Open Thread – MudMouse!
~~MudMouse~~
I thought I’d introduce you to one of the other inhabitants of Mudflats Central. It’s MudMouse. Often it is the squeaky sound of the spinning of the mouse wheel that is the background noise while I type posts, particularly in the evening. Mudmouse has a pretty good life. He’s generally either sleeping in his little hut, gorging himself on seeds or Wasa Rye Crispbread, or running a zillion miles an hour on his wheel. He’ll get the wheel going and then all of a sudden he clamps his little toes around the wire, and takes the thing for a wild ride. I’m sure he’s figured out how to keep it going because in his youth, we counted him spinning around upside down on the wheel for 34 revolutions. I’m not kidding. Now a days, he’ll do 6 or 7.
MudMouse is a rescue mouse. A feral mouse from an undisclosed location whose days would surely have been numbered if it were not for a couple particularly kind-hearted souls in my house. So Mudmouse came home with us last November. Knowing the brief time upon the Earth to which most mice are bound, I’ve tried not to become too attached to MudMouse. That plan met with abject failure. He’s quite a nice, and amusing little fellow.
Anyway, MudMouse is not his real name. But, because I have a staunch policy of not “outing” anyone’s identity, he will remain….. Anonymouse. (You knew that was coming)
PalinSucks Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:54 PM
“She’s fondeling that blackberry again. That thing is like a pacifier to her, or a comfy blanket. And she wouldn’t know what to do with her hands.”
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That looks like a pen to me unless blackberries got smaller.
@pearl89
I’m beginning to think Donald Trump is losing his grip. First, he makes Joan Rivers his apprentice. And now Miz Prejean keeps her title.
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The Donald is a ‘loser”! he’s shallow, objectifies women…being ruthless, cut-throat, & a bully in business does not make you intelligent!
additional photos surfaced of miss california (damn those photographers! – “it was between takes and it was windy”) …THEN WHY ARE YOU STARING RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA?!!!…more hypocrisy…more lying…it’s so commonplace anymore…like a genetic flaw.
I had to laugh when I read comment #8 at TMZ. 😀
It reads:
” Wh*re. I can’t wait to hear what these religious fanatics who keep defending this girl have to say now. You have a sl*t as a spokesperson. That really lends to your credibility.
Sl*ts against gay marriage! Unwed mothers for abstinence! You conservatives really know how to pick your leaders. Get a clue.”
@crystalwolf aka caligrl
Cronyism. Most of the people in her administration she went to school with or are her neighbors, church members, etc. Now they are in a place of power, if they should go against the queen, they will lose their job..ie: power.
Sickening isn’t it???
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Y E S !!! it is sickening! …she should have never been allowed to get away with sitting unqualified people in a power position! …no way to infiltrate her circle unless they break their silence and loyalty.
maybe we should be checking THEIR bank statements, house renovations, per diem, back taxes, etc! monkey see, monkey do
Prayer of comfort offered for Womanwithsardinecan, Alaska Pi, and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign. Three strong sisters. Courage to y’all.
South Side Chicago
I’m beginning to think Donald Trump is losing his grip. First, he makes Joan Rivers his apprentice. And now Miz Prejean keeps her title.
It is so hard to type with my cat lying across the mouse and using her paws to hit the computer keys. Miz Minnie the Mouser thinks the only reason God gave humans hands are for rubbing her.
@ 243 austintx
Thanks for the pic – LOL. I had a receptionist come to me one day to complain the guys weren’t taking her seriously. She was dressed about like that. I felt bad having to explain that while she had a great figure for it, it was more appropriate for a Friday or Saturday night out at the bar. Sure enough, she started wearing more clothes to work and the guys started looking at her face and listening when she spoke.
I just saw miss cali on KO’s “WTF” segment…you can totally tell she has talked to GINO!
Liar, liar pants on fire!!!
No surprise on the handguns in national parks amendment (see my post 250). My 2 senators voted nay, Begich and Murkowski voted yea. sigh…
So sorry to hear of tragic events for the 3 sisters.
Using the OT thread to express my dee-light (NOT) that 27 Dem Senators joined 39 Repubs to legalize carrying handguns in national parks. WTF? One of those stealth amendments on the credit card restriction bill. We have 3 national parks in my state, and I hate to think of people carrying HANDGUNS in them. Gonna go ask Mr. Google if my senators were among the 27.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20090512/US.Guns.National.Parks/
Lainey Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 6:06 PM
@crystalwolf aka caligrl
apparently the Hand picked by GINO State personnel board are unable to see any wrong doing in regards to GINO.
Just like Troopergate.
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in font size 72…WHY NOT??????? I can’t take this anymore!!!
Is GINO threatening them?…has she told them she would fire them?…blackball them?…did they sign a contract? What could she possibly be holding over their heads?…what could she possibly do if they all, as a united front, confronted her or went to the top? God knows they would have the majority’s support if they grew some balls! ARRGGGGHHHHH
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Cronyism. Most of the people in her administration she went to school with or are her neighbors, church members, etc. Now they are in a place of power, if they should go against the queen, they will lose their job..ie: power.
Sickening isn’t it???
Aha, another finger in Alaskan’s eyes…one for you and you and you and…YOU
Might as well let her do it, then file another ethics complaint. If you file too early, she’ll just practice abstinence and pull out early and claim she never received any money…yet.
Doesn’t her admission of having ”after hours” help one of the other already filed complaints in the complainant’s favor. I can’t remember which one off the top of my head (maybe one where she left the state to run for v.p.)
austintx Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 6:05 PM
caligrl – What do you call it when sarah and Miss Cali get together ??…………………………a wind tunnel !!
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LOL! AirHeads!
Maia is the best! Great find, thanks.
@PalinSucks
That is what she is hoping PRAYING for. Alaskans will get fed up and leave her alone. DON’T DO IT…hold her accountable!!
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You’re right!!! How much longer? Alaska has the entire lower 49 behind them and yet…………
Hahahahaha! Good one!
233 ValleyIndependent Says: ……..brainless trollop…….
http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sarah-palin-hottie.jpg
I had a rat.
Madame Curious.
New thread up on book deal.
223 strangelet Says:
Push-pull-out?
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Yeah.
@Donna in Michigan
As a former editor, no, I can’t. At all.
This from Maia:
http://www.ownthesidewalk.com/
I’m only buying a copy of Sarah’s book if Maia’s hired! 🙂
“I can’t take this anymore!!!”
That is what she is hoping PRAYING for. Alaskans will get fed up and leave her alone. DON’T DO IT…hold her accountable!!!
Thank you and thank you. Just being yourselves is enough; you are so good at informing this community of so much information. I am grateful every day to you and for our friends around the globe for their generosity and kindness. She and her kind will not win: goodness is everywhere (although at times I am uncertain,) and her spite is not for the common good. I repeat, her spite is not for the common good.
Our President is one example.
@austintx
And the bar bill.
Oh and one more thing…then I am off to bed.
When you have a book come out, you have to go do interviews and book tours.
To promote the book.
This is going to be fun.
164-166, 168 @ TX Lisa & InJuneau: I agree with you. The woman has no clue as to what professional dress is, which makes it easy to see how she would allow subordinates to dress unprofessionally at work.
I worked too hard to get my education and advanced certification to want to dress and be treated like a brainless trollop in the office. I’ve heard plenty of good old boys fawning over scantily dressed babes in their presence, only to make fun of them behind their backs later.
@crystalwolf aka caligrl
apparently the Hand picked by GINO State personnel board are unable to see any wrong doing in regards to GINO.
Just like Troopergate.
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in font size 72…WHY NOT??????? I can’t take this anymore!!!
