A real “cliff hanger”. Never fear though, I’m sure there’s another person out there who can be blamed .It’s never her fault, never her responsibility,poor baby.
It’s like it’s Chanukah for Bloggers. 8 days of gifts.
Taxgate, Toadgate, E- mailgate…..
And tonight, the night that makes this night different than all others.
The Queen of Mean is going to smoke Meth tonight, speak off script & lead her bots off to another planet.
I sort of owe the flats. The story about the Petersville tax bills lead me to examine my own a bit closer. I am paying twice the amount per acre as the other 4 tracts nearby, and about three times the rate that the Palins are paying. My Mat-Su property is farther from the road than theirs, and should be worth less the way I see it. Besides, I don’t have any structures at all.
i don’t want to come off sounding mean-spirited or anything, but could you lovely wonderful people in alaska kindly keep mz. palin home?
surely you can find things for her to do up there?
even chris wallace cannot find any good thing to say about her except he hopes she will sit in his lap. don imus and rush limbaugh insult her and her children every chance they get.
Funny thought – the tea partiers want smaller government, yet it’s now clear their poster-gal INCREASED the number of AK Governors from one to almost two. Way to go, tea baggers!!
Actually, Sarah increased the number of governors to 3. Sarah, Todd and Parnell. How many people does it take to fill the Alaskan governor’s post for one term? Answer: we don’t know. The light bulb was dim to start with and has now gone dark and we have no clue as to how to replace it.
Some other poster on another site gave me this idea. The real reason why Sarah resigned as governor was that Todd told her he was leaving her and wanted a divorce. She quit because she was totally clueless as to what she was supposed to do as governor. Then, after her grifting money making schemes clicked, Todd stuck around to make as much as possible as quickly as possible until their ethical ponzi schemes unraveled.
That explanation doesn’t work IMO. There was much discussion around here at the time. When $P did her quitter speech, it was smack dab in the middle of the short fishing season when they make the most money. The ‘Dude’ had to leave all and fly in overnight – to provide the backdrop prop, among the loons quacking in the lake background. I don’t think the timing was of dude’s chosing.
Gosh, where to start? Abuse of power, fraud, collusion, influence peddling, nepotism, tax evasion – a veritable smörgåsbord of corruption and indictable charges.
The floodgates have opened.
Todd Palin has his finger in every pie. Of course, Hillary is brought up as justification. However, she operated in the clear light of day with the approval and knowledge of the general public during Clinton’s time in office. Todd has operated under the wire for years. I wonder how many other devious dealings he has been involved in over these many years that have gone before and behind us. Also too and therefore.
I doubt Hillary was that intimately involved in that things went through her before they went to the President. The e-mails show that Todd was a LOT more involved than just as an adviser, looks like he called the shots on some things. If that had happened with the Clinton’s the repups would have had a kanipchen
18 OMG Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 7:04 AM
This from (conservative) FrumForum on “The Next Palin Scandal”:
http://www.frumforum.com/the-next-palin-scandal
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from the link:
“Conservatives were rightly irritated when Hillary Clinton tried to boot-strap her ceremonial position into a role in personnel and policy. But did even she go so far as this?”
Plenty of secrecy and coded references by Bill Arnold (president of Dubai Petroleum Co. for Conoco Phillips) and Mark Fish Republican (and prominent member of American Freedom Movement).
From this morning’s Lexington-Herald “Coming to you from her Wasilla living room.” And goes on to state that Fox is giving Palin her own TV studio in her living room! And states “She reads daily e-mail briefings on domestic and foreign policy from a small group of advisers who remained loyal after her tumultuous vice presidential campaign in 2008.”
And, of course, she is backing Rand Paul for Senate in Kentucky. Arrrrgh!
Anyone else old enough to remember a mid-60′s TV show of (largely) political satire called That Was the Week that Was (TW3)? It often featured Tom Lehrer’s music (he wrote things like “Pollution” and “National Brotherhood Week”), though it was Nancy Ames who sang the theme song.
Well, THIS was the week that was. I’ll bet none of you Alaskans suspected you’d elected TODD.
I truly hate to pour cold water on hopes that this week’s news will mark a turning point and sudden downward slide in Palin’s seeming onward and upward trajectory. However, if the NY Times article today by their lead political writer, Mark Liebovich, is any indication, she is still sheathed in teflon. The Liebovich article about her week omits her property tax problems, Todd’s shadow governor emails, questionable uses of SarahPac funds, and does not mention the News Corporation’s outsize role in promoting her (how many politiicians have home television studios?). To protest this very slanted article, write the Times ombudsman at Public@NYTimes.com.
30 Seagull Junker Palin Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 8:03 AM
I think the NYT article was prepared for this weekend when she was supposed to be a Tea Party star. Before all the #@$ hit the fan.
Seagull Junker — I had the same thought. But, then I realized that the Times does a lousy incomplete job of reporting on this woman. I know that because an old friend who is smart, liberal, and a very good journalist believes Sarah is not dangerous and I am crazy to be concerned about her. Why? Because I get my information from Alaskan blogs, while my friend reads the NY Times and Washington Post. This ordinarily highly intelligent person has told me that if those two papers don’t have the stories, they are not worthy of being read or believed. This from someone who worked for UPI for many years and now is editor of a chain of award winning local newspapers. So, I wrote a comment to the paper. They are doing a the country great disservice to not report more of what is known about Sarah Palin.
Back to my comment @#14 about Hillary, it should be stressed that the examples of First Ladies brought forward for justification are the spouses of Presidents and these ladies frequently head and manage public initiatives. To my knowledge, gubernatorial spouses are generally limited to ceremonial duties. To compare Todd Palin to Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt et al is comparing apples to oranges and is specious at best
Ripley – wow- great find on the Bill Arnold post…interesting about the “State Email being closed” to them , and wanting a different way in… tends to throw a new light on emailgate….
benlomond2: I agree that it would or SHOULD give pause to someone like a judge in AK that says it’s OK to have secret e-mail accounts for government officials…
the AIP connection is just too strong here.The fact that Fish doesn’t feel good running as a Republican is very telling. Because he’s an AIP member? Likely.
I hope an investigative reporter looks into that. I sent it to MSNBC.
Anne at Balloon Juice called for labels for Senator Shelby. Here are some of the submissions:
Senator Crimson Bribe
Sen. French Connection
The Alabama Extortionist
Senator Porkwall
Senator Squeegee Man
The ‘Bama Blackmailer
Sen. Earmarks-for-Airbus
Sen. Shellgame
The ‘Bama Scammer
Sen. “Roll Bribe!”
Shelby the French Privateer
Sen. Shelby (R-Toyota / Airbus)
ps: If you wish to tell him what a piece of work he is, very politely ofcourse, feel free to contact him at:
Washington Office:
304 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5744
Fax: (202) 224-3416
Email: senator@shelby.senate.gov
“During his whole speech, I kept thinking to myself: And to think that this guy used to be mandated by the state of Alabama to pass judgment on non-Christians, gays, and all the other heathen. Tea Party types tend to be strongly pro-Israel. But that aside, it’s not a particularly familiar place for a nice Jewish boy from Canada.”
For those of you that work in Juneau or Anchorage, how do we proceed forward with our Legislators and demand that all emails are brought forth in a timely manner that is within our rights to request. What can “WE ALASKAN’S” do to demand accountability from our former Gino and her sleezy dud? Where do we even begin? This is just plain wrong. No I did NOT vote for her, and I sure as He11 did NOT vote for Tawd to govern our State and fleece us all.
Another year/session where our Legislators are not going to be very productive because of the mess she “WAS” allowed to create and was never called on the carpet about. This is just insane and assnine. She’s insane and assnine! Between all of the blogs something should be organized and put forth for us to follow that will get the States attention, the IRS attention and the Feds attention. She is the worst of the worst!
I’m thinking they are gonna get away with this; NO ONE will remember that Troopergate excuse was that Todd was a private citizen, and therefore NOT to be held to the same accountability as a State Employee ( for what THAT Standard is worth !) , Now , as per Van Flea- Todd IS an official, but unofficial State Advisor, and the fickle mob will accept THAT explaination… somehow the MSM needs to tie these two opposing excuses together in the same story to make a large enough impact for even the Blind and Deaf ask for an investigation…
Couple of things. Sarah’s tanning bed. Having watched the TV show “Men in Trees”, the cop used to have some type of light projector that she needed to use to ward off depression. Me thinks this was in relation to lack of sunlight in Alaska. Could the tanning bed have been used by Sarah to ward off depression?
Secondly, I had read that someone had suggested a title for an at home show for the Palin’s called “Whoze Ur Daddy”! OMG how that made me laugh.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sarah Palin is expected to take the stage here tonight at 9, and speak for about 30 to 45 minutes. She will then take about 15 minutes of pre-screened, pre-selected questions.
Organizers say they aren’t sure if Palin has seen the questions in advance.
Andrew Breitbart, who runs a conservative Web site, will introduce Palin. Rep.
ha ha ha,,,The twitta-quitta is terrified to handle Tea-partier’s gotcha-questions!!
At this rate, how long before even her family members will be required to submit pre-screened questions.????…just wondering…/ mia
“Apparently the teabagger convention web site says there are still tickets available for Sarah Palin’s speech tomorrow night. The Queen Tea Bagger was not able to sell out the hall. If anyone thinks that 600 Baggers is an impressive showing, please note that two weeks from now the National Wild Turkey Federation is gathering at the same venue. They are expecting 40,000 attendees. ”
Thanks Newfoundland Dogs for the CBS link to voice views about the Super Bowl ad. I sent them an email and hope lots of other folks will too.
I am growing less and less fond of TV!
Palin pairs up with Perry in my home state this weekend. UGH!
Check out this article in today’s NY Times, which details Palin’s cushy, responsibility-free setup as an “opinionator.” Interesting that she is getting daily briefings on U.S. and world affairs.
Several of her supporters mention “all the attacks” against her. Makes it sound like any criticism of her is mere partisan mud-slinging. Never mind the factual objects, the law-breaking and the many public self-contradictions.
benlomond2: I sent it directly to AKM. She would be able to get it to Andree. I also posted it on Shannyn’s site, as well as Huffpo, palingates, gryphen and Bree. I sent it to Syrin, as well. Everyone needs to read that.
So we have Tebow doing his commercial during the Super Bowl and at halftime we have Pete Townshend , registered sex offender , playing with The Who.
Only in America.
I sent an email to Mr. Dedman about the Alaska statutes and Executive Ethics Act regarding nepotism and several links to the confidentiality forms that are required as well as statewide personnel management memo.
This information was in a comment I read at Palingates by a poster named Palinoia whom I credit in my mail.
I also referred him to Mudflats for more information about the AKM’s original story about Cabingate.
Palingates, today, has lots of information and pictures about the properties the Palins own, their “toys” as well as a peek at income tax documents dating prior to the alleged Book Tour/Give $$$ to MEEEEEEEEEEEEE which shows an income of $166,000. Wonder how they managed to feed, clothe and shelter 4/5 children and maintain, and insure planes and boats and snowmachines and four-wheels and pay mortgages and taxes on that kind of salary. More questions to be answered.
Wow, heads up AKM and Alaska……..I counted Lisa Murkowski as having 7 fundraisers, out of the total 66…….hmmm, I would certainly hope that the State of Alaska would not be footing the travel or lodging bill for any of these partisan fundraisers. She’s going to San Francisco, and has some expensive ski trips scheduled, also too.
“Senate Republicans — hoping to capitalize on the momentum of Scott Brown’s Massachusetts victory — are holding 66 big-money fundraisers over the next 54 days, hosted by lobbyists, energy industry execs and political headliners like Mary Matalin, according to an internal scheduling memo leaked to POLITICO.
The Feb. 5 memo from National Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Rob Jesmer provides an inside look at a party hoping to cash in on the momentum of the tea party movement — while strengthening its money connections to the Washington lobbying establishment so reviled by the conservative populists who have given the GOP new life.”
Every time I see someone post the attendance number at around 600, I’m just agog. Can that be true ?? When I was posting over on twitter it occurred to me that there are more people than that at today’s matinee at any megaplex movie theater in any city . How many people come through Costco on a Saturday afternoon over the course of 3 hours ? High school footballs games bring in more people. And THIS is being covered ??
For all the open tables they have, they should offer up warm shelter and a nice lobster meal to some folks that are out in the cold this weekend in Nashville. It’d fill the seats and they’d be doing something truly Christian. Maybe $P could share some of the fruit and dessert baskets that I bet were waiting for her in her hotel room.
46. 46 avahome Says: February 6th, 2010 at 9:19 AM Couple of things. Sarah’s tanning bed. Having watched the TV show “Men in Trees”, the cop used to have some type of light projector that she needed to use to ward off depression. Me thinks this was in relation to lack of sunlight in Alaska. Could the tanning bed have been used by Sarah to ward off depression?
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I used to watch that too (the lead male was very good looking imo), but all you need for the full-spectrum light is a ChromaLux or VeriLux light bulb and a lamp to put it in. I had one when I lived in NYC. Could have used that in the Bay Area as a freshman. Doesn’t require re wiring a mansion. She just needed some skin cancer to match up with her BFF McCain.
#49 Curiouser, I don’t understand either why this pathetically attended event is being covered. A foreign coin show in Boise, ID would draw more attendees.
The Palins are like vigilantes doing things their way until the courts tell them they can’t. The lawyer’s reasoning that Todd can be compared to Hillary/Bill, or presidential spouses is like comparing oranges to apples. The news out there that Todd was sitting in on meetings, listening to confidential State discussions, is not like a spouse setting up an office, working on their own pet projects.
A spouse should not be receiving cc’s from a number of different departmental offices.
“Advisor” is not sending and receiving information to the governor’s aides and staff. Or, being sent to inquire on people’s personal backgrounds. Totally different head.
ATF @59 – really good point re: Parnell. I’ve been through quite a number of emails so far and didn’t realize until you mentioned it that Parnell seems to be out of the loop. I’ll pay more attention now. Just did a search on his name and only came up with 3 pages, some of which he wasn’t cc’d but rather was being mentioned within the email.
Strikes me that emails being tossed around during the election campaign certainly should have been copied to him, right ?
My two cents on the emails – There is enough there to damage her for future office but we need a few really good jounalists to decide that it’s a good idea to ask for back story info and insights from the bloggers who have been doing the big work and really know this , inside and out. Some really great pieces could come out of that sort of partnership. The coverage it’s getting now is just plain flat.
Well, if you think about it wouldn’t the Lt. Gov definitely be part of setting up a new administration? Yet he’s left out? In the dark? Not to be consulted? That’s just flat out weird and I find very unusual.
Does this mean Scarah didn’t trust him enough? Does it mean she couldn’t ‘share’ the responsibilities? Does it show her to be a paranoid control freak?
and lookie here, look who Lisa’s sponsors are for this fundraiser…….
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Fundraising Lunch: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Charlie Palmer Steak (101 Constitution Ave NW)
Hosts: Rai Downs, Linda Tarplin, Humana PAC, UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint WELLPAC
Rip…Excellent !!
It’s going to take perseverence to keep the focus of the media on the items in these e-mails – Sarah is very good at distracting the media by her little outbursts on irrelevent items – “Retardgate” actually ocurring last year, but used just before these emails were released…her minions probably have more of these gaffes lined up for timely release.. A Special Investigator being appointed would be comforting to hear about; somone being assigned specfically to each of these issues, and not distracted by the chaff…interesting that her speech tonite is being televised…I thought the media had been banned originally, I’m sure the MSM are falling over each other to get in, but it’s an effective ploy on her part to distract from the barrels of TNT that are now being de-fused with time….
There is live streaming of the teaparty on PJ TV. I watched it for about 5 minutes, they are droning on and on about how to set up a candidate night, who gets to ask questions. Next they are going to continue yesterday’s topic of how to search on google, etc, because the 600 participants weren’t up on the internet enough to absorb the real topic of the session. Funny. Also they told people not to wear outlandish outfits saying that Obama kills babies and all that like the teapartiers usually do. So it’s kinda like a big Elks club meeting.
@ zyxomma: I’m that old, and thanks for the memories. That Was The Week That Was brought us some great comedians and memorable satire.
@Mia Malkan: Not only are the questions pre-screened, the responses will also be pre-(ghost)-written.
Todd’s role in Alaska state government does not compare with the role of the First Lady of the United States, no matter how inflated an opinion Sarah and Todd had of themselves. Even if the First Lady’s role was ceremonial, such as Jackie giving a TV tour of the White House, that is not the same thing as Todd (and Chuck Heath) being cc’d on government emails and being involved in government business.
