Banned in Wasilla!? Palin Hides from Bloggers.
Wow. Take a few days off from politics and what happens? You miss all the fun.
A couple fellow new media types, Gryphen from the Immoral Minority and videographer Dennis Zaki headed north to get some video of Sarah Palin’s “public” book signing at the Curtis Menard Memorial Sports Complex in Wasilla. You will recall that her only scheduled book signings in Alaska were on military bases, and unlikely to tolerate any displays of dissent.
But, when she got all kinds of flack for not having an event open to the public, she decided to prove us all wrong and show how open, welcoming and eager she was to meet her fellow Alaskans in an open forum. She had nothing to fear, after all. And boy were we going to look like numbskulls for saying she was too chicken to have an open event in Alaska.
It was announced that there would be two events… one in Anchorage and one elsewhere. Wasilla presumably. And so, we awaited the news of which Anchorage bookstore she was likely to visit. Barnes & Noble perhaps? Borders? Or maybe as had been done in the Lower 48, a Sam’s Club or a Costco would be converted into a hallowed space for the faithful to line up to meet the woman behind the black curtain? Whatever it was, I was planning to be there. I was certainly not going to by another copy of Going Rouge, but if the line was short, I might give it a shot. Would she sign the same book I already had signed by Andrew Halcro, Ann Kilkenny and John Bitney? Hmm…
Then, the big announcement came. The big open, accessible, welcoming, come-and-shake-my-hand event would be…. on Tuesday December 22nd in the middle of the day at the Sports Complex in Wasilla, guarded by police who would refer to it as a “private” event, paid for by Harper-Collins. Why was this “public” event actually private? Why was it held in Wasilla and no Anchorage event scheduled as promised? Why was it held 3 days before Christmas in the middle of a work day? (Jeopardy music)
So she could ban bloggers! Yes, it’s true.
When our two friends showed up at the event, they were photographed, told that they were on the “banned” list, and escorted off the premises by uniformed Wasilla police officers! The police were sure it was them because they had not only names, but photographs of the banned for easy identification. Wow. The “banned list” contained four names: Dennis Zaki, Gryphen, Shannyn Moore and an unidentified blogger. The fourth person has so far remained nameless.
Once again, Palin has failed to realize that her efforts to ban access, her paranoia, and her use of uniformed police to act as her defacto security force is in itself a much bigger story than anything that Zaki could have filmed, or Gryphen could have written. Never let it be said that Sarah Palin couldn’t make a bad situation worse.
Oh, if only they had worn visors with the names of their respective media outlets blacked out with a Sharpie marker, they might have managed to remain “incognito.”
Well, the day Sarah Palin comes to somewhere in Anchorage for an actual public book signing where anyone can go, it’ll be a cold day somwhere with double hockey sticks….and I don’t mean Ben Boeke Ice Arena.
Palin is a COWARD!
I know, big shock that is.
The far greater story in my mind is that the ADN won’t let people comment on this travesty – and the MSM won’t bother to raise an eyebrow.
It’s pretty crazy when national media outlets aren’t aghast at this sort of behavior out of a person running for president – and don’t kid yourself – she’s running. Yes, she’s “in it” (her life) for the money. But the only thing Sarah is more addicted to than money is adulation.
She has to run. She had to feed the insatiable hunger inside her for more and more and more and more people telling her how amazing, wonderful, powerful, humble, incredible, awesome, brilliant, perfect, smart, correct, beautiful, darling, gorgeous, etc. she is.
Now that she’s tasted it, the only thing that can fill the hunger is a presidential run.
God save the Republic.
Wouldn’t surprise anyone if the Fourth Person on the Banned List was the father of her own grandson.
The Menard Sports Center is a public facility. How could you be banned without a court order?
Do you think it was you AKM?
If so is there anyway you can find out?
I think it maybe Celtic Diva, because of that lunch with her lawyer.
This was a revenge thing.
The funnist thing is that it was to protect the bloggers.
The rampent Wasilla crowd of old ladies and gentlemen.
First she sold Junie down the drain ,with those attacts of gang rape
now the puplic of Wasilla.
I think the police lied when they said there were only four names on the list. There are more four people in Alaska who scare the crap out of her. In Alaska, I don’t think she could have kept the list to four and felt safe.
I also find it appalling that book publisher would engage in this type of censorship. I will not be buying any more books published by Harper-Collins.
BTW, where were Pipe and Trig? She hauled them back and forth across the country for weeks, but can’t take them pratically next door.
Why am I not surprised?
Yep, the real story-
bloggers give Sarah
a rash.
Kinda like fleas on a
pitbull. To the
“banned 4″, you are my
heroes.
I want on that list!
Can’t wait to see if other mudpuppies were there! I sit here chanting: Boots on the ground, Boots on the ground, Boots on the ground!!!!
I am just getting miffed at that woman, and that is that is that.
Is that even legal? Did the police need to give a reason that these people were kicked out? And at the Sports Complex? Sheesh, if I were those bloggers I’d sue! I mean, they did nothing illegal and nothing violent. I wish someone somewhere would finally release that bit of info or uncover the secret or find her guilty of one of those ethics charges that would just put an end to her popularity and her presence on the political scene.
Shannyn Moore points out this interesting fact on her blogsight, “Just a Girl from Homer”:
“Dennis Zaki, Linda Kellen-Biegel, Jeanne Devon and myself all passed the White House Security checks to attend the “closed to the public”troops only speech by President Obama a few weeks ago. The only threat to Sarah Palin by the Alaska Bloggers is the truth. Yes, it’s scary.”
Shannyn has a post about it on the HuffPo.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palins-enemies-list-alask_b_401516.html#postComment
Someone over at Gryphen could not have commented truer words.
They said Sarah could have let her “enemies” in and welcomed them with open arms. You know–hugs, kisses and smiles as if to say a la Ghostbusters “I ain’t afraid of no bloggers.” She would have lived up to the fearless crap and showed everyone that she isn’t really a scared fascist. Also, she would have gotten the proverbial upper hand being magnanimous.
But could she?
Nope! Paranoia, hate, fear and her small weasley mind won out. Congrats everyone who made the banned list! As always this is a badge of honor. And you know AKM– you were on it. They probably even had a photo of Brian.