Is GINO threatening them?…has she told them she would fire them?…blackball them?…did they sign a contract? What could she possibly be holding over their heads?…what could she possibly do if they all, as a united front, confronted her or went to the top? God knows they would have the majority’s support if they grew some balls! ARRGGGGHHHHH
caligrl – What do you call it when sarah and Miss Cali get together ??…………………………a wind tunnel !!
Best thoughts to womanwithasardinecan and AlaskaPi and Martha Unalaska.
Many mudpuppies are here for you. This really is a great community.
BTW, she isn’t going to “write” it.
There will be a ghostwriter………….poor thing.
Can you imagine having to listen to hours and hours of Palin’s word salads, and try to put that into a cohesive sentences?
Well the Alaska Trust Fund, is not needed anymore. Since Palin just signed on the dotted line to write her memoirs….
Now, she can afford to pay her own legal bills.
KO has a new feature on his show called “WTF” And Miss Cali is the first subject!
Boy she is milking her 15 mins of fame, pulling a “glen beck” crying….
The devil probably made her want implants too…huh?
The wind blew her shirt open….
Liar!
220 the problem child – No bigee…..I figured that’s who you meant. I hope he loses his license.
@183 austintx Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:57 PM :
Push-pull-out?
OMG, I’d want ‘combat pay’ if I had to edit that book. Can you imagine?
Any news on Womanwithasardinecan?
KateinCanada “In the red shoes photo of Palin, take a look at the body language of the three men, particularly the two in the foreground. Not relaxed- some mix of unease and testosterone, I think. Sort if, “My back’s to the wall, don’t come any closer!”
Yes, yes, yes!!! Many are commenting on how they are not gawking at her. the honeymoon is over, she opened her mouth. Funny, thing is…Palin, thinks she is hot.
MinNJ – I second TBNTJudy ……..let us know if we can dig up stuff for you.
214 zyggy Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Since Miss CA Carrie Prejean gets to keep her crown, does it also mean she gets to keep her boobs? =) Just asking, also too.
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The real ones looked fine to me. The pageant ones looked like bolt-ons.
In the red shoes photo of Palin, take a look at the body language of the three men, particularly the two in the foreground. Not relaxed- some mix of unease and testosterone, I think. Sort if, “My back’s to the wall, don’t come any closer!”
I’m buying the audio version……….with her reading it.
@ MinNJ Says: “I have a disabling illness, and I am so grateful for all of the amazing links which I follow to great information and delightful surprises! I really appreciate your efforts from which I benefit. Thanks to you all.”
If you ever need help with those links, just let me know. I would be glad to help in any way I can.
We all benefit by this community, and I am so grateful I stumbled on to this spot. Thanks, AKM, and all the community members!
Since Miss CA Carrie Prejean gets to keep her crown, does it also mean she gets to keep her boobs? =) Just asking, also too.
202 the problem child Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 5:03 PM
A legal opinion doesn’t make it legal. Ask Woo and Cheney about that.
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Did you mean Yoo ?? If so , he got a job as a columnist. Better get busy , might lose his law license.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/12/yoo-inquirer/
‘Audacity of a Dope’ sounds about right!!! Just too good…sometimes this place is just too much fun! Thanks and carry on…
from SOA website re: Ethics complaints dismissed…
The complaints, one by Zane Henning of Wasilla, filed on November 13, and one by Anthony Martin of Talkeetna, filed on December 2, were dismissed by Michael Geraghty, an investigator for the State Personnel Board
apparently the Hand picked by GINO State personnel board are unable to see any wrong doing in regards to GINO.
Just like Troopergate.
If I was a Alaskan…I would be hopping mad right now!!!!!
crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Heard on Smurkes show GINO’s attorney said:
The attorney said that is 11 of 11 complaints dismissed.
The book deal was pre approved by the department of law.
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Ok someone got that wrong, not 11 complaints but complaint 10 & 11 dismissed (from twits tweet)
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1834
Hey all! OMG….I just came from Huffpo and the comments on the Palin memoir are absolutely hilarious! Belly laugh funny! Go look.
What a cute pic of Mudmouse!
On a serious note, my thoughts and well wishes going out to the ladies in need. I hope everything will be ok.
#101 Ann Strongheart
Thank you for the advance notice, Ann Strongheart, Victoria Briggs and all from anonymousbloggers.com
My thoughts go out to Womanwithasardinecan and sisters Alaska Pi and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign.
Twits Tweet.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1834
Henning alleged that the governor used her official position and office for partisan political purposes because she conducted interviews with reporters in the Atwood Building in Anchorage on November 7, 2008, and again on November 10, during which the recent vice presidential campaign was discussed. After what he called an “exhaustive review” of the ensuing news reports, Geraghty concluded: “There was no indication that Governor Palin presented her official position as governor of the State of Alaska for an improper personal or financial purpose.”
Martin alleged that the governor and aide Kris Perry violated the ethics act during a trip to Georgia in which the governor campaigned for Senator Saxby Chambliss. Geraghty concluded: “The (ethics) act does not prohibit a public official from engaging in political pursuits independent of their position as a public officer, and the campaign efforts undertaken by Governor Palin are not prohibited by the act.”
193 GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble Said:
“Funny comment on HuffPo re: the title of sarah’s book… the audacity of a dope.
Sounds about right. ”
ROFL!!! Spit my wine into the monitor. Need warnings in the future! 😉
Heard on Smurkes show GINO’s attorney said:
The attorney said that is 11 of 11 complaints dismissed.
The book deal was pre approved by the department of law.
Wonder if Margaret over at Margaret & Helen will take one for this team and read the book and give us her classic responses after each chapter like she did with mAnn Coulter’s book? That would be nice since I wouldn’t read the pamphlet (which is what it’ll be after the words ‘also’ ‘too’ and ‘so’ are removed) if I was being waterboarded.
@tiredmom
It’s so good to see you again, and I found your first comment very moving.
I’ve had many pets throughout my life: however, my mother supported all of my choices and educated me in the way of their care. I delight to this day in her love of animals and regard for all life. She left behind someone who believes very deeply in environmental concerns.
I have a disabling illness, and I am so grateful for all of the amazing links which I follow to great information and delightful surprises! I really appreciate your efforts from which I benefit. Thanks to you all.
And as for the official photos of her posted above–WTF? Does anyone else think that once the RNC took back all her fancy campaign clothes she looks like she grabbed something off of a rumpled pile on her bedroom floor? My 20 year-old son practices this method daily and he is way better dressed than she is. So just sayin’ also too.
Heard that the book deal was pre-approved by the AK Dept-of law.
I just got home and saw the MSN Headline about Palin signs book deal. Obviously AKM (typing furiously…) and others will be posting their ‘opinions’ later with a story.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30710077/?gt1=43001
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they use such terms as ‘unfiltered memoir’… and “Every word of the book will be her words,” Barnett said.
EVERY word… Pleazzzzz. Someone ‘ else’ put some words in there as well or else no one will understand it. Throw in some punctuation while you are at it…. and remove all the…. ‘ also’s’.
I wonder if it will LIST all the ethics complaints…. with comments and opinion. THAT alone would be funny… NOT truthful…, But FUNNY!
How much did she pay the attorney to get her this deal? Or is his fees being paid by the “Trust Fund”?
McCain kept telling us he was a pow. Now we have Palin trying the same dog and pony show. I’m a journalist. I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, journalist. Unfortunately, a single tree will die for this comicbook. We know it won’t be a tome.
Karin in CT “Dont’ know Lance, but he or she better get used to using the words “also” and “too” in every sentence”
Do not forget, so. Good Lord, she said it at least 12 times in that 4 minutes interview, around, Eagle.
Dont’ know Lance, but he or she better get used to using the words “also” and “too” in every sentence.
