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JON STEWART: What are you doing? Do you know nothing of your obligation to shape the news towards your desired electoral goal? There is no "BUT" in journalism. Have you learned nothing from 'Fox'. You pick your narrative and you stick with with it and if the news doesn't fit your narrative - CHANGE YOUR (expletive) NEWS!
For God's sakes people. You don't change your narrative. Watch how the masters do it.
(Stewart cuts to a clip of Sean Hannity selectively editing President Obama's speech. Stewart makes a comment and plays a "less abridged version" of said clip)
STEWART: See MSNBC, Amateurs! Starting clips later and cutting them off earlier so the speaker can't finish the thought's full construction can be a useful tool in helping your audience understand what you want them to think. It's a fun and easy way to make people you disagree with unelectable...


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Napier is known for it's Art Deco architecture, and it fashions itself the 'Art Deco Capital of the World'. So Marion (whom I met previously in Opotiki) and I set out to walk around the town and see the sites. It was quite a bit longer than originally planned (the loop below is what we ended up doing – all 14km of it).
The part marked 'Big Hill', well that is indeed a big hill cutting through the middle of the town. But first, it was to the waterfront area, where most of the tourists will flock to. Just a series of pictures to follow for that part. The first one is actually of my hostel, a pretty nice place really.

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I want to have what you want here Air Jordan 13 After a two-year break, Jordan Brand brought Air Jordan 13 back with "Bred" and "Squadron Blue" editions. The Squads took the "Flint" colorway in a new direction with matching blue suede and leather, and trimmed in bright yellow. Though not an instant sellout on February 9, 2013 when they dropped, they soon disappeared to the secondary market where decent sizes can still be found.
Often overlooked, Air Jordan 13 Low "Brave Blue" has been a cult favorite since it first appeared in 1998.Air Jordan 13 "DMP" A little brother of sorts to the Air Jordan 13 "Flint," this low features blue mesh panels, black leather and suede, and hits of Carolina blue. This is the very first ever retro of the colorway, and you can check for your Nike.com Early Access now right here.
Long requested, Air Jordan 13 Low "Chutney" will see retail shelves on June 10, 2017 – the first ever retro release of this 1998 lifestyle colorway.2017 Air Jordan 13 "DMP" Along with its similarly scarce OG sibling Air Jordan 13 Low "Brave Blue," the Chutney 13 Low recaptures Jordan Brand's late '90s style with an uncommon mix of color. Wheat nubuck combines with black leather and suede, as well as matching accents, for everyday wear. The shade helped inspire additional colorways like Air Jordan 16 "Ginger" in 2001 and Air Jordan 20 "East" in 2005. Official photos of Air Jordan 13 Low "Chutney" below.
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Abdel-Wahab, Yasser, Davies, EL, Bailey, CJ and Flatt, Peter (1998) Enhanced function of electrofusion-derived surrogate B-cells implanted in diabetic nude mice. DIABETOLOGIA, 41 (Suppl.). p. 511. [Journal article]
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Come out and support local by attending the December to Remember Pet Weekend! Pet friendly and family friendly with lots of activities for ALL ages, this should keep everyone happy! Please keep in mind if dressing up your pet that it's hot so bulky and thick costumes are dangerous in the heat and uncomfortable for the dog. Also if attending the concerts it might be a good idea to drop the dog back off home first, or otherwise watch from a distance where it will not be too loud or overwhelming for your pet. The animals come first!
Friday December 3oth Activity Times:
12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Inflatables, R/C cars, Hermit crab races
12:00-5:00 Sand art lessons with Suzanne Altamare
3:00 – 5:00 DBPD – K-9 Dog Exhibition
Daytona Beach Police Department K-9 exhibition. The Canine Officers are magnificent and put on a demonstration to show how they assist their human Police Officer partners! who attends will certainly have a new found appreciation for their amazing ability.
4:00-8:00pm Joyland Express Train
7:00 – 8:30 pm Concert – Pocket Change. A bar will serve adult beverages and soft drinks.
Saturday December 31st Activity Times:
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. R/C Cars, Inflatables
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pet parade and fashion show.
We are calling all small breeds and passive dogs and their owners who like to dress up and show off. This is a lot of fun and the $5.00 entry fee is for up to two pets per family.
12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Food, Arts & Crafts Vendors
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Joyland Express Train
8:00 – 10:00 pm Kid Rock Tribute Band. Party favors will be passed out to the first 100 patrons. A bar will serve adult beverages and soft drinks.
(Activity times could be subject to change to so please check the Bandshell event page to verify www.daytonabandshell.com)
Anyone wishing to be a vendor at the event should email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Genre: Young Adult | Retelling | Shifters | Romance
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: June 7, 2016
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For fans of The Princess Bride comes the comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey.
Lady Jane Grey, sixteen, is about to be married to a total stranger—and caught up in an insidious plot to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But that's the least of Jane's problems. She's about to become Queen of England. Like that could go wrong (goodreads).
That got weird really fast.
Plot: You see that synopsis? It barely tells you anything. It doesn't tell you that there is magic. It doesn't tell you that it's about shape-shifters. And it doesn't prepare you for how over-the-top it is. I have never been able to get into shifters ever, so I knew that I knew that this book was going to be an uphill battle for me. I continually had hope for it because it was an easy read, but I just got more and more annoyed with how ridiculous it was.
My Lady Jane feels like Brodi, Cynthia, and Jodi got together for drinks after an author event and someone came up with this crazy idea and the other two were like, "yes, yes! MAKE IT SO" and more drinks were downed. Seriously, nothing could be taken seriously. There was tensions between shifters and non-shifters, Edward suspected that people are trying to kill him, and the narrators kept making jokes.
Characters: There isn't much I can say about the characters. Edward and Jane were both based on historical characters, with a twist of course, but from what I can see, they got the important parts right. The side characters were flimsy and uninteresting. We have two budding romances that only existed to make this a true Young Adult novel. The only interesting character I found was Mary, but even she wasn't fully fleshed out.
Worldbuilding: The worldbuilding was actually this book's strength. Beside sthe moments where the narrators broke the fourth wall and talked about slag or items that didn't exist yet, I could imagine a fantasical 16th century.
Short N Sweet: My Lady Jane was not for me, but if you're for humor and MTV's Marie Antoinette, you may enjoy it.


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"The only way is up," appears to be the view of the commercial helicopter industry. After years of stagnating oil prices resulting in declining sales, there is agreement that the market appears to have bottomed out and stabilized. But it has been a tough time, and without the revenues from the more lucrative medium- and heavy-helicopter sales slackened by the decline in energy prices, helicopter manufacturers have been hesitant to make serious investments to modernize ...
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Kirby Krackle and I had a fantastic time at this year's KRACKLFEST 3 as part of the after-hours Emerald City Comic Con festivites on March 1st. It was really hard to believe this years show marked the 5th year for the band as an entity...that time has gone by really fast!
As with previous years, KRACKLEFEST for us has turned into one of our most important shows of the year; our chance to have all our favorite fans and artist friends from around the county come together in one place and give us the opportinity to rock their faces off. By all accounts via fans, friends, and our own replay of the night, it was one of the best shows we've ever done. We try to make each KRACKLEFEST a little more special than the last and this year we tried to set the bar extra high with a note-for-note recreation of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". The guys and I argreed we'd never worked harder to learn a song in our entire lives, but the pay off was well worth it as you can see below when an almost sold out crowd of nerd-rock loving folks lost their collective minds...so so so fun.
Besides the video below, here's the link for the entire set to KRACKLEFEST 3 if you'd like to hear the new songs we've been working on etc. Heading into the studio the beginning of May to work on the new album...it's coming sooner than you'll know!


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I don't know about anyone else, but my mind is constantly playing MUSIC. If you read yesterday's post, it was Barenaked Ladies, "If I had a Million Dollars."
Unfortunately, this can tend to drive me crazy, until I change the record. How do I do that? Sometimes I have to deliberately think of another song. Sometimes it's the power of suggestion that changes that song. I recently found a mouse in the snap trap in the cellar. My brain went into an old nursery rhyme about the cat who visited the queen, "he frightened a little mouse under her chair."
Another way to change the record is to turn on music. I just find it very interesting, when I think about it, though, that my brain constantly seems to have to have a rhythm. Even if it's one that I made up as a child, it has followed me all of my life.
That, and/or counting my footsteps. Have you ever done that? I'll be walking down the street and avoiding cracks or counting how many steps between each sidewalk slab or division.
