A good article on Palin...by a Democrat?!

Prelude to 2012: how did Democrats let Sarah Palin destroy health care reform with Facebook?by D.K. Jamaal

It’s not even 2012, and Sarah Palin, the “lightweight” Caribou Barbie stupid dumb right-wing inexperienced unqualified unaccomplished religious wacko birther enabling nut that came from Wasilla, has already defeated President Obama.

She has trounced Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

She has trumped MoveOn, ACORN, and Obama’s mass army of volunteers at Organizing for America.

She has out-demagogued the three stooges of MSNBC Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Rachel Maddow.

Oh, and she did it with Facebook notes.

Read that again: she did it with Facebook notes.

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BING is now dead to me

On a "bias" note, I just had a bit of a "wow" moment. I've switched to using Bing quite a bit because of the liberal bias of Google (yeah, I realize the irony of using Blogger to post this), but I just tried to do a simple search of "Sarah Palin" there, and got an odd response. I have Bing's "Search Suggestions" turned on, and so after I typed in "Sarah ", a list of suggestions pops down, but strangely, no option for "Palin". But there are options such as "Sarah " Jessica Parker, Brightman, Silverman, Machlachlan, Jessica Parker clothing line, Dessen (who the hell is THAT?!)

So I went a little further, typing in a "Sarah P"...and still no Palin, but instead I get "plain and tall/palan/ purcell/pender/polly/purcell/etc..."

So I try to force the suggestion by typing "Sarah Pali"...and still, the odd suggestions leave out the person, but instead give me her "pastor/son/wardrobe/pregnant daughter/college education/eyeglass prescription/etc..." You get the picture.

So I finish typing the name and hit SEARCH, and what would you guess the top hit was?

The F'n HUFFINGTON POST! "Sarah Palin's CLSA Speech May Be "Borat"-Style…"

...plus a small thumbnail pic of Sarah reading and having a cocktail at the pool with the caption "Will Sarah Quit on Asia Too?" linking to an article with that title.

Unbelievable.

BING is now dead to me, and should be to you too.

…and on a related note, I tried the same thing with Yahoo, and the “Search Suggestions” gave me the right person (Sarah Palin), and the results were much more balanced.

So it’s back to Yahoo for me, unless someone can suggest something better.

The Cuda speaks out on Tort Reform

Sarah Palin posted a new "note" on her Facebook page today calling for tort reform to be a focal point of any health insurance reform. Love her (I do) or hate her, she repeatedly demonstrates an ability to focus attention and debate on any issue she chooses, and tort reform is a perfect example. I have seen people at town halls ask their muckety-mucks about tort reform and get blown off and their questions ignored. I have yet to hear P-BO and the rest of our rulers with a (D) behind their names utter the term, and yet the public is clamoring for it.

The Cuda just changed all that with another single opinion piece from the sidelines. “They” will not be able to ignore it now, as in their ongoing rush to discredit her, they will have to confront the issues she brings up, and today’s issue is tort reform. I bet the D’s are glad it’s Friday, and they hope it will all blow over by Monday. It won’t. She brought up the “death panels” about 2 weeks ago, and it’s still being talked about, even by P-BO & Krauthammer, whom I disagree with on this issue.

There is an article written by an Alaskan Fisherman that is so good that I believe it merits linking. He brings up several points about Palin that are largelt ignored by the state-run media.

Alaskan Fisherman talks about Sarah Palin

Scare Farce One does another flyby

Scare Farce One does another flyby, this time of the Statue of Liberty at the New York New York Casino in Las Vegas. After earlier telling business executives that they shouldn't be flying to Vegas for company meetings, The Thug-in-Chief flew in to Las Vegas on the taxpayer dime to raise money for dingy Harry Reid.

Sarasota Tea Party, Lakewood Ranch, Ed's Tavern

Here's my images of the last hour of the Sarasota Tea Party in Lakewood Ranch at Ed's Tavern. Being off the beaten track a bit, it was more than I expected. Totally different than the sign-waving in front of Marina Jack's, this gathering had lots of citizen speakers, first-time protestors, a large PajamasTV video screen, and good beer! Samuel Adams would be proud!

Sarasota Tea Parties

There were two Tea Parties in Sarasota that I know of. I arrived at both of them rather late, because I was y'know, working, and meeting with my accountant after hours upon hours of annual tax prep. I'll never get those hours back. (See the FairTax for a better way)

Anyway, I took some pictures, not award winning stuff, but the 2 images I saw in our local fish-wrapper were terrible, IMO, with hardly any people in them, so maybe these will give a better sense of these Sarasota Tea Partys. Or maybe not, cuz like I said, I got there really late, and a lotta folks had already left.

First up...on 41 in front of Marina Jack's, in front of the Eternal Kiss(?) sailor statue:

Ok, let's try this again...

Ya, there's a big gap between my last post and this one. That's because I got sick of the direction in which the election was heading. The whole thing was upsetting, and like my pappy, I get quiet when I get upset.

...don't get me wrong, I'm still upset, but I see a fighting spirit arising from the majority middle. I sense a lot of "buyer's remorse", and the great success of the Tea Partys yesterday inspired me to join the underdogs, and fight for the America I believe in. So I'll post occassional thoughts and pictures here we'll see how it goes...

It was said during the 2008 Presidential Election that "restless independents" would decide the election. We didn't, but maybe we can have a positive influence on the upcoming elections. And according to the new report put out by the DHS, I'm already considered a "right wing extremist" because I don't agree with Hussein's leftist policies, so why stay quiet now?