When I think of that breathless quitter speech, and the fact that Todd had to be hauled in to make a lakeside appearance, my reaction was panic on the part of Sarah. My husband’s take on the situation was that something had come up in front of the ethics panel or some other state institution. This time, Sarah was caught at something too big to pay back (as in the case of reimbursing her kids’ travel expenses). This time the amount was so big that the deal was either pay it back or Sarah would have to resign. Mr. Lewis’ guess was that the amount (hundreds of thousands) was more than Sarah either could or wanted to pay back, and she did have all of those tempting offers to cash in. Mind you, this is just speculation, but everyone is entitled to their own wild guess.
If you want to take this scenario even further, Todd may not have been part of the decision. As First Dude he held quite a bit of power, and as the spouse of an author or speaker, it wouldn’t be quite the same. Again, just thinking out loud, but at least she didn’t use the excuse that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
With the exception of one MSNBC reporter, none of the msm seems particularly interested in any of this–not the tax stuff, not the emails, etc. I think they are still afraid of being labeled persecutors if they dare to report any facts on the Palins. Not even a peep from Palin’s nemesis Andrew Sullivan about the emails. Wonder why?
If you want the ‘ other side of the coin’ perspective ( from the Pee pool ) about Van Fleabags response to all of these emails that have come out. ” THEY ” think that Fleabag is a ‘ Brilliant ‘ Lawyer… maybe one of the best and brightest in Alaska. That Bill/Hillary answer was Great… to Them. Is a 15 watt bulb Brilliant?
( Did they see his ‘ brilliant’ reason why they claimed zero tax on their Chalets.?)
Someone also thought he would make a great ” White House Counsel “… and others nodded their heads in agreement. Bobble-heads nod in unison, also too.
I think it takes someone who has been really up on it to understand what the emails mean. I notice that comments on the various blogs read something like this….”oh yeah, MSBNC waited this long to try to sabotage the teaparty”. I don’t think there’s been enough emphasis on the fact that the Palin administration charged 15,000,000 at first. To delay, 1.5 years. Think of what would have happened if the emails came out just before the election, much more of a todo.
After following
Gryphen and Palingates, I am thinking the SS Palin is going to hit the rocks and sink quickly.
Between AKM, GRyphen, Palingates and Vera City among others….too many eyes and ears are searching through all of the financials that are available and it’s starting to really smell badly. Wait until the rest of the email are released and it’s NOT only going to be the Palins that going down. Seriously gonna be in depp doo-do0.
Now the legislature is in session, start considering what topics you feel strongly about, have information regarding, ideas and whatever and start letting your voice be heard by writing’ Alaska Personal Opinion Messages’ to the legislators via the easy format provided…we need to let our voices be heard over the lobbyists who are influencing our reps in far away Juneau…and they listen, believe it…do your citizens duty and send them your ideas…and remember we are an owner state and should protect our treasures and resources…I don’t understand why we can’t develop our own, instead of outsourcing them to outside companies and countries…lets protect our sovereignty and not let outsiders tell us what to do.
Further to your great email find, here is an article with comments from Bill Arnold, President of DPC (Dubai Petroleum). The article from 2007 discusses:
“Effective April 2007, DPC will end it’s role as operator, marking the end of Dubai’s first offshore oil concession and the beginning of a new phase in which the Emirate of Dubai (government) will directly control its offshore oil resources” http://www.ameinfo.com/93260.html
In another issue under search of “Dubai” as I recall something about AK and Dubai but could not remember what it was, a link came up for Dubai World, which I recall last fall was in a major credit crisis. There is the matter of the Alaskan Permanent Fund having lost $430 million. In an article on Alaska Dispatch, which refers to the KTUU item, it says it could have been worse!!:
I cannot post the link to a story on KTU knowing about multiple links, so will post it in another comment below this one.
The email you posted was June 2007. The connection of DPC and Emirate of Dubai transpired in April 2007 and you add in AK’s Permanent Fund having connection to Dubai World and the large loss. Connections?
I don’t know if it is anything, but Bill Arnold is very deep in oil including the mid-East and to see his name on the emails — makes you wonder.
Ripley in CT,
I have posted a comment to you but it has got stuck in the filter.
Tried tweaking it a few times but have no idea why it got stuck. Hopefully it will be passed by one of the moderators.
It is with regard to your email find, more specifically Bill Arnold mentioned and his business in 2007. Have no idea if there is a connection but found it interesting
The Mike Bradner mentioned here is a Dr. Mike Bradner. Not sure of his affiliation, as it’s redacted.
Also, the date is April 17. Wouldn’t Janice know about the contractions and the trip home by now? And she’s e-mailing them to ask if they want a puppy.
@London Bridges #7
“How many people does it take to fill the Alaskan governor’s post for one term? Answer: we don’t know. The light bulb was dim to start with and has now gone dark and we have no clue as to how to replace it.”
Hahahahahha. Actually, we have three clues. They are all in the party of D–for Diversity. Berkowitz, French, Poe. Follow the clues and may the best man rise to the honor.
#58 girl, those charts are great. Just shows how under Reagan the national debt soared. The Bush’s also made their contributions to our debt. We need to shut this talking point down and get the truth out.
Most folks just glaze over when the talk turns to economics. However, the facts are that the economy has done better under Democrats for over 100 years. It is a fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has given better returns under Democratic administrations.
Just to lighten things up- a funny story about stupid things not SP
Leaving Childish Things on LoveJoy Avenue
I crossed the street because I was afraid. I was afraid to walk past this man in a black weather torn leather jacket who was with another woman, and a tall lanky dark tanned Indian, all three kind of sprawled on the front lawn, with their feet visiting the pavement.
The man in particular had a thick build to him, long biker hair, greasy from living outdoors, but he couldn’t have been as old as he looked. Chiseled with a charcoal dapple to his face, cut by the wind and cured by the sun.
The girl she may have been 17 or so, was freckled in the face, very course and thick hair, with the brownest eyes, and thick to the waist. Jeans and sandals, dirty white halter top, not profoundly busted, but suggestive as a woman and clearly the mate of the tall Indian who presented himself with a jean jacket, Viet Nam style- cut off sleeves, definitely had been doing road work for quite awhile.
They were drinking wine without a brown bag to hide behind. They were street people, pan handlers, pedestrians whose idea of a walk about, was to get as piss drunk as possible, as often as possible, to linger briefly for the day, and relive the first morning hour- because that was all they had left. They were to figure heavily in the direction of my life.
Portland, Oregon, 1976.
I had just arrived from Pittsburgh on the wings of my thumb, and digging into survival mode. The first rule always, was to scope out the city, and get to know it fast. Shelter hadn’t yet become an issue because I was staying with a couple of friends who had moved out here a year ago, and were a couple of 47906 girls. Zip code for Purdue and it’s graduates.
Susan and Kathy were 23ish, totally new wave in terms of mustang freedom and new found empowerment. I had met them during my stint as a crisis center counselor back at 47906, a transitioning moment from hormones to empathy- that particular path a little cloudy at best. I had a mad crush on Susan and a twisted sense of desire for Kathy, but that was all moot, because we were spiritual and intellectual buddies, and pretty well ingrained with that “do you want to talk about it- before we do it- and are we comfortable with it” intervention mode that basically ends up being better than a condom in terms of redacting my particular gene something.
No need for a conversation here, with empowerment, familiarity, and empathy any attempt to have sex (sans some sort of spiritual commingling of fluids and religious epiphany) was locked into some undecipherable well of chastity and hopeless desperation.
Yeah, that’s how it went with Kathy and Susan. Regardless, they were friends enough to allow me to sleep on their couch for a few weeks while I got my bearings straight. It was a wonderful visit until I made a couple of mistakes in terms of judgement.
The absolute worst thing you can do as a guest and sleeping on the couch in the home of two attractive post graduate ladies, is drink a lot of beer, take up couch space which in turn leads to implied subterfuge in terms of undermining their ability to pick up other more desirable (than myself) men.
Compounding the first issue, comes the realization that I had delivered to this pair of pristine debutantes, a very nasty set of the “crabs” (an infestation harbored from the Pittsburgh fraternity house I had lived in for the six months prior), a colony of visitors that had no doubt made the couch I was sleeping in, their own particular ShangGriLa.
Even the Crisis Center had failed to prepare either of these two women with the tools, and intellectual compassion to hide the crimson venom coursing up their faces as they started to connect the dots and sequence the inevitable destination of these rather opportunistic pubic vectors, appropriately named in Latin- pubis pediculosa.
The fact that they have a Latin name implies that being diminutive does not guarantee obscurity. A Latin name means you have been doing this for awhile, and unlike the language, you aren’t quite right dead yet.
Quite the opposite… If it’s warm, moist, and furry, hey man- it’s a beach!
So… Pounding pavement before the kwell cream can work it’s magic. Lesson learned? Never admit you have the crabs.
Off to find a place to live, and the fist step was to side step the street people.
The reason that it even caught my attention ( this stuff makes me glaze over and I normally would’ve continued without a 2nd look) was that it was sent to an address for Todd that was a McCain camp email . This email address comes up only once in a search and it’s for this. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include Todd’s original email text that would’ve initiated this response.
Why does Todd have a McCain camp address ? Why is it used only once? Any thoughts? ( did Todd even know this one existed ??? ) These questions and more on today’s episode of ” As the Palin World Churns ” .
50 Cathy in Texas Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Palin pairs up with Perry in my home state this weekend. UGH!
UHG indeed. I was hopig Kay Bailey would whomp Whorehouse Perry, but it looks like he is haninging in there by appealing to the dumbest, most intollerant population of the state, along with kissing the …… of big businesses like Alcoa and big Oil.
Texas has had some real losers as Governors the Perry is a sespool.
It’s quite funny to see VanFlein make reference to Todd as a “key advisor” and everyone knew it but wherein it was not all that long ago they were selling everyone a bill of goods that Todd was a ‘private citizen’ when the subpeonas were being served in Troopergate.
Seems VanFlea flip flops like a fish as to what he is selling too!!
I did too. I replied a thank your and referred him to three emails about the Valley Dairy that had Chuck Heath cc’d. And I mentioned the odd fact that Sean Parnell was totally out of the loop on just about everything which I found both strange and intriguing!
Yes that is strange in deed LiLadyNY! You’d THINK the Gov Lt would be in on the correspondence.
And btw, my identification of Bill Arnold as the oil company president is not accurate. He’s one of your Alaskan horns, spouting off about getting rid of municipal governments and such. I think that the fact that he and Mark Fish were corresponding with the governor’s office is still very fishy.
Ripley, from your BB and work experience email:
“Well, you didn’t officially go to a trade school, but it sounds like you had a lot of on the job training and other great work experiences/opportunities. I’ll pass the information on to Jason and Andy and see if they have any other questions.”
Didn’t officially or unofficially go to a trade school because he went to HS shop classes. And that so-called lawyer Van Flein has the stupidity to compare Todd to two First Ladies who have law degrees from leading universities. What an a$$ her mouth piece is.
austintx – i don’t believe that pete townshend is a sex offender. this is from the smoking gun:
MAY 7–After a four-month investigation, London police today cleared Pete Townshend of kiddie porn charges. But the rock star will still spend five years on a U.K. register of sex offenders because the co-founder of The Who visited a web site containing child porn images. Townshend was nabbed in January on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, though no such photos were found following a search of his home and computer. At the time of his arrest, Townshend admitted using his credit card to visit a web site offering child porn, but told cops he was just conducting research. Along with being placed on the sex offender registry, the performer had to submit a DNA sample to police and have his fingerprints and mug shot taken. As part of his “research project,” Townshend drafted the below six-page treatise on the easy availability of child pornography on the Internet. So easy, in fact, that Townshend, 57, wrote that he accidentally discovered a photo of a two-year-old boy being raped when he typed the words “Russia,” “orphanages,” and “boys” into a search engine. Townshend claimed that he reached for his telephone and “intended to call the police and take them through the process I had stumbled upon–and bring the pornographers involved to [jail],” but that he decided not to contact authorities after discussing the issue with an attorney. Townshend’s paper, which he once posted on his official web site, also notes that the “pathway to ‘free’ paedophilic imagery is–as it were–laid out like a free line of cocaine at a decadent cocktail party: only the strong willed or terminally uncurious can resist.” In the January 2002 porn treatise, Townshend notes that since 1997 he has been working on “some kind of document” relating to Internet porn, but that he feared being arrested by police who were on a “witch hunt” to catch anyone who visited illicit web pages: “Those vigilantes who research these pathways open themselves up to internet ‘snoops.’”
I don’t really have a problem with a spouse having some input in government affairs.
(I hope President Obama listens to Michelle on a regular basis.)
What is so sorry here is the fierce and partisan cronyism displayed in these communications by a former governor and her family, a governor who purported to govern as a “reformer.”
This partisan, cronyism style of politics and governing is what is so disturbing about the Palins. The T-Party and wing-nut part of the Republican party are mostly about small-mindedness and divisiveness. Everywhere that Sarah speaks is with a group focused on small-mindedness and divisiveness.
I’m so proud that President Obama rises far above this kind of activity and leads through compassion and hard work on behalf of all the American people and the people of the world.
President of oil company IS too deep!! LOL The problem of the Left — we think!
So should my post appear, we know to ignore it.
Have to admit the co-incidence in the name and DPC and the APF connection to Dubai World and the lose — all strange but easily done as nothing from them is clean cut and we see moreso now, above board. From a fork in the road, we travel down the oil fork. Ooops. Wrong turn!!
I posted this link about the guy behind the tea party convention late last night. It’s interesting to see what kind of guy $arah is palling around with.
He must have hooked her in with the promise she would be the queen of the ball.
Just up now on Crooks and Liars – More Than A Supportive Spouse, NBC Investigation Of Todd Palin’s E-Mails Show Deep Involvement In Gubernatorial Decisions
“Apparently the teabagger convention web site says there are still tickets available for Sarah Palin’s speech tomorrow night. The Queen Tea Bagger was not able to sell out the hall. If anyone thinks that 600 Baggers is an impressive showing, please note that two weeks from now the National Wild Turkey Federation is gathering at the same venue. They are expecting 40,000 attendees. ”
Maybe she should have talked to the Turkey guys seeing as she knows more about slaughtering Turkeys than the founding fathers. Remember the turkey slaughter speech at thanksgiving?
Mickey7@72, i doubt andrew sullivan will hold back. i’m sure he’s taking his time surfing through the emails before he draws his sword. he doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
Pat Forgey, at the Juneau Empire, noted quite some time ago that it appeared Palin had plagerized another author — a side note among his noting many, many other factual discrepancies of the who, what, where, when types. I hope if Palin ever has the nerve to face a true journalist, this is one of the questions that comes up.
Just thought I’d mention it. Also, plagerized authors do have legal means of dealing with such theft. (hint, hint!)
103 Laurie Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I posted this link about the guy behind the tea party convention late last night. It’s interesting to see what kind of guy $arah is palling around with.
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Laurie… I saw Judson Phillips on C-Span coverage last night. His main Job was to introduce their Friday night ‘ Keynote Speaker ‘.. just like S’error is tonights.
He started off telling people that when he goes online… the first page he opens is the TPN website. BUT… the 2nd one and the MOST important one that the others there should ALSO be reading from is WND. ( WingNutDaily).
He bragged that there are stories there that you won’t find ” anywhere else “.
That’s true ….because the site is 100 conspiracy theorists…. and Birthers.
The Keynote Speaker Friday was CEO and Founder of WingNutDaily, Joseph Farah. All the birthers in the room clapped and there was applause for everything he was spewing forth. ( These are the Sarah Followers )
They LOVED HIM!! Bachman CRAZY times 10.
Here is the C-Span clip of his speech. I think I saw that Media Matters had posted it as well. Someone on Huffpo posted it.
Every Saturday Daily Kos publishes the hate mail of the week. I simply had to share this one.
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go f’ yourself, you smarmy little piece of trash. you do nothing but pollute, exactly like those on the right you call out. you and your site are not fit to wipe my dog’s ass. i’m sure you get 100s of emails like this every day, and i’m proud to be one of them….
sub, nyc
Kos:
Anyone who goes around wiping their dog’s ass is immediately suspect. Anyone who tries to do it with a computer is as crazy as your average Republican. And anyone who is proud to tell others that he wipes his dog’s ass must be a Glenn Beck fan.
AKM: in any of the emails that I have seen (I have not been on the website of MSNBC to look at them) I do not see Parnell referenced. And yet, he was Lt. Gov. Obviously, Todd had a greater role than Parnell in governing Alaska. What about Parnell during that time? Has anyone tried to talk to him about these revelations? I understand that for the most part, he is in Sarah’s pocket. But surely as the actual PAID assistant to the governor, he must have done something? He is the one who should have approved leave for personnel in the absence of the governor.
Criminy, every time I visit Andrew Halcro’s blog I have to think that anyone informed, intelligent, and analytical gets squeezed out of government and politics like a pip from a lemon.