There is always a rhythm, always a song of some sort in my mind.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 Volume 13, Issue 11 Heres the BEEF! Missouri Air National Guards 139th CES joins JTF Guantanamo Commissions coverage: al-Nashiri motions continue
| NEWS FROM THE BAY THE WIRE | PAGE 3 Looking for an event for the gamer in you? Come to the Camp America Liberty Center Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. and pwn your friends in the game of your choice. Whether youre a serious gamer or a n00b, this event is for you. Select the game, establish the rules and play until a winner is crowned. There will be free snacks, prizes and giveaways. Are you looking for something new to do on base? Come to Downtown Lyceum on 28 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. for the MWR Expo. Representatives from the different MWR sections will be there to show you what exciting events and adventures they have to offer. There will be lots of prizes and free giveaways. Want to purchase some treasures and gifts made by local craftsmen? Come to Downtown Lyceum Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Craft Fair. If you want to sell some of your hand crafted goodies, register a table by Jan. 26 by calling the Ceramics Shop at 74795 or 75351. Looking for some outdoor fun? Join Liberty MWR for a hike and cookout tomor row at 3:30 p.m. The trek starts at the SCSI building and goes to the end of the Ridgeline. The Liberty van will then drive the hikers to Windmill Beach for a free barbeque. Call 2010 to sign up as soon as possible, so enough food can be purchased to accommodate everyone. MWR will host a half marathon at Jan. 28 at 7 a.m. with musical acts and cheering sections every mile. Registration is $25 per runner and runners must register by today. There will be no same-day registration. This even is open to everyone 16 years and older. For more information, call 2157. Grab some friends and some sunscreen and get ready for the coed Blizzard Sand volleyball tournament. The action runs from Feb. 18-20. Register your team (four to six people) by Feb 14 at 7 p.m. There will be a coaches meeting Feb. 16 at 5:30 p.m. You must be at least 16 years old to join a team. For more information, call 2113. Hike and cookout Downtown Lyceum craft fair Camp America video game tournament GTMO Rock & Roll Half Marathon Sand volleyball tournament MWR ExpoWant to see Guantanamo Bay from a new perspective? Come to the Marina Jan. 28 at 8 a.m. for a mountain bike trip through some of the bases beautiful trails. No bike? No problem. Reserve a bike or register for the trip Jan. 27 by 3 p.m. by calling 2345. Come to the Marina tomorrow morning a.m. Bait, snacks and drinks will be provided. Bring a pole and bring a friend. Sign up now by calling 2010. Golf cart rentals will be half price every Tuesday in the month of January. $5 covers a rental for one person and $7.50 covers two people. Additionally, boat rentals will be half price every Wednesday this month. Prices vary based on the boat. For more information, call 2345. Tax season is here. W2s are now available via myPay. Dont wait until the last minute to Free mountain biking Half price recreation in January Did anything strange happen to you on Friday the 13th?Nothing happened, but I am superstitious. I try to avoid black cats, walking under ladders and breaking mirrors. Senior Master Sgt. Deb Rush I went fishing. I dont believe in bad luck, but I didnt catch any fish either. Sgt. 1st Class George Watkis I picked up a lot of superstitious habits. I still dont step on the foul line in baseball because someone told me it was unlucky. Tech. Sgt. Lonnie Bass Nothing really happened. I dont believe in bad luck. Logistics Spc. 2nd Class Charles Scogins BOOTS ON THE GROUNDCOMMA N D COR N ER | THE WIRE | PAGE 2 JTF GuantanamoCommander Rear Adm. David Woods Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. James Lettko Command Master Chief Cmd. Master Chief Reynaldo Tiong Office of Public Affairs Director Cmdr. Tamsen Reese: 9928 Deputy Director Air Force Maj. Michelle Coghill: 9927 Operations Officer Army Maj. Jon Powers: 3649 Senior Enlisted Leader Sgt. 1st Class Jerome Grant: 3649The WireEditor: Army 1st. Lt. Amelia Thatcher Assistant Editor: Army Sgt. Saul Rosa Photojournalists: Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Kilho Park Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Louis Batchelor Army Sgt. Landis Andrews Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Jon Dasbach Mass Communication Spc. 3rd Class Marquis WhiteheadContact usEditors Desk: 3651 Commercial: 011-5399-3651 DSN: 660-3651 E-mail: email@example.com Online: www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.htmlThe WIRE is the official newsmagazine of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the Troopers of JTF Guantanamo through news, features, command guidance, sports and entertainment. The WIRE seeks to provide maximum disclosure with minimum delay with regard to security, accuracy, propriety and policy. This is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of The WIRE are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or Joint Task Force Guantanamo. It is printed by Defense Logistics Agency Document Services with a circulation of 1,200.Our opinions count! I am reminded of this as the nation observes our political process in action during this election year. Its remarkable: the debates within each party lead to the primaries. The parties nominees respective conventions. Then in the general election, we the people get the opportunity to decide with our vote for the leader we want to take the reigns of the presidency for the next four years. You and others before you have served and fought to preserve this right and other rights our great nation affords. I encourage you all to full participate in the process to decide our nations leadership and do not miss the opportunity to VOTE! Here at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, your opinion counts too. There are many ways to ensure your voice is your chain-of-command. We are made up of a network of leaders with series of responsibilities and authorities. As the subject matter expert at your job, your stellar performance will give you the street cred and provide weight to your opinion and suggestions. Give by fully developing and discussing your ideas on current procedures and how we can do things better. If you see a problem or something that is distracting from our mission then do not let it persist without comment and/or action. This how the JTF will improve! Other avenues are available to have your voice and ideas heard. In addition to your leaders and commanders, we have several personnel who are here to listen to you. They run the full spectrum to our JSMART professionals to the Family Service Center counselors to our are available to allow you to vet your concerns and help you formulate a path for resolution. I encourage you to seek out these professionals and full utilize the services they are trained to provide. Also, the suggestion boxes are an option to articulate the distractions which need to be removed to enable you to do your job better. This suggestion box is also a means to recognize Trooper performance which may otherwise not be brought to my attention. Many of you have utilized this tool and I welcome your comments. I personally read each one. Last Friday I sent out an All Hands email announcing OUR Command Climate Survey. Notice I emphasize that it is a survey on the climate in OUR Command. This is another method to have your voice and opinion heard. I ask that you take the half hour to thoughtfully complete the survey online between now and Jan. 27. The results will be complied and then debriefed with all senior leaders within the command. My plan is to then conduct another series of All Hands Calls later in February to discuss the results with all of you. I am, as I hope all of you, are very interested in making this the best command it can be in effectively executing our mission. I truly believe we are each Honor Bound to do so. It may still be a long way until the next national election, but the Joint Task Force still needs your opinion. Submit your vote by Jan. 27! R A. D WC, J T F G C Here at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, your opinion counts too. Give the leaders in your chain your expertise and ideas on current procedures and how we can do things better. Our Command Climate Survey is a way to have your voice and opinion heard.
