The Palin Phenomenon?

From an article at Conservatives 4 Palin:

Sarah Palin is keeping a tight lid on her political ambitions for 2012, but her influence on other would-be politicians can by seen by the growing number of women she has inspired to seek public office.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's conservative philosophies and her folksy, hockey-mom approach to politics have galvanized other mothers to launch political campaigns -- at all levels of government -- aimed at reducing big-government spending.

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Patricia Sullivan, a mother of four who is running in the Republican primary to take on Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida's 8th Congressional District, says Palin's authenticity and rejection of Washington elitism inspired her to launch her own political run.

"She is real America," Sullivan said in an interview Wednesday with FoxNews.com. "She's brought more recognition to the fact that moms can do it all."

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Lisbeth "Liz" Carter of Atlanta is planning a run for the Republican nomination to battle Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson in Georgia's 4th Congressional District. She said Palin possesses a quality that many career politicians lack: common sense.

"Her views are simple and basic," said Carter, a 40-year-old mother and CEO of a small consulting group that assists private companies in executive recruitment. "She's a leader who inspired people to step up and say we've had enough.

Who would have imagined that the woman the main stream media dismissed as a quack and a nobody could have such a profound affect on politics?

She is what so many politicians aren't these days - real, with an understanding of American life and the problems we face that resonants with us.

Washington and the insiders who treat the average American with that 'fly-over country' disdain had better start to understand where she comes from.

It's where we come from.

What don't they get?

The White House is considering a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation's swelling deficit, as it seeks to show resolve on a problem that threatens its broader agenda.

How do you deal with a growing deficit?

YOU STOP SPENDING MONEY

The trillion dollar health care disaster comes to mind.

Or, how about the trillion dollar cap and tax bill waiting in the wings?

It's not that hard, is it?

Time for a laugh?

This is probably the funniest thing I've seen in a long time:



I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving (those who are celebrating it, that is)!

The Left and Governor Palin

I found an interesting article written by a former liberal about the liberal savaging of Governor Palin. Here's just a snippet:

The Left has declared war on Palin because she threatens their existence. Liberals need women dependent and scared so that women, like blacks, will vote Democrat.

A strong, self-sufficient woman, Palin eschews liberal protection. Drop her off in the Alaskan bush and she'll survive just fine, thank you very much. Palin doesn't need or want anything from liberals -- not hate crimes legislation that coddles her, and not abortion, which she abhors.

Palin is a woman of deep and abiding faith. She takes no marching orders from messiah-like wannabes like Obama.

And so the Left must try to destroy her

You can (and should) read the rest at American Thinker: The Wilding of Sarah Palin

So... what about those emails?

You know the ones I mentioned here.

The ones having to do with the global warming conspiracy?

The ones the so-called 'main stream media' sources are ignoring?

What do they show:

"Astonishingly, what appears, at least at first blush, to have emerged is that (a) the scientists have been manipulating the raw temperature figures to show a relentlessly rising global warming trend; (b) they have consistently refused outsiders access to the raw data; (c) the scientists have been trying to avoid freedom of information requests; and (d) they have been discussing ways to prevent papers by dissenting scientists being published in learned journals.

Yup. No conspiracy there.

Out where the buses don't run...

If you can't stomach the video, I'll highlight what she said:

I mean, George Bush walked out the door with all the money...Like not even half of what the lesser thieves stole. That's what he left for the American people to like make their way on

Good grief.

Words escape me.

Unprecedented... arrogance?

Is everything The One does 'unprecedented'?

Apparently.

Consider this:

The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.”

Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced: “We begin this year and this administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action."

What has followed is declaration after declaration of “unprecedented” milestones. Some of them are legitimate firsts, like the president’s online town hall at the White House in May.

But others the president wins merely on a technicality, and several clearly already have precedents.

Go read the article.

If you have the stomach for this sort of arrogance.

It is, after all, unprecedented.

The real unemployment numbers...

Think 10.2% is bad? Consider this:

As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.

According to the government's broadest measure of unemployment, some 17.5 percent are either without a job entirely or underemployed. The so-called U-6 number is at the highest rate since becoming an official labor statistic in 1994.

The number dwarfs the statistic most people pay attention to—the U-3 rate—which most recently showed unemployment at 10.2 percent for October, the highest it has been since June 1983.

The difference is that what is traditionally referred to as the "unemployment rate" only measures those out of work who are still looking for jobs. Discouraged workers who have quit trying to find a job, as well as those working part-time but looking for full-time work or who are otherwise underemployed, count in the U-6 rate.

Of course, according to the liberal mantra...

It's all George Bush's fault.

What a wonderful idea!

Let's give these murdering cowards a world stage to spout their hatred and their garbage!

Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views

by KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but "would explain what happened and why they did it."

The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this month that Ali and four other men accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. will face a civilian federal trial just blocks from the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi, is a nephew of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain "their assessment of American foreign policy," Fenstermaker said.

"Their assessment is negative," he said.

And let's let them do it in New York City, the very place where they killed almost 3,000 innocent people! Even better, let's stage the dog-and-pony show just blocks away from Ground Zero!

Yeah.

Brilliant idea, isn't it?

So... how's the book doing?

Pretty darn good, according to HarperCollins:

"Going Rogue" is going big.

(AP) Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin's memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book. In 2004, Bill Clinton's "My Life" debuted with sales of 400,000 copies. The year before, Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Living History" started at 200,000.

"Going Rogue" was released this week and its print run already has been increased from 1.5 million copies to 2.5 million, HarperCollins announced Friday. Palin, the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate, is in the midst of a nationwide promotional tour

Are You Watching?

This one is for fun:

Global warming... or global conspiracy?

Interesting things are happening when it comes to global warming or climate change or whatever it's being called right now.

A possible conspiracy seems to have been uncovered in emails between the high-ranking alarmists for the whole global warming cadre.

Go and read.

Difficult Times

The war has crept a little closer for my small town. On the heels of the loss of two young men from this area in combat comes today.

The 1437th Multirole Bridge Company has been deployed. They left today, with people lining the streets to say good bye.

This time it is a platoon, not the entire unit.

In 2004 it was the entire company. One of their tasks was to construct a float bridge over the Tigris River and their numbers included several college students. One of those students worked for my department.

The ties keep tightening, bringing the war even closer to home. I'm going to be praying a great deal for the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters who left today. I do so every night but now I'm praying for my neighbors and friends.

Please, Lord, keep them safe. Keep all of them safe.

On a connected note. The following video is a brilliant idea. Think of it the next time you see someone in uniform. It's the least they deserve.

Truth in emails?

I got the following in an email. I don't pretend to know if the penalties are accurate but the point certainly needs to be made.

Let me see if I understand all this....

If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years at hard labor.

If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you are detained indefinitely.

If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get shot.

If you cross the Turkish border illegally, you spend the rest of your life in prison!

But, if you cross the U.S. border illegally, you get:
a Driver's License
a Social Security card
Welfare
Food Stamps
Housing
and, FREE HEALTH CARE?

That makes perfect sense.