Re Sarah recent tweets: Sarah, please don’t “drunk tweet!” Remember, what you put out there, once you hit ‘send,’ is there FOREVER. I’m actually sending this on my way to Stratford-Upon-Avon (plane leaves in the early AM). You are a knotty-pated, pernicious, muddy-mettled, clay-brained, hellish, perfidious, foining STRUMPET – according to my Shakespeare insult generator!
Re Sarah recent tweets: Sarah, please don’t “drunk tweet!” Remember, what you put out there, once you hit ‘send,’ is there FOREVER. I’m actually sending this on my way to Stratford-Upon-Avon (plane leaves in the early AM). You are a knotty-pated, pernicious, muddy-mettled, clay-brained, hellish, perfidious, foining STRUMPET – according to my Shakespeare insult generator!
Holy Cow !! I point out how she’s been quiet for a couple of days, go off to do errands ( and a “new” snare drum !) and a movie with better half… and all this tweet stuff happens !! Guess she finally got her 6 lines right and they brought her home….( not much free stuff up thar in them thar hills, is thar, Sow-ah ?!?! )
Holy Cow !! I point out how she’s been quiet for a couple of days, go off to do errands ( and a “new” snare drum !) and a movie with better half… and all this tweet stuff happens !! Guess she finally got her 6 lines right and they brought her home….( not much free stuff up thar in them thar hills, is thar, Sow-ah ?!?! )
I wonder how Palin will respond to this news and how (or if) she will distance herself from the TeaParty Express. Didn’t she appear at a few of their klan meetings?
I wonder how Palin will respond to this news and how (or if) she will distance herself from the TeaParty Express. Didn’t she appear at a few of their klan meetings?
If I’m not mistaken “wee wee’d up” was first popularized by Obama during the campaign. I remember the surprise of such an articulate man using such a silly phrase.
You are correct. I was mildly surprised that he’d used ‘wee’d wee’d up when it seemed clear that he meant ‘pissed off’ which is totally inappropriate for our POTUS and other elected officials.
A measure of Sarah’s cunning – to put herself on par with the president, the former president AND Shakespeare? Sadly, she is probably unaware that SHE flubs so consistently that one wonders if she’s trying to create a ‘new’ English.
If I’m not mistaken “wee wee’d up” was first popularized by Obama during the campaign. I remember the surprise of such an articulate man using such a silly phrase.
You are correct. I was mildly surprised that he’d used ‘wee’d wee’d up when it seemed clear that he meant ‘pissed off’ which is totally inappropriate for our POTUS and other elected officials.
A measure of Sarah’s cunning – to put herself on par with the president, the former president AND Shakespeare? Sadly, she is probably unaware that SHE flubs so consistently that one wonders if she’s trying to create a ‘new’ English.
I’m laughing so hard I’m choking. $P has grabbed the blackberry , broken from her handlers and has gone entirely rogue. Here’s her tweet of a few moments ago:
**** SarahPalinUSA
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! *****
And with this tweet, she has just given every public speaker, every politician, a free pass, carte blanche, to mangle the English language any way they like. Surely neither she nor any of her followers can now criticize anyone for such wrong usages of the language. I expect in the future that I will hear no criticism from them about their use of language. She said it – English is a living language (I actually do believe that part).
Funny thing is – I’m having a hard time trying to remember a politician that has used the language so wrongly in the past or in the present. Seems her ‘free pass’ is being extended to benefit herself and that her tweet is a big excuse.
How many times do we have to explain it to ya, Sarah? Grown-ups (voters) want PROFESSIONAL, INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE people representing them. When you mangle the language, we say “unprofessional”. When you try to excuse yourself, we say “not adult”. Instead of making exscuses, why don’t you spend the time we know you have in trying to learn something, and use the correct, accepted language? Just an idea.
Terpsichore – She’s being fried over the coals for her repeated mangling of language. The roasting has just begun. I’m hopeful that the politicians and pundits with even half a brain will take note. For some reason $P gets the free pass ( but i think that’s coming to an end) but the other politicians will get called on it much sooner and more harshly. ( IMO)
I sure hope Bill O’reilly asks her some questions about her tweets the next time he interviews her.
If her Cult thought her made her look stooopid before… just wait.
I’m laughing so hard I’m choking. $P has grabbed the blackberry , broken from her handlers and has gone entirely rogue. Here’s her tweet of a few moments ago:
**** SarahPalinUSA
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! *****
And with this tweet, she has just given every public speaker, every politician, a free pass, carte blanche, to mangle the English language any way they like. Surely neither she nor any of her followers can now criticize anyone for such wrong usages of the language. I expect in the future that I will hear no criticism from them about their use of language. She said it – English is a living language (I actually do believe that part).
Funny thing is – I’m having a hard time trying to remember a politician that has used the language so wrongly in the past or in the present. Seems her ‘free pass’ is being extended to benefit herself and that her tweet is a big excuse.
How many times do we have to explain it to ya, Sarah? Grown-ups (voters) want PROFESSIONAL, INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE people representing them. When you mangle the language, we say “unprofessional”. When you try to excuse yourself, we say “not adult”. Instead of making exscuses, why don’t you spend the time we know you have in trying to learn something, and use the correct, accepted language? Just an idea.
Terpsichore – She’s being fried over the coals for her repeated mangling of language. The roasting has just begun. I’m hopeful that the politicians and pundits with even half a brain will take note. For some reason $P gets the free pass ( but i think that’s coming to an end) but the other politicians will get called on it much sooner and more harshly. ( IMO)
I sure hope Bill O’reilly asks her some questions about her tweets the next time he interviews her.
If her Cult thought her made her look stooopid before… just wait.
September 11 2001. i watched, with other Americans, the towers burn and fall down. unlike my fellow
Americans in the heartland i was right there within walking distance. i watched while people i had known and loved were burned to death or who, holding hands, jumped into the void. i stood there waiting with parents who would never see their children again. i saw those same parents two of whom were dear neighbors die within months of the event. i also saw Muslim men crying like lost children. young Sami whose mother is in far away Yemen held on the me saying “Habibi we must go away from here. you must come with us. you will be safe there” now i don’t know where Sarah Palin was but this i do know she is not from around here. she can keep her phony ‘heartland stabbed heart’ to herself and stay the feck out of New York and New York affairs. and if she ever brings her sorry self to lower Manhattan to protest against anybody or anything i will be there to meet her.
p.s. ..if that should happen please bail me out of jail. …..pupupleeze?
pps…i am claustrophobic and i get the hot flashes an’ all.
I had a close friend whose son and daughter-in-law-to-be were on the second plane. He never recovered and died of a heart attack a couple of years later.
He would have been the first to stand up with you and fight against the prejudice. I’d be right next to him, holding his hand.
I’ll chip in for lawyer’s fees. If I was an attorney you’d be my pro-bono cause of a lifetime.
She needs a serious knee in the guts. I hope all sorts of New Yorkers and others from the actual heartland (does she not know her geography as well as grammar? wth is the deal with the continued use of refute incorrectly?) give her a serious slapdown.
(((((bubbles))))
If it comes to that, I will fly to NYC to be by your side. Then we can fan each other in the jail together. I would willingly have my head bashed in to protest such outrageous, bigotted BS! She is beyond idiot and moron and moving through the realm of pure psycho now. That high altitude livin’ that she claims to have been doin’ was not good for her non-existant soul. In fact, I think it killed her one and only neuron for good.
I was not in NYC that day. Nor was I in “the heartland”. I still felt the impact, but I am sure at nowhere near the intensity of those who were there. I have friends from NYC (lived there in the early 80s) who I was calling that day to check on them and their families. I have met people since then, in different parts of the country and the world, who lost precious family members that day. SP has no freakin idea of what she speaks. She has not one speck of Jesus in her heart when she lashes out like this.
Ugh! This kind of thing makes me so angry…I just read her tweets to my husband and his response is….what is she thinking? does she just want to invite radicals to come and do it again???
Why oh why can’t we get to the true sense of what “peace” is supposed to be? Where is John Lennon when we need him?
