Open Thread – Laughter is the Best Medicine
After reading all the comments on the Name That Book thread, I can honestly say I’m in pain. I laughed until I thought I could laugh no more. I’m going to check in tomorrow morning, and pull out a few more, and then post…..the poll. The monstrous poll. The mile long poll. The poll with over 100 entries. The poll to end all polls. I simply could not make it shorter. And at that, I know I’ve left dozens in there that were totally hilarious. But my fingers and eyes have given out. This proved to be quite the Herculean task…but very much worth it.
In the meantime, I am now going to drag myself to bed, as my brain has no more happy chemicals left. All the … whatever it is, that oozes out of your brain when you’re laughing your head off, is depleted and I’m going to slip into blissful unconsciousness.
Laughter has been shown to boost the immune system, aiding the body to fight off illness and disease. Research has shown that laughter increases the secretion of catecholamines and endorphins, which increase feelings of health and happiness. It also lowers the secretion of cortisol and sedimentation rate, thus stimulating the immune systems response. The flow of Oxygen in the blood increases. Heart rate quickens, at first, and blood pressure rises; but the arteries then relax, lowering both heart rate and blood temperature. Circulation increases and the skin temperature rises. All of these responses create a positive effect on both cardiovascular and respiratory problems.
Thank you, Mudflatters. I needed that.
Moose Pucky, thanks for the link to Margaret and Helen. I have never been there before, but I certainly will be going back. I loved the names of her blog entries especially the one titled – If Ann Coulter falls in the forest and nobody hears her, can we just leave her there?
I didn’t think I had any laughter left in me. It’s all been spilling out so.
But I slipped on over to check out Helen and Margaret, and yup, plenty more left to spill out. Moose Pucky recommends today’s posts from Helen and Margaret:
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-dick-cheney/#comment-24661
Paula, thanks for that post. Appreciate the heads up. I’ve explored the walkaboutstory archives now and left a few messages.
New thread on Wasilla High graduation. They abstained.
Posted by Paula and moved to open thread:
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I have a question for the fellow MudPuppies from Wasilla.
Is there anybody that will be secretly attending Wasilla/ Bristol HS graduation tonight….? (with a camera phone)
We need details… and maybe an update on GINO if there is a sighting.
Might she be brandishing some of that favorite Artic Cat wardrobe again..?
That seems to jump out at Her when she opens the closet.
austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 6:35 PM
KO kickin’ ass !!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
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Thanks for that! I love how Palin and her fans just don’t get how dumb she really is! KO is great for pointing it out, but to be fair, Palin does half his job for him just by opening her mouth!
I hope I’ve adequately clarified.
Love the baby on the left.
Not a fan of Palin.
Are we clear?
OH, WAIT!!!
“Palin-esque” isn’t ANY better than “dumb”.
Crap… now I’ve insulted a cute little baby!
Anyway, just love the little guy on the left… He doesn’t fall into peer pressure to laugh when his thumb is FAR more enjoyable than Daddy’s goofy face!
Shouldn’t have called the little angel “dumb”.
He’s more “Palin-esque” and “maverick-y” than “dumb”.
My apologies to the little tyke.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the dumb one on the left sucking his thumb! What a little cutie pie (and oh-so-mavrick-y by not going along with the others in laughter!).
I’ve seen this video several times… never fails to evict a giggle from the gut.
Just a thought…..Palin’s not speaking at the WHS graduation could be seen as being considerate of the possibility Bristol wouldn’t graduate. She wasn’t enrolled for most of the year. How tacky of c4p to make such a big deal out of it.
Are we positive that Bristol is graduating tonight and getting a real diploma?
KO kickin’ ass !!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
I followed the c4pee link back to the Frontiersman WHS 2007 graduation article.
Yikkers! SP’s speech to the graduating class of 2007 sounds like a real downer!
I’d like to point out that RAM has taken some liberties (anyone surprised?) with quote marks in the c4pee article where s/he is quoting Palin’s 2007 address…such as, quoting the phrase ‘cosmic calculus’ as SP’s exact words where the Frontiersman reporter does not. (Perhaps the reporter should have used quotes when he didn’t, but how could we ever know.)
Here’s the excerpt from the Frontiersman article:
“For those of you feeling like you’re middle of the road, lost in the crowd,” she said, “That’s most of us.”
But each of the graduates has a specific destiny, Palin maintained, and even the most undistinguished student has an important role in the final cosmic calculus.
“Seek what it is you are created to do,” she said. “Nothing is an accident.”
According to Palin, though, graduates can’t count on dharma and determinism alone to bring them success. Will and hard work are required, she said.
Palin invoked the Wasilla High mascot, the Warrior, to emphasize just how hard that work may be. But even if life seems like war, Palin suggested, graduates can at least take consolation in the fact that their struggles are foreordained.
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:YhkUyIfsll8J:www.frontiersman.com/articles/2007/05/25/news/news2.txt+Wasilla+High+School+Track+Palin+graduation+Frontiersman&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
And here’s R.A.M’s quote from the c4p article, Governor Palin Not Invited to Speak at Wasilla High’s Graduation:
“For those of you feeling like you’re middle of the road, lost in the crowd — that’s most of us.” Every graduate “has a specific destiny,” even the most “undistinguished student has an important role in the final cosmic calculus. Seek what it is you are created to do,” she said. “Nothing is an accident.”
While reading “An Irish Country Village” today by Patrick Taylor, I came across a name for breasts that I had never heard before. The two main characters were discussing one of his friends that his female compainion had meet at a party and she said, “The one with the blonde with enormous bristols?” She held her hnds cupped in front of her breats, but a good six inches away.”
I got a chuckle out of it.
Thanks, EyeOnYou. I noticed ADN is super DEAD these days. They should have been decent to the contributors but all those deletions and monkeying around with post cause abandonment.
PalinSucks Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 6:03 PM
What did I miss. Is there a posting limit? I have been gone almost all day.
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No, but I believe that you are really only supposed to post a paragraph or two from a site and link to the rest. I wasn’t thinking when I posted that amount of text from ADN. I just know that some people don’t visit there any longer and wanted to give the explanation and didn’t cut it down, instead just posted the entire ending of the explanation. I didn’t want to have it be a problem so sent AKM an email with an apology.
Thank you PalinSucks. Now I understand. Much appreciated.
EyeOnYou Says “AKM sorry about the length of the post #193. Email sent to you in regards to that! Sorry again!”
What did I miss. Is there a posting limit? I have been gone almost all day.
AKM sorry about the length of the post #193. Email sent to you in regards to that! Sorry again! 🙁
The National Journal’s new poll of political insiders asks who among the GOP’s current crop of governors has the brightest political future. The magazine surveys 100 Republican and 100 Democratic insiders – well-recognized figures from both inside and outside the Beltway. Interesting results.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is first. Also ranking high are Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty and Florida’s Charlie Crist, who just announced he’s running for Senate. Sarah Palin got a few votes, as does South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who’s joining Rick Perry on Thursday night for a tele-conference “tea party” with anti-tax callers.
Perry doesn’t make the cut. From the GOP’s 100 insiders, Texas’ governor got no votes.
Here’s the top vote-getters:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal 21 percent
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour 20 percent
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty 17 percent
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist 13 percent
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford 8 percent
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. 6 percent
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/05/perry-doesnt-crack-insiders-po.html
“For anyone who doesn’t want to go to ADN, here is the offical version of what happened”
Except, sounds like, Palin, was expected to speak and was yanked at the last minute. Betcah it had more to do with, the excessive demands like, lighting, microphone and having Fox News cover without consent of other families.
Either way…not so long ago the entire city of, Wasilla, hid Palin;s secrets and now they are letting her know, no more.
Guess side have been taken and the winner is…TEAM LEVI!!!
Thank you for the information from ADN. Sure sounds like they didn’t want her on their stage again. I’m glad they rewarded a teacher.
EyeOnYou Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Looks like the packers were wrong again. As Phil says on the adn site, so typical of them to take the low road on this. I say so typical of them to take the low road yet again.
Palin WAS NOT DISINVITED!!!!
Full explanation now up at the adn site.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141145
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So she was never invited to begin with??? Why didn’t they just say that???
Spin! SPIN!
Oops. The above link is for, Anchorage, graduates but the requirements are state wide.
For anyone who doesn’t want to go to ADN, here is the offical version of what happened:
UPDATE — Rindi called Tony Jensen, one of the two Wasilla High School senior class advisors and a government teacher at the school. Click below to read his description what happened.
Shortly before 5 p.m., Jensen returned the call. He said school officials ask the senior class – typically their student government leaders – to suggest speakers who have been inspirational to them. The discussion begins months before the event. In this case it began before the class entered its senior year.