Or shall we simply consider his Shadow Guv post from A YEAR AND A HALF AGO as convincing evidence of psychic ability?
Poor Van Flea, lol, Scarah must be yelling at him to DO SOMETHING, PUT THIS STORY TO BED, NOW…….. which actually means it has teeth. The fact he addressed this one main email as most serious Toad tells me there may be something very wrong with it or it’s a shiny distraction. It’s press statement is quite long, that also tells me something, so much to defend and blur. Anyone smell smoke? He uses big ol run on paragraphs too, crammin and sloppin all his points together.
Okay, he’s trying to:
1) neutralize the shadow governor business at the state level as no big deal. ha.
2) says Toad “donated” his time and efforts, all for free and love to help Alaska. ha, no possibility of deal making here, it’s worse when it ALL under the table.
3) compares them to political power couples, really? they were a power couple the day she took office? ha
4) what does she say in Going Rogue about Toad advising or helping run the state that millions of people have read? somebody enlighten me.
5) says his roll as spouse was “Key Advisor”. wow, isn’t that supposed to be someone who has more than a high school education and job experience in government? from a Mayor advisor running a small town, to a key Gov advisor running a huge state. It doesn’t seem right.
6) Toad needed no wasteful entourage of people to travel with him, lol, kinda like those pesky security people who see and know things that they got rid of.
7) He tries to nullify both “shadow and divorce” stories in one fell swoop, like both could not be true. Ha
I found this interesting…….”all, if not most”, ah…. what is it, all or most? gee that leaves room for stuff not public record or easily obtained by anyone.
Van Flea said…..”and all, if not most, was a matter of public record” and later said “largely the same information”.
And give me a break, how freaking bold to compare a Gov. first lady/dude to a Presidential first lady/dude. She thinks she’s equivalent, qualified now that she ran VP and should be in the White House dang it. She’s come a long way baby, lol. Van Flea used the term “Chief Executive” also too, lol. That title she doesn’t need anymore.
Van Flea said….”Each spouse of the chief executive is free to define his or her own role. From the policy oriented Hillary Clinton, to the more traditional and charitable work of Laura Bush, to the combined policy/traditionalist role of Michelle Obama, the first spouse takes on the duties within their interests and within the context of their marriage to the chief executive. Todd was no different.”
This is funny to me also, “the true facts”, yeppers, just cuz he a lawyer says so don’t ya know…… using in the same sentence “third party” and vague wording like “apparently”, yeah them be facts. It sounds more like made up BS that Scarah would feed her lawyer and pay him to find a way to put it out there. Yeppers. Just like she argued with Steve Schmidt about health insurance and AIP membership. Only her lawyer is willing to believe her and print her lies.
Van Flea said…..”The true facts are as follows: Todd Palin received an email from a third party (an email that was apparently making the rounds in Alaska) and he forwarded that to a state attorney on August 29, 2007.”
If it was no big deal, old news, common knowledge, whatever….why did Toad feel the need to turn it over to a state attorney? what was wrong with it? what attorney?
And I beg to differ with Van Flea saying the residents of Alaska were well aware of and knew the extent of Toad’s involvement, really? through rumors maybe, the grapevine? gee maybe a statewide poll should be taken on that line of BS.
A question, is this email tied with the other emails referring to muddying or hurting Chenalts (sp) chances of winning his senate seat? the email was about safety records…..people of Chenalt’s district wanted Scarah to use the fact Chenalt voted against a bill about BP needing to be held responsible for pipeline erosion and maintenance.
Amidst all of the stress and the hate-filled rhetoric between political factions, this storm (2 feet of snow, downed trees, etc.) has shown me that we Americans can still be thoroughly decent, thoughtful and kind people. I’m a 68 year old retired lady lawyer – who’s just barely recovered from the H1N1 flu. My next door neighbor (a staunch Dem) just came over with his chain saw to clear away some huge fallen tree branches which were blocking the front walk/door of my house, and another neighbor – the Air Force ROTC officer who teaches at Pitt, just finished shoveling my long, sloping driveway. Since I’m the local judge of elections, I happen to know that he’s a registered Republican (but his wife’s a Dem!). This is how it used to be in the USA – we had political differences which we could debate without insulting each other, and we certainly put those aside to help out those who needed it. I am teary-eyed.
Last night and tonight-
Last night in Salina Kansas, a “more than 6000″ Chamber of Commerce house sold out to hear Sarah. Following speakers like GWB, Colin Powell, Joyce Brothers.
Tickets for the dinner sold for $50 to $75 dollars+ 25. People could watch the speech for $25. Palin got major applause. Probably ordinary Republicans? Net profit to organizers $50,000
Tonight she goes to Nashville, and a house of 600 (unless they haul in ringers.)
Cost, $350 or more. Maybe a cranky audience? Following crap speakers.
Net profit to organizers maybe $80,000.
So what will Sarah learn?
Just to pick a better price point?
Or that she should not cut herself off from mainstream Republicans and just tea bag? Or vice versa? Or is it too late to for her choose?
Moose Pucky Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I don’t really have a problem with a spouse having some input in government affairs.
(I hope President Obama listens to Michelle on a regular basis.)
What is so sorry here is the fierce and partisan cronyism displayed in these communications by a former governor and her family, a governor who purported to govern as a “reformer.”
This partisan, cronyism style of politics and governing is what is so disturbing about the Palins. The T-Party and wing-nut part of the Republican party are mostly about small-mindedness and divisiveness. Everywhere that Sarah speaks is with a group focused on small-mindedness and divisiveness.
I’m so proud that President Obama rises far above this kind of activity and leads through compassion and hard work on behalf of all the American people and the people of the world.
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Imagine the storm of controversy that would erupt if Michelle Obama were as involved in running Affairs of State as Todd Palin has been.
And as you point out, she is an extremely well-credentialed and experienced lawyer.
My DH is a Casino manager,there are lots of confidential memos,mmetings,and information invilved.Sometimes when he is making a hiring decision or a decision about disciplinary action,he will run his ideas by me,I will tell him what I think.He never includes confidential information when he does this.Then he makes his decisions,and communicates them and puts them in action at work. No one from the Casino has ever emailed me for my opinion,or called to ask if I want something done a certain way. That would be crazy.
being an unpaid advisor and being a policy maker and decision maker are 2 different things.It would be like my husband got hired but I went to work in his place and did the job.
IMHO Mrs Paylin was unable to do the job,and they both knew it.She is merely a charismatic pretty face,able to dupe the public into hiring her for a job she could not handle.Todd and Ivy Frye and the others knew she could not do the job,but she was their meal ticket,so they did it for her.
Here’s a question…
Are all of you Mudpups slopping through these muddy, slimy emails going to be talking off your boots for an hour this evening for an hour to tune into the QUITTERS Speech in Nashville..?
Will there be some live-blogging or maybe a live-Chat in the treehouse..?
( no reservation needed… and it won’t cost $549 )
Drinks and popcorn at the ready… or chocolate..?
You never know… she might announce some new ‘ mandations ‘ in the speech.
I sure hope Jon Stewart sent some of his News interviewers to get some coverage of this event. ” Incognito “… of course. Just dress them in a funny Revolutionary War outfit with a 3-corner hat… they would blend right in.
These people are ‘ Comedy Goldmines ‘
Just received a reply from Bill Dedman about the Chuck Heath emails I sent to him regarding the Valley Dairy/Mat Maid disaster. And that there are no emails to Sean Parnell which I found “strange and intriguiting”.
Here it is:
Good question. There are e-mails where Chuck Heath sent info to the Palins on the dairy, and Sarah Palin said she was more charged up about this than anything ever. I didn’t know of Chuck’s connection. Thanks for speaking up.
Found an email dated April/08 that Ivy Frye is weighing in on discussing the building of the pipeline!
“In my inexpert opinion, I think we can capitalize on BP/Conoco’s announcement to build a pipeline–it shows the competitive AGIA process is working. We are closer now to a pipeline either via Transcanada or Conoco/BP and an in-state line NOT because we conceded to the wishes of the Big 3, but because we didn’t.”
The one paragraph I copied mentioning ‘Transcanada’ OR Conoco/BP — Wasn’t word on the street that Transcanada had been paid $500 mill so how would it be an ‘OR’ discussion.
i still can’t get over the use of the word “delegates” when various MSMs describe the 600 in attendance to the TP Convention. Is this supposed to make us think that there were runoffs and local elections of “delegates” and THAT is why there are only 600 in attendance?
@ 117: FOX is talking about the emails now so they can take control of the story. They just need to give their viewers a couple of talking points to make it all go away.
I can’t decide if I can stomach listening to herself tonight. I have sort of forgotten what her voice sounds like and I am glad about that… What I know for sure is that I have spent most of today (and yesterday, truth be told) bouncing from blog to blog reading, shaking my head, laughing and saying OMG enough that the fam is once again worried about me (echoes of the ’08 election) What would I do without the Puppies on the Flats?????
Cutting some slack..to the assorted ..teabaggers..might be..helpful in the …….’Long Run’. Intellectual lemmings..need to ..ummm..’congregate’..in sufficient numbers..that…. critical mass..can occur. Whereas..the individual men and women who are operational enough..to work alongside us..in anytown usa..only start fizzing n fragmenting..when exposed to others of their ‘ilk’..let’s comment less about their gatherings..and let them siphon-in..as many as they can. Exposure to..each other..will work to ..tidy the group in ways..we can only imagine.
This is all so exciting. I know a lot of you are basically subliminally aware of this, but we are all involved in something really important, and that is a new way that journalism is being done and is going to be done in the future. Rather than bloggers and commenters being competitors to journalists, we are in fact the new supporting arm of investigative journalism – when partnering with those in other forms of media who want to do the job – tell the true story – but are hampered by no support for their ideas from their management, no time, no money, their commitment to their own family and desire to spend time with them, etc.
“Boots on the Ground” is no mere moniker – it is the vital thing that will make this work. We have all been decrying “why hasn’t the MSM been covering this over the last two years?” The answer is simple. It’s the economy. No money to pay reporters to go find out the facts, especially up in Alaska, and without finding out the facts first hand, hesitant to broadcast a story that might be just a rumor.
Now, with AKM’s CabinGate story being verified by the relevent borough tax assessor (confirmed her picture was accurate, and they knew the rest of the stuff was true ’cause it came from them!) sources such as AKM have taken a big leap upwards in being considered reputable. SP can rant all she wants about anonymous bloggers, but she hasn’t ever dealt with, well, what if what they are saying is actually true?
Anyway, the more exciting thing, I think, is that with all the folks who follow the AK blogs and are up to date with what’s been going on, and especially AK residents who have been in it from the beginning, many hands make light work. If we all go over the vast e-mails and can pick out what is important and what is not, and more importantly, if you (AK’ns) can fill in the blanks about who the names are and other past histories of those names, then a story can really come together. Yes, we’re (well, more you’re) doing the journalist’s work, but I think we all know by now if we don’t, nobody will. Plus, it will make the story get out there faster, more accurately, and with more context, if people in the know can let an MSNBC or CBS or even Fox reporter know who Dan Rumplestiltskin is and what he was involved with previously, for example. Otherwise, the names in the e-mails are virtually meaningless to them. We fill in the blanks that otherwise would take them time and money to find out. And as we know, time and money is what is has traditionally taken to accurately connect the dots in a story.
This is what Sarah Palin never thought could happen. She literally failed to think someone could accurately connect the dots.
Problems is, with the new technology, and her amazingly brazen decision/ego/hubris to think she was even remotely qualified to be VP, it’s not now just one someone, but a whole lot of someones, smart someones, with fancy elite educations or just good common sense, who are using these new tools, across the country and across the world even, who are working in concert to connect those dots.
I’m laughing at Rep Duncan Hunter (R) on CNN talking about gays in the military. The discussion that there are gays from the U.K., Canada, etc. serving, Hunter pipes up that he was there for 6 or 7 months and he didn’t see a gay there from any of the countries working with the U.S.
Yea — like they all would run up to him and say “Hi, I’m Bill, I’m Gay” or better yet wear a badge saying “I’m Gay — Wanna Play”.
What a bonehead. He’s the type that would be the last they would talk to. Add to it his extreme arrogance is amazing he came off the field.
The fact they can serve openly – it’s a non-issue as it’s not something they have to focus on to make sure no one finds out and be kicked out of the service.
134 Terp, I was thinking the same thing that you have so eloquently written. In order to get a complex story a real journalist needs to reviews and interview lots of sources. We as the “boots on the ground” can help find the pieces that are scattered all about and give background.
I have the feeling that the oil angle will have legs. So many questions but now so many boots turning over the rocks.
I was just reading Palingates to see what New popped up in these emails.
S’error might think twice about flying back to Alaska because Juneau is all abuzz. And didn’t that ‘ anonymous letter ‘ AKM get postmarked from Juneau…?
Check your Mailbox regularly AKM… another one might follow.
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( Patrick posted this in his thread )
Interesting info by the ADN – in Juneau, people are busy searching the MSNBC database:
“UPDATE: Crivella West, the company that worked with msnbc.com on the public-records request that resulted in release of the Palin e-mails, has created a searchable database of the e-mails. Sean Cockerham, our reporter in Juneau, says people in Capitol offices were busily clicking away when he was up there earlier today.”
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/147559
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Lets hope some people in Juneau see their names in those emails… and are NOT happy about it. Patrick said to read the comments in that ADN story. Some angry people.
I know we’ve all been busy reading emails, but another story has caught my eye.
We are all grateful that MSNBC has gotten the email released but they are in the process of being taken over by Comcast. We need to pay attention to this story because one of our favorite sources of information may be in jeopardy if this merger goes ahead.
this was dated July, 07—so up until then he had an “assistant”, which I’m sure didn’t sound very manly, shortly after she was just “Executive Residence Manager”, but still doing gofer work for him, just without the title.
Erika Fagerstrom
> Executive Residence Manager & Assistant to the First
> Gentleman
> Governor’s House
PennLawyer: I have teared up reading your post. Love to you.
I don’t think the emails from Sarah to Chuck regarding Dairygate were written by her. It sounds (addressing “Chuck”, not Dad, whatever) like Todd may have been using her account to reply to Chuck Heath’s email. The comments about being more charged up about this than anything sound like they are coming from the Todd Palin we are beginning to get a glimpse of in these emails.
type in “palin sarah” and then especially look under palin sarah h. They’ve been very busy. District 321 is the new one where the tax free shelters are
This is a funny clip from C-Span. The attendee in his ‘ Gift bag ‘ is showing what he received in this interview. Nice to know that if you pay $549… you get a $10 bag of trinkets or mementos… AND the ‘ T-shirt ‘.
He is befuddled though… ” What is THIS for ?”… He can’t figure it out. Hmm..?
( Clue to him : What do Tea Baggers like to do more than anything else )
It was vignette # 2 on C-Span.
Erika was an “assistant” within the Governor’s House. Oversaw that the plumbing was done, set up for teas, etc. having seen some other emails. She was there through the day only.
“The virus interjected national politics into local politics when Web sites like Conservatives4Palin began attacking lawmakers who opposed the governor.
Lawmakers said Palin had turned her back on Alaska and was positioning herself for a national campaign when she resisted accepting federal stimulus money.
“The strings attached to Washington’s stimulus package are real and they’re binding,” Palin said at a news conference in Juneau in March.
Lawmakers looked hard, but couldn’t convince her that the strings were minimal.”
IF….. I decide to watch She who Shall Not Be Named this evening, I’ll do it with a note pad to tally up …1) You Betcha..2) # of Winks ,,3) ” The Great State of Alaska 4) REAL AMERICA/AMERICANS and 5) Troops defending our freedom of Speech…..did I miss any ?
Check this out. It’s a response to a comment I made at the Huffpo regarding the fact that Parnell was never, or hardly ever, CC’d on anything of importance. The first sentence is a dead giveaway that this is a teabagger that is missing the prom.
“I don’t know how Alaska works but in TN the Lt. Gov. wouldn’t get anything from the Governor because the Lt. Gov, is not elected but is instead the Senate Leader. I would hate for my democratic governor to be emailing strategy and the like to my very radical hyper-conservative republican Lt. Gov. Senate Leader.
Regardless, Lt. Gov’s are more like runners-up in pageants in terms of their actual involvement in running things. They’re there in case something happens but don’t really do anything. ”
In case like, maybe….. the GOVERNOR QUITS!!??? Give me a break! Where so these people come from?
well Meede, why was she signing her emails as an assistant to Toad? if she was not?
I understand she has assisted at the Juneau Governors Mansion for a number of years.
I also now question the necessity of the “remodel”…….they didn’t like the washer and dryer in the basement and wanted them moved to the 3rd floor. She also really wanted her tanning bed, even if the state had to pay for extra breaker box because of it. No, sharing the same plug in the basement with the washer dryer was not acceptable, spend the states money damn it.