@#75 Maggie, Forgive me if someone else has addressed this, but the hantavirus is most closely associated with the deer mouse, and the WA State Dept. of Health mentions this in their fact sheet, and here is a description of suspect mouse:
“The deer mouse is about six inches long from the nose to the tip of its tail. It is grayish to light brown on top, with a white belly, large ears, and a furry tail that is white on the underside. There are many other types of mice in Washington that don’t have those features.”
Not all wild mice are deer mice.
Funny comment on HuffPo re: the title of sarah’s book… the audacity of a dope.
Sounds about right.
There’s no way she can write a book by herself. Wonder who the ‘unnamed’ ghost writer will be.
hey, ripley…
i rescued a lab rat in university, also too.
her name was henrietta. loved her to pieces.
awwwww, akm…
i’ve had several mice in my life. my last girl would ride about on my shoulder.
when she had to move on to rainbow heaven, the vet’s assistants thought me a bit overly sentimental when i brought them a lovely little hat box for her to lie in rest.
Copying this from the Coast Guard thread.
14 Quarter Granite Palin Says: (on Coast Guard thread)
May 12th, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Palin signs book deal! Says it’s going to be written by herself and she’ll be telling the REAL story unfiltered by the mainstream media. She’s happy to be able to put good use to her journalism degree.
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Her timing of announcing the book deal is odd. Thought she was busy dealing with the flooding disaster.
Given she doesn’t understand the 1st amendment, I’d say her journalism degree might be worthless.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/palin-fears-med.html
SP’s idea of “unfiltered by the mainstream media” means she can lie, mislead and exaggerate without being questioned. Also…she probably believes that using either a ghostwriter, a collaborator or an editor working from recorded interviews means the same thing as “written by herself”.
I’m not even curious what she will write and will not be buying the book or borrowing it from the library.
185 winkwinkWA Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:03 PM
My 89 year old father just said “she needs a red light above her head”!!!!LOL
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Wise man your father. Tell him we like his style !!
Simon and Schuster is owned by Sumner Redstone, who is a Democrat. Having worked for one of his companies, I know that he was a very big boss in every way. I don’t know who owns HarperCollins, but money is neither red nor blue.
Reading the comments on Huffpost, hillarious. Someone there came up with the first phrase of the book. What about us all contributing to the story
“It was a dark and stormy night. The streets of Wasilla were empty except for some moose droppings and the occasional tweak.er stumbling about ………..”
“I was really worried about my Naughty Monkey shoes getting wet and also too muddy, as I was on my way to a foot wear pageant, and I knew that AKM would be there with her darn yellow boots….”
winkwinkWA, your dad rocks.
My 89 year old father just said “she needs a red light above her head”!!!!LOL
Huff is a riot.
See Sarah.
See Sarah run
See Sarah lose.
See Alaska dump Sarah.
See Todd dump Sarah.
Run, Sarah, Run.
163 InJuneau Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:31 PM
This from the HuffPo piece was priceless:
Palin’s book will address, and complicate, the push-pull between home and public life.
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Push-pull don’t work at the Palin home. Just sayin’……..
“She’s fondeling that blackberry again. That thing is like a pacifier to her, or a comfy blanket. And she wouldn’t know what to do with her hands.”
My thoughts exactly. Betcha she sleeps with them.
LMAO, look at th other, Palin, book published by, HarperCollins.
http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061778728
crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Here is a most unflattering picture of her taken today at a conference!
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=301
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She’s fondeling that blackberry again. That thing is like a pacifier to her, or a comfy blanket. And she wouldn’t know what to do with her hands.
Good, with that advance, Palin, can PAYBACK the state of Alaska those per diems she owes.
InJuneau, probably more lies. I betcha she is saying another is dismissed to ward off anyone getting ready to file an ethic Complaint for this book.
Adding my prayers for Womanwithasardinecan, Alaska Pi, and Martha UnalaskaYardSign. Peace and strength to all.
@PalinSucks–not sure, since I’m seeing nothing new from today. Maybe she’s just catching up on reporting on yesterday’s news, you know, ’cause she just got around to reading it since it takes so long to read through ALL of the news sources that are put in front of her…!
If Juneau Joe is here, please come over to the Forum and PM me for details about this week’s Mudstock with visiting Anch. Mudpups!
What ethics complaint is she claiming got denied?
Strangelet – I always did like Jesse! Too bad Michelle B has to represent MN – wonder how they get along?
LOl, from, Huff.
Imagine what it’s going to be like for the proof readers and editors. They’re likely going to suffer sever neck injuries from shaking their heads in disgust.
And on another note: An excerpt from Jesse Ventura on Larry King.
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Jesse Ventura: I would prosecute every person who was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it, I would prosecute the people that ordered it, because torture is against the law.”
Larry King: You were a Navy S.E.A.L.
Jesse Ventura: Yes, and I was waterboarded [in training] so I know… It is torture…I’ll put it to you this way: You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
Those shoes look like the Naughty Monkey Pumps her “neice” sold on ebay??
Write a book, Palin, cannot even dress herself.
@TX Lisa–and a bit too short too, IMO.
Martha: Good refresher. I guess the question in my mind is whether or not she is being employed. I think that would be a key point in a civil case. There’s no question though that she’s being compensated.
Food for thought. 🙂
Yeah, they are ghastly, and SO unprofessional. No wonder there are problems with inappropriate dress in some state offices…
@austintx Says:
Those are the latest Candies……red crackho pumps.
Really? (or is that my snark detector going off? 😉 )
Re: crystalwolf’s 151 link to picture of red shoes—
OMG; I can’t believe those shoes!!! Also, too, her skirt is too tight, imo; you can see the outline of her thigh.
Here is a link to another picture–smaller, but you can see the shoes better.
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=299
Any woman who wore those shoes in my presence would have ZERO credibility to me. Unbelievable!!!
I am an attorney and carefully choose clothes to wear for work. I wear fun clothes when NOT at work, but I am careful to look professional while working.
Any person who thinks those shoes (and the skirt) are appropriate to wear to work (much less as the GOVERNOR!!!) is CRAZY. (of course we knew that)
This from the HuffPo piece was priceless:
Palin’s book will address, and complicate, the push-pull between home and public life. With the release date just one year away, the governor will have to work quickly. Barnett said that the governor has formed an outline in her mind, but has yet to start writing. Burnham said Palin did not submit any writing samples when she met with HarperCollins executives in Washington, earlier this year. She will work with a collaborator, to be determined.
“She’s obviously going to be engaged in the whole process of the book,” said Burnham, adding that the role of the collaborator would depend on who was chosen.
“Every word of the book will be her words,” Barnett said.
151 crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Here is a most unflattering picture of her taken today at a conference!
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=301
too,also red ho shoes….
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Thanks for the pic. Those are the latest Candies……red crackho pumps.
Good Gad, she just can’t help herself can she?
Another quote from the ADN article:
“My journaling really ramped up when I found out that I was pregnant with Trig and then Track was going off to war and I found out Bristol was pregnant,” Palin said. “When we had those episodes in our lives come to the surface, it was very therapeutic for me.”
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/palin-signs-book-deal/#comment-3591
How are the Alaska State statutes going to apply to the governor? Will she have to resign to write?
Alaska law says:
AS 39.52.170. Outside Employment Restricted.
(a) A public employee may not render services to benefit a personal or financial interest or engage in or accept employment outside the agency which the employee serves, if the outside employment or service is incompatible or in conflict with the proper discharge of official duties.
(b) A public employee rendering services for compensation, or engaging in employment outside the employee’s agency, shall report by July 1 of each year the outside services or employment to the employee’s designated supervisor. During the year, any change in an employee’s outside service or employment activity must be reported to the designated supervisor as it occurs.
(c) The head of a principal executive department of the state may not accept employment for compensation outside the agency that the executive head serves.
