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Open Thread

I’m back from the Assembly meeting, and I tried to type something up.  These events really sap energy.  I was literally falling asledp at the keys, which I noticed when I began a sentence:  “The ofdoncde32…” and then jerked awake.

So, with that, I bid you good night.  I’ll check in with photos of the event tomorrow.

The live blogging was fantastic for anyone who missed it.  You can read over the comments on the last thread.  It was like you all had a ring side seat.  My Blackberry kept getting passed around so our little group could enjoy the comic relief, the sanity, and the compassion of all of you around the world who shared the evening with us.  Thank you.

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  1. Bretta says:

    Paula @ #100, You’re right.
    If SP was not physically attractive I would still think she is a liar and a conniver and a plagiarist and a deceiver and a tax fraud and a thief and a whiny sneak and a poor parent and a narcissist with schizophasia.

    She has embarrassed me and my state for far too long.

    I’m just grateful that the rest of the Nation is getting an earful.

    Michael Reagan told her to Shut Up on June 3rd and less than a week later she was all over the air as a Banshee full of lies for a minimum of Nine Days.

    Has she no concept of self-appearance or shame?

  2. Bretta says:

    #83, June 17th, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Isabella Says: “”Has anyone ever stayed in a KOA cabin?””

    We have – about three times – loved it!
    I think one in Oregon, one in CA, one in TX.

  3. pearl89 says:

    #247 I wish I could tell my bill collectors that mail I receive doesn’t count as being received until I open it. That is one of the most ridiculous things I ever heard. Mail is counted as received on the day it is delivered.

    Why doesn’t she have someone opening the mail/gifts and disclosing all of the things received. Instead Palin sez, “I have reported those gifts received thus far that are required to be disclosed.” Like I would trust SP to be honest.

    This is just another example of her ineptitude.

    Judging by the number of deleted comments on ADN they must have the most abusive posters of any publication in north America.

  4. nswfm CA says:

    From Buzzflash:

    BUZZFLASH MEDIA PUTZ OF THE WEEK

    John Ziegler

    For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.

  5. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    I guess ManSour is really trying for a brownie button from the queen, first on JZ show then Smurk! I guess she wants a little “shout out” from GINO herself, lol! EPIC fail, be careful your not thrown under the bus!

  6. nswfm CA says:

    From above:
    “Ensign, 51, belongs to the men’s Christian ministry Promise Keepers, and has championed causes pushed by the GOP’s conservative religious base.”

    from right above:
    “As actual jokes go, Letterman’s were average late night jokes, tamer than many of Dennis Miller’s jibes on “The O’Reilly Factor” and paling in comparison to some of Ann Coulter’s more vile statements. But Palin just had to cause a scene about it. She should go on tour with Carrie Prejean — the Bitter Pageant Runner-Ups Tour. ”

    BWAHAHAHAHAH!

  7. Lee323 says:

    247 InJuneau Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 3:53 PM
    Hoping people will still be checking in here to see THIS:

    http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141849

    Gov. Sarah Palin is telling the Alaska Public Offices Commission she doesn’t want to disclose the discount her husband, Todd, receives on purchases of Arctic Cat snowmachines.
    ———————————————————–

    Curious that APOC is asking for Arctic Cat disclosures when the ethics complaint against Palin regarding Arctic Cat was summarily dismissed with apparently little scrutiny. Sounds like there are lingering questions…as well there should be.

  8. Lee323 says:

    Funny but very astute post by Jim David on HuffPo….”Now, It’s Comedians Who Are The Victims.”

    “This is the same woman who advised us to “screw political correctness” and then has a fit when a comic screws political correctness and tells a joke. This is the same woman who said she knows foreign policy because Alaska is next to Russia, then whined when comics joked about it. The same woman who insists that the children of politicians are off-limits but put her daughter on the cover of People. The same woman who can’t even reign in Levi Johnston from discussing his sex life with her daughter on “Larry King Live,” much less handle the nation’s nuclear codes. (snip)

    “As actual jokes go, Letterman’s were average late night jokes, tamer than many of Dennis Miller’s jibes on “The O’Reilly Factor” and paling in comparison to some of Ann Coulter’s more vile statements. But Palin just had to cause a scene about it. She should go on tour with Carrie Prejean — the Bitter Pageant Runner-Ups Tour. ”

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-david/now-its-comedians-who-are_b_216497.html

  9. honestyinGov says:

    # 252
    InJuneau Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 4:25 PM
    UK Lady–just one comment visible so far (although it says there are two… He doesn’t seem overly impressed with “Governor Grifter”!
    —————————-
    I posted the first comment… and it showed ‘1’ comment… but it never showed up. I thought maybe the filters or mods got it. I thought they had blocked me… but I posted two comments to ‘The Ear’ earlier today (about the protest) and both got posted. Why one goes through… and one doesn’t, no clue.
    I don’t see the seapeers there on ADN anymore, on the other stories. Too busy begging for Money??

  10. honestyinGov says:

    # 247
    InJuneau Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 3:53 PM
    Hoping people will still be checking in here to see THIS:
    http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141849
    Gov. Sarah Palin is telling the Alaska Public Offices Commission she doesn’t want to disclose the discount her husband, Todd, receives on purchases of Arctic Cat snowmachines.
    “Todd Palin is entitled to discounts on purchases (as he has received the last 16 years as an Iron Dog racer.) However, according to the terms of his sponsorship agreement, the exact amount of the discount is confidential as a proprietary trade secret,” the governor wrote to APOC officials on Monday.
    Palin’s letter said her husband is allowed to buy a snowmachine at manufacturer cost, without retail markup, and “the manufacturer cost is proprietary information.”
    ———————————-
    Thanks for the story. It sure makes me ask about 10 other questions though rather than answer any…

    WTH is … ” esqualite’ ” …? as in….”others appear to direct their mail to me as the Governor es qualite’. Mail continues to arrive.”
    She shouldn’t be trying to use ‘ french words’ (or whatever it is ), she hasn’t mastered ENGLISH yet.

    And WHAT is with all this MAIL that has never been opened…? Piper was so good on the campaign trail doing her babysitting for Trig. You mean that when she goes on all these trips out of State… Piper, Willow and Bristol can’t be home opening this mail… from a YEAR ago..? (head hitting the desk..)

    Just because someone fails to open these packages is NOT an excuse for you NOT to declare it… BY LAW.
    I sure hope Andee McLeod has read this story. Maybe she will be commenting here…. today.

    ” I will continue to do it until someone tells me I can’t “… comes to mind.

  11. InJuneau says:

    UK Lady–just one comment visible so far (although it says there are two… He doesn’t seem overly impressed with “Governor Grifter”!

  12. UK Lady says:

    What is the feedback on ADN Injuneau – did you see?

  13. InJuneau says:

    Yeah, maybe if he’s involved in something that can’t be disclosed, which she SHOULD have known would have needed to be when she flipping RAN for the job, one of them should quit his or her job… I know which one I’d suggest!

  14. UK Lady says:

    Injuneau – So much for open and transparent – huh!, would love to see new Alaska polls. Real ones, not from the pollster she just employed.

  15. PepperzMom (GA) says:

    crystalwolf aka caligrl Says: June 17th, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    PepperzMom (GA) Says:

    Spider bite update…final one I hope.

    Finally had to go to hospital…wound up on a 3 day series of visits to get an IV anti-biotic drip to stop the infection. *snip*
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    Oh Geeze! What a ordeal! Sounds very painful…I’m glad they finally found something to take down the infection. Was this from the venom or b/c the bite itself got infected? I hope your leg gets better fast. Hope you feel better soon! 🙂

    Say NO to Palin in Politics, Nan & UK Lady too…thanks.

    Dr’s say the spider was not venomous, as I had no symptoms of a venomous reaction. Apparently, I have a sensitivity, but not an allergy, to something in a spider’s bite and the whole thing turned into a massive cellulitis infection.

    There was never anything that could be cultured from the bite area – only a small scab – and it was the surrounding skin/tissue that got infected (itchy and hot, hot, hot!), not the bite site itself. Go figure!

    And UK Lady? Yup, what you said ’bout forgettin’ one pain for another!

  16. InJuneau says:

    Hoping people will still be checking in here to see THIS:

    http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141849

    Gov. Sarah Palin is telling the Alaska Public Offices Commission she doesn’t want to disclose the discount her husband, Todd, receives on purchases of Arctic Cat snowmachines.

    “Todd Palin is entitled to discounts on purchases (as he has received the last 16 years as an Iron Dog racer.) However, according to the terms of his sponsorship agreement, the exact amount of the discount is confidential as a proprietary trade secret,” the governor wrote to APOC officials on Monday.

    Palin’s letter said her husband is allowed to buy a snowmachine at manufacturer cost, without retail markup, and “the manufacturer cost is proprietary information.”

  17. UK Lady says:

    NMJ – Wow Ed Rocks! Thankyou.

  18. mhrt says:

    new post

  19. Nan says:

    SunSweet
    “ya right” – good point lol

    But as no one has brought that up before, it was the best I could do on such short notice. Besides, if not “Depends” then there are also pads.

    Or, it really wasn’t needed, anyway. Which could be the most likely, really, considering the “high dramatics” that seem to accompany SP everywhere.

    I can’t decide if I want her to run in 2012 or not. If she did (and won the nomination – hahahaaa), there’d be nothing but drama, he said she said, and if she didn’t -well, there’d still be drama, he said she said nonsense. What’s the diff?!

    Nan

  20. NMJ says:

    237 UK Lady Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    I believe you can watch yesterday’s show at this link:

    http://www.bigeddieradio.com/videoblog/details.asp?BID=136

    Today he also lambasted the Rethugs as total hypocrites. He seems to say out loud what we say on Mudflats!

  21. UK Lady says:

    Pepperzmom – LOL! Glad you are getting better, just made me laugh because my Mum or Mom as you guys call it is never one to give much symathy. I know exactly what she would have said if that was me – “well at least the pain in your arm will take your mind off your leg!”

  22. SunSweet says:

    Nan, so she sent Todd out for some Depends before the big speech? LOL ya right….

  23. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    this repub is labled a slumlord……

    http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/01/the_adventures_of_rep_stacey_c.php

    “As an addendum to Jeff Woods’ continuing saga, Holy Sh*t! These Are the Guys Who Run Tennessee?!, we present Stacey Campfield, ultra-moralist and Republican House rep from Knoxville.”

    “After visiting one of his rental properties, city inspectors found 47 violations and ruled the home “unfit for human habitation.” Campfield naturally blamed it on his renters. But his explanation rings hollow.

    Among the problems were a basement flooded by raw sewage, rigged electrical wiring, and a furnace that didn’t work. But when the students complained about Campfield’s slow repairs, he threatened to sue them, bragging that his connections made him immune to remedy.”

  24. Nan says:

    Pepperzmom
    I’m glad you found something that is doing the job! And I hope that the last *LAST* post about it will be that it’s 100% all better!

    take care,
    Nan

  25. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    PepperzMom (GA) Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    Spider bite update…final one I hope.

    Finally had to go to hospital…wound up on a 3 day series of visits to get an IV anti-biotic drip to stop the infection. Wasn’t MRSA, but no oral anti-biotics worked. So…wound up with druggie-like inner elbow/arm black & blues due to repeated insertions of caths Monday/Tuesday/today.

    But…it appears the daptomycin…one of the top drugs used sparingly….worked. Most of the infected area cleared up. Had half my calf bloated/red late Monday evening.
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    Oh Geeze! What a ordeal! Sounds very painful…I’m glad they finally found something to take down the infection. Was this from the venom or b/c the bite itself got infected? I hope your leg gets better fast. Hope you feel better soon! 🙂

  26. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    pepperzmom…….so glad you are doing better, stay with it!

  27. UK Lady says:

    NMJ – Please tell me you have a link for that, please.

  28. Nan says:

    Sunsweet – re amniotic leakage
    one word: Depends (or some such)

    or it’s all a big fat uh… well, anyway.

  29. NMJ says:

    Well, I’ve watched The Ed Show on MSNBC once or twice and was lukewarm on it, but today I decided…I really like this guy! Yesterday he called GINO political slime, caught a lot of flack about it, and today he reinforced it! You go, Ed!

  30. Seagull Junker Palin says:

    The ADN has the video of the Letterman protest up. Oooh boy.

  31. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    and then we have the ding bat MacBachmann………..this stupid statement sounds like something Scarah would do.

    a good comment…….spencers mom Says:

    I hope Batshit Bachmann encourages all of her constituents to refuse to participate in the census, too. Since federal dollars are allocated based on population, that’s a lot less money going into a congressional district willing to keep an idiot in office.