Jensen said Palin, who had been chosen as governor since she last gave the school’s commencement address, was the favored pick. School officials were discussing the speaking engagement with the governor’s staff even as late as August. When Palin was picked as the vice-presidential nominee, those discussions took a backseat to her national election campaign. Jensen said he wasn’t sure that she’d ever agreed to speak.
After the election was over, school officials began discussing graduation plans again. Their thinking about asking Palin to speak had changed, Jensen said. The school was already in the national media spotlight because of the election and Palin’s alumni status there. Here’s Jensen’s synopsis:
“We didn’t want that to distract from the graduation ceremony itself. The other idea was, we’d had a political figure speak at the last three or four ceremonies … the idea was floated by our administration that maybe she had had her turn.”
Palin had also given the commencement address at the school when she was mayor of Wasilla, Jensen said. Other notable recent speakers include former Anchorage mayor Rick Mystrom and, last year, Democratic Party candidate for U.S. House Ethan Berkowitz.
Jensen said the question was bounced back to the senior class. They suggested a few other well-known locals, including four-time Iditarod champ Martin Buser and beloved Iditarod musher Dee Dee Jonrowe, but decided to ask English teacher Tom Richards, also a class advisor, to give the commencement, Jensen said. Richards is a favorite teacher among many in the class, he said.
“He’s a very dynamic individual,” Jensen said.
“Isn’t there some kind of statewide/external examination that students must sit before they can graduate from high school?”
http://www.asdk12.org/parents/graduation.asp
Looks like the packers were wrong again. As Phil says on the adn site, so typical of them to take the low road on this. I say so typical of them to take the low road yet again.
Palin WAS NOT DISINVITED!!!!
Full explanation now up at the adn site.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141145
Isn’t there some kind of statewide/external examination that students must sit before they can graduate from high school?
“Are things so bad for Palin now in AK that Wasilla High doesn’t even want her around?”
Very well could be, Palin, pulled a few alumni favors to get, Bristol, graduated. She was out of school for most of junior & senior year. No way she made up a year of school in 5 weeks.
Professor Geezer Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Are things so bad for Palin now in AK that Wasilla High doesn’t even want her around?
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I’m sure it has something to do with her making Bristol “Poster child of teen pregnancy” ❗
Can you imagine if she got up there to speak what other parents would think/say?????
love, love, love the laughing quads! so cute
Are things so bad for Palin now in AK that Wasilla High doesn’t even want her around?
Here is stapletongne response:
I asked Palin family spokesperson Meg Stapleton if the XXXXXXXXXX
post is true. Here’s Stapleton’s full answer in an email back:
“At the end of the day, the Governor is excited to sit back and enjoy this graduation with no pressure on the stage and in the spotlight. She will relish the moment with the family.”
Hmmm, she must of been dissed, lol!
Doesn’t surprise me in the least that Trump and friends are with faux Noise. Reading the bloggs people seem to forget it is not what she said so much as everyone else was told in so many words to shut up and butt out. .It is the point that she lied and trump is letting her get away with it ,when other told the truth and some may not have entered because they followed the rules. Seems this woman is just like some one else we all know in do as I say not as I do.
From ADN:
Is Wasilla High refusing to let the governor speak at her daughter’s graduation?
Posted by Alaska_Politics
Posted: May 14, 2009 – 4:13 pm
Comments (3) | Recommend (0)
From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –
The blog xxxxxxxxx is claiming that Wasilla High School disinvited Gov. Sarah Palin from speaking tonight at the graduation ceremony that includes her own daughter, Bristol.
ADN Mat-Su reporter Rindi White called the principal of Wasilla High School, Dwight Probasco, and he didn’t want to talk about it.
“I was not prepared for this call. I’m not ready to give a statement,” he said.
Ooooohhhhh austintx, thank you, thank you, thank you for that last link. I am loving that woman, just loving it. She is the bomb. Thank you so so much.
I think trump is an a– as for Levi and his son I don’t think he would be even seeing him as much as he is much less allowed to take him to his home if he had not opted to tell his side of how things really were
Thanks all for being so funny and for sharing some great links.
Question re Bristol’s graduation:
I know Bristol said in the GVS interview that she would be graduating with her class.
Do we know that Bristol is really graduating today?
Is the school publishing the list of graduates?
Is there anyone here from the Wasilla area that can get their hands on the graduation program?
GlobalVillage – Here’s Janeane totally breakin’ it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IeRxVMpyDg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evideosift%2Ecom%2Fvideo%2FJaneane%2DGarofalo%2Don%2DCountdown%2D4%2D16%2D09&feature=player_embedded
By the way austintx, Pretzel Logic was one of my absolute favorite albums from the 70’s – I just loved Steely Dan.
She needs to be doesn’t she and thank goodness she is! I’m really glad that she stood up to them and was so coherent with her responses. It just seems to me that anybody representing social justice is considered ‘fair game’ for journalists.
I’ve had a big slice of banana bread and am having a cup of tea for morning tea now, so I’m feeling a little better.
OH you guys are GREAT at finding stuff!!!
HiYa, inbetween a lot of yard work. Apologies if this has already been posted.
Governor Palin Not Invited to Speak at Wasilla High’s Graduation
By R. A. Mansour
Tonight Gov. Palin will be attending her daughter’s graduation from Wasilla High School. We learned that the senior class advisors, representing the student body, invited Gov. Palin to speak to the graduating class. All signs indicate that she accepted the invitation, but the school’s administration then decided against it, presumably because they did not want a politician speaking at the ceremony. The school’s administration denied any knowledge of this in an email reply to C4P, but the students are sticking by the story as well as our sources in Wasilla.
Even more troubling is the news that Gov. Palin will not be invited on the stage to shake students’ hands when they receive their diploma, which is a traditional practice whenever a governor is in attendance.
It all seems rather strange considering that Gov. Palin is herself an alumna of Wasilla High and is the current governor and the former GOP candidate for vice president. She has been wooed by many schools nationally who wanted her to speak at their commencement.
http://thomasalamb.blogspot.com/
174 GlobalVillage – That Janeane is tough as nails. She’s not backin’ down.
Just watched this http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news/janeane-garafalo-handles-ambush-on-fox-news/ which was posted by austintx.
I wish someone could explain to me why it is that journalists, who for the most part are representatives of right wing conservatism, feel obligated, no, compelled to interrogate rather than question an interviewee with a liberal bias.
But where are these journalists, with their feral attitudes, when it comes to people like Palin for example? No, no such interrogation, for her a question about what magazine she reads is considered to be too offensive! It makes my blood boil.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention, but now I want to go and scream to let off some steam.
169 honestyinGov Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:16 PM
I’m feeling dizzy now that I have tried to find a ‘logical ‘ answer.
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I feel your pain. I have un-corked a bottle of Yellow Tail Chardonnay. Not sure if you imbibe. For me , it is helpful in the evenings to cure “palin dizzyness”.
# 170
EyeOnYou Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:22 PM
honestyinGov Says:
What position/job could she have or run for that was HIGHER than the President…?
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Well duh! Come on now, how could you forget
QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂
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You mean the ones from ‘the Final Frontier’…. ala ” Space Cadets”…?
Someone needs to Rule over them I guess.
I just realized that none of the book names seemed to use this idea as a theme for the book….. and I forgot to think of something yesterday.
” Farting Rainbows – Airing Alaskan Politics” or..
” Farting Rainbows – Alaskan Politics STINK ”
(or make up one of your own)
The Rainbow theme never came up though, But we did have some good Winners.
honestyinGov Says:
What position/job could she have or run for that was HIGHER than the President…?
(me scratching my head on THAT one)
I’m feeling dizzy now that I have tried to find a ‘logical ‘ answer.
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Well duh! Come on now, how could you forget
QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂
crystalwolf…I did just visit that certain ‘cons’ website to read about the book deal…But say the whole Bristol graduation Story as well.
There are about 5 different conspiracy theories among them…. they can’t seem to decide which one to pick… 😉 (just PICK one… they are all made up anyway)
This particular comment struck my funny bone though…
“some flunky denied these kids the chance to have a the governor of their state and future presidential candidate (or more ;))
{ future presidential candidate (or more ;)) }…? I had to ask myself… What position/job could she have or run for that was HIGHER than the President…?
(me scratching my head on THAT one)
I’m feeling dizzy now that I have tried to find a ‘logical ‘ answer.
165 UK Lady Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 2:41 PM
According to Nate Silver on ‘fivethirtyeight’, Sarah Palin has driven away the intellectuals of the republican party……..
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Wait a sec. ……………………….intellectuals of the republican party……..who pray tell would that be.
If anyone in AK can listen to the Eddie Crapspew Show, Palin’s attorney is earning his keep discussing the book deal, brainwashing your state for ya.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/palin-prejean-alliance-pr_b_203436.html
It’s the end of the world, folks. According to this article on HuffPo, it was predicted in the Book of Revelations that Palin & Prejean would meet – “When the slayer of beasts meets the barer of breasts.” When asked if this meant, it was the end of the world, Borowitz responded…”that would be the best case scenario.” Gosh, you just gotta love these guys.