I agree with pearl, i think there were more than 4 names on the list, AKM i bet it was you or the Diva…
Im impressed they could organize a 4 name list and manage to pull it off. We know how her peoples organizational skills are…
you can’t leave comments on the adn article. what kind of paper is that?
I cannot find a proper email contact for HC, but we sure can make phone calls and send them letters. Time for HC to be banned!
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
10 E 53rd St
New York, NY, 10022-5244
Phone Number +1.212.207.7000
Paula @ 15 – I doubt that HC even knew about this. It’s just SP being mavericky again, also, too!
Oh, if only they had worn visors with the names of their respective media outlets blacked out with a Sharpie marker, they might have managed to remain “incognito.”
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Excellent.
For a person in politics… that Palin woman has some very thin skin…imagine what she’d be like as President where no one likes what you do on a daily basis. And draws editorial pictures of you almost daily, writes op-eds about you. You can run but you cannot hide. Heck, she would spend all of her time fighting criticism and not tending to the ship of state.
I’m so glad I decided to get up early this morning ! I should have started before 4:30 . I’m already on my 4th cup of hot liquid ( started with coffee but realized i’d be bouncing off the walls by 8am so switched to chamomile) . S’error has done it again. Just when I think she’s going to take a break and be quiet for a bit she cranks the a$$hattery up a notch instead.
I’ve written to a few news outlets this morning ( waving to $P) encouraging them to look in to this. Seems to that censorship coming from the freedom and liberty lovin’ ex Gov should make an interesting story.
And yeah – we all know that it won’t be her fault, that it’ll be pinned on Harper Collins and Mr. Hastings at the media desk and that Palin knew nothing about it , blah yada etc. , but it should still be covered and added to the ever expanding “Palin Fail” list.
Such an idiot !
How much does it cost to rent the building for a “private” event ??
Being that his was a private book signing………..I am assuming it was an invite only affair…so who has the invitation list?
I don’t care what HC knew, they need to get overflowing boxes screaming about Palin and her banning and her lies and the poor writing and editing and that they even agreed to produce such a trashy book. And let’s face it, if the books are alreay 50-85% off, how much of a profit did HC make?
As far as Alaskans, besides the banning, they need to find out why a public place and a local police department are being used to instigate Palins facist actions. Did the banners pay for their own banning? Sure hope to see SM on Olbermann this week.
I want Levis book, hope he has a better ghost writer than dingdong.
Ex-Governor Sarah Palin is her own worst enemy. Her obvious paranoia, her inability to recognize the truth, the constant blame shifting, her connection to whacko Christian End Times preachers, the documented lies about her family – all of these factors are coming together to end the political career of this woman, and not a minute too soon. The fact that so many Americans support her is only testimony to how incredibly stupid and gullible people can be. BTW, I emailed Harper Collins last night. That company’s reputation is being tarnished by the quitter. We need to let them know that such blatant abuses of the First Amendment and misuse of armed law enforcement office – by a book publisher of all people – cannot be tolerated.
Oh brother………………
Palin’s father Chuck Heath said it was his favorite book signing. Hundreds showed up, but unlike other stops, a lot of these fans were also familiar faces
“(I) just came to support her. It’s like having a girlfriend, we just want to show her high fives,” said Susie Hooser.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11721101
I was just surfing the web and was glad to find this story is popping up everywhere. Palin, is again, the talk of the town due to being a total idiot.
So, where is that boots on the ground report???
“(I) just came to support her. It’s like having a girlfriend, we just want to show her high fives,” said Susie Hooser.
———-> BARF<———————–
Hot Dang! This incident is getting LOTS of print! Daily Beast and Gawker now have the story up!
I surely hope some folks in Alaska will check into the legality of all of this. Did the sports complex actually receive payment for rental?
If so, was it for just a portion of the facility, or the entire place?
If it was for just a portion of it, then how could Gryphen and Dennis be banned from the entire premises?
Were the Wasilla police on-duty for Wasilla or as off-duty as hirees?
If on-duty, who will be reimbursing the city for their time?
If only some media were banned (and they obviously were as both ADN and The Frontiersman covered it) then is this legal to pick and choose who to ban?
So many questions – so few answers.
I agree with the other posters who think the list was much longer. I cannot imagine Palin stopping at just four. She probably had a very long hit-list, including those she bashed in the book she didn’t write.
If we have to be inundated during this Christmas season with Palinalia, at least her latest antics are providing us with laughter and headshaking. Somehow, I don’t think it is going to be a cheery Palin household come the 25th.
I did find it interesting that a teenager who attended and was interviewed, confirmed that she is a classmate of Willow at a Palmer high school, so there is another proven fact.
I agree Jamie!
Tis the season to be suing,
Palin and her friends
For being smug.
When you ban the bloggers from you,
then you are in deepest mud.
Tisn’t legal, tis a farce
Will she ever learn, no just more fuss.
Hope you all join in the law suit
You might want to add the H-C club.
I thought this was America ? The Land of the Free
Apparently, after reading this, I was wrong :’(
The Gawker article is well worth reading – Palin fans, they are not!
“Remember the Alaska kindergarten teacher Palin threatened to serve libel papers to in front of his class? He went to a Going Rogue event and discovered he is one of Palin’s four worst enemies, banned from events via headshot dossier. This story is a who’s who of the Wasilla Hillbilly’s pettiest feuds. The Immoral Minority’s Gryphen went with fellow Anchorage blogger Dennis Zaki to a book signing at Wasilla’s Sports Center (built for $12.5M during Palin’s mayoral tenure, to ethically dubious results) where the pair were barred from entry.”
http://gawker.com/5432781/the-four-bloggers-sarah-palin-bans-from-going-rogue-events
The comments are funny and there is even a photo of Putin looking through binoculars at Palin’s house.
Wow…public event…private event….eon….ion..
She really would do well as a dictator in a Police State, wouldn’t she?
I want to know who is paying for her “security”. Are taxpayers supporting her security detail?
Here’s another *barf* moment from one of The Frontiersman comments – notice how the poster’s bigotry is showing – what’s the problem if we had a black or Hispanic woman running? Scary that she/he mentions end times as well.
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. “
Well , here is the site for the Sports Complex. Please DO note the info at the bottom. The phone and fax numbers are provided. I’m just a wonderin’ how much a person can rent the building for. Just askin’……
http://alaskarama.com/musc/
So, people who live in the state of Alaska were kicked out of a public building by police officers who work for the public and who are paid with public tax dollars? WOW, simply WOW.