    PEACE

    http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/bachmann-census-lawbreaker/

    Bachmann Boasts About Breaking The Law: I’m Refusing To Fill Out The Census

    “Bachmann explained that her fears over the Census were in large part due to the fact that her Number-One Enemy, ACORN, could possibly be involved. (The group might help recruit some of the 1.4 million people needed to go door-to-door to count every American.) She insinuated that former senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) had lost his reelection bid because of “fraudulent votes” perpetrated by ACORN:”

  32. PepperzMom (GA) says:

    Spider bite update…final one I hope.

    Finally had to go to hospital…wound up on a 3 day series of visits to get an IV anti-biotic drip to stop the infection. Wasn’t MRSA, but no oral anti-biotics worked. So…wound up with druggie-like inner elbow/arm black & blues due to repeated insertions of caths Monday/Tuesday/today.

    But…it appears the daptomycin…one of the top drugs used sparingly….worked. Most of the infected area cleared up. Had half my calf bloated/red late Monday evening.

    Still feel like I’ve gone a few rounds with SP’s fund-e-mentalist-ically challenged supporters!

    So there, SP…the sane ones, like almost all of us here, can also come with with new words, too. You betcha! *wink/blink*

    🙂

  33. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    funny, that’s how the repubs describe Scarah too, rising star, most popular. oh my, not just one affair, but two. wonder who forced him to fess up.

    http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/18196

    “Ensign, a rising star in conservative circles and Nevada’s most popular Republican, disclosed the affair at a hastily arranged news conference here Thursday, shattering his prospects for heading his party’s ticket three years from now and jarring a state already dealing with a scandal involving its GOP governor.”

    “Ensign, 51, belongs to the men’s Christian ministry Promise Keepers, and has championed causes pushed by the GOP’s conservative religious base.”

    “In 2002, Ensign missed several public appearances and dropped official business for about two weeks to deal with what his aides then described as a family matter. A person familiar with that episode, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Tuesday the absence followed an earlier affair.”

  34. PepperzMom (GA) says:

    honestyinGov Says: June 17th, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    Just saw a story in the Huffpo about the GOP’s alternative answer to President Obama’s Health Care Plan.

    “House Republicans presented a four-page outline of their health care reform plan Wednesday but said they didn’t know yet how much it would cost, how they would pay for it and how many of the nearly 50 million Americans without insurance would be covered by it. […] ”

    What a ‘ Plan’. These Guys are not even trying anymore. And we should listen to them… Why??

    Hmmm…sounds just like the Thuggery crew’s budget! Lots of outliney thingies with absolutely no numbers!

    Listen…sure. This way you know the correct answer/way is 180 degrees opposite! IOW…whatever Thuggers are for, you’re against it!

  35. SunSweet says:

    Terpsichore, The wild ride story has always intrigued me. So many questions…. To be blunt, I’ve always wondered how she kept from “leaking amniotic fluid” all over her clothes during her speech and during the plane ride home. I speak from experience….this would be a hard thing to cover up.

  36. honestyinGov says:

    Just saw a story in the Huffpo about the GOP’s alternative answer to President Obamas Health Care Plan.

    “House Republicans presented a four-page outline of their health care reform plan Wednesday but said they didn’t know yet how much it would cost, how they would pay for it and how many of the nearly 50 million Americans without insurance would be covered by it. […] ”

    What a ‘ Plan’. These Guys are not even trying anymore. And we should listen to them… Why??

  37. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    # BooBooBear Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    John Zeigler is on live radio right now —link over at the “Echo Chamber”—he is about to blow a blood vessel. This guy is a raving lunatic!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Boo, what’s that idiot talking?

  38. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    this pic of Scarah and what’s in the background is funny……representative of her groupies.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

  39. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    LOL…..this was a fun refresher read……..

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

    “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

    “Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”

    A Palin associate defended her, saying that she is “not good at process questions” and that her comments on Michigan and the robocalls were answers to process questions.”

  40. mommom says:

    Woman who runs with wolves–

    Yor daughter likely has a very winnable lawsuit against the school board . I worked as a pit boss in a casino and we had another pit boss who denied the request of someone who asked to go to the bathroom,even when she told him she had an emergency and had to go now !! When she ended up peeing in her pants in public,he then had to let her go home.She went home,cleaned up,and called a lawyer. She collected a tidy sum from our employer in a settlement ,the casinos attorneys insisted on the settlement instead of a trial,because they knew they would lose,and badly.

    I know you may not want to get involved in all of that,but think of the hundreds of girls in the future who will suffer with this idiot.And remember that if the school board are ok with this type of fool as a coach,they will also be likely to disregaurd complaints about other teachers and coaches,including those who may be abusive in other ways. It would be good for your daughter to see that people who do wrong are punished,too,and that she is not a victim if she prevails.

  41. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    oh my gawd! where did this B*TCH come from……..comparing the health care news coverage at the whitehouse to the whole cabinet being “serviced” my monica lewinsky.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXm6ZnkQLVE&feature=channel

  42. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    look at what the repubs are blasting the airwaves with about health care………

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0hLTzYv_o&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmediamatters.org%2Fblog%2F200906170009&feature=player_embedded

  43. Nan says:

    TX Lisa Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    Terpsichore–there was a news story last fall about palin riding in a car with Trig but Trig was NOT in a carseat!! Here is a link to a story:

    http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2008/10/did-sarah-palin.html
    ______________________

    I love the last sentence: “First dude” Todd Palin, in his sworn statement, said this was a “false rumor,” and that the governor was a passenger in a truck, “on a private farm road without traffic at low speed.”

    Huh? “That’s a lie! Besides, they weren’t on the road itself”

    geez.

  44. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    apparently one of the people interviewed at the “protest” for Scarah is flat out an Obama hater, promoting racist hate.

    http://sobeale.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-just-about-hating-obama.html

    “She was substantially more subdued than the last time we saw her, ejected from the DNC rules and bylaws meeting shouting “God damn the Democrats!” and telling Neil Cavuto that Obama’s nomination was invalid because “99% of the blacks don’t even know why they’re voting for him.”

    Okie dokie.”

  45. TX Lisa says:

    Terpsichore–there was a news story last fall about palin riding in a car with Trig but Trig was NOT in a carseat!! Here is a link to a story:

    http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2008/10/did-sarah-palin.html

    The story was in the Anchorage Daily News (I didn’t search that far to find the original story)

  46. honestyinGov says:

    While Man Sour is out there begging for money I came across another site yesterday that was covering the Letterman protest, HillBuzz (won’t link them )
    The comments there are even MORE childish and High School than the Man Sour fans. It’s great comedy though. One fan posted asking about the next ‘tea-bagging parties ‘ and immediatly about 3 people jumped in and scolded her.

    “We refer to them as ‘Tea Party’s ‘… the Left makes fun of use when we used that term “…. (Yes… of we do ) Because YOU named yourselves THAT… not us. Ironic huh. ( they sort of explained it to her )

    Back to the Man Sour Grifter Game Pledge. This website was putting out the Word also.
    They are “””” PLEADING””””for their people to send money to the Alaska Fund Trust. ( I had put their quote on the other thread late yesterday )
    ———————————
    “Don’t forget to make a donation if you can ($5..$10…$25). Yesterday they raised almost 55,000.00 but they have 5 days left and are hoping to get to 500,000.00. So, cancel your subscription to HBO and donate it to the Gov.”
    ——————————-
    Wierd huh..? Sounds to me like they are talking to 12 year olds.
    RED Kool Aid… anyone…? get some now.

  47. TX Lisa says:

    London Bridges @214—Great Idea!!! I loved it!

    How did you come up with it?

  48. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    this blogg in TN is good! she progressin in redneck country. Yep, TN has some serious work to do.

    http://sobeale.blogspot.com/2009/06/tngop-petty-party-v2.html

    So we finally have the reason why Republican legislators voted against locating privately-funded statues of Al Gore and Cordell Hull, our state’s two Nobel Peace Prize winners, on state capitol grounds: it’s because Gore’s not dead yet:

    On largely party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday not to support a proposal to erect statues depicting Gore and fellow Nobel laureate Cordell Hull, on the basis that recipients of Capitol Hill honors should be dead. Hull died in 1955.

    (jumping down the article to)

    “I don’t think anyone knows who he is or why he’s there,” said attorney and professor Lewis Laska. “Edward Ward Carmack was one of the most racist politicians in Tennessee history.” Laska feels the statue should come down because of what Carmack stood for.

    “He wanted the 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution repealed. That’s the amendment that gave black men the right to vote. He thought that lynching was a good idea because it kept black people ‘in their place,'” said Laska.

    Well by all means let’s keep the statue of Carmack on the state capitol grounds, then. And let’s make sure no Republican legislator has to gaze upon the visage of Al Gore on his or her way into work. That would be just too awful.

  49. Professor Geezer says:

    J-Zieg & R-Man should start dating? That would be a good reality show.

  50. Terpsichore says:

    Pardon me for going on a Snark Rant, but Sarah, did you actually just tweet this?

    “NOTHING more important than safety of our babies”

    Seems ya didn’t think so in April 2008 when you hopped two planes from Texas to Alaska then rode in a car for an hour (I presume Todd or someone else actually did the driving) while (according to you) 8 months pregnant with a diagnosed special needs, Down Syndrome child, and experiencing anmiotic fluid leaking BEFORE you gave your speech in Dallas and then embarked on this trip, rather than just … go to a hospital in Dallas and get checked out by a doctor.

    Or even going straight from the Anchorage airport to a hospital and, ya know, getting checked out by a doctor.

    Hey, maybe you were right. Maybe there was nothing to worry about. Why not, when it comes to the health of your baby, take the ‘better safe than sorry’ route? I mean, “NOTHING is more important than the safety of our babies”. I would think that would include Mom being OK about being a little inconvenienced about her travel palns, and Dad not minding if their little bundle of joy was born in Texas rather than Alaska.

    If NOTHING is more inportant than the safety of our babies, that means if we do err, we choose to err on the side of caution.

    So, you really don’t understand why the ridiculous Trig birth stories can continue? Your own story of his birth is so unbelievable from the standpoint of THE SAFETY OF YOUR OWN BABY!!! And the appearance of your choices demonstrates that making sure Trig was born at a particular hospital in Alaska was more important than his health and well-being, not to mention yours (potentially), and not to mention the tremendous disregard for the passengers and crew of the flights if you had “been wrong” about when that baby was going to decide to arrive.

    David Lettermen said it in his apology Monday night – Appearance is what ultimately wins out, not the intent.

    Your choices made it APPEAR as if you were either making up the whole, or at least parts, of the Trig birth story (e.g., you are a liar), or, if your story is true, you appear to an absolutely reckless person, exhibiting what most would call poor judgement, when it comes to making decisions.

    I do not want either liars, reckless decision-makers, or people with poor judgement as the people who are representing me at ANY level of government, and I especially do not want liars, reckless decision-makers or persons with poor judgement as President of the US.

    Snark Rant over.

  51. London Bridges says:

    The coach problem. If the principal is wholly unsympathetic, I suggest wearing a short skirt to the meeting. If the principal provides no relief, silently urinate on the chair while seated in the big cheeses office before thanking her/him for their time. In a couple of days the principal will get the message.

  52. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    I find this bloggers last sentence kind of interesting in light of Scarahs newest AG appointment, her “suprise” Exxon deal and “secret” trip to TX.

    http://sobeale.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-think-sarah-palin-knows-what.html

    “Umm …. Someone needs to take the Governor aside and tell her what socialism is. Looks like you guys have a taste of it up in Alaska.

    In the meantime, why don’t we nationalize our oil companies the way socialist countries like Norway do. Like Alaska, Norway believes oil revenues belong to the people, not a corporation. Except in Norway, it belongs to all the people, not just those who live near the oil platforms.

    Of course, in this country these royalties–when they are collected–are supposed to go to the Dept. of the Interior. However, Houston, we have a little problem:

    WASHINGTON – June 9 – The U.S. Interior Department is wrongly withholding information that will reveal whether taxpayers are being ripped off in a controversial oil and gas royalty program, according to a lawsuit filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Interior claims that disclosure of bidding and contracting information about its Royalty-In-Kind sales would reveal oil company trade secrets.

    Oh, whah. That would just be too f*cking bad, now wouldn’t it. Geez, what is it with the graft at the Interior Dept.? Must be too many loyal Bushies still left behind.”

  53. mlaiuppa says:

    Thanks, HonestyInGov.

    Now as for Woman who runs with wolves little problem.

    Obviously the adult thing is to talk to the coach. If unresolved talk to the principal. If unresolved talk to the superintendent. If unresolved talk to the school board.

    If unresolved you get a lawyer and you sue.