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I would think that (c) would kill it for her. What happens if hundreds of people file an ethics complaint over the same thing? 11 million WOW!
I’d love to see a list of the contributors to this ‘fund trust’. I need to know which companies to boycott. 🙂
A memoir is suppose to be noteworthy. I suppose in the sense that she keeps her lies straight, it would be. But I don’t think Sarah is capable of that, so this should be interesting. But I’ll have to rely on the judgement of others, as I have no intention of even looking at the jacket cover. I’m now trying to get thru “Traitor To His Class,” a new look at the life and times of FDR. A very good read.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/793061.html
Palin signs book deal.
138 K8KZ Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:55 PM
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LOL. That quote is vintage Palin!
A brilliant comment from HuffPo’s JiminNC:
“Note to Harper-Collins editorial staff – I would pay big money for an unedited first draft – that would be years worth of humor!”
I would start collecting money now if that were possible!
yes…my thoughts & prayers go out to Womanwithasardinecan, Alaska Pi, and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign…so sorry.
As several of us are thinking , the trust fund is going to be how the money is recieved and handed out.
John – you are so right – and she, herself, has said she is on duty 24/7, so how is she going to do this “on her own time”. I think this is great – now it will be in print, in her own words and sanctioned by her. She cannot blame anyone else for any falsehoods she comes up with in the book.
Here is a most unflattering picture of her taken today at a conference!
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=301
too,also red ho shoes….
OOPS: Barnett not Bennett. MEA CULPA. @142
101 Ann Strongheart Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
“We wanted to let you know that Womanwithasardinecan received some very tragic news this morning. We ask that you keep her and her family and sisters Alaska Pi and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign in your thoughts and prayers.”
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Our thoughts are with you Womanwithsardinecan, Alaska Pi, and MarthaUYS……
144 Blooper Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:05 PM
And yeah, Sarah really must be a voracious reader if she reads “all of them”.
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Dang , sarah is SO full of S^*T.
141 pvazwindy Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:58 PM
She’s going to write a book in her own words? Should be cataloged in the foreign language section.
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Yes , or maybe as a case study in the mental health section :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophasia
Miss Ca. & Gino…”The Devil made me Do It”These 2 belong together…:))
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some creative accounting going on GINO & Co. and their funds/trusts/PACs/etc. After all, lawyers don’t eat for free. Common sense tells me (and most every other sentient being) that Sarah is using her governmental position to gain profit which is against Alaska statute.
And yeah, Sarah really must be a voracious reader if she reads “all of them”.
@138-K8KZ, makes you want to puke, doesn’t it.
Her lawyer Bob Bennett is a brother to Bill Bennett. Bill says she is not the future of the repub party. Bill Bennett a contributor to CNN.
She’s going to write a book in her own words? Should be cataloged in the foreign language section.
131 crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:34 PM
The twit is tweeting another ethics complaint dismissed today…no details
I’m telling you, email your concerns to CREW or the FBI. The state won’t do anything to her.
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If I lived in AK I wold do just that! I hope you pass this along to all the blogs in AK. Maybe AKM can keep this info on the side bar here? None of my beeswax, just a thought.
The book deal could be great for all of us. GINO is on duty 24/7. Any work written by a government employee while on the clock belongs to the State. So the advance and any royalties should go to the state treasury.
Must see the news on HuffPo about the book deal….they have some quotes from an interview with her today………….my husband just came in to see what the heck I was laughing about.
Here is a tidbit:
“Being a voracious reader, I read a lot today and have read a lot growing up. And having that journalism degree, all of that, will be a great assistance for me in writing this book, talking about the challenges and the joys, balancing the work and parenting, and, in my case, work means running the state,” Palin said.
“I’ve read a variety of books, and that helps shape my opinions and my views.”
Having that journalism degree, all of that??? All of what?????????
The entertainment from this woman really is priceless.
134 tamara Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:45 PM
She hired a DC lawyer for the book deal. Will he be paid with the AK trust fund ?
As for her Crackho complaint, she mentions abusive use of the AK seal. What about Toad’s page on the Gov’s website ? It also has the seal. Any abuse there ?
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BINGO !! We think just alike.
133 crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:41 PM
I thought it was against rules for her to get $ from a book?
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Rules ?? Laws ?? She is probably having the ck. made out to the “trust fund”.
Much love and hugs to my Alaskan sister friends… let me know what I can do to help.
She hired a DC lawyer for the book deal. Will he be paid with the AK trust fund ?
As for her Crackho complaint, she mentions abusive use of the AK seal. What about Toad’s page on the Gov’s website ? It also has the seal. Any abuse there ?
Well since GINO is going to “Write” her “memoirs” I hope the people in Wasilla who know the truth, will start writing too…
I guess she decided now or never as she is getting more and more irrelevant by the day!
I thought it was against rules for her to get $ from a book?
This just tweeted by Gov Twit:
Yet ANOTHER ethics complaint filed & dismissed! Unfair to AKns that state dollars are wasted dealing w/these malicious complaints…
Love and best wishes go out to all in need, from Australia.
The twit is tweeting another ethics complaint dismissed today…no details
I’m telling you, email your concerns to CREW or the FBI. The state won’t do anything to her.
To Austintx: Sorry, didn’t see your question from earlier. I believe the signs I saw were the ones AKM posted about previously. I hadn’t seen them in person yet, and I was just surprised at how big and prominent they were.
P.S. here’s the link:
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/793061.html
I wonder how many editors Harper Collins will need to clean up the colossal word salad that is sure to emanate from GINO?
Uh-oh! The fit has hit the shan!
Palin has signed a book deal. No word on how much she is profiting from it. Can we say new ethics violation?
bubbles Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
be right austintx.i gotta run down to the bodega for bread. making chicken fricasse and buttered rice for dinner and wishing my mudpeeps were here to share it with…b
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Your so sweet b 🙂
More on crackho dot com and sarah.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/sarah_palin_crackho.php
I absolutely adore mices to pieces ~and he’s a cutie too, also!
😉
be right austintx.i gotta run down to the bodega for bread. making chicken fricasse and buttered rice for dinner and wishing my mudpeeps were here to share it with…b
117 Ripley in CT Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:58 PM
http://palingates.blogspot.com has a very nice, complete listing of all GINO’s gates as of now. Worth a read.
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Thanks !! Quite a buffet of trouble sarah’s got to eat……..
oh jeez austintx. say it ain’t so….no wonder andree is speaking up against showing for work looking like a ‘working girl’. jeez louise.
bubbles – Actually – she was heading to work here :
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/1273676368065079507blkjLt
Every single governor except Sarah Palin (R-AK) has written to Energy Secretary Steven Chu accepting millions of stimulus dollars meant to increase energy conservation and efficiency.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/12/palin-energy-funds/
Not too bright!!!
http://palingates.blogspot.com has a very nice, complete listing of all GINO’s gates as of now. Worth a read.
UGH. Hope you’ll all be okay wwsc.
oh god!!!! austintx. that is the stuff of nightmares. what a disaster of a woman she is. she just looks like a over the hill bar broad. the kind men buy cheap plonk for. no courvoisier for ‘that one’…b
bubbles – Did you see my link on the snake and crapola ??
110 squee Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Apparently, it’s crackho.com. Me? I love any headline that has Sarah Palin and crackho in it
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Right there with you. I’ll click on that all day long !! Thanks for the tip !!
bubbles – Um-m……..I was talkin’ about the skirt one…..tee hee !!
austintx–yep yep. the pic of the baby elephant is me after a few.[giggle]. i always click on caligirl, wildlife avenger and you when you post links…..love b
Good thing you didn’t use that official pic or you might be facing the wrath of Palin too right now. Who is today’s target?
Apparently, it’s crackho.com. Me? I love any headline that has Sarah Palin and crackho in it 🙂
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/crackhocom-sarah-palins-n_n_202417.html
I just got through snooping at that other site , I seen this post. Now I need to wash my hands.