Comment from “Handsome” at Gawker:
On one hand, if the event was a paid or admissions only event or is a private club event a la the Elks Club or Realtors’ association annual meeting, the authorities grant a quasi private property/private event privilege or license to the hosting group. However, the organization must provide its own security a la AKAL.
It seems here that Mrs. Palin put out promotions claiming the event was open to the public and then after the fact tried to make it an admissions only or private club matter.
Furrthermore, since she is not a public official anymore and it was not a city sponsored event, I believe that the media can file a complaint or legal action against the Wasilla Police. They were using official authority to enforce private edicts of a non-city event. The only situations in which official law enforcement can be involved in an otherwise private matter is in a protest or contentious event like the 2000 Denver Columbus Day Parade, in which public safety and property may be at risk. Since this was not a protest or a controversial parade that would involve many people moving about city streets and possibly requiring a shutdown or traffic diversion, the Wasilla Police Department’s acts were purely partisan and not based on any assessed threat to safety or property.
Sarah Palin shows once again why she is not qualified for high office. Her high school mentality reduces issues to soundbites and personal attacks. That arena she was at is the source of Wasilla’s debt, including legal costs arising from misuse of eminent domain laws and the bonds issued to build an arena that does not carry its own weight.
Why anyone believes that this woman could be regarded as a stand in/backup for Hillary Clinton or is a contender of any class eludes anything bearing any resemblance to rhyme, reason and realit
Three questions that demand an answer,
Did HC pay to rent the space for a “private event”?
Who paid for her police security? I want to know who paid for her security for the entire tour too?
Was HC in on the banning of bloggers?
I do think HC need to start getting some flack. Remember when the book, “A Million Little Pieces” was proven to have some lies in it? The author and publisher were shamed into apologizing. Yet, Palin’s book has more lies (and errors) than that book. Yet, their toes haven’t been held to the fire yet. Wonder why?
I’m all for a boycott.
You have to feel shame before you can apologize for it. Doubt that Palin has ever had an honest feeling in her life. She so far throughout her entire political career has shown herself to be a reactionary personality.
Banning bloggers, medias, the kids who don’t like her and call her names can’t come to her birthday party, just more thin skinned, whiney crap.
Fidel Palin!
Again $P has managed to attract negative attention to herself by her paranoid and childish behaviour. I was reading Gryphen’s blog last night and took a look at FEEDJIT which showed his blog hitting many hits from not only all across America but from Norway, India, Canada, and other foreign countries and it was coming fast and furious (the hits). I don’t think the foreigners like her anymore than we do.
I just realized something – Sarah probably thought she was actually in her own house, and NOT at the Sports Complex – that’s why she thought she could ban whomever she wanted.
After all, you can’t tell the two places apart, as they were made with the exact same building materials by the exact same contractors and builders.
That’s it – she thought she was at home !!
*whines* I wanna be banned! All the cool kids are doing it!
I’m ready for the Tshirts:
“I went to Wasilla and all I got was banned by Sarah Palin.”
Or how about (and this one’s free as a fundraiser for The Cause):
“I read Banned Blogs” and add the name of the blog.
You know, when you consider how many nails Sarah has driven into her own coffin, you really gotta wonder how BIG that coffin is. Andre the Giant size? Someone should tell her coffins are body-sized, not EGO-sized. LOL
As they were also giving H1N1 vaccine injections, I’m stunned it wasn’t more than 750 people.
The Public will catch on to $P’s act, her pathological lies and when she is eventually exposed, the Palin brand name will be mud.
pacos_gal Says: Fidel Palin!
Amen to that! The Gawker has a photo of Palin in her dictator hat.
How very fitting.
National Book Publisher Harpers Ferry Collins espouses curtailing 1st Amendment rights of CNN videograhper and Alaskan Bloggers. Approved by ex-gov, quitter in chief, whackjob and known liar, s’arah paylin…also too
Watching from New Jersey: Andrew Sullivan linked to IM and his blog is #10 most popular, according to Technorati, so I believe that is where the International traffic came from.
but yes, the world is watching and cringing!
I wrote HC and told them they lost a customer over this. I too, am sorry it affects OTHER authors, but maybe this will show them that it was WRONG on so many levels that it never happens again.
Cant wait to watch the backlash from all this. It is a big, BIG story that needs addressing ASAP. Hopefully by Keith or Maddow. Thanks.
Anyone have addresses to email Law Enforcement, the City and anybody else who needs contacting???? I’m onboard for razin’ cain!
One may bring a gun to a Palin event, but they should not bring a blogger!
A private event at public building…was there a GUEST list, or just a BANNED LIST?
Who paid for the police? Someone needs to find out about the security and proper use of a public facility. Everyday is an adventure in insanity, also too.
Just to clarify the gun remark, I was not suggesting to shoot at anyone, simply because we do have the right to bear arms.
Wasilla Police Department
http://www.cityofwasilla.com
1800 George Parks Highway
Wasilla, AK 99654-7353
(907) 352-5401
Thanks Sjk! I knew I could count on you guys for addy’s to contact. I am so furious about this latest news. It’s an OUTRAGE!!
Dear Leader in the Green Hat….PUCK OFF!!!!
G-man and Zaki should file a SLAPP suit.
I think there were more than four names on the list, too. In fact, if you read the actual quote from the security guy, he’s prevaricating. I suspect AKM, Linda, the “Falafel Lady”, Wooten, her former legislative director, and Levi were all on the list.
31 GreatGranny2C Says: December 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Here’s another *barf* moment from one of The Frontiersman comments – notice how the poster’s bigotry is showing – what’s the problem if we had a black or Hispanic woman running? Scary that she/he mentions end times as well.
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.
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s’error palin is a BIG part of the reason that our country is such a mess. She is not part of any reasonable solution to setting this country back on track after the mess left by her patron saint, dickless cheney.
shes makin a list, shes checking it twice, shes gonna ban bloggers who are naughty not nice, paylin’s cause is coming to town….
good or bad attention/press …palin couldn’t be happier with her status around the globe…all she ever wanted was to be known, and that she is…too bad, we all gave her exactly want she wanted/needed…the addage “created a monster” comes to mind…and then here’s another: what giveth can taketh away.