    Of course, you can also see if all of the girls will band together and quit en masse. Doing it at a press conference stating the reason WHY they are all quiting, outlining steps taken and why the issue remains unresolved.etc.

    Of course, you can always tell them that if it EVER happens again, to hold their cups and as they pass by the coach to accidentally “trip”, emptying said contents on to the coach. Be sure to apologize profusely and sound sincere. Practice with cups of water and in front of a mirror if necessary. Make sure they know you’ll back them up. You’d have to get all parents on board with this one too. So you’d have to go through all above steps first so parent understand the unity of the last resort.

    BTW coach is an a$$. He’d be so fired in my school district. If I got a whiff of this I’d have his job, even though I’m not a parent, just a fellow teacher.

  54. London Bridges says:

    When I worked in government, I could never use my title if I was acting in my capacity and right to act as a private citizen. Ever then, I had to be careful to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest. Using my title inappropriately would be grounds for disciplinary action.

  55. London Bridges says:

    When Palin is governor it is a title that specifically indicates her position. After she is deposed, it will be clearly known as a term of respect as all will know she is no longer governor.

    Thus, I disagree.

  56. nswfm CA says:

    This just in from BuzzFlash:
    “BUZZFLASH FUN

    You voted and the results are in. It was a tight race, but BuzzFlash is ready to announce the first- and second-place winners in our Name Cheney’s Memoir contest. Drum roll, please!

    Coming in at the very top of our eight finalists with 35 percent of the vote, the submission of BuzzFlash reader daphne chyprious earned first place with the witty literary pun Lord of the Lies.

    Second place goes to winston smith (who may be a familiar name thanks to his frequent contributions to BuzzFlash’s Mailbag, or due to his role as the protagonist in George Orwell’s seminal dystopia Nineteen Eighty-Four) whose suggestion of Undisclosed Location: A Personal Journey From Washington D.C. to Fort Leavenworth came in with 21 percent of the vote.”
    ________
    I’m hoping that the second place winner ends up being a real headline.

  57. InJuneau says:

    There’s a new thread up with a report of last night’s meeting; lots of instructive photos!

  58. Isabella says:

    Damn

    Two police chiefs are under investigation for breaking into the Ohio home of Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate mother to sell information a tabloid, Usmagazine.com has learned.
    http://www.usmagazine.com/news/police-chief-investigated-for-breaking-into-home-of-sarah-jessica-parker-surrogate-2009176

  59. Paula says:

    Oh, echo chamber… I get it.

  60. Isabella says:

    BooBooBear “John Zeigler is on live radio right now —link over at the “Echo Chamber”—he is about to blow a blood vessel. This guy is a raving lunatic!”

    Good, let him pop a heart attack over Palin.

  61. Paula says:

    What is echo chamber? Got a link?

  62. BooBooBear says:

    John Zeigler is on live radio right now —link over at the “Echo Chamber”—he is about to blow a blood vessel. This guy is a raving lunatic!

  63. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    I just read that hundreds more redshirts are signing up to testify at the hearings. We already know that they have been bused in not only from MatSu, but even from the lower 48 (“Christian” churches). The game plan, it seems, is to drag this out until Mayor Sullivan takes office, because they are sure he will veto ordiance (if passed).

  64. Canadian Neighbour says:

    London Bridges
    Your Number 3 is wrong.

    Whether you speak of Palin as a citizen or as in her capacity in office, she is addressed as Governor Palin. When she leaves office, in private, she’s Sarah but at functions or in the news, she will be the Former Governor of Alaska and some will still call her Governor

    Example: What does Bill Clinton get called today. Same with Bush 1. PRESIDENT

    My thought of your idea of it being an ethics complaint. It’s not.

  65. honestyinGov says:

    # 193
    mlaiuppa Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
    I need a link to the audio of Palin laughing along with Bob and Mark at the jokes they’re making about Lyda Greene.
    Help, please?
    —————————
    Here is the one I have been using and posting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdZr4rByrw

  66. InJuneau says:

    London Bridges–It’s actually Sarah Louise Heath Palin.

  67. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    oops. wrong link with post #197…..should be:

    http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/06/please_dont_fire_sherri_gofort.php

  68. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    hmmmm……someone commented TN made MISS. look progressive, lol.

    http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/06/republican_staffer_e-mails_oba.php

    Think about the people she works for as a secretary. Since January alone, they’ve accused Barack Obama of being a foreign national. They’ve accused the federal government of turning socialist. They’ve tried to assert their sovereignty from the United States, playing the part of ingrate welfare client. (Last I heard, Tennessee gets $1.23 back for every dollar it kicks to the feds in taxes.)

    They profess love for Jesus, but won’t listen to what he has to say. They’ve tried to kill prenatal care, women’s health clinics, and pre-kindergarten funding. They’ve even attempted to reject federal stimulus money for the unemployed. But they have tried to put a gun in every bar, park and playground. Jesus would have liked that.

  69. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    mlaiuppa Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    I need a link to the audio of Palin laughing along with Bob and Mark at the jokes they’re making about Lyda Greene.

    Help, please?
    ~~~~~
    Go to palingates and look under victims, Reg has quite a collection of all the gates and video’s of the queen!

  70. Paula says:

    Good pictures from the rally, especially like the Palin is a Nazi ones. A fun photo page.

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2273569/posts

  71. London Bridges says:

    It seems to me that, in most occurrences, when Meg Stapleton (MS) speaks for Palin, it is a clear violation of conflict of interest and ethics rules.

    Here is why:

    1. MS identifies herself as “Palin’s spokeperson.
    2. While MS may have made a statement once or twice that she works for Sarah Ann Palin’s (SAP) PAC, I believe that in order to avoid a conflict of interest, MS would have to state her disclaimer EVERY SINGLE TIME she speaks on behalf of SAP. (Is Ann, Sarah’s middle name? )
    3. In her speeches, MS refers to SAP as Governor Palin. This clearly indicates she is speaking on behalf the governor of Alaska, not private citizen SAP.
    4. A conflict of interest occurs whenever one’s actions gives the appearance of a conflict of interest. The population at large has no way of knowing listening to any given MS speech that she is not representing the governor of Alaska in her role as governor of Alaska.

    If any Alaskan’s agree with this assessment, be my guest to use it and file a complaint. First, preserve as many of MS’s speeches as possible before they are disappeared,

  72. mlaiuppa says:

    I need a link to the audio of Palin laughing along with Bob and Mark at the jokes they’re making about Lyda Greene.

    Help, please?

  73. honestyinGov says:

    This whole ‘faux outrage ‘ that Sarah had about defending Women….and asking for an apology.
    I posed this question on Gryphens comments.

    I would love to see on of the blogs do a story and get an interview with Lyda Green. Maybe she wouldn’t do it even because she does not want to be drawn into the fight. But it sure might make some news and point out the hypocrisy of what Palin is saying about ‘ defending women ‘…. because she doesn’t.

    Where is Lyda Greens apology……? … Governor Palin..?

  74. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Oh I just saw ManSour going to be on JZ radio show today….EPIC FAIL! Both of them loosers! Can’t wait until beggers forpee post it 🙂

  75. Isabella says:

    “That’s it! And she is doing a car seat commercial??? Hypocrite! How much $ she going to make on that I wonder, and what Prop/kid will she use???
    Disgusting Piece of work!”

    Great find!!!

  76. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    UK Lady Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 10:58 AM

    Crystalwolf – found this reference to a baby seat in an old Kos diary

    On the car seat, Monegan sent an e-mail to the governor on June 30, 12 days before he lost his job, that said: “Via a soon-to-be-retiring legislator, we received a complaint that had you driving with Trig not in an approved car seat; if this is so that would be awkward in many ways.

    The governor fired back from her private e-mail account: “I’ve never driven Trig anywhere without a new, approved car seat. I want to know who said otherwise — pls provide me that info now.

    Of course the vindictive, Petty, Palin would want to know who had made such statements. As we know, Alaskans faced peril if they ever went against the (Palin) family. Although the Palins denied the car seat rumor, it seems there may have been a bit of truth to it, as Todd stated that the governor was a passenger in a truck “on a private farm road without traffic at low speed.”

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/9/625421/-Todd-Palin-campaigned-for-years-to-get-trooper-fired
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    That’s it! And she is doing a car seat commercial??? Hypocrite! How much $ she going to make on that I wonder, and what Prop/kid will she use???
    Disgusting Piece of work!

  77. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    ahem, this is the wrong list that the racist email got sent to? they’re all repubs…….wouldn’t the “wrong” list also include some dems? me thinks some fellow repub racist ratted on ms. sherri unapologetic racist. Anyone know these people? someone said they’re mostly Nashville folks?

    “From: Sherri Goforth Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:33 AM To: Alice Bigham; Anna Richardson; Beth Chiles; Carolyn Newman; Catherine Haire; Christina Barber; Chuck Grimes; Darlene Schlicher; Deana Guenther; Debbie Martin; Debbie Rankin; Glenda Mayes; Jeremy Davis; John Michael Burch; Lance Frizzell; Lee Harrell; Linda Klingmann; Liz Alvey; Logan Grant; Loudene Gee; Matt King; Micki Coode; Pam George; Pat Farmer; Patti Saliba; Rick Nicholson; Sandra Smith; Sherri Goforth; Tina Still; Tonya Morelock; Valerie Yancey; Will Canterbury; Wilma Carney; Zach Bates Subject: FW: Historical Keepsake Photo”

  78. bubbles says:

    @austintx – check your mail.

  79. bubbles says:

    uh isabella whats with the ‘nigga slang’ comment? let’s not go there.

  80. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    BooBooBear Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    Ok….now I see what Crystalwalf aka caligrl was talking about over at the echo chamber. So we make a joke about freeping their webathon and think that is unethical in skewing their numbers? Well, how hypocritical. They freep every single online poll they can find by voting for hours on end or using proxy servers to stuff the ballot box. They drive the Queen’s numbers up artificially and think that is fun. It proves nothing but they do it anyway. Sad, pathetic, manipulative sheeple. Quite the obedient cult followers. Did you hear Man-Sour on the Dan Fagan Show? He was calm and very considerate of her and she got to skreeching like a lunatic. HIghly volatile. Wow..this is great specatator sport!
    ~~~~~~~~~
    Did you see the part about Rico and wire fraud? LOL! As If!!!
    ManSour is jealous of Shannyn and trying to get heard on as many wingnut radio as possible to get a brownie button from Gino! She sounds like a rube, not professional like Shannyn. EPIC FAIL!!!!

  81. UK Lady says:

    Crystalwolf – found this reference to a baby seat in an old Kos diary

    On the car seat, Monegan sent an e-mail to the governor on June 30, 12 days before he lost his job, that said: “Via a soon-to-be-retiring legislator, we received a complaint that had you driving with Trig not in an approved car seat; if this is so that would be awkward in many ways.

    The governor fired back from her private e-mail account: “I’ve never driven Trig anywhere without a new, approved car seat. I want to know who said otherwise — pls provide me that info now.

    Of course the vindictive, Petty, Palin would want to know who had made such statements. As we know, Alaskans faced peril if they ever went against the (Palin) family. Although the Palins denied the car seat rumor, it seems there may have been a bit of truth to it, as Todd stated that the governor was a passenger in a truck “on a private farm road without traffic at low speed.”

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/9/625421/-Todd-Palin-campaigned-for-years-to-get-trooper-fired

  82. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    BooBooBear, It was reguarding MY JOKE to freep their moneyathon! they had my comment, yours and Problem child and said:

    “What’s with these people? I don’t care if they want to raise money for Mark Begich or Walt Monegan or Bob Poe or Ashley Judd. That’s their right as Americans, we don’t interfere with it. Why screw around with something we’re trying to do?

    These are the same type of people who filed the frivolous ethics complaints. Now you see what Governor Palin is dealing with. These people are dishonest and meanspirited and unethical. The complaints against Governor Palin had nothing whatsoever to do with ethics – that’s why all 14 of them were dismissed. They are about petty politics. They were filed by people who have no sense of ethics or decency themselves.

    In any case, have no fear. We’ll cope with this stuff and keep on pressing. You guys just get out there and make this happen! ”
    ~~~~~~~~~

    Later someone threw around threats of “wire fraud, RICO”, and whatnot!
    As if sending a email saying you donated $ is much of anything!
    They are the most sourest people on the planet!
    I’m glad we are not like them!

  83. Paula says:

    This is the response from the sponsor, Embassy Suites:

    I got the exact same reply!

    “Thanks for your email. Embassy Suites was never a sponsor or advertiser of the David Letterman show. Several online ads appeared on a series of web sites, including cbs.com, among many others. These ads are no longer in rotation on cbs.com as a normal course of our ad placement strategy. We sincerely appreciate your email.