According to Nate Silver on ‘fivethirtyeight’, Sarah Palin has driven away the intellectuals of the republican party……..
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/decline-of-conservative-intellectualism.html
She will be pleased to hear this, she didn’t know what they were talking about anyway.
@ 160 UK Lady
LMFAO@ always a bridesmaid, never a bride…. I spewed wine on that one!
sarah’s boyfriend called me a hobbit.
http://wonkette.com/408554/limbaugh-i-was-an-addict-and-democrats-are-like-the-hobbits-in-that-movie
160 UK Lady – Had me there for a second. Until I looked , I was thinking full time…………
Many cheeks are in PAIN right now!
Thank you so much much for all the laughs. It’s a big improvement over the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Ye gods! Not funny.
Not sure if GINO will be too pleased with Miss CA now, she has beaten her to the Faux News co host slot, dang! always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/05/14/miss-california-on-cable-news-fox–friends-gives-carrie-prejean-her-chance.html
p.s. who didn’t see that one coming, Duh!
Not much spin here…………..
disinvite definition
dis·invite (dis′in vīt′)
transitive verb disinvited -·vit′ed, disinviting -·vit′·ing
to withdraw or cancel the invitation of (a person or organization)
Related Forms:
disinvitation dis′·in′·vi·ta′·tion noun
Webster’s New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
crystalwolf aka caligrl–well, Piper actually did have a lemonade stand, but that wasn’t what lead to the complaints (nor, for that matter, are the trampoline and bouy swing…): http://juneauempire.com/stories/051109/loc_438614108.shtml
Okay they put the spin on the “disinvite” and it’s pathetic.
Wow, they are going banana’s. The commenters are attacking RAM as we speak. She is pi**ed too. They are trying to get her to take down the post. *snicker.
re: disinvited………..Dang , isn’t that like runner-up or second or…….or ….or…LOSER !!
EyeOnYou Says:
I couldn’t agree more. That would be a fun debate to watch wouldn’t it?
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Pay per View ?? Sign me up yesterday !!
I am so glad to read any reports of the C4Pers here, as I won’t go there anymore, either.
But they are such amateurs, and not talented. The progressive movement has soooo much more intelligent creative talent than the C4Pers (AKM!!! A Shining Star, for example!).
Once I learned that RAM’s big credit was writing a 24-minute student film 10 years ago, I decided I had to worry about other more “professionally run” conservative efforts. Almost everything associated with Palin is amateurish (as McCain found out big time.)
However, don’t think for a second that I feel we should be complacent towards mobs of angry amateurs, because I don’t! So thanks to anyone who puts in their time over there. But they don’t seem to be able to pull anything off, other than screwing up the ADN comment area.
EyeOnYou Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:52 PM
C. Rock Says:
R. A. Mansour the author of the article says that GINO spoke at Tracks graduation And that this was a total diss.
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Well like I said, she has no source for this other than…”we learned that”, and “all signs indicated that she accepted, but was then dis-invited by the admin.”
This isn’t exactly sound source material. I’ve seen them make up stuff before to fit their personal agenda so I won’t trust it to be true unless I see it from somewhere with some source behind it.
I do love the whole reaction the people have to this though…..somehow thinking that Obama and his people are paying the school to keep Palin from speaking is hysterical! It shows the level of desperation they have reached.
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It is true…they totally made up the Piper’s Lemonade story about the guy not wanting tour buses and then GINO had to have Piper go do a Lemonade stand last sun. How pathetic is that? Pandering to her fanatic base much????
austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:48 PM
EyeOnYou – Janeane could debate and OWN anybody from the right. They are scared s^*tless of her.
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I couldn’t agree more. That would be a fun debate to watch wouldn’t it? 🙂
C. Rock Says:
R. A. Mansour the author of the article says that GINO spoke at Tracks graduation And that this was a total diss.
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Well like I said, she has no source for this other than…”we learned that”, and “all signs indicated that she accepted, but was then dis-invited by the admin.”
This isn’t exactly sound source material. I’ve seen them make up stuff before to fit their personal agenda so I won’t trust it to be true unless I see it from somewhere with some source behind it.
I do love the whole reaction the people have to this though…..somehow thinking that Obama and his people are paying the school to keep Palin from speaking is hysterical! It shows the level of desperation they have reached.
If someone can seed on DU the WHS story needs to go there IMO!
Their probably mad about Bristol being the HS poster child for teen pregnancy, is my guess!
EyeOnYou – Janeane could debate and OWN anybody from the right. They are scared s^*tless of her.
The problems could be solved if Todd wrote the book instead of Gino. Do you suppose she could delegate that limelight? But she never seems to want to take the easiest way. It always has to have some drama.
I suspect the main advantage will be the way supporters can buy thousands of copies instead of donating to another fund. I would suggest they go with a POD (print on demand) so they don’t have to worry about warehousing and shipping all the hard copies. They could just have the deliveries “pending.”
EyeOnYou Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
UK Lady Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:30 PM
C. Rock
It was all so funny I tipped it over at Huffpo!
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R. A. Mansour the author of the article says that GINO spoke at Tracks graduation And that this was a total diss.
Professor Geezer Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Doesn’t anyone else want to play “WRITE THE FIRST 3 SENTENCES of PALIN’S BOOK”?
Wah….
Before we do that, I think we need to see the titles of the top 10. I think it would be better to tie the first lines into those titles….
Brownshirts???? WTF??? I had to ASK someone the other day who george soros is fer christ sakes…where do they come up with this shizzzzzzzzzzz???
UK Lady Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:30 PM
C. Rock
It was all so funny I tipped it over at Huffpo!
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Ahahahaha Perfect! They are now saying they are worried that this might embarrass the Gov and are glad that no one has picked up on it.
Too funny, now they are trying to pull the story so no one else can pick it up!
YooHoo – Too late guys, already saved and sent to Huffpo – with comments 👿
Ok what’s GINO trying to prove now?
She’s posted a tweet that Rural Affairs Advisor John Moller is traveling today to Tanana, Stevens Village and Eagle to survey to the damage. This is after she’s posted that she’s traveled out there twice already.
I’m glad that maybe those in need may get some attention and help but I can’t help but suspect that she’s up to something.
C. Rock
It was all so funny I tipped it over at Huffpo!
C.Rock~
One of them posted the phone number to the school and they were going to call and complain! Too Funny, To give credit where it is due, the mod’s deleted it and stated that in no uncertain terms was anyone to call the school about this.
So let’s see…some of the reasons for the “disinvite” are…
The school is p.o.’d about the stimulus money Palin was not going to accept.
Obama brownshirts…
Oh, Obama brownshirts might have offered the school money to keep Palin out….
This is too funny.
The best part is that they don’t give any source for this, just the article writer claims to “know” that the kids invited Palin to speak, she accepted and the school admin “disinvited her”.
I just wanted to say how very much I enjoyed the Title Contest! Just hysterical and creative and clever…it just made my day. Loved it, loved it, loved it! And after the laughter, I do believe my immune system did improve a bit. Yes, yes, I DO believe that. Thank you all!
Todd the Builder…
Sorry Belly of the the Beast. Ha Ha TOO Funny.
InJuneau Says:
C. Rock–SERIOUSLY? LOL! I just can’t go to that page, so I’ll have to take your work for it. Wow…
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Yes , And wouldn’t you know it has something to do with Obama. I guess they they think Obama has something to do with it. Like Obama is all worried about Gino and this little Waslia graduation. Ill be back , going into the beast of the belly and Read comments.
Doesn’t anyone else want to play “WRITE THE FIRST 3 SENTENCES of PALIN’S BOOK”?
Wah….
C. Rock it’s true 😆
They are so p*ssed off. but hey!, you’d think GINO would be used to the withdrawal method by now Heh! Heh!
Apparently she won’t even be allowed on stage to shake hands with the grads.
@ Austin
“Todd as a stay at home dad.”
Oh my, those Christians are confusing…..bring back the snake preacher.
C. Rock–SERIOUSLY? LOL! I just can’t go to that page, so I’ll have to take your work for it. Wow…
“A book publication project is compatible with your position as governor so long as it does not interfere with your official duties,” Svobodny wrote to Palin.
so lets say she had a slow day, you mean she could write/record away and it not be considered interference?
…and he’s leaving the call on if ‘it interferes or not’ to HER?
Oh my
C. Rock: Wha?? You’d think Wasilla High is like Palin’s second home/base of operations.
You’d think they have a shrine there devoted to her. That’s pretty funny if true.