| STUDE N T OF THE GAME THE WIRE | PAGE 5 Defense wins championships. That idiom will be tested this weekend as four teams battle for a chance to play in Super Bowl XLVI (thats 46 for the Roman numerally challenged). AFC title game Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots Sunday, 3 p.m. Tom Brady and the Patriots have one of the most explosive offensive attacks in the league. Hell have his work cut out for him as he tries to shred a Ravens defense that gave up 30 points once this year. New Englands 2011 schedule had one team with a strong defense and they dropped that game to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pats make a living off of making secondaries look like Swiss cheese, but Baltimore has one of the best safeties in Ed Reed. He has eight interceptions in his last 10 playoff games and will have Brady keeping tabs on his whereabouts on every play. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco complained that his team doesnt get enough media coverage. Now hes got the spotlight and will have to prove that his career isnt going to be as stagnant as his past three years have been. Joe Cool the University of Delaware. But his recent yeaars have only been deployment hot. With Ray Lewis time in the league coming to an end, the stage is set for Flacco to step up as the next captain of this team. What better way to establish leadership than to defeat the big bad Patriots? Lewis and the pride of Ball So Hard University, Terrell Suggs, will lead the Ravens to the Super Bowl much like they did in 2001, with defense. The Patriots might show spurts of brilliance, but they will not be able to establish dominance over this battle-tested squad. NFC title game New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers Sunday, 6:30 p.m. This is bound to be a hardhitting battle that goes down to the fourth quarter. The Giants are the most complete team in the hunt, but there are questions that need to be answered on a weekly basis. Which Eli Manning is going to show up? Will it be the Easy E that got the Giants to the big dance in 2008 or the dumbfounded guy that looks like the person phoning plays into his helmet is speaking Latin? Will the running game show up? If so, will the maiin rusher be Ahmad Bradshaw or Brandon Jacobs? Will Victor Cruz or Hakeem Nicks be the go-to receiver? They never have a big game together. The one certainty in this matchup is defense. Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora and the rest of the Giants pass rush will be in 49ers quarterback Alex Smiths face like girlfriends on Sunday. The only way to keep New Yorks furious pass attack at bay is for running back Frank Gore to establish the run between the tackles and last weeks hero, tight end Vernon Davis to get involved early. Giants coach Tom Coughlin wont be able to call so many blitzes, affording Smith time to throw the ball. The 49ers will look to continue being the stingiest defense in the league. Linebacker Patrick Willis and company only allowed one rushing touchdown this regular season. The red and gold defense topped the league by only allowing 13.4 points per game. But, this defensive unit doesnt get the respect they deserve and they will be on a mission to prove it to the national audience. Unfortunately for San Fran fans, Eli Mannings experience will prevail when the going gets tough. His fourth quarter play has been better than any quarterback in history and I plan to see some more this weekend. Oh, and by the way, a sports column wouldnt be complete without Tim Tebow. Ok, Im done.By Army Sgt. Landis Andrews in MMXIISTUDENT OF THE GAME Anniversaries, birthdays, and to occur. If your partner wants to share a new experience and talk, give them the opportunity to do so. And remember, its not just you whos going through the separation. In order for a long distance relationship to work, it takes compromise and work on both ends to keep it going. in adjusting to the hardships of maintaining a long distance relationship, the staff at the Joint Stress Mitigation and Restoration Team offer comprehensive mental health services to meet the needs of any JTF personnel stationed or deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We have recently relocated to a new building across from the Trooper Chapel and next to the new Camp America Post the clinic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday, or give us a call at 2321. For emergencies, our 24-hour duty number is 3566. JSMART cont. MI N D, BODY & SPIRIT | THE WIRE | PAGE 4 Would you recognize critical information?Some things are obviously sensitive, like our social security numbers, bank account information and credit card numbers. We protect these so we dont fall victim to fraud and identity thieves. But what else is critical information? Remember COPP: Capabilities, Operations, Personnel, Personal data. We protect our facilities and operational plans, schedules and rosters, procedures, people and work related information. If youre not sure if something is sensitive, treat it like it is until you find out for sure. Dont post things online, or talk about work in non-work places. Once information has been released, you cant ever get it back. THINK OPSEC FIRST!PSEC ALERT PROTECT YOUR INFO! Mind Body & Spirit by Hospitalman 3rd Class Dominique Cannon JSMARTStarting the new year has given us a lot more than just a few extra pounds to shed on the year past, bridge broken relationships, and discover ways to mature and grow. Spending the holidays here at Joint Task Force Guantanamo undoubtedly proved back at home. Long distance relationships were once a rarity prior to the advent of the Internet technology. Those who were deployed abroad before us relied heavily on the long anticipated arrival of mail and the unreliability of a telephone. However, as technology has become more dependable, faster, and other forms of communication have emerged, long distance relationships amongst American couples have grown exponentially. A study conducted by the Center for the Study of Long Distance Relationships (CSLDR) found that 2.9% of newlywed couples spent a period of six months or longer separated by great distances. Thats nearly 3.5 million people! However, just because a larger portion of American newlyweds have endured a period of maintaining a long distance relationship does not imply that it is easy. As with any type of intimate bond, long distance relationships bring to the table their very own set of unique and complicated dynamics that can easily prove overwhelming to the unprepared. The CSLDR has found that the biggest issue facing partners attempting to sustain a long distance relationship is loneliness. Though we all have close friends and peers willing to listen to our problems, nothing truly replaces the companionship of a partner. course, communication. Although you and your partner may have done everything in your power to get in contact with one another, unforeseen circumstances can arise that prevent this. Feeling upset about being less involved in your partners daily life is turn, feeds into once distant fears that your partner may become involved in a traumatic accident, develop a serious medical condition, become unfaithful. In our absence from the lives we left behind, these speculative fears and doubts become ever more real. Whereas we are only offered a limited perspective into the events occurring back home, our what we cannot see. Needless to say, should you be prone to assume the worse, its only a matter of time before your suspicions make themselves known in your conversations with your loved ones. Long distance relationships present a whole spectrum of new hardships you and your partner must overcome. But it doesnt have to be a negative experience entirely. Using good judgment, common sense, and approaching the entire situation in a positive light can make a long distance relationship just as rewarding and provide the foundations for you and your partner to mature as a couple. attempt to normalize the situation as much as of being away and the great distances separating the two of you. Keep in mind that the world still turns and the days continue to come and go in the life you have left behind. see JSMART next page
THE WIRE | PAGE 7 | FEATURE Only at GTMO by Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Louis Batchelor THE WIRE | PAGE 6 FEATURE | The California Air National Guards 146th Civil Engineering Squadron completed its duty as Joint Task Force Guantanamos 474th Base Emergency Engineering Force upon its transfer of authority ceremony Jan. 12. The 146th arrived in Guantanamo Bay in summer together. As the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, our mission for the JTF is to maintain the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice, said Air Force Maj. Patrick Shanahan, commander of the 146th ECES. According to him, the units biggest accomplishment consisted of improvements to the Media Operations Center and Camp Justice, which were completed in time for the November al-Nashiri arraignment. The squadron received ample support from the JTF throughout their tour. There are a lot of unique challenges at Guantanamo, and those challenges are overcome when we get a lot of Shanahan. We received a lot of support from the entire JTF and that has made this a good experience for all of us. California Dreamin: outgoing BEEF says goodbye to GTMOBy Army Sgt. Saul Rosa Joint Task Force Guantanamo recently welcomed the Airmen of the Missouri Air National Guards 139th Civil Engineering Squadron. The 139th serves as JTFs new resident Base Emergency Engineer Force (BEEF) and is currently settling into their new positions. Maj. Tracy Beattie is transitioning into her role as the She said her new job here is to oversee both the units products and the leadership of her Troop ers. We have to be versatile in We are engineers building roads, basic infrastructure, while also leading. We also are in charge of prioritizing work. We perform a vetting process on all projects and work requests. Master Sgt. Randy Smith is the BEEFs facilities manager. His position is to assist Beattie as a work control supervisor, overseeing the budget and maintenance of JTF facilities. Generally, we build and control all equipment and parts nec essary for the set up and use of a base or facility, Smith said. Beattie added that BEEF teams are specialized civil engi neer units which provide a full range of engineering support required to establish, operate, and maintain garrison and contingency installations. The BEEF will support JTF by servicing, building or maintaining structures and electrical loads, said Beattie. We do have additional projects on the hori zon, but our primary responsibility here is to ensure Camp Justice is always in good working order. Think of us as a military version of a public works department for a normal city. Smith said this new iteration of BEEF isnt really new. The National Guard unit displays a multitude of skill sets, ready for use. We bring a lot of expertise in civil engineering with us. Smith said. Every one of us has a can-do attitude and are happy to join Guantanamos team.Welcome, Missouri!By Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Louis Batchelor Above: New BEEF commander Lt. Col. Grace Link accepted the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron guidon from outgoing commander Maj. Patrick Shanahan Jan. 12. Though the two units are from different states, while they are here the Joint Task Force Guantanamo BEEF is always known as the 474th ECES. photo by Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson Left: Staff Sgt. Anthony Anderson, 139th Civil Engineering Power Production Technician, records battery readings, including amperage, voltage and cooling temperature, from one of the BEEFs generators. photo by Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Louis Batchelor Below: The California Air National Guards 146th Civil Engineer ing Squadron (right) turned their Base Emergency Engineering Force responsbilities over to Missouris 139th CES Jan 12. photo by Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson
AT YOUR SERVI C E | THE WIRE | PAGE 8 FORT MEADE, Md. The commander of the U.S. detention facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, defended the new polito monitor prisoners mail during the opening day of pretrial proceedings for the alleged master mind in the USS Cole bombing. Navy Rear Adm. David Woods, commander of Joint Task Force response to a motion by the de fense at the military commission hearing for Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed al Nashiri. Army Col. James Pohl ruled during proceedings at Guantanamo Bay that Woods should explain the policy he instituted last month. Woods, one of the highesttribunal, said the new policy balances his responsibilities to facilitate attorney-client communication while also ensuring security, safety, force protection and good order at the facility. Woods told Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stephen C. Reyes of the de fense team the new policy allows members of a team that reviews detainee privileges to conduct a plain-view review of written communications not marked as protected attorney-client infor mation. The review, he said, is designed to ensure this correspondence does not include physical or information contraband such as maps of the detention facility. Woods disputed the defense position that the policy violates client-attorney privilege, or that reviewers must read the material in full to make a determination. He also denied that the policy restricts access between detainees and their lawyers. authorizing guards to search the plastic bins reserved for legal paperwork and correspondence in detainee living spaces. Guards re portedly have found contraband stowed in these legal bins in the past. Woods acknowledged that the policy depends on the professionalism of the privileged review team, as well as their contractual commitments, to ensure their re view is conducted properly and ethically. He noted that reviewers, all civilian contractors, must sign a non-disclosure agreement that bars them from sharing this infor mation, particularly with prosecut ing attorneys associated with the case. The prosecution called the de fenses request for Woods to appear before the court irrelevant to the case because Nashiri hasnt been subject to mail searches. decision to call him likely was made because what happens in through a revised military commission system is likely to set the precedent for trials to follow. Army Col. John Head, deputy chief of staff for the convening authority, told reporters the de fenses request likely is intended to institute an across-the-board process that ensures all detainees receive equal treatment. Nashiri, 47, is charged with tempted murder in violation of arding a vessel. The charges arise out of an at tempted attack on the USS The Sullivans in January 2000 and an attack on the USS Cole in October 2000, during which 17 U.S. sailors were killed and 37 more wounded. Nashiri also is accused of involvement in an attack on the MV Limburg, a French civilian oil tanker, in October 2002 in which one crewmember was killed and about 90,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Aden. If convicted, Nashiri could be sentenced to death. Nashiri did not enter a plea during his arraignment in November. Although the defendant was in the room during todays proceedings albeit it out of camera view for remote viewers for most of the hearing all the activity revolved around the prosecution and defense teams. Pohl rejected two defense motions: one to allow Nashiri to be unrestrained during his meetings with his legal counsel, and one to establish an enclave a protected network within the larger Defense Department computer network see COMMISSIONS next page HONO R BOUND Pretrial proceedings continue for al-NashiriBy Donna Miles American Forces Press Service | AT YOUR SERVI C E THE WIRE | PAGE 9 in an effort to keep DOD from monitoring the defense counsels computers and electronic communications. Pohl dismissed civilian defense counsel Richard Kammens argument that defense counsel should be able to meet with unrestrained detainees in locked-room meet ings, as representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross are able to. The current policy requires detainees to be shackled and in an unlocked room during meet ings with their attorneys, enabling guards to enter the room and for attorneys to exit quickly in the event of a disturbance, the prosecution noted. Anthony W. Mattivi, a member of the prosecution team repre senting the Justice Department, expressed concern that changing the current policy could put the guards at increased risk and said Woods should be the one to make any changes to the policy, not the court. Thats not his call, Mattivi said of Kammen. Its the commanders. Pohl agreed, ruling to keep the current policy intact. The judge, however, left the door open for a possible request by the defense for an enclave or other security remedy for its electronic communications in the future, while acknowledging that even material in enclaves is subject to monitoring. Kammen compared the encryption system the defense now uses to protect sensitive materials to putting them in a locked drawer ernment the key to the drawer and without the substance, he told the court. Lockhart argued that an enclave isnt necessary because encryption already ensures the maximum se curity possible for the documents. Pentagon computer security expert Adam Bennett, whom she called to the stand, said its virtually impossible for government mation or open documents including those used by the defense team without the password and encryption software needed to ac cess it. Both the defense and prosecution, as well as the judge, recognized that all material on DOD networks is subject to routine, noncontent-related screening to prevent viruses and cyber attacks. In other motions considered today, Pohl granted a motion supporting more public access to court proceedings. Currently the proceedings are broadcast from the court at Guantanamo Bay via closed circuit to three locations in the United States. Two of those sites are here at Fort Meade in a theater and training-room facility. Another, at Norfolk Naval Base, Va., is reserved for families of USS Cole victims as well as crew members aboard the vessel during the attack. cial transcripts of the proceedings, be referred to by both legal teams during the trial. Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Kammen said the de fense considered today on balance, a very successful day, while acknowledging that some of the motions made could ultimately delay the trial, possibly as far out as 2015. Kammen called military commissions at best, a second-class system of justice and said they are designed to be secretive and provide expedient justice at the expense of transparency and fair ness. He added that the defense team today fought for things it wouldnt have had to in federal court, and accused the government of blurring the line between mation. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, Military Commissions, disputed Kammens charges, noting that the prosecution team in the commissions operates much like prosecutors in federal courts. They play no part in handling defendants corre spondence or defense attorneys emails, dont communicate with facility personnel about contacts with an accused legal materials and arent privy to those materials, he said. Martins said proceedings like todays are designed to ensure legal issues are resolved in a way consistent with the fair, transparent and accountable administration of justice under the rule of law. Despite the manpower and expense associated with the commission proceedings, Martins said the United States has a responsibility to follow them through. Not only must we continue to pursue the truth for the surviving family members of victims who have been rendered silent, but we must also pursue it because that is what justice requires, he said. A civilized and open society facing very real and modern security threats can demand no less. COMMISSIONS cont. Clockwise from bottom left: Richard Kamman, lead defense attorney for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri; Command Master Chief (ret.) James Parlier, former command master chief of the USS Cole (DDG-67); and Brig. Gen. Mark S. Martins, chief prosecual-Nashiri is accused of plotting the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 Sailors and wounded 37 others. photos by Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Kilho Park
MOVIE REVIEW | THE WIRE | PAGE 10 J. Edgar is Clint Eastwoods biopic chronicling the complex life of Hoover, believed to have been the second most powerful man in the U.S. at times during his 1924 to 1972 tenure, was well-known as being extraordinarily meticulous. He implemented many basic procedures of of forensic laboratories to aid in solving crimes. Though commonplace today, these methods were considered revolutionary in that time. It was only in Hoovers later years and after his death that he became power as FBI director with his exaggerations of events, reports and supposedly overextended the authority of the FBI for his personal gain. If that werent enough, rumors persist Hoover was a crossdresser and closeted homosexual. Director Clint Eastwood showcases the man for all his strengths and with his faults. He shows Hoover as the consummate professional capable of such brilliance, yet lacked so many social graces, especially determination to be right at almost any costs, all the way to executing the alleged Lindbergh kidnapper and murderer Bruno Hauptmann. Though many still believe there was enough circumstantial evidence to the contrary, there was no doubt in Hoovers mind Hauptmann was guilty of the Crime of the Century. In fact, Hoover is depicted in J. Edgar as being jealous of the medias attention to special agent Jack Purvis after Purvis took down the gangster John Dillinger in Chicago. Supposedly, Hoover saw to it that Purviss reward for his societal good deed was to be slowly removed from the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio does a superb job of conveying Hoovers thoughts and emotions throughout the picture. He is a man molded by his mother (Judi Dench, Quantum of Solace) to be a problem-solver and to excel at what he does. Often, to maintain this reputation, Hoover director than his actual achievements. women, she asserts that Id rather my son be dead than have a daffodil attraction to his FBI number two man Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer, The Social Network). The sexual tension between the two men is kept in check, despite always taking daily lunches, weekends and vacations together. Historically, Hoover and Tolson were often seen in public holding hands. DiCaprio does a nice job of showing a broken man who didnt know how to exist personally and professionally. He would never have his mothers consent, nor in the publics eye, to engage in an open relationship with Tolson. Perhaps that helped the man bury himself so much into his work. Obviously Tolson loves Hoover deeply, yet that love can never be fully reciprocated. Tolson is loyal to Hoover to his detriment. Hoovers faithful secretary Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts, Eastern Promises) stayed in his service for over 54 years. Clint Eastwood creates a stirring drama on the man the public thought Hoover was, and of the fears and anxieties of someone at odds with himself. Was he in denial? Did Hoover really experiment with crossdressing as a way to cope with a personal loss? These concepts are explored and the feelings on the screen are compellingly real. You genuinely want to see what happens to this man and see what lengths hell go for the FBI and himself. Hes a mystery man, director Eastwood said of Hoover. I still dont have all the answers on him. J. Edgar features some of the best age makeup Ive ever seen in modern cinema. Hoover and Gandys aging look absolutely authentic as who these characters are at different stages of their lives, and DiCaprio and Watts pull it off nicely. Hammer is excellent as the aging Tolson, but looks like the bedridden old man in astronaut Dave Bowmans hallucination in : A Space Odyssey (1968). Its mildly distracting, but Hammers talent is the saving grace. well. There isnt an overabundance of special effects to recreate the past. The naturalistic appearance of the clothes, sets and props are welcome and feel genuine. takes us through many decades at the different junctures of Hoovers life. He left quite a legacy, but its hard to say exactly who he really was. pieces of the puzzle known as J. Edgar Hoover together to try to make sense of the FBI icon. some way? J. Edgar tells it like it is. Movie ReviewR 137 mins.By Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson J. 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I'm distracted. I'm distracted by everything. The sky is blue, but look over there, it's all grayed out because of that cloud formation. Squirrel. Facebook has a great article on the life cycle of deep water jelly fish. Maybe I should check on the vegetable schedule at the you-pick-it farm. Laundry is piling up and what am I cooking for dinner? Wait, I want to finish that audio book I'm listening to.
You get the picture. Anything and everything keeps me away from writing. It needs to stop. I have had productive episodes where I get a lot of writing done. During those times I write every day. Now I can't even seem to keep up with my blog posts let alone anything else.
How do I solve this dilemma? How do other writers solve this problem?
There are countless sources out there that encourage writers to keep writing. I pulled up more than a million links on a search request. Even reading those inspirational passages is a distraction because I'm reading them, not writing. Reading is important. I must read in order to understand what good writing is, but it means I'm not writing.