    Dawn Ray, Embassy Suites Hotels”

  84. CrazyInAlaska says:

    Tell Obama and Holder: Stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.

    http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/doma_brief/?r_by=-2087429-nxK3HGx&rc=mailto

  85. CrazyInAlaska says:

    Don’t know if this has already been put up, but it is a petition regarding the Obama administration and their stance on gay marriage.

    Dear Friend,

    They compared same-sex marriage to a marriage between an uncle and a
    niece. Or between two children. No, we’re not talking about Rick Santorum.
    We’re talking about the Obama administration’s Justice Department. The
    brief the DOJ presented defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in
    federal court was not just wrong. It was offensive. The New York Times
    called it “disturbing” in its lead editorial
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/opinion/16tue1.html
    .

    Back in the days of the 2008 campaign, Senator Obama promised he would
    work to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act. But now that a gay couple in
    California is challenging DOMA in federal court, President Obama has
    chosen to take action to defend a law that prevents legally married
    same-sex couples from receiving any federal benefits, or from having their
    marriages recognized in other states.

    I just signed a petition to tell President Obama and Attorney General
    Holder to withdraw this offensive brief and apologize for its contents.
    (The website also has a great video of Rachel Maddow and Howard Dean
    discussing the importance of this issue!) Please have a look and take
    action.

    http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/doma_brief/?r_by=-2087429-nxK3HGx&rc=mailto

  86. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Isabella Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    I join Auto Dealers today for kids’ safety seat law/promo. NOTHING more important than safety of our babies: Life’s most precious ingredient
    19 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

    W T F, ingredient?
    ~~~~~~~~
    WTF is right! Wasn’t she stopped one time by a trooper b/c Trig wasn’t strapped in??? They deny it, but I remember hearing about it.

  87. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    Hi Isabella – no young daughter here, just the kitty cat. We will be at Road America last 2 weeks in September (in WI) – hubby is race car driver and he has a big race there. keep me posted when you come to CA.

  88. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    two words…..ethics complaint for misuse of state time, equipment and promoting hate.

    http://www.openpen.org/?p=1737

    “Now, let me remind you. This is an obvious racist’s email, sent out by a state employee, on state time, on a state owned computer. She will keep her job.”

    “This racist assault on our President, on our black candidates, and own our friends and neighbors will not stop until the voters in this state put a stop to it. As long as our elected leaders passively condone this outrage by ignoring it, excusing it, and denying it, it will continue to set the tone for Tennessee citizens. It is obvious here that Sen. Diane Black passively condones this. It is also obvious that she tolerates racist’s behavior in her own office. Are we going to continue to passively condone this in our State?”

  89. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    http://newscoma.com/2009/06/15/racist-and-ridiculous/

    “Christian Grantham talks to Ms. Goforth, who admits she sent the email.

    When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.”

  90. Isabella says:

    Oh Meg is over at Us Magazine throwing numbers around.

    http://www.usmagazine.com/news/rep-sarah-palin-phone-calls-to-jon-gosselin-not-true-2009156

  91. Isabella says:

    Lori “isabella – yes, would love to see you when you are in CA – what dates?”

    We were coming July 4th but had to cancel due to my husbands company physical. He has to visit a primary for evaluation on a hernia surgery. He is gone 3 weeks in Alaska then 3 weeks home so we are unsure exact time depending on the recommendations of RX and trying to get everything done in his 3 weeks at home.

    Right now we are semi-promising daughter, late September/early October. She really wants to go to the American girl doll Place. Do you have a young daughter? Maybe they could go to tea together?

  92. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    and for the groupies who say, wait a minute how can joke be funny by letterman but a racist joke not okay……the big difference is the setting and the reality meaning behind the two. Dave never said the R word and racism is hatred.

  93. Isabella says:

    Lori and Fawnskin, both of you girls must hook up in Jueanu with others and have lunch or at least a hug….How cool, small world!!!

  94. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    isabella – yes, would love to see you when you are in CA – what dates?

  95. Isabella says:

    Gardenslug “Strange…in posts #139 and #142, some offensive language is getting by the moderator.”

    I was surpried too!!!

  96. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    Fawnskin – for real? I would LOVE that. off to forum to leave you a message.
    Will our husbands survive without us? Myabe they could meet while we are away (I have met your hubby, I think they would get along well).

  97. Isabella says:

    Lori in Los ” You game Isabella? (needs to be double occupancy).”

    I would love to take a cruise but there would be no way with my little guy. I betcha you will find someone here that would be excited to share those experience.

    Not to invite myself but we are going to be coming to California, for a Disneyland vacation, maybe them we and perhaps Cali, can get together? Anyone else from California also too?

  98. Gardenslug says:

    Strange…in posts #139 and #142, some offensive language is getting by the moderator.

  99. CO almost native says:

    In case any mudpups haven’t had their fill of fruits and nuts yet:

    http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/bachmann-census-lawbreaker/

  100. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    wow……McCain: “I play to win. I do what ever it takes to win. If I have to F*ck my opponent to win, I’ll do it. If I have to destroy my opponent to win I won’t give it a second thought.”

    I hadn’t seen a this racist baloney either. We do not need divisive talk from the fricken republicans when people like racists are in their supporter group, willing to harm and kill people!

    AND, we need to put pressure on those who condone this behavior. Like Senator Diane Black,TN for tolerating a racist email joke.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Y3iJjjOnk&feature=fvw

  101. fawnskin mudpuppy says:

    waves to lori…..i wanna go, i wanna go!

  102. Professor Geezer says:

    @booboo bear, of course RAM screeches. What else can she do? Her club is completely ineffective; in fact, her club is hurting Palin’s image.

    They don’t have tons of real supporters. It’s a totally fabricated “fan club” that’s only succeeded in:
    1) getting their supporters recorded on film and in her case, on the air
    2) getting their candidate marginalized in the mainstream court of public opinion
    3) making donors scared to support Palin
    4) giving CBS all of their names and e-mail addresses
    5) giving CBS sponsors all of their names & e-mail addresses
    6) getting rightwingers to give $$ to NOW, which is a pro-choice organization.
    7) wreaking havoc with the ADN, which should anger all Alaskans

  103. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    Hi Isabella – yes, all that is left are the $2900 rooms. I realize that is more than just a normal cruisem but this is a writer’s workshop with classes that interest me. There is also a fe of $400+, so about $3300. And aifare for me from L.A. to WA, where cruise departs. Rat based on double occupancy, hubby has no interest in traveling. You game Isabella? (needs to be double occupancy).

  104. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    Say No: No point in getting Rebecca (sea of pee) and her followers to view the video of Scarah at her rallies – when presented with proof, they immediately switch gears to protect their obsession – in this case, “Well, that is not Sarah’s fault, SHE did not say those things and SHE did not even HEAR those people say those things.” (I know this because I have been down this road).

    redwoodmuse: Thank you for keeping us up to date, we are with you in spirit, and WE CARE.

    Woman Who Runs: Call me over-reactive, but I would have filed a police report STAT. Obvious abuse. I would file report with police, call the newspapers, and expose the bully/coach for what she is – a very public exposure. But I know that your teenage daughter might just want it to all go away.

    InJuneau: Thanks. It would be THE highlight of the cruise if I could meet AK mudpups in person – I tend to go wherever the tourists DON’T go, so having an “in” with a local would be a dream come true.

    To all who live-blogged last night’s meeting at the library: It was quite the party, I felt like we were all there. Wide range of emotions as the speakers did their pieces. My fave was guy with a red hat on (he was FOR ordinance) and the Fundi redshirt who blasted him – OUTRAGE that someone wore a red hat, that is the color the ANTI-ordinance people were wearing, how dare anyone wear a red hat! Priceless – the redshirts are really HELPING to get this ordinance PASSED by exposing their bigotry, stupidity and ignorance.

  105. BooBooBear says:

    Ok….now I see what Crystalwalf aka caligrl was talking about over at the echo chamber. So we make a joke about freeping their webathon and think that is unethical in skewing their numbers? Well, how hypocritical. They freep every single online poll they can find by voting for hours on end or using proxy servers to stuff the ballot box. They drive the Queen’s numbers up artificially and think that is fun. It proves nothing but they do it anyway. Sad, pathetic, manipulative sheeple. Quite the obedient cult followers. Did you hear Man-Sour on the Dan Fagan Show? He was calm and very considerate of her and she got to skreeching like a lunatic. HIghly volatile. Wow..this is great specatator sport!

  106. CO almost native says:

    @mae lewis:

    I coached for 20+ years; I had to carry a medical kit, emergency/contact cards, renew my First Aid/CPR training, have an emergency contingency plans in place, follow safety and legal guidelines for practices and games, hold parent meetings regarding safety issues–

    This was required by my district, state, and national organization. If I didn’t, I was not eligible for liability insurance. Besides, I took pride in running a respected program that benefited all of my squads-

  107. Isabella says:

    Lori, Wow!!! You should definitely go. I have never been over on that area of Alaska. Is the only room left on the tour the $2,900 rooms? That is more then if you just cruised without the writers tour.

    I called Holland to see if there is a better rate, but they say it is a charter so the group hosting sets the rate.

  108. honestyinGov says:

    # 72
    Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:03 AM
    I bet she doesn’t realize the can of worms she opened when she chose to publicly fight with a comedian and make a fool of herself. Months and years of fodder, lol, any time she rears her ugly head in public it’s going to bring jokes, from now on Scarah. She was trying to improve her image right? oh the hilarity of it all.
    whoever wanted to give the heads up (my bad) to Dave about the email $.

    For all show-related topics, e-mail us at:
    cbsmailbag@aol.com
    We’ll direct your comments and questions to the appropriate departments of the “Late Show.”
    —————————————-
    I think you were referencing to my suggestion that Dave could ‘ purchase some emails ‘ for a mere $5552.62…. the same amount Celtic Diva needs to get her FOIA request…?
    I would send it along as a suggestion… but they probably get 1000’s of emails a day and it would be lost.

    If a personal email from Celtic Diva (or another Progressive blog ) were to send it it would have more impact. If the producers or writers knew the whole story behind it… they would probably pass the hat among themselves just to be in on the joke. ( These are joke writers—they would think it was hilarious )Of course… no one can ever tell where the money came from. Diva can keep a secret though. (source- anonymous contribution in an envelope)
    If I were ‘ Her ‘… I’d send a personal email … to the Show

  109. bubbles says:

    @redwoodmuse, sending best wishes to you and your family. hang tough, everything is going to work out. love b

  110. mae lewis says:

    Woman Who Runs With Wolves: Here’s my two cents worth: What if the girl in question was having a different medical problem, say, an epileptic seizure? Would the coach have been prepared to handle that kind of emergency? Is she trained to call 911 (or whatever the correct emergency response place would be). When the coach is responsible for her team, does she carry contact numbers in case of an emergency, say parental consent for an operation is, for example, the bus was in an accident? These are all fair questions that should be put to the school and the district, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable if that teacher was in charge of my kid under any circumstances– bad judgment at the least, dangerous at the worst. It’s really the parents who have to make the complaint, but if your kid was on the bus, you are entitled to know how they will care for your child in an emergency.

    (By the way, when my daughter took Drivers Ed in High School, the instructor had the kids making a dangerous, illegal maneuver when they were out driving; he was an ignorant idiot. When I heard how he was endangering the kids out in traffic, I called the Police for that school district, asking them how I should handle the situation. Thankfully, since he was an accident waiting to happen, my name was left out of it and the Police informed the school. He graded exams and did indoor work, and never took kids out again).

  111. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    When MAN SOUR Scarah groupie leader tries to brainwash sea of peaers that there were not death threats or racist shouts made at their campaign rallies you have got to be dumb, blind and deaf to believe her. She likes to say there is no shred of evidence, lol.

    I’m posting these so they know the truth, maybe it will set them free from Scarah.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIYpBGlv1U&feature=related

  112. InJuneau says:

    Lori in Los Angeles–if it comes through, you must contact the local Mudpups through the Forum so we can play tour guides again! We LOVE visits from Mudpup tourists!

  113. Redwoodmuse, glad for the good news! Hope she will heal and be all better as soon as possible!

  114. Lori in Los Angeles says:

    Isabella Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:22 AM
    So what are your summer plans?

    I just got an e-mail from HayHouse saying there are 20 cabins left for their Alaska cruise writer’s workshop July 11 – July 18. Oh, how I would LOVE to be on that boat! I am going to dream about it all day and see if there is a way to manifest this dream.

