Frivolous Friday Poll

16 Comments

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   BooMan on July 3, 2009 at 6:41 pm

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   robertdsc on July 3, 2009 at 7:09 pm

   Jackson by a mile. Even in an era of media glare, this level of attention is beyond the pale.

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     BooMan on July 3, 2009 at 7:13 pm

     luckiest man in the world is John Ensign.

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   BooMan on July 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm

   Excerpt from the Palin speech:

   Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year – the day John McCain tapped me to be his running-mate – I say others changed.

   Let me speak to that for a minute.

   Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I’ve been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations – such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions.

   Every one – all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We’ve won! But it hasn’t been cheap – the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to “opposition research” – that’s money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers – or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” … Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime so they’re not going to stop draining public resources – spending other peoples’ money in their game.

   It’s pretty insane – my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with THIS instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more “politics as usual,” but THIS isn’t what anyone had in mind for ALASKA.

   If I have learned one thing: LIFE is about choices!

   And one chooses how to react to circumstances. You can choose to engage in things that tear down, or build up. I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity. I choose NOT to tear down and waste precious time; but to build UP this state and our country, and her industrious, generous, patriotic, free people!

   Life is too short to compromise time and resources… it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: “Sit down and shut up”, but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and “go with the flow”.

   Nah, only dead fish “go with the flow”.

   No. Productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time… to BUILD UP.

   And there is such a need to BUILD up and FIGHT for our state and our country. I choose to FIGHT for it! And I’ll work hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government; strong national security for our country and support for our troops; energy independence; and for those who will protect freedom and equality and LIFE… I’ll work for and campaign for those PROUD to be American, and those who are INSPIRED by our ideals and won’t deride them.

   I WILL support others who seek to serve, in or out of office, for the RIGHT reasons, and I don’t care what party they’re in or no party at all. Inside Alaska – or Outside Alaska.

   But I won’t do it from the Governor’s desk.

   I’ve never believed that I, nor anyone else, needs a title to do this – to make a difference… to HELP people. So I choose, for my State and my family, more “freedom” to progress, all the way around… so that Alaska may progress… I will not seek re-election as Governor.

   And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn’t run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks… travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade – as so many politicians do. And then I thought – that’s what’s wrong – many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it”. I’m not putting Alaska through that – I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! ? That’s not how I am wired. I am not wired to operate under the same old “politics as usual.” I promised that four years ago – and I meant it.

   It’s not what is best for Alaska.

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     maryb2004 on July 3, 2009 at 9:23 pm

     I just watched the video and … wow.  Could she have talked any faster and said any less?  What a mess of a statement.

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   CabinGirl on July 3, 2009 at 7:51 pm

   in it’s entirety  to truly appreciate the awesomeness that is Sarah Palin’s intellect.

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   Errol on July 3, 2009 at 8:18 pm

   well, can’t say I know that from having watched or listened to it. all the radio talks about is Thriller (I’ve heard nothing about The Wiz, which I would like to hear discussed) and have not made the transition to digital teevee yet (no cable). Transition would require unwrapping the protective paper on the digital teevee I got from my mother’s.
   I  find Sanford endlessly fascinating and I can’t wait to learn why Palin resigned. Hoping it’s about the baby – the theory that Trig is really Bristol’s baby.
   Wondering if all these wingnuts took this “create our own reality” seriously and now that reality has become the dominant mode they’re thrashing around for ways to support their narcissistic “creation of their own reality”.

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   StrayRoots on July 3, 2009 at 8:22 pm

   the coup plotters in Honduras would help repukes overthrow Obama is the worst thing.

   Though the good part is that is shows how silly it is for socalled progressives to defend the Honduran coup, and/or tolerate people who do.

   This means at best they are hoping that coups are only allowed in poor countries, which is bigoted beyond belief, and at worst it exposes them as conservative trolls.

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   AP on July 3, 2009 at 8:38 pm

   Nothing could be worse than the H.A.M. that is Sarah Palin, who–thanks to John Insane–really could have been a heartbeat from the presidency. Everytime I’d see this wingnut dingbat, I’d get even angrier at that old fool. It’s the political equivalent of buzzing the field. Just freakin’ reckless.

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   maryb2004 on July 3, 2009 at 8:51 pm

   Sarah Palin is resigning?  I should walk away from my computer for an afternoon more often.  Great news.  

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     BooMan on July 3, 2009 at 9:09 pm

     how long before Michele Bachmann comes to the same conclusions?

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       maryb2004 on July 3, 2009 at 9:16 pm

       Well … I’m going to be away from my computer for a whole week later this summer.  Maybe that will do it. 🙂

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   lyvwyr101 on July 4, 2009 at 2:07 pm

        Well-it occurs to me that I don’t really find Michael Jackson’s funeral plans to be all that excessive.

   There’s going to be one memorial only-1,700 fans to attend-when according to the figures coming in- the count really stands at about half a billion-regarding his fans-worldwide.

   I think the video feed is a great idea. People from other countries-who are fans-wanted to participate. Instead of massive crowds descending, I think this was a very smart way to do it. Kudos to his family-in my book. You only get to say “good-by” once.

    All things considered-lacking even a funeral procession-I really find this to be pretty small scale for an entertainer. He is dead-and people do have the right to bury him-and they have the right to make whatever funeral arrangements they wish. You only do this one time-and that’s it.

   If you blame anyone-blame the press. The same people who couldn’t bring themselves to ask the Bush White House even one question-for eight solid years- shoved their collective noses up Michael Jackson’s ass-and left their noses there.

   I guess it says more about priorities-than it does about anything else-but apparently that’s how the press in this country wanted it.

    While they followed Michael Jackson around interpreting every word, every look, every gesture, the world continued to spin-but they weren’t about to report  any of it. What a sad commentary that really is.

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     Hurria on July 4, 2009 at 2:29 pm

     I believe that is 17,500 fans, no?

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       lyvwyr101 on July 5, 2009 at 8:36 am

       Hi Hurria,
            Thanks for the correction. Posting in too much of  a hurry.
          

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    Kamakhya on July 4, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Personally, I think the worst is that Sanford is still a Governor!