I have neighbors that believe exactly the things you write about. Saying someone is doing god’s will can cover many sins. It’s what The Family thinks and their membership are some of society’s richest and most powerful people. That belief isn’t open to any challenge because it’s already a closed circle at birth. You have to step outside the circle to see how it’s wrong but no one is told about that trick.

rafflaw,

I’ll have nothing more to say unto thee until ye have repented. You’re one of them Christians for separation of church and state and we don’t need your kind around here.

“I respect epidemiology. It’s a valuable science. I’d like to throw out a couple of things to consider though.”

I agree with your conclusions. H1N1 is a political “bug” for whatever reason. I have thought that from the beginning of this “pandemic”.

“Had the clerk given all three men $1.67 each, there would have been no crime, no missing money and the rounding of the $25 is nullified by recouping the fractional cent lost in dividing 5 by 3 as he would have returned a net of $5.01 ($24.99+$5.01=$30).”

Eh hem…

“Excuse me, excuse me…and then I says, tell me I’m wrong! and he says, ‘I can’t, baby, ‘CAUSE YOU’RE NOT!’”

“Three men go to a hotel and pay 10 each for one room. The manager realizes that they have been over charged by 5 dollars and decides to refund 5 dollars. He/she wants to make sure that each is given back equally so he pockets 2 giving each one dollar back. What happened to the other dollar?”

There is no other dollar.

$30 – $5 = $25

$25 + $3 to 3 men + $2 in manager’s pocket = $30

The trick is to corrupt the order of operations for the listener by saying…

“Now three men have spent $9 each; 9×3= $27, plus two the manger kept is $29 — where did the other dollar go?

Many Republicans, especially those beyond 60-years-old, are seeing their world changing and they fear the future of what they see as impending socialism. Ms. Palin champions those concerns and, if she runs, she will gain much more support than she received on the McCain ticket because the Republicans are incensed with Obama, as I am.

Had McCain chosen Romney, I think that the Republicans would have done much better and might have won. I would still not have voted for McCain on any ticket but I *might* have voted for Romney and a moderate running mate had I known how abject a liar and a coward Obama is.

If Obama continues with Bush/Cheney style politics and lies, the Democrats are going to lose a lot of support from Independents and conservative Republicans like me who understood we needed dramatic change *and* retribution for war crimes, unlawful wiretapping, and the torture issue. Obama has backed away from all of those and we are losing as many or more rights under a Democratic Administration and Congress than we did under the Republicans.

The saving grace against Palin is that she is such a religiously fanatic fool that she will likely do something so stupid that enough people could not, in good conscience, vote for her.

In those days, the reporters filed their notes with New York editors, who wrote the magazine in vivid, sensationsal Time-style, with no by-lines, giving the weekly news summary a fictional tone. There is no telling what happened in rewrite.

QUOTE ON Monday, Dec. 18, 1950
War: Retreat of the 20,000

“Retreat, hell!” snapped Major General Oliver Prince Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division, with which he had fought on Guadalcanal, New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa (TIME, Sept. 25). “We’re not retreating, we’re just advancing in a different direction.”*

“We’re gonna get out of here,” said Lieut. Colonel Raymond L. Murray, commander of the 5th Marine Regiment. “Any officer who doesn’t think so will kindly go lame and be evacuated, but I don’t expect any bites for that offer.” There were no bites.

Said Colonel Lewis (“Chesty”) Puller, famed battle-scarred commander of the 1st Marine Regiment: “We’ll suffer heavy losses. The enemy greatly outnumbers us.

They’ve blown the bridges and blocked the roads . . . but we’ll make it somehow.” UNQUOTE

I suspect Rove is right about Palin nonetheless. What ever the motive may be, the act has eliminated any possibility of her being nominated in 2012. If the Republican party is in such disarray that it actually did nominate her, the gift would fall exclusively to who ever was running against her. It is pure fantasy.

It is not fantasy, however, that that there are ardent Palin defenders out there. And the more she sees Russia from her window, the more she claims to have read all newspapers without being able to mention a single one, the more total lack of experience she can point to as a badge of independence, the more she froths about ignorance as the passport of the patriot, the more ardent their support will be. And bailing out of the job she accepted in the interim is an excellent way of deepening and rounding out those very qualities. Her defenders, meanwhile, are a small group, many of who will be too busy shouting at cars on street corners to remember election day, never mind what precinct they are in.

