Sunday, August 3, 2014
Sarah Palin answers questions. Always good for a laugh.
And I am not alone in that decision.
This has apparently frustrated the spotlight addict, and she has made some of her videos public in the hopes that somebody will pay some damn attention to her.
She put up one yesterday suggesting that she would answer questions, so I thought "Okay let's see if knowing that most of the viewers will only be her sycophants, will convince her to say anything interesting?"
The short answer is no, it didn't.
She essentially rehashes the same crap she has been dishing out for years.
When asked if she is going to run for President, she again says that she is not "closing any doors" but does "not know what the future holds." Which of course is bullshit since we all know, and have known for years, that she has no intention of running for President, or ANY political office.
She also answers questions about her feelings toward the President, which nobody has to pay $9.95 to find out that's for sure, and her feelings about the legality of his administration, and of course impeachment. Which she is still pimping despite being virtually abandoned by everybody, including Fox News at this point.
There were a few responses that I thought deserved attention.
On one she is asked if she belongs to any Down Syndrome support groups.
Palin adopts that ridiculous syrupy voice of hers while admitting that no, she does not belong to any of these groups. Which considering the difficulty of raising a child with this challenge, would seem to be counter intuitive, except when you consider that Palin really does not care enough to seek any real support or input on his care.
The other question that I found interesting was "Before you support a candidate for office do you make sure he has the qualifications to run our country?"
(I swear that one almost made me do a spit take.)
Palin answers that she, and her SarahPAC team, thoroughly vet the candidates and that she takes the responsibility seriously. She also claims to be proud of the job that they have done so far.
Seriously? Considering her win/loss record you would think she would be somewhat less than thrilled with the electability of her endorsees.
So what I learned by entering the mouth of darkness, which is the Sarah Palin Channel/blog, is that Palin is continuing to dodge hard questions, and outright lie to our faces, only now it will cost you $9.95 a month to have your intelligence insulted.
Yeah, I wonder how many masochists THAT will attract?
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Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, or Captain Zero as we like to call him, freaks out over unverified news that HHS has sent five undocumented immigrant children to Alaska.
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I have seen some alarming reports that the Obama administration is giving illegal aliens one-way tickets to Alaska. We are making contact with the Department of Homeland Security to get to the bottom of this.
The source Sarah Palin's former lapdog cited was freaking Breitbart news, which as you know has a troubling habit of combining fantasy with reality.
In the article itself it only cites five cases of minors being shipped up to live with host families in Alaska, which if true does not seem terribly worrisome or extreme.
Here is how Breitbart reported what the HHS website lists are the criteria for finding placement:
"ORR cares for the children in shelters around the country until they can be released to a sponsor, typically a parent or relative, who can care for the child while their immigration case is processed," an HHS webpage says. "Ensuring that a potential sponsor can safely and appropriately care for the child is a top priority. A background check is conducted on all potential sponsors, and steps are taken to verify a potential sponsor’s identity and relationship to the child. In some cases where concerns are raised, a home study is done. Before children are released to a sponsor, they receive vaccinations and medical screenings. We do not release any children who have a contagious condition."
Once again I do not feel confident in taking Breitbart's word for the fact that this is even happening, and right now it is the sole source.
However if it is all it means is that the Obama administration is looking for a more humanitarian placement for these children until their cases come to court, which they are forced to do by a 2008 law signed by George W. Bush.
Despite what the ski masked militia on the Texas border might have you believe these immigrants are entitled to due process, and keeping them in cages until they get their day in court is both inhumane and unAmerican.
Regardless of what Sean Parnell might want to believe, Alaska IS part of the United States of America, and if our country has a problem we should be helping to alleviate it like every other state.
If Breitbart is even right, which is debatable.
P.S. By the way you have to know that the ONLY reason this would even be reported is to further damn the Obama administration in the eyes of Alaskans, as a way of damaging Mark Begich's reelection chances.
Other than that I cannot imagine why Alaskans would even give a shit. After all Alaskans have been volunteering as host families to house foreign exchange students and refugees for decades, and nobody cared until now.
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KKK calls for killing undocumented immigrants the minute they cross the border. (Children included.)