September 11 2001. i watched, with other Americans, the towers burn and fall down. unlike my fellow
Americans in the heartland i was right there within walking distance. i watched while people i had known and loved were burned to death or who, holding hands, jumped into the void. i stood there waiting with parents who would never see their children again. i saw those same parents two of whom were dear neighbors die within months of the event. i also saw Muslim men crying like lost children. young Sami whose mother is in far away Yemen held on the me saying “Habibi we must go away from here. you must come with us. you will be safe there” now i don’t know where Sarah Palin was but this i do know she is not from around here. she can keep her phony ‘heartland stabbed heart’ to herself and stay the feck out of New York and New York affairs. and if she ever brings her sorry self to lower Manhattan to protest against anybody or anything i will be there to meet her.
p.s. ..if that should happen please bail me out of jail. …..pupupleeze?
pps…i am claustrophobic and i get the hot flashes an’ all.
I had a close friend whose son and daughter-in-law-to-be were on the second plane. He never recovered and died of a heart attack a couple of years later.
He would have been the first to stand up with you and fight against the prejudice. I’d be right next to him, holding his hand.
I’ll chip in for lawyer’s fees. If I was an attorney you’d be my pro-bono cause of a lifetime.
She needs a serious knee in the guts. I hope all sorts of New Yorkers and others from the actual heartland (does she not know her geography as well as grammar? wth is the deal with the continued use of refute incorrectly?) give her a serious slapdown.
(((((bubbles))))
If it comes to that, I will fly to NYC to be by your side. Then we can fan each other in the jail together. I would willingly have my head bashed in to protest such outrageous, bigotted BS! She is beyond idiot and moron and moving through the realm of pure psycho now. That high altitude livin’ that she claims to have been doin’ was not good for her non-existant soul. In fact, I think it killed her one and only neuron for good.
I was not in NYC that day. Nor was I in “the heartland”. I still felt the impact, but I am sure at nowhere near the intensity of those who were there. I have friends from NYC (lived there in the early 80s) who I was calling that day to check on them and their families. I have met people since then, in different parts of the country and the world, who lost precious family members that day. SP has no freakin idea of what she speaks. She has not one speck of Jesus in her heart when she lashes out like this.
Ugh! This kind of thing makes me so angry…I just read her tweets to my husband and his response is….what is she thinking? does she just want to invite radicals to come and do it again???
Why oh why can’t we get to the true sense of what “peace” is supposed to be? Where is John Lennon when we need him?
She must have gotten back to find there were no stories about her on the HuffPo drawing thousands of comments every five minutes, so her knee jerk reaction was to see if a quick Tweet from the Twit would make a big hit.
She must have gotten back to find there were no stories about her on the HuffPo drawing thousands of comments every five minutes, so her knee jerk reaction was to see if a quick Tweet from the Twit would make a big hit.
Since Ca$H Cow Sarah is in full Fund-raising mode at the moment and trying to erase that debt of her ILLEGAL AFT ‘ thingy ‘ selling herself as the poor victim again… ” Please help me out ? ”
Selling Snake oil in a bottle labeled ” Palin 2012 “. ( it should come with a Warning Label)
She’s trying to convince the sheeple she wants a New Job in ‘ 2012 ‘.
She never did figure out what that LAST Job she applied for did though…. Did she?
Keith O. points this out very clearly. I think he was enjoying this wayyyyy too much.
Since Ca$H Cow Sarah is in full Fund-raising mode at the moment and trying to erase that debt of her ILLEGAL AFT ‘ thingy ‘ selling herself as the poor victim again… ” Please help me out ? ”
Selling Snake oil in a bottle labeled ” Palin 2012 “. ( it should come with a Warning Label)
She’s trying to convince the sheeple she wants a New Job in ‘ 2012 ‘.
She never did figure out what that LAST Job she applied for did though…. Did she?
Keith O. points this out very clearly. I think he was enjoying this wayyyyy too much.
SJP: I clicked on this page, and the message said that the page doesn’t exist!? Is there another link, or whatever? I’m not particularly adept with this stuff, so please keep it simple. Thanks
Link not working so here is the quote ” Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real 26 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ”
“refute” a house of worship being built as a reminder of peace.
The billions of peace loving Muslims are not our enemy and it is time we stand up for them and their right to religious freedom.
A house of worship is a great way for Muslim to refute the tiny band of whack jobs who did 911 and pray for the souls of those few still out there who want to cause harm.
Here’s the latest one. ” Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing 14 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® “
It isn’t AT Ground Zero, Mrs. Palin. It is two blocks away. I must admit, I am wondering about some of the financing for the construction of the 13 story building, but it is NOT on the spot as it were.
Jews died that day. Should we ask the churches that are nearby to relocate?
Christians died that day. Should we ask the synagogue to move?
Please, Mrs. Palin. Go back on that mountain you have yet to climb, and how did you get twitter service anyway way the heck out there.
As it said on Little Green Footballs, at least refute has the advantage of being an actual word! And yes, it was not the right word in that context. She is giving stupid a bad name.
SJP: I clicked on this page, and the message said that the page doesn’t exist!? Is there another link, or whatever? I’m not particularly adept with this stuff, so please keep it simple. Thanks
Link not working so here is the quote ” Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real 26 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ”
“refute” a house of worship being built as a reminder of peace.
The billions of peace loving Muslims are not our enemy and it is time we stand up for them and their right to religious freedom.
A house of worship is a great way for Muslim to refute the tiny band of whack jobs who did 911 and pray for the souls of those few still out there who want to cause harm.
Here’s the latest one. ” Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing 14 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® “
It isn’t AT Ground Zero, Mrs. Palin. It is two blocks away. I must admit, I am wondering about some of the financing for the construction of the 13 story building, but it is NOT on the spot as it were.
Jews died that day. Should we ask the churches that are nearby to relocate?
Christians died that day. Should we ask the synagogue to move?
Please, Mrs. Palin. Go back on that mountain you have yet to climb, and how did you get twitter service anyway way the heck out there.
As it said on Little Green Footballs, at least refute has the advantage of being an actual word! And yes, it was not the right word in that context. She is giving stupid a bad name.
Informative article on DU. I’ve noticed the more the GOP (& Palin) invoke the Presidential Awesomeness of Ronald Reagan – others are reviewing his record to remind the rest of us
his destructive record of deregulation, tax cuts for the wealthy, Iran-Contra, slashing safely-net programs, and deficiet spending.
“Excessive Corp Power & Class Warfare”
snip] Reagan stood against everything that had been achieved in this remarkable age of reform. His constant attacks on the inefficiency of government, a rallying cry taken up by legions of conservative politicians across the country, became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more money that was taken away from government programs, the more ineffective they became, and the more ineffective they became, the more ridiculous government bureaucrats came to be seen in the public eye. Gradually government, and the broader realm of public service, has come to seem disreputable… Politicians, imbued with the same exaltation of self-interest that is the essence of Reaganism, increasingly treat public office as a vehicle for their own enrichment. [end snip
Yea, Reagan closed down mental hospitals, and then there was nowhere to go for treatment. Now the government has to pay jails which cost more than hospitals where people could actually get better. It also has created more social security disability pay-outs.
Let’s not forget Reagan’s lifting of the arms embargo on the dictatorial regimes in Guatemala, originally instituted under Carter due to Guatemala’s abysmal human rights abuse record. While Reagan was announcing that the dictator General Montt was “totally dedicated to democracy” and was “getting a bum rap”, US supplied helicopters were hunting down and strafing Mayan villagers in a genocidal campaign in which over 200,000 Guatemalans were killed on the grounds that if you dried up the ocean (the villages) where the fish (the guerrillas) swim ……. well, I’ll spare you the rest of this criminally insane lack of perspective. Montt, who is still in the Guatemalan congress, was an evangelical minister in the California-based Church of the Word and is a personal friend of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reagan got Washington’s airport named after him. Recent McClatchy and NYTimes articles report that Guatemala’s government is still barely functioning, and the CIA says that almost 60% of the population lives in poverty. We can talk about Reagan in Nicaragua and El Salvador some other time.