BTW, for those who don’t know she is scheduled to be on Hannity’s show tonight.
Now this is completely serious, that’s what makes it so funny! Palin sure knows how to pick her battles!!;
Sarah Palin Takes On The Crackhos of Houston
This is the Internet we’re talking about here, people. Serious business.
On the plus side, Latif can now say she has a letter with official “Sarah Palin, Governor” letterhead that contains the following opening sentence: “It has come to our attention that the website http://www.crackho.com has hijacked a State of Alaska webpage.”
First time “crackho” and “Alaska” have been used together? Probably not. But it’s still nice to have it on letterhead.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/sarah_palin_crackho.php
bubbles – Did you go to sleep laughing about that picture ??
105 Blooper Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Wow, I was driving down 5th ave today and I saw two huge ‘Impeach Palin’ signs, both about a few blocks apart but hoisted up on platforms. It’s nice to know we aren’t alone even up here and it really brought a smile to my face.
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Are those the same ones that AKM showed us in a post 2-3 weeks ago ??
Oh and my thoughts go out to Martha Unalaska Yardsign, Womanwithsardinecan and Alaska PI as well.
Wow, I was driving down 5th ave today and I saw two huge ‘Impeach Palin’ signs, both about a few blocks apart but hoisted up on platforms. It’s nice to know we aren’t alone even up here and it really brought a smile to my face.
Now we just need to get those impeachment wheels turning. 🙂
austintx Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
caligrl – thanks for the link. crazy and funny !!
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Thanks Austintx, I linked to it right at the bear rug part without reading the rest, after I linked went to read the rest…. 😯
that will teach me!
very sorry to hear of sad news affecting those splendid sisters. hoping and praying that all that is wrong will be made right…..sending love.b
caligrl – thanks for the link. crazy and funny !!
My thoughts and prayers are with you folks.
Attn: Mudpups and Anonymous Bloggers
Prayers/thoughts REQUEST!!!!
We received some tragic news this morning…
We wanted to let you know that Womanwithasardinecan received some very tragic news this morning. We ask that you keep her and her family and sisters Alaska Pi and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign in your thoughts and prayers.
We do not have any details other than they will be absent from the blogs for awhile while they cope with this tragedy. We will keep you updated as we hear anything.
Quyana Cakneq in advance for your help in their time of need.
Sincerely,
Ann Strongheart, Victoria Briggs and all of us at anonymousbloggers.com
for those who aren’t familiar with the Kliban cats:
http://www.eatmousies.com/
How awful. Thoughts and prayers from Ireland.
Just saw Ann’s post above… sending prayers for the sisters ♥ and {{HUGS}}
Sorry linked before I saw the xx rated part. Don’t click if that stuff offends. sorry 🙁
Sending best thoughts to the Mudflat sisters.
This is funny. 🙂
http://gawker.com/5250085/the-whole-world-is-annoyed-by-sarah-palin
Someone should hook up one of those voice analysis on Palin, when she answers questions to expose her lies.
OK – I know 4-wheelers are an important tool and mode of transportation for Alaskans. Dangerous also. Look at YBG and her leg. Are there rules and/or laws on where you can go ?? I read the following and thought about it. BTW – I have an old clunky one at the ranch and they are handy. I do stay on my property.
http://wonkette.com/408492/off-roader-idiots-break-federal-law-whine-about-maybe-being-prosecuted
My thoughts and prayers are with them all.
Mae,
I feel sorry for the mouse on the treadmill too.
Will keep them in our thoughts. Good karma.
UK Lady Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:19 AM
So sorry to hear they had bad news, thank goodness they have each other for strength.
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And the mudpuppy brigade for backup. Sending thoughts full of strength for the sisters.
Ann Strongheart Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Prayers/thoughts REQUEST!!!!
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They are on the way!!!
Those are some strong women………
Sending prayers.
Yes, Uk Lady, thankfully they have one another.
81 Ann Strongheart Says: Prayers/thoughts REQUEST!!!!
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DONE.
So sorry to hear they had bad news, thank goodness they have each other for strength.
My goodness, sending out love and support.
Attn: Mudpups and Anonymous Bloggers
Prayers/thoughts REQUEST!!!!
We received some tragic news this morning…
We wanted to let you know that Womanwithasardinecan received some very tragic news this morning. We ask that you keep her and her family and sisters Alaska Pi and Martha Unalaska Yard Sign in your thoughts and prayers.
We do not have any details other than they will be absent from the blogs for awhile while they cope with this tragedy. We will keep you updated as we hear anything.
Quyana Cakneq in advance for your help in their time of need.
Sincerely,
Ann Strongheart, Victoria Briggs and all of us at anonymousbloggers.com
Nice Huffington Post Item http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-mckay/what-the-hell-is-going-on_b_202024.html
“(By the way, what happened to hissing? I haven’t seen it since the end of Dangerous Liaisons. It works, and people like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo should get a wave of it every time they enter a restaurant. That’s borderline civic duty type of stuff.) ”
And nice comment:
“Not just hissing, but lots of loud booing and various regional permutations of impolite hand gestures would be a good idea as well.”
Read the replies, Austin.
77 PalinSucks – Thanks for the link. Read 3 comments…..”best Gov. in the country” My my……….
Meg, is over at http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10342108 trying to get support for Palin and EPICALLY FAILING!!!
Cathy in Texas
Well Miss CA will feel right at home if she goes to the state offces by all accounts 😆
Gindy, thanks for your comment, although I wasn’t suggesting that AKM try to live in a bubble. LOL Apparently the Washington State Health Dept succeeded in drilling the message into my head while I lived in the state. Their message went something like this: wild mice=hantavirus. Hantavirus=fatal illness in 50% of cases. Therefore wild mice=dangerous animals. That’s the simplistic, boiled down version, but that’s the general idea. More people have died from hantavirus in the US than Swine Flu or SARS combined. After I had quickly posted that comment this morning, I did check it out further, and no cases of hantavirus illness or death have been reported in Alaska. We all know that the Palin administration is sure doing an excellent job so we can be certain that those statistics are correct. 😉 There have been only 6 cases in British Columbia, so it doesn’t sound like there is much cause for alarm. I have to admit that I would refuse to allow my kids to adopt a wild rodent as a pet, just because the fear is so ingrained in me. We currently have about a dozen tadpoles that were rescued from a local swimming pool . . . that’s about as wild as we get around here.
I can’t believe I am even reacting to this Pageant hoopla but……beware Alaska.
Miss Prejean said she would be taking her naked breasts anywhere to share her opinions…..she has most likely already been invited to the Governor’s mansion/ or perhaps the Wasilla homesite to tutor the Palin girls in the Governor’s absence. I guess they did not throw away the mold with Palin. This is ridiculously scarey. I expect to see Miss California on an Artic Cat snow machine real soon.
austintx
Yes ta! I always look at what you link if I see it x
This is on Huffpo just now, called “ERUPTION”, it amazes me that these talking heads can get their knickers in such a twist about a beauty contest, but sit there nodding gently when Liz Cheney spouts crapola justifying torture.
Haven’t watched the vid myself yet, just diving right back in, looks fun…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/msnbc-anchors-erupt-over_n_202214.html
71 Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Crappoloa!!!
I just found a Copperhead (poisonous) on my deck landing,
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Keep a machete at arm’s reach.
And speaking of crappoloa and snakes……..
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSTRE54A5WL20090511
Crappoloa!!!
I just found a Copperhead (poisonous) on my deck landing, ACK! It’s the first one I’ve seen on our property since we moved in, by the time I got something to kill it with it was gone, now I think it’s in my strawberry bed or under the deck, dang! The previous owners 2 dogs got bit by one, they had to be put down.