One of the KKK’s Imperial Wizards told reporter Robert Ray that the people coming to the border are “criminals” and will “continue breaking the law” when they come into the country, not to mention bringing third world diseases. His conclusion:
“If we can’t turn ‘em back, I think if we pop a couple of ‘em off and leave the corpses laying on the border, maybe they’ll see that we’re serious about stopping immigration.”
There you have it. The KKK endorsing the extra-judicial killing of children.
In the video that accompanies this article after making this horrendous statement the Klan went on to condemn blacks, gays, and Jews, and then claimed they were Christians and not a hate group.
The truly troubling thing is that this mindset is not too far off the way that the militia members currently "helping" the border control are seeing things as well.
In their opinion these people are guilty the minute they set foot in America, and that the death penalty, delivered right on the spot, is the appropriate punishment.
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New documentary on kids and guns in America.
Courtesy of the Mirror:
There’s a clip early on in this film of a young boy opening his Christmas presents. “You’re crazy,” he tells his father as he sees what’s in the box.
“I’m too young to have a gun!” He points it at himself and his little brother to prove his point. “I’m SIX and he’s THREE!”
And already it would seem, he’s way smarter than his dad.
Every year, 3,000 children in the United States are killed or injured in accidental shootings.
And this disturbing film doesn’t even touch on the increasing number of incidents involving mass killings in schools.
Instead, it shows us the TV commercials selling real guns to children and we meet the parents who encourage and even force their children to learn to shoot.
Four-year-old Kaelyn Williams is in tears as the recoil from the rifle her daddy made her shoot has hit her on the chin.
But her dad JD, who lost both legs and one arm when he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan, is trying to make his daughter see that shooting is fun.
He can’t wait until he watches her kill her first wild animal.
“She’s going to learn to shoot whether she likes it or not,” JD states grimly. “Part of the Williams’ life skills: No1. Learn how to shoot.”
This is the kind of hard hitting documentary that the NRA would never allow to be shown in America.
Which is why I am making sure that we see it here. And what it tells us about America's gun culture, and the desire by some parents to make sure that the culture continues, is both shocking and embarrassing to us as a nation.
It is almost 50 minutes long, so if you cannot watch it all in one sitting, then just take your time and watch it in segments. But please make sure to share it with your friends and families.
P.S. Here is more coverage of this documentary from The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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There’s a clip early on in this film of a young boy opening his Christmas presents. “You’re crazy,” he tells his father as he sees what’s in the box.
“I’m too young to have a gun!” He points it at himself and his little brother to prove his point. “I’m SIX and he’s THREE!”
And already it would seem, he’s way smarter than his dad.
Every year, 3,000 children in the United States are killed or injured in accidental shootings.
And this disturbing film doesn’t even touch on the increasing number of incidents involving mass killings in schools.
Instead, it shows us the TV commercials selling real guns to children and we meet the parents who encourage and even force their children to learn to shoot.
Four-year-old Kaelyn Williams is in tears as the recoil from the rifle her daddy made her shoot has hit her on the chin.
But her dad JD, who lost both legs and one arm when he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan, is trying to make his daughter see that shooting is fun.
He can’t wait until he watches her kill her first wild animal.
“She’s going to learn to shoot whether she likes it or not,” JD states grimly. “Part of the Williams’ life skills: No1. Learn how to shoot.”
This is the kind of hard hitting documentary that the NRA would never allow to be shown in America.
Which is why I am making sure that we see it here. And what it tells us about America's gun culture, and the desire by some parents to make sure that the culture continues, is both shocking and embarrassing to us as a nation.
It is almost 50 minutes long, so if you cannot watch it all in one sitting, then just take your time and watch it in segments. But please make sure to share it with your friends and families.
P.S. Here is more coverage of this documentary from The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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Nine former members of the "ex-gay" movement pen letter supporting a ban on conversion therapy.
Nine former leaders of the ‘ex-gay’ movement have published an open letter in support of the #BornPerfect campaign of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), which aims to ban ‘conversation (sic) therapy’ across the US within five years.
The letter was signed by: Brad Allen, Michael Bussee and Yvette Cantu Schneider, formerly of Exodus International; Jeremy Marks, founder of Exodus Europe and Courage UK; Bill Prickett, founder of Coming Back; Tim Rymel and John J. Smid, formerly of Love in Action; Catherine Chapman, formerly of the Portland Fellowship; and Darlene Bogie, founder of Paraklete Ministries.
