As an Alaskan, I was intrigued when I heard about the possibility of Sarah Palin being picked as John McCain's running mate. Then I dismissed it, because of it's utter ridiculousness.
I think this means I was never meant to work in politics.
Here is a link to an Alaskan blog that tells more about Saracuda. I have to say I don't know much about her myself; she's been governor of my state since after I left for college, so I've been pretty out of the loop. An interesting statistic: Sarah Palin has been governor for as long as Barack Obama has been running for President.
I think "wtf" pretty much sums up my thoughts about that one.
If I needed anything to get me more jazzed about the election, this was it. I will work myself to exhaustion this year to keep this woman out of office. Not only because I don't like what she's done to my state, however. I am genuinely terrified about what she would do to this nation as Vice President or President. Running Alaska for two years does IN NO WAY mean she has adequate executive experience to run one of the most powerful (if not the most powerful) nations in the world. Anybody who says otherwise has either never been to Alaska or is smoking something pretty intense.
Which I may need if McCain/Palin actually wins.
Here's some thoughts from my Dad on the choice...
"Saracuda was an interesting choice by McCain but it also shows his desperation and stupidity.
OK, she's a woman....A lifetime NRA member and Pro-Pro-Pro Lifer; So, how will this bring Hillary democratic voters to the Republican ticket? If she's so pro-family, why is she stepping up to do this when she has a 4 month old special needs child at home?
Brought together a bipartisan legislature; you bet. In her first year in office, she vetoed $250 million in projects. However, her pen didn't touch projects for her district. Because of that, the next year the legislature put together a bill of all those things that she vetoed and pretty much told her they had a veto proof majority and that it was going to be passed. Saracuda could only negotiate away projects that were completed by other funds or delay them for a year to be sure they were ready for funding.G
Get on adn.com to read up on trooper gate. Her family seemed to take a lot of liberties trying to get a trooper fired (Sara's sister was divorcing him). Hey, he seems like a turd but that's not how you work through the channels. (Some now refer to the Palinistas as our "Alaska Hillbillies".)
After promising to live in Juneau, she only gave it four months before she moved back to Wasilla. She's allowing Directors of departments to migrate to Anchorage and really turning her back on the capitol city. I doubt she'll get as much support from southeast Alaska if she runs again.
Two years ago she was a mayor for a town of less than 9,000 people. How does this prepare you to be a vice-President? The number of people she represents in the state are probably fewer than what Obama represented when he was in the State House. Despite the concurrence from the State biologist regarding the Federal finding that polar bears are in danger, she says there isn't enough information (Sounds a lot like Bush here.....if I PRAY hard enough, good things will happen....)
Anyway, I'm sure you'll find other good information on the net about her. Have fun the next couple of months. Never get nasty, just stick to the facts. Cornered animals normally lash out as their last line of defense when they're backed into a corner, so be careful.
Yep...McCain's a desperate man....
Love....Dad (Cindi says hi too)"
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Vice President Sarah Palin? @#!$% That!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Georgia Retreats, Pleads for Truce; U.S. Condemns Russian Onslaught
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
OUTSIDE TSKHINVALI, Georgia, Aug. 10 -- The Georgian army, suffering massive casualties in the face of overwhelming Russian firepower, retreated from the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Sunday. Georgian leaders' recent expressions of defiance turned increasingly into pleas for a cease-fire and Western support in the face of a military debacle.
Russia ignored calls for a truce and continued to bomb targets deep in Georgia, with little apparent opposition, drawing new condemnation from the United States and other Western countries. President Bush spoke of his "grave concern about the disproportionate response," and the White House warned of serious setbacks in relations with Russia if the onslaught against a close U.S. ally did not end.
Russian airstrikes Sunday evening hit the international airport and a military factory in the capital, Tbilisi, as well as Georgian-held positions in Abkhazia, another breakaway region on the Black Sea. Russian warships were reported to be blockading a Georgian Black Sea port and to have sunk a Georgian gunboat.
It remained unclear Sunday how far Russian troops intended to advance. Georgian villages just outside South Ossetia were shelled Sunday, clouds of smoke and burning fields visible on the horizon as artillery barrages echoed loudly. Georgians fled the villages, bedding loaded into the backs of their cars. Residents of one village outside South Ossetia, Kekhvi, said advancing Russian troops had entered their homes.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told CNN in an interview that the people of his country "are not crazy" and "have no interest whatsoever in pursuing hostilities."Western reporters entering South Ossetia with Russian troops, meanwhile, saw Georgian soldiers' bodies lying uncollected in the streets of Tskhinvali, the region's capital, and heavy damage to the city. Georgian troops launched an offensive to take control of the breakaway region early Friday. Civilians told the reporters that Georgian tanks had fired indiscriminately during the two-day seizure of the city, killing and wounding many city residents.