Let’s accomplish THAT ONE in the new year.
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all you Mudpups…have a wonderful New Year (while we’re taking it all away).
Morning AKM…Wish you a very Merry Christmas..Thank you for all you do…
awwww Sarah….your mentality is showing…boo hooo, afraid of the bloggers ..too bad, sooo sad…
Okay, all you guys calling for a boycott of Harper Collins, that is just not fair to authors who have contracts with Harper Collins! If you boycott HC, the only ones who are going to get hurt are the individual authors who are already having a hard enough time surviving in this economy.
You think they’re not furious about the fact that Murdoch practically bankrupted the publishing house to fund this whackjob’s pseudo campaign tour? What he spent on just one day of her diva tour would have been enough to put someone like me on the NYT bestseller list. Most authors get zero funding for publicity. Zip. Nada.
When I first read about the “banning” I thought that it was Sarah who was frightened of people who criticized her in the media. She attempted to abridge the freedom of the press with her censorship.
Then, I read Gryphen’s followup that he and Zaki were actually removed for their own protection; the crowd might recognize them and things could get ugly.
Sarah has once again displayed her qualifications if she should decide to run for President in 2012. Dictators close down the opposition press and use police to act as their own private militia. If the crowd could endanger two bloggers (I doubt that anyone really would recognize them), then that speaks to the anger and hatred that Sarah inspires in her following. We still remember cries of “Kill him!” directed against Obama when Sarah gave speeches in the 2008 campaign.
Next week, MSNBC will award Sarah yet another honor, Biggest Lie of 2009, for scaring people with her talk of Death Panels. That wasn’t a big enough whopper for Sarah, and she really needed to top herself. Announcing that the book signing was open to the public when it wasn’t, using strong arm tactics to remove media, blackening out a visor to remain incognito are all worth rivals to Death Panels.
Took a look at book purchases we made the past few years (we buy lots of books) and Harper Collins publishes a number of those titles. Time to snail mail them and make them aware of my unhappiness with their role in the anti-American act of banning a member of the media from what was billed as a public event in a public facility guarded by municipal police officers.
Someone ought to file some public records act requests to see if the facility was rented, if the rental was paid for (remember that Palin is accused of not paying a hair dresser in SLC), what the facility’s policies are with respect to media presence at events public or private (for instance, can renters ban certain members of the media [Zaki] while allowing others to attend), who is responsible for the cost of police coverage at events held for the benefit of private individuals, whether any threats (credible or otherwise) were received with respect to this event, etc.
What I think we’ve seen with this event is a hint of s’error palin’s plans for the future. No political candidate can maintain any level of credibility when they start violating the 1st Amendment with respect to members of the media. And no political candidate can sustain a campaign when it is clearly evident that they’ve not only compiled an “enemies list” but also acted upon the list.
Palin’s political future, as of yesterday, is dead in the water.
54 sjk from the belly of the plane Says: December 23rd, 2009 at 6:59 AM
shes makin a list, shes checking it twice, shes gonna ban bloggers who are not naughty but nice, s’error needs to get run outta town….
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Fixed it for ya!
Oh!!! So all that security surrounding the Palin booking signing at the Alaska military base was just protecting…
the bloggers
…from Palin’s crowd. NOW I understand (not).
I think it’s official: $P is a joke, albeit a bad joke. I was thinking, it must be really awful inside her head (although I feel no sympathy). To paraphrase a song from “Avenue Q”, it sucks to be her.
Bree has a video up of princess winky making her “grand entrance” into the Wasilly book signing. The way she stomps in reminds me a lot of the way my grandma used to tromp in to the pig pen to throw slop to the hogs, maybe it’s the ridiculous f’ me black leather boots that throws her stride off. Once she arrives and settles herself in the small talk she makes with the small group of admirers hovering around her gives a new meaning to nauseating. Her aura of self importance is disgusting. She really needs professional help with that hair and what’s under it.
What her idiotic followers fail to grasp is that she is playing them!! She has no plans to run for office,she is just milking this for all she can. If she were interested in running for office she would have taken advantage of the crowds at her book signings to collect names and addresses for a mailing list . Nothing she has done indicates an interest in running for office,just a willingness to take advantage of deluded people willing to fork over money to a millionaire to help her out.
There is a boots on the ground “report” comment by blogger named Dawn who attended the event, go to Shannyn’s site and scroll down a tad. Harper Collins was renting the place at $85/hour. The police took Dawn’s signage, but not her T-Shirt (Sarah is a Liar). Dawn went into the flu shot clinic line. Interesting post.
Actually, the second reason for banning the b-b-b-loggers should be conceived of as a real incendiary threat to them. Who made this threat?
Sarah Palin; President of the United States of America = 1984 = police state. (come on, you freaked out a little when you stared to read that first sentence I wrote, I feel like I need to go donate an organ for even writing it in mockery)
So Missy Quittypants is also too, Missy Fraidypants. lol, I can’t believe she’d be so scared by Alaskans bloggers, she’s a foolish simple headed dolt.
Sounds like Harper Collins who rented the building is do the banning. If they advertised the event, as open to the public, they likely broke the law.
AKM and all on this site: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
You folks are amazing! Thank you for telling the truth about Alaska and the witch of the North – Sarah.
Harper Collins may have done the banning, but I’ll bet it was because Sarah directed them to do it. I can’t imagine any publishing company banning the media, whoever they are. Or maybe they are more aware of the divisiveness of the book they foisted on the American public.
And Sarah just continues to rack up more reasons we should never vote her into any public office again – ever.
Is there any other “celebrity” like Sarah that is filled with such hate and lies?
(Delaware) In August 2005, a Delaware state trooper
ejected teenagers from a Santorum book signing at a
Barnes & Noble store at the request of Santorum-event
organizers, and briefly arrested two of the teens.
Together with the ACLU of Delaware, the ACLU-PA
brought claims for violation of First Amendment and
false arrest against the trooper and the unidentified
Santorum staff. In discovery we identified the
Santorum aides involved in the ejection. The case
settled in Fall 2007 with the aides paying $2500 in
damages and sending the teenagers a written apology.
