Wow...I bet Wassila has a killer Homeland Security SUV!
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
dontcha know?
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
she's an Abramoff reformer...THAT kind of reformer. no wonder McKeating5 chose her...
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
That's why so many of them can drop out of high school, shag with abandon, spend long and short days desecrating the wilderness on ATVs and snowmobiles, hang out in shitty stick-built bars, blast away at every form of wildlife, and mess around on boats as "commercial fishermen." There's no incentive to be productive or anything other than edge-dwelling rednecks. They get taken care of by huge Federal handouts and annual Big Oil refunds.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
only slightly OT - via TPM, this is a nice example of how the internet tubes expose the ugly underbelly of the republicons...spread it around...msm: help yourself.
A friend and I were talking politics at the gym this morning, and he asked me what I thought of the Palin investigation. And I gave my little two cents. Then he shot back with an angle I had not even considered.
His thought was that the McCain camp might have actually persuaded the Alaskan legislature to allocated the funds to create and active investigation. Then, per my friends reasoning, Palin could duck and cover under that tired old Republican line, "I cannot comment about an ongoing investigation."
My first thought was, those sneaky bastards. But then I started considering how bad the DNC is missing the opportunity to say, Electing someone ALREADY under investigation is not the change America is wanting it is GOP business as usual.
Anyways, those are my thoughts this morning. Has anyone else had similar ideas?
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Wonder if Lieberman convinced any dems to "cross the line"? He gave a pretty good speech for just a testimonial...
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Can we get the word out on this today? I hope Harold Ford and the other blowholes have this information when they are on the TV today.
mikeyDe
· 1 year ago
Some clever journalist ought to follow the money trail. Who benefitted most from the federally funded contracts Palin lobbied for?
dad
· 1 year ago
porked
alaskan
· 1 year ago
Please remember two things when you talk about Alaskan "pork."
Much of Alaska's federal funding comes through the BIA. All Alaskan natives who are 1/8 native or more receive absolutely free health care regardless of where they live. This is a federal program which has nothing to do with the state. It wouldn't be in place if it were up to state voters.
Alaska is a relatively new state. Much of its infrastructure is still in progress. If you live in the lower 48 and have running water and cross a bridge on your way to your already built hospital or airport, you are benefiting from infrastructure built many years ago. The interstate highway system was built before Alaska was a state. Imagine what that would cost in today's dollars with today's labor and health care costs. Alaskans certainly don't want their beautiful state covered with roads and highways, but there are still a few basics left to be finished. Some people in Fairbanks still get their water from the "water truck." Alaskans have so far been generous with details about the Palins. Please don't trash our state or our people. We are not all rednecks. Every state has a town like Wasilla somewhere in the state.
Pancho
· 1 year ago
John McCain against her be for he was for her..... Flip flop McCain.
And, remember, kids, all this pork is above and BEYOND the annual $1,200 dividend paid out to each Alaskan, which the state government COULD spend on infrastructure, health care, etc.
Talk about eating your cake and having it, too.
EmGD
· 1 year ago
So now they're supposed to practice what they preach? That's some impossible, unattainable standard you've set from your throne on Olympus. Isn't it enough that they say she's against earmarks?
I know this thread is old, but I've gotta say this --
1. This would be a good time to re-visit one of my pet projects -- the introduction into the national discourse of a crazy left-wing scheme designed solely to humiliate Republicans (sort of our version of anti-flag-burning or gay marriage). The idea is as simple as it is devastating: Get up a commission to examine which states are net creditors and which are net-debtors to the federal government. (Moynihan used to do this). Then, call for an end to "state welfare" by introducing a bill to forbid any state to get more from the federal government than it pays in. It's more or less nutty (cf. flag-burning), but it's got a lot of potential upside for us.
2. The story of the Palin pick is not yet fully known. There's more to the story than we know. One key element we don't know -- who declined the offer? We know it was offered to Joe and then withdrawn. Was it offered to anyone who declined it?
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no wonder McKeating5 chose her...
via TPM, this is a nice example of how the internet tubes expose the ugly underbelly of the republicons...spread it around...msm: help yourself.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/212663.php
His thought was that the McCain camp might have actually persuaded the Alaskan legislature to allocated the funds to create and active investigation. Then, per my friends reasoning, Palin could duck and cover under that tired old Republican line, "I cannot comment about an ongoing investigation."
My first thought was, those sneaky bastards. But then I started considering how bad the DNC is missing the opportunity to say, Electing someone ALREADY under investigation is not the change America is wanting it is GOP business as usual.
Anyways, those are my thoughts this morning. Has anyone else had similar ideas?
I hope Harold Ford and the other blowholes have this information when they are on the TV today.
Much of Alaska's federal funding comes through the BIA. All Alaskan natives who are 1/8 native or more receive absolutely free health care regardless of where they live. This is a federal program which has nothing to do with the state. It wouldn't be in place if it were up to state voters.
Alaska is a relatively new state. Much of its infrastructure is still in progress. If you live in the lower 48 and have running water and cross a bridge on your way to your already built hospital or airport, you are benefiting from infrastructure built many years ago. The interstate highway system was built before Alaska was a state. Imagine what that would cost in today's dollars with today's labor and health care costs. Alaskans certainly don't want their beautiful state covered with roads and highways, but there are still a few basics left to be finished. Some people in Fairbanks still get their water from the "water truck."
Alaskans have so far been generous with details about the Palins. Please don't trash our state or our people. We are not all rednecks. Every state has a town like Wasilla somewhere in the state.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200809030006
Talk about eating your cake and having it, too.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
1. This would be a good time to re-visit one of my pet projects -- the introduction into the national discourse of a crazy left-wing scheme designed solely to humiliate Republicans (sort of our version of anti-flag-burning or gay marriage). The idea is as simple as it is devastating: Get up a commission to examine which states are net creditors and which are net-debtors to the federal government. (Moynihan used to do this). Then, call for an end to "state welfare" by introducing a bill to forbid any state to get more from the federal government than it pays in. It's more or less nutty (cf. flag-burning), but it's got a lot of potential upside for us.
2. The story of the Palin pick is not yet fully known. There's more to the story than we know. One key element we don't know -- who declined the offer? We know it was offered to Joe and then withdrawn. Was it offered to anyone who declined it?