  115. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    repub racists vs. repub muslims

    Muslim McCain fans confront racism, as a McCain supporter tries to spread lies about Obama!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HhxCFadlU&feature=channel_page

  116. InJuneau says:

    Just had to share these tidbits from the ADN article ( http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/city_election/assembly/story/833422.html ):

    “We know we’re not going to change anyone’s opinion here. We came to do battle,” said Reuben Scheeringa, a teacher at Anchorage Christian School who brought dozens of teens, many of them from a church in the Lower 48, to take up positions outside Loussac Library, where the Assembly was meeting. His group stood opposed to the ordinance.

    and this (!):

    Meanwhile, in front of the library facing 36th Avenue, ordinance advocates waved signs at cars and danced while a DJ blasted music from a makeshift setup. Michael Burke, a senior pastor at St. Mary’s Episcopal stood with those supporting the ordinance.

    “It would be very, very hard not to be here,” he said. He talked about Christian values and “loving your neighbor as yourself … and upholding the dignity of each and every person.”

    Burke said he had spoke with opponents of the ordinance on the back side of the library. “I think I make them uneasy,” he said. “Jesus would be deeply troubled with what they are doing here.”

    That’s the Christianity we practice!

  117. honestyinGov says:

    # 56
    Paula Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 6:24 AM
    What does it say about thePalin family when Levi is smarter than all of them put together?
    Someone should coach that boy, he could have his 15 minutes of fame and make some money to care for his kid (what’s his name…)
    ————————————–
    Paula… I just read your comment and I had this ‘ CRAZY ‘ IDEA !!
    Lettermans ratings would be off the charts.
    Letterman should invite Levi Johnston to come on the Show….? How funny would THAT be…?

    I’m not sure Rex Butler would endorse or recommend it, but it would be Comedy Gold. I emailed Rex once before, just for support, when he stepped up to defend the Johnstons. Maybe I will put the idea out there again with an email.

    Comedy GREAT…but probably bad for Levi. GINO would totally go after Levi then and he would never see His son. Revenge and paybacks Her specialty.

  118. BooBooBear says:

    crystalwolf aka caligirl—-So we were blasted last night??? I missed that. What were their compaints about us?

    BooBooBear

  119. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    LOL……I hadn’t seen this, it’s good, wanna see the real deal, the scarah cult followers.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HhxCFadlU&feature=channel_page

  120. Isabella says:

    Polly “this unusual pair, may have some impact on bridging the cultural divide in other parts of the country”

    There is sincere potential. I love the VERSATILE mantra and Levi’s sense of humor being out of his element caring about the boys back home. They could definitely make an impact going on tour.

  121. Professor Geezer says:

    Progressive Alaskans, you are wonderful. I love the way AKM took apart Palin’s support statistics at the “rally” in “Fun with Statistics.”

  122. Isabella says:

    Canadian Neighbour “Dave could have been walking down the street and walked right by them”

    That would have been so wonderful.

  123. Professor Geezer says:

    If I were an Alaskan, I would look into “the real numbers” in regards to everything about Sarah Palin.

  124. the problem child says:

    RE: the new AG pick. Per the ADN: “Daniel S. Sullivan was assistant secretary of state for economic, energy and business affairs from 2006 until the Obama administration came into office in January.”

    He was out of a job. Wanted to come back to AK. And with his resume (very impressive BTW), he looks to be well-qualified.

    If there are skeletons in his closet, they are likely to come from the Washington end of the country, as he hasn’t been in AK for a very long time. Hope he didn’t work too closely with John Yoo or Scooter Libby or some such. AK really does deserve a competent AG! On paper, he looks like the anti-WARthog, except for the R affiliation, of course. Fingers crossed that he is a keeper!

  125. BooBooBear says:

    Well, Palin’s best friend, Kristan Cole (sole trustee of the legal defense fund) said in her own words that whenever Palin is in the news, the contributions go WAY UP. So, no wonder they just keep her in the news. Good news, bad news, it does not matter, just keep her out front. Sickening. Nothing but a couple of professional opportunists.

  126. Polly says:

    I would assume that Tank is the “manager” and is working for future percentages in the making of Levi. I think it works, and if nothing else Levi is getting a great education on diversity and how to handle himself in the world. (unlike his almost in-laws)

  127. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    good grief! shaming and belittling by an adult in authority. what a lack of understanding and compassion.

    “This coach finally did pull over in a shopping area and the girl had to get out of the van and walk through the store with wet pants while the coach bought her a new pair of sweats to make things “All Betttter” Sick!”

  128. Isabella says:

    I join Auto Dealers today for kids’ safety seat law/promo. NOTHING more important than safety of our babies: Life’s most precious ingredient
    19 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

    W T F, ingredient?

  129. pvazwindy says:

    Tank isn’t doing this for nothing. Is Rex footing the bill? Or is Tank counting on cashing in on Levi’s future earnings. Fathers Day is Sunday. Will Bristol let him take his son for the day?

  130. BuffaloGal says:

    Stapleton certainly sounds like she’s launching into damage control mode. Sounded alot like ” Sarah has nothing to hide and is an honorable governor so anything that comes forth from the fringe element that is bent on bringing her grief must obviously be fabricated because they’ll do anything to destroy her”

    Huh?? Why even make such a statement? They’re getting really nervous.

  131. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    dang…..posted 4 links to video coverage of the “protest” and of course it went to the tubes……but on second thought, don’t waste your time and energy on this distraction of theirs.

    but if you must, for torture or entertainment you can find them here……

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeA7AYkAZE

  132. Women Who Run With The Wolves says:

    I am thinking about contacting our local Tribe here. This young lady is native and is in a high risk catagory. When we have school administrators condoning this abusive behavior towards the children they are suppose to protect, well it’s no wonder the State of Alaska leads the nation is child abuse and rape.

    The twist here is, the coach is native as well. That’s the race gender card being played out. This young lady has really no one to help her through this and I am pulling some of the ball players aside and letting them know that it’s NOT OK that this happend, and that this is child abuse.

    This coach finally did pull over in a shopping area and the girl had to get out of the van and walk through the store with wet pants while the coach bought her a new pair of sweats to make things “All Betttter” Sick!

    Maybe some of you guys that are reading this are familar with the road that goes from Anchorage to Palmer?

  133. Isabella says:

    “Levi and Tank are the buddy flick of the summer.”

    They really do make a great item. Very curious pair yet they work. What a sight they must be walking down the street.

  134. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Scarah is so obvious…….she apologizes to look good and then sends Ziggy out to defend her.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeA7AYkAZE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjmKEUQ9Qls
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwAow9i-e5o
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMehV8DMcU

  135. UK Lady says:

    Professor Geezer

    Well possible I suppose, but highly unlikely. Sky News is a sister company to Fox in the US, under the umbrella of Rupert Murdoch. They get their US stuff mainly from Fox. Weird ain’t it?

  136. EyeOnYou says:

    London Bridges Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 8:26 AM
    Is Meg Stapleton a State of Alaska employee?
    ____________

    No she is not. She has stated publicly that she is a paid spokesperson for the PAC.

  137. Simple Mind says:

    re: Palin’s AG pick – Sullivan is Harvard economics magna cum laude, dual law/foreign service degrees from Georgetown, a former assistant secretary of state who lives in Bethesda, Maryland. He is everything Palin has ever campaigned against. Does anyone believe this guy was actually picked by Palin? In all likelihood, he was probably recruited by the Party in Washington, maybe with a promise of a future judicial appointment, to tutor and fly cover for Palin. I’m sure they recognize the need to have someone around Palin who at least can keep an appointment book.

  138. Polly says:

    There are so many comments already at the ADN regarding last night’s assembly testimony. (Brings me down!) So, I read this entertaining article that was linked on the ADN, regarding Levi going shopping for clothes with Tank in Los Angeles. FUN story 🙂

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-16/shopping-with-levi-johnston/?cid=bs:archive10

  139. Lainey says:

    @sabella & crystalwolf aka caligrl
    re:http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141832

    these two things jumped out at me…
    “”My guy friends, especially the ones who voted for her, boil it down to one word: hotness. HOTNESS ISN’T A POLITICAL QUALIFICATION…YOU DON’T VOTE ON THAT!
    Hotness is a volatile commodity in the world of politics that can rally supporters and generate suspicion all at once. Think of the prettiest girl in high school. She’s loved. She’s envied. She’s sexualized. People make assumptions about how smart she is.”” WE DIDN’T ASSUME WHETHER SHE WAS SMART OR NOT…SHE SHOWED US FIRST HAND

  140. CO almost native says:

    @Redwoodmuse:

    Best wishes and warm hugs to your family. My oldest daughter has a blood clot in the durma- what neurologists can do today is amazing. (No surgery yet, just Coumadin-) Sounds like good progress–keep up the hope.

    @ Woman who runs with wolves:

    Document, document, document. Then take the specifics up the chain of command- athletic director, principal, Superintendent, School Board. To file a Title IX complaint, it really helps to show you’ve gone through the proper channels first. If you have other parents sign on, even better-

  141. London Bridges says:

    Is Meg Stapleton a State of Alaska employee?

  142. Professor Geezer says:

    @UK Lady, what I meant the first time was a “re-translation,” e.g. could someone have translated it to another language altogether, and then a computer translated it back to English, etc.

  143. Polly says:

    Letterman Show did NOT lose Embassy Suites advertiser.
    I found this on a Huffington Post Blog… (from a blogger)… FYI

    – + KayJay90 I’m a Fan of KayJay90 I’m a fan of this user permalink A friend at “The Immoral Minority” blog contacted the ONE sponsor that Palinbot website Conservatives4Palin crowed triumphantly had withdrawn their ads from CBS to protest the Letterman Palin joke last week.

    This is the response from the sponsor, Embassy Suites:

    “Thanks for your email. Embassy Suites was never a sponsor or advertiser of the David Letterman show. Several online ads appeared on a series of web sites, including cbs.com, among many others. These ads are no longer in rotation on cbs.com as a normal course of our ad placement strategy. We sincerely appreciate your email.

    Dawn Ray, Embassy Suites Hotels”

    —————

  144. Professor Geezer says:

    @UK Lady, how very strange that is! Is someone trying to “brand” Palin as a stand-up comedian now?

  145. UK Lady says:

    Professo Geezer

    I don’t think it is a bad translation. I know we have different meanings for certain words, but this is too specific. We still all have a basic language in common. (thank heavens or I couldn’t be a muddie).

    The news item I quoted is still up, has been all day, and I quoted word for word. Very puzzling, someone typed it up for the TV. I even took a photo of the TV. Have looked on Daily Beast, Wonkette etc. nothing.

  146. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Scarah says this about her new AG pick……it’s all about her pipeline BS

    “His recent work in Washington on issues including the Alaska natural gas pipeline, Arctic policy, Law of the Sea……….”

    it’s all about her pipeline BS

  147. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    folks it’s about the Exxon story……..she want’s to create distraction from it and it’s connection to her “WIN”, her political false brownie point, her main so called claim to fame energy expert accomplishment.

    so make the connection known on the airwaves, go viral, spread it.

  148. Professor Geezer says:

    @UK Lady, is it possible that SKY is running a “bad computer re-translation” of Palin events, the same kind of poor translation that AKM showed us a while back (a poor translation of her thread)?

    I am so glad that the “Palin supporters” were filmed, all fifteen of them!

    I am convinced there are a lot less Palin supporters in the lower 48 than they would have us believe. Unfortunately, her supporters are of a certain “scary” ilk–outside the boundaries of normal mainstream, everyday behavior and (from what we see on this NYC footage) intelligence.

  149. womanwithsardinecan says:

    Best wishes to redwoodmuse. I hope SIL continues to improve.

  150. Canadian Neighbour says:

    Her Twitter yesterday on AG announcement:

    announced Daniel S. Sullivan as AK’s attorney general. He’s accomplished & committed to AK, & I’m confident he’ll serve AKns well. http://tinyurl.com/lofx86

    What was his payoff to sign on? She’s not running for re-election and will get Sullivan to. Hmmm? Good for the state as AG and possible Gov?? I have no idea as he being in Bush administration, haven’t followed everybody!!

    He’s been picked to cover her total lack of knowledge of energy in her attempt to sound more intelligent but her word salads will take care of that! Any strong-arming in the pipeline to come????

    While in Washington, I’d suspect he learned some tricks a la Cheney — those pesky disappearing deleted emails.

  151. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    woman who runs with the wolves………….it’s really too bad none of this was caught on tape, not that I’d want to embarrass the young lady more but she’s already got the bad rap, can you imagine the talk now? and the teasing? this is humiliating beyond words. And her parent’s treatment says volumes! damn

    this coach S*CKS!

  152. Paula says:

    rebekkah, amen.

    Gotta get back to my “other” life.