The Delaware State Police paid $15,000 in attorney
fees and passed a policy to prevent officers from
excluding non-disruptive people from property open to
the public simply because of their viewpoint. Galperin
v. DiJiacomo and Doe, D. Del. (Judge Sleet); Einhorn,
Kauffman (Hangley Aronchik), Monhait (Monhait);
Kreimer; Roper (ACLUPA); Graff (ACLUDE)
Happy HoHo to you guys and all the Muckrakers WORLDWIDE !!! We all have something to celebrat this year… Muddy’s OK, Shannyn is OK, Dennis Zaki and Gryphen are OK, sister is still an idiot…
This sounds like some of the tactics used by chimpy in Denver a few years ago when three Denver folks got perp-marched out of a ‘public forum’ for having a peace bumper sticker on their car !! Pretty wacky but that what happens when you got make-up caked in your eyes so you can’t tell a Gulfstream II from a touring bus…
Sounds to me like the clock makers in Austria will be working overtime in 2010…. CuoKoo…CuoKoo…… etc….
Good one, WolfPack. Yet another reason to contribute to the ACLU, now that they’re in a financial crisis:
http://www.aclu.org/
I mean, who else ya gonna call? Ghost Busters?
85 dollars an hour ?!?! That’s a nice sized building. When you add up the electricity and figure at least a couple of people to un-lock , power everything up , then clean up , then lock down again , well , that’s called losing money. This whole thing is a crock.
Thanks Wolf Pack. And that was a privately owned store. We are talking about a tax payer funded PUBLIC venue here.
Mo: thanks for the push. I needed to renew my CARD-CARRYING membership in the ACLU, so I did.
Take that fascists!!
I discovered this website when Sarah was chosen to be McCain’s running mate at the end of August, 2008. Troopergate was not covered much in the mainstream media, so I came here to learn what it was all about.
The same people who would have had Trooper Wooten fired just showed us again that they are willing to use strong-arm tactics for some selfish purpose. When the legislature investigating the matter decided that Sarah had abused the power of her office, she said that she had been cleared. There is a healthy list of ways that Sarah abused the power of her office.
It may have given Sarah a few moments of satisfaction, but in the long run, that stupid stunt shows us that she is insecure and cannot stand up to criticism, and that she will use any mean-spirited tactic to get her way. She is still that nasty girl in high school, grabbing the basketball away from another player. I cannot find it in my heart to feel sorry for her, because Sarah finds a way to interject herself in national politics, and there are people who actually do take her seriously. For that reason, when Sarah tries to muzzle the media, she is dangerous.
I hope everyone in Wasilla now gets to rent this place for $85 an hour!! Great place for a birthday party, and only $170 for two hours of play!!
Can’t wait til another group makes a request, knowing how little it costs!!
hahahahahaha
“So they were protecting the bloggers by not letting them in? Is everybody from Wasilla as stupid as Sarah Palin? I guess so.”
“Palin has to keep up these these insane tactics otherwise she’ll be totally irrelevant.”
A couple of comments at Think Progress.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/23/bloggers-banned-palin/
As I was logging in this morning I went back and was reflecting on the chain of events as they happened yesterday as I was following them. Hmmm….?
I guess we can add another -gate to the resume… “Ban-Gate ”
There should definitely be some sort of blowback or repercussion for this sort of childish behavior…. especially from a FORMER EX-gov.
( her kids must be so proud…. NOT ! )
Reminds you of a 5 yo kid having a temper tantrum in the middle of a supermarket… doesn’t it…? Very mature. The fact that those around Her condone and agree to go along with her… WoW. That’s their problem.
People mentioned a boycott of Harper Collins, but as someone pointed out… THAT will only hurt the ‘ little guy ‘ with them, just struggling along.
( An email is definitely in order though… to give YOUR Opinion )
Professional business people have rules and standards though they must abide by. If you were to join a Club ( like a Country Club )or a club of business Professionals … they have ‘ rules ‘. Break them and you are OUT! Practically all upper management people/contracts have certain ‘ ethics clauses ‘ that if you do something that shows poorly on the company… they can let you go.
Question
Does anyone know if there is some ‘ fine print ‘ as it pertains to being a ” Member “… of the ” Washington Speakers Bureau”…?
They don’t have to let you in… if you break the RULES. Or they could rescind their Invitation to you. Anything that makes THEM look bad.
This is ” Oily from Alaska ” ‘s bank account for her future.
Tiger Woods has received backlash from sponsors now for ‘ behavior ‘ issues so these Corporate entities are aware of how their name can be perceived/affected when they are ‘ linked ‘ with someone.
Is there anyone here who is a Member.. or knows what their ‘ fine print ‘ says?
Even if there were no written rules broken… you should give them your opinion. I am. Their selection of Membership… reflects on THEM as well.
Washington Speakers Bureau…. email THEM !
http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/
Would it be possible to ask some of the folks who were actually “allowed” in if they had personal invitations? Mailed, emailed, called-in? If the “invitation” was merely a Facebook “c’mon and join us”, that makes it public, right?
Wonder how her fans feel about their rapture: public or by invitation only?
This is slightly OT, but it does pertain to Mrs. Palins treatment of the media and the media’s indulgence of Palin’s strategy. This is probably why she will get away again with her treatment of Alaska’s bloggers, although I hope that she won’t.
http://washingtonindependent.com/71953/why-i-dont-write-about-sarah-palins-facebook-posts
From the way the arena manager excused his action – that he banned people for their own protection, it seems likely that he thought the SP fans might be carrying guns. And to secure free police guards, SP may be alleging threats to herself or her family. Again.
Threatgate should not get lost in the noise. Making serious claims of threaten gang r*pe in the book, yet no followup with the school or police sure is fishy.
She truly lives in alternative reality of her own making.
sarah is sailing a leaky boat on the ocean of delusion……….
# 48 BPOINT Says:
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 AM
“One may bring a gun to a Palin event, but they should not bring a blogger!”
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Your comment reminded me of Palin’s “going away” picnic in Anchorage after her resignation.
From AKM’s post on 7/26/09:
“The other odd presence at the picnic was a very “out there” second amendment crowd. Nothing says fun family picnic more than a bunch of people sporting firearms, and all wearing the same shirt covered with … firearms.”
http://www.themudflats.net/2009/07/26/so-long-sarah-anchorage-bids-farewell-to-the-governor/
But bloggers are soooo much more dangerous than guns, doncha know?