Governor Palin Not Invited to Speak at Wasilla High’s Graduation
This topic is up at pee4p. I guess Bristol is graduating tonight . GINO was invited to speck then she got uninvited to speck. LOL. What a Joke. Go read it, it’s hysterical. I have not read the comments yet.
If anyone has the Gov’s Email address —
please send her a link to “fact-checker.com”
so she’ll be able to keep her story on the up & up
That’s it!, I’ve officially got a crush on Shepard Smith on Faux Spews. Just watched him tear a repug a new one!
Can’t remember the bloke’s name, but he was trying to justify waterboarding and Shep just had at him! The bloke was expecting the usual Faux soft pedal, didn’t know what had hit him.
“the first gentleman”? Could this family be more personality disordered? I hope she takes her millions from her book deal & goes away, away, away & AK. gets a gov. that cares about Alaska. Sending her husband to D.C. was so odd. Why is this woman allowed to allocate positions of authority, whether it is rep. her at a dinner, or investigating a former in-law, to her husband? He doesn’t even work for the state or hold elected office. This isn’t a monarchy. If it were, she could at least give him a title, knight him & give him a fancy suit of clothes. Oh wait, the RNC already did that. Alaska, I hope you are thinking of a viable candidate for the next governors election. This woman is a loose canon with unscrupulous people feeding her ego. Get rid of her.
So yeah, I know all the intrigue right now is focused on how much Sarah is getting to ‘write’ this book, but what I want to know is how much Mudflats is going to get paid to read and review this book! You know, for emotional/mental damages and whatnot. Recovery time may take years.
GINO learns new word…”malicious”!
A report of a statement released on Scarahpac
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGQ4N2U5MDI3M2YwYWJjOTc5YjAzMWYyYWU3NjQ5ZWM=
Didn’t she just call the Ethics complaints “malicious”?
What a maroon!
@ Mirage 18: Yeah, I should have submitted “Pretzel Logic” as a title, but I’ll give you credit for that one! 🙂
austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Greta sucks. Janeane rocks !!
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That was absolutely BRILLIANT!
And it shows just what a hypocrite Greta is!
Greta sucks. Janeane rocks !!
http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news/janeane-garafalo-handles-ambush-on-fox-news/
austintx
That is what I meant. I don’t think that Todd will want to run for office at all. He has got it all right now. Wife in the limelight (that he can share whenever it suits him) Wife bringing home the bacon (all these funds/deals/pacs), a more or less free ride on his snowmachine racing career….a nice home, kids old enough to babysit the younger ones….heck what more could the guy ask for?
I think I heard that Sherry Johnston will be in Court next Monday or Tuesday.
Her attorney is also representing Todd’s half-Sister.
Does anybody know the status of Todd’s half-Sister. I assume she is out on bail now. When is her day in Court…..?
OMG Did you guys see Lettermans top 10 list in what Palins book will include? SO funneeeeeee!
Miss Cali on Larry King tonight. Bet she mentions GINO’s call and support of her at some point
112 EyeOnYou Says:
I think that Todd likes being in the background, thinking of himself as the family body guard. He gets to be in the limelight via Sarah, but can slip back into the snow-machine dude when it suits him.
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Todd is a “stay at home Dad”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sn6vfWPoAA
Prof Geezer,
Was McCain offering himself up for VP??? LOL
bubbles, Lyndon’s got some great ones. Here’s another of my favs
While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Perfect for sarah.
PepperzMom (GA) Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Here is Alaskas legal definition of employment for state workers.
I really think this hinges on what the IRS considers employer/employee relationship.
Where I live you may not be considered “self employed”, unless you perform the same service to a variety of companies or payees, over the tax year.
Simple instances…..yard maintenance, house cleaners, plumbers, lawyers, engineers, psychiatric doctors, etc., may form their own companies or incorporate to be considered “self employed”. Part of my business at one time involved employees. Although I had “independent contracts” with them they were considered by “Uncle Sam” employees.
To do one thing, one time for Harper Collins, the monies would be paid directly to Palin, ergo employer/employee relationship.
That’s just my take on it, from my own life experience and common sense.
However if I were an Alaskan, I would , be calling/writing the IRS to get an opinion. I would request the opinion in writing. I would record all conversations and make hard copies of all e-mailed or mailed communications. I would keep a record of date, time, and persons (always get their name first!)I communicated with. This isn’t paranoid, this advice was given to be by a lawyer eons ago. I make a habit of doing all of the above in my business. If a government agency is involved, I do record conversations until I get something in writing. If I’m dealing with a company I do not particularly trust, I do the same.
I’m not a lawyer, but have had wonderful (I know this might not seem true but it is) lawyers . Not all of them are in just for the money and semi retired partners LOVE to do “interesting” pro bono work. If there are any Lawyers perusing this site, please lend us a “hand” in comprehending the following;
S 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.
Professor Geezer Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I was reading on Regina’s blog about how some folks feel Todd is trying to be “rebranded” as his own entity, possibly for his own future political run. The outing with Greta and friends at the FOX table was one possible example of this; calling him “The First Gent(leman)” now instead of the “First Dude” is another.
Anyone else have thoughts on this? That is one scary thought
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In my opinion Todd will not be running for anything political. The “re-branding” is just part and parcel of Sarah trying to upgrade her own image. That is what the “first dude changeover to first gentleman” is all about. Sarah is trying to make herself look less like a backwoods girl who kills her own dinner and more like the elitists she claims to disdain. Same goes for the little trip with Greta. It is to make them more “classy” in appearance rather than “down-homey”.
I think that Todd likes being in the background, thinking of himself as the family body guard. He gets to be in the limelight via Sarah, but can slip back into the snow-machine dude when it suits him.
Oh, mine is out of the trap now at #87.
@Canadian Neighbor. I loved it! Thank you!
I have one somewhere in spam trap!
Please, might I have one more? 🙂
#104 georgia peach– chicken$hit and chicken salad….priceless…b
It was a dark and stormy night, everything is wet all around me – my hair, my face. The sounds so unfamiliar to me.
As I try to shift my head to the left or right to get out of the darkness, into the light, I find I’m unable to. I try to take a step back — it worked. I was able to move my foot. I discover I can move my arms. Why can’t I move my head?
Again I move my foot. Once. Twice. Success. My head is free — I see a hint of light.
Is it the light through the open door? I’m not sure. I still can’t see clearly. My eyes are still blurred.
What’s this? Something moved. What is it? Someone else is here. They just straightened up — stood straight up and is slowly turning around.
Oh my!! Oh! Oh! Hello Rush. I didn’t see you here. My head was immovable in a dark, wet place.
Couldn’t resist Mudpups!!!! Sorry!!!
Is that a collective “Yuck” I hear!!!! 🙂
@GA Peach, I totally agree with you. I think this book is gonna be a stinker situation for Palin.
I was reading on Regina’s blog about how some folks feel Todd is trying to be “rebranded” as his own entity, possibly for his own future political run. The outing with Greta and friends at the FOX table was one possible example of this; calling him “The First Gent(leman)” now instead of the “First Dude” is another.
Anyone else have thoughts on this? That is one scary thought.
hi ripley….yep.yep. got to go crazy on narcissists. crazy is what they understand. they don’t get kindness,caring, love or any human emotions. they DO respect those who are crazier than they. i know this. it’s how i deal with the critters….love b
OK, someone posted the Einstein video. 😀
Here is another cockatiel video…
“Never raise a parrot with a baby…”
http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32207
(Click on the attachment, a wmv file… 😉 )
@Eyes on You, excellent points.
And to your points, malignant narcissists who are beauty queens (and yes, I’ve had “professional dealings” with two of them who were also “Christians”) can’t STAND IT when the proof is presented with the facts (versus their “revisionist” version of said facts).
Thanks for that insight, Professor. Matthews was hilarious re: “author sarah”.
I just think the odds of this not sending sarah back to the kitchen to make moose chili, are infinitesimal. As President Johnson said (paraphrasing) most folks know chicken $hit from chicken salad.
A geek tech lawyer sent me this link and said that the Alaska AG’s office is pissing in the wind and wasting time and money on the crackho dot com thing. Gee – wonder who gave ’em the marching orders………
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090513/0109314858.shtml
Like Shannyn said on Olberman, Palin is the queen or revisionism. That is what this book is about. She is going to attempt to clear her name by putting her own spin on the stories out there, but in order to come off as more “real” she is including it in with her life story. Now I bet that she is going to have a chapter or two on her life prior to Mayor of Wasilla and then it will be all spin from there on out.
People who don’t like her will buy it just to see what she has to say, so no doubt it will sell. How much I don’t know. Personally I wouldn’t pay a dime for it, but I know plenty of others who will.
The fact that she is already talking about how she is going to “tell the real story” about the Katie Couric interview is proof enough that this is simply her attempt to make herself look better. The people who will buy into her BS are the ones who already do anyhow so it won’t change any one’s mind. Add to that the fact that anyone who has heard her speak “off the cuff” knows she can barely string together two coherent sentences is proof enough that she won’t be the one doing the actual writing of this book.