Be brave my soul……I was just headed out to mow. I don’t like poisonous snakes or poisonous spiders!
pvazwindy Says “Why hasn’t there been a ruling on those e-mails?”
They are trying to drag out unil 2010.
Why hasn’t there been a ruling on those e-mails?
Ohhh, judgment day!!! God, sees all and Blackberries can be hacked 🙂 She is screwed.
66 PalinSucks Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Seriously, Austintx!!! And, WTF is with her always having two Blackberries?
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I wanna say multi-tasking – but she is trying to keep things separate for the day when a judge makes her release the state e-mails.
Seriously, Austintx!!! And, WTF is with her always having two Blackberries?
62 PalinSucks – Don’t forget the long distance phone calls to fellow runner-up pageant bimbos.
from a reader comment on Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/09/steele-romney-mormon/
“The Republican party right now seems split between whether to go with the wonky pseudo-conservatives like McCain and Romney that have been their bread and butter for decades or with the new breed of splashy, dumbed down, outright bigotry that is the hallmark of Palin and Bachmann.”
another BTW…….our kids had Girbles and guniea pigs, busy at night quiet during the day, lol, they can be fun but one bit our daughter pretty dang hard and deep. They also had rabbits, she still @ 23 has scratch scars on her legs and chest. Our son had turtles, lizards and fish…. they constantly drug me into pet stores.
LOL @ that post from the dinner claiming, Todd, was the most handsome.
Those elitist women clamoring over the, Alaska Man, is hilarious. Reminds me of that ridiculous dating show where bored, hard up, Harlequin readers came up to AK making fools of themselves ovulating over a big dumb WILL KILL FOR MEAT fantasy.
“it feels like she has a disdain towards and lack of respect for people who need assistance”
Yet, there she was as mayor and gov, making the citizens pay for her private use of an, SUV, while a compact sat in her driveway cause she needed, “Assistance”, maintaining a family friendly vehicle.
There she is, charging citizens, thousandths and thousandths of dollars a year for her housing, food, medical while taking vacations and indulging in expensive hobbies.
The only difference between what, Palin, considers a welfare leech and herself is on welfare a person must show need…Palin, just steals.
58 UK Lady Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:57 AM
***Snort*****
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Oh , I know…………….did you read the wonkette link I left up there ^^ ?? The wind my ass. I’m waiting for the wind to blow some more pics. our way…….along with a copy of the model release she signed.
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
she has a deep seated “thing” about people looking to government for help and assistance, it’s like every chance she gets she’s trying to drill that in, it feels like she has a disdain towards and lack of respect for people who need assistance.
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She did the same thing with the Bristol/Greta Interview. She said it wasn’t the Governments role to take care of a teen parent and their child, it was the families who are supposed to pitch in and support them.
Dear Mudmouse aka Alaska rescue rodent,
When you go over the rainbow, please say hello to Dick and Mary Mouse. They were sweeties and I miss them.
(Actually both were girls, but hey, the children named them after their uncle and auntie.)
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Miss CA only showed her nips because it was a windy day, and anyway it was photoshopped, and anyway they were on a break, and anyway the phographer shouldn’t have shown photo’s she hadn’t approved ………
http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/12/miss-california-carrie-prejean-nipples-lie/
Fed Chair Bernanke, says that banks should stress-test themselves, yeah right. I think Obama is getting bad advice from Bernanke, Geithner, and Summers. Nothing changes. Do you get the feeling that Washington, thinks that were a stupid lot. Time to put Steagull-Glass Act back in force. And that health roundtable, what a joke. Hell, they floated us down river with the 2003 Health Modernization Act. Lucky for us in CD1, Northern Az, we’ve finally got a rep who listens. Kyl and McCain are useless.
I’m hearing some same talking points she applied to the Native food and fuel crisis…….she has a deep seated “thing” about people looking to government for help and assistance, it’s like every chance she gets she’s trying to drill that in, it feels like she has a disdain towards and lack of respect for people who need assistance.
http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=10342108
tigerwine Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 6:18 AM
Great story!
All the chipmunks at my dad’s cabin (in Minnestoa) are named Charlie. Have been since I was a kid. We never tamed one but spent hours watching ‘him” and the dog LOVED to chase him.
Hey!
I protest!
Annoymouse is the name Phillip Munger gave me last fall.
I protest!
Besides, I had a IMPEACH PALIN sign up before anyone else.
Granted, on the flip side are a few choice words for Phil, but I only flip it over when Phil pisses me off.
AustinTX – just another similarity between Miss CA and SP. Both get to keep their titles!! (Miss CA and Gov.)
Greytdog Δ – Saw this and wanted to share with you.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/12/army-asks-obama-fire/
Whe-e-e-e-e !! This is funny……….also the first 2 comments mention sarah !!
http://wonkette.com/408490/miss-california-gets-to-keep-crown-even-though-she-took-underwear-photos-and-doesnt-like-gay-marriage
43 Lilybart –
She’s stayin’. Another thing she does as good as sarah is read a speech. I watched it. Bring on the new pictures I say !!
CO almost native Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:02 AM
So, Miss CA Naughty-but-Pure-in-Values triumphs. (several eye rolls)
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LOL, didn’t you know that is how it works? You claim to have values, defend those values (you don’t have to actually practice them), cry “poor me” and claim that everyone is attacking you because you have values and stick to ’em and you can come out on top. 😉
Has Anonymouse met Anonymoose?
CNN covered Donald Trump’s press conference where he explained why Prejean gets to stay as Miss CA. Then she emotionally spoke about those who have attacked her, and staying true to her values (a large helping of word salad). Urg.
I didn’t know that the CA Pageant authorities helped pay for Prejean’s “enhanced” breasts–which she displayed in “risque” (according to Trump) photos. So, Miss CA Naughty-but-Pure-in-Values triumphs. (several eye rolls)
I like to listen to public radio…….here’s Alaska’s NPR about todays flooding.
http://aprn.org/2009/05/11/kuskokwim-villages-battling-high-water-schools-canceled/
BTW……As a kid I used to look for mice nests to see the teeny babies…….I also used to like to look for baby moles when them come out of the nest…..they’re weird looking. Didn’t want to bring them home tho, my mom never would have allowed that, lol.
We had a hamster once, named Lorraine (I know, an unusual name for a rodent). Unfortunately, she squeezed out and was never to be seen again. Even when I was cleaning after we moved, I looked for her remains…nothing!
LOL……be sure to click and enlarge the pic……..PS……AK has “ethics” standards to raise! dropped from 23rd (which wasn’t all that great) to 40th!
Take heed Scarah Lawyer……don’t go makin AK look worse.
http://syrin.vox.com/library/post/study-alaska-ethics-rating-declines.html?_c=feed-atom
by The Associated Press
Monday, May 11, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s rank in a rating of states’ ethics laws is declining, and stands at 40th.
The list comes from the Better Government Association, which ranked all the states based on the strength of their ethics laws as of 2008.
The association says the strongest ethics laws are in New Jersey, followed by Rhode Island, Hawaii, Washington state and Louisiana.
The Better Government Association also did the ranking in 2002. Alaska was ranked 23rd then
Hmmm, the mouse is, erm . . . cute. But not in my house. I’ve had dogs, cats, birds (when I was little because my dad liked them), a chicken (in the house – yeah, weird, I know), and a rabbit. The rabbit was last and she was as much of a rodent as I’ll ever have for a pet.
Now I just enjoy the “pets” in the backyard that come to visit. All sorts of birds, squirrels that get peanuts from the neighbors and bury them in my yard, and hummingbirds, year round.
But the mice? I’m not happy when I see one anywhere near the house, or their bigger cousins. *shudder*
Sauerkraut: this morning more actual nude pictures surfaced of Prejean, BEFORE the new fake boobs.