“The List” of banned bloggers came directly from Sarah Palin. As usual she’s hiding behind someone else, HC in this case, to appear that her hands are clean on this public relations disaster for herself. The security force at the event should have been more concerned about folks toting guns than a few bloggers toting cameras and note pads.
The excuse that they were concerned about the bloggers’ safety is a smoke screen. Protecting EVERYONE at the function was the job of the considerable security present.
Although she loves to brag about her roguish and tough-talking credentials, she’s actually a paranoid little coward who is obsessive-compulsive about CONTROL.
Besides the obvious problem of a local police officer in uniform ejecting select people from a private event — for no articulate reason connected to a police officer’s official job duties — there seems to be another problem. Gryphen stated that twice the police officer put his hand on Gryphen’s shoulder and told him that he had to leave.
I’m not aware of the laws in Alaska, but generally a police officer may never touch a person except under very limited circumstances, none of which conceivably apply here, like, making an arrest, preventing a crime, crown control, etc.
Such an improper and illegal “touching” is commonly known as assault and battery.
I suggest that someone who is aware of the local laws should advise Gryphen.
“The police took Dawn’s signage”…on what grounds? SLAPP time.
lets rent the Sports Shrine, have a rally for Brian the Moose, get Police protection and ban ANYONE we want and take ANY protest signs.
I’m in for an hour at $85.
Seeing how Wassila is the Alaskan epicenter for child abuse, rape, and meth labs. I guess there isn’t much for the police to do besides hanging out at the sports center. One would think the Ex-Gov could afford her own security.
Were they covered in donut sugar powder?
sjk, I’m not sure why anyone would be doing SLAPP. That’s more $P’s style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation
reverse SLAPP!
I’m not sure that the $85 an hour figure is right– Dawn said on Shannyn’s site that she wasn’t sure that’s the number she was told (at the time, her signs were being taken away from her so she was kind of busy!)
I just wanted to point that out in case the number turns out to be a little off.
just sue someone for somethin’!~
LOL, this is the same Sarah that was pretty mad that she thinks she is on Obama’s list and is out to get her. LOL, who would want her. Keep her in AK since some of the people like Granny thinks she is so wonderful. We in the lower 48 can struggle with out her, for sure. Thanks really ya’ll can keep the witch.
From Greg Sargent at The Plum Line:
On Facebook, Sarah Palin tries to rewrite history of her death panel claim.
Enjoy.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/sarah-palin-tries-to-rewrite-history-of-her-death-panel-claim/
How ’bout we just give sarah a good ‘ol b^*ch SLAP ??
Oh, come on. You can’t guess who the fourth “unidentified” blogger is?
I’ll bet they don’t have an accurate picture….just a picture of some big yellow Wellies.
she probably had a list of a hundred names and is insulted that more people didn’t turn out to be turned away.
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.
“…and this one time, at Banned Camp…”
I just read in the comments section of Shannyn’s Blog by AKaurora that the ADN comments section is now Open for comments. Not sure of this fact.
You might check it out if you are registered there and can comment.
Point out to them that the NATIONAL media is reporting what they don’t have the B**Ls to. What a disgraceful excuse of a paper.
They are a newspaper… you would think they would know what the 1st Amendment is.
Anybody have an opinion about my suggestion of contacting the
” Washington Speakers Bureau”…..that is her access to her future Bank Account for her Grifter Money earnings. What would their response be..?
Contact email for HarperCollins:
feedback2@harpercollins.com
P.S. I love how Scarah is not listed prominently on HarperCollins website. Guess they’re not too proud of her!
http://www.harpercollins.com/
Someone brought up Wasilla as an ideal home base for “the Invasion of the Body Snatchers” over at Griffens.
I have always thought of Wasilla, $P and her following in that way myself. Her followers are certainly a odd and very nasty lot, full of threats and a “My god is better than your God” type of fanaticism.
I guess that is what thinking you will be saved when the Rapture comes does to a person.
Just saw the term “Palibanned” on HH&T (person posting did not take credit for it but saw it elsewhee)– now I have a picture of Sarah wearing one of those burquas (sp?) with just her crazy eyes and glasses showing over it…
elseWHERE
sjk from the belly of the plane Says:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 AM
reverse SLAPP!
UNO!
Palin always speaks of the “country she loves”.
When she says, the country I love”, which country is she speaking of?
Does she mean the USA or N. Korea ?
Maybe Kim Jong Il is looking for a mate. She would be a PERFECT dictator.
I heard a rumour (unconfirmed) that Barnes N’ Noble declined the chance to host Sarah due to security issues. They didn’t want to deal with it!
I knew I had seen that little hat of Sarah’s somewhere before…..
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=UC770005%20%20%20%20SMALL
Ya Know. Palin really needs to read Machiavelli.
“Keep your friends close…but your enemies closer”
Palin’s supporters often accuse her detractors of being jobless liberals. As AKM pointed out, she held her “private” “public” party in the middle of the week in the middle of the work day. I see her supporters showed up while the rest of us were busy at work.
Shannyn has it exactly right – the only thing Palin has to fear from Alaska bloggers (and the rest of us) is the truth, and we need to continue to set the record straight, where necessary. Thanks to those willing to take the time and effort to do so. Unless particular attendees (press or otherwise) were being disruptive, they should not have been removed.
Until she can and will stand before a large press conference open to all members of the media (not just the hand-picked friendlies), articulate specific strategy that makes sense, and answer all questions asked truthfully and intelligently, she shouldn’t be given any credence.
Shannyn Moore said it best:
Whoopie Flippin’ Doooo! H..e…ll of a homecoming, did she get another crown?
You could find out what Alaskans really think of Sarah coming home judging by the comments on the Anchorage Daily News website…Oh wait…the ADN decided to ban public comments on the article.
Dennis Zaki, Linda Kellen-Biegel, Jeanne Devon and myself all passed the White House Security checks to attend the “closed to the public”troops only speech by President Obama a few weeks ago. The only threat to Sarah Palin by the Alaska Bloggers is the truth. Yes, it’s scary.
I guess “Real Alaskans” aren’t allowed near an “author” who once asked a librarian if she’d ban books. Oh, the irony…or is it ion-ry…either way, I’ve been Palibanned!
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/
Except for Gryphen, they…….all passed the White House Security checks to attend the “closed to the public”troops only speech by President Obama a few weeks ago.
Yet they are on video file, banned AND thrown out by the Wassilla police with the arena manager?
