Palintology

By thePoliticalCarnival

By GottaLaff

Keith Olbermann: She clearly gives a great speech... as for the content....?

Chris Matthews: Surprised at what I saw. I thought they wanted an alternative to Hillary. Not one time did I think of Hillary, nothing in common. She offered a rejoinder to Obama. A torpedo at the ship of Barack and Michelle. This is a cultural alternative to Obama.

Keith: Condescension toward Obama and the other Dems. Is that the right tone?

Chris: It's a response as if she were playing defense, as Obama did in his speech. Very appealing presentation, people will like her.

Comments

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A rare moment of truth from a Repugnantcan.

"John McCain makes up a lot of the experience on this ticket." - Rudy G.

He certainly does, Rudy, he certainly does. As a matter of fact, he makes almost all of it up.

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

One more POW story and I'm going to puke.

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This speech would make Don Rickles proud. I found myself laughing at all the one liners. I think this was written by Sara Silverman high on Granny's hooch.

You have to admit that she was good at all things we have begged Obama and Biden to do but didn't because they are "above" the fray. She attacked. She mocked them. She questioned their patriotism (a Republican staple). She made you not want to vote for them. She was indeed a pit bull with lipstick, just like she said.

This was the party that whined family was off limits? We now know it's only Republican families that are off limits. I kinda suspected.

However, at the same time, there was no policy. In that sense, it was a cotton candy sugar puff piece. All feel warm fuzzy and gooey inside. It's like when McCain was at Rick Warrens. McCain said, "There is the family with no job, no education, no health insurance and who have lost their home. I know what they need. "Hope" and "confidence"." That's what he said. "Hope" and "confidence". Well, that's what this speech did. That's all it did.

Now here is what makes me nervous. I heard a Republican say Obama uses too many big words. They couldn't follow what he was saying.

If Obama wants to compete with Goober and Otis, and Aunt Bee, he is going to have to get his message across and dumb down a little. If Rick Warren taught us anything, it was don't appear to think too much. It's makes you look like you are planning something. And being black, it looks suspicious.

There other thing. Did you notice how much the camera tried to zoom in on young audience members, but every time they panned out, most of the audience looked older than John McCain?
That was kind of weird. I wonder if they had to leave the walkers at the door? Those are the people that will vote for McCain.

She also left out the evangelical attack on science. That will become an important issue, along with the threat to women's rights. Mathews was right. This was a cultural shot to Obama and to his wife.

Yeah, hold each other close and stroke each

other's ego.... Obama has begun to fade away. Not only does Palin have more experience than Obama, she's a much better speaker.

"When in danger, when in doubt...run in circles....scream and shout".
How the democrats plan to deal with the fact that the Republican VP selection has more executive exprience than their Presidential nominee

By IlluminatiHottieSeptember 3, 2008 - 11:54pm

Bwwwahahaha! That's a good one, Illuminutty!

If you think that barely reconstituted right-wing propaganda that we've all heard a million times before comprised a good speech, then you're even more delusional than I thought. Only far right morons are falling for that shit anymore.

See you in November!

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

By IlluminatiHottieSeptember 3, 2008 - 11:54pm

... Not only does Palin have more experience than Obama, she's a much better speaker.

Mayor of a town of roughly 4,000 to 7,000? The methamphetamine capitol of the STATE mind you...
A 1 1/2 term Gov. of a state with the lowest population (per capita) in the country? What...was Condi too busy buying shoes? There was NO ONE ELSE? Puhleeze!! I KNOW you know better.

As far as a 'speechifier'....she IS good. Too bad it was all more pandering. A signature "Rovarian" touch.

I think it's funny as hell that y'all are believing that "the left is afraid of her". We're just wondering...WTF is WRONG with you people???"

Obama is to Palin, like Palin to McCain.

She is a better speaker than Obama?? Now THAT'S delusional or else, you don't know what a good speaker is.

However, there is more than just speaking.