Georgia's retreat is translating into popular anger among Georgians against the United States and the European Union, and a widespread sentiment that this small, pro-Western country has been abandoned to face Russia alone. Georgian officials said that the West's credibility is on the line and that failure to stop the continuing attacks could embolden Russia to threaten other countries in the region.
"Russia has applied unprecedented military power . . . and it is of such amplitude that it would have scared much bigger states," Alexander Lomaia, secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, said in an interview. "This war has changed the whole system of values of pro-Western, liberal-minded people. I don't want to be a bad prophet, but why would Russia stop here? There are other countries where Russia thinks it has a claim to territory."
According to Lomaia, at least 7,000 Russian troops, backed by combat aircraft and heavy weaponry, attacked Tskhinvali, bloodying Georgia's forces in and around the city. Georgian officials acknowledged that their troops were routed and quickly retreated early Sunday.
"Very many military servicemen were killed, probably in the hundreds," Lomaia said, speaking of Georgian casualties in Sunday night's offensive. Hundreds of wounded were taken to hospitals in Tbilisi, according to doctors at one hospital.
Two journalists working for the Russian edition of Newsweek were killed near Tskhinvali after approaching the city from the Georgian side.
"There were more and more of them," said one retreating Georgian soldier near Tskhinvali, speaking of the attacking Russians. Another soldier said his unit received orders to retreat about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Villagers in the area said they could hear the rumble of the fleeing Georgian forces through the night.
Read page 2 of the Washington Post's full report!
It remained unclear Sunday how far Russian troops intended to advance. Georgian villages just outside South Ossetia were shelled Sunday, clouds of smoke and burning fields visible on the horizon as artillery barrages echoed loudly. Georgians fled the villages, bedding loaded into the backs of their cars. Residents of one village outside South Ossetia, Kekhvi, said advancing Russian troops had entered their homes.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told CNN in an interview that the people of his country "are not crazy" and "have no interest whatsoever in pursuing hostilities."Western reporters entering South Ossetia with Russian troops, meanwhile, saw Georgian soldiers' bodies lying uncollected in the streets of Tskhinvali, the region's capital, and heavy damage to the city. Georgian troops launched an offensive to take control of the breakaway region early Friday. Civilians told the reporters that Georgian tanks had fired indiscriminately during the two-day seizure of the city, killing and wounding many city residents.
Georgia's retreat is translating into popular anger among Georgians against the United States and the European Union, and a widespread sentiment that this small, pro-Western country has been abandoned to face Russia alone. Georgian officials said that the West's credibility is on the line and that failure to stop the continuing attacks could embolden Russia to threaten other countries in the region.
"Russia has applied unprecedented military power . . . and it is of such amplitude that it would have scared much bigger states," Alexander Lomaia, secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, said in an interview. "This war has changed the whole system of values of pro-Western, liberal-minded people. I don't want to be a bad prophet, but why would Russia stop here? There are other countries where Russia thinks it has a claim to territory."
According to Lomaia, at least 7,000 Russian troops, backed by combat aircraft and heavy weaponry, attacked Tskhinvali, bloodying Georgia's forces in and around the city. Georgian officials acknowledged that their troops were routed and quickly retreated early Sunday.
"Very many military servicemen were killed, probably in the hundreds," Lomaia said, speaking of Georgian casualties in Sunday night's offensive. Hundreds of wounded were taken to hospitals in Tbilisi, according to doctors at one hospital.
Two journalists working for the Russian edition of Newsweek were killed near Tskhinvali after approaching the city from the Georgian side.
"There were more and more of them," said one retreating Georgian soldier near Tskhinvali, speaking of the attacking Russians. Another soldier said his unit received orders to retreat about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Villagers in the area said they could hear the rumble of the fleeing Georgian forces through the night.
Read page 2 of the Washington Post's full report!
US Flying Georgian Troops Home from Iraq to Fight Russia!!
Don't get it? Read on...
BAGHDAD (AP)
— A senior U.S. military official says the Americans have begun flying Georgian troops home from Iraq after they requested help with transportation.
Georgia has called its 2,000 troops home from Iraq to help in the fighting against Russia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia and asked the U.S. military to help transport them.
The official says that the U.S. military has agreed to their request and "some flights have already begun."
The official spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because he was releasing the information ahead of a formal announcement.
The official says that the U.S. military has agreed to their request and "some flights have already begun."
The official spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because he was releasing the information ahead of a formal announcement.
Don't you think this a pretty aggressive move from Bush towards RUSSIA! WTF?
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