This is simply another way for her to attempt to make money, and the problem she is going to find is that if what she says doesn’t jive up with what the truth really is (and we all know that technology allows for record-keeping that will either prove or disprove her claims) it will be worse for her because it will all be on written record that she is nothing more than a liar and someone who will do whatever she can to change the story to suit her.
Ripley – Ok…….easy…….deep breath……..smile………
@GA Peach, I caught what Matthews & Crew said on HARDBALL about the book. But it’s to EVERYONE’s benefit to make it seem like the book could have legs. MSNBC’s ratings shot up last year because of the “Horse Race” aspect of the election.
The GOP is fairly lame now (Only 21% of Americans claim its affiliation), but if there is no “horse race,” then there is no drama.
The Dems and the media wants to have Sarah Palin in the mix as she is a tabloid GOP figure. It adds up to “good business” all around from a corporate mentality.
And as many other have pointed out (for example, posters on Gryphen’s blog), the right wings organizations buy up these books in bulk, to make sure they are on the bestseller lists, so that they can be branded “bestsellers.”
What I thought was so hilarious on HARDBALL was that Matthews clearly pointed out Palin would not be writing her own book, and it stuck in his craw that she would now call herself “an author.” 🙂
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austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Hey Ripley – You are holding back…….don’t sugarcoat it……
Tx, if I don’t hold back, I am afraid I will violate the terms of use here! That woman drives me insane, and believe me, it’s not a far drive!!! She is just so inflammatory.
OK, pardon my total ignorance:
Didn’t the Alaskan Legs vote on somebody else but not Slobodan (whatever his name…) to be the AG? Why does THIS clown have any say on this issue (or any other at all) if you do have a *real* AG???
Listening to Chris Matthews re: palin book. His contributors said it’ll be a runaway bestseller. It may have legs now, but I don’t think that will be true in the spring of next year. sarah’s got way too much time to really f**k up. She’s got lots and lots to gloss over, and I can’t imagine that she’ll avoid stepping in it again. Plus sarah’s never met mea culpas.
“I’m gonna put my journalism degree to good use,” by writing my memoirs, so says Palin. First she is an embarrassment to Alaska, now she wants to add the University of Idaho. Please sweet Jesus, let the water be cold when the iceberg hits the S.S. Palin
Hey Ripley – You are holding back…….don’t sugarcoat it……
Holy Mother of God. You truly can’t make this sh*t up. I am amazed at the lengths this woman will go to so that she remains on the front page.
Hello? GINO? You’re a Governor, so they say, so I think you might want to just go govern. Stop trying to be a star. Your 15 minutes was up in November, remember? You lost, honey, just like that pageant. Second place is the first loser. Go away.
It is a fairly short but here is a Palin/Prejean linked story on HuffPO.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/palin-prejean-alliance-pr_b_203436.html
The quote….
“According to Dr. Logsdon, in 1555 Nostradamus predicted the alliance between the two right-wing beauties when he wrote, “The slayer of beasts shall meet the barer of breasts.”
Revitalizing the GOP
http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/revitalizing_the_gop?utm_source=b-section
austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Does the state generally keep Big Chief tablets and crayons in stock ??
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Uh how else do you think she is able to “jot down her thoughts” !
LMAO 🙂
84 Mirage 18 Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
I think Blooper just created a new possible title for GINO’s book – “Pretzel Logic”
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Steely Dan will sue her ass. That’s the name of an album from them. 1974.
@True Dem. I just found what you wrote. Hilarious!
I just wrote a reply but it’s in the spam trap. 🙁
Too many quote marks I guess.
“Palin-Prejean Alliance Predicted in Book of Revelations” by Andy Borowitz
http://digg.com/d1rDDh
I should have known…
@True Dem, I just read what you wrote above in #67. Thank you! Hilarious!!!
Here’s my first paragraph:
“It was 3 a.m. when the phone rang. I thought Todd would get it, but he was already gone, out of bed, getting ready to fish-pick at dawn. So I rolled over and answered it myself.
‘This is Sarah.’
‘Sarah, it’s John… John McCain.’
I guess he forgot the time difference. That maverick.”
@Mirage 18, whatever we call it, trust me, the results will be the same! (And HILARIOUS from this talented group!)
Thank you for seconding the request. Do I hear a third? (See #65 & #81 for more)
82 EyeOnYou
I guess it is unreasonable to expect her to supply the materials she is going to use to write this book.
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Does the state generally keep Big Chief tablets and crayons in stock ??
I think Blooper just created a new possible title for GINO’s book – “Pretzel Logic” 🙂
Blooper wrote: “That’s rich, juuuust rich. Once again Palin’s yes men use pretzel logic to clear the way for the Governor to weasel out of state statute…”
”The Perils of Palin”
”Governing: God’s Way”
”Under the Guise of Governing”
”Get In Line, Alaska: My Family First”
”All My Children and Grandchildren”
“Please God Open the Door”
“Drill Baby Drill”
”180 Degrees of Abstinence”
”Push In Pull Out: Reality in Action”
”Who’s My Grandchildren’s Daddy”
”Immaculate Conception: Road to the Whitehouse”
Bystander Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Does this start to sound like the Bush “legal memos” justifying torture?
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Yes it does! It seems that is the only way to allow the Governor to slip out of all of these complaints against her. The spin that goes on is unbelievable. This was a preemptive all access pass to do whatever she wants with this book deal. If you read the actual paperwork, her lawyer even put in a provision that allows her to use the Juneau mansion, fax machine, telephone etc…as long as she pays for long distance calls related to this book deal, she is allowed to use the “state equipment” because it’s there basically.
I guess it is unreasonable to expect her to supply the materials she is going to use to write this book.
There isn’t a big enough “roll eyes” gif out there for this situation!
Prof. Geezer – I arrived here to make the same suggestion…except I was thinking more along the line of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest:
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/scott.rice/blfc2008.htm
It’s named after the author who first wrote, “It was a dark and stormy night…”
Begich votes YEA, Murkowski NAY. Apparently, she thinks usury is acceptable.
Senate vote on curbing credit card practices
74 honestyinGov – There’s more pictures comin’. Also , at the press conference , the big banner behind had Trump International spashed all over it.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30718342/
Well here is a McCain tellin’ it…………….Go on Rush , I double dog dare ya……..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/roberta-mccain-limbaugh-d_n_203458.html
The Donald Trump WITH…. Carrie Prejean Press conference got a LOT of publicity.
Donald did most of the talking there. Carrie later went on another talk show. I THINK it was on CBS-The Early Show. Some show (can’t remember which one..?) last night showed a clip of her alone though.
The question they asked her was ‘ being a role model’.
I will paraphrase here, do you think it is right that you got your ‘medical procedure’ just to try to win a contest and the purpose of the contest and the context of the question asked of you was …. ‘ to be yourself ‘…?
Is this not being rather hypocritical… etc..?
She then got a very sour look on her face, did a Palin, and hemmed and hawed and said she was NOT going to answer that question. Said THAT topic was covered in the previous interview. The interviewer said ‘Somebody may not have seen her other interview and the answer…. and this is for the people tuning in… right NOW…?
She would not give an answer…. inferring that Trump covered that answer etc.
So much for ‘honesty’… and speaking HER mind… NOT Donald Trumps.
It was quite a revealing interview. It should be on YouTube somewhere.
She must have learned to answer/not answer the questions… Just like SP.
austintx: Yep, it’s snark central over there. But that site is truly hilarious!
“A book publication project is compatible with your position as governor so long as it does not interfere with your official duties,” Svobodny wrote to Palin.”
That’s rich, juuuust rich. Once again Palin’s yes men use pretzel logic to clear the way for the Governor to weasel out of state statute that would jeopardize Palin’s newly found cash flow. I’m so tired of this ‘it’s OK to do it if it’s legal’ bs. (and I emphasize if).
They are going to try to hoodwink the populace into thinking it’s not employment just because it doesn’t fall under the mainstream definition of steady employment. Hopefully some lawyer or judge will see through this smokescreen.
In any case, I think Palin is ready to throw another person under the bus with this ordeal. If and when she is called on this, she’s going to blame the legal dept. “They told me I could do it, so nya nya nya!
*Sigh*
austintx: amiable? really? Wonkette must not have proofed this.
68 Blooper Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
austintx: ‘Amiable’ is a bit of a stretch, lol.
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Yeah – they can be cute AND mean over there……..
The link to Blue Oasis at #57 above shows that “Codpiece” Talberg, and the AK ethics handbook agreed with the interpretation that any work as an independent contractor by a full time state employee violated the statute, and not with the current “ethics opinion” of the Queen’s marionette/legal counsel.