    Stay well all 🙂

  153. Paula says:

    I think Amy should get a award for that She had her Big preggie belly in GINO’s face like “heh! Here’s what pregnant look’s like”!!!!
    Oh and the very same Acrtic cat outfit….???
    ——–
    same outfit…isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think? A little TOOO ironic. Yeah, I really do think!

  154. rebekkah says:

    Glad to hear of updates from Redwoodmuse; Like a friend of mine once said, about a surgery. It’s one day at a time, even more, one hour at a time. Keeping your SIL and daughter in thoughts and prayers.

    Regarding comment from Meg Stapleton, it’s shocking. They just can’t quit bashing negative news about Sarah. I decided not to comment ever again on the last week’s DL saga, it was giving me a headache. Now, another statement from MS? Who are these people? Why do they contrive to get SP’s children’s names in almost every statement, thus providing more fodder for gossip columnists. They are feeding the fire, it bursts into flames, then they attack and blame commenters.

    What kind of mother would feed the media frenzy, pointing out rumors by naming her young baby in order to get sympathy votes. I have never in my lifetime ever heard or seen anything so despicable.

  155. Paula says:

    “the interest will help the victims of the worst environmental disaster in U.S.”

    Because they’ll need the money to prepare for the next disater. Maybe to move to another state?

  156. samper says:

    redwoodmuse: This is an encouraging update. Continued thoughts, prayers and my pure will for a successful outcome is flowing your family’s way. Those kids are going to need a month in the Caribbean to get over this stress!

    Coach: I think the inference was that the coach is a woman. This is a disgusting display of outright abuse either way, though. I wouldn’t allow my daughter under this coach’s control for even one minute unless I was with her. Coach needs to be EXPOSED and FIRED. An “apology” won’t cut it this time. There must be CONSEQUENCES. I’d go as far as jail time, actually. Not only the pain and anxiety, but the poor girl had to drop her pants in a moving vehicle in front of (thank God!) friends in order to relieve herself. I’d consider that quite an embarrassing moment.

    Letterman: His ratings are improving just because of SP! How ironic is it that she said she wouldn’t go on the show to “boost” his ratings! She doesn’t even have to show up to help him out! HAHA. (BTW: They are sticking to the whole rape/willow thing… not even caring that SP LIED HER BUTT OFF when she said Willow was at the game with her. Still no proof of that whatsoever.).

  157. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Paula Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    Which reminds me, can we ever watch this enough?
    http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I think Amy should get a award for that 😀 She had her Big preggie belly in GINO’s face like “heh! Here’s what pregnant look’s like”!!!!
    Oh and the very same Acrtic cat outfit….???

  158. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    I guess Scarah doesn’t think folks will connect the dots? LOL she just made a DEAL WITH THE DEVIL for the state of Alaska with a company who has been F*CKING AND FIGHTING the state of Alaska IN COURTfor 20 years over the WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN UNITED STATES HISTORY!

    GAWD!!!

    and THEN she has the AUDACITY to talk “safe development” with this company? because the courts MADE them do something? is she not a frickin fool?

    Let’s talk headlines that SHOULD be in the national media over this!

    this from the twats twitter:

    # Forthcoming report to be attached re: Exxon required to pay interest on earlier judgment; a win for AKns concerned about safe development

    about 22 hours ago from TwitterBerry

    http://www.adn.com/exxonvaldez/story/831867.html

    “Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was pleased with the decision and hoped “the interest will help the victims of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history recover a small part of their losses.”

  159. Paula says:

    See post # 50 on former page.

  160. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    sabella Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:31 AM

    ADN has another DUMBASS fame seeker for a “Writer”.

    Don’t hate Palin, cause she’s hot….good Lord.

    http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141832
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    DUMBASS IS RIGHT!!

  161. Paula says:

    Even better, they should have had a Bristol Palin look a like there with an A Rod look a like making out and doing a hands all over each other thing.

  162. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    the problem child Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    @crystalwolf re: echo chamber — They really don’t get a joke, do they? Now I’m tempted to actually do it. B) At least we have them looking under every rock now!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
    One of them had a post with all kind of threats, wirefraud, RICO, all sorts of BS and I’m thinking “maybe you should send that to GINO”??? They will be looking up each email now, lol!!!!!
    They are the most non-humerous bunch! Debbie Downers…all of them!

  163. Canadian Neighbour says:

    You know, if it could have been pre-arranged with the media and the other knowledgable people watching & laughing about this, to be in on the joke so as not say anything, Dave could have been walking down the street and walked right by them, and not one of them would have recognized him. The way they spewed lies like him having a daughter, etc., you can be pretty much guaranteed — They’ve never watched him.

  164. Paula says:

    OMG, a sadististic â??woman coach,â?? worse than a sexist male coach because she can play the woman card. List the address, let’s take this woman down.

    As for the ADN article, give me a freakin break. I don’t support Ann or that sick ticket Boseman (what’s her name) eitherand I am sure they would be called hotties by some. However, I do support hotties Like Angelina Jolie, a hot woman who does things for the world that have good end results. And did you ever see the movie “Origional Sin” -total hot ‘chick’ porn. Whew, I am sweating thinking about it.

    I’d feel the same way about Palin if she was ugly and weighed 350 pounds?

    If we’re going to cry sexism, the real question is, would her followers love her is she was ugly and weighed 350 pounds?

    Uh, huh, that’s what I thought.

    The true sexists revealed. You heard it first here folks…

  165. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Isabella Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 7:12 AM

    crystalwolf aka caligrl, that polar bear outfit is getting a lot of use.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
    😆

  166. DrChill says:

    Paula Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 6:35 AM
    Trig’s identity ? Why doesn’t Dr. CBJ come forward with all pertinent documentation and let’s just get that cleared up. Today would be fine.
    ====
    Lets set aside opinions for a moment.

    If a normal politician was questioned on something very private and basic like that, then the normal reaction would be to not bother refuting the claim, especially if there was no solid evidence.

    (Obama’s birth certificate is a publicly held record.)
    It seems to me that as long as Palin has people questioning this, the more she can claim she is the subject of false charges and wild theories.
    Medical records are private, and normally they stay private (except when its in the public interest to know about a public officials fitness to serve) and so its up to Palin to release them or not.
    Her choice seems to be – not.

    Unless someone can obtain definitive medical tests, that issue is going to appear to be coming from the conspiracy theorists fringes, and serve Palin’s interests.

  167. Women Who Run With The Wolves says:

    @ Paula and Sauerkraut

    Thanks! No, my daughter is not the best on the team. But this “woman coach” is an abuser and our school district knows it, they are to afraid to let her go, She’s playing the race and gender card. Our girls are suffering under her manic episodes, and most of the parents are afraid if they try to get rid of her then her husband who also coaches the boys team, will NOT allow their sons to play. It’s kind of like throwing your daughters under the bus so the sons can play. Meanwhile this coach not only verbally abuses the girls who are all in high school, she also verbally abuses the parents as well.

    No my daughter will not be allowed to play softball next year. I will NOT tolerate her abusing my daughter, nor anyone elses daughter.

    What’s tragic is the girl who was made to pee standing up in a moving van in front of the whole team, her parents really don’t seem to care. It’s getting swept under the carpet. This young lady just turned 18 yrs. old and she really does not understand how awful this situation is. By the time the team pulled into Palmer, she was sitting on the bench crying and another parent from our team asked her what was wrong. This is how we all found out. The parent who talked to this young lady, called me and we just cried over the phone. I have been trying to get help for a couple of years and trying to get this coach removed, but the district will not do anything about it. This was the final straw for me and my daughter. I am so sad with some of these moms that are placing a grater value on their sons then their daughters. I have sons and daughters, and I would never ever place a greater value of one over the other, especially when team mates are being degraded, humiliated and abused.

    Sauerkraut I will leave you a message and give you the details over on your website.

    Paula, I will post the Sups email address and mailing address for the school district after I post over at Sauekraut’s site. My post may be later today. Thanks!

  168. Isabella says:

    the problem child “@ Isabella re: KOA — generally good campgrounds in my experience. If you’re staying in a hut, don’t forget flipflops and a plastic tablecloth!”

    Love you, thanks, neither item would have crossed my mind.

  169. Isabella says:

    ADN has another DUMBASS fame seeker for a “Writer”.

    Don’t hate Palin, cause she’s hot….good Lord.

    http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141832

  170. Isabella says:

    TBNTJudy “@Isabella, one woman spewing hate in the video link you provided said Letterman made a joke about a child who was watching “an American basketball game.” Jeez, she is really paying attention.”

    Yep, these freaks don;t even know anything they hear what they want which Letterman, mentions in his, “Apology”.

  171. Paula says:

    “I truly have never seen such vitriolic, hyperbolic bile spewed anywhere, ever before”

    Yeah, actually we have…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL20TdHjX2s

  172. Isabella says:

    Have a great day, nan.

  173. Isabella says:

    jc in co “one other thing, did anyone notice at the end the 2 guys making out in the background?”

    I did!!! Looked like a joke, still funny the crowd Iphoning the lunatics and waving, HI MOM, behing their rape cry.

  174. Nan says:

    Isabella
    I’m still gobsmacked by that video; saw it last night and could not believe my eyes or ears. I truly have never seen such vitriolic, hyperbolic bile spewed anywhere, ever before. God willing, I never will again.

    That said, I wonder what the cee-fers might have to say about the video. Anyone not yet banned, that might, y’know, just happen to “mention” it there?

    Nan
    (heading to work)

  175. Paula says:

    Which reminds me, can we ever watch this enough?
    http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/

  176. Isabella says:

    jc in co, that is a spot on assessment of Palin.

  177. jc in co says:

    one other thing, did anyone notice at the end the 2 guys making out in the background? Someone at huffpo said they were Howard Stern staff, still funny.

  178. Paula says:

    “back-and-forth-head weaving thing at a black woman”
    It’s the new Sarah Palin dance? Rap to that baby!

    Megtard, LOL!

  179. Isabella says:

    So what are your summer plans?

    We are staying in Portland the 4th since local firework shows have been canceled and you cannot get a room in Seattle for a reasonable rate.

    Then were going to, The Great Wolf Lodge, have to stay the night because they do not allow access to water park otherwise…we live less then 30 minutes away, lame to spend so much bit this is our splurge.

    Then camping for a couple days at the coast. Has anyone ever stayed in a KOA cabin?

  180. jc in co says:

    I think Sarah’s outrage backfired. Now that the video of the 15 wingnut protesters is out people will remember that all she is good for is inciting
    unstable people. Anyone with a brain will try to distance themselves from
    that crowd. Wonkette had a funny comment regarding Sarah always outplaying her hand. Something like at first people think maybe she has a point. But then she comes running in waving her arms screaming that Dave wants to rape her
    14 year old & anyone that disagrees with doesn’t support the troops!

  181. TBNTJudy says:

    @Isabella, one woman spewing hate in the video link you provided said Letterman made a joke about a child who was watching “an American basketball game.” Jeez, she is really paying attention. Then there was a really tall man, yelling at a group of counter protesters, who did that back-and-forth-head weaving thing at a black woman. Talk about racist. His body language said it all.

  182. Canadian Neighbour says:

    Morning” Mudpups!!

    Reading and listening to different things, gotta say,

    The cult protesters are just that. They believe everything she says and look no further to find anything for themselves. I seriously think they missed the gene pool for ability to educate themselves as to anything in the world beyond their their/her A’hole.

    Two old broads at the protest — “they were at a basketball game!!” – Oh Really. Amazing how they’ve rammed this ad nauseam all week and in reality, has no clue where they even were.

    “Would he want that stuff said about his DAUGHTER?” –Dave should ask for an apology for his SON.

    From Megtard
    “It is all so very unfortunate. WE CAN DO BETTER. We can and should focus on real issues, not fabricated issues.”

    Wouldn’t that be a concept. Hey Megtard – you might wanna try it. Address your CeePee’s & those like them. Preaching in generalized terms — you’re barking up the wrong tree.

  183. Paula says:

    Yeah, though quite raunchy, the video covered her power hunger, a likely unintended reference to the recent arrest of the GOPer who set up a sex date WITH a teenager and planned to ‘do it’ dresses in an animal suit, the baby thing (oops), etc.

    The Letterman video? When is Palin going to apologize to Dave on behalf of her sicko fans?

  184. Isabella says:

    crystalwolf aka caligrl, that polar bear outfit is getting a lot of use.

  185. Jim says:

    Good news, Redwoodmuse!

    Ensign is one of my senators. He’s yet another hypocritical repug, a member of the Promisekeepers cult. I hope his higher aspirations are a memory now, for all our sakes. Infidelity plays just fine here in Nevada, but maybe not hypocrisy…

  186. Isabella says:

    Nan “Isabella, I saw that video and wonder what repercussions those clowns will face (that last woman – omg, she was seriously scary). I thought I’d seen hateful, until I saw that video. wow.”