I tell myself to put the book down and apply fingers to the keyboard. Okay. That worked. My fingers are typing this blog post. That's writing and it counts. What else can motivate me?
Deadlines. I took a number of writing classes for several reasons. One was to learn how to write and another was for the deadlines. Assignments are good. They make me apply myself to the task. I also have deadlines when I write for Big Blend Magazine. I find I need the deadlines because it forces me to do the work.
I've heard some writers who say they can only write when that illusive mistress, Inspiration, strikes. I think a writers needs to prod inspiration. Some days it may take a cattle prod on full charge to get the inspiration going, but depending on inspiration alone may mean weeks of blank pages.
Some of the greatest authors say their secret to writing is to set a specific time aside every day and write for a predetermined length of time. I know one person that writes for two hours every morning most days. Another author writes when he hikes. He dictates into a voice recorder and gets his exercise at the same time. One person mentioned posting their writing goals on Twitter. That way, the writer's followers keep her accountable to her writing goals. I find my most productive time is in the evening when the house quiets down. I have no responsibilities and feel free to spend the time doing what I want. Unfortunately, this is also the time when I can be the most brain dead. After a particular difficult day at work, I'm so out of focus I can't bring myself to open a document, let alone type words. I'm afraid that excuse is just too handy and I've been using it too much. Writing anything is better than writing nothing.
Along with write anything would be write everything. A wise and respected author I know lives by the practice of having more than one project going at a time. So if I don't want to work on the novel right now, then I can work on the next article for Big Blend, or this blog post. I also have the continuing story previously posted on my web site that needs another chapter. Right there are four things I could work on. I also have a new short story that needs some tweaking. I think my inspiration is coming back to me.
So maybe it's true. If you start writing something then the momentum continues. In fact, I'm close to my word limit on this piece and I've already started the next chapter of Fortuna. I can't forget I have another article due for Big Blend and my novel's protagonist has been talking to me lately. I think I'm going to visit her.
What gets you writing, or painting, or doing those things you tend to procrastinate about? Someday there will be a pill for that.


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In most novels, it's easy to pick the hero. Yet, in A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens presents readers with two very different men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who each could be pointed to as the hero of the novel.
Defining a Hero
One thing to do before you start thinking about the two characters is to define what it means to be hero. Is a hero someone who shows exceptional bravery during a time of crisis? Is a hero someone who finds a way to do the right thing in difficult circumstances? Is a hero made through a single defining event or through years of good works? It's good to have an idea of what you think it takes to be a hero before analyzing Dickens' characters.
Charles Darnay
Charles Darnay seems to be the epitome of a hero. He is a noble man by birth who strives to live that virtue. Throughout the novel, he is steadfast in adhering to the qualities of honor and integrity. He hates the social system that causes some people to be valued because they are nobility, while the "lower" levels of society are considered expendable. Darnay has gone so far as to distance himself from his birthright in France and begin a new life in England. He is the obvious companion for Lucie Manette, who is the female embodiment of these same attributes. During the novel, Darnay must return to France in an attempt to right the wrongs his family has done. This act causes his imprisonment and puts his life in mortal danger.
Throughout the novel, Darnay plots a virtuous course, from which he does not swerve. He is a good husband, father, and son-in-law. These unfaltering qualities lead many people to see his character as the hero of the book, arguing that his heroism is not momentary or defined by a single act. It is something he works at every day.
Sydney Carton
On the other hand, many readers tend to view Sydney Carton as the hero of the novel because his transformation is so marked and dramatic. For the first part of the book, Carton is best described as self-destructive. He is a heavy drinker who seems to care about no one, not even himself. His transformation begins when he develops unexpected feelings for Lucie Manette. It is his pure and unselfish love for her, a love he does not expect her to be able to reciprocate, that allows him to sacrifice his life so that she may be happy. Though he continues to view himself as being unworthy of her, he is able to accomplish what he views as a valuable act through his willingness to offer himself in place of Darnay on the day of his execution. In this way, the life that Carton had defined as being contemptible and useless becomes meaningful. He is reborn from being selfish to selfless, showing that every man has the ability to rise above the darkness within him and embrace his essential worth. This idea is best stated in the quote given as Carton waits for his execution: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known."


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Palin Asks for Prayers That War Be "Task That Is From God"
By Juliet Eilperin
When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivers a formal address to the nation tomorrow night accepting the GOP vice presidential nomination, it's unlikely to resemble the free-form commencement address she gave in June to a class of commission students at the Wasilla Assembly of God.
The liberal blog Huffington Post has posted a video of the speech, which gives a sense of how Palin used to speak to hometown audiences. Casually dressed in a zippered jacket and short black skirt, Palin exhorted congregants to pray so she could realize her public policy goals.
"I can do my part in doing things like working really, really hard to get a natural gas pipeline, a $30 billion dollar project that's going to create a lot of jobs for people in Alaska, and we're going to have a lot of energy flowing through here -- and pray about that also -- I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that," she told them, "but I can do my job there, in developing our natural resources, and doing things like getting the roads paved, and making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms, their guns, and making sure our public schools are funded. But really, all that stuff doesn't do any good if the people of Alaska's heart isn't right with God."
Switching to the war in Iraq, Palin told the group of students that they should not only pray for men and women in the military but to make sure the leaders of this country are sending U.S. soldiers "out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
Observing that the audience looked hipper than the typical religious group -- "You guys are all a cool-looking bunch of Christians" -- she confided that she was initially alarmed to learn that her eldest son had gotten a tattoo but became mollified because "he's got a big old Jesus fish" as a tattoo.
"I love you guys, and thank you so much for dedicating your lives to Jesus Christ," she said, concluding her speech.
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I do not think that candidates should use their positions in public office to promote their religious beliefs. But I would rather side with a candidate who believes that God does bless America than one who thinks that God damns America.
Posted by: Larry in California | September 9, 2008 10:34 AM | Report abuse
Holy Cow! Did you know that Abe Lincoln and our founding fathers were right wing Nazi fundie religious loonie toons like Palin?
"It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. 'Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether'.
-- Abe Lincoln
Posted by: ROTFL | September 8, 2008 1:42 AM | Report abuse
I agree w/the poster below about Mike W as the voice of reason.
Comments like the ones below serve only to illustrate the hostility and bigotry of the far left toward people of faith. Which is why a lot of Christians end up voting Republican as the lesser of two evils.
It seems that Mike W (9/5/ 2:20 PM) is the only poster who can read. Most of the rest are too consumed with their own form of zealotry to be able to comprehend their native language.
Posted by: Nobama | September 8, 2008 1:30 AM | Report abuse
I find the comments here really puzzling...asking people to pray for you in your endeavors is 'radical' and 'scary'?
If you think Palin is a radical lunatic for requesting prayer and for believing God has an interest in world affairs then you might as well slap that label on most Christians and Muslims who actually believe and practice their faith.
Personally I like the woman and plan to vote for McCain-Palin.
Posted by: DT | September 8, 2008 1:24 AM | Report abuse
It seems that Mike W (9/5/ 2:20 PM) is the only poster who can read. Most of the rest are too consumed with their own form of zealotry to be able to comprehend their native language.
Posted by: bmarlowe | September 7, 2008 3:26 PM | Report abuse
Palin's words, ideas, ideology are scary on there own. So I don't understand why this columnist, Juliet Eilperin, thinks she needs to throw in what Palin was wearing; "Casually dressed in a zippered jacket and short black skirt,"
Some people will read that as sexist and dismiss the more important parts of the column.
Posted by: bruvec | September 5, 2008 1:20 PM | Report abuse
If this lady becomes President of the US, we are cooked, done, finished.
Posted by: wilso127 | September 5, 2008 10:49 AM | Report abuse
Please God, rid us of the Palin trailer trash.
Posted by: Mike | September 4, 2008 8:30 PM | Report abuse
Sarah Palin is a religious lunatic. For some reason, in the United States people elect religious lunatics to political office. Then the people are puzzled about why disaster ensues. Come on now, people! Think it through before you vote this time!
McCain and Palin's term of office, if you elect them: (1) a third war (with Iran), to add to the two disastrous wars we're already mired in. (2) four more years of total inaction on global warming and climate change (Palin believes that climate change "is not caused by human activity"). (3) John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsberg retire from the Supreme Court to be replaced by two more Antonin Scalias -- kiss your remaining rights good-bye!
Posted by: Tom in California | September 4, 2008 1:16 PM | Report abuse
Alleged pictures of PART-TIME hockey mom Sarah Palin's daughter have surfaced....
...showing pregnant (16-year-old at the time) Bristol Palin DRINKING AND ENGAGING in what appears to be LESBIAN INNUENDO....
Posted by: Nichols | September 4, 2008 2:25 AM | Report abuse
Let's nominate Michael Palin from Monty Python's Flying Circus!