Informative article on DU. I’ve noticed the more the GOP (& Palin) invoke the Presidential Awesomeness of Ronald Reagan – others are reviewing his record to remind the rest of us
his destructive record of deregulation, tax cuts for the wealthy, Iran-Contra, slashing safely-net programs, and deficiet spending.
“Excessive Corp Power & Class Warfare”
snip] Reagan stood against everything that had been achieved in this remarkable age of reform. His constant attacks on the inefficiency of government, a rallying cry taken up by legions of conservative politicians across the country, became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more money that was taken away from government programs, the more ineffective they became, and the more ineffective they became, the more ridiculous government bureaucrats came to be seen in the public eye. Gradually government, and the broader realm of public service, has come to seem disreputable… Politicians, imbued with the same exaltation of self-interest that is the essence of Reaganism, increasingly treat public office as a vehicle for their own enrichment. [end snip
Yea, Reagan closed down mental hospitals, and then there was nowhere to go for treatment. Now the government has to pay jails which cost more than hospitals where people could actually get better. It also has created more social security disability pay-outs.
Let’s not forget Reagan’s lifting of the arms embargo on the dictatorial regimes in Guatemala, originally instituted under Carter due to Guatemala’s abysmal human rights abuse record. While Reagan was announcing that the dictator General Montt was “totally dedicated to democracy” and was “getting a bum rap”, US supplied helicopters were hunting down and strafing Mayan villagers in a genocidal campaign in which over 200,000 Guatemalans were killed on the grounds that if you dried up the ocean (the villages) where the fish (the guerrillas) swim ……. well, I’ll spare you the rest of this criminally insane lack of perspective. Montt, who is still in the Guatemalan congress, was an evangelical minister in the California-based Church of the Word and is a personal friend of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reagan got Washington’s airport named after him. Recent McClatchy and NYTimes articles report that Guatemala’s government is still barely functioning, and the CIA says that almost 60% of the population lives in poverty. We can talk about Reagan in Nicaragua and El Salvador some other time.
Arizona just keeps attracting Teh Crazy. I extend my deepest sympathies to anyone of sound mind who lives in that state these days.
There was an AP story in my newspaper this morning about one particularly frightening militia group that’s patroling the border. The leader is a neo-Nazi named JT Ready.
“But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready’s group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn’t white should leave the country “peacefully or by force.” ”
Not sure how the Native Americans fit into his plan and I don’t know exactly where all those unacceptable un-citizens are supposed to go, but I guess it’s absurd to try and think logically about what this guy is spewing.
Ready is a former Marine who was court martialed twice and discharged within a year after joining. He and his band of merry little men are “outfitted with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carry assault rifles”.
You can find photos of JT Ready wearing a swastika armband, and in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
This is a very dangerous time in my eyes. To have people joining together with American nazi’s because they all want the same thing – removal of a minority group.
Yeah, THAT’S someone I want to hang around with! I caught the end of an interview on Face the Nation this morning. J.D. Hayworth was bragging that he had Arpaio’s endorsement. Even if I knew nothing about Hayworth, that would be enought to make me run screaming in the opposite direction!
Ready, Arpaio and Hayworth…taking America back to its darkest days.
And the president of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, used to be close buddies w. Ready, until Pearce realized that this friendship might be a political liability. Pearce is the man who introduced SB 1070 and now wants to bar children born in the USA of “illegal” parents from getting American citizenship.
Amy Godman had a god piece today about the situation here, and how the rest of the country could revert to the “political desert” of Arizona if the Teabaggers win.
Arizona just keeps attracting Teh Crazy. I extend my deepest sympathies to anyone of sound mind who lives in that state these days.
There was an AP story in my newspaper this morning about one particularly frightening militia group that’s patroling the border. The leader is a neo-Nazi named JT Ready.
“But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready’s group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn’t white should leave the country “peacefully or by force.” ”
Not sure how the Native Americans fit into his plan and I don’t know exactly where all those unacceptable un-citizens are supposed to go, but I guess it’s absurd to try and think logically about what this guy is spewing.
Ready is a former Marine who was court martialed twice and discharged within a year after joining. He and his band of merry little men are “outfitted with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carry assault rifles”.
You can find photos of JT Ready wearing a swastika armband, and in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
This is a very dangerous time in my eyes. To have people joining together with American nazi’s because they all want the same thing – removal of a minority group.
Yeah, THAT’S someone I want to hang around with! I caught the end of an interview on Face the Nation this morning. J.D. Hayworth was bragging that he had Arpaio’s endorsement. Even if I knew nothing about Hayworth, that would be enought to make me run screaming in the opposite direction!
Ready, Arpaio and Hayworth…taking America back to its darkest days.
And the president of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, used to be close buddies w. Ready, until Pearce realized that this friendship might be a political liability. Pearce is the man who introduced SB 1070 and now wants to bar children born in the USA of “illegal” parents from getting American citizenship.
Amy Godman had a god piece today about the situation here, and how the rest of the country could revert to the “political desert” of Arizona if the Teabaggers win.
…one nice thing about Sow-ah being back in AK, “climbing ” Mt McKinley,,, she’s outta cell phone, WiFi range, and we’re getting a break from her inane tweets, postings and Faux commetns…. AAAHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!! Now if the filming would just take a few days longer….. hhm so, how well DOES all that pancake makeup go when the weather is cold ????
Do you actually believe she’s near a mountain, hiking? She lies so much, I don’t believe anything she says unless it’s been independently verified by a reliable source.
My guess is she’s medicated somewhere and having more work done on her face or body. Like that freaky lion-face lady who lived about 5 blocks from me in NYC. Bad plastic surgery doesn’t even begin to describe it.
We should get this straight. Palin’s trip to Talkeetna and Denali has nothing to do with hiking, climbing, or any pursuit that is “good for the soul”. She is being paid by the Discovery Channel to get dressed up in climbing gear and pretend to be a climber for an episode of her reality show.
Dressed to the nines in climbing gear and lookin’ hawt, I’m sure.. “does Naughty Monkey make climbing shoes too?”
I love the ‘smart women’ series too, AKM. For every step she takes us backa$$wards, it’s nice to know there are those who see through her and fight to take us forward.
…one nice thing about Sow-ah being back in AK, “climbing ” Mt McKinley,,, she’s outta cell phone, WiFi range, and we’re getting a break from her inane tweets, postings and Faux commetns…. AAAHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!! Now if the filming would just take a few days longer….. hhm so, how well DOES all that pancake makeup go when the weather is cold ????
Do you actually believe she’s near a mountain, hiking? She lies so much, I don’t believe anything she says unless it’s been independently verified by a reliable source.
My guess is she’s medicated somewhere and having more work done on her face or body. Like that freaky lion-face lady who lived about 5 blocks from me in NYC. Bad plastic surgery doesn’t even begin to describe it.
We should get this straight. Palin’s trip to Talkeetna and Denali has nothing to do with hiking, climbing, or any pursuit that is “good for the soul”. She is being paid by the Discovery Channel to get dressed up in climbing gear and pretend to be a climber for an episode of her reality show.
Dressed to the nines in climbing gear and lookin’ hawt, I’m sure.. “does Naughty Monkey make climbing shoes too?”
I love the ‘smart women’ series too, AKM. For every step she takes us backa$$wards, it’s nice to know there are those who see through her and fight to take us forward.
Will wonders ever cease? Alaska Airlines is coming to St. Louis! I will no longer have to fly to Seattle on American or anybody else, and I am hoping there will even be, wonder of wonders, a way to get to Anchorage in less than 23 stinking hours on a weekend!
Glad Alaska Airlines works well for you. Without competition (which they drive out with price wars) they’re been ripping off Juneauites and other Alaskans for decades. That’s why they can brag about their bottom line to the rest of the world.
And here is the money quote: “Costello observed that by charging untaxable fees that traditionally were part of ticket costs, airlines are diverting revenue that would otherwise support the Federal Aviation Administration and airline safety improvements.”