I bet she hated that house from the get go, it’s too vintage old, it’s not her modern style. Opposite and lacks the privacy she is accustomed to, too many eyes and in town.
What do John Edwards, Joe Lieberman & simple sarah have in common, actually what two things? You got it, all are failed vp nominees and they’re all pond scum!
Is there a link to online coverage of $P’s chatter to the tea party ? Did I miss it being posted ? ( my cat has reminded me 3 times already that I forgot to feed her so I have a feeling I’ve missed a lot of other things due to the reading glut )
R’ipley – We must’ve been typing at the same time re: Chuck Jr.
That makes much more sense that she was talking to her brother .
also too, that wasn’t just any low lacky ‘state attorney’ Toad sent that confidential email to, it was David T. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General.
What does Sarah’s brother do? What’s his business? How does he tie in to the dairy? Someone also said that Todd had two “shirt tail cousins” in Mat Maid. Which relatives are those?
141 daisydem Says:
And again, I say. Todd Palin is a bully.
What do you want to bet, if Sarah gets nailed with something she can’t whine out of that she pulls the Annetta Bryant defense.
“HE made me do it.” And the Dud also ends up under the bus.
It’s similar to being the Assistant to the First Lady.
Think of Administrative Assistants as being the PC name now. They’re secretaries.
Therefore her being Assistant to the First Gentleman – is along the line of the Senior person who would take care of the house duties. When there is an event, she would organize it and be the person in charge of the other people required to carry out the event — aka the hired help. One email she asked if she should see the kids off to school in that both of them were out of town. Years ago, she would have been known as the maid. It’s common for the Governor’s spouse to have an ‘assistant’.
IMO for what she does and what she would be involved in, she’s not worth the time to look at.
so who is Linda and Stephanie? Stephanie must have been canned early, lol.
Scarah said on Nov. 3rd, 07
“I misunderstood and didn’t realize the bed was already in the cedar closet. Yes, see what it would take to get the power extension there… it shouldn’t take much and should be compared to a situation such as during this renovation had we had a need for a dryer to be placed upstairs instead of in this guest bathroom- what would that extension take? I just don’t want Linda making a big deal out of this- and don’t want family requests to be made public in any way as they had through Stephanie.”
Nov. 5, 07 (she took office in Jan. 07? my parentheses below)
Hello Governor,
Yes, I received it (the bed) and we’ll get it taken care of with the least amount of fuss .
When this phase of the plumbing project is over I had requested to have the portable W/D (washer/dryer) moved to the 3rd floor linen closet, so it shouldn’t be an issue. I apologize for involving Linda in these kinds of matters. My understanding is that she was not opposed to taking care of this; she wanted to work it so it wouldn’t appear like something out of the norm-i.e. using areas that were closest to existing 220 outlets and running the conduit from there. I think that we’re fine if we include it with the w/d on the 3rd floor.
It’s good/helpful to know how you want things handled, so I appreciate your feedback!
On a day like today-I wish the bed was ready to go for you to use right away!!
Thanks,
Erika
Jan 28, 08 (gosh almost two months after the bed arrives, Scarah has had to be patient)
Hello Governor,
The two options for the tanning bed are:
1. Install the bed in the basement next to the dryer and share the 220 outlet with the dryer. The bed would fit against the wall where the table is currently located; plugging and unplugging the bed and dryer would be necessary as an extension cord cannot be used with the 220 outlet. (TheHousekeeping table could be moved to the Kitchen Prep room.)
2. 220 outlet in Cedar Closet (Additional breaker box to increase capacity to 3rd floor). Benefits to the House: The third floor breaker is at capacity; it would be beneficial to increase capacity for future use verses the basement where it isn’t an issue. This option would allow for additional circuit loads on the 3rd floor to install washer/dryer during phase 2 of the plumbing project. The state would pay for the replacement of the breaker box.
Anchor Electric: Cedar Room $3,252.35
It would take 1-2 days to schedule the electrician and a few days work to have it up and running. Please advise on how you would like for me to proceed.
Thanks,
Erika
I think Todd is a complete chauvinist. Never in a million years would I have thought he was the one running things. No wonder Sarah’s speeches are so incoherent, she really has no idea what is going on. She just sashays around when the time in right & gives word salad speeches. It apprears this dog & pony show has been going on for years & that the Palins own an enormous amount of property & have since she was mayor.
fyi, C-SPAN is showing the TP convention right now. They have some sort of panel on stage getting ready to take questions. Bwahahaha! I’ll be nice and keep my comments to myself, but will say the crowd seems to be all white…..no diversity that I have seen yet.
yo seattle ! have added them on to the list…now it’s time to suck down a bottle of Patron , so my mind is in proper frame of reference for what I am about to do……….
From the conservative, but not wacky Frum Forum (a Rino of course) reporting from the tea party:
…..A Barack-Obama put-down every 60 seconds. That would be a concise way to describe the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, which will draw to a close later today, following Sarah Palin’s keynote speech.
One of the most bizarre moments of the convention came when blogger Andrew Breitbart delivered a particularly vicious fulmination against the mainstream media, prompting everyone to get up, turn toward the media section at the back of the conference room, and scream “USA! USA! USA!”…….
Does anyone recall whether the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) made any donation of food last winter to Ann, et al?
Are they a part of the Alaskan Government or are they separate or private?
I have been looking at some different emails and came across the ASMI stuff and thought interesting knowing the situation last year. The two paragraphs below set out about funding.
ASMI currently receives $lM in General Funds (AK Gov); these are used to match federal Market Access Program dollars at nearly three to one. Federal dollars fund over 60% ofour overseas marketing budget so continued funding is very necessary and a good investment
The seafood industry funds ASMI… ASMI’s core funding, over $7M, comes directly from voluntary industry assessment paid by processors. Last year the Legislature provided $lM in GF to help with marketing efforts. Federal grants and federal matching dollars make up the remainder ofour funds. Much ofthe federal dollars are going away which leaves ASMI sources limited at a time when the competition is ramping up their efforts to weaken our marketing position.
Say No: I’m watching on tv and I don’t know if they are live streaming. I googled and PJTV is live streaming but you have to register and that could be something you might not want to do. MSNBC.com and CNN.com will probably livestream once Palin comes on. Not sure though.
Listening or watching Faux News or the Conservatives spew isn’t something I do. That said, whoever on the blog gave us heads up for the Tea Party and $P on C-Span thank you.
Listen, and if it fits for you watch, but we need to know what these people are doing, and why they are succeeding. If there are tips to be learned from that group it is important to know what they are saying, planning and what is happening on the inside. This night may be one of the few opportunities. It is on now.
ugh, from ocean of urine, a fan who went to the Salina speech…….he said it was heavy on details, hmmm. Funny too, he said everyone leaned forward when she started speaking, he thought it was from interest, I can only imagine it in order to figure out what the heck she is trying to say. lol
Folks, I think she’s gonna try to run…….a Fake news guy, Camron something said she has a lot of options and is the front runner.
They’re saying the email issue is silly and manufactured for ratings….. I’d like to know the first time Toad was ever referred to as her advisor.
here is what the fan wrote…….he thinks she knocked it outta the park and people off the fence, gah.
“the speech read like something of a campaign speech in disguise. Rather than explicitly saying “This is my plan for America” as a Presidential candidate would say, she was much subtler about it, instead implying it in a “This is what I think we should do” or “This is what I would do if I could” sort of manner. But truthfully, whether or not it was a campaign speech is of little importance, because in a room of 6000, I’d venture to guess she just secured 5800 votes for herself.”
“The speech was heavy on the details. Unlike some interviews on Fox or on other networks where she often simply says “We need free market solutions,” Sarah used specificity akin to that which was present in “Going Rogue,” particularly when it came to which taxes need to be eliminated and/or reduced. Same goes for the content of the energy portion of the speech.”
I couldn’t do it. Lasted only a minute or so and yelled at the TV most of that time. Prior to her appearance the people taking the mic said no need to blame, but come forward wih ideas and solutions. Why then is $P speaking since all that spews out of her mouth and rolls out of “her” pen is criticism? At least her hair was cleaner than usual and combed, including the hair extensions.
Found this link on Palingates. Very interesting email regarding people (?) making copies of computer hard drives on August 4, 2008 while Palin was in Fairbanks. She was not told ahead of time and was NOT amused.
From Janice Mason:
“They unhooked the bedroom computer and took it to copy the hard drive. It was then returned back to the house. All of staff computers that were needed were copied over the weekend. I was told that the department of law had asked for this”
Hmmm…wonder who these mysterious people were and just what they were looking for…
I was gonna watch the Palin’s teabagger speech but… well, okay, I did watch for about 45 seconds but then decided since I am not on a diet that I needed no word salad. I made it a special point to skip the Q & A session.
Yanno, one of the teabagger complaints down in these parts is how so many of Obama’s appointees are tax cheats… how does the news of the past few days affect their view of s’error palin? Or will they again turn a blind eye to her better-than-thou way of doing things?
betzy,
184 – That is the company that retrieved the e-mails for MSNBC for the cost of $300.+ If my info is correct they will be doing more work on the issue.
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That would be incorrect in that the emails in the link are dated August, 2008 referencing an event on August 4, 2008.
MSNBC submitted a FOIA request to the state, a week after she was picked for VP candidate which was in September. Those emails are retrieved by the state off their server and then go through the system to be checked which then ends up with the numerous ones that were dedacted.
MSNBC or anyone else who submits a FOIA request does not send in a company to a personal computer to retrieve emails.
Anonymous then responded: How did the Alaska media miss this?
3PA-10-00053CI McLean, Scott James vs. Palin, Diana D
Petitioner: Scott James McLean, dob: 08/01/1970
Respondent: Diana D Palin, dob: 03/13/1974
meede 194 – Crivella West provided the emails Bill Dedman, an msnbc.com investigative reporter received, on a website that Crivella West has up now, after they “digitized, analyzed and categorized.. into Special Collections for easy review.”
What a week, indeed !
It feels like one of those “to be continued……” episodes on TV !
A real “cliff hanger”. Never fear though, I’m sure there’s another person out there who can be blamed .It’s never her fault, never her responsibility,poor baby.
It’s like it’s Chanukah for Bloggers. 8 days of gifts.
Taxgate, Toadgate, E- mailgate…..
And tonight, the night that makes this night different than all others.
The Queen of Mean is going to smoke Meth tonight, speak off script & lead her bots off to another planet.
I sort of owe the flats. The story about the Petersville tax bills lead me to examine my own a bit closer. I am paying twice the amount per acre as the other 4 tracts nearby, and about three times the rate that the Palins are paying. My Mat-Su property is farther from the road than theirs, and should be worth less the way I see it. Besides, I don’t have any structures at all.
Thanks Mudflats, I’m working on my appeal.
i don’t want to come off sounding mean-spirited or anything, but could you lovely wonderful people in alaska kindly keep mz. palin home?
surely you can find things for her to do up there?
even chris wallace cannot find any good thing to say about her except he hopes she will sit in his lap. don imus and rush limbaugh insult her and her children every chance they get.
Funny thought – the tea partiers want smaller government, yet it’s now clear their poster-gal INCREASED the number of AK Governors from one to almost two. Way to go, tea baggers!!
Actually, Sarah increased the number of governors to 3. Sarah, Todd and Parnell. How many people does it take to fill the Alaskan governor’s post for one term? Answer: we don’t know. The light bulb was dim to start with and has now gone dark and we have no clue as to how to replace it.
Some other poster on another site gave me this idea. The real reason why Sarah resigned as governor was that Todd told her he was leaving her and wanted a divorce. She quit because she was totally clueless as to what she was supposed to do as governor. Then, after her grifting money making schemes clicked, Todd stuck around to make as much as possible as quickly as possible until their ethical ponzi schemes unraveled.
Well, kids – this is the week we’ve been waiting for. Now I wonder how teflon Annie is going to slide out of all of this….. The saga continues.
@8 London Bridges
That explanation doesn’t work IMO. There was much discussion around here at the time. When $P did her quitter speech, it was smack dab in the middle of the short fishing season when they make the most money. The ‘Dude’ had to leave all and fly in overnight – to provide the backdrop prop, among the loons quacking in the lake background. I don’t think the timing was of dude’s chosing.
Is this speechifin’ evening going to be open to the press? I would love to know what new words she uses.
thump…thump…thump………splattttt!!!
(shite —–>fan——->wall)
It has been quite a week- Like getting to the top of the ski lift and looking down the mountain
Ah, an open thread. The anti-choice ad on the Superbowl will be showing twice now.
I have written CBS telling them because of the anti-choice ad they will be running, I will not watch anymore of their regular programing.
I know some of you might not agree with me, but for all who wish to make a comment to CBS, here is their contact form.
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
Gosh, where to start? Abuse of power, fraud, collusion, influence peddling, nepotism, tax evasion – a veritable smörgåsbord of corruption and indictable charges.
The floodgates have opened.
Todd Palin has his finger in every pie. Of course, Hillary is brought up as justification. However, she operated in the clear light of day with the approval and knowledge of the general public during Clinton’s time in office. Todd has operated under the wire for years. I wonder how many other devious dealings he has been involved in over these many years that have gone before and behind us. Also too and therefore.
I doubt Hillary was that intimately involved in that things went through her before they went to the President. The e-mails show that Todd was a LOT more involved than just as an adviser, looks like he called the shots on some things. If that had happened with the Clinton’s the repups would have had a kanipchen
Um-m-m…….ok.
http://i.imgur.com/rO86L.jpg
What surpries me is not Todd’s involvement , but Sarah’s lack of involvement.
Remember in the olden days when the Super Bowl ads were funny & clever & they were trying to sell beer ….those were the days.
This from (conservative) FrumForum on “The Next Palin Scandal”:
http://www.frumforum.com/the-next-palin-scandal
@austintx
That’s from a joke site ~ churchsigngenerator
Given the Stupidity of certain Baptists in Haiti, it fits!
Just got an alert from Amazon. (How timely.)
Dunn’s Book- “The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power” is now available for pre-order.
Maybe check the Mudflats Shop first.
18 OMG Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 7:04 AM
This from (conservative) FrumForum on “The Next Palin Scandal”:
http://www.frumforum.com/the-next-palin-scandal
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from the link:
“Conservatives were rightly irritated when Hillary Clinton tried to boot-strap her ceremonial position into a role in personnel and policy. But did even she go so far as this?”
EXACTLY!!
Those of you reading the e-mails…. read this one.
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/487.pdf
Plenty of secrecy and coded references by Bill Arnold (president of Dubai Petroleum Co. for Conoco Phillips) and Mark Fish Republican (and prominent member of American Freedom Movement).
This can’t be good…..
Oh my {{{ Ripley }}} you found yourself a find! That is just plain creepy and disturbing!
From this morning’s Lexington-Herald “Coming to you from her Wasilla living room.” And goes on to state that Fox is giving Palin her own TV studio in her living room! And states “She reads daily e-mail briefings on domestic and foreign policy from a small group of advisers who remained loyal after her tumultuous vice presidential campaign in 2008.”
And, of course, she is backing Rand Paul for Senate in Kentucky. Arrrrgh!
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/569.pdf
Todd asked for his opinion on appointments… Hmm no Governor on the “to” line here…..
Anyone else old enough to remember a mid-60′s TV show of (largely) political satire called That Was the Week that Was (TW3)? It often featured Tom Lehrer’s music (he wrote things like “Pollution” and “National Brotherhood Week”), though it was Nancy Ames who sang the theme song.
Well, THIS was the week that was. I’ll bet none of you Alaskans suspected you’d elected TODD.
Health and peace.
I truly hate to pour cold water on hopes that this week’s news will mark a turning point and sudden downward slide in Palin’s seeming onward and upward trajectory. However, if the NY Times article today by their lead political writer, Mark Liebovich, is any indication, she is still sheathed in teflon. The Liebovich article about her week omits her property tax problems, Todd’s shadow governor emails, questionable uses of SarahPac funds, and does not mention the News Corporation’s outsize role in promoting her (how many politiicians have home television studios?). To protest this very slanted article, write the Times ombudsman at Public@NYTimes.com.
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/going-rogue-without-a-condom/
Go read Shannyn’s blog >> listed on the right.
There are legal issues brought up with the emails, troopergate, kids travel etc.
I think the NYT article was prepared for this weekend when she was supposed to be a Tea Party star. Before all the #@$ hit the fan.
Weaver
That Piper is such a good advisor!!
OMG (18)
This from (conservative) FrumForum on “The Next Palin Scandal”:
http://www.frumforum.com/the-next-palin-scandal
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this one is rich; one of the comments from that link:
“So Sarah Palin turned state power over to a known secessionist. How un-American can you get?”