    Now we have a face to these loons.

  187. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    lol….oh, right in my igloo

    Scarah Scarah Scarah, what have you done.

    Paula!

  188. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Paula Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    The Todd and Sarah sex video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgQ4VMPfyY
    ~~~~~~~~~
    LOL!

  189. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    I bet she doesn’t realize the can of worms she opened when she chose to publicly fight with a comedian and make a fool of herself. Months and years of fodder, lol, any time she rears her ugly head in public it’s going to bring jokes, from now on Scarah. She was trying to improve her image right? oh the hilarity of it all.

    whoever wanted to give the heads up (my bad) to Dave about the email $.

    For all show-related topics, e-mail us at:
    cbsmailbag@aol.com

    We’ll direct your comments and questions to the appropriate departments of the “Late Show.”

  190. Star says:

    69.Paula, what a hoot..LMAO

  191. Ripley in CT says:

    LMFAO @ Paula’s link!!!

  192. Paula says:

    The Todd and Sarah sex video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgQ4VMPfyY

  193. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    LOL…….Scarah and desire, massive pipeline…..LOL…..

    Letterman Resists Making Joke About Palin Wanting Massive Pipeline

    One day after apologizing to Alaska governor Sarah Palin about a controversial joke he made on his late-night program, comedian David Letterman has so far resisted the urge to make a joke about Gov Palin’s desire for a massive pipeline, a source close to Mr. Letterman revealed today.

    “Here you have the words ‘Sarah Palin’ and ‘massive pipeline’ in the same sentence,” the source said. “If David were to leave that alone, it would almost be dereliction of duty.”

    According to the source, “David first wants to make sure that there’s no confusion between a Palin pipeline and Piper Palin — that would be a real headache.”

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/letterman-resists-making_b_216239.html

  194. sauerkraut says:

    Hold on… Meg Stapleton acknowledges the existence of Sarah Palin sex video’s???

    woof!

  195. Nan says:

    Doggonit – don’t give ’em any ideas, please
    (kidding! well, mostly)

  196. Nan says:

    redwoodmuse, so good to hear good news. You all continue to be in my thoughts.

    Woman who runs with wolves – isn’t there something about endangering a child?? Meanwhile, I’d check in with sauerkraut (above)

    Isabella, I saw that video and wonder what repercussions those clowns will face (that last woman – omg, she was seriously scary). I thought I’d seen hateful, until I saw that video. wow.

    UKLady, I can’t imagine having to sit through 20 minutes of SP’s voice!

    I don’t wanna go to work today, I’d much rather be here. lol

    Nan

  197. sauerkraut says:

    austin – just for you, a different type of chipmunk: http://lovesoul.tv/2009/06/16/lovesoul-tv-month-day-13-chipmunk/

  198. Isabella says:

    Say NO to Palin in Politics, Levi’s a smart kid.

  199. DrChill says:

    Sitting here thinking how Rovian Palin is.
    One way Bush was able to overcome objections to his obvious flaws was to put them out front and center.

    Dumb? Gosh no his aids would say “he’s a lot smarter than he seems.”

    Palin Unethical? Gosh no, after Careful consideration ( $1/2 million spent ) those unfair frivolous complaints (settled quietly – Paid back the per diem) were dismissed.

    Unschooled unprepared and inexperienced unsuitable?
    A: Attack the media bias
    B: compare being mayor to a lesser Obama accomplishment.
    C: I’m A Hockey Mom!
    D: Plain talk’in – (The word salad is a verbal Rorschach – Project your view onto her words, to make sense – your sense – of what she said. )
    E: Likable and – Like my shoes/outfit?
    F: Latest joke about Palin family values – Counter attack!
    G: Teen pregnancy- Bastard child – Family values/challenges -Pro Life !
    H: Doesn’t understand the energy codes – “Strings attached” – she understands it BETTER than 49 governors and AK legislature- clever girl.
    etc …

  200. Doggonit says:

    Why does the Congregation of Red Shirts (Prevo’s church) get to pick and choose which Biblical scriptures are valid? I mean they don’t have slaves and do public stoning even though it’s right there in the Bible.

  201. Paula says:

    Trig’s identity ? Why doesn’t Dr. CBJ come forward with all pertinent documentation and let’s just get that cleared up.Today would be fine.
    ————
    Maybe they bought him as a political prop? (joke, joke, joke)

  202. Dr. Truth says:

    “There have been many falsehoods and distortions regarding a range of topics, from the status of Alaska’s natural gas pipeline and the Governor’s restructuring of the state’s oil taxes to sick and disgusting personal insinuations about Trig’s identity, alleged fake sex videos, doctored photos, and even contrived stories about conversations with members of the Gosselin family,” she continues. “It is all so very unfortunate. We can do better. We can and should focus on real issues, not fabricated issues.”
    ******************************************************
    Trig’s identity ? Why doesn’t Dr. CBJ come forward with all pertinent documentation and let’s just get that cleared up.Today would be fine.

  203. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Well, Some people JUST can’t take a joke!!! Me, Problem Child and booboo bear are blasted at the echo chamber!

    One of them says:
    wisetrog, June 17, 2009 8:18 AM

    Good work. But what if the ankle-biters send false emails to us? how are we going to detect them?

    Good question Sherlock! 😀
    And I hope while they are using what little grey matter they have they will rewatch their video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhTqSqXLDU
    and notice Rudy Guilini doesn’t mention Willow once! Not once. Why b/c she wasn’t even there. This is another LIE by THEM and Palin, like the lemonade stand.
    And they neglect to mention 15 whole people showed up for their BIG protest! And about their Webathon, why are they raising money for the GINO??? She just signed a book contract did she not? She needs their pennies from their piggy banks??? I have news for them, when they can’t give anymore she will throw them under the bus!

  204. mae lewis says:

    With more than 1000 posts last night, I’m sure mine was lost, written to the person is who wrote about a skunk problem. (Can’t remember who, when). Last night, I saw an item on the news about a Skunk Whisperer who solves peoples’ skunk problems. I just googled “Skunk Whisperer” and it seems that he is in Oklahoma but does business with accounts across the country.

    As for the perfect storm of Letterman, the hearing in Anchorage and everything that we are seeing coming out of Iran– I think we’ve seen just how ugly the face of hatred can be. We don’t need people who stir up that hatred; we need leaders who work at solving our problems.

  205. Paula says:

    What does it say about thePalin family when Levi is smarter than all of them put together?

    Someone should coach that boy, he could have his 15 minutes of fame and make some money to care for his kid (what’s his name…)

  206. LiladyNY says:

    (((Redwoodmuse))) and (((your family))).

  207. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    listen up Scarah and meg, get a clue.

    quote:

    “You pick what you want to talk about. The more your talk about it, the longer it goes on. If you don’t want it – don’t talk about it.” Levi Johnston

  208. Isabella says:

    UK LADY”Palin had already got her own back on the TV personality by appearing at a comedy club and doing a 20 minute set of anti-Letterman jokes”

    This is how the Legislators feel while in session listening to Palin, speak!!!! Her appearance is nothing more in official business then a comedy act and not a good one either.

  209. Mac says:

    From Meg’s statement “It is all so very unfortunate. We can do better. We can and should focus on real issues, not fabricated issues.”

    I really wish they would take their own advice!

  210. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    meg forktongue is just drumming up more drama, haven’t had enough yet Scarah? you are sick.

  211. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Redwoodmuse, great news they removed the clot and stemmed the bleeding.
    continued prayers to you and your family!

  212. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    here’s what stupid looks like……….when one violates his marriage, hypocritical repub jerk.

    “Ensign said. “Marriage is an extremely important institution in this country and protecting it is, in my mind, worth the extraordinary step of amending our constitution.”

  213. the problem child says:

    Stapletongue in US: “There have been many falsehoods and distortions regarding a range of topics, from the status of Alaska’s natural gas pipeline and the Governor’s restructuring of the state’s oil taxes to sick and disgusting personal insinuations about Trig’s identity, alleged fake sex videos, doctored photos, and even contrived stories about conversations with members of the Gosselin family,” she continues. “It is all so very unfortunate. We can do better. We can and should focus on real issues, not fabricated issues.”

    Funny, I’ve been watching, and I don’t recall anything in the “mainstream publications” about “sick and disgusting personal insinuations about Trig’s identity, alleged fake sex videos, doctored photos”. Is she maybe confusing blogs with mainstream publications? Or is she pre-emptively trying to discredit a few stories that she anticipates will hit the “mainstream publications” this week?

    Popcorn.

  214. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Oops sorry “Woman who runs with the wolves”, not Martha

  215. Paula says:

    Martha………I think I’d pull my kid off the team if the coach isn’t fired or removed, I would not want my kid under the control of someone like that.
    ———–
    Hope she’s their top player.

  216. Paula says:

    Letterman said that Palin had accepted his apology, but that “she’s also accepted a $500 gift certificate from Lenscrafters.”

  217. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Martha………I think I’d pull my kid off the team if the coach isn’t fired or removed, I would not want my kid under the control of someone like that.

  218. Paula says:

    Letterman last nights top ten things overheard at the fire him rally (a joke about Palin taking a gift…)
    http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/06/david-letterman-sarah-palin-cbs-jokes.html

  219. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    redwood muse…………thanks for the update, sounds very good! we’ll keep thinking good thoughts for him! and take care of yourself also, too! stress is not a good thing.

  220. Paula says:

    Also, maybe post an address and we can all send letters of outrage, flood the supers mailbox…

  221. Paula says:

    Women who runs with wolves:

    I say the girls should boycott playing until he is fired. Give up a good year of playing? Yeah, maybe, but they can make a difference for themselves and the next group of girls who come along, and the next…. Time for a fire the coach rally.

  222. Paula says:

    Oh the Meg/Palin drama:

    “There have been many falsehoods and distortions regarding a range of topics, from the status of Alaska’s natural gas pipeline and the Governor’s restructuring of the state’s oil taxes to sick and disgusting personal insinuations about Trig’s identity, alleged fake sex videos, doctored photos, and even contrived stories about conversations with members of the Gosselin family,” she continues. “It is all so very unfortunate. We can do better. We can and should focus on real issues, not fabricated issues.”

  223. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    comic fodder, lolololololol……….ya should have kept your mouth shut Scarah, you and Toad blew it.

    “So I think that the governor, Palin, is a moron. I would use that as a technical term. And I would say that the first dude seems like a tool. What that means is he seems, you know, kind of useless and lazy and shiftless. And I wonder how he wears that ski suit all the time and how he goes to the bathroom. But that’s not my business. I’m a political comedian.”

  224. sauerkraut says:

    Women who run with the wolves @ 18.

    What you describe fits under the banner of sexual harassment prohibited under Title IX. I don’t have the contact info at my fingertips but you should google Terry Fromson, attorney, Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia. They are a national expert in Title IX issues related to sexual harassment. You should also contact your state high school sports association and your local newspaper. Get the word out on coaches who do this type of stuff.

    If you leave me a note with specific details on the ABOUT section of my blog, make sure you fill in the contact info (hidden so that others cannot see it), I will pass it on to other advocates for female athletes. I will go now and set the ABOUT section on “moderate” so that no one can see what you type. You do not have to post anything but if you decide to the ABOUT section will be on “moderate” for the next week or so so that you have that as an option.

  225. UK Lady says:

    redwoodmuse – Thinking of you all, that sounds hopeful.

    woman who runs with wolves – What a monster – get her fired!

    Problem child – No, it is in text on the interactive section. No joke, it is still up, every word I quoted. I can’t find anything anywhere else. I’m wondering where they got it from.

  226. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    sit down and shut the f up MEG!……….Nobody cares.

    Palin’s spokesperson, Meghan Stapleton, slams the report.

    “For many months now, false and misleading stories and entire fabrications about the Governor’s record and the Palin family have made it into mainstream publications,”

  227. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Martha…….the coach was out of line. period. ruthless. fine example of how that person treats the girls all the time. get rid of the coach. better yet, make the coach wait to pee until “it” can’t hold it, then get rid of the coach. unbelievable and way off base behavior!

  228. sauerkraut says:

    Interesting. Makes me wonder about Palin’s employer provided blackberry.

    Read something about IRS rules re employer provided cell phones and PDA’s, and the requirement that employees claim the benefit of those items on their tax forms. Has Palin done so? Hmmm… well, looks like the IRS might be relaxing their regs re same… perhaps it’s time to take a jaunt over to the taxprof blog.

    “IRS Calls for Ending Taxation of Employer-Provided Cell Phones.