Just another way for the uber rich and corporation to not pay their fair share of taxes.
St. Louis used to be the hub for TWA. AA bought them out. All the promised hoo-dah about keeping our excellent service to everywhere went right out the window. You can’t get anywhere these days from St. Louis. Huge airport is being downsized to half.
Will wonders ever cease? Alaska Airlines is coming to St. Louis! I will no longer have to fly to Seattle on American or anybody else, and I am hoping there will even be, wonder of wonders, a way to get to Anchorage in less than 23 stinking hours on a weekend!
Glad Alaska Airlines works well for you. Without competition (which they drive out with price wars) they’re been ripping off Juneauites and other Alaskans for decades. That’s why they can brag about their bottom line to the rest of the world.
And here is the money quote: “Costello observed that by charging untaxable fees that traditionally were part of ticket costs, airlines are diverting revenue that would otherwise support the Federal Aviation Administration and airline safety improvements.”
Just another way for the uber rich and corporation to not pay their fair share of taxes.
St. Louis used to be the hub for TWA. AA bought them out. All the promised hoo-dah about keeping our excellent service to everywhere went right out the window. You can’t get anywhere these days from St. Louis. Huge airport is being downsized to half.
For all of you that enjoy looking at old photos and for my fellow WNYers, here’s a fabulous photo of downtown Buffalo circa 1908. The resolution is amazing. It shows the Erie County Savings building which was demolished in 1968 to make room for the Main Place Mall, one of the most plain, boring bldgs ever built.
It’s really fun to look at the many details in this photo. You can see the window washers, the horse and buggies sharing the streets with the newfangled horseless carriages, the names of the different businesses in the windows, and folks strolling around downtown Buffalo in the early years of its heyday. The comments section offers some interesting historical notes, as well. I just love it !
Wow, the architecture is very similar to a building in downtown Tacoma, WA – with the curves and the spires. I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of it to show you.
That is a cool building, and I love seeing early day photos. Thanks.
And I noticed that there is something so classy and uncluttered about having the business names painted on the windows instead of having signs outside on the building.
For all of you that enjoy looking at old photos and for my fellow WNYers, here’s a fabulous photo of downtown Buffalo circa 1908. The resolution is amazing. It shows the Erie County Savings building which was demolished in 1968 to make room for the Main Place Mall, one of the most plain, boring bldgs ever built.
It’s really fun to look at the many details in this photo. You can see the window washers, the horse and buggies sharing the streets with the newfangled horseless carriages, the names of the different businesses in the windows, and folks strolling around downtown Buffalo in the early years of its heyday. The comments section offers some interesting historical notes, as well. I just love it !
Wow, the architecture is very similar to a building in downtown Tacoma, WA – with the curves and the spires. I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of it to show you.
That is a cool building, and I love seeing early day photos. Thanks.
And I noticed that there is something so classy and uncluttered about having the business names painted on the windows instead of having signs outside on the building.
Yowza – Look at all these strong women voicing their opinions. I love your series, AKM! I’m getting tons of good ideas for my protest signs if and when Sow-ah throws her bumpit in the ring.
P.S. Have the time of your life at Netroots! Be safe, enjoy, learn, and let us know how you’re doing. We’re behind you all the way, and very proud of your well-deserved honor. Is Brian going with you, also, too? Maybe you could get a pic of him in front of Margaritaville on the Strip.
Yowza – Look at all these strong women voicing their opinions. I love your series, AKM! I’m getting tons of good ideas for my protest signs if and when Sow-ah throws her bumpit in the ring.
P.S. Have the time of your life at Netroots! Be safe, enjoy, learn, and let us know how you’re doing. We’re behind you all the way, and very proud of your well-deserved honor. Is Brian going with you, also, too? Maybe you could get a pic of him in front of Margaritaville on the Strip.
How about Sideshow Sarah?
How about Sideshow Sarah?
Re Sarah recent tweets: Sarah, please don’t “drunk tweet!” Remember, what you put out there, once you hit ‘send,’ is there FOREVER. I’m actually sending this on my way to Stratford-Upon-Avon (plane leaves in the early AM). You are a knotty-pated, pernicious, muddy-mettled, clay-brained, hellish, perfidious, foining STRUMPET – according to my Shakespeare insult generator!
Isn’t that fun? I love it.
Re Sarah recent tweets: Sarah, please don’t “drunk tweet!” Remember, what you put out there, once you hit ‘send,’ is there FOREVER. I’m actually sending this on my way to Stratford-Upon-Avon (plane leaves in the early AM). You are a knotty-pated, pernicious, muddy-mettled, clay-brained, hellish, perfidious, foining STRUMPET – according to my Shakespeare insult generator!
Isn’t that fun? I love it.
Holy Cow !! I point out how she’s been quiet for a couple of days, go off to do errands ( and a “new” snare drum !) and a movie with better half… and all this tweet stuff happens !! Guess she finally got her 6 lines right and they brought her home….( not much free stuff up thar in them thar hills, is thar, Sow-ah ?!?! )
This to me is the funniest day since the palm pilot episode.
There is a new twitter hashtag (you must sign up!!!)
just search for #shakespalin
You will be laughing.
Just saw this one on a comment on the HuffPo article:
Out, out, damn thought!
LOL, I’m dying with laughter.
Now, will any replublican “man” have the balls to use this? They should! Remember the Hillary nut crackers? ooooh
Holy Cow !! I point out how she’s been quiet for a couple of days, go off to do errands ( and a “new” snare drum !) and a movie with better half… and all this tweet stuff happens !! Guess she finally got her 6 lines right and they brought her home….( not much free stuff up thar in them thar hills, is thar, Sow-ah ?!?! )
This to me is the funniest day since the palm pilot episode.
There is a new twitter hashtag (you must sign up!!!)
just search for #shakespalin
You will be laughing.
Just saw this one on a comment on the HuffPo article:
Out, out, damn thought!
LOL, I’m dying with laughter.
Now, will any replublican “man” have the balls to use this? They should! Remember the Hillary nut crackers? ooooh
Movies with refudiate:
Dial R for Refudiate
Dazed and Refudiated
Look Who’s Refudiating
Movies with refudiate:
Dial R for Refudiate
Dazed and Refudiated
Look Who’s Refudiating
Don’t want this to get lost in the dance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/18/tea-party-expels-mark-williams_n_650445.html
I wonder how Palin will respond to this news and how (or if) she will distance herself from the TeaParty Express. Didn’t she appear at a few of their klan meetings?
Don’t want this to get lost in the dance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/18/tea-party-expels-mark-williams_n_650445.html
I wonder how Palin will respond to this news and how (or if) she will distance herself from the TeaParty Express. Didn’t she appear at a few of their klan meetings?
If I’m not mistaken “wee wee’d up” was first popularized by Obama during the campaign. I remember the surprise of such an articulate man using such a silly phrase.
Ah, so she stole it. She’s the rill dill, eh?
You are correct. I was mildly surprised that he’d used ‘wee’d wee’d up when it seemed clear that he meant ‘pissed off’ which is totally inappropriate for our POTUS and other elected officials.
A measure of Sarah’s cunning – to put herself on par with the president, the former president AND Shakespeare? Sadly, she is probably unaware that SHE flubs so consistently that one wonders if she’s trying to create a ‘new’ English.
If I’m not mistaken “wee wee’d up” was first popularized by Obama during the campaign. I remember the surprise of such an articulate man using such a silly phrase.
Ah, so she stole it. She’s the rill dill, eh?
You are correct. I was mildly surprised that he’d used ‘wee’d wee’d up when it seemed clear that he meant ‘pissed off’ which is totally inappropriate for our POTUS and other elected officials.
A measure of Sarah’s cunning – to put herself on par with the president, the former president AND Shakespeare? Sadly, she is probably unaware that SHE flubs so consistently that one wonders if she’s trying to create a ‘new’ English.
I’m laughing so hard I’m choking. $P has grabbed the blackberry , broken from her handlers and has gone entirely rogue. Here’s her tweet of a few moments ago:
**** SarahPalinUSA
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! *****
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Goodbye 2012!!