Notice how they suggest that John McCain has written great legislation? What?? What has he written? I know he tried to take credit for Jim Webb's Veterans bill that he originally voted against.

AND, how come Republicans never mention:

Keating 5
Suncore
Vicki Iseman
EADS
McCain's votes against veterans
Supporting Iraq's war against Christians
Sending 10 billion a month to Iraq, a fundamentalist Muslim country

The list of scandals is endless. Actually, I don't believe there has been a more scandalous candidate since George W. Bush AND I believe he even tops Bush.

So, I know you are against Obama, but what could you possibly see in McCain? Please, let us know. And none of those "he's brave" or some such idiocy. Let us know real proposals. And please, no "drill offshore" unless you know where he is going to drill. What has McCain actually, in concrete terms, offered? Foreign, domestic, doesn't matter. Just "SOMETHING".

Slow down, snottie ...

While I agree that she did give a good speech in terms of it being a well spoken speech, in my mind, it was pretty shallow. Nothing of any significance about the middle class, the economy, healthcare - where does she stand? How would she employ her policies into our national fabric? What ARE her policies on these issues? And, I think the 'media bashing' is an excuse. Of COURSE she was going to be scrutinized! Wouldn't ANYONE in her position be scrutinized? Especially an unknown?

A very good friend of mine is a community organizer in my city, and I was VERY insulted that she belittled, and basically called community organizers, and, by extension, community programs, useless. Community organizers and community groups do infintely more than host summer camps for kids and holiday events around the city - they are hitting the pavement on a daily basis working thier asses off for the people of the city - ensuring that those in need and even those who aren't in dire straits, especially children and the elderly, have access to hot meals, preventive medical care, ensuring that these kids are properly educated, ensuring that kids have a place to go after school as opposed to hanging on the street corner with the local gangs. My city has a population of over 110K - Obama oversaw programs for millions. Does that not indicate some level of oversight? Organization? Working for the people?

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Community organizers are

Community organizers are nothing more thn ticks on society. Who pays them?

nothing more thn ticks on society

Yes, I'm fully aware that you are a tick on society. Actually, you're more like the raging pimple on Rush Limpdick's ass but I digress ...

MY tax money, not YOURS. And I GLADLY PAY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, MY COMMUNITY.

Got any other 'bright' questions for me, cocksucker?

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Jesus was a community organizer, turd.

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By deanrdd September 4, 2008 - 10:32pm

KAPOW!!!!

I believe that qualifies as an "Atomic Bitch Slap".

See, that's where you

See, that's where you un-believers are wrong. Jesus didn't organize anything. Jesus came to preach the word and save humanity(or at least the believers) from themselves. So, I believe SMACK is in order. The bitch slap is on you, BITCH.

Riiight...

And I see that you follow his teachings like someone who truly believes!

What a hypocrite!

Pappy Cocksucker - You are no more a 'christian'

than OJ Simpson is innocent. You wouldn't know Jesus' message if it up and kicked you in your crusty and sagging ass. You are a FRAUD.

You've got a seat saved for you, all right, next to SATAN.

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

By bebeholmesSeptember 5, 2008 - 8:16am

The bitch slap is on you, BITCH.

That would be Luke 23-5

Tweety got one thing right

...Palin was playing defense. And poorly. She sounded like a cheerleader who knows her team's losing by 80 points or so, but is determined to try and keep smiling anyway.

Maybe she can find new work after November...head cheerleader for the Clippers. After Jukebox Johnny McWetStart melts down during the debates, she's going to want to keep as far from DC as she can get.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

Drill baby Drill - 100% classics!

This was the standard Night of the Living Dead, drab /droll USA#1 / USA#1 DRILL BABY DRILL BS we all expected - which is exactly why you bungling, out-dated, 1950 muscle-car assholes have fucked us all the last eight years and are well on your way out! Thanks for reminding us!