What was the criteria other than the ADN,s lousy reporting of the arena manager saying that the citizens of Wassilla might do them harm and he was “protecting them” by throwing them out?
In Wassilla if the police think that harm may come to person from the citizens ….their answer is to ban the person rather than protecting them AND enforcing the citizens of Wassilla to abide by the law.
Ridiculous!
Oh Sarah, you think you are all high and mighty with your fancy-schmancy wigs and dictator caps. You think you are so hot with all of your botox and expensive face distorting lifts. Well, Ms trash talking, visor marking, blogger banning idiot….. I have a few words for you.
cottage cheese thighs
(that shake when you laugh like a bowl full of jelly).
Can you tell that this one really make me angry?
#115 trisha yes, I can tell “that one” makes you very angry, me too, also. Do
you think the self absorbed twit has spent a moment of her precious time
doing things for Christmas for all those kids? Only if it offered a photo-op
where she could get some face time. My fantasy is a one on one interview with Rachel, of course, that will never come to be. Besides why would a rhodes scholar lower herself to interview a 45 year old high school mean girl that thinks “what do you read?” is a gotcha question? I love it that she still runs around making disparaging remarks about Katie Couric. She can only wish she could be as a good a mother as Katie. Widowed when those girls were very young continued her career and in my opinion one of the best in her field. Princess Winky is just jealous of how smart and good looking Katie is that’s why she says those horrible things about her. (sound familiar?)
What is this? Police officers have a LIST of named citizens that they are supposed to treat differently than other citizens for no other reason than who they are? Hmmm. Sounds like a Section 1983 action. City of Wasilla, be prepared. You just might have to open up your checkbook.
Hmm, Alaska Report is Back! No links to ADN work, overload because of peeps from AK commenting on winky’s ban?
It looks pretty bad when the ex Gov of AK denies her citizens their basic rights. She is skating on some thin ice just begging for another lawsuit.
I agree with one poster that says she isn’t running for any office, let alone President in 2012. She has to “act as if” in order to keep her PAC open and collecting monies as it is a campaign fund . How she will drain it before she has to close it will be interesting to watch. Some injunction or other could keep her from using those funds as well as the bogus “Trust” set up for legal bills.
I may be late with this posting but was glad to see someone in the media finally call out Palin’s hide and seek routine:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/
So now the authors in “Gouing Rouge” may have book signing events and let everyone in.
Apologies if this has already been posted but it’s great! The Governator’s smack down of Palin is lauded by more than us!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-22/the-palin-schwarzenegger-smackdown/?cid=hp:mainpromo4
I read “Palibanned” in Shannyn Moore’s piece on HuffPo. Not sure if she coined it.
I think we need a new parody: Gouging Rubes. SarahPac is still alive and well and that and the fund trust are still taking in money. Where is it going?
AKM, can you add an “I Read Banned Blogs” T-shirt (LisaB @ 41) the Mudflats Store? Please? Please please please?
On another note– the cops may have been moonlighting to make some extra cash for the holidays, a common practice (that makes the whole idea no less silly).
Dennis and Gryphon–I’m PROUD of you guys!
I may be reading this wrong, but could Hastings be implying that he came up with the names on the list of bloggers to be banned ?
“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…..”
If he is sticking his neck out for $p then, my poor Mr Hastings, you will be the next one under the bus
Not sure if this was mentioned already, remember when Obama got all kind of crap for maybe not having Faux News covering anything.
C. Rock: Not the same thing. Not even close! Sheesh!!!
She is such a coward.
tamara @ # 125 (December 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 PM):
I may be reading this wrong, but could Hastings be implying that he came up with the names on the list of bloggers to be banned ?
“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…..”
If he is sticking his neck out for $p then, my poor Mr Hastings, you will be the next one under the bus
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I thought I was reading it wrong, too, but then got to thinking…
1) What ‘search’ parameters would Hastings (or anyone) have had to have Googled to come up with the names on “his” banned list? And his checking “on Google” results yielded just those particular names? I call moose droppings. Big ones.
2) If the space was rented out by HC for the ‘public’ signing, Hastings had what ‘authority’ to place anyone on a “banned” list? Wouldn’t the fact that HC was paying for the space make them (HC) the ones to ban –or not– people from attending? I call more moose droppings. Bigger ones.
Methinks the ‘explanations’ and ‘deflections’ are NOT fitting the facts. Then again, that’s nothing new when it comes to most any (and every) thing SP does. beth.
Gryphen has up that the reason was to protect the four of you from her supporters.
Harper Collins disavows knowledge of the press ban list. So the decision was Sarah’s which means –
(soap opera organ music)
1) That Sarah knows she incites violence.
2) Is using the police (who should know better) to protect the violent from the mere presence of the nonviolent.
3) Is using the police (who should know better) to supress the press’ first Amendement rights.
And this time she’s NOT LYING.
Big cheers for Sarah speaking, through her actions, the truth.
Beth & Tamera
My take on his saying “If I take three minutes on Google I can see that, given the nature of the people who were here…..” is that he is referring to the tenancy of Sarah’s fans, teabaggers, Alaskan secessionists, etc. to toting loaded guns and threats of violence (all easily searched on Google) that his concerns for the survival of his backside was because them, not from the acts of the press.
From the ADN article:
“”" “It’s her hometown and remember, everybody is her friend, everybody is her parents’ friend and we’re all friends of the family,” said Lyn Carden, executive director of the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce. “”"
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You keep doing those drugs, Carden. They are your only hope.
Celtic Diva’s post on BuzzFlash Daily Headlines:
http://divasblueoasis.com/diary/959/photos-and-summary-of-kim-chatmans-experiences-from-wasilla-book-signing
After you read Diva’s post, you’ll have a better perspective of what was meant my Hasting’s remarks to Gryphen that it would not be a good thing for him to be there.
Disgusting people.
Excuse me C.Rock but Faux wasn’t banned from anywhere. They could still attend briefings at the White House but President was not going to appear on their so-called “news” programs or insist members of his administration appear on the Sunday shows. Their WH correspondent still attended daily briefings and R. Gibbs would answer his questions as he did everyone’s. POTUS and staff simply refused to pander to Faux since they tend to cut clips to alter the truth or ignore statements all-together if it doesn’t fit their message. Faux isn’t a news organization they have an agenda that does not include using facts or the truth.
