dreamdancer 0 #1 January 31, 2011 if she had a brain she'd be dangerous... QuotePalin's 'WTF' moment: You know what we need is 'a spudnut moment.' And here's where I'm going with this, Greta.... Well, the spudnut shop in Richland, Washington -- it's a bakery, it's a little coffee shop that's so successful, 60-some years, generation to generation, a family-owned business not looking for government to bail them out and to make their decisions for them. It's just hard-working, patriotic Americans in this shop. "We need more spudnut moments in America. And I wish that President Obama would understand, in that heartland of America, what it is that really results in the solutions that we need to get this economy back on the right track. It's a shop like that. And here comes reality to mug the Alaska Quitbull, courtesy of one of Digby's readers: Palin's quirky invocation of the "Spudnut Shop" here in Richland Washington as an example of American "can-doism" is far more ironic than you and most of your readers likely realize. The fact is, the town of Richland was literally built by the federal government as a part of the Manhattan Project. All of the houses that surround the Spudnut shop were built by the Army. To this day, the only employer in Richland of any consequence is the Department of Energy and the contractors that work on DoE contracts at the Hanford site, just north of Richland. As a result, virtually all of the Spudnut shop's customers are paid by tax dollars. Those that aren't are retirees, drawing government pensions and social security. Were it not for government spending, the Spudnut shop would be bankrupt in a week. http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/454322/note_to_sarah_palin%3A_your_miraculous_free-market_donuts_wouldn%27t_exist_without_public_dollars/#paragraph3stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #2 January 31, 2011 I sure hope Sarah Palin wins the GOP nomination for president.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #3 January 31, 2011 as much free publicity as that would be for the Libertarian party, I think it's not likely. I think Romney has a better chance.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #4 January 31, 2011 >I think Romney has a better chance. I think the whole "RomneyCare" thing may doom his chances if the GOP retains the "NO SOCIALIST HEALTHCARE!" plank. OTOH, if they moderate their stand on that, they may both get a better candidate and attract some of the centrist GOPers back into the fold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belgian_Draft 0 #5 January 31, 2011 You do realize the donut shop is NOT directly federally funded, right? And that it was started and built with private moneys, right? And that the success of the donut shop depends not on who the patrons work for, only that it has patrons? BTW, what are your views on the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01? Your postings read a lot like someody who hasn't been seen on SC in a while. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #6 January 31, 2011 and who might that be? (i've lost count now of the number of times the usual suspects think i'm someone else - paranoid or wot)stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #7 January 31, 2011 The "dollars to donuts" issue will no doubt become one of the central issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. My money is on the jelly variety. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #8 January 31, 2011 QuoteThe "dollars to donuts" issue will no doubt become one of the central issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. My money is on the jelly variety. never trust anyone who puts anything inside a donut.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #9 January 31, 2011 QuoteThe "dollars to donuts" issue will no doubt become one of the central issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. My money is on the jelly variety. Though the jelly variety will get a big jump in February with the paczki, custard varieties like the eclair will surely prevail - and the cinnamon roll, a close second.Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #10 January 31, 2011 So what you are saying, in essence, is that the US Government should be charged with manslaughter, at the very least, for everyone that dies in traffic accidents since federal tax dollars built so many of the roads. No more of a stretch than your post and I didn't have to have someone else think it for me.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #11 January 31, 2011 This is the line for shoes. The line for bread starts over there.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belgian_Draft 0 #12 January 31, 2011 Quote and who might that be? (i've lost count now of the number of times the usual suspects think i'm someone else - paranoid or wot) I asked you first. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #13 January 31, 2011 >Though the jelly variety will get a big jump in February with the paczki, custard >varieties like the eclair will surely prevail - and the cinnamon roll, a close second. The cinnamon roll is not a donut, and our tax dollars should not go towards supporting non-donuts. They are, in fact, illegal donuts - but no one wants to admit that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #14 February 1, 2011 Quote This is the line for shoes. The line for bread starts over there. well now you know where it is - you better get in the line stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #15 February 1, 2011 QuoteYou do realize the donut shop is NOT directly federally funded, right? And that it was started and built with private moneys, right? And that the success of the donut shop depends not on who the patrons work for, only that it has patrons? Some people do not actually get the concept of a free market..... He is one of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