Does this start to sound like the Bush “legal memos” justifying torture?
austintx: ‘Amiable’ is a bit of a stretch, lol. 🙂
Aw-w-w , wonkette called sarah “an amiable Alaskan parasite”.
http://wonkette.com/408532/republicans-need-to-buy-their-own-damn-clothes
@KateinCanada–I heard some of the testimony from Mulroney last night on As It Happens (yes, we get a CBC show here on our public radio station!! Love that show!). That was SOME claim he was making! What a doofus…
52 PepperzMom (GA) Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 7:23 AM
What’s interesting to your thought about SP ‘hustling the book’ (hmm, now that might be an interesting title!), all that does is add more publicity costs to the bottom line if the contract has that clause in it.
The more SP pushes it, the more books she has to sell.
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Yup – The term “upside down” keeps coming to mind.
Chapter 1 (there is only one chapter):
THERE IS THINGS LIKE RUSSIA OVER DER. IT IS GUNNA COME OVER HERE AND ATTACK. LUCKILY ME AM THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE. SHOOT THINGS OUT OF HELICOPTERS CUZ YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT DARNED GOTCHA JOURNALISM WILL STRIKE AND YOU NEED TO BE READY WITH TODD ON YOUR SIDE. I HAVE GREAT LIFE. NEVER WORKED FOR ANYTHING, BUT STILL KINDA COOL. RAD. ALL THAT. THIS IS MY BOOKE, HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING $24.95 ON THIS. I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BABBYS ALSO.
Once the Queen resolves the more important issues of the travails of Ms. California and her “Born Again” boobs, and negotiates her book advance, she may decide whether to veto a portion of the stimulus funds.
Why oh why does AK continue to suffer the antics of this nitwit?
Reposted from the Name That Book! thread:
“AKM, I have another request. Can we have a shiny new thread where we make up the first line of Palin’s book??? Oh, please??????
This thread is stellar! Applause to all mudpups!”
Er, make that ‘wit’.
Wow, that is going to be one heck of a poll! There were so many great ideas on there, I laughed my heart out as well. Thanks for letting us don the thinking caps and exercise some creative freedom. I doubt Palin’s ghostwriter will have half the with you Mudflatters have displayed. =)
Bystander Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 7:52 AM
I seriously doubt any judge would agree with the AG that the issue turns on whether one is an “employee”, as the statute is clearly aimed at a full time state employee having another “job” whether as employee or as an independent contractor. For example, I am quite sure the AG could not practice law outside of his or her office, even as as independent contractor.
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Let’s not forget that with the book deal comes the added responsibility of having to go on a tour to promote that book, and various television shows to promote the sale of this book.
Terpsichore – political donations are NOT tax deductible.
Love the book names, especially Uselysses – good job UKLady!
And the Palin/book & state of the GOP hits keep on comin’:
Palin/book
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/13/chris-matthews-on-palin-b_n_203286.html
Pertinent comment from Matthews:
“What is Sarah Palin up to? She’s got this book deal; she’s obviously not going to write it, they’ve already announced somebody she’s going to collaborate on it. What an embarrassment. It’s one of these “I told you” books that jocks do… Why do they do it like this? She can’t write; we got a collaborator for her. What do you make of this?”
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Now Mama McCain is getting into it:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/14/mccain-mom-takes-swipe-at-limbaugh/
Sounds like the internal GOP war is close to an 11 on the Richter scale.
I seriously doubt any judge would agree with the AG that the issue turns on whether one is an “employee”, as the statute is clearly aimed at a full time state employee having another “job” whether as employee or as an independent contractor. For example, I am quite sure the AG could not practice law outside of his or her office, even as as independent contractor.
PepperzMom (GA) Says:
Still, Alaska’s law will be supreme in terms of whether this is a legal or illegal ‘employment’.
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This is what the legal opinion given to Palin stated:
The law department has looked into whether the governor having a book contract conflicts with the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Acts, including its prohibition on accepting outside “employment for compensation.”
The department concluded a book contract isn’t employment, because it’s not regular work for a salary or wage. State employees are allowed to provide services for their own financial benefit as long as it’s on their own time, does not conflict with their official duties and does not involve using state equipment or resources, said the legal opinion, signed by deputy attorney general Richard Svobodny.
“A book publication project is compatible with your position as governor so long as it does not interfere with your official duties,” Svobodny wrote to Palin.
Celtic Diva has a great topic about it:
http://www.divasblueoasis.com/
Following up Bystander with link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/top-ten-surprises-in-sara_n_203426.html
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Also found an HP thread re: the Montauk Monster ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/montauk-monster-returns-v_n_203422.html ).
here’s one of the responses:
jeffp26 I’m a Fan of jeffp26 I’m a fan of this user permalink
Looks like Palin has been procreating again.
Legally speaking Sarah is not an “employee” but an independent contractor.
But her being paid by the publisher to “write a book” while Governor appears to be a clear violation of the statute.
I would think any AK taxpayer or taxpayer group would have standing to file a declaratory judgment action, and have a judge decide if the contract is proper, and if the advance can be kept by her or forfeited to the publisher (or maybe forfeited to the state). AK taxpayers, grow a pair and go after the Queen.
On Huffington, check out Letterman’s top 10 revelations from the Sarah Palin book- for example: took the oath of office on “Guns and Ammo magazine” and “actually voted for Obama.” Funny.
Has the image for this thread disappeared?…or is it my computer. I see only an empty box at the head of the post. Sounds like I missed a good one. Anyone care to describe? THANKS.
Here’s some additional info from Wiki/Black’s Law Dictionary (the definitive legal dictionary):
Wikipedia: Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: “A person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct the employee in the material details of how the work is to be performed.” Black’s Law Dictionary page 471 (5th ed. 1979).
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50 austintx Says: May 14th, 2009 at 7:07 AM
What’s interesting to your thought about SP ‘hustling the book’ (hmm, now that might be an interesting title!), all that does is add more publicity costs to the bottom line if the contract has that clause in it.
The more SP pushes it, the more books she has to sell.
As for the Wright angle, I don’t know if that is a valid comparison due to the differences in law between federal/state, as well as what the laws were then vs. now.
Still, Alaska’s law will be supreme in terms of whether this is a legal or illegal ’employment’.
Based on this definition from Answers.com, section 3 would mean a direct violation of Alaska law.
employment
Dictionary: em·ploy·ment (ĕm-ploi’mənt) pronunciation
n.
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1. The act of employing.
2. The state of being employed.
2. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
3. An activity to which one devotes time.
4. The percentage or number of people gainfully employed: “a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment” (William Henry Beveridge).
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Time will tell…
I am following the NASA flight – thanks for the link! 🙂
I am generally keeping an eye on NASA teevee too. What an amazing resource this is.. 24/7 coverage of what is going on with the shuttle. It is fantastic.
When the original space missions were being flown, the wives of astronauts flying that mission would be given a “squawk box” which gave them access to the audio stream from mission control so they could always know what was going on. Now, we all have access to these squawk boxes but with pictures too! Though if you like you can just get the audio..
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
This mission was the first time I tuned into NASA tv early on the day of the launch and I got to see them loading the astronauts into the shuttle. I had no idea it was so hard to get them in their seats.. 🙂
46 PepperzMom (GA) – I posted this the other day. I can almost see sarah’s name in place of Jim , and Todd in place of Betty. There is some sneaky s^*t going on here. News Corp. is gonna have her out hustling the book. Speaking fees anyone ??
I got the following info from wikipedia.
Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts. Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, he resigned as Speaker on May 31, 1989, effective upon the selection of a successor. On June 6, the Democratic caucus brought his Speakership to an end by selecting his replacement, Tom Foley, and on June 30 he resigned from his seat in Congress.
FYI – If you are interested in the NASA space flight, info from Everest Base Camp, aviation info, I find following Miles O’brien very interesting. He was CNN’s science, aerospace, technology and environment correspondent for 17 years and is now on his own.
Here is his website or you can follow him at twitter.com/milesobrien as he updates whenever something is happening directing you to watch the NASA live stream as he tweeted they are installing the new camera in space now and are worried about broken bolts. Tool time drama in outer space tweets!!
http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/
And now we have this in todays paper. Our Leg. grew some balls !! Shanda reminds me of sarah. They even have the same initials.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/05/14/0514nominee.html
Terpsichore Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 6:25 AM
Mr. Barnett the book lawyer: if paid a penny out of the ATF = fraud, yes?
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If by ATF you mean the Alaska Fund Trust then the answer is no.
Why?
Because of the way it is worded specifically to allow money to be taken out for no reason whatsoever. She can also easily claim that she got this book deal because she is the Governor and can allow payment to be made due to that claim.
That Trust is worded very carefully in my opinion to allow the use of those funds for most anything at all.