Posted by: NOT MCCAIN | September 3, 2008 9:42 PM | Report abuse
Well, if it was God's will that Sarah Palin become governor of Alaska, why would He stop there? Maybe her surprise nomination for VP is in His divine plan as well. But since God doesn't deal in half-measures, maybe His inscrutable plan is for Sarah Palin to become President! Since she is the possible VP, all it would take is one little thing to happen to McCain, if they win...
John, if I were you, I would surely be worried about "God's plans for Sarah Palin"...
Posted by: TJ | September 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Report abuse
I am not religous by any means but I don't find any thing offensive in what she actually said as oppossed to the interpreation as cited above. She did not say that the war is god's plan. Rather, she prayed for the soldiers and to pray that they were acting within god's plan. To not see the difference is to say that a general church prayer asking that we follow god's will and devine plan in all our actions means that every activity we thereafter do is god's plan - good or bad. Sure, she mentioned the soldiers but every church asks for prayers for the soldiers. By attacking her on these grounds, as oppossed to legitimate grounds such as policy and experience, the left only strengthens the resolve those who actually vote.
Posted by: Mike W | September 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Report abuse
Sarah Palin doesn't care about polar bears.
Posted by: Kanye West | September 3, 2008 10:47 AM | Report abuse
We as a people ought to be ashamed of ourselves if we do not keep McCain/Palin out of office. I'm sick and tired of the perversion of the Christ Message. To anyone that will listen: I'm a Christian and I want you to know that we are not all nuts!!!
Posted by: Fed Up | September 3, 2008 10:34 AM | Report abuse
It's almost too sad to imagine what our country might be like if a bunch of old white guys continue to believe that they are the America of the world. Their convention is boring. Sarah Palin's drama is awesome. No Hillary Supporter is going to vote for this chick just because she had some babies a few times. She shouldn't have lied about her daughter's first pregnancy and she shouldn't have hired lobbyists if she wanted to be considered a Maverick. Poor John McCain has been reduced to infancy. If he had truly began considering her in February surely he would have seen that she was "pregnant". Surely he would have figured "Well this lady is about to have a newborn, do I really want that down the hall from the oval office? Yes...I'm a Sidekick!" These poor deluded racists...Don't they remember that George W. Bush's grandfather provided the Jewish people who created weapons for the Third Reich? Don't they remember how Al Gore won in the year 2000? I was 15...I remember. Don't they remember the bombs that people heard at the base of the Twin Towers. How much can they shield us from our own curiosity. Where are their black people, their Spanish, asian, indian, guam...ese?, japanese, young people? The people that supported the 21 year olds of the world were so young they needed parental supervision. How many freethinking, open-minded, diverse and cultured people would attend their convention of their own volition and once there remain for the duration. They have no substance, no issues, no plans. Everything is okay as long as old white people still have giant earrings like the Bush women. Could McCain's adopted daughter have been more bored when clapping for her own father? She actually had to strap a magnet to her palms just to get them to react. I'm ranting, yes but c'mon. Look at the group of people they bring together. Ask yourself if thousands of white guys in bad suits on cell phones leaping in the air to get face time on CNN and their dutiful wives who mind the children and bend over on command truly represent the America we have grown to be. Could they rally 75,000 German people of all ethnicities who could stand side by side and feel blemished by the touch of another ethnicity?
I know the initial article had nothing to do with racism but I just watched the Convention and as a multiracial, 21 year old woman I felt extremely unrepresented and it is clear why. They are not looking for me, my opinions or my vote. They're ready towage a war against a law that has been putting in place to protect the individual rights of our human citizens which include woman who might not be ready to care for a child when their house is in foreclosure and their boyfriend just lost his job and her first kid is throwing up blood all over the groceries. The Republicans were well represented tonight.
As to Sarah Palin, I would assume it obvious that she would have such fanatical views. She lied to her town about what their eyeballs were actually seeing when she told them she was seven months pregnant before she remembered to add the pillow to her wardrobe. She claimed that she cared about the people of a town everyone was quick to call "Nowhere" and here she is doing a fine job of paving a new one for she and her "Republican base". I find it interesting that the maverick, who goes across party lines when she feels so compelled is rejuvenating and exciting their geriatric "base". Wouldn't that means that her principals are strongly rooted in a like-minded viewpoint which she shares with her Bush loving party. She needs to stay home and consider how her daughter had eight months worth of mono, three traffic tickets during this strange "extended case", and somehow became healthy enough to be able to run off and get pregnant again by a guy who wants to play Hockey forever. The first picture I saw of him was with another girl draped over his back. Yet Sarah Palin on behalf of the conservative right wing has told him that he will be getting married and having one of those kids he doesn't want.
I'm sorry for what happened to John McCain and I wish no harm to him or his family or those of the Palin's or anyone in the world for that matter including Bush while discluding Cheney. However, it is not a stretch to assume that being a prisoner, held captive, beaten, kept in solitary confinement for two years...might leave someone with a little postpartum or y'know recurring nightmares, bedwetting, decision making malfunction, short term common sense loss, long term intelligence loss, oldness, melanoma, leaving wife for younger, hotter, richer, colder robot. Yes Palin should step down for the sake of the embarrassment she will continue to cause herself but first she shoudl tell us all about her 11 hour flight while leaking amniotic fluid onto her husband's foot and concluding in a 45 minute drive to a less equipped hospital for this special needs child who mattered so much he couldn't be safely born with no concerns in a hospital in texas. Or how about not traveling to make energy speeches while bristol has "mono" and is giving birth to your grandchild. What did she take care of her younger siblings while her muscles ached and her throat and uterine glands swelled and caused her immense pain? Bristol keep looking beautiful loving your baby and don't let Sarah take opportune pictures without bothering to put down her cell phone holding the infant. We know you love your child and your mother and it's sad that she will be remembered for all this drama but she could have said "Thanks but no thanks" on this new Bridge to National Infamy.
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Posted by: Amber | September 3, 2008 1:55 AM | Report abuse
This is the video that will have ended up sinking her.
I don't even care that she is linking the Iraq war to God's mission, what really bothers me is her talking about prophecy and then standing next to a crying preacher who is talking about getting ready for the end-times and that Alaska is prophesied as the place where people will gather for that.
She is not going near the button. No way! No how! No McCain!
Just say no to destroying the world!
Posted by: K Ackermann | September 2, 2008 11:59 PM | Report abuse
"Sad" for you perhaps.
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Report abuse
The sad part is that John Mccain may still win the election because of Evangelical support.
Posted by: sam69 | September 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Report abuse
I, Sarah Palin, do solemnly swear
to publicly encourage the
teaching of evolution in
Christian academies and home
schools, because students should
be taught the alternatives.
So help me God.
Posted by: Ed Myob | September 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Report abuse
I could care less about Sara Palin's, shall we say, intense view of religion.
What I care about is her policy positions and the chance of her being able to enact those policies should such a circumstance arise.
It is her extreme viewpoints on policy positions that really scares me and should scare every sentient being on this planet.
As was stated by a previous commentor: "The separation of church and state is not to eliminate religion. Just the opposite. It is so everyone can believe as they choose without punishment from the government". Well guess what, under a Palin adminstration you wouldn't be able to believe as you choose without punishment from the government... for example if you don't happen to subscribe to her religious belief of "life begins at coneception".
Posted by: Steve | September 2, 2008 9:36 PM | Report abuse
You Americans should control your own brand of talibans (the so-called evangelicals) at home instead of sending your army fight a crazy war that has nothing to do with God. So Palin believes that Irak's war, the pipeline, the cop cars, uniforms and cars, the road pavement are part of 'God's plan'. What a religious nut! The simple fact that such a nitwit has reached the position of state governor is an indicator of the sad state of American politics. And now, she has been 'selected' to be candidate for VP. I never imagined that the Republican Party could sink so low.
French Canadian
Posted by: French Canadian | September 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Report abuse
Which "god" exactly does Palin think wanted Cheney and his Bush puppet to waste U.S. soldiers' lives and our tax dollars to murder innocent Iraqis, steal Iraq's oil and help al-Qaida recruit more homicidal religious zealots? What an idiot. Hard to distinguish her kind from the muslim fanatics.
Posted by: Bonobo | September 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Report abuse
What concerns me is Palin's on-stage "nod" to the notion that the end days are near and that prophecy suggests that Americans will flock to Alaska for refuge and that she must prepare for that day to receive us. Apparently Palin and the Wasilla Assembly of God have had big plans for the rest of us for some time!
Posted by: nachtstucke777 | September 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Report abuse
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."
Posted by: First Ammendment | September 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Report abuse
she is an ignorant 'cracker' - or whatever crackers are in Alaska, mukluks or moosecuppers or whatever the fark....
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 9:01 PM | Report abuse
The separation of church and state is not to eliminate religion. Just the opposite. It is so everyone can believe as they choose without punishment from the government.