“Together we represent more than half a century of experience, so few people are more knowledgeable about the ineffectiveness and harm of conversion therapy,” the letter reads in part.
“We know first-hand the terrible emotional and spiritual damage it can cause, especially for LGBT youth. We once believed that there was something morally wrong and psychologically ‘broken’ about being LGBT. We know better now.”
Today the idea that you can "cure" somebody of their sexuality by shaming them and demanding that they repress their desires seems almost like lunacy. But that is how we have treated the LGBT community for thousands of years.
Everybody needs love and acceptance. Especially when they feel different from what is perceived as "normal."
When I first began to realize that my daughter liked girls instead of boys, I made the decision to be supportive no matter what, and to open myself to accepting her as she was, and not how I imagined her to be.
When you love your child, you love them. There should never be conditions on that love.
If a gay child, or any child, has that from their family, then they are already on the road to acceptance and confidence with who they are.
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President Obama receives famous Tim Harris hug.
Courtesy of the KOAT Albuquerque:
Inspirational restaurateur and Special Olympian Tim Harris paid a visit to the White House this week.
Harris, of Tim's Place restaurant, was there Thursday for a Special Olympics event.
President Barack Obama asked for one of Tim's famous hugs. When he embraced the president Tim said, "I love you Obama." In response, the president said, "I love you back."
Later on the president recalled the jovial hug.
"You know, presidents need some encouragement once and a while too. And that felt really good. That was nice. Thank you, Tim," Obama said.
I think the President should get Tim a room at the White House just so he can get a hug from him on the days that he has trouble with the Republicans.
You know, everyday.
By the way I cannot help but think that if the President and Michelle had a Down syndrome kid in their family, that he would receive the best attention and therapy available.
Even IF Obama were not the President.
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Inspirational restaurateur and Special Olympian Tim Harris paid a visit to the White House this week.
Harris, of Tim's Place restaurant, was there Thursday for a Special Olympics event.
President Barack Obama asked for one of Tim's famous hugs. When he embraced the president Tim said, "I love you Obama." In response, the president said, "I love you back."
Later on the president recalled the jovial hug.
"You know, presidents need some encouragement once and a while too. And that felt really good. That was nice. Thank you, Tim," Obama said.
I think the President should get Tim a room at the White House just so he can get a hug from him on the days that he has trouble with the Republicans.
You know, everyday.
By the way I cannot help but think that if the President and Michelle had a Down syndrome kid in their family, that he would receive the best attention and therapy available.
Even IF Obama were not the President.
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Local leaders in Texas are unimpressed with Governor Perry's showboating.
Pharr Mayor Leo “Polo” Palacios: “We don’t need 1,000 National Guard troops. I think we need to send 1,000 teachers.” [Houston Chronicle, 7/24/2014]
Sheriff Clint McDonald, Sheriffs Association of Texas: National guard can’t do anything. They’re not Texas peace officers. They can’t arrest anybody. They can be the support help, last time i had the national guard in my county, they helped the border patrol change oil in their trucks.[KENS, 7/28/2014]
Sheriff Joe Martinez, Val Verde County: We’ve kind of been left out of the picture as sheriff's we are the chief law enforcement officer in the county and we learn about problems in the state from the media. [KENS, 7/28/2014]
Sigifredo Gonzales Jr., Sheriffs Association of Texas: “That money should go to local sheriff's departments, local police departments, local people along the border, local law enforcement along the border that know what they’re doing. that’s where it needs to go.” [KENS, 7/28/2014]
El Paso Sheriff Richard Wiles: I was shocked cause the information he is providing is not the information I am getting from sheriff’s across Texas, along the border. [TXCN, 7/29/2014]
Jayson P. Ahern, former Customs and Border Protection acting commissioner: “This does not come from the federal government. That’s the biggest distinction here. This is the governor taking unilateral action. Not having that oversight and supervision and direction as part of a plan from the federal authorities, i think it is reckless and could lead to significant safety issues.” [New York Times, 7/25/2014]
Rick Perry may have conservatives in other parts of the country fooled, but it is pretty clear that Texans are not buying his bullshit.
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