2. Trust Purpose. The sole and exclusive purpose of this Trust is to provide a proper means for the acceptance of money, property, and services, including, if necessary, pro bono legal services, to provide for all reasonable, necessary, and appropriate fees or charges incurred by (i) SARAH PALIN as a result of the fact that she is Governor of the State of Alaska or as a result of the performance of her duties as Governor of the State of Alaska; and (ii) Covered Individuals, that may be selected or designated by the Trustee as provided herein, as a result of or arising out of their association or relationship with or employment by SARAH PALIN, in her
capacity as Governor of the State of Alaska. In addition, the purpose of the Trust shall be to pay all reasonable, necessary, and appropriate expenses of Trustee’s counsel and such other and usual, customary expenses and services that have been or may be incurred in connection with the above-stated purpose.
All she has to do is claim that she got the book deal due to her being Governor which is why she was selected to run for VP and her rise in popularity/exposure (she can attribute it all back to being the Governor) & she is basically covering her butt on this.
Of course I could be wrong, but I am willing to bet I am not.
Don’t know for sure since no one has seen the actual contract, but I still have friends in the literary agent/publishing business, and they think that the contract with HarperCollins may include a clause that SP owes HC any money for net sales (actual book revenues less any/all production costs, including print run costs, royalties/publicity/returns fees/settlements/taxes/legal/overrun destruction) less than her purported advance of $1 million.
Methinks, and based on my remembrances as a cost accountant for Simon & Schuster for 5+ years, the book is gonna have to sell at least 150,000 copies. Even if the books is priced out at $30 retail, the likelihood is with most bookstores offering 10-30% new title discounts, no one can count on revenue at the retail price. meaning more books must be sold.
Remember one thing about book production and production costs: if a press run is 150,000 copies and only 50,000 sell, the production costs used in calculating net sales is the full cost of the 150,000 press run.
This is going to be interesting to see if the contract does indeed include a “profit” clause as I described above.
PS: The one literary agent I keep in touch with at least 4 times a year says that Miss Sarah signed a “chump’s deal”, meaning that if she didn’t sign this, any future advance offers would be even lower.
I posted this a while back when we were talking about un-qualified appointees by Govs.
http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/05/senate-nominations-committee-should.html
Few politicians have given me the instinctive feeling of mistrust and revulsion that Palin, Canada’s present Prime Minister Harper, and former Prime Minister Mulroney have.
Mulroney is finally being investigated for taking bribes. Here’s his tale:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090513.wmulroney0513/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp
Funniest claim- I didn’t declare my taxes late, because the money just sat in my safe for years.
AKM….sweet dreams…can’t wait to see the list…everyone at my home was laughing along with me reading all those great titles.
Regarding o’ Trump…I watched the press conference where Mr. Trump came out and started talking about the pageant itself, poor ratings or similar stuff…and then he beamed while telling about the new, recent 3-year contract with NBC. Awwwwwwww….
Then, Mr. Trump commented that Judge #8 was doing his thing. Awwwwwww….again. Wonder who chose #8 anyway?
And then Mr. Trump said Miss California would stay….the pictures were okay. Wonder if o’ Trump lets everyone out of a valid, binding contract after lying, and yes, she did lie. Okay to lie if you’re beautiful, that was the message given young ladies. (Heard there are more pictures that have not been released on the internet worse than what o’ Trump looked at.)
I don’t know, but while watching that press conference, I thought I was being taken for a ride. A publicity stunt? Seemed like that to me. Wonder when that contract was signed with NBC? Just thinkin’
I accidently posted this OT on the Olbermann thread (or something like it, ’cause my browser is doing the “not letting me copy” trick again. Don’t ask me why. It is intemittent … )
Mr. Barnett the book lawyer: if paid a penny out of the ATF = fraud, yes?
And here’s the hypothetical scenario I posited:
Let’s say SP got $500,000 advance on the book. Let’s say she banks it and next year announces she’s running for Gov. and dumps the $500,000 into her campaign fund.
Let’s say enough people are bamboozled into donating $500,000 to the AFT.
Now, aren’t donations to political campaigns tax deductable, but to the Fund Trust NOT tax deductible?
So … the way I see it if that’s what happens, is hard-working American’s lost out on tax deductions for $500,000
Another question: Do you get a tax deduction for donating money to YOUR OWN campaign? (I suppose you do, but I bet the amount you can take is limited by law).
Oh yeah, I can see a whole lot of good reasons for the Palin’s to do something like this.
When what they should do with the advance money (IMO) is pay the currently outstanding lawyer bills, not expect the citizens of Alaska and America to pay them.
36 Candy Knight Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 6:08 AM
Sarah and Prejean obviously have more in common than their interest in beauty pageants; they both think that the first amendment means no one can disagree with or object to anything they say. This isn’t the first time Sarah has come out with this idiocy. Would someone please, please explain to her that the constitution says the government can’t take away our right to free speech–and that includes our right to tell beauty queens that they’re bigoted idiots.
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sarah will be singin’ a different tune when the reviews for the “book” come out. Dang – that is gonna be some fun !!
Re: Sherry Johnson is reporting that she gets to see Trip at her house
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20278816,00.html
Methinks, the Palins are worried about their increasing negative publicity and some “truths” which might emanate from a public custody battle. GINO’s extremely low poll numbers must have scared the be.Je.sus out of her and she is frantically trying to mend fences. I am of the opinion that Levi Johnston should sue for legal joint custody of his son nonetheless. I wouldn’t trust the Palins as far as I could throw them.
And the color of the hair(?)……..and it also looks like he is using the same spray tan crap that Boehner uses. just sayin’…….
Candy Knight Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 6:08 AM
Sarah and Prejean obviously have more in common than their interest in beauty pageants
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Yeah, they both think the rules don’t apply to them. Silly twits. Of course, with folks like Trump twitting, why wouldn’t they think that?
PalinSucks Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Good Morning.
Did I read, correctly, Palin, saying there was no bidding war? She gave it up to HarperCollins with a wink & a smile? Seems DESPERATE to me.
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Good morning to you, too.
No bidding war because nobody else was interested. The bloom is off the rose. News Corp. owns both Faux News and HarperCollins, so Daddy Murdoch’s just doing his part to keep Palin in the race. The wink was for Murdoch, the smile was for the $.
Sarah and Prejean obviously have more in common than their interest in beauty pageants; they both think that the first amendment means no one can disagree with or object to anything they say. This isn’t the first time Sarah has come out with this idiocy. Would someone please, please explain to her that the constitution says the government can’t take away our right to free speech–and that includes our right to tell beauty queens that they’re bigoted idiots.
Sherry Johnson is reporting that she gets to see Trip at her house
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20278816,00.html
Wildlife Avenger Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:35 AM
sorry. my claw got caught in the keyboard.
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Peregrines have been nesting atop the Woodmen Of The World Building in Omaha for many years now. It may not be Idaho, but they have raised many generations there and Nebraskans look forward to the new babies every year. I rather miss that now that I live in Phoenix, but recently found out that there are lots of Peregrines here, too.
That trump combover truly stumps me. I could spend hours trying to work out how it actually works – but someone else has already done it for me.. 😉
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1025610/A-step-step-guide-gravity-defying-Donald-Trump-combover.html
I really do not know how anyone can take him seriously with that hair. Donald should grow some balls, quit trying to hang onto these scraps of hair, cut it off and accept he is bald. 😀
Wildlife Avenger… here is the full video, this dog looks like my other girl (RIP) Sandy who flunked police dog school…which is why I got her lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5P8n3LRak
I know we are not voting yet, but Carpe Per Diem is just brilliant!!!
and the Lyin the witch and wardrobe is classic
Wildlife Avenger Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:31 AM
Palin is writing a book ? It’s a joke , right !?!?
http://yawoot.com/post/3156
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I ♥ that brave K-9 !
Good Morning.
Did I read, correctly, Palin, saying there was no bidding war? She gave it up to HarperCollins with a wink & a smile? Seems DESPERATE to me. No demands, no control over content or imagery. LMAO, the “Book” isn’t even between the covers yet and Palin, is already musing her press junkets. What a twit.
She is so vain and stupid to see, having her name on the nightly news is not glamorous it is a bloody train wreck. With, Todd, obviously now WORKING as a full time stooge for Fox, when the cameras turn off, not one of the adult Palin’s. is going to be gainfully employed with health insurance.
These fame hounds are not thinking that Piper & Trig, still need to be fed, housed, clothed. Surely they will occasionally attend school, supplies cost money!!! 6 months from now that household is going to be in serious dire straights. After pissing away any respectability, good luck finding a J O B.
Maybe, Palin’s sister will take mercy, giving Palin, a job at her gas station.
