MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'sarah palin'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:57:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182077&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FwPnvKNmGo7s%2F H/T Chip Hanlon Apparently so. Following an extensive remodel, the Penthouse Club in Tampa, Fla., is finally ready for next summer’s Republican National Convention. Club operator DeWayne Levesque has installed two secluded VIP sections, which he hopes will help his club attract a bigger share of the 50,000 visitors expected to descend upon the city on Aug. 27 for four days of conservative politics and liberal partying. In addition to the club’s new carpets and furniture, the private rooms are designed to provide cover so that camera-shy donors, politicians and aides can enjoy the strippers without fear of getting caught, he said. A few blocks from the Penthouse Club, another strip club owner, Joe Redner, said he has high hopes for what the convention means for business at his a... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182077 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:49:12 +0100 5182077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174749&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2F2PzIrPS2vek%2F According to the latest CNN Poll. The survey, released Monday, indicates that 27 percent of Republicans nationwide support Perry for their party’s nomination, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who’s making his second bid for the White House, at 14 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin follows at ten percent, with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at nine percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who’s making his third bid for the presidency, at six percent. Every one else listed on the questionnaire registered in the low single digits. Another national poll, like Gallup, last week that shows Texas Governor Rick Perry as the front-runner. The momentum has been clear and it is all P... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174749 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:15:19 +0100 5174749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130900&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FikoDQxsprz0%2F According to the latest PPP Poll. Rick Perry 17% Mitt Romney 17% Michele Bachmann 9% Sarah Palin 17% Ron Paul 7% Herman Cain 11% Newt Gingrich 10% Tim Pawlenty 2% Jon Huntsman 1% With Sarah Palin out of the race: Mitt Romney 16% Rick Perry 17% Michele Bachmann 17% Newt Gingrich 11% Ron Paul 11% Tim Pawlenty 4% Herman Cain 9% Jon Huntsman 2% Another good initial poll for Texas Governor Rick Perry. It looks like he goes into North Carolina in a very good position with both Bachmann and Romney fading in the most recent polls. Only two days into the race and in North Carolina, Rick Perry can be considered a co-front runner. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130900 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:16:51 +0100 5130900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069649&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FxDdGUTikGPo%2F A movie poster advertising the Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated” is seen at the film’s premiere in Pella, Iowa June 28, 2011. The documentary traces Palin’s rise from mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, to state governor and her rise as the Republican vice presidential nominee and John McCain’s running mate in 2008 It is not as if Sarah will announce her candidacy for President or anything. In the latest indication that her sights are still set on a presidential run, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has accepted an invitation to keynote a Tea Party rally in Waukee, Iowa, on Sept. 3, RealClearPolitics has learned. The Labor Day weekend visit to the nation’s first voting state comes after Palin indicated during an appearance on Fox News earlier this month ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069649 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:23:20 +0100 5069649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036502&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FcSdo1Wz60dw%2F Follow @PattiN@PattiNPatti Niehoff Harry Potter vanquishes Sarah Palin!! | Sarah Palin Documentary Premiere: Film Opens To Nearly Empty Audience http://huff.to/mYMzOD @myEN about 5 hours ago via bitlyReplyRetweetFavorite Filed under: Ephemera Tagged: Harry Potter, Sarah Palin (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036502 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:00:20 +0100 5036502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952802&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7P-Tmi7yAsU%2F By David BoazSomeone called Stephen Metcalf writes at Slate of his horror at finding in “an otherwise quite groovy loft” in New York’s SoHo “not one but two copies of something called The Libertarian Reader.” Given that he manages to lump not just Paul Ryan and South Park but Sarah Palin into the libertarian basket, you can appreciate his dismay. Metcalf puts Robert Nozick at the center of his argument, understandably enough. My colleague Tom Palmer says that academic critics almost always cite one chapter of one book, Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia, and declare that they have grappled with libertarian ideas. Still, it’s a good book and worth grappling with, and it did have an impact, as Metcalf notes: I like to think that when Nozick publishe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952802 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:01:22 +0100 4952802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902402&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnXL7E_9howw%2F By Justin LoganThat’s the argument Ben Friedman and I made in our “Think Again” piece for Foreign Policy magazine. Our point there was that someone reading newspapers and watching television would think that Secretary Gates was some sort of transformational figure who took hold of a boneheaded grand strategy, two failing wars, and one broken bureaucracy and made them into successes. We argued that this description, which one finds almost everywhere one finds the secretary’s name, is wrong. (For responses to some of the critiques of our piece, Ben has a post up at The Skeptics.) Dana Milbank, Defense Analyst Over the weekend Dana Milbank authored a column demonstrating the tendency to represent Gates as something of a messiah. He does so by juxtaposing…Sarah Pa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902402 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:56:26 +0100 4902402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902633&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FdMf5YmPc0mQ%2F I didnt mess up about Paul Revere… He did warn the British. In a shout-out, gotcha type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly and I know my American history. Sarah Palin via Bonus Quote of the Day. Filed under: qotd Tagged: qotd, Sarah Palin, wingnut (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902633 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:53:31 +0100 4902633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893804&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FuY2Isds3iC0%2F Sarah Palins bus needs more eagles and rifles.. Filed under: Current Affairs, Link Tagged: Palin, Sarah Palin (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893804 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:07:04 +0100 4893804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734056&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fa_GIYYw-QrM%2F By Michael F. CannonReporters at PolitiFact.com have used me as a resource half a dozen times or so when fact-checking something someone said about health care reform. Sometimes we disagree about where the truth lies, but I’ve always been happy to help. That changed recently, and I should let PolitiFact’s reporters know why. At the end of each year, PolitiFact sifts through the many claims its reporters have deemed untrue and selects one to be their Lie of the Year. The Lie of the Year award is easily PolitiFact’s biggest publicity-generator. In 2009, they picked Sarah Palin’s “death panels” claim. In 2010, they picked the claim that the new health care law is a “government takeover” of health care. Looking at those two Lies of the Year together brought a couple of things h... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734056 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:42:57 +0100 4734056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394426&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpZrn4cfxoEc%2F By Michael F. CannonIt would appear that I am the Liar of the Year. The fact-checking journalists at PolitiFact.com gave their 2010 Lie of the Year award to the notion that ObamaCare is “a government takeover of health care,” and in 2009 gave the same award to Sarah Palin’s “death panels” claim.  But as I explain in my latest column for Kaiser Health News, the fact-checkers left out a few facts.  Read the column to find out what PolitiFact missed.  Here’s my conclusion: From my vantage point, the evidence shows that ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care, and Sarah Palin’s “death panels” claim was essentially true. If that makes me Liar of the Year, so be it. But another way to look at it is this: PolitiFact has now misap... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394426 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:27:30 +0100 4394426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4386349&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FDa_c6G3BbqE%2F Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Sarah will be speaking to New York business leaders on Long Island, February 17, 2011. Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin has agreed to a high-profile speaking engagement to New York business leaders on Long Island next month. Palin will speak to the Long Island Association on February 17 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York, the group confirmed Friday. Palin is also giving two paid speeches in Nevada at the end of January and is scheduled to speak Jan. 24 at a closed-press fundraiser for the Lubbock Christian School in Lubbock, Texas. Wonder if Sarah will be meeting with Rudy Giuliani, if he is in town? (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4386349 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:50:36 +0100 4386349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4386350&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FUAxwkxhf_Ig%2F Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani tells CNN’s Piers Morgan that if Sarah Palin Runs in 2012, he’s more likely to as well Now, this is interesting and I have not heard from any of Rudy’s 2008 campaign people about a Presidential race by the Mayor. But, maybe he is lying low, unlike the last time. On Monday’s hour-long “Piers Morgan Tonight” interview, Rudy Giuliani tells Piers Morgan he’s more likely to run if Sarah Palin runs in 2012. “The more Republicans in which I can show a contrast…the better chance that I have,” he said, describing himself as a moderate. But if he does run, Giuliani says he would concentrate on winning Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, sites of the first presidential nominating contests. In 2008 Giuliani ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4386350 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:28:21 +0100 4386350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382804&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos.videopress.com%2Fpn0rNzqV%2Fsarah-palin-responds-to-tucson-shooting_hd.mp4 Last week The Situationist asked this question: Was Sarah Palin exhibiting the naive cynicism dynamic in her remarks about the shooting in Tucson (see video)? * * * * * * Several readers responded thoughtfully in brief comments, but Paul Rosenberg provided an outstanding, painstakingly thorough response over at Open Left. We highly recommend his post. * * * For some related Situationist posts, see: “Sarah Palin a Naive Cynic?,” “A Horror Movie for Palinites?,” “The Tragedy in Tucson: What Do You Think?,” “The Great Attributional Divide,” “Naive Cynicism,” “Legal Academic Backlash – Abstract,” “Emily Pronin on the Situation of Bias,” “Asymmetric Introspection and Extrospection,” and “The Si... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382804 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:40:28 +0100 4382804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372096&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F19%2Fa-horror-movie-for-palinites%2F Despite my love of cinema, I tend to always fall behind on catching the latest movies. Case in point: during the past weekend, I finally had the opportunity to see The King’s Speech, which my own grandmother watched and wrote me about . . . last year. As a sort of New Year’s resolution, I’m attempting to be a bit more up-to-date on this front, and, thus, I’m going to dedicate this blog post to a film that hasn’t even been released yet, but that should be of interest to Situationist readers. What caught my attention about the preview for the film was that it seemed as if it could easily be modified into a Sarah Palin 2012 political advertisement. In the opening frames, we watch Senate candidate David Norris (Matt Damon) as he first crosses paths with the ballet dancer Elise Sellas... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372096 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:01:22 +0100 4372096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343208&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos.videopress.com%2Fpn0rNzqV%2Fsarah-palin-responds-to-tucson-shooting_hd.mp4 Situationist Contributors Adam Benforado and Jon Hanson have written extensively about a dynamic they call “naive cynicism.” Their work explores how dispositionism maintains its dominance despite the fact that it misses so much of what actually moves us. It argues that the answer lies in a subordinate dynamic and discourse, naive cynicism: the basic subconscious mechanism by which dispositionists discredit and dismiss situationist insights and their proponents. Without it, the dominant person schema – dispositionism – would be far more vulnerable to challenge and change, and the more accurate person schema – situationism – less easily and effectively attacked. Naive cynicism is thus critically important to explaining how and why certain legal policies manage to carry the da... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343208 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:34:30 +0100 4343208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331190&cid=t_171558_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F10%2Ftheres-enough-insanity-to-go-around%2F Gun control activists are not just concerned about the criminally insane having guns. (Such diagnoses are too often only made after a shoot-’em-up anyway!) Otherwise sane people can act violently, too, and guns just make things that much worse. When I hear criminals dismissed by news-jockies as “crazy”, “unbalanced”, “off”, I sometimes take on those [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331190 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:21:13 +0100 4331190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4327041&cid=t_171558_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F08%2Fsarah-palin-incites-stupidity-why-not-worse%2F “If a Muslim put a map on web w/crosshairs on 20 pols, then 1 of them got shot, where would he b sitting right now? Just asking.” (tweet from Michael Moore) I have nothing but best wishes for the victims and families of today’s gun madness in Tucson. Speaking from family experience, the first brain [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4327041 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:39:20 +0100 4327041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314001&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aannet.org%2Ffiles%2Fpublic%2FAAN%2520Policy%2520Brief%2520-%2520Advance%2520Care%2520Planning.pdf By Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN. I was quite distressed to read in this morning’s news that the Obama Administration had reversed the new Medicare regulation that would pay for periodic conversations between physicians and patients about preferences for end-of-life care.  According to today’s New York Times, Speaker John Boehner said that  “the provision could be a step ‘down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia.’” Sara Palin started this rhetorical myth when she declared efforts to incorporate paying for such conversations under Medicare in the House health care reform bill (not included in the final law) as creating “death panels”. This lie is undermining advances that advocates for better end-of-life care have worked on ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314001 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:11:39 +0100 4314001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164666&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F14%2Fgops-rural-white-guys-the-night-they-drove-new-dixie-down%2F Scarlett O'Hara and beaus, "Gone With the Wind" (1939) My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. GOP’s Rural White Guys: The Night They Drove New Dixie Down. Republicans are busting with pride about the parade of rural white men who voted overwhelmingly for their candidates in last week’s midterm elections. And not just on the national level. You have to go back to 1966 to find the same number of state legislature switches. You have to go back to 1928 to find this many state legislature seats filled with Republicans. That fact alone could ripple for years to come, due to the potential for partisan gerrymandering (fun fact: so named for the salamander-shaped district designed by a Gov. Gerry in 1812 Massachusetts). Representative districts are redrawn once a dec... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164666 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:13:12 +0100 4164666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139432&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F04%2Fsarah-palin-2012-size-matters%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Sarah Palin 2012: Size Matters. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: election 2012, gop, humor, political cartoon, president, republican, robert donna trussell, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139432 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:18:57 +0100 4139432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134007&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2010%2F11%2F04%2Fpresident-2012-poll-watch-mitt-romney-20-vs-mike-huckabee-19-vs-sarah-palin-19%2F Retired Air Force Gen. Lester L. Lyles, left, shares a laugh with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Ohio Republican Senate candidate Rob Portman at InfoTech 2010 on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, in Dayton, Ohio Advantage Sarah Palin in the latest Rasmussen Poll. OK, the election’s over, and the message from most voters was that they didn’t care much for President Obama’s agenda. Now the focus is on the race for the presidency in 2012. On the Republican side, it’s a dead heat between the ex-governors – Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Sarah Palin of Alaska, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely GOP Primary voters. Asked who they would vote for if the Republican presidential primary were held today, 20% say Romney, 1... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134007 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:26:01 +0100 4134007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119600&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=39215&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcancersuucks.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fbrief-explanation.html First of all the last post was called live free or die trying because the hike at my sisters house was in New hampshire but I forgot to put that in. None the less some people liked it, must be some of my followers from countries I have never heard of. Not that that means anything about the countries- it is more about me. I am geographically challenged. My nephew is doing a semester abroad in Budapest, which I iknow is in Hungary. Peggy said he went to Transylvania for the weekend. I said, that isn't a real place, it was just made up for horror movies. Apparently not. Unless it is a relatively new country invented by someone with a sense of humor and a penchant for old horror movies. But i forgot to ask that. Did i use the word penchant correctly? If i was typing this on my smarter-than-me ... Cancer does suck but it is a little funny. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119600 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:37:00 +0100 4119600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4001728&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2010%2F09%2F25%2Fday-by-day-september-25-2010-high-times%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir The GOP establishment has taken a drubbing in this last primary season in Utah, Delaware, Alaska and Florida. But, as Sarah Palin, the titular head of the Republican Party sans John McCain says, it is now time for CHOOSING. A time to choose and which is liable to become the biggest Tea Party ever at the November Midterm Congressional elections. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4001728 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:03:50 +0100 4001728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987203&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F20%2Fthe-new-stepford-wives-party-starring-sarah-palin-also-gidget%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. The New Stepford Wives Party, Starring Sarah Palin (Also Gidget). I loves me some mama grizzly Sarah Palin and her adorable Republican bear cubs running for national office — Delaware’s Christine “Never Mind What I Said Back Then” O’Donnell, South Dakota’s Kristi “I Forgot My Court Date” Noem and Nevada’s Sharron “Unemployed People Are Spoiled” Angle. And no, I don’t love them because they’re “unelectable.” If you said that, bite your tongue. MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews bet Politics Daily’s own David Corn that O’Donnell will win in November. Maybe that’s a fake-out, but at this point in American politics, the fake is real, the real is fake, a... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987203 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:02:15 +0100 3987203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982095&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F18%2Fnow-showing-triumph-of-the-girly-girls%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Now Showing: Triumph of the Girly Girls. Or is it: Wacky Wonks and the Fudge Factory. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: christine o'donnell, comics, democrat, humor, political cartoon, republican, sarah palin, talky tina, tea party (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982095 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:25:56 +0100 3982095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3958037&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F10%2Fmeghan-mccain-and-the-brand-new-omg-party%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Meghan McCain and the Brand New OMG Party. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: dirty sexy politics, gay marriage, meghan mccain, republican, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3958037 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:01:24 +0100 3958037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3925057&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F01%2Ffrom-a-lefty-five-things-the-right-is-doing-right%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. From a Lefty: Five Things the Right Is Doing Right. For nearly two years, the Democrats have controlled the House, the Senate, the presidency and two new judicial appointments to the Supreme Court. So why does it feel like the Democrats lost in 2008? I think it’s because the Democrats have turned losing into an art form. You know how they say a good dancer makes it look easy? That’s the Dems. They make winning look like losing, and losing look like the eternal hell-fires of damnation. The left could learn a few things from the right. To wit: 1) The right talks to average people. Even unabashed progressive Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) thought that it was smart to talk to the people. He even went to a Tea Party to see what the fuss was a... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3925057 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:27:36 +0100 3925057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854713&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F08%2F10%2Fim-on-cnn%2F I’m quoted in How the Palins Stay in the Limelight by CNN’s Lisa Respers France. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: bristol palin, cnn, levi johnston, reality tv, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854713 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:09:38 +0100 3854713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3849042&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F08%2F09%2Fsarah-palin-endorsement-aw-she-shouldnt-have%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Sarah Palin Endorsement: Aw, She Shouldn’t Have. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: campaign, comics, election, endorsement, gop, political cartoon, republican, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3849042 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:21:19 +0100 3849042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3795003&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fsara-palins-house-as-seen-from-taiwan.html "Ah wad some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us." — Robert (the stupid, it) Burns (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3795003 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0100 3795003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671976&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F06%2F17%2Fabortion-sarah-palin-and-feminism-theyre-complicated%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Abortion, Sarah Palin and Feminism: They’re Complicated. Ah, carry me back to old 1960s. Women’s lib, as many of us called feminism back then, divided women along the same fault lines that divide us today. Decades ago a friend said to me: “I always thought liberation meant the freedom to do what you wanted with your life, even if that was stay home with your children.” Pretty good definition, and it just about summarizes the abortion debate. Freedom to become a mother or not. Freedom to be born or not. When those two freedoms are in direct opposition, whose freedom should be honored? The baby’s, says Sarah Palin. “You thought pit bulls are tough,” Palin said at a recent Susan B. Anthony List breakfast. &#82... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671976 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:22:24 +0100 3671976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607478&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4p9MAsnEARs%2F By David BoazState Rep. Raul Labrador walloped Republican establishment favorite Vaughn Ward in Idaho’s 1st District congressional primary. Idaho native Sarah Palin campaigned for Ward, who had worked in the McCain presidential campaign in 2008. Labrador drew strong support from Tea Party activists. According to Politico, “Ward’s defeat also came despite his high-profile support from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who did more to assist Ward than she did for almost any other House candidate. Last Friday, she headlined a rally and fundraiser for Ward, and her parents and in-laws were supporters of Ward’s campaign.” Lots of Republican incumbents lost their legislative seats, too, suggesting the continuing power of Tea Party activism and general populist unrest. (Sourc... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607478 Thu, 27 May 2010 19:35:34 +0100 3607478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599353&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2kV0kcE7VQw%2F By Gene HealyMy Washington Examiner column this week begins with a look back at the Disco Era: In his high school yearbook photo, President Barack Obama sports a white leisure suit and a Travolta-esque collar whose wingspan could put a bystander’s eye out. Hey, it was 1979. Maybe that explains the rest of young Barry’s yearbook page, with its “still life” featuring a pack of rolling papers and a shout-out to the “Choom gang.” (“Chooming” is Hawaiian slang for smoking pot.) Survey data suggest some 100 million Americans have tried pot, including political elites and drug war supporters Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin. So the point here isn’t to play “gotcha” by calling the president out on some harmless fun ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599353 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:33:05 +0100 3599353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542571&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuhzDuJBH_9Y%2F By David BoazSarah Palin has endorsed Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate in California, showing commendable charity toward a woman who gave her one of her many Bad Headline Days in September 2008 by telling an interviewer that Palin wouldn’t be qualified to run a major company. (Fiorina did add, “But you know what? That’s not what she’s running for.”) Palin is way off base, though, when she writes: I support Carly as she fights through a tough primary against a liberal member of the GOP who seems to bear almost no difference to Boxer, one of the most leftwing members of the Senate. Ignoring conservative Chuck DeVore, who probably has the support of a lot of Palin fans, Palin is taking aim at frontrunning former congressman Tom Campbell. But if her aim was that far ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542571 Fri, 07 May 2010 15:42:41 +0100 3542571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542577&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsszwWtaGPKk%2F By Michael F. CannonA correspondent for The Economist, whose initials are M.S., posts this on the Democracy in America blog: [T]he new health-care-reform law passed in March is an entirely private-insurer, free-market-based reform. If someone were to refer to it as a “government takeover of the health-care sector”, that person would hold a factually incorrect ideological belief. I wonder what convinced M.S. that the new health care law is an entirely free-market-based reform.  