She’s so full of herself.
Do you think she charged her own kids to have their photo taken with her for that Christmas card? Probably.
Honest to God, the woman is a PR nightmare. If the PR wasn’t bad enough this week for the Palin Jong Il.
Lemon: I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thanks for setting C. Rock straight!!!
@122 OMG. Wow, what a smackdown. Awesome.
America needs strong leaders not a whiney spineless woman who talks tough on Facebook but hides behind the pants of local law enforecement.
Perplexing, yet interesting, thoughts:.
1) You had to BUY a book at the signing in order to get it signed. Rules of the game as per the Qwitcher herself.
2) News reports on the ‘event’ state that a bookseller brought 1000 books to the arena, but only sold 1/3 of them. That’s around 333 books per my old-fashioned, traditional, non-calculator based math (give or take a few).
3) So, how were there 1000 people getting books signed?
Inquiring minds want to know…
As I understand it, you did not have to buy a book there to get it signed. Someone was selling books to benefit a hockey team. Most of the books had been bought elsewhere.
PepperzMom (GA) -
Yeah , chalk it up to the PPU………..Palin Parallel Universe.
After looking at the photos of the event posted on Diva’s website, I learned a valuable lesson: all that hate and fear sure makes people look ugly.
“Death Panel for Cutie”
Lawrence O’Donnell and The Nation’s Chris Hayes givin’ sarah an ass whuppin’ !!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#34580454
Over at IM you can see Levi on Countdown also. too.
Gonna be a s^*tty x-mas at Casa de Palin. Aw-w-w-w……….
I’m going to defend C Rock here. I think a few people misunderstood what he/she was saying. I believe the point was that President Obama got a ton of flack for not doing interviews with Fox. He didn’t ban Fox from the White House and look all the flack he got.
Whereas, Sarah actually banned bloggers and only DOES interviews with Fox. So, she should be getting more flack from the national media about her actions of banning certain members of the new media.
trisha, I agree with your assessment.
The media went completely rabid over President Obama’s administration announcing that there would be no more interviews with Fox. Fox reporters were indeed still admitted to the daily WH press briefings. But other MSM organizations went ballistic about censorship.
OTOH, asked an entirely appropriate question, IMHO
C Rock, that is, asked an entirely appropriate question.
Reports keep stating about 1000 people attended. However, none of the articles point out that there was a swine flu shots clinic being held there also. That info has only been pointed out by various bloggers and commenters.
So how many really and truly went through her line?
Did everyone see that Palin made the cover of Star magazine? Gryphen has posted it on IM, and it is NOT a flattering photo of her.
trisha and justafarmer -
I agree. No harm , no foul.
GreatGranny2C Says:
Did everyone see that Palin made the cover of Star magazine? Gryphen has posted it on IM, and it is NOT a flattering photo of her.
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Saw it in the ckout lane at the grocery store today. Yup , not a pretty site. And , I was buying cottage cheese.
Sarah will deny everything. Just like that speech where the foreign press were supposedly not invited.
The publisher will deny everything.
No one will be able to track down this “Mr. Hastings”.
No one will be held accountable.
And to them it won’t matter. Because they think short term and in the short term, they barred Dennis and Gryphen from the event. And that’s all they wanted.
Sarah bans journalists/bloggers from her Wasilla signing.. what is she afraid of?
Maybe this: ??
According to a friend of Celtic Diva’s friend (Kim) who was there….. there was someone there handing out magazines with a picture of Obama as Hitler…
According to: “I was there” 2:19 ( on the Frontiersman comments section ) QUOTE: “Sarah’s mother went around to be sure that all of the petitions that were there were things Sarah agrees with” ENDQUOTE
So. Sarah decided what was ‘acceptable’ and her Mother ‘enforced it’ ….. now we know why Sarah banned some journalist/bloggers……
Maybe she didn’t want it known that her book signings are a hotbed of Obama haters… while Sarah’s mom patrols for ‘protesters with signs against Sarah’ she misses people handing out pictures of President Obama as hitler…
More here: http://www.archivist1000.blogspot.com
I guess the bloggers were carrying dangerous weapons–pen and mouth, plus a thinking, observant brain.
@ mlaiuppa 155, Mr. Hastings is a real person employed by the city and is the department head responsible for, among other things, the operations of the sports complex. He is a good guy that works hard over there and does a good job. It is my understanding that he was given a list, not that he created one. Department heads work at the pleasure of the mayor. I do not know whether the decision to escort the banned out of the building was ultimately his and he decided to do so to avoid what he thought might turn into an ugly scene on his watch, or if he was directed to make sure that happened. Either way, the real issue is that a list was created, which means Sarah and her entourage were making sure there were no opportunities for embarrassing questions in front of the adoring fans.
I ran into a couple of those fans yesterday. They waited in line two hours and swore it was worth it because she was “so pretty” and “so nice.” They are pretty much the stereotypical fans – 50 to 60 years old, white, bigoted, southern-style Baptists, intellectually incurious, and not the least bit familiar with, or interested in, the facts about Sarah. As long as she’s pretty, and nice on the surface, who cares if she’s truth-challenged and bilking grandma out of her lunch money with the AFT for unsubstantiated legal fees associated with her unethical behavior, all the while she has more money than grandma ever dreamed of from the book deal and was able to build the big addition to the big house on the lake? Who cares that she’s nothing she claims to be and that her record of service to the people of Alaska is poor? She pretty, dag nab it, and that’s all that matters. ARRRRGH!
“It is my understanding that he was given a list, not that he created one. ”
I’ll take your word for it that he’s a nice guy, but he’s the one who made the comment about how he could google for three minutes and find enemies for the people he was ejecting from a public arena. He obviously believed in what he was doing. He’s just as culpable as Mrs. Palin is in acting to suppress people’s rights.
Hi, My name is ____ and I was banned and escorted from the Wasilla Sports Shrine, even though I was there for a flu shot….Why am I being subjected to $’arah paylins death panels?
Megamouth isnt on top of this? Remember, if Meg doesn’t confirm, it isn’t happening! Meg? Meg? Bueller? Anyone, is Meg stuck under the bus, or just going with the dead fish flow?
Do we need to send out a “salmon alert” for a ‘dead fish’?
No actual salmon or persons were harmed in the creation of this post.