30 Seagull Junker Palin Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 8:03 AM
I think the NYT article was prepared for this weekend when she was supposed to be a Tea Party star. Before all the #@$ hit the fan.
Seagull Junker — I had the same thought. But, then I realized that the Times does a lousy incomplete job of reporting on this woman. I know that because an old friend who is smart, liberal, and a very good journalist believes Sarah is not dangerous and I am crazy to be concerned about her. Why? Because I get my information from Alaskan blogs, while my friend reads the NY Times and Washington Post. This ordinarily highly intelligent person has told me that if those two papers don’t have the stories, they are not worthy of being read or believed. This from someone who worked for UPI for many years and now is editor of a chain of award winning local newspapers. So, I wrote a comment to the paper. They are doing a the country great disservice to not report more of what is known about Sarah Palin.
Back to my comment @#14 about Hillary, it should be stressed that the examples of First Ladies brought forward for justification are the spouses of Presidents and these ladies frequently head and manage public initiatives. To my knowledge, gubernatorial spouses are generally limited to ceremonial duties. To compare Todd Palin to Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt et al is comparing apples to oranges and is specious at best
You GO HudsonElizabeth!
Ripley – wow- great find on the Bill Arnold post…interesting about the “State Email being closed” to them , and wanting a different way in… tends to throw a new light on emailgate….
sage — That’s from a joke site ~ churchsigngenerator
Thanks for the tip – that’s a fun site. I think I might have sinned, though.
“MSNBC Needs Our Help”
http://breepalin.blogspot.com/2010/02/msnbc-needs-our-help.html
benlomond2: I agree that it would or SHOULD give pause to someone like a judge in AK that says it’s OK to have secret e-mail accounts for government officials…
the AIP connection is just too strong here.The fact that Fish doesn’t feel good running as a Republican is very telling. Because he’s an AIP member? Likely.
I hope an investigative reporter looks into that. I sent it to MSNBC.
Anne at Balloon Juice called for labels for Senator Shelby. Here are some of the submissions:
Senator Crimson Bribe
Sen. French Connection
The Alabama Extortionist
Senator Porkwall
Senator Squeegee Man
The ‘Bama Blackmailer
Sen. Earmarks-for-Airbus
Sen. Shellgame
The ‘Bama Scammer
Sen. “Roll Bribe!”
Shelby the French Privateer
Sen. Shelby (R-Toyota / Airbus)
Here is mine,….http://thedailypingpong.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/stupid-shelby-blackmailer-extraordinaire/
any more takers..???/ mia
ps: If you wish to tell him what a piece of work he is, very politely ofcourse, feel free to contact him at:
Washington Office:
304 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5744
Fax: (202) 224-3416
Email: senator@shelby.senate.gov
About Sarah’s anger (or lack thereof) about the “r” word:
http://mediamatters.org/columns/201002050047
Oh boy !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpxiCxO5k0g
This is about the “Ten Commandment Stone Judge” preaching, er I mean, speaking at the Tea Party Convention……
http://www.frumforum.com/getting-religious-at-the-tea-party-convention
“During his whole speech, I kept thinking to myself: And to think that this guy used to be mandated by the state of Alabama to pass judgment on non-Christians, gays, and all the other heathen. Tea Party types tend to be strongly pro-Israel. But that aside, it’s not a particularly familiar place for a nice Jewish boy from Canada.”
For those of you that work in Juneau or Anchorage, how do we proceed forward with our Legislators and demand that all emails are brought forth in a timely manner that is within our rights to request. What can “WE ALASKAN’S” do to demand accountability from our former Gino and her sleezy dud? Where do we even begin? This is just plain wrong. No I did NOT vote for her, and I sure as He11 did NOT vote for Tawd to govern our State and fleece us all.
Another year/session where our Legislators are not going to be very productive because of the mess she “WAS” allowed to create and was never called on the carpet about. This is just insane and assnine. She’s insane and assnine! Between all of the blogs something should be organized and put forth for us to follow that will get the States attention, the IRS attention and the Feds attention. She is the worst of the worst!
I’m thinking they are gonna get away with this; NO ONE will remember that Troopergate excuse was that Todd was a private citizen, and therefore NOT to be held to the same accountability as a State Employee ( for what THAT Standard is worth !) , Now , as per Van Flea- Todd IS an official, but unofficial State Advisor, and the fickle mob will accept THAT explaination… somehow the MSM needs to tie these two opposing excuses together in the same story to make a large enough impact for even the Blind and Deaf ask for an investigation…
Rip… I’m hoping Andree will pick up on it, and be able to utilize it in her appeal…
Couple of things. Sarah’s tanning bed. Having watched the TV show “Men in Trees”, the cop used to have some type of light projector that she needed to use to ward off depression. Me thinks this was in relation to lack of sunlight in Alaska. Could the tanning bed have been used by Sarah to ward off depression?
Secondly, I had read that someone had suggested a title for an at home show for the Palin’s called “Whoze Ur Daddy”! OMG how that made me laugh.
New post up at Margaret & Helen!
From MSNBC’s First Read:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sarah Palin is expected to take the stage here tonight at 9, and speak for about 30 to 45 minutes. She will then take about 15 minutes of pre-screened, pre-selected questions.
Organizers say they aren’t sure if Palin has seen the questions in advance.
Andrew Breitbart, who runs a conservative Web site, will introduce Palin. Rep.
ha ha ha,,,The twitta-quitta is terrified to handle Tea-partier’s gotcha-questions!!
At this rate, how long before even her family members will be required to submit pre-screened questions.????…just wondering…/ mia
#18 OMG Says:
This from (conservative) FrumForum on “The Next Palin Scandal”:
http://www.frumforum.com/the-next-palin-scandal
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I liked this comment:
“Apparently the teabagger convention web site says there are still tickets available for Sarah Palin’s speech tomorrow night. The Queen Tea Bagger was not able to sell out the hall. If anyone thinks that 600 Baggers is an impressive showing, please note that two weeks from now the National Wild Turkey Federation is gathering at the same venue. They are expecting 40,000 attendees. ”
Thanks Newfoundland Dogs for the CBS link to voice views about the Super Bowl ad. I sent them an email and hope lots of other folks will too.
I am growing less and less fond of TV!
Palin pairs up with Perry in my home state this weekend. UGH!
Check out this article in today’s NY Times, which details Palin’s cushy, responsibility-free setup as an “opinionator.” Interesting that she is getting daily briefings on U.S. and world affairs.
Several of her supporters mention “all the attacks” against her. Makes it sound like any criticism of her is mere partisan mud-slinging. Never mind the factual objects, the law-breaking and the many public self-contradictions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/us/politics/06palin.html?hpw
Discouraging. The phrase “the wicked prosper” comes to mind.
benlomond2: I sent it directly to AKM. She would be able to get it to Andree. I also posted it on Shannyn’s site, as well as Huffpo, palingates, gryphen and Bree. I sent it to Syrin, as well. Everyone needs to read that.
So we have Tebow doing his commercial during the Super Bowl and at halftime we have Pete Townshend , registered sex offender , playing with The Who.
Only in America.
I sent an email to Mr. Dedman about the Alaska statutes and Executive Ethics Act regarding nepotism and several links to the confidentiality forms that are required as well as statewide personnel management memo.
This information was in a comment I read at Palingates by a poster named Palinoia whom I credit in my mail.
I also referred him to Mudflats for more information about the AKM’s original story about Cabingate.
Palingates, today, has lots of information and pictures about the properties the Palins own, their “toys” as well as a peek at income tax documents dating prior to the alleged Book Tour/Give $$$ to MEEEEEEEEEEEEE which shows an income of $166,000. Wonder how they managed to feed, clothe and shelter 4/5 children and maintain, and insure planes and boats and snowmachines and four-wheels and pay mortgages and taxes on that kind of salary. More questions to be answered.
After all this email stuff I see much more phone use, instead of email.
She has invaded Kansas. Armed with misinformation and lies.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1730380.html?pageNum=3&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav
Wow, heads up AKM and Alaska……..I counted Lisa Murkowski as having 7 fundraisers, out of the total 66…….hmmm, I would certainly hope that the State of Alaska would not be footing the travel or lodging bill for any of these partisan fundraisers. She’s going to San Francisco, and has some expensive ski trips scheduled, also too.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0210/GOP_Memo_66_Senate_fundraisers_in_54_days.html?showall
“Senate Republicans — hoping to capitalize on the momentum of Scott Brown’s Massachusetts victory — are holding 66 big-money fundraisers over the next 54 days, hosted by lobbyists, energy industry execs and political headliners like Mary Matalin, according to an internal scheduling memo leaked to POLITICO.
The Feb. 5 memo from National Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Rob Jesmer provides an inside look at a party hoping to cash in on the momentum of the tea party movement — while strengthening its money connections to the Washington lobbying establishment so reviled by the conservative populists who have given the GOP new life.”
Here is a chart that shows that Obama has us on the right track:
http://girldujour.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/proof-that-what-the-obama-administration-is-doing-is-working/
Here is a chart that shows that Reaganomics blows:
http://girldujour.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/national-debt-increase-by-each-president-shows-that-reaganomics-blows/
Does anyone know if any of these e mails were cc’d to the Lt. Gov? He seems to be completely left out of the loops….
Notes from the Tea Party Convention via NY Times –
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/notes-from-the-tea-party-convention/
Every time I see someone post the attendance number at around 600, I’m just agog. Can that be true ?? When I was posting over on twitter it occurred to me that there are more people than that at today’s matinee at any megaplex movie theater in any city . How many people come through Costco on a Saturday afternoon over the course of 3 hours ? High school footballs games bring in more people. And THIS is being covered ??
For all the open tables they have, they should offer up warm shelter and a nice lobster meal to some folks that are out in the cold this weekend in Nashville. It’d fill the seats and they’d be doing something truly Christian. Maybe $P could share some of the fruit and dessert baskets that I bet were waiting for her in her hotel room.
46. 46 avahome Says: February 6th, 2010 at 9:19 AM Couple of things. Sarah’s tanning bed. Having watched the TV show “Men in Trees”, the cop used to have some type of light projector that she needed to use to ward off depression. Me thinks this was in relation to lack of sunlight in Alaska. Could the tanning bed have been used by Sarah to ward off depression?
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I used to watch that too (the lead male was very good looking imo), but all you need for the full-spectrum light is a ChromaLux or VeriLux light bulb and a lamp to put it in. I had one when I lived in NYC. Could have used that in the Bay Area as a freshman. Doesn’t require re wiring a mansion. She just needed some skin cancer to match up with her BFF McCain.
#49 Curiouser, I don’t understand either why this pathetically attended event is being covered. A foreign coin show in Boise, ID would draw more attendees.
Here’s a Planned Parenthood petition defending Mrs. Tebow’s right to choice.
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/superbowlad_ppan?qp_source=superbowl_taf_ppan
The Palins are like vigilantes doing things their way until the courts tell them they can’t. The lawyer’s reasoning that Todd can be compared to Hillary/Bill, or presidential spouses is like comparing oranges to apples. The news out there that Todd was sitting in on meetings, listening to confidential State discussions, is not like a spouse setting up an office, working on their own pet projects.
A spouse should not be receiving cc’s from a number of different departmental offices.
“Advisor” is not sending and receiving information to the governor’s aides and staff. Or, being sent to inquire on people’s personal backgrounds. Totally different head.
ATF @59 – really good point re: Parnell. I’ve been through quite a number of emails so far and didn’t realize until you mentioned it that Parnell seems to be out of the loop. I’ll pay more attention now. Just did a search on his name and only came up with 3 pages, some of which he wasn’t cc’d but rather was being mentioned within the email.
Strikes me that emails being tossed around during the election campaign certainly should have been copied to him, right ?
My two cents on the emails – There is enough there to damage her for future office but we need a few really good jounalists to decide that it’s a good idea to ask for back story info and insights from the bloggers who have been doing the big work and really know this , inside and out. Some really great pieces could come out of that sort of partnership. The coverage it’s getting now is just plain flat.
Let’s rejoice!: Douchebag Nation (via Wonkette)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1Sg5I_dus&feature=player_embedded
Well, if you think about it wouldn’t the Lt. Gov definitely be part of setting up a new administration? Yet he’s left out? In the dark? Not to be consulted? That’s just flat out weird and I find very unusual.
Does this mean Scarah didn’t trust him enough? Does it mean she couldn’t ‘share’ the responsibilities? Does it show her to be a paranoid control freak?
and lookie here, look who Lisa’s sponsors are for this fundraiser…….
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Fundraising Lunch: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Charlie Palmer Steak (101 Constitution Ave NW)
Hosts: Rai Downs, Linda Tarplin, Humana PAC, UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint WELLPAC
Cost: $2,500 co-host, $1,000 to attend
Rip…Excellent !!
It’s going to take perseverence to keep the focus of the media on the items in these e-mails – Sarah is very good at distracting the media by her little outbursts on irrelevent items – “Retardgate” actually ocurring last year, but used just before these emails were released…her minions probably have more of these gaffes lined up for timely release.. A Special Investigator being appointed would be comforting to hear about; somone being assigned specfically to each of these issues, and not distracted by the chaff…interesting that her speech tonite is being televised…I thought the media had been banned originally, I’m sure the MSM are falling over each other to get in, but it’s an effective ploy on her part to distract from the barrels of TNT that are now being de-fused with time….
There is live streaming of the teaparty on PJ TV. I watched it for about 5 minutes, they are droning on and on about how to set up a candidate night, who gets to ask questions. Next they are going to continue yesterday’s topic of how to search on google, etc, because the 600 participants weren’t up on the internet enough to absorb the real topic of the session. Funny. Also they told people not to wear outlandish outfits saying that Obama kills babies and all that like the teapartiers usually do. So it’s kinda like a big Elks club meeting.
Palin may have showed her hypocrisy in not going after Limbaugh’s use of the “r” word but Limbaugh has her to thank for this:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/06/limbaugh-takes-heat-for-using-r-word/?eref=marqueeflipper&fbid=UYuSUWeJs2E
I hope he appreciates that is was own little Sarah who put him in front of this firing squad.
@ zyxomma: I’m that old, and thanks for the memories. That Was The Week That Was brought us some great comedians and memorable satire.
@Mia Malkan: Not only are the questions pre-screened, the responses will also be pre-(ghost)-written.
Todd’s role in Alaska state government does not compare with the role of the First Lady of the United States, no matter how inflated an opinion Sarah and Todd had of themselves. Even if the First Lady’s role was ceremonial, such as Jackie giving a TV tour of the White House, that is not the same thing as Todd (and Chuck Heath) being cc’d on government emails and being involved in government business.
When I think of that breathless quitter speech, and the fact that Todd had to be hauled in to make a lakeside appearance, my reaction was panic on the part of Sarah. My husband’s take on the situation was that something had come up in front of the ethics panel or some other state institution. This time, Sarah was caught at something too big to pay back (as in the case of reimbursing her kids’ travel expenses). This time the amount was so big that the deal was either pay it back or Sarah would have to resign. Mr. Lewis’ guess was that the amount (hundreds of thousands) was more than Sarah either could or wanted to pay back, and she did have all of those tempting offers to cash in. Mind you, this is just speculation, but everyone is entitled to their own wild guess.
If you want to take this scenario even further, Todd may not have been part of the decision. As First Dude he held quite a bit of power, and as the spouse of an author or speaker, it wouldn’t be quite the same. Again, just thinking out loud, but at least she didn’t use the excuse that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
With the exception of one MSNBC reporter, none of the msm seems particularly interested in any of this–not the tax stuff, not the emails, etc. I think they are still afraid of being labeled persecutors if they dare to report any facts on the Palins. Not even a peep from Palin’s nemesis Andrew Sullivan about the emails. Wonder why?
If you want the ‘ other side of the coin’ perspective ( from the Pee pool ) about Van Fleabags response to all of these emails that have come out. ” THEY ” think that Fleabag is a ‘ Brilliant ‘ Lawyer… maybe one of the best and brightest in Alaska. That Bill/Hillary answer was Great… to Them. Is a 15 watt bulb Brilliant?
( Did they see his ‘ brilliant’ reason why they claimed zero tax on their Chalets.?)
Someone also thought he would make a great ” White House Counsel “… and others nodded their heads in agreement. Bobble-heads nod in unison, also too.
I think it takes someone who has been really up on it to understand what the emails mean. I notice that comments on the various blogs read something like this….”oh yeah, MSBNC waited this long to try to sabotage the teaparty”. I don’t think there’s been enough emphasis on the fact that the Palin administration charged 15,000,000 at first. To delay, 1.5 years. Think of what would have happened if the emails came out just before the election, much more of a todo.
After following
Gryphen and Palingates, I am thinking the SS Palin is going to hit the rocks and sink quickly.