Beside - if the US actually had 10 Milliion barrels a day (ever in our history), don't you imagine WE'D HAVE GOTTEN IT BY THE YEAR 2008? Are you that stupid? Thats precisely why we're in the middle east, you fucking retards. The Reps asses are 100% lubed with Saudi & mideast oil - you've had 8 years to end that but you have not even remotely tried...now all teh sudden you're going to DRILL BABY DRILL your way out of it? THATS HILARIOUS!

Amazing show though - to see Guliani, former mayor of NY - 10 MILLION POPULATION - backing up Palin as Mayor of Wasilla pop (what, 500, 8,500???) not being "cosmopolitan' enough for Obama??? Thats IRONIC...as if Guiliani winters in Wasilla Alaska in his padded flannel shirt - YOU MUST BE JOKING. Not only have you never been to Alaska or Wasilla, but you wouldn't be welcomed either, I can assure you. They don't even know who the hell you are Guiliani, thats a promise.

Anyway, Palin's script was well-read (Obama didn't have to read his), but its not that you have absolutely no international experience AT ALL...except for finally making it down to the lower 48 where, as you acknowledge - things are very differnet than Alaska! It's that you're just another right-wing, bible-beating, fundamentalist, creationist, anti-intellectual tool who doesn't believe in global warming while McCain does...how are you going to rectify that one? When McCain dies - its...uh, You in the highest office of the land? Not THATS fucking hilarious.

WE CAN'T WAIT for you to have to debate Biden - its going to be like watching high school b-ball vs. the Lakers...and Kobe ain't on your team clearly. You'll have to have one of those GW ear-pieces to put in your ear to have much to say back. BRING IT ON MOOSE HUNTER...we're all sick of your fucking narrow-minded, white bread, 10th grade President and Party. This country is moving forward WITHOUT you.

Redneck Leftist

Liberal: [Latin,liber ("free, not slave")]. It is widely associated with the word "liberty" and the concept of freedom; "tending in favor of freedom and democracy" (Wikipedia,2006)

Did ya hear that Monkey Boy Bush is releasing

MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL in the strategic reserves to ... Citgo?

But! But!! I thought Chavez was the ENEMY! But!! But!!! I thought we don't TALK to our ENEMIES!

Ah, yes. Another fine example of RePUBICon hypocrisy!

Another thing ... notice how everything Obama has said we need to do, which Monkey Boy Bush and Mad Cow McSame SLAMMED, re: Afghanistan (we need more troops!), Pakistan (smoke 'em out of their caves!) and Iraq (we need a timeline NOW!) - MONKEY BOY BUSH IS DOING??!!

NOW TELL ME, WHO'S JUDGMENT IS OFF??!!

FUCK YOU GOP.

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Pukie, you should use

Pukie, you should use Governor Palin as an example of how a real woman should be. You sound more like gutter trash with that mouth of yous. What a lady you are. No wonder you have no husband.

By bebeholmesSeptember 4, 2008 - 10:54am

Yeah Pookie, use Sarah as an example. If you ignore your underage daughter long enough maybe she can get knocked up too!

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

By Guy FawkesSeptember 4, 2008 - 11:13am

I dragged that kids lazy ass to the street corner tthis morning and told her if she didn't bring home at least $200 bucks, she's on her own! I figure if she charges $10 per hand job, $15 per blow job and $25 for full on monkey sex, she should do pretty well in helping with the family budget!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

LOL - Sure, Pappy Cracker!

If I want to be a vessel for man-juice and spit out kids left and right, teach my teenaged daughter to keep her legs closed because its 'gods will' and then have to announce to the world that 'oops! guess my judgment about not teaching proper sex ed didn't work' because now my 17 year-old teenaged daughter is knocked up; if I want to be the token woman for the RePUBICon's, sure!! I'd look up to her!

How do you know I don't have a husband? NEVER ASS-ume, Pappy Cracker! Why, I do believe you can be infintely more ignorant than you already are!