    Two weeks ago the Internal Revenue Service raised the hopes of many campus business officers by suggesting ways it might relax federal rules governing how employers must account for usage of cell phones they provide to workers, regulations that have proved vexing (and expensive) in some federal audits of colleges and universities. But Tuesday it went even further, as Commissioner Doug Shulman announced that the agency would no longer consider employees’ use of employer-provided cell phones to be a taxable benefit. “Secretary Geithner and I ask that Congress act to make clear that there will be no tax consequence to employers or employees for personal use of work-related devices such as cell phones provided by employers,” Shulman said. “The passage of time, advances in technology, and the nature of communication in the modern workplace have rendered this law obsolete.””

  229. Paula says:

    Yes, Isabella, great video. They’re like Palinbots in different color skin and hair. Same hate and delusions. No wonder they support her.

    redwoodmuse: Hugs, hope and good karma flowing at ya.

  230. Isabella says:

    Now Palin, is trying to attach herself to the Gosslings or has she made herself such a MEDIA WH’RE every drowning D Lister is going to try to tack their name to hers for headlines?

    PALIN DID THIS TO OUR ALASKA….SHAMEFUL!!!

    Sarah Palin hasn’t been counseling Jon and Kate Gosselin, despite a report from a gossip Web site.

    Examiner.com reported the Alaska governor “called Jon out of the blue” because she felt sorry about the media coverage the reality star had been receiving following his affair with 23-year-old Deanna Hummel, which Us Weekly first reported.

    “He was quite shocked,” the unnamed friend is quoted saying. The site also claims Gosselin and Palin have been speaking three times a week. Palin is supposedly urging him to seek redemption in Jesus, and counseling him on the importance of keeping their family together — telling him that if he leaves Kate, their eight children will suffer.

    Palin’s spokesperson, Meghan Stapleton, slams the report.

    “For many months now, false and misleading stories and entire fabrications about the Governor’s record and the Palin family have made it into mainstream publications,” she tells Usmagazine.com in a statement.
    http://www.usmagazine.com/news/rep-sarah-palin-phone-calls-to-jon-gosselin-not-true-2009156

  231. the problem child says:

    What optimistic news, redwoodmuse! Hopefully now the pressure is off and everything tidied up the swelling will start to reduce.

    @UK Lady — is it possible this was a joke by the anchor?

  232. Paula says:

    Griffin takes on Palin on Larry King:

    GRIFFIN: Do you know…

    KING: Let’s go to Sarah Palin first.

    GRIFFIN: I can’t believe I got bumped for Levi Johnston.

    KING: You didn’t get bumped.

    GRIFFIN: Yes, I — don’t try to dress it up, Larry.

    KING: He came on five minutes later.

    GRIFFIN: Levi Johnston, who probably can’t even spell his own name.

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: He doesn’t know that kid’s name. You were asking him if he bonds with the kid. He didn’t even know the kid’s name.

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: And — and then he sees — he sees the kid. You know what, he sees the kid for the photo-op in “People” magazine, where he has his shirt off.

    Why can’t they buy him a shirt over there at the Palin household?

    KING: Let’s move — what do you make of the Letterman joke?

    GRIFFIN: Well, as a matter of fact, I was on “The Letterman Show” the night that he addressed it for the first time.

    KING: Oh, I didn’t…

    GRIFFIN: It was very exciting.

    KING: Oh.

    GRIFFIN: Yes.

    KING: And?

    GRIFFIN: And he was saying that he made a joke and it was in bad taste, but he’s made thousands of jokes in bad taste and the audience laughed.

    So I think that the governor, Palin, is a moron. I would use that as a technical term. And I would say that the first dude seems like a tool. What that means is he seems, you know, kind of useless and lazy and shiftless. And I wonder how he wears that ski suit all the time and how he goes to the bathroom. But that’s not my business. I’m a political comedian.

    KING: All right. The question was, what do you make of the Letterman incident?

    GRIFFIN: Oh. Well, I think he should be allowed to say whatever he wants. And he is David Letterman…

    KING: Do you think it was in bad taste?

    GRIFFIN: Yes. I loved it.

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: I think it could be in worse taste and…

    KING: If he was referring to the 14-year-old.

    GRIFFIN: I would like to refer and make fun of all the kids, including the infants. So I believe…

    KING: Why?

    Why would you do that?

    GRIFFIN: I just think it’s fun. I think that comedians should have a little bit of a — I call it the Rickles license to kill.

    You know how Rickles can say things that no one else can get away with?

    KING: Correct.

    What are they going to do to him?

    GRIFFIN: What are they going to do to him?

    And, so, you know, Letterman is the great Letterman. And he was clearly making a joke and it was a funny joke…

    KING: Do you think he’s clearly now a little chagrined, a little sad, a little…

    GRIFFIN: No, he’s winning the ratings war, I think.

    KING: Ah.

    GRIFFIN: You know, he’s winning.

    KING: Do you…

    GRIFFIN: He can apologize all day because he’s taking those ratings to the bank.

    KING: Do you think he might invite her on the show?

    GRIFFIN: He did. When I — the night that I was there, he said the governor has an open invitation. But she’s too stupid…

    KING: Do you think she should go?

    GRIFFIN: No. No. I mean he’s going to — she’s going to be — he’s going to like work her like a bag in the gym. Badadadadada. She doesn’t know. Did — Katie Couric, who does nothing but want to talk about shoes…

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: …you know, threw her for a loop. I mean if you can’t handle Couric, don’t go to Letterman, you know.

    KING: So you make — all of this is what to you?

    GRIFFIN: It’s all fodder.

    KING: Fodder?

    GRIFFIN: It’s all fair game. It’s all fodder. Yes.

    KING: Where — what do you think is going to happen to Levi?

    Do you think he’s going to…

    GRIFFIN: Oh, I think he’s going to be a Supreme Court justice. He’s going to be the chief one and take over for John Roberts.

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: Look out Sotomayor, because here comes Levi Johnston, chief Supreme — look, he’s an idiot. He’ll be lucky to get some welfare, you know.

    (LAUGHTER)

    GRIFFIN: And she’d better watch where that state funding goes and take those checks, because he’s going to need it more than the rest of the state is.

    KING: Do you think…

    GRIFFIN: He’s going to be shirtless in an igloo.

    KING: Do you think Sarah might be president some day?

    GRIFFIN: No. Oh, God.

    Can you imagine?

    No. I would — well, you know who I want to be president is…

    KING: Who?

    GRIFFIN: …Suze Orman. I think she would be the perfect president.

    KING: Why?

    GRIFFIN: Because you need a good financially focused lesbian in the White House, that’s why.

  233. Isabella says:

    ericmiami “My favorite comment on Huff about the protesters rally in NYC implied the “people” in the video would be Palin’s Cabinet nominees.”

    I didn;t see that. a Must Watch Over and Over and Over again to truly understand the MANIA that supports, Palin. Have the eraly morning shows caught on yet?

  234. ericmiami says:

    My favorite comment on Huff about the protesters rally in NYC implied the “people” in the video would be Palin’s Cabinet nominees.

  235. Isabella says:

    Lots of love and well wishes coming at you and yours Redwood.

  236. Isabella says:

    You have seen the Huff video of Palin;s base right?

    WATCH: Palin Defenders Trash Letterman’s “Bastard” Child, “Slut” Wife
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/letterman-protest-draws-m_n_216566.html

  237. Isabella says:

    And people still donate? SUCKERS!

    Your maximum contribution of $150.00 will allow the Governor, her family, and her colleagues to retire their legal debt at no cost to Alaskans and reduce the incentive for mischief by her opponents.

    http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/donate/

  238. London Bridges says:

    Sarah standup??? Laughing “with” her or “At” her???

  239. austintx says:

    redwoodmuse – A cautious “yay”.

  240. austintx says:

    18 Women Who Run With The Wolves – Certainly sounds like there were enough witnesses to get this coach FIRED.

  241. Women Who Run With The Wolves says:

    I have a question to pose to my friends here at Mudflats.

    We have been having problems with my daughters softball coach. This person has a personality disorder like our dear Gino.

    Recently on a trip to play State ball in Anchorage, the coach drove the girls team down to Palmer to watch the boys play. Meanwhile one of the girls (18 yrs. old) had to use the bathroom, and the coach refused to pull over. Even though the girl was in pain and crying. Finally the girl stood up in the van, pulled her pants down and started peeing in the van because she couldn’t hold it in any longer. She was crying. The coach still would not pull over. Meanwhile my daughter and a few other softball players were holding drinking cups for this girl to pee in and then my daughter had to continue to hold one of the cups until the coach finally stopped the vehicle.

    Our School District Superintendent, thinks that abusing girls is just fine, especially if the coach is female.

    Does anyone here have a background in child protective law or work for the State protective agency? Or any thoughts on this situation.

  242. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    UK Lady, that Iraq thing – making it all about herself and not the troops – was not the slightest bit funny, but in the rush to promote herself she couldn’t see that.

    Nope, no 20 minutes of standup word salad – no way, Jose.

    WE are the only ones who find her amusing. 😉

  243. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    redwoodmuse, ‘pink and pulsing and full of wrinkles’ never sounded so good.

    I’ll keep praying.

  244. UK Lady says:

    Aussie Blue Sky

    Yes he does. The dirtbag. They are Fox in disguise. Watered down but it’s there. But it clearly states she did this stand up routine, I am beyond confused. austintx is quite right, she cannot tell a joke, as is obvious on her shout out on Colbert to the troops, went over like a lead balloon, she had to bring it back to herself and mention her son, the troops weren’t impressed.

  245. redwoodmuse says:

    Thanks to all for prayers and light. My SIL came out of surgery sooner than expected (1.5 hours instead of 2). Doc says it is as good as it can be. They took off two pieces of his skull and stored them away. They found a blood clot (removed it) and lots of blood pooled where it shouldn’t have been (vacuumed it out). Doc says he has a ‘pink and pulsing brain’ full of wrinkles although swollen. Now, we wait. I know you all made a difference. You folks are the awesomest (as an official journalist, I believe that is a real word and not an SP derivative).
    Thanks for the live stream, but I’ll be reading it later today. Off to finish putting the paper out…deadlines ticking away.

    thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

    redwoodmuse

  246. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    Gay bias killings highest since 1999

    http://www.ncavp.org/

    The headline is from yahoo, the report is on the link.

  247. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    Is Sarah Palin funny? No. End of story.

    You’d be better off having another cup of tea, UK Lady. Sarah Palin has no sense of humor.

    Does Rupert Murdoch own Sky? 😉

  248. austintx says:

    UK Lady – If true and there is video…….that would set the new record on youtube……..happy hunting……

  249. UK Lady says:

    I am having the biggest WTF moment in this whole brouhaha with Letterman thing yet!

    I am going to quote straight from the Sky News interactive on my TV in England.

    “Sarah Palin has accepted TV host David Letterman’s apology over a sexually charged joke about her teenage daughter.

    “Of course it’s accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.”

    Letterman had joked that one of Palin’s daughters would be “knocked up” by a player after appearing at an American Football game.

    Palin had already got her own back on the TV personality by appearing at a comedy club and doing a 20 minute set of anti-Letterman jokes.

    I kid you not, that is on my TV screen right now!

    So either Sky got punked or the US got punked and Palin is really a Borat style comedienne!!

    Or she really did that and started a massive war with comedians that she cannot possibly win. I’m off to see if there is anything about this anywhere else.

  250. austintx says:

    Wear something green today to show solidarity with the people of Iran. They , especially women , are risking all just to have their voice heard.

    http://www.demotix.com/news/mousavi-supporters-go-green

  251. austintx says:

    Hahahahahahahahahahahaha…………………
    http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/as-furor-over-palin-joke-rages-letterman-rises-in-the-ratings/

    “The road to the Whitehouse runs through me” – David Letterman

  252. austintx says:

    I feel your pain………those redshirts will wear you out……we hung tuff…….

  253. Patience says:

    There is nothing like waking up and having keyboard marks all over your face.

  254. BigSlick says:

    Sleep tight and dream of happy things!

  255. ds55 says:

    Nearly 1,100 posts. Impressive!

  256. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    Sleep tight, AKM. Here’s a lullaby: Goodnight, Sweetheart
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCTmax-obTw&feature=related

    When I was a debutante and there were still such things as ball gowns, every ball would end with this song. Hearing it now makes me want to go and get my wrap. 🙂

  257. EyeOnYou says:

    someone post the real numbers that showed up for the protest………

    Heh, it’s already been done! 🙂

  258. honestyinGov says:

    Time for bed… but I guess I am #1..?

    I am banned on ADN. someone post the real numbers that showed up for the protest… ’15’