A very very entertaining Sunday, ’tis.
And with this tweet, she has just given every public speaker, every politician, a free pass, carte blanche, to mangle the English language any way they like. Surely neither she nor any of her followers can now criticize anyone for such wrong usages of the language. I expect in the future that I will hear no criticism from them about their use of language. She said it – English is a living language (I actually do believe that part).
Funny thing is – I’m having a hard time trying to remember a politician that has used the language so wrongly in the past or in the present. Seems her ‘free pass’ is being extended to benefit herself and that her tweet is a big excuse.
How many times do we have to explain it to ya, Sarah? Grown-ups (voters) want PROFESSIONAL, INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE people representing them. When you mangle the language, we say “unprofessional”. When you try to excuse yourself, we say “not adult”. Instead of making exscuses, why don’t you spend the time we know you have in trying to learn something, and use the correct, accepted language? Just an idea.
Terpsichore – She’s being fried over the coals for her repeated mangling of language. The roasting has just begun. I’m hopeful that the politicians and pundits with even half a brain will take note. For some reason $P gets the free pass ( but i think that’s coming to an end) but the other politicians will get called on it much sooner and more harshly. ( IMO)
I sure hope Bill O’reilly asks her some questions about her tweets the next time he interviews her.
If her Cult thought her made her look stooopid before… just wait.
I’m laughing so hard I’m choking. $P has grabbed the blackberry , broken from her handlers and has gone entirely rogue. Here’s her tweet of a few moments ago:
**** SarahPalinUSA
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! *****
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Goodbye 2012!!
A very very entertaining Sunday, ’tis.
And with this tweet, she has just given every public speaker, every politician, a free pass, carte blanche, to mangle the English language any way they like. Surely neither she nor any of her followers can now criticize anyone for such wrong usages of the language. I expect in the future that I will hear no criticism from them about their use of language. She said it – English is a living language (I actually do believe that part).
Funny thing is – I’m having a hard time trying to remember a politician that has used the language so wrongly in the past or in the present. Seems her ‘free pass’ is being extended to benefit herself and that her tweet is a big excuse.
How many times do we have to explain it to ya, Sarah? Grown-ups (voters) want PROFESSIONAL, INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE people representing them. When you mangle the language, we say “unprofessional”. When you try to excuse yourself, we say “not adult”. Instead of making exscuses, why don’t you spend the time we know you have in trying to learn something, and use the correct, accepted language? Just an idea.
Terpsichore – She’s being fried over the coals for her repeated mangling of language. The roasting has just begun. I’m hopeful that the politicians and pundits with even half a brain will take note. For some reason $P gets the free pass ( but i think that’s coming to an end) but the other politicians will get called on it much sooner and more harshly. ( IMO)
I sure hope Bill O’reilly asks her some questions about her tweets the next time he interviews her.
If her Cult thought her made her look stooopid before… just wait.
OK, this new hashtag #movieswithrefudiate is getting very hilarious
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23movieswithrefudiate
And another that hilariously reworks famous Shakespeare lines:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23SarahPalinShakespeare
OK, this new hashtag #movieswithrefudiate is getting very hilarious
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23movieswithrefudiate
And another that hilariously reworks famous Shakespeare lines:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23SarahPalinShakespeare
Have you seen her latest tweet?
She’s been freaking out all day!
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA
“”Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!”
OK, this is not Sowa, RAM is that you? Sowa wouldn’t know who Shakespeare was, much less how to spell his name.
Don’t you hate it when you come up with the perfect response too late, like AFTER you delete the stupid tweet. That woman is a Tweetiot!
Have you seen her latest tweet?
She’s been freaking out all day!
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA
“”Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!”
OK, this is not Sowa, RAM is that you? Sowa wouldn’t know who Shakespeare was, much less how to spell his name.
Don’t you hate it when you come up with the perfect response too late, like AFTER you delete the stupid tweet. That woman is a Tweetiot!
What more can I say—–Sarah Palin is nut job!!!!!!
What more can I say—–Sarah Palin is nut job!!!!!!
September 11 2001. i watched, with other Americans, the towers burn and fall down. unlike my fellow
Americans in the heartland i was right there within walking distance. i watched while people i had known and loved were burned to death or who, holding hands, jumped into the void. i stood there waiting with parents who would never see their children again. i saw those same parents two of whom were dear neighbors die within months of the event. i also saw Muslim men crying like lost children. young Sami whose mother is in far away Yemen held on the me saying “Habibi we must go away from here. you must come with us. you will be safe there” now i don’t know where Sarah Palin was but this i do know she is not from around here. she can keep her phony ‘heartland stabbed heart’ to herself and stay the feck out of New York and New York affairs. and if she ever brings her sorry self to lower Manhattan to protest against anybody or anything i will be there to meet her.
p.s. ..if that should happen please bail me out of jail. …..pupupleeze?
pps…i am claustrophobic and i get the hot flashes an’ all.
Hell Bubbles, I will fly to NYC to protest WITH YOU. Just let me know. We’ll keep each other company.
I’ll be there too. She will not get to show her sorry facelift in NYC.
I’ll catch the first train and keep you BOTH company!
I had a close friend whose son and daughter-in-law-to-be were on the second plane. He never recovered and died of a heart attack a couple of years later.
He would have been the first to stand up with you and fight against the prejudice. I’d be right next to him, holding his hand.
I’ll chip in for lawyer’s fees. If I was an attorney you’d be my pro-bono cause of a lifetime.
She needs a serious knee in the guts. I hope all sorts of New Yorkers and others from the actual heartland (does she not know her geography as well as grammar? wth is the deal with the continued use of refute incorrectly?) give her a serious slapdown.
thanks pups. i knew i could count on you. ….{{{hugs}}}}
Bubs – Nothing but , “thank you” . That was something else.
(((((bubbles))))
If it comes to that, I will fly to NYC to be by your side. Then we can fan each other in the jail together. I would willingly have my head bashed in to protest such outrageous, bigotted BS! She is beyond idiot and moron and moving through the realm of pure psycho now. That high altitude livin’ that she claims to have been doin’ was not good for her non-existant soul. In fact, I think it killed her one and only neuron for good.
I was not in NYC that day. Nor was I in “the heartland”. I still felt the impact, but I am sure at nowhere near the intensity of those who were there. I have friends from NYC (lived there in the early 80s) who I was calling that day to check on them and their families. I have met people since then, in different parts of the country and the world, who lost precious family members that day. SP has no freakin idea of what she speaks. She has not one speck of Jesus in her heart when she lashes out like this.
Ugh! This kind of thing makes me so angry…I just read her tweets to my husband and his response is….what is she thinking? does she just want to invite radicals to come and do it again???
Why oh why can’t we get to the true sense of what “peace” is supposed to be? Where is John Lennon when we need him?
I will be proud to walk by your side. Name the date. I will be there.
September 11 2001. i watched, with other Americans, the towers burn and fall down. unlike my fellow
Americans in the heartland i was right there within walking distance. i watched while people i had known and loved were burned to death or who, holding hands, jumped into the void. i stood there waiting with parents who would never see their children again. i saw those same parents two of whom were dear neighbors die within months of the event. i also saw Muslim men crying like lost children. young Sami whose mother is in far away Yemen held on the me saying “Habibi we must go away from here. you must come with us. you will be safe there” now i don’t know where Sarah Palin was but this i do know she is not from around here. she can keep her phony ‘heartland stabbed heart’ to herself and stay the feck out of New York and New York affairs. and if she ever brings her sorry self to lower Manhattan to protest against anybody or anything i will be there to meet her.
p.s. ..if that should happen please bail me out of jail. …..pupupleeze?
pps…i am claustrophobic and i get the hot flashes an’ all.
Hell Bubbles, I will fly to NYC to protest WITH YOU. Just let me know. We’ll keep each other company.
I’ll be there too. She will not get to show her sorry facelift in NYC.
I’ll catch the first train and keep you BOTH company!