Wildlife Avenger Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 5:35 AM
sorry. my claw got caught in the keyboard.
http://www.idsos.state.id.us/ELECT/peregrine.jpg
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We had a couple of peregrine’s nesting high atop the PGE building in SF a couple of years ago…George & Gracie…this pic reminds me of Gracie 🙂
AustinTX: I am so sick of people blowing this Miss Cali thing out of proportion. She wasn’t ridiculed in the beginning because of WHAT she belives, it was because she called traditional marriage, OPPOSITE MARRIAGE and we found that funny and she reminded us of Miss South Carolina and her “US AMericans need maps” answer.
THEN we found out that Miss Purity posed for many photos where apparently Satan had the wind blow her clothes off and the photographer took the photo anyway!!
And if anyone takes a pageant seriously that has Perez Hilton as a judge, well please, get a life!!!
but all the usual suspects on the far right like Palin use this to spout off for attention.
sorry. my claw got caught in the keyboard.
http://www.idsos.state.id.us/ELECT/peregrine.jpg
Palin is writing a book ? It’s a joke , right !?!?
http://yawoot.com/post/3156
@ UK Lady, I could hardly believe “the-horrible-thing-on-Trump’s-head” spouting off about how beautiful her semi-naked pics were. Carrie Prejean swore and avowed that she had not been photographed in a sexy and sordid state of disarray …. and then the-thing-on-Trump’s-head swore and avowed that Carrie Prejean’s sordid (let’s be nice – nipple) pics were “too beautiful” for her to called on her fraudulent contract with the -horrible-thing-on-Trump’s-head. Or was that another Trump body part talking– like his wallet, such as??
austintx Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:51 AM
UK Lady – Years ago , some one called Trump a “short fingered vulgarian”………..
caligrl – Did you see the video link of the world’s most bad-ass police K-9 ??
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Yes I did 🙂 I meant to thank WildlifeAvenger… it was too cool 8)
I ♥ German shepherds 🙂
UK Lady Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Crystalwolf
Went to the ADN thread, the Palinbots have mustered a few pathetic comments, they really are a sour smallminded bunch. I am amazed how they spin stuff, under normal circumstances they would be horrified with a topless, fake boobed, bleach blonde. Now that their queen has sided with her she is a close second to Mother Theresa.
Can you imagine if this hadn’t happened and topless photo’s of say, Meghan McCain (they seem to hate her at the moment) had surfaced? They would have raptured themselves stupid ………….oops, too late :lol
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GINO talked to ms. fake boobs twice Now! You can really tell they are BFF’s now! I can’t stand the hypocrisy of it??? They don’t like Meghan M right now, I think they are afraid she will spill secrets about the campaign!
I think “trump” (hehe) should of stripped her of her crown b/c she violated rules, but he’s either thinking with his little head or looking for a new wife, IMO!
UK Lady – Years ago , some one called Trump a “short fingered vulgarian”………..
caligrl – Did you see the video link of the world’s most bad-ass police K-9 ??
Crystalwolf
Went to the ADN thread, the Palinbots have mustered a few pathetic comments, they really are a sour smallminded bunch. I am amazed how they spin stuff, under normal circumstances they would be horrified with a topless, fake boobed, bleach blonde. Now that their queen has sided with her she is a close second to Mother Theresa.
Can you imagine if this hadn’t happened and topless photo’s of say, Meghan McCain (they seem to hate her at the moment) had surfaced? They would have raptured themselves stupid ………….oops, too late :lol
pearl89 Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:33 AM
I was flipping throughTV channels this morning while eating breakfast and came across a cartoon show called Flight Squad. The good guys were trying to stop the bad guys from hunting wolves from helicopters. Now for the good part, the bad guys were called the Barracudas.
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A cartoon?
I wonder if it was put out by DoW? Sounds like quite a coincidence?
I was flipping throughTV channels this morning while eating breakfast and came across a cartoon show called Flight Squad. The good guys were trying to stop the bad guys from hunting wolves from helicopters. Now for the good part, the bad guys were called the Barracudas.
UK Lady Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Who nicked Uselessys!!!!? That was one of mine 🙄
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Apparently it (these were on a email) that the ADN got? Alot look familiar!
Like they were got right off mudflats… 😯
Who nicked Uselessys!!!!? That was one of mine 🙄
Wouldn’t you think Combover King Trump (p.s. we use trump as a euphemism for fart here in the UK), might have made a big boobie here ?(couldn’t resist sorry).
Shanna Moakler won’t be the only one who is disgusted with this decision. How about the girls who abided by the rules. How about the girls who didn’t even enter because they knew they didn’t fit the supposed perameters.
Worse, how about the mothers of these girls?, we all know what a rabid bunch they can be.
The furore to come will have less and less to do with her pathetic answer, and more and more to do with what Americans hold dear, a sense of fair play. I think GINO would have been wise to keep her mouth shut on this one instead of making a tit of herself as usual. (I just can’t help myself, it’s too easy).
From the ADN
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141114
Book titles for GINO’s book…any sound familar???
“On The Bridge to Nowhere”
“Also Ran”
“Getting Back To Ya On That”
“Thanks, But No Thanks”
“The Perils of Caribou Barbie”
“Confessions Of A Neiman Marxist”
“The Media Didn’t Want Me to Write This Book”
“The Lyin’, The Witch, And The Wardrobe”
“On A Clear Day, You Can See Russia”
“Uselysses”
“On a Wink and a Prayer”
“Maverick? You Betcha! Also.”
“Bible Spice: Word Salad Made Easy”
“The Overbearing Being of Lightness”
“The Conscience of a Moron”
“The Audacity of Hype”
“Malice in Wonderland”
“Sarah Palin: In What Respect?”
“Carpe Per Diem”
“Palin: Nailin’ America”
‘If I Did It: What the Story Would Be If I Knew What the Story Was Behind That Giant Stuffed Grizzly Bear On My Office Couch’
“Sarah, Plain and Mavericky”
“Withering Hype”
“Wink: The Power of Winking Without Thinking”
“Brain Freeze – The Untold Story of Sarah Palin”
“Northern Overexposure”
“A Series of Unfortunate Remarks”
“Rallying the Base: How I Helped America Hate Again”
“The Audacity of a Dope”
“Knocked Up: The Palin Family Story”
“Half-baked Alaskan”
“My Pet Moose”
“A Book Report, by Me, Sarah Palin”
“Tuesdays with Moron”
“A Shout Out to the Alaskan Third Graders!”
“Also…” and for the sequel “Also, too…”
“Failing Upward: The Sarah Palin Story”
And Austin, see there how GINO makes some comment about “everyone” being protected by the constitution?
“…Palin added. “Our Constitution protects us all…””
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She better be ready to eat those words when all the “book” reviews come out…………..Hahahahahaha !!!
Yes, Austin, I read that yesterday. GOOD for her. I think it would be great if we threw our collective support behind that woman for quitting that hypocritical organization…
9 Ripley in CT Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:58 AM
And Austin, see there how GINO makes some comment about “everyone” being protected by the constitution?
“…Palin added. “Our Constitution protects us all…””
What she meant to say, is everyone but the queers. I hate that woman. Let her jump aboard the Prejean ship, because, honey, it’s going down. The scandal is NOT about PJ’s views on marriage. It’s because she violated her contract. And of COURSE GINO will defend her on it.
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There’s room on the ship.
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/shanna-moakler-resigns-as-miss-california-pageant-director-2009135
This is cute..Einstein the Bird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6CsNyx5yK4
I agree AKM, I laughed out loud at my computer screen more than once, I’ll tell ya!
And Austin, see there how GINO makes some comment about “everyone” being protected by the constitution?
“…Palin added. “Our Constitution protects us all…””
What she meant to say, is everyone but the queers. I hate that woman. Let her jump aboard the Prejean ship, because, honey, it’s going down. The scandal is NOT about PJ’s views on marriage. It’s because she violated her contract. And of COURSE GINO will defend her on it. Because she does the same damn thing. The rules are for other people.
I’m beginning to see a pattern.
Shannyn always seems to have a “I’ve got a secret smile” 8)
Loved her shout out to AKM & Mudflats!
Hope she becomes a regular on KO show.
Let’s hear it for Daddies – they’re our babies’ favorite clowns.
Thanks, AKM. 😀
I just saw that there are over 700 responses to Name that Book! Wow, that is going to be incredibly difficult to pick a winner.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM6G9ZVNUF_0.html
Live Stream coming shortly for launch of Herschel Planck from Kourou. ESA mission. Keep your fingers crossed. Science lives.
Top of the morning…
My son (my 40yr old son) has finally moved out all the cats and dogs are asleep and I’m just sitting here enjoying the quiet. Hope everyone has a tremendously terrific day.
And from the “Why don’t you STFU” category………….
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/palin-sounds-off-on-prejean.html?wprss=thefix
Was a new record set on posts ?? I really loved seeing a bunch of “new faces”. Kudos AKM – the contest thread had the mudflats smokin’……..lot of fun creative juices flowin’ !!