Sarah Palin, President of ...
Maybe we were too hasty, bringing Alaska into the union as the 49th state.
Let’s go back even further. Maybe Seward’s check for $7.2 million should have bounced.
I’m sure some people feel the same way about Hawaii, most of them Hawaiians. Both states have sovereignty movements, and Hawaii was an independent kingdom.
But Alaska has an actual, full-blown political organization, the Alaska Independence Party, and Todd Palin was for a number of years a member in good standing.
Hey, there’s still room to deal. If Alaska sincerely wants out of the union, maybe something could be arranged. Open-ended payments of oil royalties to the Lower 48 to refund all the tax dollars that went to infrastructure would surely be on the table. Access to mineral rights would not be out of line, in exchange for a defense treaty that gives Alaska the protection of the vast strength of the U.S. military – seeing as how Russia is just a polar bear’s swim away from the Alaskan Aleutians.
But here’s the best part: an independent Alaskan nation means that Sarah Palin wouldn’t have to wait four years to be president. She could be president right now, of her own country!
Or perhaps Alaska could incorporate, and she could be its chief executive officer. She has already said she considers herself to be ``the state CEO’’ for Alaska.
It’s a nice turn of phrase. And it explains a lot.
Like why she thought she could get away with firing people at will. CEOs can do that. Companies are not democracies. But states, and this nation – they are.
Last I checked, anyway.
The image of the check used to purchase Alaska is courtesy of Wikipedia.
Palins are a total un american disgrace. look up these sites and read more. veterans of america http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTczMjk4MQ==
celtic divas has many articles to readhttp://divasblueoasis.com/logonSubmit.do
panel to add ethics violation ongoing investigation
http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2008/10/14/blogs/palin/doc48f3d38f3d441035832956.txt#blogcomments
also look up wayne barret the villiage voice " book of Palin" investigation into who the building of their home for free with possibly wasilla arena contracts and she eliminated all building permits!
Posted by: Sue from Minnesota | October 18, 2008 at 02:57 PM
To bring this thread up to date.
majorundertaking posted:
Although, Governor Palin could dismiss the Public Safety Commissioner at her discretion, she, as they say in aviation parlance, "screwed the pooch" by improperly pressuring the Public Safety Commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law Trooper Wooten.
Today, 10/10/2008 the Alaska special investigator issued the State Legislature requested report and found that Governor Palin had abused her power and her office to illegally influence the Public Safety Commissioner to fire Trooper Wooten without due process of the state system. See:
Also see: Anchorage Daily News blog: The report's findings
Governor Palin is unfit to assume the mantle of vice-president of the United States of America.
~RLL~
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Posted by: R. L. Loveridge | October 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM
Palin's town charged women for rape exams
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/21/palin.rape.exams/index.html
Posted by: Lea | September 22, 2008 at 03:57 PM
Patt Morrison says Governor Palin "... thought she could get away with firing people at will. CEOs can do that. Companies are not democracies. But states, and this nation – they are."
As with the Presidency of the United States, the Governorship of some states — to specifically include Alaska — includes the power to hire and fire a great many people at will. That has nothing to do with the powers of CEOs, who are often restrained by union or other contracts from firing at will.
Last I checked, anyway.
As to the powers of the President, see the Plum Book.
As to the powers of the Governor of Alaska, see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/us/politics/04alaska.html
and other articles. The Public Safety Commissioner was an at-wil employee, which means he could be fired for his tie clashing with his belt, or bad breath, or coming into work too early.
Posted by: majorundertaking | September 19, 2008 at 07:56 PM
I find these things troubling:
The Trooper-Gate investigation and the link of Sarah Palin to the Extreme Right Wing Religious organization Focus On The Family. Liberty Legal Institute is the legal arm of the Free Market Foundation, a conservative activist group associated with James Dobson's Focus on the Family. They are now involved in halting the investigation.
(A Sign Of Things To Come?)
Some who worked with Palin termed her rise to power in Wassila as "The end of the innocence for the city,"
It has been reported that Palin broke the law by spending $55,000 of road maintenance funds, without the council's permission. When challenged Palins response, “I'm the mayor and I can do anything I want until the courts say I can't,'"
In Oct 1996 Palin inquired as to whether Emmons (Wasilla town Liberian) would object to library censorship. Emmons resisted. Palin then raised the possibility that people may circle the library in protest, to which Emmons replied that the American Civil Liberties Union would get involved. Palin backed down. Palin fired Emmons on 1/ 30/1997. The next day she withdrew the firing after an expression of public support for Emmons.
Regarding the bridge to nowhere. In 2006, Palin ran for governor on a "build-the-bridge" in her platform. She urged speedy work on Alaska's infrastructure projects "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist. “ (Under investigation Ted Stevens)
After the bridge received sharp criticism from John McCain and other congressional members she backed down.
Palins lack of curiosity about the world and international affairs. Ms. Palin first applied for a passport last year.
Her lack of experience
Her resume
Beauty Queen Contestant
After changing colleges 5 times she did graduate with a journalism degree
For a short time a sports reporter
4 years on a small town () city council
6 years as the mayor of a small town () with less than 7,000 people
20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people.
On the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Given McCains health issues and age Ms. Palin could in deed become the President of the United States
Focus on the Family in the White House
Scary
Can you say the earth is flat??
Posted by: C A Wren | September 19, 2008 at 02:35 PM
I am utterly lost for words. Those sleazy Palins are above the law now. This, even before that middle aged bimbo gets into the Oval office. My goodness. She is a total disgrace and those people who support her should also feel ashamed of themselves. I cannot help but thinking that they might be the same people who are responsible for putting this imbecile into power so he could ruin the economy and the good name America had been building up. Shame on those people as well as the girl!
Posted by: Kiara | September 19, 2008 at 10:55 AM