I had a close friend whose son and daughter-in-law-to-be were on the second plane. He never recovered and died of a heart attack a couple of years later.
He would have been the first to stand up with you and fight against the prejudice. I’d be right next to him, holding his hand.
I’ll chip in for lawyer’s fees. If I was an attorney you’d be my pro-bono cause of a lifetime.
She needs a serious knee in the guts. I hope all sorts of New Yorkers and others from the actual heartland (does she not know her geography as well as grammar? wth is the deal with the continued use of refute incorrectly?) give her a serious slapdown.
thanks pups. i knew i could count on you. ….{{{hugs}}}}
Bubs – Nothing but , “thank you” . That was something else.
(((((bubbles))))
If it comes to that, I will fly to NYC to be by your side. Then we can fan each other in the jail together. I would willingly have my head bashed in to protest such outrageous, bigotted BS! She is beyond idiot and moron and moving through the realm of pure psycho now. That high altitude livin’ that she claims to have been doin’ was not good for her non-existant soul. In fact, I think it killed her one and only neuron for good.
I was not in NYC that day. Nor was I in “the heartland”. I still felt the impact, but I am sure at nowhere near the intensity of those who were there. I have friends from NYC (lived there in the early 80s) who I was calling that day to check on them and their families. I have met people since then, in different parts of the country and the world, who lost precious family members that day. SP has no freakin idea of what she speaks. She has not one speck of Jesus in her heart when she lashes out like this.
Ugh! This kind of thing makes me so angry…I just read her tweets to my husband and his response is….what is she thinking? does she just want to invite radicals to come and do it again???
Why oh why can’t we get to the true sense of what “peace” is supposed to be? Where is John Lennon when we need him?
I will be proud to walk by your side. Name the date. I will be there.
She must have gotten back to find there were no stories about her on the HuffPo drawing thousands of comments every five minutes, so her knee jerk reaction was to see if a quick Tweet from the Twit would make a big hit.
She has to refudiate the payment for publicity her daughter and future husband took from US Mag.
That should be a mandation for her.
She must have gotten back to find there were no stories about her on the HuffPo drawing thousands of comments every five minutes, so her knee jerk reaction was to see if a quick Tweet from the Twit would make a big hit.
She has to refudiate the payment for publicity her daughter and future husband took from US Mag.
That should be a mandation for her.
Since Ca$H Cow Sarah is in full Fund-raising mode at the moment and trying to erase that debt of her ILLEGAL AFT ‘ thingy ‘ selling herself as the poor victim again… ” Please help me out ? ”
Selling Snake oil in a bottle labeled ” Palin 2012 “. ( it should come with a Warning Label)
She’s trying to convince the sheeple she wants a New Job in ‘ 2012 ‘.
She never did figure out what that LAST Job she applied for did though…. Did she?
Keith O. points this out very clearly. I think he was enjoying this wayyyyy too much.
{ What does the VP do ?} Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rS_9PMbXY&feature=player_embedded
Since Ca$H Cow Sarah is in full Fund-raising mode at the moment and trying to erase that debt of her ILLEGAL AFT ‘ thingy ‘ selling herself as the poor victim again… ” Please help me out ? ”
Selling Snake oil in a bottle labeled ” Palin 2012 “. ( it should come with a Warning Label)
She’s trying to convince the sheeple she wants a New Job in ‘ 2012 ‘.
She never did figure out what that LAST Job she applied for did though…. Did she?
Keith O. points this out very clearly. I think he was enjoying this wayyyyy too much.
{ What does the VP do ?} Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rS_9PMbXY&feature=player_embedded
Well the head teahadi Sarah Palin just came out against religious freedom in America.
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18854876053
WTH… does THAT mean..? Someone adjust her Meds again.
She does have that FREE ‘ socialized healthcare ‘ she uses. It won’t cost her a dime.
She originally used “refudiate” again, but someone must have reminded her, so she deleted the tweet and redid it with the word refute.
Here is a blog that saved the original tweet screen shot
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36769_Sarah_Palin_Calls_on_Peaceful_Muslims/comments/
SJP: I clicked on this page, and the message said that the page doesn’t exist!? Is there another link, or whatever? I’m not particularly adept with this stuff, so please keep it simple. Thanks
Because she DELETED IT!!!!!! See my post of the blog that saved the screenshot.
Ooops. The “littlegreenfootballs” link opened. Thanks for the new contact information.
Link not working so here is the quote ” Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real 26 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ”
“refute” a house of worship being built as a reminder of peace.
The billions of peace loving Muslims are not our enemy and it is time we stand up for them and their right to religious freedom.
A house of worship is a great way for Muslim to refute the tiny band of whack jobs who did 911 and pray for the souls of those few still out there who want to cause harm.
That is her revised, calmer tweet. The original has been screenshotted,
Here’s the latest one. ” Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing 14 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® “
It isn’t AT Ground Zero, Mrs. Palin. It is two blocks away. I must admit, I am wondering about some of the financing for the construction of the 13 story building, but it is NOT on the spot as it were.
Jews died that day. Should we ask the churches that are nearby to relocate?
Christians died that day. Should we ask the synagogue to move?
Please, Mrs. Palin. Go back on that mountain you have yet to climb, and how did you get twitter service anyway way the heck out there.
Unbelievable walk back. Too many people have saved the original screenshot Sarah.
Did she tweelete again? That one is gone. Looks like she replaced it with 2 others.
She wants New Yorkers to refute>/i> the mosque plan. She shoulda stuck with ‘refudiate’ and made more sense.
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18855185436
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18858128918
Oops. My attempt to italicize ‘refute’ failed Sorry.
#refudiate
is now a hash tag on twitter!
I seriousilutely refudize her a$$holyestness mandation. rilly.
Thanks. I had no idea her English skillz generated so much enthusiasm.
LOL!!!!!
As it said on Little Green Footballs, at least refute has the advantage of being an actual word! And yes, it was not the right word in that context. She is giving stupid a bad name.
My favorite comment on littlegreenfootballs:
“I’m increasingly surprised with how much stupid you can fit into 140 or fewer characters.”
Well the head teahadi Sarah Palin just came out against religious freedom in America.
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18854876053
WTH… does THAT mean..? Someone adjust her Meds again.
She does have that FREE ‘ socialized healthcare ‘ she uses. It won’t cost her a dime.
She originally used “refudiate” again, but someone must have reminded her, so she deleted the tweet and redid it with the word refute.
Here is a blog that saved the original tweet screen shot
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36769_Sarah_Palin_Calls_on_Peaceful_Muslims/comments/
SJP: I clicked on this page, and the message said that the page doesn’t exist!? Is there another link, or whatever? I’m not particularly adept with this stuff, so please keep it simple. Thanks
Because she DELETED IT!!!!!! See my post of the blog that saved the screenshot.
Ooops. The “littlegreenfootballs” link opened. Thanks for the new contact information.
Link not working so here is the quote ” Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real 26 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ”
“refute” a house of worship being built as a reminder of peace.
The billions of peace loving Muslims are not our enemy and it is time we stand up for them and their right to religious freedom.
A house of worship is a great way for Muslim to refute the tiny band of whack jobs who did 911 and pray for the souls of those few still out there who want to cause harm.
That is her revised, calmer tweet. The original has been screenshotted,
Here’s the latest one. ” Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing 14 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® “
It isn’t AT Ground Zero, Mrs. Palin. It is two blocks away. I must admit, I am wondering about some of the financing for the construction of the 13 story building, but it is NOT on the spot as it were.
Jews died that day. Should we ask the churches that are nearby to relocate?
Christians died that day. Should we ask the synagogue to move?
Please, Mrs. Palin. Go back on that mountain you have yet to climb, and how did you get twitter service anyway way the heck out there.
Unbelievable walk back. Too many people have saved the original screenshot Sarah.
Did she tweelete again? That one is gone. Looks like she replaced it with 2 others.
She wants New Yorkers to refute>/i> the mosque plan. She shoulda stuck with ‘refudiate’ and made more sense.
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18855185436
http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/18858128918
Oops. My attempt to italicize ‘refute’ failed Sorry.
