah would wave her scepter (sp?) and Gryphen, Shannon, Denis and the fourth “incognito” blogger would have been jumped and tarred and feathered or something? Were there people “packing” at this event? Would an Obama T-shirt just send Scarah over the edge and have her screaming to her minions some kind of blather that would make them start itching for blood? Perhaps this is just another ploy for more publicity…hmmm.
Ooops, spelled Shannyn’s name wrong. Sorry Shannyn.
Hastings had to have been given specific names to be banned otherwise how would he know who to ban given the list was limited to 4 names (of which we know 3).
Hastings googled for information on the names, not for the names themselves.
“At the end of the day, if something had gone wrong, it would have been my responsibility,” Hastings said. “If I take three minutes on Google I can see that, given the nature of the people who were here, it wasn’t in his (Zaki’s) best interest to be here. He and others could have found themselves in a negative situation.”
So this in just an indication that the people who are supportive of Sarah might have done something potentially “negative” towards Gryphen, Dennis Zaki, Shannyn Moore & the unnamed 4 banned person? What does that tell us about Sarah’s fans? That they are potentially dangerous!
I was driving home today and caught an interview on NPR with one of the guys from “The Family”, or as he preferred to call it “The Fellowship”. He was trying to defend them from things that were said in a book about them. He was going on and on about how their purpose is: if people could just get together and pray together all of the rifts between the right and the left could be healed. I almost had to pull off the road at this point because my blood started to boil and I had to think to myself….is there something wrong with me that this bothers me? I have no problem with the idea of prayer. If you want to pray, more power to you. But I do have a problem with the idea that they just assume that this is the path that everyone should take to spirituality or, for that matter, getting the work of government done. Some people don’t pray (or at least not in their way or to their god).
Yesterday I almost got into it with a co-worker. I went to a Baptist (no offense to any Baptists here) memorial service for someone that I truely cared about. This was her church-which was obviously very important to her. I knew that she was a born-again Christian but this never came into our relationship, except for her occasional references to god in conversation. I know that god and heaven is very important to many people. That is fine. This memorial service, on the other hand, was chock full of fire-breathing, preaching from all of her siblings. I went to remember her and support her children. I didn’t go to be preached at. I quietly slipped out the back when (after an hour and a half) I couldn’t take it anymore. So, the next day my co-worker (who was at the memorial) starts talking about how nice it was to go to a memorial where people spoke “the truth” and didn’t just talk about the person who died. I thought preaching was what funerals were for and remembering the person was what memorials were for. Geez, I must be stupid or something. Anyway, I mentioned to my co-worker that perhaps that was “her truth” but not necessarily “the truth” of everyone there. She replied “it doesn’t matter what I think, there is only one truth”. At this point I said, “well I beg to differ, your truth is not the truth of millions of people in this world and it is this very arrogance that has people killing each other all over the world”. I am struggling with how to cope with this as I am completely surrounded by it every day. It isn’t about reason or intellect. It is about faith. And if one doesn’t share another’s faith in this community, apparently one is a complete outcast and disregarded as being the lowest of the low. Huh.
I finished skimming my way through the copy of Scarah’s book that someone gave to me. I read it back to front as I was warned about how boring it was (my method didn’t really help). All I could think from page to page of God, Reagan, sacred motherhood and “commonsense” was “this reminds me of a baby working itself up into a squalling cry”. You know the wa…..wa….wa….waaaaaaaaaaaaaah? every three pages it got the waaaaaaaaaaaaah part. Unbelievable waste of time. Going Rouge gave me a compilation of most of my favorite writings from the election. The chapter on Alaska being a petrocracy was the most enlightening as I hadn’t seen it before.
My New Years resolution is to swear off everything SP and move on to the scarey people in congress who are working against everyone who wants some fairness and decency in this country. Murkowski is the first on my list. The absolute arrogance of those who act as if “I’ve got mine so scr#w you if you don’t” (and that means not just in this country but in the world as a whole) are all on my list.