You don't fucking like my fucking gutter trash fucking mouth, you fucking cocksucking fucking piece of shit fucking racist fucking ignorant fucking corndog fucking munching and moonshine fucking swilling low fucking life, TOO FUCKING BAD!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

I don't say this nearly often enough!

Thanks Pook (I luv hea) You CRACK me up.
And speaking of meth labs, how 'bout that Gov. Palin....

You're welcome - consider it my service to the AAR community!

I thought I read that on a thread some where but don't remember ... the town she was mayor of has the highest rate of meth use in the entire State of Alaska? Did I read that correctly??

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

I heard

between 27 and 42 labs BUSTED (meaning the ones that they found) during her reign as "Mayor" of Wa silly.

WTF???????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps that's why the population of Wa Silly increased under her tenure? Because all the tweakers found out it was THE place for meth?

LOL - Un-fucking-believable!!!!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Wheeeeee...there you go

Wheeeeee...there you go gutter trash. Always good for a laugh.

Still got NOTHING, huh?

Want to see a RepubliCANT sweat?

"Let's talk about the economy."

Gee, I wonder why Palin didn't mention that topic even ONCE last night.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

there you go gutter trash

From your mouth to my ASS, Pappy Cocksucker!!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Wooooooweeeee....no thanks,

Wooooooweeeee....no thanks, GT.

You fucking nitwit!

Okay, ignorant cracker - I'll spell it out for you ... I'm not ASKING you to kiss my ass, I'm TELLING you to kiss my ass.

Go for it Pappy Cocksucker!!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

First, gutter trash, never

First, gutter trash, never tell a white man what to do, slut.

By bebeholmesSeptember 4, 2008 - 2:46pm

White man? That's funny, you look awfully yellow to me. Then again, all chickenhawks do.

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

dammit

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

triple post ...

my bad

HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Why, yessa massa! Please don whip me, massa! I's sorry I's offind ya massa! I be a good house nigga fo' ya massa!

What's that honky? Cracker? Wigger? Bohunk? Never tell a white man what to do? HHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Well, Pappy Cocksucker, this WHITE chick is TELLING you that if you think you're offending me, Pappy Cracker, I got news for ya ... you are FAILING ... MISERABLY! LOL - I'm actually ENJOYING your continued display of your inherent ignorance, bigotry and sheer stupidity, you bohunk mother fucker!

Never tell a white man what to do ... LMAO

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

LOL...yeah, I shook you up

LOL...yeah, I shook you up so much you posted this thing 3 times, dumbass.

What was that, bohunk? Cocksucker? Cracker??

I'm sorry, did you say something, honky?

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

....

.............................

What was that, bohunk? Cocksucker? Cracker?

I'm sorry, did you say something, honky?

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Sorry, Wigger - I don't understand Morse Code.

Perhaps if you put it in Bohunk-Cracker speak, I can get a translator to translate your garbage for me.

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Wow! The cracker's been rendered speechless!

That's probably all to the good, considering the assload of crap that comes out of his mouth every time he opens it.

Hey, cracker...how's your wife and my kids? She's a HELL of a cook!

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

Temporarily, at least!

That ignorant bastard's too stupid to keep his mouth shut. That's okay, it's fun for us to render him mute, even temporarily!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

No...you couldn't possibly

No...you couldn't possibly have a husband cuz no man with any stones would stay married to a woman with a mouth like yours. My guess is that either you had your child out of wedlock or he left you early on. Hence, the anger.

Wow. Lot's off ASSumptions on your part, Pappy Cocksucker.

First off, don't THINK. I can smell the fucking pig fat burning all the way the fuck up here in CT.

Second - Keep thinking that if it gets you through the day. Anger? LOL - project much?? As usual, you are WRONG but, by all means, continue to wallow in your ignorance. It suits you ... mother fucker - LOL

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

Translation

baby homer spewed "I've got NOTHING, so I'll just sit here and stamp my foot and fling my poo until you realize I'm still relevant!"