I agree that this seemed to play very well with her base, and my guess is that this is strategy. Wether or not it is good or bad strategy or what it is meant to accomplish, I have no idea. If she still has political designs this seems like terrible strategy as it makes independents view her as erratic – maybe she’s trying to be elected queen of “real America”.

There are simply many decent, good, smart, caring familys who like Palin; I know, that defies all logic, but it is a fact.

I agree, but I didn’t feel that George W. had the requisite intellectual capacity either. Palin is a puppet, in my opinion. (She wasn’t John McCain’s choice as a running mate, I’ve heard.) I believe that that there are others who are pushing Palin in order to advance their agenda.

“WASHINGTON — One of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s potential presidential rivals said Sunday that her abrupt resignation won’t help her dodge scrutiny. President George W. Bush’s chief political adviser said her strategy is, at best, unclear.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Palin’s announcement that she would not seek a second term — and leave office before finishing her first — simply doesn’t make sense in a conventional political setting.”

Here is the kicker:

“McCain says Palin to play leadership role as ex-Governor”

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5624MB20090704

Good witch doctor drivin’ out demons cartoon! Thanks.

Sanford wants Christian sympathy. To my knowledge, Christians are defined by Christ who suffered great harm to himself out of compassion for others. Sanford, on the other hand, insists on impeachment for others and forgiveness for himself. He is the quintessential Republican.

Which brings us back to Palin, another quintessential Republican. In her case, the purity of her alignment to the party of hate comes from the purity of her service to self alone.

I hope Gov. Palin isn’t discouraged from trying to add to the disastrous Republican version of the Big Tent including, but not limited to, every aberrant, anti-social misfit on the fringe Right.

May I attempt to explain the big glaring cross on the so side of ca 91 …

http://www.light-to-dark.com/witches_tongues_and_sarah_palin.html

thanks again, Leo – if that’s O.K. – Steve

Good art. Next time, and we all know with Ms. Palin there will be many next times, please consider adding a witch doctor/hunter in your Palinized art.

Ready at the drop of a hat to do the bidding of Neo Cons, Palin was the perfect ideological tool in such minds as Billie Kristol and Norm Podhoretz. Sad to say, she talked too much, which threatened Neo Con schemes of world domination on the sly. Sabotage by airhead seems to reflect a real paranoid, totalitarian mentality. Cons should have that checked. The future doesn’t look so bright for Neo Cons of the Irving Kristol/Leo Strauss kind.

Neo Cons aren’t smart, only persistent sociopaths in suits with Fox connections. The results speak for themselves. They got exactly what they deserved. And so did the likes of yours truly. Bye, bye, Sarah.

http://www.light-to-dark.com/palin_speaks_to_god.html

Sister S. has contributed to virology and epidemiology, though. JB brought up the swine flu virus and Palin is squarely implicated. Once she stated that “lipstick on a pig” phrase, lonely men and women everwar started lipstickin’ and kissin’ pigs and therein lies the etiology of the zoonotic swine flu. I know this is true because I had 1 virology class in college and this is classic ‘cause and reflect.’ Some of the greatest minds have been overlooked for the No-bell Piece Prize in Sighants.

Ex-Gov Palin can always get a job at that Alaskan turkey-chokin’ joint we saw in the video ‘Feeser T. shown us. After sometime, she could buy the business—with that saved-up govmit’ pur dayum she forgot to return n’ the unner the table oil company revenooh she aint claimed on taxes—and call the joint : “Turkeys for Christ”…with ‘appropough’ meanings in many more ways than one.

I wish Sarah Louise well…well, not really.

Now ifin’ y’all don’t git back on topic, I’m libell tah….

I like my explanation better, less decimals.

The problem is flawed. You’re seeking to solve for a false X as delineated by the implied “1″ rcampbell is trying to account for.

