hwt 0 #1 June 28, 2010 Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! READ TO THE VERY END! VERY ENLIGHTENING!!! AND VERY DISTURBING!!! A pretty good read. By Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman. As posted in comments on Greta's article referencing the MOVEON ad about Sarah Palin. The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. It's not about persona, style, rhetoric--it's about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here. 1. Democrats forget when Palin was the "Darling of the Democrats," because as soon as Palin took the Governor's office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican's "Corrupt Bastards Club" (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in state housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing, "la la la la" (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. 2. Now, with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge oil companies here. So she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called "ACES." Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them, "don't let the door hit you in the stern on your way out." They stayed and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course, the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar. 3. The other thing she did when she walked into the governor's office is she got the list of state requests for federal funding for projects, known as "pork." She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the "when-hell-freezes-over" stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we'll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor's jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor's cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the state vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her state provided security force (never mentioning - I imagine - that she's packing heat herself). I'm still waiting to hear the names of those other governors. 4. Now, even with her much-ridiculed "gosh and golly" mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn't impress you, then you're trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand. 5. For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't start drilling. In truth, they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. Then, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again. 6. President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona. Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that's just a cover-up. I'm still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two-and-a-half-years. I won't be holding my breath. By the way, she was content to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn't let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda' known better. You have just read the truth about Sarah Palin that sends the media, along with the Democrat party, into a wild, uncontrolled frenzy to discredit her. I guess they are only interested in skirt chasers, dishonesty, immoral people, liars, womanizers, murderers, and bitter ex-presidents' wives. So "You go, Girl." I only wish the men in Washington had your guts, determination, honesty, and morals. I rest my case. Only FOOLS listen to the biased media. If you've read this far ............................................... First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants 1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff) 2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady) 3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary) 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady) 5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 6. $ 90,000 - Medina, David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 7. $ 84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady) 8. $ 75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady) 9. $ 70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady) 10. $ 65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) 11. $ 64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) 12. $ 62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady) 13. $ 60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady) 14. $ 57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady) 15. $ 52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady) 16. $ 50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady) 17. $ 45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady) 18. $ 43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office) 19. $ 40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 20. $ 36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary) 21. $ 35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant) 22. $ 35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)all those red numbers are taxpayers dollars, ie taxes (This is community organizing at it's finest.) There has NEVER BEEN anyone in the White House at anytime who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had three; Jackie Kennedy, one; Laura Bush, one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower, social help came from the President's own pocket. NOTE: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe. FRIENDS.....THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE????? AND WE ARE IN A RECESSION????? WELL....MOST OF US ARE. I GUESS IT'S OK TO SPEND WILDLY WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR OWN MONEY????? Copyright 2009 Canada FreePress.Com Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press has to publish this because the USA media is too scared they might be considered racist. Sorry, USA ! 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Lucky... 0 #2 June 28, 2010 QuoteWhether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #3 June 28, 2010 I get about 1.6 million adding up those salaries. Arithmetic - not everybody's friend." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #4 June 28, 2010 QuoteI get about 1.6 million adding up those salaries. Arithmetic - not everybody's friend. OP total was for four years in office. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hwt 0 #5 June 28, 2010 QuoteI get about 1.6 million adding up those salaries. Arithmetic - not everybody's friend. __________________________________________ .THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE????? Reading- not everyone's friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #6 June 28, 2010 Laura Bush only had one staffer? Really? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #7 June 28, 2010 QuoteQuoteWhether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. I would say that self imposed ignorance can have a strong showing in posts like this one"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyfitz 0 #8 June 28, 2010 Quote Quote Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. Way to debate the words in the post and not make some emotionally charged nonsensical reply......Oh wait, I think I got that backwards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #9 June 28, 2010 QuoteLaura Bush only had one staffer? Really? edit: I stand corrected.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanG 1 #10 June 28, 2010 Sigh. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #11 June 28, 2010 Here is the list of the 2008 White House staff. I count about 14 on that list directly associated with the First lady Laura Bush: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/graphics/2008stafflistsalary_title.html Miller, Kasdin E $43,000 Assistant Press Secretary to the First Lady McBride, Anita B $172,200 Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Miller, Sonja Maria $88,500 Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady King, Kristin N $52,200 Deputy Director of Advance for the First Lady Segura, Millicent $47,000 Deputy Director of Correspondence for the First Lady Mende, Kirstin M $53,000 Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady Etter, Marisa Leigh $52,200 Deputy Director of Scheduling for the First Lady Adams, Julie E $57,500 Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady Marshall, Misty C $62,400 Director of Correspondence for the First Lady Ballard, Deanna M $78,400 Director of Scheduling for the First Lady O'Connor, Erin M $41,800 Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff to the First Lady Knutson, Lindsey L $62,700 Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady Armstrong, Sara W $102,000 Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady McArthur, Nikki L $63,000 Speech Writer for the First Lady I'm coming up with about $975,900 a year on just these 14 people. Add in the other positions like the staff assistants that are not labeled on the WP article... Bolten, Joshua B $172,200 Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff Zantzinger, Amy S $113,000 Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary Thornton, Dorothy M $52,200 Deputy Social Secretary Coghlan, John V $41,800 Staff Assistant Merrill, Jessica O $41,800 Staff Assistant And I am sitting at 1.4 million a year.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #12 June 28, 2010 You obviously didn't get the memo about posting anything positive about Palin. It gets the lefties all worked up.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #13 June 28, 2010 >For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place >called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they >couldn't start drilling. In truth, they were holding it like an investment. No >governor for 30 years could make them get started. Then, she told them >she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and >threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew >the way to the court house. Alaska won again. Let's rewrite this about Obama. ============= For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do maintain a wellhead at a place called Point Thompson. They started an exploratory well and then gave up. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't finish the drilling. In truth, they were holding it like an investment, while hundreds of gallons a day leaked into the water. No president for 30 years could make them get started. Then, Obama told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. He shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the Supreme Court. The US won again. =========== Now, think about how that makes the rage rise within you. Feel your blood pressure rise as you consider Obama using the courts to attack Exxon to get a well shut down. Think about how badly you want to start pounding the keys and blaming liberals, Obama, his wife, their kids, Pelosi and Reed for our energy problems. See how easy that is? Just post something false, get everyone worked up, and stand back and watch the fireworks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #14 June 28, 2010 Quote Quote I get about 1.6 million adding up those salaries. Arithmetic - not everybody's friend. OP total was for four years in office. Yeah - reading comprehension isn't everybody's friend either.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #15 June 28, 2010 Sarah Palin for President, 2012!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #16 June 28, 2010 Quote Quote Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. Prove it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #17 June 28, 2010 QuoteYou obviously didn't get the memo about posting anything positive about Palin. It gets the lefties all worked up. Well, when the posting is riddled with obvious lies, Snope's stories, and likely exaggerations (let's see how much money the feds sent to Alaska versus how much the state sent to DC), you can expect some sort of response. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #18 June 28, 2010 Quote Quote You obviously didn't get the memo about posting anything positive about Palin. It gets the lefties all worked up. Well, when the posting is riddled with obvious lies, Snope's stories, and likely exaggerations (let's see how much money the feds sent to Alaska versus how much the state sent to DC), you can expect some sort of response. Never said any of it was correct Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #19 June 28, 2010 QuoteSarah Palin for President, 2012!!!! that's sig material right there!-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #20 June 28, 2010 Quote Quote Sarah Palin for President, 2012!!!! that's sig material right there! You betcha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #21 June 28, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteWhether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. I would say that self imposed ignorance can have a strong showing in posts like this one Yes, I agree, your posts come off that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #22 June 29, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. Prove it! Prove what? Hiutler and Pol Pot had guts? Or that guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless? It's not really a prove it situation, I think we know killing millions is a gutsy thing that laed to Hitler's forced suicide and Pol Pot kinda skated. Point is, it's not passive, it's ballsy, so to say guts and guts alone is an admirable attribute is ridiculous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #23 June 29, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! Hitler, Pol Pot and the rest had guts, you've made no valid point; guts w/o compassion and intelligence is meaningless. Way to debate the words in the post and not make some emotionally charged nonsensical reply......Oh wait, I think I got that backwards. No, I'm actually responding to the few words of his in his post, I usually don't read 10-word posts with 300-word cut-n-pastes. So he wrote: Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, you've got to admit she's got more guts than most of the male and/or female politicians in state or federal offices!!! I referring to the assertion about guts, this is not an emotional response, it's a response to the guts reference. Reading is fundamental. In here, a person should make his or her own assertion and use external data to support that point. From teh right we usually see 1 sentence and then some huge cut-n-paste. I don't care to comment on most of these long cut-n-pastes, just the poster's take on this. So the words I was responding to WERE THE WORDS IN HIS POST, APPARENTLY YOU DIDN'T READ THE OP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #24 June 29, 2010 QuoteYou obviously didn't get the memo about posting anything positive about Palin. It gets the lefties all worked up. It's just inherently BS, esp when a person claims that: - She has guts And fails to show anything but aimless guts coupled with noting like intelliegence, compassion for other than the rich, etc. Basically she is a big-mouthed fool. She was a journalism major, took her years too long to get it between beauty pageants and then can't name 1 media publication or SCOTUS decision. Now you're irked because we won't just accept she's a gutsy young filly; get real. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #25 June 29, 2010 Quote Quote Quote You obviously didn't get the memo about posting anything positive about Palin. It gets the lefties all worked up. Well, when the posting is riddled with obvious lies, Snope's stories, and likely exaggerations (let's see how much money the feds sent to Alaska versus how much the state sent to DC), you can expect some sort of response. Never said any of it was correct Right, you wrote Palin has guts. I responded by saying so did Hitler and PolPot, for which you have not responded. Nice backing out; keep going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