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

" playing defense" ?

This is an election, not a football game, you tools.

Lipstick / Hockey Moms

The only difference in a pit bull and hockey mom is the lipstick?

THATS BULLSHIT - hockey moms wear lipstick too.

Anyway, that "hockey mom'' shit doesn't float down here in the lower 48 - so goddam what your kid(s) play hockey - you define yourself by the sports your children play??? GW tried that on "Nascar Dads'' and your outdated definitions of yourselves as parents by the petty high school sports your kids play IS AS RETARDED AS YOUR WHOLE HOPE TO GAIN THIS OFFICE.

Had you been an 'Education Mom" or "Book Mom" maybe your 17-year old daughter could've kept her boyfriends hockey-stick dick out of her end of the ice, you dumbass hypocrites.

STOP TELLING US HOW MORAL YOU ARE (since we're clearly not, we don't need to defend ourselves) when you're all drinking, fucking, abusting prescription drugs, getting abortions in secret, and supporting wars and bombing the fucking earth black just so you can have a Pepsi and Cheetohs at the hockey game.

Redneck Leftist

Liberal: [Latin,liber ("free, not slave")]. It is widely associated with the word "liberty" and the concept of freedom; "tending in favor of freedom and democracy" (Wikipedia,2006)

If people are going to insist on a sports-oriented woman as VP

...I'll write in Misty May-Treanor. Or Ashley Force. Someone with actual demonstrated skill in their professed career field. (Not Danica Patrick, though. I'm told she's a bitch.)

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

By roadgoddessSeptember 4, 2008 - 12:24am

No, not hmmmm, it's BULLSHIT. You can't trust those fuckwits at Powerline. They've been spectacularly wrong for quite a few years.

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

By Guy Fawkes September 4, 2008 - 12:38am

Thanks.

I heard something about this on Hartmann's show today. I need to do some reserch on this, but I don't have the time to really DIG IN right now. I was having lunch in the truck and don't recall the source that he mentioned.

By roadgoddessSeptember 4, 2008 - 12:54am

Sorry if I came across as a condescending dick on that one.

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

By Guy Fawkes September 4, 2008 - 2:23am

Nope, ya didn't, but I appreciate the apology, though you don't owe me one. You weren't slamming me, just the source, so we're cool. When I have a bit more time I intend to check a bit deeper into that story, Hartmann's usually spot-on. Have a good day! :D

EDIT: My limited skills have led me to nothing on this story. I wish I knew how to dig deeper. My conclusion is that it's just a rumor.

Keep Juno in Alaska

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be our Vice President. Do not let the republicans offend us with this nomination.

Spread the word.....

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Not qualified?

I swear you guys are the biggest hypocrites in the world, she's the VP and you're comparing her to Obama, her daughter at 17 is having a baby and Obama was smoking weed and crack at 17 (read his book)

As for experience, look up both of them and you can CLEARLY SEE that Palin herself has more experience. Besides being a good writer speaker, Obama was a community organizer... That's completely laughable, and much less experience then the "only 9000 people"

Not one time does the mainstream media talk about how inexperienced Barack Obama is, but as soon as they see a conservative, it's all about how she has no foreign policy experience. I find it even more laughable, that they actually think going to Germany for a day makes Obama a foreign policy expert.

Speaking of no one knowing Palin, unless you were a student of politics, who the hell knew Joe Biden?

As for substance, she was supposed to talk about who Sarah Palin was, and she did.

Seriously?

Do you really believe Palin serving as mayor of Wasilla is actual executive experience? Think about it for a moment. What were her responsibilites? She had to make decisions such as how soon to plow the streets after a snowfall, how often the grass should be cut outside city hall, and can the city afford to hire another full time janitor. There is a real chance this women could be our president. Please tell me this prospect is not the most frightening thing possible. I know it is kind of a fun talking point, but please Clife, tell me you don't really believe this absurdity.