If they paid a net of $30 and had a $5 remainder to split between them, the room cost was actually $8.33/guest or $24.99 but we’ll round that to $25. Out of the $5 remainder, two are pocketed by the clerk and $1 each goes to the guests for a total of $5. There is no missing dollar except the $2 the clerk kept by way of either conversion or theft. Had the clerk given all three men $1.67 each, there would have been no crime, no missing money and the rounding of the $25 is nullified by recouping the fractional cent lost in dividing 5 by 3 as he would have returned a net of $5.01 ($24.99+$5.01=$30). But as it is, the only $2 “missing” are what the clerk pocketed. $1 doesn’t have squat to do with it.

Everyone paid $10. Of that 30 dollars: 25 went to the room, 2 went to the manager (so far 27 bucks) and 3 went towards a refund. The 9X3 is just a distraction.

After the $1 refunds, each of the 3 guys has paid in $9 for the room (3 x 9=27) and the manager has $2 in his pocket
(27 + 2= 29). ???

Obama’s porkulus program is a train wreck, all it’s done is bump interest rates and tank the dollar. We are being laughed at by bad guys like Tehran, Pyongyang, and Al Qaida who amazingly turned-down Barack’s friend-requests.

Palin could trounce him in 2012, when Americans would vote for the Gipper-in-Heels in drones- while begging for lower taxes, free enterpise, and a defense posture with some backbone- and an end to the radical, anti-American nightmare we’ve got now.

Go get ‘em Sarah-

5-2=3: 3/3=1 No dollar is missing.

Two examples off the top of my head:

- tornado hits hard, governor must issue ’state of emergency’ order (iirc) so feds can get involved in rescue and recovery. Otherwise the feds must stay on the sidelines.

- prison riot.

Imagine either happened, or one of the other things that require a governor’s immediate action. The Lt. Gov. can’t act without legally knowing that the governor is unavailable and Stanford probably won’t know there’s a problem if he’s in Argentina. He left his citizens in real, even if unlikely, peril. He should be impeached if he doesn’t resign. He must never hold a position of public trust – not elected, not appointed. When will he ‘abandon his post’ again, as others put it.

As for Palin, again there’s no defense. It’s one thing to leave your office early when to be asked to serve as Vice President, but to do it because the state has had to spend a few million dollars on “frivolous” ethics complaints? First, that’s small change to a state, and second many of those complaints were legitimate (taking family along on trips at state expense, claiming ‘per diem’ charges while living in your own home) and/or dismissed only because you stacked the judges (the whole mess with the fallout of a relative divorcing a state trooper). If you want the ethics charges to stop, stop acting in an unethical manner!

What would she do as president when the same thing happened, especially after she’s already demonstrated that she will cut-and-run under the slightest pressure? Why should anyone believe it would be different?

I’m in the camp that thinks that she’s trying to get in front of a major corruption scandal, that she inexplicably thinks that it’s politically motivated and it will be dropped once she leaves office.

Can you resolve this?

Three men go to a hotel and pay 10 each for one room. The manager realizes that they have been over charged by 5 dollars and decides to refund 5 dollars. He/she wants to make sure that each is given back equally so he pockets 2 giving each one dollar back. What happened to the other dollar?

Thank you, I do love that scene. I can picture Cousin Sarah on that bunting draped podium now, “… and those wonderful people out there in the dark [who voted for me]. Alright, [Mr. Chief Justice], I’m ready for my close-up.”

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Personally I was hoping she would have realized she didn’t want to run for a second term before her first run for office and then decided not to run at all to avoid being a “lame duck” back then. I noticed the mis-attributed quote too, but after suffering through the first part of that rambling, helter-skelter address where she somehow mentioned our troops, her Down’s child, and all those nasty ethicists after her, I rather thought it the highlight–sort of like whipped cream on a dunghill.

“Palin decision mystifies some, thrills others”

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/852787.html

WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin’s bizarre bailout dooms her chances of ever being President, Republican mandarins said Friday – but she was already finished.

The Alaska governor’s disastrous star turn as John McCain’s running mate, followed by her lurching, controversial encore on the national scene, had already sealed her fate – except, perhaps, with the GOP’s most far-right wing.

Still, the experts were unanimously stunned to hear her walk off the job with 16 months left in her term – shrinking her résumé even more and surrendering the best platform she has beyond her double-edged celebrity status.

“If you aspire to the highest office in the land, then suddenly think your lieutenant governor can do a better job – not exactly a profile in courage,” one party pro told the Daily News.