#refudiate
is now a hash tag on twitter!
I seriousilutely refudize her a$$holyestness mandation. rilly.
Thanks. I had no idea her English skillz generated so much enthusiasm.
LOL!!!!!
As it said on Little Green Footballs, at least refute has the advantage of being an actual word! And yes, it was not the right word in that context. She is giving stupid a bad name.
My favorite comment on littlegreenfootballs:
“I’m increasingly surprised with how much stupid you can fit into 140 or fewer characters.”
Informative article on DU. I’ve noticed the more the GOP (& Palin) invoke the Presidential Awesomeness of Ronald Reagan – others are reviewing his record to remind the rest of us
his destructive record of deregulation, tax cuts for the wealthy, Iran-Contra, slashing safely-net programs, and deficiet spending.
“Excessive Corp Power & Class Warfare”
snip] Reagan stood against everything that had been achieved in this remarkable age of reform. His constant attacks on the inefficiency of government, a rallying cry taken up by legions of conservative politicians across the country, became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more money that was taken away from government programs, the more ineffective they became, and the more ineffective they became, the more ridiculous government bureaucrats came to be seen in the public eye. Gradually government, and the broader realm of public service, has come to seem disreputable… Politicians, imbued with the same exaltation of self-interest that is the essence of Reaganism, increasingly treat public office as a vehicle for their own enrichment. [end snip
read more @ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×8767297
Yea, Reagan closed down mental hospitals, and then there was nowhere to go for treatment. Now the government has to pay jails which cost more than hospitals where people could actually get better. It also has created more social security disability pay-outs.
Let’s not forget Reagan’s lifting of the arms embargo on the dictatorial regimes in Guatemala, originally instituted under Carter due to Guatemala’s abysmal human rights abuse record. While Reagan was announcing that the dictator General Montt was “totally dedicated to democracy” and was “getting a bum rap”, US supplied helicopters were hunting down and strafing Mayan villagers in a genocidal campaign in which over 200,000 Guatemalans were killed on the grounds that if you dried up the ocean (the villages) where the fish (the guerrillas) swim ……. well, I’ll spare you the rest of this criminally insane lack of perspective. Montt, who is still in the Guatemalan congress, was an evangelical minister in the California-based Church of the Word and is a personal friend of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reagan got Washington’s airport named after him. Recent McClatchy and NYTimes articles report that Guatemala’s government is still barely functioning, and the CIA says that almost 60% of the population lives in poverty. We can talk about Reagan in Nicaragua and El Salvador some other time.
Informative article on DU. I’ve noticed the more the GOP (& Palin) invoke the Presidential Awesomeness of Ronald Reagan – others are reviewing his record to remind the rest of us
his destructive record of deregulation, tax cuts for the wealthy, Iran-Contra, slashing safely-net programs, and deficiet spending.
“Excessive Corp Power & Class Warfare”
snip] Reagan stood against everything that had been achieved in this remarkable age of reform. His constant attacks on the inefficiency of government, a rallying cry taken up by legions of conservative politicians across the country, became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more money that was taken away from government programs, the more ineffective they became, and the more ineffective they became, the more ridiculous government bureaucrats came to be seen in the public eye. Gradually government, and the broader realm of public service, has come to seem disreputable… Politicians, imbued with the same exaltation of self-interest that is the essence of Reaganism, increasingly treat public office as a vehicle for their own enrichment. [end snip
read more @ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×8767297
Yea, Reagan closed down mental hospitals, and then there was nowhere to go for treatment. Now the government has to pay jails which cost more than hospitals where people could actually get better. It also has created more social security disability pay-outs.
Let’s not forget Reagan’s lifting of the arms embargo on the dictatorial regimes in Guatemala, originally instituted under Carter due to Guatemala’s abysmal human rights abuse record. While Reagan was announcing that the dictator General Montt was “totally dedicated to democracy” and was “getting a bum rap”, US supplied helicopters were hunting down and strafing Mayan villagers in a genocidal campaign in which over 200,000 Guatemalans were killed on the grounds that if you dried up the ocean (the villages) where the fish (the guerrillas) swim ……. well, I’ll spare you the rest of this criminally insane lack of perspective. Montt, who is still in the Guatemalan congress, was an evangelical minister in the California-based Church of the Word and is a personal friend of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reagan got Washington’s airport named after him. Recent McClatchy and NYTimes articles report that Guatemala’s government is still barely functioning, and the CIA says that almost 60% of the population lives in poverty. We can talk about Reagan in Nicaragua and El Salvador some other time.
Arizona just keeps attracting Teh Crazy. I extend my deepest sympathies to anyone of sound mind who lives in that state these days.
There was an AP story in my newspaper this morning about one particularly frightening militia group that’s patroling the border. The leader is a neo-Nazi named JT Ready.
“But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready’s group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn’t white should leave the country “peacefully or by force.” ”
Not sure how the Native Americans fit into his plan and I don’t know exactly where all those unacceptable un-citizens are supposed to go, but I guess it’s absurd to try and think logically about what this guy is spewing.
Ready is a former Marine who was court martialed twice and discharged within a year after joining. He and his band of merry little men are “outfitted with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carry assault rifles”.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38290873/ns/us_news-life
You can find photos of JT Ready wearing a swastika armband, and in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
This is a very dangerous time in my eyes. To have people joining together with American nazi’s because they all want the same thing – removal of a minority group.
VERY DANGEROUS TIME
“in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”
Yeah, THAT’S someone I want to hang around with! I caught the end of an interview on Face the Nation this morning. J.D. Hayworth was bragging that he had Arpaio’s endorsement. Even if I knew nothing about Hayworth, that would be enought to make me run screaming in the opposite direction!
Ready, Arpaio and Hayworth…taking America back to its darkest days.
And the president of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, used to be close buddies w. Ready, until Pearce realized that this friendship might be a political liability. Pearce is the man who introduced SB 1070 and now wants to bar children born in the USA of “illegal” parents from getting American citizenship.
Amy Godman had a god piece today about the situation here, and how the rest of the country could revert to the “political desert” of Arizona if the Teabaggers win.
Arizona just keeps attracting Teh Crazy. I extend my deepest sympathies to anyone of sound mind who lives in that state these days.
There was an AP story in my newspaper this morning about one particularly frightening militia group that’s patroling the border. The leader is a neo-Nazi named JT Ready.
“But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready’s group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn’t white should leave the country “peacefully or by force.” ”
Not sure how the Native Americans fit into his plan and I don’t know exactly where all those unacceptable un-citizens are supposed to go, but I guess it’s absurd to try and think logically about what this guy is spewing.
Ready is a former Marine who was court martialed twice and discharged within a year after joining. He and his band of merry little men are “outfitted with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carry assault rifles”.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38290873/ns/us_news-life
You can find photos of JT Ready wearing a swastika armband, and in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
This is a very dangerous time in my eyes. To have people joining together with American nazi’s because they all want the same thing – removal of a minority group.
VERY DANGEROUS TIME
“in the company of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”
Yeah, THAT’S someone I want to hang around with! I caught the end of an interview on Face the Nation this morning. J.D. Hayworth was bragging that he had Arpaio’s endorsement. Even if I knew nothing about Hayworth, that would be enought to make me run screaming in the opposite direction!
Ready, Arpaio and Hayworth…taking America back to its darkest days.
And the president of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, used to be close buddies w. Ready, until Pearce realized that this friendship might be a political liability. Pearce is the man who introduced SB 1070 and now wants to bar children born in the USA of “illegal” parents from getting American citizenship.
Amy Godman had a god piece today about the situation here, and how the rest of the country could revert to the “political desert” of Arizona if the Teabaggers win.
How time flies. It’s been almost two years since the “rally”… Enjoy the photos, and a good “picture says a thousand words” for newcomers to this blog.
Polly, do you recognize our neighbors there, MS and RL?
How time flies. It’s been almost two years since the “rally”… Enjoy the photos, and a good “picture says a thousand words” for newcomers to this blog.