Let's impeach the president for lying-Neil Young

Ah, another nation heard from

You're obviously not paying attention, so allow me to correct some of your misconceptions and errors.

First: she is NOT the Vice-President, and the way things are going for the g0p right now, she never will be. She's a candidate at best.

Second...running a town of 9000 people is a far, far cry from presiding over decisions that will affect tens of millions.

Third...one does not need to be a "student of politics," as you so pithily put it, to recognize the name Joe Biden. He's been in the Presidential race twice before, albeit unsuccessfully, and he's' a senior Senator who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is a past Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

And fourth...we're still looking for the substance in her talk about who Sarah Palin was. All we really know about her is that she's under two separate investigations (or is it three, now?), flip-flopped on the Bridge to Nowhere Project but kept the money, and didn't do a good job of teaching "abstinence-only" sex ed to her daughter.

I hope you were taking notes. There will be a quiz later.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

Skimpy on the skinny

No, she didn't...she didn't cover her deep-seated ultra-conservative religious views, didn't talk about her resistance to sex-education in schools, the bridge-to-nowhere, environmental matters, her buddying with BigOil (Alaska's BIG resource--so now they give us an Oil gal when we've had enough of the Oil guys). What kind of executive 'decision-making' did she do--or did she pretty much sign anything that crossed her desk? Did she step in and broker a deal inside a huge controversy--NO? This is he 21st century and everything about her judgement says "I'm against science and all that research stuff (big smile and wave)." The basics here are that I'd rather have a guy who made it through Harvard Law -- even if he never was elected to anything before (much less state and US senates) -- than an Idaho-U cheerleader who lucked into office because the other guy was so corrupt no one would back him.

At the time Wasilla had 6700

At the time Wasilla had 6700 people. It has grown since then. Every time I hear the media mention it, they add a few hundred people, so I'm sure it's larger in the media than it is in real life.
Mayor of Wasilla was at best a part-time job, and certainly not a huge or challenging one. A dozen employees or so.

The seat of power.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower

This is grass-roots America,

This is grass-roots America, Michtou. Most Americans live in cities just like this. Meaning that she is in touch with mainstream America, unlike your man-child messiah who was a "fake" mayor or "community" activist.

Most Americans live in large

Most Americans live in large cities. Look it up.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower

Turns out you don't know

Turns out you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Imagine that!

http://www.biology-online.org/articles/city_size_human_behavior.html

From your article

slightly more than half live in places with populations under 250,0000. A city of 200000 is still a city. It would be the largest city by far in a state like Alaska or Montana. So if you define a small town as a city of 200k+ then you might have a point.

A lot of cities are really

A lot of cities are really parts of another city, and are called suburbs. They are really part of a larger metropolitan district.
Therefore Ceres, California, is really a suburb of Modesto.
Rocklin, California, is really a suburb of Sacramento.
And so on. So the people who live in these areas cannot be, in reality, called dwellers of small cities, since their cities are glued to the larger city and there is no definitive border between the two.
My definition of a large city is over 100,000 people. That is the definition that I grew up with and that was used, I believe, by sociologists. Perhaps that definition has changed with the population explosion in this country, and now cities that used to be considered large are considered small. If that's the case, by that definition Palin still does not represent even small cities. Her "city" should properly be called a highway rest stop.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower

I didn't even want to go that far for BB brain.

Half of New Jersey is continuous suburb. One municipality of 60 -90 people melting into the next, just like much of California. Even by your definition these are towns, not cities, but only because a 200 year old boundary line says they are separate. If the boundaries were redrawn on the model of LA, you would have a city of a million and a half.

The whole state of New

The whole state of New Jersey is considered to be suburban, according to what I have read. So the whole state is a bunch of towns melded into each other. No boundaries. Just one big city, broken up by a few nice parks.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower

It is so designated

for some purposes, like insurance and so on. But there are some parts of the state where the small town still exists. There is no part of the state that isn't considered part of some municipality, but that is just a technicality.