Posted by: digby2 | September 2, 2008 8:43 PM | Report abuse
How and when will she know if it's God's plan? Will he tell her when 5,000 more Americans are dead? How do we find out if it is God's plan or not? What do we do if God tells her it was not his plan? Pray harder? How could it happen if it wasn't God's plan? Then it was God's plan, right? So why do we pray that it was God's plan? Call the boys in the white coats. This one is a certified loony.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 8:32 PM | Report abuse
The concept of the separation of church and state goes all the way back to Plymouth Colony and men like William Brewster and William Bradford and they did not waver in their belief that it was the right way. Brewster ought to know. If he had stayed in England he might have had his head chopped off.
Posted by: digby2 | September 2, 2008 8:26 PM | Report abuse
There is no separation of church and state in the Constitution. Errggghhhh, why can't people get that right? Look it up. The only thing in the Constitution is about preventing a state run government. The thought of separation of church and state came from a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to a Baptist minister. Repeat after me, there is no separation of church and state in the Constitution. And, Jesus will rightly judge those who call on his name to pander to politics. The only real question is, where will you spend eternity.
Posted by: henwhisperer | September 2, 2008 8:18 PM | Report abuse
Democrats reject women.
Republicans embrace them.
The proof is on the ticket.
Posted by: Mike Thomas | September 2, 2008 8:12 PM | Report abuse
I just read Lincoln's address. Lincoln says it is impossible for us (any man) to know the will of God. He said all we can do is pray. He didn't say that he always expected to answer his prayers. In fact he says he doesn't know whether they will be answer. And finally he says we must use our own brains to determine the right thing to do as best he could with the ability God gave us. Thats why we have free choice.
Posted by: digby2 | September 2, 2008 8:05 PM | Report abuse
Palin is a "Lunatic":
Did you see my quote, below, from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 7:52 PM | Report abuse
so much for separation of church and state.
Posted by: Palin joke | September 2, 2008 7:41 PM | Report abuse
Palin is a LUNATIC. She said, "I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that," and regarding the Iraq war, Palin asked students to pray that we're "out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
I mean come on... I happen to be Christian, but God's will has nothing to do with the will of the Bush administration and any politicians here in America. It's the will of the people, democracy, etc.. not God.
Posted by: Palin is a Lunatic | September 2, 2008 7:36 PM | Report abuse
Well, Jim, you wanted to know about Palin's views on God and country -- I'm sure she would accept an invite for another Saddleback Civil Forum -- I doubt Joe Biden would though ; )
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 7:29 PM | Report abuse
I do not know if Biden would agree to another debate with Warren. And I don't know either of them.
Posted by: Jim | September 2, 2008 7:07 PM | Report abuse
Do you think Joe Biden will agree to a dual interview by Rick Warren?
"POLAR BEARS"?! Really? You think ANY of McCain's target voters have POLAR BEARS on their Top 100 Most Important Issues?!
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 7:04 PM | Report abuse
Palin needs to explain fully her views on war and God. When someone says they want to do the will of God with respect to the country and war is the point where she is definately stepping over the line as far as the separation of church and state. Therefor any questions about her religious views are definately far game. She sounds delusional and she is dangerous. If the founders of our country said they wanted to do the will of God which some I know would not use the phrase or they knew the difference between reality and delusion. And if I might say so were much deeper thinkers than she is.
Posted by: Jim | September 2, 2008 7:00 PM | Report abuse
Palin's record: What ADN has said
Posted by Matt Zencey, editorial page editor
Posted: September 2, 2008 - 2:19 pm
How well has Sarah Palin done during her 21 months as Alaska's governor? Here are excerpts of Daily News editorials about some major issues and challenges during her tenure.
Aug. 5, 2008
The last time the legislature's spending impulses got so far out of control, Gov. Sarah Palin stepped in to exercise some "adult supervision" with her veto pen.
That probably won't happen this time -- because Palin helped start the frenzy.
She floated a plan to give every bona fide Alaskan $1,200 worth of energy debit cards over the next year. Add in electricity subsidies and a holiday on the state's 8-cent-a-gallon gas tax, and Gov. Palin invited lawmakers to spend more than $1 billion.
The party was on.
May 24, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin cut $268 million from the capital budget on Friday. That's a lot of money, but still less than 10 percent of the entire $3 billion capital budget.
For the most part, the cuts make sense. . . The governor's cuts weren't perfect, but by and large she was right to stick with her criteria and cut accordingly.
July 16, 2007
Gov. Sarah Palin struck a modest blow for fiscal restraint with her $231 million of vetoes to this year's near-record capital budget.
The governor didn't show the same discipline with the operating budget, though. She let that $6.6 billion of spending slide through unscathed, even though months earlier she said she'd seek $150 million in budget cuts.
Nov. 18, 2007
It took almost all of a 30-day special session, but the Alaska Legislature passed a financially responsible fix to Alaska's corruption-tainted oil tax.
The final measure went beyond Governor Palin's proposal, with tighter deductions, stricter enforcement provisions and a steeper windfall profits surcharge. . . .
To pass any reform, Republican Gov. Sarah Palin needed cross-party support from Democrats. To the Democrats' credit, they backed away from plans to return to a tax on gross oil production instead of profits. To the governor's credit, she was flexible enough to accept significant enhancements in her initial proposal.
May 18, 2007
Gov. Sarah Palin got elected pledging to change the way business was being done in Juneau. Her commitment to open, transparent government is a stark contrast to the prevailing ethic in the Alaska Legislature.
June 6, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin won office with the promise of running an open and transparent government. But when it comes to the state's work on the polar bear conservation controversy, her administration is closed and opaque….
She should intervene and let Alaskans hear or see what state scientists had to say (about the global warming threat to polar bears)-- before the politicians got involved.
June 15, 2008
The Palin administration has good reason to push for an independently-owned gas pipeline from the North Slope.
June 8, 2008
The $500 million (that Gov. Palin needs to finance her proposed natural gas pipeline deal) buys Alaska a way to break that hammerlock on our gas. It buys Alaska an experienced, multibillion-dollar partner that can help get our gas produced sooner, on terms that protect Alaska's interests.
May 29, 2008
Gov. Palin's gas line team did an impressive amount of homework before recommending a state gas pipeline license for TransCanada Alaska.
July 22, 2008
it's clear the governor should have supervised her family more closely and made sure they, or any members of her administration, did not use official channels to press the family's complaints.
The big question is whether (public safety commissioner) Monegan was sacked for not doing the Palins' bidding and firing Trooper Wooten. If so, that would be an abuse of office. . . .
An impartial investigator will have a lot more credibility than politically charged legislative hearings.
Let an investigator sort it out.
Aug. 21, 2008
Gov. Palin's ethically compromised aide Frank Bailey gets to stay on the state payroll, despite doing dirty work on the governor's behalf (in the trooper scandal), but she gives the hook to the ethically upright public safety commissioner who refused to do Bailey's bidding.
What kind of message does that send to Alaskans?
July 24, 2008
If it comes to the point that you have to say, "I am not a sex harasser," then you have no business being the state's top cop. The facts unfolding about new Public Safety Commissioner Chuck Kopp confirm that he is not the person for the job. . . .
Gov. Sarah Palin should withdraw the appointment and take time to carefully vet possible replacements before choosing a new commissioner. If she doesn't, the Legislature should reject his appointment.
Kopp was quickly appointed the day after the governor fired Walt Monegan -- and the firing is proving to be a political disaster for Palin in its own right, regardless of who might replace him. For no apparent reason, she sacked a popular career cop with a reputation as a straight shooter.
May 18, 2007
From beginning to end, the first session of the 25th Alaska Legislature was a personal triumph for Gov. Sarah Palin.Legislators, after initial reluctance, approved her Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) with only occasional whimpered doubts. …
Ethics reform, sneered at by a few lawmakers and many lobbyists, is now a reality. Gov. Palin's fingerprints are all over the bill and to the public she is the face of ethics reform. . . .
Alaska's rookie governor had a heckuva first legislative session.
Dec. 30, 2006
Despite her personal views to the contrary, she announced she would accept the state Supreme Court order that the state must provide benefits to same-sex partners….
It's unfortunate that the Legislature and Gov. Palin support a million-dollar special advisory election in April to stir up public opinion on prohibiting benefits for same-sex partners of public employees. Less than one-half of one percent of state employees have applied for the benefits, and it certainly seems that Alaska has more important issues to debate than this.
May 28, 2008
Alaska's political leaders generally condemned the listing of the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.Gov. Sarah Palin joined the deniers and plans to launch a legal counteroffensive. The state will file suit against the listing decision, she says, because the science is "uncertain," "unproven" and "arbitrary." …
All this oppositional energy and effort is sadly misplaced. Instead of fighting the listing, Alaska's political leaders should be fighting to reduce the threat of global warming.