Few GOP insiders were surprised Palin decided against running for reelection. The Alaska statehouse is too isolated a locale for any politician aspiring to high national office, they said.

“You need to be in the Lower 48 to be credible politically,” a senior adviser to several Republican Presidents noted.

But quitting mid-term with a rambling rant is not the way to get there.

“She proved she couldn’t play in the big leagues last fall and now she’s proven it again,” one of the party’s most prominent kingmakers said. “If you can’t even handle a governorship, there’s no way you can handle the White House.

“She couldn’t win – but now she can’t even run,” added the official, who once was among her most fervent boosters.

“She has an incredibly thin résumé, a serious lack of gravitas, no coherent philosophy and the people around her are amateurs,” another top Republican pol argued. “She’s finished.”

I understand your concern, and I think you have good reason to be wary. However, in this case, due to the economic crisis, I think the opposite may be occurring.

I think the Novel H1N1 is the real deal. We don’t currently have a vaccine available, so it is being downplayed to avoid panic.

If panic ensued, the hardest hit would be the travel and tourism industries. In tough economic times, that could be devastating to some areas. In addition, the general public doesn’t really need any more bad news.

There are indications that the virus has started to mutate. As long as it doesn’t become extremely deadly, and since we don’t currently have a vaccine, the correct course is to downplay it.

My only real problem with the current coverage is the failure to identify high-risk areas. The Chicago-Milwaukee area has consistently produced about 26% of the cases in the entire country. -With such a consistent high percentage, the people should be informed so that they make an informed decision as to their risk.

1) Epidemiology is by its’ very nature is more political than some sciences as you are dealing with subject matter that transcends the borders and laws of nations yet still “reflects” upon them to the ego-bound within the system. Because of this, politicians will meddle and point fingers – see the recent “I know you are but what am I?” exchanges between the US and Mexico over H1N1’s origins.

2) The most common secondary infection in a pandemic of any sort is fear. It’s a natural reaction. But it’s not like anyone has ever used fear as a political weapon, have they? It also provides a nifty excuse to interfere with travel. Something else no politician would abuse now, would they? I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy. I’m not saying H1N1 isn’t a real flu or addressing its’ potential severity. I’m saying there is a political value in pimping a non- or semi-existing public health emergency. After all, who can concentrate on details like holding criminals within the system accountable when the citizens are all worried about the “killer” flu? Or hemmoragic fever? Or Cootie X? Fear isn’t just for motivation. It can be used for distraction and confusion as well.

Just something to consider when looking at reporting surrounding epidemiological issues.

I have wondered how much about the H1N1 is hype, in order to push some products. In the past decade or so there have been a march of “new” infectious diseases every couple of years or so. They have not investigated if this strain of virus is more virulent than the usual flu virus commonly encountered in the cold season. And that site does not provide a comparison in virulency, morbidity or mortality with the “common” flu virus, and I not sure how valid, or unbiased their statements are.

Whatever it is has got to be big- Governors just don’t resign.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7280

For those who haven’t been following the progression of the H1N1 Pandemic in the U.S.:

On June 3rd we had 11,054 cases and 17 deaths
As of today we have 33,902 cases and 170 deaths

http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/
is a pretty good site to help you keep abreast. All updates are verified. Concerned citizens from around the world, including medical doctors and scientists, are working hard to keep up with the info. The CDC is about a week behind, and the WHO is about two weeks behind. -That doesn’t include the delay in getting test results.

was she ever really in politics? I know she was governor of alaska but she always seemed to be in the entertainment business.
now she gets to be one of those folks who is famous for being famous.

AY:

by the way I enjoy your sparing with Patty C-

I do hope you keep it up, it is certainly a recreational interlude.
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Uhmmm you are going to be on the receiving end now. This is how is all starts. You get sucked into the vortex and you can never get out of the conundrum. The web attaches itself to you and you will feel like you have had your first prison love from a real wanna be woman. Strap on Shaft in, your sweet A** better learn to bend.

B-Ball will be played and a rim shot will be taken. You will know why the sheep in Missouri are nervous but ready. Baaaah

Governor Sanford abandoned his post.

AY:

by the way I enjoy your sparing with Patty C-

I do hope you keep it up, it is certainly a recreational interlude.