It's not ALL as densely populated as you might think. If I leave my house and head west, I travel for some 15 miles before I come upon anything you might call a settlement. A little town known for it's cranberry festival with a post office in a trailer

liberal piles of shit

ever hear of the fucking pine barrens you stupid liberal parasite. you filthy self-hating dirty rotten scumbags simply despise republicans because they have what you lack...class. they beat your asses long ago, in the classroom, on the ball fields, at the lecture halls, in the business world. now the only card you have left to play is to get obama to steal from them what they earned thru hard *smart* work. welfare, govt housing, and getting your asses wiped isn't 'nuff for your good for nothing blood sucking lazy bastard drug-induced intolerant america haters. you want to punish excellence...you want to punish the corporation that feeds your dependent worthless lazy fat ass. bunch of communist losers. air america's is being replaced with local sports talk,and urban ray-gay. hahaha hhehehe. code pink at the republican convention....yeah...thats real class. keep it up and you'll be compartmentalized into foodless, fuelless ghettos. call it the new gay gaza strip, you're all proceeding along quite well with that reality. ...dont worry.... maybe all those green tree hugging scientists will figure out how to make 1000 watts of electricity out of 100 watts of sunlight to solve all your problems.. you stupid morons.

By bankkruptcSeptember 6, 2008 - 2:51am

temper temper temper

I know you are trying to impress jesus christ.

But your lazy, pimply ass, chicken heart just doesn't cut it. He hates you for being sop greedy. You supported the killing of soldiers for your greedy lifestyle.

By bankkruptcSeptember 6, 2008 - 2:51am

Seriously folks!

Copy and paste this post from the right winger. It's classic hysteria. Pure, unadulterated desperation on exhibit.

I think the rant he went on

I think the rant he went on shows exactly what he fears:
He is afraid of successful people. He is afraid of people who do better than he does at school. He is afraid of anything new, like alternative energy. He is afraid of gays. He is afraid of Arabs. He has projected his fears on the liberals. He doesn't know that most of what he fears is in his imagination and is fueled daily by the likes of Rush, Savage, O'Reilly, Hannity and FOX news.

They probably have a good laugh at the expense of people like him, because they are so successful at brainwashing. They laugh all the way to the bank.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower

By bankkruptc September 6, 2008 - 2:51am

I'm sorry....Are you under the impression that YOU actually have some scintilla of "Class"? Did you READ your drunken diatribe?

[P.S. ......"America" is ALWAYS spelled with a capital "A"! No Flag pin for you!!]

Your home schooling is showing through.

Ever heard of a paragraph?

You never beat anyone in a class room, unless it was someone much younger for their lunch money.

And, no, most people who haven't been to New Jersey, or lived near it, are not familiar with the pine barrens. Michtou is from the west coast. On the other hand, if YOU know anything about the pinelands, you would have recognized that that is EXACTLY what I was describing in my post, directly above yours.

LMAO!!

You are such a fucking IDIOT, Pappy Cracker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
George Carlin

First the RNC...next - Russia & Iran!!!

Whether your Dem or Rep, you gotta admit - the upcoming attack on either Iran or THE Georgia / Russia conflict is GOING TO BE SMOKIN'!!! and of course, designed to play into the Reps hands on 'National Security'...as if all the BS you fascists Reps pull otherwise hasn't fucked us beyond repair in every other facet of our lives anyway.

And with all that experience swatting boyfriends away from her youngun's, and running Wasilla (which does have its responsibilities we're informed!), and shooting and dressing moose...well...Palin will be well situated to deal directly with Iran & Russia. Since Bush & Cheney will look to hand down a direct disaster to you, we're sure you're up to the task and will have been briefed on what to do later.

We're all counting on you - this is of course Iran & Russia - a WHOLE LOT like Wasilla and DRILL BABY DRILL! Just be sure to invite Guiliani up to