Posted by: Shrubhater | September 2, 2008 6:39 PM | Report abuse
A public official attempting to benefit the general public (her constituancy) with better schools, pipelines, better roads, etc, takes the attitude that she would covet their prayers as she attemmpts this, and this is a BAD THING?
Posted by: Tim | September 2, 2008 6:39 PM | Report abuse
This woman is dangerous. I do not want a person being president whose first reaction may be to pull the trigger. If she thinks she knows the will of God and plans on doing the will of God, as only she must think she knows, I especially do not want he as president. Her stated beliefs are delusional. Delusional and dangerous. I am appalled at McCain.
Posted by: Jim | September 2, 2008 6:36 PM | Report abuse
I thought that Anderson Cooper was gay?
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 6:13 PM
In the words of the Great Cheney.....SO!
Posted by: :-) | September 2, 2008 6:16 PM | Report abuse
I thought that Anderson Cooper was gay?
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 6:13 PM | Report abuse
Anderson Cooper:
"Now we go to God for comment"
God: "Hi Anderson...Well what can I say..Sarah's got it totally right. You know I have been for the pipeline for a long time now. Back in Judea I had declared to 'Drill here and drill now!'..If people heeded my suggestion we would not be in the energy crisis that exists today."
Anderson Cooper: "Yes.. but what do you think about Sarah Palin? Do you think she has been vetted enough? Do you have any insight into her past."
God: "Now Anderson..You know that is privileged conversation...But I can tell you she has a tattoo on her lower back that says 'This Butt's for you!'"
Posted by: :-) | September 2, 2008 6:08 PM | Report abuse
MikeS, you got the wrong Martin Luther King as being a Republican. Try Senior, not Junior.
Junior was non-political publicly.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 6:03 PM | Report abuse
Let's see, the GOP Fundamentalists believe that we're fighing God's war Iraq (and Iran?) and the Islamic Jihaddists also believe that they are fighting God's war there.
Can God make a war so big that He couldn't win?
Maybe the Fundamentalists are right about Armageddon.
Posted by: Never Again! | September 2, 2008 5:54 PM | Report abuse
Time for the Draft again.
Let's start with the card-carrying Fundamentalists.
If it's God's War that they want, let them fight it.
And the gas pipeline is God's will. Whew!
How kookie is this broad?
Posted by: Never Again? | September 2, 2008 5:50 PM | Report abuse
Fitness for office is not a concern for Republicans. They support Bush who is among the notable few least competent to serve. McCain has a chance to choose someone decent and like Richard Nixon he chose his "Spiro Agnew"
Prayers for Bristol Palin should be made, but for her special needs child, Trig, it will require more than prayers, it will require a parent that will attend to the needs of that child. Neither her husband nor her are willing to make the sacrifice so they are unfit parents. What the parents need is spiritual guidance for they have lost their way in her quest for political power.
McCain has shown that he does not have the courage of his convictions. What right does he have to ask for our vote.
Posted by: Ronnn | September 2, 2008 5:49 PM | Report abuse
So she's saying God is specifically intervening to get a natural gas pipe-line built? And all the good pork that comes with it. Believe in god- he brings energy and supports the big natural resource companies who we love in Alaska. God and the oil companies - the two guiding lights of Sarah Palin.
Posted by: bluemeanies | September 2, 2008 5:41 PM | Report abuse
Oh. Our. God.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 5:39 PM | Report abuse
This woman's church is a terrorist organization! She belongs to a terrorist group! Be afraid America! Be Afraid! Her church and her religious beliefs are those of a terrorist organization!
How dare they ask us to let this woman with a bunch of "gun totting rednecks" even think about running this wonderful country! She is a terrorist! America is now in orange security mode....Terrorist alert
Posted by: Lucy | September 2, 2008 5:26 PM | Report abuse
You people are clueless. How can you find anything like that objectionable. She simply said to pray to make sure, in essence, that we are doing the right thing.
Huh? I'm more concerned about Obama's former pastor and the utopian socialist liberation theology that robs every individual of their basic dignity.
Thanks for revealing your foolishness for all to see.
Posted by: Albacheeser | September 2, 2008 5:21 PM | Report abuse
JakeD, True enough! The two greatest civil rights figures in U.S. history were Republicans - Lincoln and Martin Luther King.
At least Palin doesn't just pay lip service to her faith, like Joe Biden's untenable pro-choice Catholicism stance. And the early leaders of our country were people of strong faith - I believe we survived quite well.
Posted by: MikeS | September 2, 2008 5:12 PM | Report abuse
What Is With These People??
If they took more than a nanosecond to consider the basis for any Christian faith they have to believe that man is possessed a free will. Their vision of a puppet-master right-wing Jesus is so far from anything in Scripture that you have to wonder about the size of their brains.
Posted by: Cheryl R | September 2, 2008 5:05 PM | Report abuse
If I were a sleazy Republican prostitute of Big Oil, putting money and my own personal interests before God and the well being of my community....I'd go to Church EVERY Sunday...sit in the FRONT ROW...sing the LOUDEST and use the word "Jesus" in every other sentence.
Posted by: Huh? | September 2, 2008 5:02 PM | Report abuse
And this woman would control our nukes if Grandpa McBush couldn't live through his first term?!?!
Can you imagine her firing off a few at Moscow because it was a "task from God"?
Posted by: Paige Palmer | September 2, 2008 4:57 PM | Report abuse
Karen Willrett:
Have you heard of this President named Abraham Lincoln and a little thing called the Civil War?
"It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. 'Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether'.
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
Posted by: JakeD | September 2, 2008 4:54 PM | Report abuse
Prayers are not what is needed. Good old parental responsibility is.
Bistol's predicament should not be in the public spotlight. The behavior of her mother who has a special needs child who is willing to take on the responsibility of the vice president is open to question. Had her husband shown a willingness to stop his job to take on the responsibility of child rearing that Sarah did not, a different conclusion could be reached. This nomination was not properly thought out by either McCain or Palin and McCain's ad hoc approach is reminiscent of Bush and Hurricane Katrina. The Republicans are so enmeshed in there political situation that the practicalities of vetting and child rearing has been totally neglected.
John McCain is unable to make a deliberative decision, he does things by hit or miss. If that is not a third Bush term, I do not know what is.
Posted by: RG | September 2, 2008 4:54 PM | Report abuse
I think the GOP's vision of Jesus has morphed into a Gordon Gecko kind of thing....greed is good...you can never have enough...if you're poor, you probably deserve it....
I guess you can serve God and Mammon....at least by the looks of all their religious "leaders" you can....
Posted by: Earl | September 2, 2008 4:51 PM | Report abuse
Palin wanted to ban books while mayor of Wasilla.
Posted by: Muslim fundamentalists have nothing on these people. | September 2, 2008 4:48 PM | Report abuse
Palin announces national Kool-Aid plan!...with the magic GOP Kool-aid, to be made available to all, there will be no need for education, colleges, science, liberals, democrats, muslims, poor people, social security, health care, etc.
Everyone will be magically transported to a place where we are ALL HAPPY, making big piles of cash and driving around with JESUS in his shiny, new Hummer....have you seen it since he had the steer horns put on the front hood? It's bad...
Posted by: Bush + Cheney = McCain | September 2, 2008 4:46 PM | Report abuse
Support the Taliban. Vote McCain/Palin 2008. Because western secularism is an affront to Allah and must be turned back.
Posted by: GOP | September 2, 2008 4:46 PM | Report abuse
Goofy Bobby Jindal got his start as an amateur exorcist.
These Wingnut people feel the federal government should take on demons somehow. Would that be the job of the Army or the FBI? Or would they start a new Inquisition, and torture confessions out of people like in Salem Mass? Because that is surely the direction these guys are heading.
Posted by: astral99 | September 2, 2008 4:42 PM | Report abuse
Well, it's right in line with the president who started the war in Iraq. Bush told the Palestinian foreign minister that he heard a voice of God telling him to start a war.
When will we stop putting unmedicated schizophrenics up for the highest office in the land?
Posted by: Mark | September 2, 2008 4:41 PM | Report abuse
This is fanatical. There is a very good reason why we have a separation of Church and State, because people like Palin and George W. Bush believe they are on a mission from God.
This should be a game-ender.
Posted by: Karen Willrett | September 2, 2008 4:38 PM | Report abuse
This lady is very scary.
Poor america!
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 4:31 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: Jesus | September 2, 2008 4:25 PM | Report abuse
The situation this is most analogous to is the nomination of Harriet Miers and that candidate withdrew. In this case it is only decent human beings who want a responsible presidential nominee who are offended, the radical fringe of the Republican Party do not care whether she is properly vetted or not as long as she meets their litmus test on abortion. Whether Mrs Palin is a fit mother is at least open to question and that does fit in with the appropriateness of this nomination.
Mrs Palin should withdraw and if she persists in running John McCain should be defeated at the polls for being unable to carry out his responsibilities competently
Posted by: Ronnn | September 2, 2008 4:24 PM | Report abuse
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