Between AKM, GRyphen, Palingates and Vera City among others….too many eyes and ears are searching through all of the financials that are available and it’s starting to really smell badly. Wait until the rest of the email are released and it’s NOT only going to be the Palins that going down. Seriously gonna be in depp doo-do0.
Now the legislature is in session, start considering what topics you feel strongly about, have information regarding, ideas and whatever and start letting your voice be heard by writing’ Alaska Personal Opinion Messages’ to the legislators via the easy format provided…we need to let our voices be heard over the lobbyists who are influencing our reps in far away Juneau…and they listen, believe it…do your citizens duty and send them your ideas…and remember we are an owner state and should protect our treasures and resources…I don’t understand why we can’t develop our own, instead of outsourcing them to outside companies and countries…lets protect our sovereignty and not let outsiders tell us what to do.
Ripley in CT,
Further to your great email find, here is an article with comments from Bill Arnold, President of DPC (Dubai Petroleum). The article from 2007 discusses:
“Effective April 2007, DPC will end it’s role as operator, marking the end of Dubai’s first offshore oil concession and the beginning of a new phase in which the Emirate of Dubai (government) will directly control its offshore oil resources”
http://www.ameinfo.com/93260.html
In another issue under search of “Dubai” as I recall something about AK and Dubai but could not remember what it was, a link came up for Dubai World, which I recall last fall was in a major credit crisis. There is the matter of the Alaskan Permanent Fund having lost $430 million. In an article on Alaska Dispatch, which refers to the KTUU item, it says it could have been worse!!:
I cannot post the link to a story on KTU knowing about multiple links, so will post it in another comment below this one.
The email you posted was June 2007. The connection of DPC and Emirate of Dubai transpired in April 2007 and you add in AK’s Permanent Fund having connection to Dubai World and the large loss. Connections?
I don’t know if it is anything, but Bill Arnold is very deep in oil including the mid-East and to see his name on the emails — makes you wonder.
Governor Palin busted for billing the state to install her tanning bed:
http://palinquestions.blogspot.com/2010/02/tanning-bed-e-mail-to-sarah-palin.html
Ripley in CT,
I have posted a comment to you but it has got stuck in the filter.
Tried tweaking it a few times but have no idea why it got stuck. Hopefully it will be passed by one of the moderators.
It is with regard to your email find, more specifically Bill Arnold mentioned and his business in 2007. Have no idea if there is a connection but found it interesting
Meede, click on my name and go to “about”. my e-mail addy is there. Or you can find me on the forum.
Also, in the “wild ride” category:
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/1106.pdf
The Mike Bradner mentioned here is a Dr. Mike Bradner. Not sure of his affiliation, as it’s redacted.
Also, the date is April 17. Wouldn’t Janice know about the contractions and the trip home by now? And she’s e-mailing them to ask if they want a puppy.
Check out Gryphen’s post he has up of an email dated April 18th, 2008 referencing the evening of April 17th. WOW!!
@Mickey7 Sully *has* mentioned the emails – yesterday, quoting from the MSBN article – and has blogged about Palin again today: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/02/why-i-still-watch-palin-like-a-hawk.html#more
@London Bridges #7
“How many people does it take to fill the Alaskan governor’s post for one term? Answer: we don’t know. The light bulb was dim to start with and has now gone dark and we have no clue as to how to replace it.”
Hahahahahha. Actually, we have three clues. They are all in the party of D–for Diversity. Berkowitz, French, Poe. Follow the clues and may the best man rise to the honor.
#58 girl, those charts are great. Just shows how under Reagan the national debt soared. The Bush’s also made their contributions to our debt. We need to shut this talking point down and get the truth out.
Most folks just glaze over when the talk turns to economics. However, the facts are that the economy has done better under Democrats for over 100 years. It is a fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has given better returns under Democratic administrations.
..i am typing about abortions, and the quitter/liar Nilapharas (hold in mirror..)
how many abortions has sarah had?
Here’s where Todd gets his first Blackberry…
Bonus: Todd’s work and education history from his own mouth (keyboard)
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/592.pdf
Just to lighten things up- a funny story about stupid things not SP
Leaving Childish Things on LoveJoy Avenue
I crossed the street because I was afraid. I was afraid to walk past this man in a black weather torn leather jacket who was with another woman, and a tall lanky dark tanned Indian, all three kind of sprawled on the front lawn, with their feet visiting the pavement.
The man in particular had a thick build to him, long biker hair, greasy from living outdoors, but he couldn’t have been as old as he looked. Chiseled with a charcoal dapple to his face, cut by the wind and cured by the sun.
The girl she may have been 17 or so, was freckled in the face, very course and thick hair, with the brownest eyes, and thick to the waist. Jeans and sandals, dirty white halter top, not profoundly busted, but suggestive as a woman and clearly the mate of the tall Indian who presented himself with a jean jacket, Viet Nam style- cut off sleeves, definitely had been doing road work for quite awhile.
They were drinking wine without a brown bag to hide behind. They were street people, pan handlers, pedestrians whose idea of a walk about, was to get as piss drunk as possible, as often as possible, to linger briefly for the day, and relive the first morning hour- because that was all they had left. They were to figure heavily in the direction of my life.
Portland, Oregon, 1976.
I had just arrived from Pittsburgh on the wings of my thumb, and digging into survival mode. The first rule always, was to scope out the city, and get to know it fast. Shelter hadn’t yet become an issue because I was staying with a couple of friends who had moved out here a year ago, and were a couple of 47906 girls. Zip code for Purdue and it’s graduates.
Susan and Kathy were 23ish, totally new wave in terms of mustang freedom and new found empowerment. I had met them during my stint as a crisis center counselor back at 47906, a transitioning moment from hormones to empathy- that particular path a little cloudy at best. I had a mad crush on Susan and a twisted sense of desire for Kathy, but that was all moot, because we were spiritual and intellectual buddies, and pretty well ingrained with that “do you want to talk about it- before we do it- and are we comfortable with it” intervention mode that basically ends up being better than a condom in terms of redacting my particular gene something.
No need for a conversation here, with empowerment, familiarity, and empathy any attempt to have sex (sans some sort of spiritual commingling of fluids and religious epiphany) was locked into some undecipherable well of chastity and hopeless desperation.
Yeah, that’s how it went with Kathy and Susan. Regardless, they were friends enough to allow me to sleep on their couch for a few weeks while I got my bearings straight. It was a wonderful visit until I made a couple of mistakes in terms of judgement.
The absolute worst thing you can do as a guest and sleeping on the couch in the home of two attractive post graduate ladies, is drink a lot of beer, take up couch space which in turn leads to implied subterfuge in terms of undermining their ability to pick up other more desirable (than myself) men.
Compounding the first issue, comes the realization that I had delivered to this pair of pristine debutantes, a very nasty set of the “crabs” (an infestation harbored from the Pittsburgh fraternity house I had lived in for the six months prior), a colony of visitors that had no doubt made the couch I was sleeping in, their own particular ShangGriLa.
Even the Crisis Center had failed to prepare either of these two women with the tools, and intellectual compassion to hide the crimson venom coursing up their faces as they started to connect the dots and sequence the inevitable destination of these rather opportunistic pubic vectors, appropriately named in Latin- pubis pediculosa.
The fact that they have a Latin name implies that being diminutive does not guarantee obscurity. A Latin name means you have been doing this for awhile, and unlike the language, you aren’t quite right dead yet.
Quite the opposite… If it’s warm, moist, and furry, hey man- it’s a beach!
So… Pounding pavement before the kwell cream can work it’s magic. Lesson learned? Never admit you have the crabs.
Off to find a place to live, and the fist step was to side step the street people.
(To be continued)
In today’s Guardian (London) – interesting bunch of idiocy with Palin at the helm (what a surprise )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/05/tea-party-united-states
palin referring to her tea bagger nashville followers as ‘soldiers’ is a scary scenario…does that mean they’re obedient to the faux maker?
46 avahome Says:
Could the tanning bed have been used by Sarah to ward off depression?
Problem is she didn’t live in the Governor’s mansion, didn’t like to go to Juneau. So if it was a tratemtn for SAD she was skpping her meds a lot.
I heard back from Bill Dedman at MSNBC.com. He’s checking the link I sent him! Woot! It works!
Can someone from Alaska give a guess as to why Shadow Guv would’ve requested info about PERS & SBS investment funds , during the campaign ?
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/1572.pdf
The reason that it even caught my attention ( this stuff makes me glaze over and I normally would’ve continued without a 2nd look) was that it was sent to an address for Todd that was a McCain camp email . This email address comes up only once in a search and it’s for this. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include Todd’s original email text that would’ve initiated this response.
Why does Todd have a McCain camp address ? Why is it used only once? Any thoughts? ( did Todd even know this one existed ??? ) These questions and more on today’s episode of ” As the Palin World Churns ” .
50 Cathy in Texas Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Palin pairs up with Perry in my home state this weekend. UGH!
UHG indeed. I was hopig Kay Bailey would whomp Whorehouse Perry, but it looks like he is haninging in there by appealing to the dumbest, most intollerant population of the state, along with kissing the …… of big businesses like Alcoa and big Oil.
Texas has had some real losers as Governors the Perry is a sespool.
It’s quite funny to see VanFlein make reference to Todd as a “key advisor” and everyone knew it but wherein it was not all that long ago they were selling everyone a bill of goods that Todd was a ‘private citizen’ when the subpeonas were being served in Troopergate.
Seems VanFlea flip flops like a fish as to what he is selling too!!
#89 @R’ipley
I did too. I replied a thank your and referred him to three emails about the Valley Dairy that had Chuck Heath cc’d. And I mentioned the odd fact that Sean Parnell was totally out of the loop on just about everything which I found both strange and intriguing!
Does anyone know if Todd officially graduated from High School?
Also he stated he had two years of college………….what college?
Was he following Sarah around?
Yes that is strange in deed LiLadyNY! You’d THINK the Gov Lt would be in on the correspondence.
And btw, my identification of Bill Arnold as the oil company president is not accurate. He’s one of your Alaskan horns, spouting off about getting rid of municipal governments and such. I think that the fact that he and Mark Fish were corresponding with the governor’s office is still very fishy.
Ripley, from your BB and work experience email:
“Well, you didn’t officially go to a trade school, but it sounds like you had a lot of on the job training and other great work experiences/opportunities. I’ll pass the information on to Jason and Andy and see if they have any other questions.”
Didn’t officially or unofficially go to a trade school because he went to HS shop classes. And that so-called lawyer Van Flein has the stupidity to compare Todd to two First Ladies who have law degrees from leading universities. What an a$$ her mouth piece is.
and also too, lets we forget her ties…
http://tinyurl.com/yet6gsb
Recalling her quoting a known fascist and all-around bad guy in her Republican convention speech.
This stuff is creeping me out.
austintx – i don’t believe that pete townshend is a sex offender. this is from the smoking gun:
MAY 7–After a four-month investigation, London police today cleared Pete Townshend of kiddie porn charges. But the rock star will still spend five years on a U.K. register of sex offenders because the co-founder of The Who visited a web site containing child porn images. Townshend was nabbed in January on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, though no such photos were found following a search of his home and computer. At the time of his arrest, Townshend admitted using his credit card to visit a web site offering child porn, but told cops he was just conducting research. Along with being placed on the sex offender registry, the performer had to submit a DNA sample to police and have his fingerprints and mug shot taken. As part of his “research project,” Townshend drafted the below six-page treatise on the easy availability of child pornography on the Internet. So easy, in fact, that Townshend, 57, wrote that he accidentally discovered a photo of a two-year-old boy being raped when he typed the words “Russia,” “orphanages,” and “boys” into a search engine. Townshend claimed that he reached for his telephone and “intended to call the police and take them through the process I had stumbled upon–and bring the pornographers involved to [jail],” but that he decided not to contact authorities after discussing the issue with an attorney. Townshend’s paper, which he once posted on his official web site, also notes that the “pathway to ‘free’ paedophilic imagery is–as it were–laid out like a free line of cocaine at a decadent cocktail party: only the strong willed or terminally uncurious can resist.” In the January 2002 porn treatise, Townshend notes that since 1997 he has been working on “some kind of document” relating to Internet porn, but that he feared being arrested by police who were on a “witch hunt” to catch anyone who visited illicit web pages: “Those vigilantes who research these pathways open themselves up to internet ‘snoops.’”
Gag! This sounds an awful lot like the teabaggers talking points, doesn’t it?????
http://www.akip.org/platform.html
AIP Platform
“#6: To foster a constitutional amendment abolishing and prohibiting all property taxes. (the Palin’s have this one DOWN)
#15: To support the rights of parents to privately or home school their children. (Piper?)
#17: To oppose the borrowing of money by government for any purposes other than for capital improvements.”
Sheesh!!!
I don’t really have a problem with a spouse having some input in government affairs.
(I hope President Obama listens to Michelle on a regular basis.)
What is so sorry here is the fierce and partisan cronyism displayed in these communications by a former governor and her family, a governor who purported to govern as a “reformer.”
This partisan, cronyism style of politics and governing is what is so disturbing about the Palins. The T-Party and wing-nut part of the Republican party are mostly about small-mindedness and divisiveness. Everywhere that Sarah speaks is with a group focused on small-mindedness and divisiveness.
I’m so proud that President Obama rises far above this kind of activity and leads through compassion and hard work on behalf of all the American people and the people of the world.
Ripley in CT,
President of oil company IS too deep!! LOL The problem of the Left — we think!
So should my post appear, we know to ignore it.
Have to admit the co-incidence in the name and DPC and the APF connection to Dubai World and the lose — all strange but easily done as nothing from them is clean cut and we see moreso now, above board. From a fork in the road, we travel down the oil fork. Ooops. Wrong turn!!
it’s ok Meede, it’s not really about the oil anyway,,,, it’s about the AIP.
I posted this link about the guy behind the tea party convention late last night. It’s interesting to see what kind of guy $arah is palling around with.
He must have hooked her in with the promise she would be the queen of the ball.
http://www.aolnews.com/politics/article/judson-phillips-threw-a-tea-party-and-trouble-showed-up/19345884?sms_ss=email
Interesting that Van Flein bothered to post excuses on the C4P site. Why not save the legal arguments for court, if you think it’ll go that far?
It seems like Van Flein & Palins are concerned about losing the loyalty of their follower$.
Just up now on Crooks and Liars – More Than A Supportive Spouse, NBC Investigation Of Todd Palin’s E-Mails Show Deep Involvement In Gubernatorial Decisions
http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/more-supportive-spouse-nbc-investigat
Funny comment from the Frum Forum:
teabag // Feb 5, 2010 at 7:29 pm
“Apparently the teabagger convention web site says there are still tickets available for Sarah Palin’s speech tomorrow night. The Queen Tea Bagger was not able to sell out the hall. If anyone thinks that 600 Baggers is an impressive showing, please note that two weeks from now the National Wild Turkey Federation is gathering at the same venue. They are expecting 40,000 attendees. ”
Maybe she should have talked to the Turkey guys seeing as she knows more about slaughtering Turkeys than the founding fathers. Remember the turkey slaughter speech at thanksgiving?
Laurie…I just read the AOL link that you provided. Sarah has found her soul mate in this guy.
ATF @59… i got a good chuckle from your comment. imagine if todd and chuck were copied on more emails than the lt. gov. *shaking head*
Reading the link that Laurie put up on Judson Phillips, the Bagger Event organizer.
“For almost as long, he failed to pay federal taxes, leading the IRS to saddle him with $22,521 in liens from 2004 to 2008″
Guess she’s changed her tune about people who owe taxes now that she’s in the same boat!!
Mickey7@72, i doubt andrew sullivan will hold back. i’m sure he’s taking his time surfing through the emails before he draws his sword. he doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
Pat Forgey, at the Juneau Empire, noted quite some time ago that it appeared Palin had plagerized another author — a side note among his noting many, many other factual discrepancies of the who, what, where, when types. I hope if Palin ever has the nerve to face a true journalist, this is one of the questions that comes up.
Just thought I’d mention it. Also, plagerized authors do have legal means of dealing with such theft. (hint, hint!)
103 Laurie Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I posted this link about the guy behind the tea party convention late last night. It’s interesting to see what kind of guy $arah is palling around with.
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Laurie… I saw Judson Phillips on C-Span coverage last night. His main Job was to introduce their Friday night ‘ Keynote Speaker ‘.. just like S’error is tonights.
He started off telling people that when he goes online… the first page he opens is the TPN website. BUT… the 2nd one and the MOST important one that the others there should ALSO be reading from is WND. ( WingNutDaily).
He bragged that there are stories there that you won’t find ” anywhere else “.
That’s true ….because the site is 100 conspiracy theorists…. and Birthers.