TMZ has them.
She is like Palin because she is another Liar for Jesus.
this was kinda fun to read through…….W post writers chat with readers about the Correspondent Dinner.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/05/08/DI2009050803162.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/09/AR2009050902802_2.html?hpid=topnews
“One of the more buzzed-about attendees was Todd Palin, standing in for his wife, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), as a guest of Fox News at the dinner. David Corn, a writer for the liberal magazine Mother Jones, was staggered when lawyer John Coale, husband of Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren, pulled him over for a chat with Palin. “I was worried he was going to punch me in the face,” Corn said. Instead, he and Palin talked about safe topics: 8-year-old daughters and deep-sea fishing. Naturally, Corn twittered about this. “
It’s been almost 4 months since this complaint……..what is taking so long? if they are frivolous.
http://aprn.org/2009/01/26/ethics-complaint-filed-against-palin-staffers-mccallister-and-perry/
Ethics complaint filed against Palin staffers McCallister and Perry
Mon, January 26, 2009
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories
An outspoken critic of Gov. Sarah Palin has filed ethics complaints against two of the governor’s top aides, saying they misused their official positions for Palin’s personal and political gain. Anchorage resident Andree McLeod filed the complaints today with Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg. Named are Bill McAllister, Palin’s press secretary, and Kris Perry, the governor’s top aide in Anchorage. McLeod maintains the two worked on State time to benefit Palin’s interests during and after her Vice Presidential quest.
The Associated Press
maybe, not many
Do you realize it’s been 9 MONTHS!!! since Andree filed a request for emails they withheld and she still hasn’t gotten them…….WHY? this is getting ridiculous, is THIS why she’s racking up legal fee’s? Because she has a lawyer going through all these to see if anything in them is gonna bite her in the backside?
I wonder if any of the many news organizations that requested emails (before the election and didn’t get them) are still trying. Maybe somebody should check on that, I can’t remember who was waiting but there were quite a few.
Mudpuppies emailing the FBI should ask if those VERY high fee quotes for supplying the emails are legit or a form of price gouging and bully tactics meant to put off requests.
Carrie Prejean is a beauty contestant… do you really expect her to be any more intelligent than Palin? What really gets me about that CA pageant crowd is that one of her biggest detractors did a spread in a men’s magazine! Can you say hypocrite? Oh, and at least Prejean hasn’t done any internet pictures like Cassie or Rihanna. So many she’s a dumb beauty queen, but she’s still not among the worst of the worst.
Speaking of my son, (of whom Austintx was speaking) and of rodents, I just remembered when he was bout 2 1/2 and we were living in FL, he had been talking about his friend Charlie, whom we all took to be an imaginary friend. He was out playing in the back yard in just shorts one day, and when he came in, he had scratches on his shoulder. I asked where he got them, and he said “Charlie”. I suggested we go see Charlie, and he pointed to a squirrel in a nearby tree. I nearly collapsed. When we were in Homer, my husband tamed a squirrel to eat out of his hand, and, of course, we had to name him “Charlie”.
Is Kliban Cat the fat dude? I had a jammie with that cat.
Austintx – I surely did see your “thank you” and posted it to my son. It’s nice to be appreciated, he loved it!
Re-read this mudpups………there are still fireworks to come, pull up your chair and refresh your drink. LOL…..no wonder Scarah is feverishly raising legal funds and worrying her wee brain over skeletons in the closet.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2008/09/sarah-palins-secret-emails
UK Lady, I’m dying with laughter. I used to torture my mom by bring home salamanders as pets. They would get loose and then she would find their dry, shriveled bodies when she cleaned house. I would also bring back crabs from the beach. My parents got so they would check my pockets at the beach, which were of course always filled with crabs. I would also bury roadkilled snakes and other creatures. Had an entire little graveyard of roadkill with popsicle-stick crosses.
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K8KZ, I LOVE that poem! I think there are even pet cards with it and cool illustrations.
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rebekkah, preying mantises are such fascinating pets. I learned the hard way though that ants are their mortal enemies. I thought they would be food, and I found our preying mantis cornered by all of the “food” ants. Well I killed those mean ants and apologized to the mantis by feeding it some raw ground beef.
Anonymouse – LOL! Good one. With three kids, we had quite a menagerie of small “critters” when they were growing up (as compared to a slightly smaller menagerie now that they’re adults). We had a white lab rat (also a rescue) whom we named Leif the Lucky. He was sweet and affectionate and we had him for about a year. I believe the stress of his previous life shortened his life span. We have a pet cemetery in the back yard with hamsters, parakeets, fish, frogs, and our beloved guinea pig, Hugo, as well as several cats and the ashes of two dogs. The experience of caring (for a lifetime) for a pet or pets is so enriching and such a benefit so children can learn compassion and empathy for the small and helpless and receive the boundless, unconditional love of another creature. A child who grows up without caring for a pet, even a goldfish, is, I believe, as lacking as a child who grows up without books.
My mouse story does not have a happy ending. My brother brought the class mouse home to take care of over the summer. The mouse got loose. We looked for days and could not find him. Several days later, after mowing the grass …we found what was left of him.
Never been a big fan of rodents. Although I do love Pinky and the Brain. Wish they would put reruns of the Animaniacs on the airwaves around here. I love cartoons but there doesn’t seem to be any good ones anymore.
K8KZ, I am the proud owner of a Kliban Cat t-shirt with that very saying happily emblazoned on it. It never fails to elicit a groan or two, and even some nasty looks. . . I think it’s hysterical, but then I am owned by a Kliban Cat look-alike. . .
wish you’d post a video of the mouse on his wheel. . . just so I’d have another method of annoying the cats as they sit imperially in front of the computer monitor
My son came home and pleaded with me to adopt a “preyiing mantis” bug. Biology teacher was overcome with a batch of babies in the school lab. I relented saying, to my son (12 years) as long as you take care of it. Well, we all know what that means. “I” became the caretaker, making a cute terrarium, filled with rocks, branches, a little watering hole. I would catch little tiny flies with a little glass jar outside my house and neighbors must have thought I was ready for the nuthouse. But, I grew attached to “Manty” and this little insect knew my voice and would dance a little dance in the morning when I’d come downstairs, cause he knew he was getting breakfast.
Really fascinating all God’s creatures. I probably would give in and take care of a mouse too.
UK Lady – too too funny. (Ever since a ‘mouse-house guest’ was having bfast with my box of cereal many years ago, I give all rodents (and cereal) wide berth.)
K8KZ
HaHa!, when I said ‘fun’, what I meant was ‘FUN’, they not only chewed their way out of the box, they took their dozens of little cute baby meeces with them. It all sort of got out of my control, when you don’t own up to two mice, it’s pretty difficult to own up to about eighty!
I knew I was sunk when I heard the first shriek!
20 tigerwine – YES – both runner-ups , blame others for their own mis-steps , liars ………list of similarities goes on and on……… funny and scary at the same time. Ak. has serious problems and sarah is calling this bimbo ?? I’m sure the fine citizens of Ak. paid for the call.
BTW – Not sure if you saw my thank you to you and your son for going the extra mile to get the word and pics. out on YBG and her neighbors. THANK YOU.
austintx and tigerwine
Makes you go ‘blech’ doesn’t it. I already had a good old rant about Miss CA and hearing voices in the open thread yesterday.
How do these freaks always ‘know’ it is Ghaad?,
UK Lady – I thought you would ask “have you any idea how long it took for the meeces to chew their way through the cardboard box?”
I love all animals. We were adopted by a kitten last winter who wondered into our horse barn and although somewhat ferrel, has been a nice kitty. However, she is a mouser and brings home her kill to make a present to us. It reminds me of an old Kliben the Kat poem:
Love them little mousies,
That is what I love to eat;
Bite their little heads off
And eat their tiny feet.
