TGO David

Your final question was "Were these fair deals?" to which Nate answered "Yes". How is that hating?

http://www.maniacworld.com/horrible-Obama-blooper.html This explains everything.

I realize that this is in General Off Topic, but let's try to keep this particular thread on track somewhat and keep the chatter out of it. Thanks.

No.

Your daughter should have told them that she has a personal "No A-holes Policy" and that she wouldn't wait on them when they came back. Of course, she'd probably end up looking for a new job...

My wife commented earlier, "At least they really have a Republican running on the GOP ticket now." I love her.

The joys of twisting wrenches! We swapped suspension components on GT_Rat's Mustang yesterday and I am still amazed that (1.) no one got hurt as is usually required, (2.) we were done in record time, and (3.) it functioned perfectly after we put it back on the road. Something catastrophic will go wrong with his car now.

Tell me what part of this seemed like a smart idea given that you KNEW you would probably get banned for it? Three day vacation. Come back and do it right or don't do it at all.

This is me banning you for three days and removing your useless thread and artificially inflated post count. Come back in three days and do it the RIGHT way like everyone else did.

I told my wife, right as I posted it... "Someone is going to point out her finger is on the trigger." Her: Maybe she's shooting Me: Well she isn't aiming very well

Here you go, gents... ( Len, this is like Match.com ... it's ok to look. )

She looks really good, man!

Have you called to see if an examiner has been assigned to your case yet? They told me that they would most likely have answer for me on that one right around the 8wk mark.

Realllllly. A list of who's who among the Governor to President list in recent history... 1. George W. Bush 2. Bill Clinton 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Jimmy Carter Obama's tenure as governor... doesn't exist. I would say that Palin has him beat there. Obama's brief stint as a freshman Senator hardly compares to her 10 year service as an elected official. I imagine a lot of Dems will be saying "Sarah Palin" in the weeks to come when asked why they are suddenly voting for McCain. Obama's political career started in what is clearly one of the most corrupt state governments in existance today. He is a product of the Daley machine and evidence that the way to the top in Illinois is by stepping on the backs of others. That's a pretty bold statement but let me help you out. It won't garner them very many votes from pro-choice females, but those voters weren't going to consider a GOP candidate anyway. What it will do is attract quite a few female voters who were otherwise on the fence about the issue and who felt abandoned by the DNC after Hillary dropped out of the lead. Personal opinion and purely subjective. I think she's going to have way more pull than you anticipate. Youthful energy and older experience on the same ticket? Sounds like the same sales pitch the Obama-Biden camp is trying to sell. Except our younger candidate is hotter than your younger candidate. Clarification: The Republicans who are pissed at her are the Republicans that she blew the whistle on for shady politics. She also won against two other Republican candidates when she took the Governership, so I bet she's not especially popular. Nothing scares nuveau Democrats as much as a person who is willing to come in, kick ass, take names and clean house. I thought ballet slippers were the official footwear of the DNC. Sour grapes, my friend. If Obama had picked a younger, hotter running mate you wouldn't be singing this tune. She's a member of the NRA. Where's your school spirit, Len?

Don't sweat it, Mike. I'm going to go home and have a beer or two.