The Keynote Speaker Friday was CEO and Founder of WingNutDaily, Joseph Farah. All the birthers in the room clapped and there was applause for everything he was spewing forth. ( These are the Sarah Followers )
They LOVED HIM!! Bachman CRAZY times 10.
Here is the C-Span clip of his speech. I think I saw that Media Matters had posted it as well. Someone on Huffpo posted it.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291955-1
Mental Health Break!
Every Saturday Daily Kos publishes the hate mail of the week. I simply had to share this one.
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you
go f’ yourself, you smarmy little piece of trash. you do nothing but pollute, exactly like those on the right you call out. you and your site are not fit to wipe my dog’s ass. i’m sure you get 100s of emails like this every day, and i’m proud to be one of them….
sub, nyc
Kos:
Anyone who goes around wiping their dog’s ass is immediately suspect. Anyone who tries to do it with a computer is as crazy as your average Republican. And anyone who is proud to tell others that he wipes his dog’s ass must be a Glenn Beck fan.
AKM: in any of the emails that I have seen (I have not been on the website of MSNBC to look at them) I do not see Parnell referenced. And yet, he was Lt. Gov. Obviously, Todd had a greater role than Parnell in governing Alaska. What about Parnell during that time? Has anyone tried to talk to him about these revelations? I understand that for the most part, he is in Sarah’s pocket. But surely as the actual PAID assistant to the governor, he must have done something? He is the one who should have approved leave for personnel in the absence of the governor.
Criminy, every time I visit Andrew Halcro’s blog I have to think that anyone informed, intelligent, and analytical gets squeezed out of government and politics like a pip from a lemon.
Or shall we simply consider his Shadow Guv post from A YEAR AND A HALF AGO as convincing evidence of psychic ability?
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor
Poor Van Flea, lol, Scarah must be yelling at him to DO SOMETHING, PUT THIS STORY TO BED, NOW…….. which actually means it has teeth. The fact he addressed this one main email as most serious Toad tells me there may be something very wrong with it or it’s a shiny distraction. It’s press statement is quite long, that also tells me something, so much to defend and blur. Anyone smell smoke? He uses big ol run on paragraphs too, crammin and sloppin all his points together.
Okay, he’s trying to:
1) neutralize the shadow governor business at the state level as no big deal. ha.
2) says Toad “donated” his time and efforts, all for free and love to help Alaska. ha, no possibility of deal making here, it’s worse when it ALL under the table.
3) compares them to political power couples, really? they were a power couple the day she took office? ha
4) what does she say in Going Rogue about Toad advising or helping run the state that millions of people have read? somebody enlighten me.
5) says his roll as spouse was “Key Advisor”. wow, isn’t that supposed to be someone who has more than a high school education and job experience in government? from a Mayor advisor running a small town, to a key Gov advisor running a huge state. It doesn’t seem right.
6) Toad needed no wasteful entourage of people to travel with him, lol, kinda like those pesky security people who see and know things that they got rid of.
7) He tries to nullify both “shadow and divorce” stories in one fell swoop, like both could not be true. Ha
I found this interesting…….”all, if not most”, ah…. what is it, all or most? gee that leaves room for stuff not public record or easily obtained by anyone.
Van Flea said…..”and all, if not most, was a matter of public record” and later said “largely the same information”.
And give me a break, how freaking bold to compare a Gov. first lady/dude to a Presidential first lady/dude. She thinks she’s equivalent, qualified now that she ran VP and should be in the White House dang it. She’s come a long way baby, lol. Van Flea used the term “Chief Executive” also too, lol. That title she doesn’t need anymore.
Van Flea said….”Each spouse of the chief executive is free to define his or her own role. From the policy oriented Hillary Clinton, to the more traditional and charitable work of Laura Bush, to the combined policy/traditionalist role of Michelle Obama, the first spouse takes on the duties within their interests and within the context of their marriage to the chief executive. Todd was no different.”
This is funny to me also, “the true facts”, yeppers, just cuz he a lawyer says so don’t ya know…… using in the same sentence “third party” and vague wording like “apparently”, yeah them be facts. It sounds more like made up BS that Scarah would feed her lawyer and pay him to find a way to put it out there. Yeppers. Just like she argued with Steve Schmidt about health insurance and AIP membership. Only her lawyer is willing to believe her and print her lies.
Van Flea said…..”The true facts are as follows: Todd Palin received an email from a third party (an email that was apparently making the rounds in Alaska) and he forwarded that to a state attorney on August 29, 2007.”
If it was no big deal, old news, common knowledge, whatever….why did Toad feel the need to turn it over to a state attorney? what was wrong with it? what attorney?
And I beg to differ with Van Flea saying the residents of Alaska were well aware of and knew the extent of Toad’s involvement, really? through rumors maybe, the grapevine? gee maybe a statewide poll should be taken on that line of BS.
A question, is this email tied with the other emails referring to muddying or hurting Chenalts (sp) chances of winning his senate seat? the email was about safety records…..people of Chenalt’s district wanted Scarah to use the fact Chenalt voted against a bill about BP needing to be held responsible for pipeline erosion and maintenance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35264215/ns/nightly_news
WHOA can it be? Fox presented the email story:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/06/palin-e-mails-suggest-husbands-role-governing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Flatest+(Text+-+Latest+Headlines)
Amidst all of the stress and the hate-filled rhetoric between political factions, this storm (2 feet of snow, downed trees, etc.) has shown me that we Americans can still be thoroughly decent, thoughtful and kind people. I’m a 68 year old retired lady lawyer – who’s just barely recovered from the H1N1 flu. My next door neighbor (a staunch Dem) just came over with his chain saw to clear away some huge fallen tree branches which were blocking the front walk/door of my house, and another neighbor – the Air Force ROTC officer who teaches at Pitt, just finished shoveling my long, sloping driveway. Since I’m the local judge of elections, I happen to know that he’s a registered Republican (but his wife’s a Dem!). This is how it used to be in the USA – we had political differences which we could debate without insulting each other, and we certainly put those aside to help out those who needed it. I am teary-eyed.
Last night and tonight-
Last night in Salina Kansas, a “more than 6000″ Chamber of Commerce house sold out to hear Sarah. Following speakers like GWB, Colin Powell, Joyce Brothers.
Tickets for the dinner sold for $50 to $75 dollars+ 25. People could watch the speech for $25. Palin got major applause. Probably ordinary Republicans? Net profit to organizers $50,000
Tonight she goes to Nashville, and a house of 600 (unless they haul in ringers.)
Cost, $350 or more. Maybe a cranky audience? Following crap speakers.
Net profit to organizers maybe $80,000.
So what will Sarah learn?
Just to pick a better price point?
Or that she should not cut herself off from mainstream Republicans and just tea bag? Or vice versa? Or is it too late to for her choose?
116 @OMG
Does that mean the story isn’t true? Dang.
Nice message, PennLawyer.
Moose Pucky Says:
February 6th, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I don’t really have a problem with a spouse having some input in government affairs.
(I hope President Obama listens to Michelle on a regular basis.)
What is so sorry here is the fierce and partisan cronyism displayed in these communications by a former governor and her family, a governor who purported to govern as a “reformer.”
This partisan, cronyism style of politics and governing is what is so disturbing about the Palins. The T-Party and wing-nut part of the Republican party are mostly about small-mindedness and divisiveness. Everywhere that Sarah speaks is with a group focused on small-mindedness and divisiveness.
I’m so proud that President Obama rises far above this kind of activity and leads through compassion and hard work on behalf of all the American people and the people of the world.
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Imagine the storm of controversy that would erupt if Michelle Obama were as involved in running Affairs of State as Todd Palin has been.
And as you point out, she is an extremely well-credentialed and experienced lawyer.
But….but….Todd went to shop class!
PennLawyer ~ that makes my heart feel good.
My DH is a Casino manager,there are lots of confidential memos,mmetings,and information invilved.Sometimes when he is making a hiring decision or a decision about disciplinary action,he will run his ideas by me,I will tell him what I think.He never includes confidential information when he does this.Then he makes his decisions,and communicates them and puts them in action at work. No one from the Casino has ever emailed me for my opinion,or called to ask if I want something done a certain way. That would be crazy.
being an unpaid advisor and being a policy maker and decision maker are 2 different things.It would be like my husband got hired but I went to work in his place and did the job.
IMHO Mrs Paylin was unable to do the job,and they both knew it.She is merely a charismatic pretty face,able to dupe the public into hiring her for a job she could not handle.Todd and Ivy Frye and the others knew she could not do the job,but she was their meal ticket,so they did it for her.
Here’s a question…
Are all of you Mudpups slopping through these muddy, slimy emails going to be talking off your boots for an hour this evening for an hour to tune into the QUITTERS Speech in Nashville..?
Will there be some live-blogging or maybe a live-Chat in the treehouse..?
( no reservation needed… and it won’t cost $549 )
Drinks and popcorn at the ready… or chocolate..?
You never know… she might announce some new ‘ mandations ‘ in the speech.
I sure hope Jon Stewart sent some of his News interviewers to get some coverage of this event. ” Incognito “… of course. Just dress them in a funny Revolutionary War outfit with a 3-corner hat… they would blend right in.
These people are ‘ Comedy Goldmines ‘
I can think of one spouse of a governor who “assisted.” Potty-mouth Patti Blagojevich.
Just received a reply from Bill Dedman about the Chuck Heath emails I sent to him regarding the Valley Dairy/Mat Maid disaster. And that there are no emails to Sean Parnell which I found “strange and intriguiting”.
Here it is:
Good question. There are e-mails where Chuck Heath sent info to the Palins on the dairy, and Sarah Palin said she was more charged up about this than anything ever. I didn’t know of Chuck’s connection. Thanks for speaking up.
I linked to Andrew Halcro’s blog for more information for Mr. Dedham.
I told him he’s literally looking a a gold mine of stories about the Palins and their cronies.
Many of us here in CA wish that Maria was making more policy decisions. We might not be in such a mess.
Found an email dated April/08 that Ivy Frye is weighing in on discussing the building of the pipeline!
“In my inexpert opinion, I think we can capitalize on BP/Conoco’s announcement to build a pipeline–it shows the competitive AGIA process is working. We are closer now to a pipeline either via Transcanada or Conoco/BP and an in-state line NOT because we conceded to the wishes of the Big 3, but because we didn’t.”
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/1061.pdf
The one paragraph I copied mentioning ‘Transcanada’ OR Conoco/BP — Wasn’t word on the street that Transcanada had been paid $500 mill so how would it be an ‘OR’ discussion.
i still can’t get over the use of the word “delegates” when various MSMs describe the 600 in attendance to the TP Convention. Is this supposed to make us think that there were runoffs and local elections of “delegates” and THAT is why there are only 600 in attendance?
please. pass.popcorn
@ 117: FOX is talking about the emails now so they can take control of the story. They just need to give their viewers a couple of talking points to make it all go away.
I can’t decide if I can stomach listening to herself tonight. I have sort of forgotten what her voice sounds like and I am glad about that… What I know for sure is that I have spent most of today (and yesterday, truth be told) bouncing from blog to blog reading, shaking my head, laughing and saying OMG enough that the fam is once again worried about me (echoes of the ’08 election) What would I do without the Puppies on the Flats?????
Cutting some slack..to the assorted ..teabaggers..might be..helpful in the …….’Long Run’. Intellectual lemmings..need to ..ummm..’congregate’..in sufficient numbers..that…. critical mass..can occur. Whereas..the individual men and women who are operational enough..to work alongside us..in anytown usa..only start fizzing n fragmenting..when exposed to others of their ‘ilk’..let’s comment less about their gatherings..and let them siphon-in..as many as they can. Exposure to..each other..will work to ..tidy the group in ways..we can only imagine.
This is all so exciting. I know a lot of you are basically subliminally aware of this, but we are all involved in something really important, and that is a new way that journalism is being done and is going to be done in the future. Rather than bloggers and commenters being competitors to journalists, we are in fact the new supporting arm of investigative journalism – when partnering with those in other forms of media who want to do the job – tell the true story – but are hampered by no support for their ideas from their management, no time, no money, their commitment to their own family and desire to spend time with them, etc.
“Boots on the Ground” is no mere moniker – it is the vital thing that will make this work. We have all been decrying “why hasn’t the MSM been covering this over the last two years?” The answer is simple. It’s the economy. No money to pay reporters to go find out the facts, especially up in Alaska, and without finding out the facts first hand, hesitant to broadcast a story that might be just a rumor.
Now, with AKM’s CabinGate story being verified by the relevent borough tax assessor (confirmed her picture was accurate, and they knew the rest of the stuff was true ’cause it came from them!) sources such as AKM have taken a big leap upwards in being considered reputable. SP can rant all she wants about anonymous bloggers, but she hasn’t ever dealt with, well, what if what they are saying is actually true?
Anyway, the more exciting thing, I think, is that with all the folks who follow the AK blogs and are up to date with what’s been going on, and especially AK residents who have been in it from the beginning, many hands make light work. If we all go over the vast e-mails and can pick out what is important and what is not, and more importantly, if you (AK’ns) can fill in the blanks about who the names are and other past histories of those names, then a story can really come together. Yes, we’re (well, more you’re) doing the journalist’s work, but I think we all know by now if we don’t, nobody will. Plus, it will make the story get out there faster, more accurately, and with more context, if people in the know can let an MSNBC or CBS or even Fox reporter know who Dan Rumplestiltskin is and what he was involved with previously, for example. Otherwise, the names in the e-mails are virtually meaningless to them. We fill in the blanks that otherwise would take them time and money to find out. And as we know, time and money is what is has traditionally taken to accurately connect the dots in a story.
This is what Sarah Palin never thought could happen. She literally failed to think someone could accurately connect the dots.
Problems is, with the new technology, and her amazingly brazen decision/ego/hubris to think she was even remotely qualified to be VP, it’s not now just one someone, but a whole lot of someones, smart someones, with fancy elite educations or just good common sense, who are using these new tools, across the country and across the world even, who are working in concert to connect those dots.
I’m laughing at Rep Duncan Hunter (R) on CNN talking about gays in the military. The discussion that there are gays from the U.K., Canada, etc. serving, Hunter pipes up that he was there for 6 or 7 months and he didn’t see a gay there from any of the countries working with the U.S.
Yea — like they all would run up to him and say “Hi, I’m Bill, I’m Gay” or better yet wear a badge saying “I’m Gay — Wanna Play”.
What a bonehead. He’s the type that would be the last they would talk to. Add to it his extreme arrogance is amazing he came off the field.
The fact they can serve openly – it’s a non-issue as it’s not something they have to focus on to make sure no one finds out and be kicked out of the service.
134 Terp, I was thinking the same thing that you have so eloquently written. In order to get a complex story a real journalist needs to reviews and interview lots of sources. We as the “boots on the ground” can help find the pieces that are scattered all about and give background.
I have the feeling that the oil angle will have legs. So many questions but now so many boots turning over the rocks.
When do the 50,000 email arrive?
I was just reading Palingates to see what New popped up in these emails.
S’error might think twice about flying back to Alaska because Juneau is all abuzz. And didn’t that ‘ anonymous letter ‘ AKM get postmarked from Juneau…?
Check your Mailbox regularly AKM… another one might follow.
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( Patrick posted this in his thread )
Interesting info by the ADN – in Juneau, people are busy searching the MSNBC database:
“UPDATE: Crivella West, the company that worked with msnbc.com on the public-records request that resulted in release of the Palin e-mails, has created a searchable database of the e-mails. Sean Cockerham, our reporter in Juneau, says people in Capitol offices were busily clicking away when he was up there earlier today.”
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/147559
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Lets hope some people in Juneau see their names in those emails… and are NOT happy about it. Patrick said to read the comments in that ADN story. Some angry people.
I know we’ve all been busy reading emails, but another story has caught my eye.
We are all grateful that MSNBC has gotten the email released but they are in the process of being taken over by Comcast. We need to pay attention to this story because one of our favorite sources of information may be in jeopardy if this merger goes ahead.
Sen. Franken gave them a talking to this week. HP has the story here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/senator-franken-rips-into_b_450736.html
I urge everyone to take a look and make up your own mind if you think this merger and consolidation should take place. It scares me.
this was dated July, 07—so up until then he had an “assistant”, which I’m sure didn’t sound very manly, shortly after she was just “Executive Residence Manager”, but still doing gofer work for him, just without the title.
Erika Fagerstrom
> Executive Residence Manager & Assistant to the First
> Gentleman
> Governor’s House
111 honestyinGov Says:
Bachman CRAZY times 10.”
It does speak volumes about Palin the her Tea Baggin’ rabble that an idiot like Bachman has sense enough to shy away from them.
PennLawyer: I have teared up reading your post. Love to you.