Polly, do you recognize our neighbors there, MS and RL?
I am still being spam censored, even when It is absolutely clean.
Wish I could engage in the chat.
Have a great day mud puppies and I’ll hope to be able to talk with you guys again soon.
I am still being spam censored, even when It is absolutely clean.
Wish I could engage in the chat.
Have a great day mud puppies and I’ll hope to be able to talk with you guys again soon.
…one nice thing about Sow-ah being back in AK, “climbing ” Mt McKinley,,, she’s outta cell phone, WiFi range, and we’re getting a break from her inane tweets, postings and Faux commetns…. AAAHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!! Now if the filming would just take a few days longer….. hhm so, how well DOES all that pancake makeup go when the weather is cold ????
Do you actually believe she’s near a mountain, hiking? She lies so much, I don’t believe anything she says unless it’s been independently verified by a reliable source.
My guess is she’s medicated somewhere and having more work done on her face or body. Like that freaky lion-face lady who lived about 5 blocks from me in NYC. Bad plastic surgery doesn’t even begin to describe it.
We should get this straight. Palin’s trip to Talkeetna and Denali has nothing to do with hiking, climbing, or any pursuit that is “good for the soul”. She is being paid by the Discovery Channel to get dressed up in climbing gear and pretend to be a climber for an episode of her reality show.
Dressed to the nines in climbing gear and lookin’ hawt, I’m sure.. “does Naughty Monkey make climbing shoes too?”
I love the ‘smart women’ series too, AKM. For every step she takes us backa$$wards, it’s nice to know there are those who see through her and fight to take us forward.
…one nice thing about Sow-ah being back in AK, “climbing ” Mt McKinley,,, she’s outta cell phone, WiFi range, and we’re getting a break from her inane tweets, postings and Faux commetns…. AAAHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!! Now if the filming would just take a few days longer….. hhm so, how well DOES all that pancake makeup go when the weather is cold ????
Do you actually believe she’s near a mountain, hiking? She lies so much, I don’t believe anything she says unless it’s been independently verified by a reliable source.
My guess is she’s medicated somewhere and having more work done on her face or body. Like that freaky lion-face lady who lived about 5 blocks from me in NYC. Bad plastic surgery doesn’t even begin to describe it.
We should get this straight. Palin’s trip to Talkeetna and Denali has nothing to do with hiking, climbing, or any pursuit that is “good for the soul”. She is being paid by the Discovery Channel to get dressed up in climbing gear and pretend to be a climber for an episode of her reality show.
Dressed to the nines in climbing gear and lookin’ hawt, I’m sure.. “does Naughty Monkey make climbing shoes too?”
I love the ‘smart women’ series too, AKM. For every step she takes us backa$$wards, it’s nice to know there are those who see through her and fight to take us forward.
Will wonders ever cease? Alaska Airlines is coming to St. Louis! I will no longer have to fly to Seattle on American or anybody else, and I am hoping there will even be, wonder of wonders, a way to get to Anchorage in less than 23 stinking hours on a weekend!
Glad Alaska Airlines works well for you. Without competition (which they drive out with price wars) they’re been ripping off Juneauites and other Alaskans for decades. That’s why they can brag about their bottom line to the rest of the world.
Maybe Congress will finally begin to act soon. There was an interesting article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_6dcc98b0-e06e-55d2-8c63-d2858f30596e.html
I have been hounding our Representative, Jerry Costello. He is a good listener, and will read emails from outside his district.
And here is the money quote: “Costello observed that by charging untaxable fees that traditionally were part of ticket costs, airlines are diverting revenue that would otherwise support the Federal Aviation Administration and airline safety improvements.”
Just another way for the uber rich and corporation to not pay their fair share of taxes.
Do we really want a less safe airline system?
St. Louis used to be the hub for TWA. AA bought them out. All the promised hoo-dah about keeping our excellent service to everywhere went right out the window. You can’t get anywhere these days from St. Louis. Huge airport is being downsized to half.
Will wonders ever cease? Alaska Airlines is coming to St. Louis! I will no longer have to fly to Seattle on American or anybody else, and I am hoping there will even be, wonder of wonders, a way to get to Anchorage in less than 23 stinking hours on a weekend!
Glad Alaska Airlines works well for you. Without competition (which they drive out with price wars) they’re been ripping off Juneauites and other Alaskans for decades. That’s why they can brag about their bottom line to the rest of the world.
Maybe Congress will finally begin to act soon. There was an interesting article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_6dcc98b0-e06e-55d2-8c63-d2858f30596e.html
I have been hounding our Representative, Jerry Costello. He is a good listener, and will read emails from outside his district.
And here is the money quote: “Costello observed that by charging untaxable fees that traditionally were part of ticket costs, airlines are diverting revenue that would otherwise support the Federal Aviation Administration and airline safety improvements.”
Just another way for the uber rich and corporation to not pay their fair share of taxes.
Do we really want a less safe airline system?
St. Louis used to be the hub for TWA. AA bought them out. All the promised hoo-dah about keeping our excellent service to everywhere went right out the window. You can’t get anywhere these days from St. Louis. Huge airport is being downsized to half.
Morning, All !
For all of you that enjoy looking at old photos and for my fellow WNYers, here’s a fabulous photo of downtown Buffalo circa 1908. The resolution is amazing. It shows the Erie County Savings building which was demolished in 1968 to make room for the Main Place Mall, one of the most plain, boring bldgs ever built.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8536?size=_original
It’s really fun to look at the many details in this photo. You can see the window washers, the horse and buggies sharing the streets with the newfangled horseless carriages, the names of the different businesses in the windows, and folks strolling around downtown Buffalo in the early years of its heyday. The comments section offers some interesting historical notes, as well. I just love it !
Happy Sunday !
Wow, the architecture is very similar to a building in downtown Tacoma, WA – with the curves and the spires. I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of it to show you.
That is a cool building, and I love seeing early day photos. Thanks.
And I noticed that there is something so classy and uncluttered about having the business names painted on the windows instead of having signs outside on the building.
You might be thinking of Stadium High School-
http://stadiumclassof68.com/images/coolstadium.gif
Beautiful and historical.
Such fun!
Morning, All !
For all of you that enjoy looking at old photos and for my fellow WNYers, here’s a fabulous photo of downtown Buffalo circa 1908. The resolution is amazing. It shows the Erie County Savings building which was demolished in 1968 to make room for the Main Place Mall, one of the most plain, boring bldgs ever built.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8536?size=_original
It’s really fun to look at the many details in this photo. You can see the window washers, the horse and buggies sharing the streets with the newfangled horseless carriages, the names of the different businesses in the windows, and folks strolling around downtown Buffalo in the early years of its heyday. The comments section offers some interesting historical notes, as well. I just love it !
Happy Sunday !
Wow, the architecture is very similar to a building in downtown Tacoma, WA – with the curves and the spires. I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of it to show you.
That is a cool building, and I love seeing early day photos. Thanks.
And I noticed that there is something so classy and uncluttered about having the business names painted on the windows instead of having signs outside on the building.
You might be thinking of Stadium High School-
http://stadiumclassof68.com/images/coolstadium.gif
Beautiful and historical.
Such fun!
Yowza – Look at all these strong women voicing their opinions. I love your series, AKM! I’m getting tons of good ideas for my protest signs if and when Sow-ah throws her bumpit in the ring.
P.S. Have the time of your life at Netroots! Be safe, enjoy, learn, and let us know how you’re doing. We’re behind you all the way, and very proud of your well-deserved honor. Is Brian going with you, also, too? Maybe you could get a pic of him in front of Margaritaville on the Strip.
Yowza – Look at all these strong women voicing their opinions. I love your series, AKM! I’m getting tons of good ideas for my protest signs if and when Sow-ah throws her bumpit in the ring.
P.S. Have the time of your life at Netroots! Be safe, enjoy, learn, and let us know how you’re doing. We’re behind you all the way, and very proud of your well-deserved honor. Is Brian going with you, also, too? Maybe you could get a pic of him in front of Margaritaville on the Strip.