SOURCE: http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2008/06/alaskas-gov-sar.html If you're not acquainted with Gov. Palin already, you owe it to yourself to get up to speed. Start with Fred Barnes' July 2007 essay in the Weekly Standard. Barnes charts mostly the latter part of Palin's sharp-elbowed rise through Alaska politics as a reformer puncturing the well-feathered complacency of way-too-comfy Alaska Republicans. Barnes mostly omits her political start as a city councilman, and then (beginning in 1996) the successful two-term mayor/city manager, of Wasilla; as mayor of that fast-growing Anchorage suburb, she reduced property tax levels while increasing services and drawing in new industry. She was also elected head of Alaska's conference of mayors. After a narrow 2002 primary loss for lieutenant governor, in 2004 Palin, from her appointed position as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission (the state agency which regulates oil and gas), complained to "[then-]Governor Frank Murkowski and to state Attorney General Gregg Renkes about ethical violations by another commissioner, Randy Ruedrich, who was also Republican state chairman." Rebuffed, she resigned — but then deftly proceeded to drive all three of them out of office, finally triumphantly besting incumbent Murkowski in 2006 by capturing 51% of the vote in a three-way GOP primary. Palin then won handily (and against national trends) against popular former governor Tony Knowles in the 2006 general election. (Campaign slogan: "New Energy for Alaska.") Of course, in between his apologies for his boneheaded connections to convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko and his Congressional earmarks to Michelle's employer, Barack Obama can talk a very good game about the (toothless and ineffective) ethics bill he co-sponsored (along with many other senators) in the U.S. Senate. But Sarah Palin actually risked her entire political career to take on her own party's entrenched leadership, and then thoroughly and effectively cleaned house in the largest state in the Union. Between her and Obama, who's already proven him- or herself more likely to provide the "change you can believe in"? This spring she used her line-item veto to cut $268 million from state spending bills — in a state that, comparatively, is flush with money, which makes pork projects almost irresistible. She resisted, and it appears that she's going to make her vetoes stick. That's the antidote to Bridges to Nowhere! (Which she opposed, by the way; the federal money originally committed to it, she's now re-directed into more appropriate infrastructure programs.) As governor, she's also pushed hard against other entrenched interests, including the energy companies (BP, ConocoPhilips, and ExxonMobil) who hold the lease rights to much of Alaska's oil and gas wealth. She is a fierce, knowledgeable, and articulate advocate of responsible development of Alaskan resources to benefit not only its own residents — who actually pay among the nation's highest gasoline prices and have the least access to affordable and clean natural gas — but also the other 49 states, and she recognizes that this is not just a matter of economic necessity, but ultimately of national security. Palin has spoken out and brought suit to prevent radical environmentalists from exploiting the ridiculous naming of the polar bear as an endangered species, showing no hesitation to stand up against them or their well-wishers in the federal bureaucracy. Yet she and her family are enthusiastic outdoorsmen — engaging in ice fishing, hunting, and snow-mobiling (her husband has won the 2000-mile Iron Dog race four times). Check out this campaign video of her and her family loading up their single-prop float-plane (not a corporate jet!) with sporting gear — that's got to be at least as cool as Obama shooting hoops. http://palinforgovernor.com/Multimedia/thepalinfamily.MOV It doesn't hurt that Gov. Palin is attractive and photogenic. (She was not, as Jonah Goldberg recently wrote, Miss Alaska, but she was Miss Wasilla; last December Vogue Magazine came to photograph her and her three daughters back in Wasilla; and comedian Craig Ferguson declares that she has a "sort of naughty librarian vibe.") But she's climbed through local and state politics on her own — not based on who her daddy or her husband is (or was) — and listening to her talk on energy policy or any other substantive matter for about 30 seconds (e.g., in this interview with Glenn Beck, starting at about 4:25) will definitively dispel any notions that she's skated by on good looks. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jnbiHAMuY[/ame] And yet Palin seems to be, insofar as one can ever tell from the media reflections, pretty well grounded — still very much your average soccer or ice-hockey mom in addition to her other roles. I really liked this video, too (alas, may only work in Internet Explorer), taken by a local TV station as she and her daughters first arrived at the newly-vacant Governor's Mansion. (I love it when the youngest daughter, Piper, is chastising the older two, Bristol and Willow, as they check out the attic!) Gov. Palin's first-born and oldest son, Track, isn't shown in that video because he enlisted in the Army on September 11, 2007 (he's volunteered to serve in Iraq). http://www.ktuu.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=1131686&h1=Palins%20are%20here&vt1=v&at1=Video And finally, this story about the Palins' brand new infant son, Trig, born just a few weeks ago, leaves me literally teary-eyed in admiration at her and her whole family's faith, love, and courage. Suffice it to say that Sarah Palin's pro-family, pro-life credentials are absolutely compelling. More (generally pro-Palin) punditry, weighing her political pros and cons as a Veep nominee: Josh Painter; Thomas Cheplick; Jack Kelly; Rush Limbaugh; AllahPundit; Ace; John Fund; Don Surber; Glenn Reynolds; Ann Althouse; Brian Faughnan; and a Palin for VP website. Is she as ready to step into the presidency at a moment's notice as would be, say, Fred Thompson? No. But Thompson, as much as I love him, isn't going to be the Veep nominee; he and McCain together would look like they're running on the Whig ticket. Palin's local and state-government experience is as good or better, though, than that of Charlie Crist and some of the other youngish governors who've been mentioned. (All governors tend to be weak on national security credentials, but that, fortunately, is where McCain is strongest.) And although it hasn't yet been on a national stage, Palin has been an elected public servant, starting at the local level and rising to her state's highest office, since before Obama himself was ever elected to anything, even though she's two years younger than he is. "Sarah Barracuda," she was nicknamed when she led her high school basketball team to the state finals. I'm reminded, thinking of possible inaugural balls, of the old line about Ginger Rogers — that she did all the fancy footwork and artistic dance steps that Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire could do on the dance floors, except backwards and in a ball-gown and heels. Afterwards, though, Gov. Palin would switch to her North Face gear, shoulder up her 30.06, and hop on the snow-mobile with one of her daughters to go track down some more moose meat for tomorrow's supper. Sarah Palin is walking, talking, governing proof that feminism, motherhood, and conservatism aren't inconsistent. Of course, Alaska and its three electoral votes are not "in play." But shoring up even a single big state like Florida or Virginia or Ohio through a favorite-son Veep candidate is small-ball — maybe a bunt that might or might not produce a base hit, and that might or might not score a run. I'm thinking that to unite the GOP's conservative base, peel off more independents and some disappointed Clintonistas, continue taking the wind out of Obamamania, and match Obama for sheer coolness, McCain may need a genuine four-bag home-run on the boards from his Veep nominee. I'm thinking that Sarah Palin may just be all that.