I don’t think the emails from Sarah to Chuck regarding Dairygate were written by her. It sounds (addressing “Chuck”, not Dad, whatever) like Todd may have been using her account to reply to Chuck Heath’s email. The comments about being more charged up about this than anything sound like they are coming from the Todd Palin we are beginning to get a glimpse of in these emails.
And again, I say. Todd Palin is a bully.
poke around here. Look and see what a regular ordinary American has the funds and time to acquire in real estate.
http://dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff/sag/NameSearchMenu.cfm
type in “palin sarah” and then especially look under palin sarah h. They’ve been very busy. District 321 is the new one where the tax free shelters are
Daisydem: Palingates has discovered that they are likely referencing the brother, Chuck Jr. Still, not good!
This is a funny clip from C-Span. The attendee in his ‘ Gift bag ‘ is showing what he received in this interview. Nice to know that if you pay $549… you get a $10 bag of trinkets or mementos… AND the ‘ T-shirt ‘.
He is befuddled though… ” What is THIS for ?”… He can’t figure it out. Hmm..?
( Clue to him : What do Tea Baggers like to do more than anything else )
It was vignette # 2 on C-Span.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/02/05/HP/A/29339/National+Tea+Party+Convention+Vignettes.aspx
Say NO to Palin in Politics,
Erika was an “assistant” within the Governor’s House. Oversaw that the plumbing was done, set up for teas, etc. having seen some other emails. She was there through the day only.
ahem RAM and Scarah’s dirty work…………this was written end of July 08…….Rep. Hawker said Scarah brought a virus to AK, lol.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10788770
“The virus interjected national politics into local politics when Web sites like Conservatives4Palin began attacking lawmakers who opposed the governor.
Lawmakers said Palin had turned her back on Alaska and was positioning herself for a national campaign when she resisted accepting federal stimulus money.
“The strings attached to Washington’s stimulus package are real and they’re binding,” Palin said at a news conference in Juneau in March.
Lawmakers looked hard, but couldn’t convince her that the strings were minimal.”
IF….. I decide to watch She who Shall Not Be Named this evening, I’ll do it with a note pad to tally up …1) You Betcha..2) # of Winks ,,3) ” The Great State of Alaska 4) REAL AMERICA/AMERICANS and 5) Troops defending our freedom of Speech…..did I miss any ?
Check this out. It’s a response to a comment I made at the Huffpo regarding the fact that Parnell was never, or hardly ever, CC’d on anything of importance. The first sentence is a dead giveaway that this is a teabagger that is missing the prom.
“I don’t know how Alaska works but in TN the Lt. Gov. wouldn’t get anything from the Governor because the Lt. Gov, is not elected but is instead the Senate Leader. I would hate for my democratic governor to be emailing strategy and the like to my very radical hyper-conservative republican Lt. Gov. Senate Leader.
Regardless, Lt. Gov’s are more like runners-up in pageants in terms of their actual involvement in running things. They’re there in case something happens but don’t really do anything. ”
In case like, maybe….. the GOVERNOR QUITS!!??? Give me a break! Where so these people come from?
so= do…darn it.
update to my earlier post of ( o cripe – i have no idea when but — sometime “earlier” . it’s all a blur !)
The emails where $P was responding to “Chuck” re: MatMaid, she may have been responding to her brother, Chuck Jr.
This negates the “first name with Dad” thing but does nothing to lessen how much her family was in-play with state govt affairs.
well Meede, why was she signing her emails as an assistant to Toad? if she was not?
I understand she has assisted at the Juneau Governors Mansion for a number of years.
I also now question the necessity of the “remodel”…….they didn’t like the washer and dryer in the basement and wanted them moved to the 3rd floor. She also really wanted her tanning bed, even if the state had to pay for extra breaker box because of it. No, sharing the same plug in the basement with the washer dryer was not acceptable, spend the states money damn it.
I bet she hated that house from the get go, it’s too vintage old, it’s not her modern style. Opposite and lacks the privacy she is accustomed to, too many eyes and in town.
What do John Edwards, Joe Lieberman & simple sarah have in common, actually what two things? You got it, all are failed vp nominees and they’re all pond scum!
I also bet the state paid for that tanning bed, wonder if she left it behind or if it was a gift from someone wanting favors.
124 honestyinGov Says:
Revolutionary War outfit with a 3-corner hat… they would blend right in.
These people are ‘ Comedy Goldmines ‘
There are some fun mismeanings and ways to use tri-corn that are very apt for the Tea Bagging Convention.
Is there a link to online coverage of $P’s chatter to the tea party ? Did I miss it being posted ? ( my cat has reminded me 3 times already that I forgot to feed her so I have a feeling I’ve missed a lot of other things due to the reading glut )
R’ipley – We must’ve been typing at the same time re: Chuck Jr.
That makes much more sense that she was talking to her brother .
benlo……you missed common sense values, smaller government, tax cuts to businesses, growing the economy up,
also too, that wasn’t just any low lacky ‘state attorney’ Toad sent that confidential email to, it was David T. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General.
Ok – found the answer to my own question –
Coverage of $P and the tea party continues at C-Span :
http://www.c-span.org/
What does Sarah’s brother do? What’s his business? How does he tie in to the dairy? Someone also said that Todd had two “shirt tail cousins” in Mat Maid. Which relatives are those?
Say No … okay dokay ! I’ve added them on !!
any bets on “Hockey Mom” or “momma bear” ???
141 daisydem Says:
And again, I say. Todd Palin is a bully.
What do you want to bet, if Sarah gets nailed with something she can’t whine out of that she pulls the Annetta Bryant defense.
“HE made me do it.” And the Dud also ends up under the bus.
benlo……how about
“disconnect”
“mandation”
“death panels”
Say No to Palin in Politics,
It’s similar to being the Assistant to the First Lady.
Think of Administrative Assistants as being the PC name now. They’re secretaries.
Therefore her being Assistant to the First Gentleman – is along the line of the Senior person who would take care of the house duties. When there is an event, she would organize it and be the person in charge of the other people required to carry out the event — aka the hired help. One email she asked if she should see the kids off to school in that both of them were out of town. Years ago, she would have been known as the maid. It’s common for the Governor’s spouse to have an ‘assistant’.
IMO for what she does and what she would be involved in, she’s not worth the time to look at.
ALASKANS-
Vic is live blogging the BOF meeting this afternoon. They are at making decision making phase and up to around proposal 130
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/victoria-is-live-blogging-from-the-alaska-state-board-of-fish-meeting-today-2610/#comments
Come on over ( you too AKM, you need a gone gov break!)
if you have a stake in one of the later proposals !
And now for something completely different. . .
A headline: Mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes near LA
WHAT! I mean I’m glad no one was hurt, but this is more like a Science Fiction movie of Mud people attacking homes.
Which actually a lover of bad SciFi movies I would probably watch.
so who is Linda and Stephanie? Stephanie must have been canned early, lol.
Scarah said on Nov. 3rd, 07
“I misunderstood and didn’t realize the bed was already in the cedar closet. Yes, see what it would take to get the power extension there… it shouldn’t take much and should be compared to a situation such as during this renovation had we had a need for a dryer to be placed upstairs instead of in this guest bathroom- what would that extension take? I just don’t want Linda making a big deal out of this- and don’t want family requests to be made public in any way as they had through Stephanie.”
Nov. 5, 07 (she took office in Jan. 07? my parentheses below)
Hello Governor,
Yes, I received it (the bed) and we’ll get it taken care of with the least amount of fuss .
When this phase of the plumbing project is over I had requested to have the portable W/D (washer/dryer) moved to the 3rd floor linen closet, so it shouldn’t be an issue. I apologize for involving Linda in these kinds of matters. My understanding is that she was not opposed to taking care of this; she wanted to work it so it wouldn’t appear like something out of the norm-i.e. using areas that were closest to existing 220 outlets and running the conduit from there. I think that we’re fine if we include it with the w/d on the 3rd floor.
It’s good/helpful to know how you want things handled, so I appreciate your feedback!
On a day like today-I wish the bed was ready to go for you to use right away!!
Thanks,
Erika
Jan 28, 08 (gosh almost two months after the bed arrives, Scarah has had to be patient)
Hello Governor,
The two options for the tanning bed are:
1. Install the bed in the basement next to the dryer and share the 220 outlet with the dryer. The bed would fit against the wall where the table is currently located; plugging and unplugging the bed and dryer would be necessary as an extension cord cannot be used with the 220 outlet. (TheHousekeeping table could be moved to the Kitchen Prep room.)
2. 220 outlet in Cedar Closet (Additional breaker box to increase capacity to 3rd floor). Benefits to the House: The third floor breaker is at capacity; it would be beneficial to increase capacity for future use verses the basement where it isn’t an issue. This option would allow for additional circuit loads on the 3rd floor to install washer/dryer during phase 2 of the plumbing project. The state would pay for the replacement of the breaker box.
Anchor Electric: Cedar Room $3,252.35
It would take 1-2 days to schedule the electrician and a few days work to have it up and running. Please advise on how you would like for me to proceed.
Thanks,
Erika
I think Todd is a complete chauvinist. Never in a million years would I have thought he was the one running things. No wonder Sarah’s speeches are so incoherent, she really has no idea what is going on. She just sashays around when the time in right & gives word salad speeches. It apprears this dog & pony show has been going on for years & that the Palins own an enormous amount of property & have since she was mayor.
fyi, C-SPAN is showing the TP convention right now. They have some sort of panel on stage getting ready to take questions. Bwahahaha! I’ll be nice and keep my comments to myself, but will say the crowd seems to be all white…..no diversity that I have seen yet.
Benlo, add patriots & founding fathers
thanks Meede for the info…….I wouldn’t ask my housekeeper to get me a blackberry phone though, lol.
yo seattle ! have added them on to the list…now it’s time to suck down a bottle of Patron , so my mind is in proper frame of reference for what I am about to do……….
From the conservative, but not wacky Frum Forum (a Rino of course) reporting from the tea party:
…..A Barack-Obama put-down every 60 seconds. That would be a concise way to describe the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, which will draw to a close later today, following Sarah Palin’s keynote speech.
http://www.frumforum.com/tea-partys-fifteen-minutes-are-up
One of the most bizarre moments of the convention came when blogger Andrew Breitbart delivered a particularly vicious fulmination against the mainstream media, prompting everyone to get up, turn toward the media section at the back of the conference room, and scream “USA! USA! USA!”…….
Ha ha ha
seattlefan or anyone…….could you post a link for the live coverage, I’m having trouble finding it, thanks!
2 Questions:
Does anyone recall whether the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) made any donation of food last winter to Ann, et al?
Are they a part of the Alaskan Government or are they separate or private?
I have been looking at some different emails and came across the ASMI stuff and thought interesting knowing the situation last year. The two paragraphs below set out about funding.
ASMI currently receives $lM in General Funds (AK Gov); these are used to match federal Market Access Program dollars at nearly three to one. Federal dollars fund over 60% ofour overseas marketing budget so continued funding is very necessary and a good investment
The seafood industry funds ASMI… ASMI’s core funding, over $7M, comes directly from voluntary industry assessment paid by processors. Last year the Legislature provided $lM in GF to help with marketing efforts. Federal grants and federal matching dollars make up the remainder ofour funds. Much ofthe federal dollars are going away which leaves ASMI sources limited at a time when the competition is ramping up their efforts to weaken our marketing position.
Say No to Palin,
http://c-span.org/
Say No: I’m watching on tv and I don’t know if they are live streaming. I googled and PJTV is live streaming but you have to register and that could be something you might not want to do. MSNBC.com and CNN.com will probably livestream once Palin comes on. Not sure though.
They got gift bags with a TPN Tea Party Nation t-shirt, a TPN fanny pack, reading material and OMG – a red about 8″ TPN Megaphone.
If they wear or use any of this, that identifies them to the turkey who orchestrated this event!! Loonie!!!
Listening or watching Faux News or the Conservatives spew isn’t something I do. That said, whoever on the blog gave us heads up for the Tea Party and $P on C-Span thank you.
Listen, and if it fits for you watch, but we need to know what these people are doing, and why they are succeeding. If there are tips to be learned from that group it is important to know what they are saying, planning and what is happening on the inside. This night may be one of the few opportunities. It is on now.
In case it not up Shanny’s article is up on Huff Po.
She’s reading her speech. – She’s already screwed up 4 times and it’s only 7 minutes in.
She’s also having a breathing problem.
ugh, from ocean of urine, a fan who went to the Salina speech…….he said it was heavy on details, hmmm. Funny too, he said everyone leaned forward when she started speaking, he thought it was from interest, I can only imagine it in order to figure out what the heck she is trying to say. lol
Folks, I think she’s gonna try to run…….a Fake news guy, Camron something said she has a lot of options and is the front runner.
They’re saying the email issue is silly and manufactured for ratings….. I’d like to know the first time Toad was ever referred to as her advisor.
here is what the fan wrote…….he thinks she knocked it outta the park and people off the fence, gah.
“the speech read like something of a campaign speech in disguise. Rather than explicitly saying “This is my plan for America” as a Presidential candidate would say, she was much subtler about it, instead implying it in a “This is what I think we should do” or “This is what I would do if I could” sort of manner. But truthfully, whether or not it was a campaign speech is of little importance, because in a room of 6000, I’d venture to guess she just secured 5800 votes for herself.”
“The speech was heavy on the details. Unlike some interviews on Fox or on other networks where she often simply says “We need free market solutions,” Sarah used specificity akin to that which was present in “Going Rogue,” particularly when it came to which taxes need to be eliminated and/or reduced. Same goes for the content of the energy portion of the speech.”
BuffaloGal: I am not watching. Is she drugged? This was my supposition that tonight she would be taking something.
I couldn’t do it. Lasted only a minute or so and yelled at the TV most of that time. Prior to her appearance the people taking the mic said no need to blame, but come forward wih ideas and solutions. Why then is $P speaking since all that spews out of her mouth and rolls out of “her” pen is criticism? At least her hair was cleaner than usual and combed, including the hair extensions.
Snarky here.
Hat tip to my personal hero, Say It With Wookies at Wonkette for this gem:
“well we can already award the prize for Most Pavlovian Audience of 2010″
pant pant pant… I”m barely making it.
Found this link on Palingates. Very interesting email regarding people (?) making copies of computer hard drives on August 4, 2008 while Palin was in Fairbanks. She was not told ahead of time and was NOT amused.
From Janice Mason:
“They unhooked the bedroom computer and took it to copy the hard drive. It was then returned back to the house. All of staff computers that were needed were copied over the weekend. I was told that the department of law had asked for this”
Hmmm…wonder who these mysterious people were and just what they were looking for…
http://crivellawest.biz/pdf/1534.pdf
O.M.G. CAn anyone say “Traitor”?
184 – That is the company that retrieved the e-mails for MSNBC for the cost of $300.+ If my info is correct they will be doing more work on the issue.
I was gonna watch the Palin’s teabagger speech but… well, okay, I did watch for about 45 seconds but then decided since I am not on a diet that I needed no word salad. I made it a special point to skip the Q & A session.
Yanno, one of the teabagger complaints down in these parts is how so many of Obama’s appointees are tax cheats… how does the news of the past few days affect their view of s’error palin? Or will they again turn a blind eye to her better-than-thou way of doing things?
betzy,
184 – That is the company that retrieved the e-mails for MSNBC for the cost of $300.+ If my info is correct they will be doing more work on the issue.
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That would be incorrect in that the emails in the link are dated August, 2008 referencing an event on August 4, 2008.
MSNBC submitted a FOIA request to the state, a week after she was picked for VP candidate which was in September. Those emails are retrieved by the state off their server and then go through the system to be checked which then ends up with the numerous ones that were dedacted.
MSNBC or anyone else who submits a FOIA request does not send in a company to a personal computer to retrieve emails.
More Palin family drama…court date coming up…
missharleyquinn posted this at Palingates
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/02/looking-into-sarah-palins-finances.html#dsq-comments
There’s also a court record for domestic violence with children from January 2010.
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_case_sum?78586918
Anonymous then responded:
How did the Alaska media miss this?
3PA-10-00053CI McLean, Scott James vs. Palin, Diana D
Petitioner: Scott James McLean, dob: 08/01/1970
Respondent: Diana D Palin, dob: 03/13/1974
Event: DV Hearing: Long Term
Date:02/12/2010
Start: 10:30
Judge: Zwink, David L
Location: Courtroom 5, Palmer Courthouse
Petition for Protective Order: Exparte and Long Term
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_case_sum?78586918
Dom Viol With Children (3PA)
meede 194 – Crivella West provided the emails Bill Dedman, an msnbc.com investigative reporter received, on a website that Crivella West has up now, after they “digitized, analyzed and categorized.. into Special Collections for easy review.”
“Copies of all the documents….can be accessed via http://www.crivellawest.com”
Quotes are from Earth Times Feb. 5,2010
Thanks for the heads up.