Say NO to Palin in Politics – Thanks for the info. We ought to be watching this carefully, and thank goodness we have a presence there!
Austintx – (and all!!) Does anyone but me see the sameness between SP and Carrie Prejean? 1) Both Beauty Queens 2) Both Right Wing Conservatives
3) Both flying high in their own states until they reached national attention 4) both not on the “up and up”.
Once, when I was about nine years old, I bought two lovely white mice from the petshop without telling my mum. I sort of knew she wouldn’t approve, so I thought if she didn’t tell me no then it was OK, right?
Anyhow, I made a lovely home for them in the space under the stairs, nice cardboard box, cotton wool to make a nest, sneaked in all the time with tidbits to eat and water to drink. Gave them lots of cuddles and fuss.
Them were two happy meeces!
Have you any idea how much fun two happy meeces can have?
Have you any idea how long it took me to be able to sit down after the whooping I got?
Here is a hoot for you. Carrie Prejean is now the Flip “the devil made me do it” Wilson of beauty queens. Man o man ,wish we could hear what her and sarah said to each other………
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/11/carrie-prejean-satan-was_n_201687.html
Ann Strongheart is asking people not to worry about them, they have a evac plan if needed and don’t think at this point things will be too bad. Let’s all hope so! You can read her post here…….http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/1686/
Phil Munger is asking if Jon Moller has been out checking the villages…….no word on that yet.
dang……I thought the dot thingy would disable the link…….mods?
OK, folks — back by popular demand, over on the FORUM – come introduce your pets!
https://themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,7251.new.html#new
There are helpful threads on how to post photos:
https://themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,805.0.html
and there are plenty of helpful moderators who can answer your questions if you’re having troubles.
Tigerwine…….she’s tweeted twice that she’s enroute, bout time I’d say……state of emergency was declared May 4, here it is May 12. It’s such a shame that something like this wasn’t better anticiapated, if it had perhaps fuel could have been removed and people may have had a chance to remove items.
I hope those people don’t hold back on requesting details from the gov.
someone reported “because of dangers” they were going it take it slow on the recovery, great huh
also too…….Kristen Cole is begging for Scarah’s groupies to give to the trust fund so the bad gov dosn’t have to “worry”, why are the attorney fee’s increasing? what is he doing for her? what is going on…….is he being paid to assist the state to dismiss charges? isn’t he supposed to defend her “after” the complaints are decided on?
here’s a quote from Kristen’s email to the groupies……..I thought they weren’t supposed to solicit for this.
“Together, we need to raise enough money to get rid of the legal bills as soon as possible so the Governor can put this worry behind her. With our help, she can do her job and lead. Your gift is crucial to this effort!”
you can find the whole email @ http://sarahpalinblog.typepad (dot) com/
I used to have hamsters when I was a kid, but they aren’t as smart and friendly as rats. Nibbles the 1st was pretty nice. Nibbles the 2nd was okay. Nibbles the 3rd was a mean little sucker.
My son had a teddy bear hamster at one point. He gave it a hair cut (eye roll).
I used to raise rats. It all started with four rats I got for a nutrition project in HS. I decided that it was mean to feed a couple of them a bad diet, so I dumped the project. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough cages, and the little buggers began to breed. At one point I had 35 rats, all with squeaky play wheels. At night they would keep me awake, running on their wheels and chewing on walnut shells. I also had a pet mouse I named Eddie. Eddie got loose one day in our old Victorian house and began consorting with the local girls. I never did catch Eddie. He liked his life in the walls.
But I was hooked. I once had a “scented” rat. If you have ever had one, the top of its head has an incense smell. I named her Jasmine. I also had a rat named Ratty. He would ride on our shoulders. I used to sneak him onto the bus, hidden under my collar.
I finally had to give up rats. The short lifespan was too painful to deal with.
Picturing anonymouse taking a wild ride on its wheel will keep me smiling all day. Wheeeeee!
We’ve had about every pet you can name, but rodents, they’re… I don’t know. My sister used to have a pet rat, creeped me out. My cat would disagree 100%. She loves rodent!
Cute mouse, but looks a lot better in your house than mine!
a rescue mouse??
umm… I have a nice new rescue cat (replaced the original sauerkraut) that would love to do lunch with your rescue mouse. …
Boy does this take me back!
When my kids were small we had mice, hamsters, rabbits, 1 snake, 8 cats(over the years) and we try a have a bird sanctuary over the years in our yard.
We now have 3 cats and no kids at the present. I miss the them!
I used to catch mice when I was 4-5 yrs in the grain barrels (for chickens) and made them pets in quart canning jars. Now, 60 yrs later I trap them in “mice cubes” and transport them back to the fields outside. It’s a never ending parade, one August I deported 26 of the little buggers. If anyone out there prefers, I could ship them to you.
AKM, truly a riot and quite brilliant!
We had a white rat named Pixie that would hoist her rear end up and pee outside the cage onto the kids’ bedroom floor. Needless to say, she got banished to the garage and she became my responsibility as no one wanted to trek downstairs to feed her or, heaven help us, clean her cage. I spent lots of time staring at and watching her and came to recognize her various moods and forms of communication. Quite fun to watch, but I came to prefer having a pet that did not need to be caged.
HA! Saw that coming, in a flaming orange vest!
I rescued a rat from my rat lab in college. She was the “control rat” whilst the others had surgeries of various and sundry varieties. At the end of the semester, all the rats were going to the next lab, which was doing blood studies….I knew exactly what that meant, and took her home with me. I couldn’t save them all, but I could save one!!
Love Brian, but will pass on the rodent!
Someone mentioned on another post that SP was in Eagle – has anyone heard further? It will be interesting to see what yukonbushgrma has to say!!!
Am enjoying your posts with my son who was the driver for Sophie Station in Fairbanks for many years. Another son will leave the Florida Keys for AK in a couple of weeks. I’m drinking my first cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in anticipation of a trip to the dump. Hope all of you have better prospects for your day! Happy Day, all!!
I second your statements, Tiredmom. Our first rodential pet, Glacier a white rat, taught us more about tolerance and humanity than any church or parochial school could ever have done. Glacier taught us that all creatures deserve respect no matter how small or insignificant. She taught us humans are just a link in a long chain and not all that special when the rubber hits the road. Humility was her greatest gift to us and we use it every day as we transform our Indiana farm to a wildlife sanctuary.
Maggie, any animal can carry any disease. Living in a bubble is not an option. Using good hygiene (washing hands, cage, cleaning bedding) is important no matter what species we share our lives with. My horses were more trouble than any, lining outside all the time. A house mouse, if kept properly, will no more harm you than a stuffed toy.
Certainly has the physique of a runner.
Cute photo!
I am concerned, though, AKM, about Anonymouse’s wild past. I was under the impression that wild rodents are very hazardous to have as pets. Can Alaskan mice carry hantaviruses?
Please stay healthy.
— Maggie in NC
awwwww — we had several mice and rats over the years. One white mouse named Spike was a “pinky” meant to be fed to a snake…. oldest daughter rescued him from his fate when the snake didn’t take the first bite because he had a small spike of white hair on his head. He was my hubby’s bestest little pal for three years. He squeaked “thank you” (two squeaks) when we gave him potato chips, and when we went mouse fishing … long spaghetti noodle dangling in cage, and he would stand up and eat it. He always came out of the hut and rattled the cage wires when we came home from work. He was the best little pet, and we were heart-broken when he passed away. But he taught us so much about life in his own little way. We were never able to keep any fish we caught after he passed … we realized that all the earth’s little creatures (especially mice) have feelings and emotions. I assume he has now taken his rightful place on Kenny’s shoulder, maybe he won’t pee on him now – LOL