Was it the expansion of the government’s Medicaid program to another 16 million Americans?  Was it the 19-million-plus other Americans who will receive government subsidies to purchase private health insurance? Was it the new price controls that the law imposes on health insurance?  Or the price ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542577 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:06:29 +0100 3542577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467984&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F14%2Fwhen-republicans-go-daft%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. When Republicans Go Daft. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: chaos theory, gop, newt gingrich, political cartoon, republican, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467984 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:19:15 +0100 3467984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420444&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fi7lTLQjYZf8%2F By Michael F. CannonAs the nation contemplates the new health care entitlements that Congress and President Obama just created, it is worth noting an article in today’s Washington Post, which reports on the performance of past efforts to eliminate fraud in another health care entitlement: More than a decade ago, Congress set out to squeeze the fraud out of Medicare billing at nursing homes, requiring more precise justifications for costs. It created new “ultra-high” billing categories intended to be used for only 5 percent of the patients needing highly specialized care and rehabilitation. But within a few years, nursing homes flooded the ultra-high categories with patients, contributing to $542 million a year in potential overpayments, federal analysts found. Since then,... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420444 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:48:23 +0100 3420444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416011&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fqriddwb-DMk%2F By Roger PilonToday Politico Arena asks: Comment please on Podhotetz on Palin My response: To complete Norman Podhoretz’s thought in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, “I knew Ron Reagan. Ron Reagan was a friend of mine. Governor Palin, you’re no Ron Reagan — but I like you all the same.” And that distinguishes Podhoretz from those “conservative intellectuals” whose antipathy to Sarah Palin and “the loathsome Tea Party rabble” is ultimately explained, he believes, by “the same species of class bias that Mrs. Palin provokes in her enemies and her admirers.” To be sure, that “class bias” explains a good measure of the hostility Mrs. Palin has faced, especially among that often diverse band called neoco... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416011 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:57:09 +0100 3416011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306799&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F02%2Fmore-of-the-same-only-more-expensive.html By SARAH PALIN The President has wrestled control of the health care debate away from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid by finally introducing his own plan. Unfortunately, the White House’s proposal includes everything we found untenable about the old Senate... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306799 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3306799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3272892&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4a0flCnIdCE%2F By Doug BandowThe U.S. remains stuck in Iraq, as the country moves toward a potentially messy and not so democratic (lots of disqualified parliamentary candidates, etc.) election.  Iran’s refusal to back away from its nuclear program has intensified calls for an American military strike — which, Sarah Palin assures, would even help the president politically.  North Korea unsurprisingly is showing reluctance to rejoin international talks over its nuclear program: renewed proposals for a U.S. military build-up in South Korea and even war against the North are likely to follow.  And then there is Afghanistan. Even though President Barack Obama talks about deadlines and drawdowns, there is little in present policy to suggest that the U.S. will be able to leave Afghanistan in eve... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3272892 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:08:45 +0100 3272892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271020&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7YRTAngN3SA%2F By David BoazThe AP reports: In a land dispute pitting Madonna against African villagers, Malawi’s government has sided with the pop star who has pumped millions into the impoverished Southern African country and adopted two of its children. Villagers have been refusing to move from a plot of land near the capital, Lilongwe, where Madonna wants to build a $15-million school for girls. The government, however, says it had originally planned to develop the plot, and only allowed the villagers to live there until a project was identified. Lilongwe District Commissioner Charles Kalemba, accompanied by other government officials and representatives from Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity, on Thursday met with about 200 villagers and told them they would have to move. The villagers hav... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271020 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:20:16 +0100 3271020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266888&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqPHdPLZt3ps%2F By Tad DeHavenThe Washington Times recently used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain letters sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by numerous Republican lawmakers seeking stimulus money for their constituents. All of these Republicans had publicly criticized the stimulus and voted against it. Georgia Rep. John Linder wrote on his website in October that recent unemployment figures “only reinforce the fact that the $787 billion ’stimulus’ signed into law eight months ago has done nothing for job growth in this country.” But just two weeks earlier the congressman had sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on behalf of a foundation in his district seeking stimulus funds in which he claimed “the employment opportunities created by this [fo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266888 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:54:36 +0100 3266888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266890&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fh7-91xCsfPE%2F By David Boaz“Take Sarah Palin seriously,” David Broder writes in the Washington Post. ”In the present mood of the country, Palin is by all odds a threat to the more uptight Republican aspirants such as Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty — and potentially, to Obama as well.” Palin’s own Captain Ahab, Andrew Sullivan, wrings his hands that she’s the “leader of the opposition” and a real threat to be president. Time’s Joe Klein goes even further: “Is Sarah Palin the favorite to win the Republican nomination and therefore someone to be taken absolutely seriously? You betcha.” Yes, well, I’m old enough to remember that Newsweek prepared six covers for the week of the 1968 election (I was very precocious), and one of them... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266890 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:39:57 +0100 3266890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3224987&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F30%2Fvanna-white-in-the-white-house-how-about-bruce%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Bruce Springsteen in Spain, July 2009 Vanna White, the pleasant letter-turner on the game show Wheel of Fortune, was wildly popular in the mid-1980s. Some surmised that Vanna’s appeal stemmed not from her blondness, but rather her blandness. Viewers saw either a girl next door or an irresistible, slightly dangerous hottie, depending on what they wanted to see. So my suggestion for 2012 presidential candidate is: Bruuuuuuce! Yes, Mr. Springsteen. The singer. Well, why not? Since our elections are about symbolism, good looks, personality, body language and the voter’s ability to project on to a candidate the promise of their unspoken desires and redemption of their broken dreams, why not Bruce? You know I’m right. Chris Matthews su... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3224987 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:48:16 +0100 3224987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178959&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2Ffoxy-lady-sarah-palin-weighs-in%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. Foxy Lady Sarah Palin Weighs In. Posted in Music - TV - Film, Politics Daily Tagged: bill o'reilly, chaos theory, fox tv, political cartoon, sarah palin (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178959 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:13:56 +0100 3178959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119016&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fsara-palins-perfect-plan.html LOL Palin Enemies T-Shirt by webcarveMake custom tshirts at zazzle RICKY : And that's an Ultimatum! LUCY : An ultimatum?! ETHEL : Well, I'm not surprised. LUCY : I am. I didn't think he knew how to pronounce it.(Link) You know, if Sarah Palin were as good as creating genuine inspirational excitement as she is at causing unintentional hilarity at her own expense... but in fact, this is Sarah Palin.Smarting from criticism that holding events on military bases gave the impression that she was less than courageous in the face of the media Palin set out to hold a book signing where anyone, of whatever rank or station would feel welcome. Or, so it would appear. Of course, as you may have come to realize over the past decade of experience with such people, the appearance and the reality are usual... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119016 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:01:00 +0100 3119016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3104996&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSSVKuxXsqbI%2F By Roger PilonPolitico asks, “Was he convincing?” My response: In Copenhagen this morning, President Obama convinced only those who want to believe — of which, regrettably, there is no shortage.  Notice how he began, utterly without doubt:  “You would not be here unless you, like me, were convinced that this danger is real.  This is not fiction, this is science.”  The implicit certitude is no part of real science, of course.  But then the president, like the environmental zealots cheering him in Copenhagen, are not really interested in real science.  Theirs, ultimately, is a political agenda.  How else to explain the corruption of science that the East Anglia Climate Research email scandal has brought to light, and the efforts, presently, to dismiss the s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3104996 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:49:18 +0100 3104996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075484&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnclzWcxzEUg%2F By David BoazCould it be the Washington Post? Bannered across the top of the Post’s op-ed page today is a piece titled “Copenhagen’s political science,” titularly authored by Sarah Palin. I’m delighted to see the Post publishing an op-ed critical of the questionable science behind the Copenhagen conference and the demands for massive regulations to deal with “climate change.” But Sarah Palin? Of all the experts and political leaders a great newspaper might call on for a critical look at the science behind global warming, Sarah Palin? What’s even more interesting is that the Post also ran an op-ed by Palin in July. But during this entire year, the Post has not run any op-eds by such credible and accomplished Republicans as Gov. Mitch Daniels; ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075484 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:33:02 +0100 3075484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037010&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F11%2F26%2Fday-by-day-november-26-2009-furrin-policy-and-them-murricans%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir Sarah Palin WILL be a threat to a second Obama presidential term if the economy does NOT precipitiously turn around by a year from now. If the economy remains in the tank, the Congress will change so dramatically in the midterm November 2010 Congressional elections REAL opposition to Obama’s far left policies will emerge. With regard to Obama’s foreign policy, there really is only one word for it: DITHERING.And, the pundits are already compaing him to Jimmy Carter and LBJ. The last time we had a staggering economy and a misdirected foreign policy was in 1980 and we know what happened in that election. Previous:The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: Day_By_Day, Barack_Obama, Sarah_Palin Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dent... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037010 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:54:32 +0100 3037010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017196&cid=t_171558_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F21%2F2728%2F The #2 and #1 stories Friday on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” (Lawrence O’Donnell filling in) were a major public relations glitch for Sarah Palin at a book-signing in Indiana and then a montage of the late night comics – Steven Colbert, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon – having great fun [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017196 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:19:52 +0100 3017196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946900&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F_XCmR6UR7Dk%2F Halloween.  What an annoying time of year.  There are the innocent children dressed by their overzealous parents in costumes ranging from silly to sexy, harassing me for candy and invading my personal home space.  Then there are the people decorating their yards with scary ghosts, goblins, and dead dummies, making it virtually impossible for me to take my three year-old daughter on a nice stroll through our usually unassuming neighborhood without freaking her out. I’m more aggravated though about how some political circles have spooked the health reform debate.  It’s a perfect horror movie with serial killers of anything Obama, scare tactics aimed to torment and take advantage of citizens who are vulnerable and unlearned about a complex issue, and gangbangers of a majority party un... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946900 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:55:51 +0100 2946900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927253&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fparents-the-bibles-not-doing-it%2F Parents who believe that their strong religious beliefs and raising their children in the church will prevent teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases may be surprised to learn that teen-age pregnancies are highest among the more religious states in the United States. Of course, who can forget failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her teen daughter, Bristol Palin’s pregnancy. Here was a very in-your-face conservative who doesn’t want sex education in the schools, who believed that raising your child “right” and with God would keep her from getting pregnant – and her daughter became pregnant. Sure, she’s one teen among millions, but she’s not the only one whose parents believed that by preaching abstinence, their daughter would... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927253 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:38:54 +0100 2927253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920364&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F10%2F22%2Fsarah-palin-endorses-conservative-doug-hoffman-in-new-york-23-congressional-race%2F Doug Hoffman Campaign ad: 2 Peas in a Liberal Pod Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican Nominee for Vice President and Republican Alaska Governor has endorsed Conservative Party Doug Hoffman over the Republican Dede Scozzafava in the special election for New York’s 23rd congressional district. Here is Palin’s statement: The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as Election Day approaches! He needs our help now. The votes of every member of Congress affect every American, so it’s important for all of us to pay attention to this important Congressional campaign in upstate New York. I am very pleased to announce my support for Doug Hoffman in his fight to be the next Representative from New York&#... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920364 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:46:27 +0100 2920364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789151&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F09%2Funethical-sluts-blog-post-in-three.html Wanna have a quick look-see to find out what one of the poster-boys for Family Values gets up to on your dime and your eyeball-time?I have absolutely no problem with legal prostitution. I'm a Libertarian. It's your right to do things that make me think you might be kinda sad and pathetic in spots, but I think it's a relatively responsible way of getting needs met without harm to others, while being willing to admit that my thoughts about you are "My stuff, not your stuff."But by "harm" I don't just mean the risk of STD's or other personal consequences. I feel you are entitled to enjoy all the karma you generate - positive and negative. By "harm" I mean embarrassing your friends, family, colleagues and sponsors. People you owe for helping you get where you are. People who have every right t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789151 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:18:00 +0100 2789151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782009&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_aDhKlAPaIM%2F The other day, Sarah Palin cited my work in an oped for the Wall Street Journal.  So when the Democratic National Committee savaged her for it, ABCNews.com asked me for comment.  Here’s an excerpt from George Stephanopoulos’ blog: “Instead of poll-driven ’solutions,’ let’s talk about real health-care reform: market-oriented, patient-centered, and result-driven,” wrote Palin. “As the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon and others have argued, such policies include giving all individuals the same tax benefits received by those who get coverage through their employers; providing Medicare recipients with vouchers that allow them to purchase their own coverage; reforming tort laws to potentially save billions each years in wasteful spending; a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782009 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:57:47 +0100 2782009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730072&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2009%2F08%2Fdeath-panels-palliative-care-and-the-dangers-of-modern-mccarthyism-.html By BOB WACHTER It’s time to fight back. The “death panel” nonsense is not a harmless and amusing political canard – it is modern McCarthyism: the shameless, heinous use of lies and distortions to scare and confuse people. The tide... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730072 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2730072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715919&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0S-SBIpu8OY%2F Don’t believe everything you read at The Plank — including the part about Sarah Palin’s “death panel” claim being a “lie.” Palin’s claim was a tad hyperbolic, but that does not change the fact that — as I explain in the Detroit Free Press — President Obama has proposed a new government panel that would enhance Medicare’s ability to deny care to the elderly and disabled based on government bureaucrats’ arbitrary valuations of those patients’ lives. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715919 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:50:12 +0100 2715919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702367&cid=t_171558_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2FftevCvwrKGw%2F I got an email from my mother the other day that caught my eye. It was a viral email that is making its way around the Internet. The author of the email is asking supporters of healthcare reform to boycott Apple products because they sponsor Fox News. Now, I’m all for the cause, but I draw the line at my computer. Let me remind you of something. I don’t just have a computer. I have a MacBook Pro. That’s scared, baby, but I digress. I asked myself what kind of person would ask liberal Apple devotees to turn their backs on Steve Jobs and his empire. The request is creepy and weird. It’s like asking a vegan to eat a side of bloody beef. I am a member of Steve’s cult, and I have to have my computer so I can write about the healthcare debate. There are a lot of myths circulating out o... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702367 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:33:46 +0100 2702367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688654&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2009%2F08%2Fpalinobamas-health-plan-evil.html The strange plot of the national debate over health reform this took another twist over the weekend, after (now suddenly ex- Alaska governor) Sarah Palin posted a statement on her Facebook page on Friday denouncing the Obama administration's plan to... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688654 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2688654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670905&cid=t_171558_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Ffinally-reasonable-plan-certification-ehr-technologies  A caution to readers: This post is about methods for certifying Electronic Health Record (EHR) technologies used by physicians, medical practices, and hospitals who hope to qualify for federal incentive payments under the so-called HITECH portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670905 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:20:47 +0100 2670905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641392&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F26%2Fsarah-palin-steps-down-as-alaskas-governor%2F Sarah Palin is out as Governor of Alaksa as she resigns today. Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid. In a fiery campaign-style speech, Palin said she was stepping down to take her political battles to a larger if unspecified stage and avoid an unproductive, lame duck status. “With this decision, now, I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right, and for truth. And I have never felt that you need a title to do that,” Palin said to raucous applause from about 5,000 people gathered at Pioneer Park in downtown Fairbanks. Her first order of business as a private citizen is t... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641392 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:13:03 +0100 2641392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576729&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F06%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-july-6-2009-face-time%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir I remember when Richard Nixon quit after losing the Californor Governorship in 1962 to Jerry Brown’s father and HE came back to win the Presidency in 1968. I, also, remember when Nixon came back after resigning the Presidency after the Watergate scandal to be considered a prominent statesmen – even though a crook. The American people have a long history of forgiving politicians over time – except in cases of personal scandal like Gary Hart or Mark Sanford. So, who knows, when and how Sarah Palin re-emerges on the national political scene. Flap knows one thing: there is money to be made on her celebrity status and that opportunity will NOT be lost. Previous: The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: Day By Day, Sarah Palin Bookmark/Search this p... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576729 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:14:24 +0100 2576729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2573074&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FEShrdzMa7s8%2F via thedw.us Via The Daily What The Daily What Posted via web from Patti’s posterous Technorati Tags: Politics, Sarah Palin, silly (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2573074 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:05:41 +0100 2573074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576732&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F05%2Fshocker-sarah-palin-goes-around-msm-to-deliver-message-on-political-future%2F Sarah Palin along with daughter Bristol, left watch the Juneau Fourth of July parade, as husband Todd, looks over son Trig and grandson, Tripp, Bristol’s son, Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Juneau, Alaska The AP has this late story on how Sarah Palin delivered a message to her half a million plus friends on Facebook briefly outlining what is ahead in her political future. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month. After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly announcing she would soon give up her job as governor, Palin indicated on a social networking site that she would take on a larger, national role, citing a “higher calling” to ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576732 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:00:51 +0100 2576732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576733&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F05%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-july-5-2009-middle-class-proposal%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir Congratulations Jan and Damon on your engagement! This Middle Class Proposal is much like the Sarah Palin gambit of resigning from the Alaska governorship and going on a conservative offensive. There is no doubt that had she stayed as Alaska Governor that the LEFT would have beat her senseless with countless ethics probes and trumped up BS outrages. Now, Palin can go on th attack, make some money for her family and become a leader of the Republican Party AND the American Conservative movement. The Palin attacks from the RIGHT have been coming from Team Romney. I wonder if Palin decides to cede the 2012 ground and support someone else or stay neutral? Previous: The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: Day By Day, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney Bookmark/Search this post... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576733 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:47:55 +0100 2576733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473728&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F06%2F13%2Fdoes-the-david-letterman-sarah-palin-flap-help-letterman-in-the-television-ratings%2F David Letterman defends his jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughters in a seven minute segment above, June 10, 2009 Perhaps. Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there’s a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman’s career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno’s. Grant’s 1995 appearance on NBC’s “Tonight” show after a prostitution arrest, where Leno famously asked “what were you thinking?,” was seen in retrospect as a turning point in the late-night race. It drew a huge audience and propelled Leno to the top of the ratings, a spot he would not relinquish. Letterman did not court last week’s battle with Palin, who called him “perverted” for making a joke about her daughter getting “kn... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473728 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:14:13 +0100 2473728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473729&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F06%2F13%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-13-2009-letterman-asks-for-it%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir The Sarah Palin – David Letterman Flap continues with Palin calling for Letterman to offer up an apology to women. Sarah Palin says David Letterman owes an apology to young women across the country for his joke about her daughter. The Alaska governor appeared on NBC’s “Today” show Friday, continuing a feud with the CBS “Late Show” funnyman over his joke earlier this week that Palin’s daughter got “knocked up” by New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez during their recent trip to New York. Palin also said she doesn’t believe she should be automatically considered the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Asked by Matt Lauer whether Letterman owed her daughter an apology, the ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473729 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:40 +0100 2473729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473732&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-12-2009-contemporaries%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir The David Letterman – Sarah Palin Flap really has illustrated the hatred of the LEFT dominated MSM for conservative leaders, especially THAT CLOWN Letterman. Remember when they used to ridicule Ronald Reagan before his performance made him an American hero? Sarah Palin went on the offensive today with an interview on NBC’s Today Show. Watch below and wonder who has come out ahead in this flap? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Previous: The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: David Letterman, Sarah Palin, Day By Day Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473732 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:21 +0100 2473732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415655&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fcarrie-prejean-also-ran-queen.html I've been taking a little vacation from internet news the last while, because, well, I was starting to burn out. One response was to experiment with a more graphic approach to graphictruths.But that meant that all I got was television pop-culture. Well, I'm late to the gate with the Peroxide Christian Conservatism of Carrie Prejean, Also-Ran Queen for Miss Trump USA.But it seems that while the story ain't fresh, it's a great BIG pile of cultural carrion, and the Usual Vultures are far from reaching the bone.Palin defends Carrie Prejean Miss California USA from staunchusa Carrie Prejean news of the day! Sarah Palin is defending Carrie Prejean. “The liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against (Miss California) Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despic... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415655 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:17:00 +0100 2415655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399007&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fsarah-palin-and-sarahpac-ethics-complaint-dismissed%2F Thomas Van Flein discusses the dismissal of an ethics complaint filed against Gov. Sarah Palin on the Eddie Burke radio program on May 8, 2009. Another Sarah Palin BS Alaska Ethics complaint has been dismissed today. An attorney hired by the state personnel board has dismissed an ethics complaint claiming that Gov. Sarah Palin’s role in the political action committee SarahPAC poses a conflict with her official duties as governor. “I find that the complaint does not allege facts which constitute a violation of the Ethics Act. Therefore an investigation is not warranted. Pursuant to my authority…the complaint is hereby dismissed,” independent counsel Thomas Daniel concluded today. The complaint was brought by Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins. The complaint says the governor abdicat... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399007 Sat, 09 May 2009 02:44:14 +0100 2399007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375951&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fnbc-news-despicable-character-assassins.html NBC News and MSNBC have devolved from journalists into despicable character assassins. Readers of SHS and others will recall the fraudulent story pushed by the Left Web site the Daily Kos. Someone doctored a photo of the Palin family taken in 2006, and claimed it was from early 2008. Because Bristol Palin, the Palins' oldest daughter, had a small tummy, the Kos claimed she was pregnant at the time and hence, the real mother of Trig Palin.This despicable lie was actually chased by MSM journalists with the tongues hanging out until it became clear that it was bogus. Vanity Fair even insinuated, in the guise of satire, that Todd Palin was not Trigg's father after the Bristol story fell apart. Meanwhile, despite the NYT knocking it down eventually, blogger Andrew Sullivan, as far as I know, ne... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375951 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:37:00 +0100 2375951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2272011&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F16%2Fsarah-palin-objectification-reaction-situation%2F Eric Deggans, has a nice article in the Saint Petersburg Times summarizing research by psychologists from Univesity of South Florida, Jamie L. Goldenberg and Nathan A. Heflick.  Their research examined the objectifying effects of thinking about Sarah Palin’s appearance.  Immediately below, you will find excerpts from Deggans’s article.  Below that, you’ll find some reflections from Jamie Goldenberg regarding the negative reaction of some conservative media to her research. * * * Two researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a study that suggests . . . that a random group of Republicans and independents asked to focus on Palin’s attractiveness felt less likely to vote for the GOP ticket in last November’s elections. “The idea is tha... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2272011 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:01:07 +0100 2272011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2156368&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F02%2F03%2Fshame-on-you-sarah-palin-strikes-back-at-ashley-judd-and-the-defenders-of-wildlife-campaign%2F From the Eye on Palin Web Site: Exposing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s anti-wolf and anti-wildlife agenda Alaska Governor Sarah Palin responded today to Hollywood Celeb and PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) sufferer Ashley Judd’s video above. The video was sponsored by the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. Governor Sarah Palin released the following statement today in response to attacks by the Defenders of Wildlife: “It is reprehensible and hypocritical that the Defenders of Wildlife would use Alaska and my administration as a fundraising tool to deceive Americans into parting with their hard-earned money. “The ad campaign by this extreme fringe group, as Alaskans have witnessed over the last several years, distorts the facts about Alaska’s wildlife management programs. Alas... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2156368 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:01:58 +0100 2156368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2156369&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F02%2F03%2Fsarah-palin-continues-to-express-serious-concern-on-democratobama-economic-stimulus-bill%2F Alaska Gov, Sarah Palin, center, takes photos with members of the Army’s 4th Brigade Combat team (airborne) 25th Infantry Division during a deployment ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The 3,500 solder brigade from Fort Richardson, Alaska is being sent to Afghanistan for 12 months. The brigade returned for a 14-month tour in Iraq in November and December 2007 The ‘Cuda has reissued her concerns about the Democrat/Obama Economic Stimulus bill. S. 1 as a rumor spread throughout conservative talk radio that she favored the bill. Her original press release while she was in Washington over the last weekend is here.Here is Governor Palin’s statement: Governor Sarah Palin again today expressed her serious concerns with President Obama’s proposed stimulus ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2156369 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:26:47 +0100 2156369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144932&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F525469839%2F Once again, James Pethokoukis of U.S. News & World Report’s Capital Commerce blog suggests to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) that if she aspires to higher office, she needs to read Arnold Kling’s Crisis of Abundance. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144932 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:39:33 +0100 2144932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086856&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F01%2F07%2Fsarah-palin-strikes-back-against-the-media-think-you-have-heard-the-last-from-her%2F In an lengthy interview for the forthcoming documentary “Media Malpractice” Governor Sarah Palin, for the first time at length, takes on the media coverage of her and the 2008 campaign Flap is amazed at the negative BUZZ that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin continues to draw in the “Drive-by Media” and in the LEFT blogosphere. A little more experience in public office, especially in foreign affairs and watch out. Flap sees 2008 for Palin as Reagan’s 1976 run against Gerald Ford - pre-emptive. Sarah Palin will re-emerge on the national political stage sooner than the Democrats like to admit. Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086856 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:15:51 +0100 2086856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067678&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F4YXywSgetHo%2F And here’s autism on a list of CNN’s top 10 health issues of 2008, with more than a nod to the vaccine issue …… and from Mark Miller’s special needs blog, his list of the “top 10 moments” in disability policy and politics. Your top 10 of 2008? Tags: asd, asperger syndrme, autism, cnn, disabilities blog, disability, Health, john mccain, pdd-nos, sarah palin, special needs, top 10, vaccineShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067678 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:12:30 +0100 2067678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052846&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FXbfiuGrc-08%2F The Women’s Rights blog over at Change.org has a post about the Top 10 Moments of Feminism in 2008. The selection of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as Senator John McCain’s running mate sparked (I guess that’s an understatement) lots of discussion in general, and certainly in the autism and disability community, and in particular regarding Palin’s baby son Trig, who has Down Syndrome. Would you consider the choice of Sarah Palin, special needs mother, as a Top 10 Moment in the annals of special needs families in 2008? Tags: alaska, asd, asperger syndrome, autism, change, children, disability, down syndrome, Family, feminism, Health, john mccain, sarah palin, women's rightsShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052846 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:00:46 +0100 2052846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2028071&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F10%2Fhillary-clinton-the-halo-effect-and-women%25e2%2580%2599s-catch-22%2F Merritt Baer is a Harvard Law School student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   This semester, she wrote the following brief essay for a seminar on situationism.  We are delighted to publish it on The Situationist (the essay and some worthwhile comments  also can be found on GlobalComment). * * * In her concession speech, Hillary Clinton dedicated her gratitude “to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, ‘See, you can be anything you want to be.’” Yet given the scrutiny dedicated to her pantsuits, Hillary’s vision of possibility seems limited. Indeed, a new study by researchers led by Northwestern University’s Joan Y. Chiao and just published on October 31 found that while men... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2028071 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:01:21 +0100 2028071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021583&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FhbCmjK5tZqQ%2F This is the last week of classes at the college where I teach; after finals, spring semester does not start till mid-January. It’ll be good not to have to rush around so much and to work more around home, and, certainly, not to have to hurry home on the highway to meet Charlie’s schoolbus. It does occur to me that, if I didn’t work, I could spare us a certain amount of anxiety: What to do when Charlie is sick? What to do if there’s an early morning meeting to attend or one in the later afternoon? What I do at work—-teaching Latin and ancient Greek and some administrative and advising duties—has little (obvious) relevance to what Charlie is learning and to what he needs. Some years ago, I thought seriously about becoming an autism teacher, so I’d be... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021583 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:57:26 +0100 2021583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933329&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FuuWARbou32g%2F Yesterday ABC News reported on the difficulty of diagnosis and featured Jason Ross. Today’s ABC New looks at life after an autism diagnosis and interviews three mothers of autistic children to describe how families adjust after learning that a child is autistic. “‘There isn’t one stream that families find themselves in where they get carried along…….Life after diagnosis is normally a haphazard unfolding and everything is learning as you go,’” Dr. Jon Markey, a child psychiatrist at William Beaumont Hospitals is quoted as saying. Families—as Judith Ursitti, Kim Stagliano, and Jennifer Wood note—too experience “physical, emotional and financial meltdowns”; marriages are strained (one mother interviewed is divorced); par... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933329 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:52:39 +0100 1933329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926356&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2Fwonkette-hits-palin-on-trig.html I have long held that much of the irrational hatred directed at Sarah Palin--not political opposition, but the hatred--is because she dared to knowingly give birth to a baby with Down syndrome. This suspicion is heightened by this disgusting blog entry by the Wonkette blog discussing a picture of Trig held by his sister, dressed as an elephant for Halloween. It reads: Little baby Trig must be so glad he wasn't aborted for this, his first Halloween, because his parents dressed him up like a political party symbol to be carried around at snarling political events. Aww. Isn't life just grand?The hatred is so thick you can cut it with a knife. And so is the bigotry. Ditto, the comments. (Source: Secondhand Smoke) Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926356 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:55:00 +0100 1926356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1914716&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F_sW7TCcktw0%2F So maybe it had to do with finding myself driving through a most unexpected (in New Jersey) October snowfall to take Charlie to a medical appointment (the dentist, to be more precise) on a cold mid-afternoon on Tuesday—-but as I glanced at him in the rear view mirror, a strong sense of déja-vu came into my mind. I was driving down a wide avenue on a snowy afternoon, gray sky, and strapped in the middle of the backseat, in his carseat, was my little boy and there was something wrong with or inside of him and no one seemed to know what, or to be able to say what, and not the kindly pediatrician we’d just seen for the nth time…… I was remembering the late late fall days of 1998. We were living in St. Paul, Minnesota, then (I was a newly hired classics professor here) ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914716 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:23:34 +0100 1914716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1917888&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F10%2F28%2Fsarah-palin-preparing-for-2012-you-betcha%2F Sarah singing along to the Gretchen Wilson song “Redneck Woman” at the 10/26/08 Asheville, NC rally Is Sarah Palin preparing for a run for the GOP Presidential nomination in 2012? YOU BETCHA Unless there is a skeleton in the closet that someone has not VETTED about Sarah Palin, Flap sees a clear path to the GOP Presidential nomination in 2012. (Assuming that John McCain either does not win next Tuesday or wins and decides NOT to run for re-election) Who will be her rivals? Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee? Both retreads from this year’s cycle? Tim Pawlenty and Haley Barbour? Newcomers on the national Presidential scene with ONLY regional appeal? The early GOP primaries are a fit for Sarah Palin: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The other candidates would divide up the vo... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1917888 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:24:36 +0100 1917888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1917890&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F10%2F28%2Fshocker-sarah-palin-hanged-in-west-hollywood-not-a-hate-crime%2F A mannequin hanging from a home in West Hollywood has been outfitted to look like Governor Sarah Palin. The Los Angeles Times reports: Effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose creates uproar in West HollywoodLos Angeles sheriff’s officials say the Halloween display isn’t a hate crime. Authorities are keeping an eye on the house to make sure the situation doesn’t get out of hand. A West Hollywood Halloween display showing a likeness of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused a furor among some residents who reported it as a hate crime, authorities said Monday. But Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said the mannequin sporting a beehive hairdo, glasses and a red coat does not rise to the level of a hate crime because it was p... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1917890 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:25:38 +0100 1917890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911385&cid=t_171558_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fpalin-announces-opposition-to-research.html Sarah Palin today has followed up her attack on fruit fly research by condemning much of the NIH Budget and a variety of other scientific earmarks.  At a town hall meeting yesterday while campaigning in Guam, Palin said"We asked federal agencies to give us a summary of key words relating to research projects and we found an enormous number of them focused on homosapiens. I kid you not."When asked by a teenage audience member to explain what was wrong with this research Palin said"You probably are a homosapiens no? Or have many friends that are?  What we need to do is spend money on helping people change and not on studying these homosapiens"The teen tried to respond but was escorted forcefully out of the hall by security while Palin continued on in her meeting.  At the end of the meeti... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911385 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:30:00 +0100 1911385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512093&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalheroes.com%2Fada-sues-mccain-palin%2F OOOPS. I goofed. I was alerted to the fact that this piece is completely untrue, and is in fact satire. Unfortunately, I missed this line from the CAP News site, “All material is satire and ©2005-2008 by Crystal Air Productions”. My apologies to the ADA and McCain/Palin Campaign. Dental Heroes Gets Political – Sort Of Let me preface this post by saying that I’m not intending to turn Dental Heroes into a political blog anytime soon – there are plenty of other places to get political news. However, this story happens to involve the American Dental Association(ADA), so I think it’s relevant. “Drill, Baby, Drill” Many of you are probably familiar by now with the Republican Party’s oft-used slogan, “Drill, Baby, Drill”. They use... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512093 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:20:14 +0100 2512093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1971024&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=38161&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fdentalheroes%2F%7E3%2F433239853%2F OOOPS. I goofed. I was alerted to the fact that this piece is completely untrue, and is in fact satire. Unfortunately, I missed this line from the CAP News site, “All material is satire and ©2005-2008 by Crystal Air Productions”. My apologies to the ADA and McCain/Palin Campaign. Dental Heroes Gets Political - Sort Of Let me preface this post by saying that I’m not intending to turn Dental Heroes into a political blog anytime soon - there are plenty of other places to get political news. However, this story happens to involve the American Dental Association(ADA), so I think it’s relevant. “Drill, Baby, Drill” Many of you are probably familiar by now with the Republican Party’s oft-used slogan, “Drill, Baby, Drill”. They use this of cou... Dental Heroes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1971024 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:20:14 +0100 1971024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1907703&cid=t_171558_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fmccain-palin-going-after-fruit-flies.html As if scientists did not have enough reasons to vote against McCain-Palin who seem to have decided that Bush was overly supportive of science. Now Palin is attacking of all things "fruit-fly research." Lovely. Proof that they are both clueless (not knowing what a fruit fly is probably) and anti-science at the same time. For more on this see:Sarah Palin: Ignorant and anti-science [Pharyngula]Palin Balks at Scientific ResearchSarah Palin: Ignorant and anti-scienceGenetically IgnorantThink Progress » Memo To Palin: Fruit Fly Research Has Led To ...Palin.. fruit flies…and ignoranceThis is from the "Tree of Life" blog ( http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com ) of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis.. (Source: The Tree of Life) The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1907703 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:26:00 +0100 1907703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901609&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FqK24juzSMGE%2F From the October 23rd The Swamp, the Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bureau, is the transcript of an interview with Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president. Here’s some of what she said about families of children with special needs (Palin is to give a speech today in Pittsburgh—her first on policy—about special needs children): “the federal government can play a very appropriate role in making this country a more welcoming country to those children with special needs to really make manifest our commitment to these children to provide them with equal opportunity with education, equal opportunity as they grow up to good employment and a chance to contribute and be quite productive and fulfill, and I think we can do a better job than where we’ve... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901609 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:43:53 +0100 1901609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901481&cid=t_171558_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fhockey-mom.html StoryAt last! Sarah Palin and Mrs Friday have something in common! (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901481 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0100 1901481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892046&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FUPjxQBes6bE%2F A commenter under the moniker of “Rainmanretired” posted this about the Q & A on autism and what John McCain said that was posted on Newsweek yesterday: Kristina said she knew nothing about autism before she had a son with it, I was wondering just how she expected John McCain to know all about it? No he probably doesn’t know what all the differents’s are between all the different things that effect children BUT he wants to help ALL not just autism children. ……. I thought of this very question as I was talking during the interview about how I indeed “knew nothing about autism” before my son was diagnosed. I had barely heard, let alone thought of, the word “autism” before daycare teachers and an “evaluator” let the w... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892046 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:07:27 +0100 1892046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892204&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F21%2Fwithout-the-filter%2F Governor Sarah Palin wants “to talk to Americans without the filter” of the “media elite.”  As she explained in the vice-presidential debate, she aims to cut out the middleman in conveying information to the public: “I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you [Senator Joe Biden] want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also.” Those statements reflect a radical challenge to our American system: the elimination of an institution—the press—that has traditionally been championed as a vital check on the abuse of power and distortion of the truth by politicians.  In the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, historically, “[t]he free press meant organized, expert scrutiny ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892204 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:29 +0100 1892204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892049&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FXmewqKxjFIs%2F I was interviewed by Claudia Kalb in a web exclusive for Newsweek: Spotlight on Autism: The mother of an autistic son reacts to John McCain’s recent pledge to help families like hers. Was it just rhetoric? More about McCain’s comments about autism in the debate last week here. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, barack obama, disabilities blog, disability, down's syndrome, employment, Family, family blog, Health, jobs, john mccain, Parenting sarah palin, pdd-nos, WorkShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892049 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:56 +0100 1892049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883392&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FF2EHRdCSaHk%2F Palin has experience with special needs kids, says an October 16th Associated Press article which I discussed some in the previous post. Says the Associated Press: Sarah Palin is frequently seen at campaign stops cradling her infant son Trig, who has Down syndrome. Her decision to give birth to Trig even after learning her fifth child would have the condition has burnished her anti-abortion views with conservatives. So viewers of Wednesday night’s presidential debate might have been somewhat taken aback when John McCain said his running mate understands “what it’s like to have an autistic child.” Palin, it’s noted “does have a 13-year-old nephew with autism”: Karcher is the son of her sister and brother-in-law, Heather and Kurt Bruce and the family... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883392 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:14:32 +0100 1883392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1875930&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Flarry-flynt-makes-palin-porn-movie.html Nothing, nothing is too low to do to Sarah Palin. Larry Flynt has apparently made a porn movie with a Sarah Palin look alike. Can you imagine the justified STINK that would be raised if this were done with a Barack Obama look alike? The foulness is beyond belief.And a Daily News columnist (the newspaper reporting this story) says McCain has to do more to separate himself from extremists! Funny: This story has been out since the 6th and I haven't heard any condemnation from the Obama camp yet. (Source: Secondhand Smoke) Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1875930 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:29:00 +0100 1875930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868573&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F3_Xf9dfnxMw%2F Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post: Even though 90% of the 54 Americans with disabilities are adults, Palin, John McCain, and the news media have talked almost exclusively about children. And that talk has been mostly about “compassion” not “issues.” The McCain-Palin campaign website has a single page on “Americans with Disabilities for McCain,” but it says nothing about policy positions. Other pages mention autism and disabled veterans but no other issues. In contrast, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have said little on the campaign trail about disability issues but th... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868573 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:35:40 +0100 1868573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859392&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fcrackpot-bardot-and-bad-role-model.html I am sure that Sarah Palin's feelings are very hurt that the total animal rights crackpot Brigitte Bardot doesn't like her and calls here a disgrace to women. From the story:"By denying the responsibility of man in global warming, by advocating gun rights and making statements that are disconcertingly stupid, you are a disgrace to women and you alone represent a terrible threat, a true environmental catastrophe," wrote Bardot. The screen icon from the 1960s, who now heads an animal rights foundation, went on to assail Palin for supporting Arctic oil exploration that could jeopardize delicate animal habitats and for dismissing measures to protect polar bears. "This shows your total lack of responsibility, your inability to protect or simply respect animal life," Bardot wrote.Well, as Govern... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859392 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:10:00 +0100 1859392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1850990&cid=t_171558_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Foxycontin.html Pumpin'! (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1850990 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:35:00 +0100 1850990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825406&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fsarah-palin-psychosis-shoot-and-eat.html Sarah Palin psychosis continues undiminished: Now, Democratic Representative Alcee Hastings told a Jewish audience that Sarah Palin is probably a threat to Jews and blacks--because she hunts. From the story:"If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida said at a panel about the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats Wednesday. Hastings, who is African-American, was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the presidential race. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through," Hastings added as the room erupted in laughter and appl... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825406 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:39:00 +0100 1825406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1812848&cid=t_171558_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F09%2F22%2Fyes-there-is-evil%2F Just read it. All of it. Do it-c’mon, who loves you? We damage ourselves for self abuse, fun, to entertain you. Then I’ll be done with this ….for awhile. Be good and I’ll show you the pics of the winner of “Vote for Keywork win a date with….”and I’ll tell you the story of how I lost my [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1812848 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:34:10 +0100 1812848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1790183&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fpalin-derangement-syndrome-continues.html The kind of vitriol still being aimed at Sarah Palin, as I have said previously, is not because of energy policy. It is because she has become a cultural symbol that some hate so deeply they are even willing to politically harm their own candidate in what appears to be a vain effort to destroy "the other." (Read this Peggy Noonan column about how columns such as those discussed below actually hurt Obama.) They must know this. But they are so unhinged they can't help themselves.To cases: Andrew Sullivan over at the Atlantic, appears to want to launch a veritable Inquisition into Sarah Palin and her family's personal lives. And to make a subliminal point, he even republishes the old photo of the very pregnant Palin during her first pregnancy that was used as part of the fraudulent smear begu... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1790183 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:10:00 +0100 1790183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1788631&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fhoward-kurtz-says-media-getting-angry.html Howard Kurtz, who has the media beat for the Washington Post (and who I know; nice guy), says the media are getting angry about the McCain/Palin campaign. "Getting?" He says it is because the rucus made about pigs and lipstick. Baloney. As I have noted here at SHS, I think they have been over the moon since day one of A.P (after Palin)!I think there are two primary reasons for this, one of which we have explored thoroughly, and one which is mostly beyond our scope here. First, Palin is viewed as "the other," symbolized by her and Todd's loving acceptance of Trig, a matter we have discussed at length. Second, she is clearly helping the McCain campaign, and I think it is fair to say most MSM are liberals who want Senator Obama to become President Obama. I'll leave the discussions of that asp... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1788631 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:43:00 +0100 1788631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1785807&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fhorrors-palins-decision-to-love-trig.html This story was brought to my attention by "greg" in the comments to a previous post, which I appreciate, and I comment about here because it is worth more prominent notice: A Globe and Mail (Canada's national newspaper) story reports that Andre Lalonde, executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, bemoans the example the Palins set by giving birth to Trig because it might reduce eugenic abortion. From the story:But others fear Ms. Palin's emergence as a parental role model sends a different message. As a vocal opponent of abortion, Ms. Palin's widely discussed decision to keep her baby, knowing he would be born with the condition, may inadvertently influence other women who may lack the necessary emotional and financial support to do the same, acco... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1785807 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:33:00 +0100 1785807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782530&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Ftheir-hatred-of-palin-is-not-about.html I continue to be amazed at the unvarnished vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin. In Salon today, not a fringe publication, the "popular culture" writer Cintra Wilson launches a demagogic diatribe--complete with Viagra jokes and which uses the f-word--that is so over the top it is past Jupiter. And yes, the temerity of the Palins to have Trig is a focus. Wilson writes:Sarah Palin is a bit comical, like one of those cutthroat Texas cheerleader stage moms. What her Down syndrome baby and pregnant teenage daughter unequivocally prove, however, is that her most beloved child is the antiabortion platform that ensures her own political ambitions with the conservative right. The throat she's so hot to cut is that of all American women. In other words, SHE DIDN'T ABORT! I HATE HER!Wilson continues with mor... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782530 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:15:00 +0100 1782530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779109&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fbiden-stem-cell-low-blow.html Dumb move: Senator Joe Biden has implied that Sarah Palin doesn't care as much as he does about special needs children because she does not support embryonic stem cell research. From the story: "I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy...and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect," he said. "Well, guess what folks? If you care about it, why don't you support stem cell research?"The Obama campaign denied that Biden's barb was aimed at Sarah Palin, but who else gave a speech mentioning special needs kids in the last two weeks?The McCain campaign struck back: "Barack Obama's running mate sunk to a new low today launching an offensive debate over who cares more... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779109 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:22:00 +0100 1779109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779111&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fhurricane-sarah-continues-to-blow.html Never has a vice presidential selection caused such a firestorm of con and pro--or generated what can only be called hatred in some of her opponents. The conservative columnist Mona Charen thinks, as I do, that a lot of this is about Trig: From her column:Something about Sarah Palin set them [the MSM] off before their own politically correct impulses ("Must Avoid Sexism") could inhibit them. By the ferocity of the response, you might have thought Palin was a secret member of a polygamous cult or had forced her daughter to give birth after a rape. But no, she was just the mother of five, hunting, fishing, NRA member, and governor.I wonder if it was that baby.However, nothing stays static and the media hurricane over Sarah Palin is heading in a new direction, away from the baby and Bristol P... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779111 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:48:00 +0100 1779111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1775484&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fmsm-assault-on-sarah-palin-continues.html Despite a brief and welcomed respite from the NYT, the MSM's obsessive attacks on Sarah Palin and her family continue. The latest is from Vanity Fair, which in the guise of humor, demonstrates their editors unconscionable snobbery and inability to accept differences in lifestyle, as in big family, religious, church-going, pro lifers who gave birth to a Down baby. Readers even get to vote whether Sarah or Bristol Palin is the real mother of Trig! The premise is a purported timeline of Trig's birth. From the story:August 2007: Trig is conceived...during a queaky clean conjugal roll in the snow [or]during an illicit adolescent romp, OR as the National Equirer is allegedly preparing to report, a tryst between the Governor and her husband's colleague.The National Enquirer isn't planning to repo... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775484 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:34:00 +0100 1775484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1775597&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FWzPUvEiUjuQ%2F Without Trig, Governor Sarah Palin’s infant son who has Down Syndrome, what might discussions about her being Senator John McCain’s running mate be like? Gov. Palin’s older sister, Heather Bruce, has an autistic child, an article in today’s New York Times notes: Before her son was born, Ms. Palin went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that his arrival would not compromise her work. She hid the pregnancy. She traveled to Texas a month before her due date to give an important speech, delivering it even though her amniotic fluid was leaking. Three days after giving birth, she returned to work. But with Trig in her arms, Ms. Palin has risen higher than ever. Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, says he selected her as his running mate because of h... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775597 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:47 +0100 1775597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773152&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fstory-of-unconditional-love-birth-of.html Earlier today I posted that the NYT was planning a front page story on the birth of Trig Palin. I was inclined to expect the worst, but Secondhand Smokette told me to cool my jets until it came out. Good advice as always from Debra. The story is now out--and it is not a hit job--although it feels invasive, particularly when it discusses the reactions of Trig's siblings to his birth. And, the reporter makes a point that Palin is using her motherhood as a political prop in a whole new way; a fair comment, I think, given the "hockey mom" self definition. But I don't think she is using Trig, as the story seems to me to imply.But relevant to the issues we deal with here at SHS, "Fusing Motherhood and Politics in a New Way" casts a warm glow on the Palins' wholehearted embrace of their son. From... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773152 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:13:00 +0100 1773152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773153&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fnew-york-times-brewing-front-page-story.html I have opined here previously--but admitted I can't prove it--that much of the hatred (and love) directed at Sarah Palin has to do the vivid symbolism of the Palins' decision to give birth to Trig, who has Down syndrome. As I see it, this act of unconditional love--in stark contrast to the current zeitgeist in which 90% of such babies are not allowed to be born--personifies many of the emotional and sometimes bitter cultural conflicts that permeate some of the issues we deal with here at SHS. Indeed, I suspect that for some, it is such a burning sore spot, they cannot let it go even if their obsession actually helps the McCain/Palin ticket.As if to prove my hypothesis, the Drudge Report has apparently been leaked a head's-up from the NYT that the paper will soon run a full front page story... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773153 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0100 1773153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1770617&cid=t_171558_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Ftracing-evolutionary-history-of-sarah.html You see, as a total sequence analysis dork, when I see names, I frequently ask whether the letters in the name include only letters which are used as amino acid abbreviations. I started this game when the brilliant notes/letters came out in Science in the early 90s about whether ELVIS was overrepresented in protein sequences. Of course, despite being 20 years old, Science still keeps these under wraps requiring registration to see them (see for example the Stevens letter).Anyway, alas, three of the major candidates for the US election have names that do not use traditional amino acid abbreviations so I am stuck with analyzing Sarah Palin. But that is OK because of her professed aversion to evolution and support to Creationism (and since sequence analysis is inherently an evolutionary study... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1770617 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:00 +0100 1770617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1769364&cid=t_171558_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F06%2Fthe-situation-of-the-palin-familys-success%2F Adriaan Lanni and Wesley Kelman wrote an interesting piece in Slate this week, “Working-Class Hero: How the Palins’ enviable blue-collar lifestyle could help the McCain campaign.” Here are a few excerpts. * * * Most of the initial reaction to Sarah Palin’s selection . . . threatens to obscure a seductive and misleading subtext in Palin’s biography that may play a key role in the election: the way she embodies the hope of a blue-collar life without economic insecurity. Palin’s background reminded us of an Alaskan we met several years ago. We had just moved to Anchorage for a temporary job in the state court system and struck up an illuminating conversation with a bricklayer while on a hike outside town. He made a surprising amount of money—he had moved ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1769364 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:10:38 +0100 1769364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1768983&cid=t_171558_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F384205695%2F I have to agree with everyone who says that Sarah Palin is “electrifying” the Republican Party (that’s definitely not the first use of the verb, but I’m not sure where it originated.) (Hey, it originated with Mitt!) sisu: “If McCain can get the votes of all the women who were pregnant at their weddings, it’ll be a landslide!” “Sarah is electrifying our party,” Mitt is telling a Fox News anchor… Sarah definitely has the star quality about her, the sheer charisma, that that other unknown, Dan Quayle, did not. The Executive Branch of our government needs people in it that are leaders above all. That’s the opposite of what W has been doing lately: love him or hate him, the man isn’t a leader. (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1768983 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:10 +0100 1768983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1763833&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fmore-on-why-they-hate-her.html I continue to be interested in our discussion about Governor Sarah Palin and why she generates such strong emotions. Before the extent of her effect became clear, I wrote:As I ponder all of this, I think McCain/Palin versus Obama/Biden vividly reflects the cultural divisions that are tearing our society apart more starkly than any election in my memory.I think it is fair to say that subsequent events validated that view--and isn't it interesting how much of this involves bioethical themes, human exceptionalism, and the growth of anti-humanism I have been warning about?That also seems to be Jonathan Last's take over at the First Things blog. Last, who used to edit my Daily Standard pieces, also thinks, as I do, that Trig's birth is a major cause of the bitter antipathy toward Palin we have ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1763833 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:35:00 +0100 1763833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759800&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fsarah-palin-watch-excerpts-from-tonights-speech%2F +++++Update+++++ Sarah Palin gave a speech that can only be called - WOW! Flap will have more in the morning, including the transcript. In the meantime, the roll call of the states to nominate John McCain for the Presidency is ongoing. Look for additional comments in the right sidebar under Twitter Updates —–> From the Republican National Committee: Excerpts: Remarks by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Vice Presidential Nominee to Address the 2008 Republican National Convention This evening Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee, will address the 2008 Republican National Convention. Excerpts from the governor’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. On her experience as a public servant: “I had the privilege of living mo... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:17:02 +0100 1759800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759801&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fsarah-palin-watch-teen-prego-crisis-to-end-vice-president-bid%2F The National Enquirer has more on the discord over Sarah Palin’s pregnant and unmarried seventeen year old daughter. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin attempted to quietly have her daughter Bristol get married before news of her pregnancy leaked out, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER is reporting exclusively in its new issue. Palin planned for the wedding to take place right after the Republican National Convention and then she was going to announce the pregnancy. But Bristol, 17, refused to go along with the plan and that sparked a mother-daughter showdown over the failed coverup. Who knows if this story is true or not? And, who really cares? There DOES seem to be a concerted effort to drive Sarah Palin off the GOP ticket. If there was anything there there wouldn’t the LEFT... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759801 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:47:01 +0100 1759801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759802&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fsarah-palin-watch-peggy-noonan-lies-and-michael-murphy-sells-out-mccain-on-an-open-mic%2F Two conservative commentators on MSNBC, after they’re off the air, say what they really think about the veep choice. In a terrible display of “no confidence” for Sarah Palin, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan blows her credibility (in an especially egregious display of lying to her readers) and political consultant Michael Murphy back stabs his former boss, John McCain. As if anyone has to worry about ANYTHING these two EVER have to say about Republican politics again. The transcript: Chuck Todd: Mike Murphy, lots of free advice, we’ll see if Steve Schmidt and the boys were watching. We’ll find out on your blackberry. Tonight voters will get their chance to hear from Sarah Palin and she will get the chance to show voters she’s the right woman ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759802 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:14:10 +0100 1759802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759803&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fsarah-palin-watch-im-the-freaking-governor-of-alaska%2F Lisa Nova on Sarah Palin and John McCain (Mature language in the video) Via Althouse and Allahpundit. Is McCain Palin’s bitch? Answer: Watch above…… Technorati Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759803 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:15:46 +0100 1759803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759772&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fabuse-of-power-trying-to-understand.html Yesterday, I excoriated the media for their howling attempt to obliterate Governor Sarah Palin's viability as a candidate for vice president by giving credence to a vicious rumor--an inaccurate term since this was an intentional, pernicious hoax intended to destroy Palin because she represents a strong cultural strain in American life--that she is really her son's grandmother. That lie has been thoroughly debunked, including in my post linked above.But that apparently doesn't matter to the out-of-control media. Last night, I was appalled to hear the McCain Campaign chief tell CBS's Katie Couric that in background briefings media are demanding genetic testing of Trig and the family, and were asking whether Palin is still breast feeding her son. Can you imagine? This is an utter abuse of pow... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759772 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:35:00 +0100 1759772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1750248&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FhMKbOjetjyU%2F After a big day at the beach yesterday, it’s been a very quiet Labor Day around here, Charlie humming and hanging (and getting in some cello practice after a few weeks’ hiatus). My dad took some videos of Charlie swimming and we all watched those, and Charlie and Jim went on a bike ride past four train stations. (And I’ve been more than glad that it’s Labor Day as, felled by a stomach thing, I would not have been able to do too much laboring today). The announcement about Governor Sarah Palin’s daughter and reports about Hurricane Gustav kept us all talking and following the news; an organization called Autism Cares is looking for families with autistic children who’ve been affected by Gustav and are in need of support. A friend who’s an actor and ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750248 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:07:26 +0100 1750248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1750249&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FDpslXqtqJ5s%2F There’s discussion all over about Senator John McCain’s choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. There’s the highly speculative rumor via Daily Kos that Palin is not the mother of Trig Paxson Van Palin (born in April), who has Down Syndrome, but that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is. And it was recently reported in the New York Times that, to rebut rumors, Palin has announced that Bristol Palin is indeed  five months pregnant and is planning to have the child and marry her or his father. Moving beyond the rumors, one thing that is clear is that the Palin family is going to have not one, but two young children in it soon; due to the attention newly directed to Sarah Palin, it’s likely that these young children will be under more than a b... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750249 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:25:04 +0100 1750249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1749993&cid=t_171558_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fpalins-daughter-pregnant-doesnt.html Everything is Oprah!Apparently, Governor Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant and will marry the father. From the story:"We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us," the Palins' statement said. "Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support," the Palins said.I don't know how this will impact the campaign, if at all. But look for there to be a sharp contrast drawn between the Palin family's loving acceptance of the new child, with Senator Barack Obama's statement that he wouldn't want his daughters "punished with a baby" if they made a "mista... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1749993 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:29:00 +0100 1749993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742677&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fsarah-palin-watch-energy-national-security-and-joe-biden%2F Alaska GOP Governor Sarah Palin’s Monday interview with CNBC Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo of CNBC on Monday of this week about energy and national security in Alaska. Of course, this was before she was named John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate. The entire interview is here at CNBC. Note how Palin SLAMS Senator and Democrat Vice President nominee Joe Biden for thirty years ago being a naysayer and voting no on the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Flap can hardly wait until Sarah Palin debates Slow Joe this fall. Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin, Joe Biden Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742677 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:55 +0100 1742677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742678&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fsarah-palin-watch-florida-democrats-slam-palin-as-dangerous-right-winger%2F From the Press Release e-mailed from a little bird: Dear Friends, John McCain rolled the dice with his VP pick today - in an attempt to woo women voters. But we cannot gamble with women’s lives. Don’t let your friends, family and co-workers be fooled: Alaskan Sarah Palin is a dangerous right-winger who lacks the judgment to lead. In 2000, Palin endorsed Pat Buchanan for President. Yes, that Pat Buchanan. In 2006, Palin ran for Alaska Governor on a message of change - and then turned out to be just another corrupt Alaska politician who’s now under investigation in her own state. She’s no Hillary Clinton. She’s Dan Quayle in a dress. Women voters who care about equal rights, choice, family and other issues, will not see a partner in Palin. Help us... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742678 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:04 +0100 1742678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742806&cid=t_171558_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbFKTmO582JM%2F Both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have statements on their websites about autism. Obama’s is in a section on healthcare and is entitled Support Americans with Autism; he also has a plan on Autism Spectrum Disorders in his section on disabilities. McCain’s statement is also in a section on health care, with a statement about Combating Autism in America on a separate webpage. Back in November, Senator Hillary Clinton’s website was the comprehensive about autism issues. Obama’s current two-paragraph statement on autism is the same as it was in November, as was his plan to empower Americans with disabilities. McCain’s website did not yet contain a section on autism. McCain made his entrance into autism politics with a February reference to thimerosal and ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742806 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:01:19 +0100 1742806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742679&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fsarah-palin-watch-shattering-the-glass-ceiling%2F Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addressing Dayton, Ohio campaign rally after she is named as John MCCain’s Vice Presidential running mate Key Graph: Sarah Palin - Let’s shatter the glass ceiling that Hillary cracked… Now, even Team Obama is backing away from its earlier attack. Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742679 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:48 +0100 1742679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1582909&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F06%2Fwhy-sarah-palin-would-be-the-best-john-mccain-vice-president%2F Governor Sarah Palin prepares to sign two bills into law – SB 214 and HB 326 – which will benefit Alaska Guard members This piece pretty much says it all - even without mentioning Palin. All of the other candidates in the GOP Veepstakes are flawed in some way or another. Let’s see. Governor Palin is: Young and energetic Conservative Pro-Life Woman with a family Experienced in Executive Government Will Palin be a default McCain choice for Vice President or simply the BEST choice? Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin, John McCain (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1582909 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:30:54 +0100 1582909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556236&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F30%2Fwilliam-kristol-mccain-should-choose-sarah-palin-as-vice-president%2F Governor Palin visits with the Joy Greisen JEC Preschool and Camp at the Congregation Beth Sholom synagogue in Anchorage after signing HB 88 “TVs & Monitors in Motor Vehicles” on June 16, 2008 William Kristol, the founder and editor of the conservative weekly political magazine, The Weekly Standard on Fox News this afternoon raised the prospect of a Sarah Palin nomination as a Vice Presidential running mate for Senator John McCain. Kristol first raised the prospect of Sarah Palin on Fox News Sunday. Is this the reason why there was a Mitt Romney for Vice President story in Politico today? Yep, they are fighting to be named the GOP running mate. Technorati Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin, William Kristol (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556236 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:44 +0100 1556236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1472405&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F05%2F27%2Fsarah-palin-watch-why-not-sarah-for-vice-president%2F From the Club for Growth on Governor Sarah Palin’s political popularity Jonah Goldberg over at National Review asks why shouldn’t Alaska Governor Sarah Palin be considered as John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate? If we’re consigned to choosing among Republicans for the Republican Veep (heh), I’m more and more keen on Sarah Palin. Yes, Yuval’s right that the GOP won’t beat the Democrats for excitement, but the GOP might excite particular constituencies. Palin is tackling the establishment in Alaska, including the oil and gas industry (much to the chagrin of some of my relatives!). She’s attractive (former Ms. Alaska). She could get some real profile out of this polar bear lawsuit. She reinforces McCain’s outsider-reformer-Western... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1472405 Tue, 27 May 2008 21:28:02 +0100 1472405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460894&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7028 Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post - The Fix interviews Governor Palin in February 2008 News Item: Alaska to sue to block polar bear listing The state of Alaska will sue the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, arguing the designation will slow development in the state, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Wednesday. Palin said the state will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington challenging U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s decision to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the polar bear. The Republican governor has argued that the ice-dependent polar bear, the first mammal granted Endangered Species Act listing because of global warming, does not need additional protections. “We believe that the listing was unwarran... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460894 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:48:57 +0100 1460894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1259905&cid=t_171558_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6499 Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post - The Fix interviews Governor Palin Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of Alaska says she IS interested in national office. Palin is refreshingly honest and definitely a rising star in the GOP. She discounts the possibility that John McCain would pick her for Vice President this year but should Hillary Clinton make a comeback and win the Democrat nomination, Governor Palin would be on everyone’s short list. A new generation of Republican pols will lead the party and Governor Palin is one such leader. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1259905 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:57:00 +0100 1259905