Good for all of you leaving comments at the Frontiersman. Did you happen to notice this comment?
” I was at the book signing today and all I have to say is, “Thank God for Sarah.” The world is such a mess, we need Sarah now more than ever. To have such a wonderful, white woman full of energy and vision running for President is a blessed happening for our nation. I know that others will feel the power of her presence when she comes to their town and they too shall come to see her vision of faithful servants of the Lord serving our nation and rising up at the end of days. ”
Note The “white” woman and that this person thinks she is already running for President. And then, of course, there is the mandatory reference to God and the end of days. This is EXACTLY what I am faced with every day at work. ARGGGGGH. This kind of thing just bugs the sh*t out of me. Politics and religion…..ARGHHHHH.
Wait, Wasilla has a Cultural Services Director? Really? What cultural services do they have there, besides Meth making classes? (Apologies to any of you Mudflatters up there). And so they banned Dennis and company to protect them from negative situation? So he is saying that they can’t trust Palin supporters to remain civil and are afraid they would get out of control so they escort Dennis and Gryphen out. Hmmm, I wonder is Mr Hastings used to work for the Pentagon. His arguement sounds a lot like the arguement to keep Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. They aren’t worried about the gay soldiers, but of the reaction of any homophobes in the military.
Weird how all the other top stories on the ADN web site allow comments. And I see people are saying that some of you people think that Sarah is chicken or ascared of certain bloggers and that is why they were banned. But I would direct this comment to Miss Sarah and Todd and their supporters about her evading the press, in the words of Keith Olberman, “Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty”
Oh, and I hope to see Shannyn on countdown tomorrow talking about this. And geez, if there was a fourth banned person, I wonder who it was? Hmmm. Probably have to think about that a while. Any ideas, AKM?
LOL, @ #162, Lana in Ky. Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:12 PM
This banning of certain individuals from a public function smells very very wrong ~ and most likely is illegal to boot. I can hope.
Speaking of boots ~ the woman walks like a horse.*
That was my first reaction also, too.
I always thought that beauty contestants learn how to walk?
I guess she literally got her panties into a wad…
comment from http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2009/12/23/local_news/doc4b314e16c5dfc944243270.txt
blessed wrote on Dec 22, 2009 2:45 PM:
” I was at the book signing today and all I have to say is, “Thank God for Sarah.” The world is such a mess, we need Sarah now more than ever. To have such a wonderful, white woman full of energy and vision running for President is a blessed happening for our nation. I know that others will feel the power of her presence when she comes to their town and they too shall come to see her vision of faithful servants of the Lord serving our nation and rising up at the end of days. ”
oh lord.
oops i scrolled too fast it was already noted. on another note, has anyone seen the cspan clip of the caller crying because he thought gawd had heard his prayers wrong and killed inhofe (sp?) instead of byrd? probably a hoax but the senator (R something) did not respond at all to the prayer part and simply assured the man that imhofe (sp?) had not shown up because with or without him the dems had the votes. weird and really pathetic unless it was a joke. i wish i was more certain it was a joke.
188 lovemydogs
Crocs’ website!
Here’s your tee shirt.
“I went all the way to Sarah Palin’s book signing in Wasilla, AK and all I got was my name on a lousy banned list.”
And for the rest of us “Hey, Sarah. What? I’m not good enough for the Banned List?
I should note here that there is already in existence a worthy shirt. It’s part of the annual Banned Books week. It says, “I’m with the Banned.” I think that says it all.
http://www.highsmith.com/upstart/Im-With-The-Banned-T-Shirt-c_24172817/
There’s also one on cafepress, but an obvious knockoff.
Barbara, I commented to “blessed” on the Frontiersman site. I politely asked her if she knew that God had created people of many colors and that she and $carah had a lot in common, which wasn’t a compliment. I was very civil and also addressed the banning but my comment never made it. In fact, there were no more comments after blessed’s comment. Guess Frontiersman shut comments down. At least a few (19) comments got through. ADN didn’t allow comments at all. They’re strictly a Palin Newsletter, no investigative reporting there.