Frankly I don't have time to sit around micro-evaluating photos or searching to make sure something isn't photoshopped. I copied and pasted directly from another forum so sue me. I've removed the horrible photoshopped picture and replaced it with three more pictures illustrating my point. I've tried to find one of Gov. Palin in a burka so that it would fit better into the new puritanical stance that we are suddenly taking around here, but alas there isn't one available.

Likely not for what you would get out of it in trade right now.

And so you did!

As did I. But the liberal media has gladly flaunted Obama's sex appeal so it warms my heart to see the GOP bringing a gun to a knife fight. Remember this?

Apparently you were transfixed on the photo I posted of Gov. Palin and didn't notice that one of the bullet points in my associated quote referenced gay marriage. Specifically, that she vetoed a ban on gay marriage in Alaska because it was un-constitutional. Despite her own position against it. To me, that speaks volumes. She's not letting personal belief systems sway what is right in accordance with the Constitution.

Climb off the cross. First of all, my daughter, wife and mother haven't posed for photographs dressed like that. Second, obviously she didn't see it as being sexist so I don't imagine she needs you coming to her aid, Sir Lancelot. Third... she's attractive and we've had that shoved down our throats for the past few months regarding Obama's physique and sexual appeal to a lot of women in this country. McCain obviously isn't much to look at. So is it a bad thing that some of us have pointed out that she's hot and is bringing some sex appeal to the GOP? Didn't think so.

The Obama Administration won't be banning Rolex watches so I can tell you right now which of those will have more value if that hack gets elected.

For the casual consumer, definitely 200% agree. Enterprise support is actually pretty good.

Ah, dude... so you're a swooner aren't you?