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Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/28/2010 9:20:14 PM

I haven't seen any posts about her book after it became available. Has anyone read it, and if so, did you learn anything new you can share with us?

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/28/2010 9:28:00 PM

Gee, I haven't read it yet. Why don't you go buy a copy, read it, and let us know what it says?

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/28/2010 9:40:36 PM

GF may learn something. But then again it may be beyond his reading level.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/28/2010 10:34:31 PM

GF, my Mom read it on her Kindle that we gave her for Christmas. She really liked the book and while not a fan of Palin in the election now says she has a new found respect for her and what she has accomplished. Don't think it changed her mind about whether she is right for a national office.

Name:	Old Diver -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/29/2010 12:19:34 AM

I just finished reading her book just after we returned from an Alaskan cruse. The folks up there seem to really like her. They said she had an almost unheard of 80% approvel.
They were a bit put out with her resighing but she did so because the left began to charge her with all sorts of ethics violations (Remember, they can indite a ham sandwich ) keep her in court forever and bankrupt the family. They have done this numerous times in the past to anyone who dares to speak up. I have always had a very favorable opinion of her. I think she is great but what's not to a like attractive lady who shoots carobou and cooks a mean moose stew?

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/29/2010 12:31:46 AM

I wait until these type books are at Goodwill. Last year I read two on the Bush family, Tom Delay's autobiography, one on JFK, another about Kissinger, and an interesting one by James Baker.

The one by Delay "No Retreat, No Surrender" has a forward by Rush and a preface by Sean. It is interesting how he describes the infighting among the Republicans to remove Newt as Speaker. He said that Newt is an amzaingly gifted man but was ineffective as Speaker. He writes that Dick Armey was also an ineffective leader as both Armey and Newt were beset with academic's dysfunction. Delay found out that a group of senators led by Steve Largent, J.C. Watts and Lindsey Graham were meeting to remove Newt and the rest is history.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/29/2010 3:42:48 PM

GF, our DC lobbyist (Republican) once told me that much of the heated partisanship that emerged after the 1994 switch of control came out of the Speaker's office. I think he was empowered by running Jim Wright out of the Speaker position before then and had a different philosophy on how to lead. I have to admit I took that with somewhat of a grain of salt given many of the things Tip O'Neill did and said about Reagan but maybe the change was more internal to Congress rather than between the legislative and executive branches.

I have long suspected that the clubby atmosphere during the 40 years of Dem control contributed to the GOP's seemingly eternal minority status under the minority leadership of guys like Bob Michel. I think that attitude really chafed guys like Newt Gingrich and when they assumed control Dems really bristled at being the minority and the GOP overreached as the majority. What goes around comes around....

Name:	lotowner -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/30/2010 5:05:51 PM

A reporter from MSNBC asked Newt the wrong question about Palin.

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGhy8LVwAo&feature=related

Name:	Lady -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/30/2010 8:58:18 PM

I always thought you had to have read one before you wrote one.

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	PALIN
Date:	1/30/2010 11:04:03 PM

Eat your heart out.

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	I've read the book
Date:	1/30/2010 11:20:39 PM

I loved it. She is a straight shooter! She has stood up against the left and the right! She is a woman who earned my total respect after reading the book! She is a person for the people and It would not matter what political position she ran for, I would probably vote for her if national or local. She has been a leader for the people no matter what level she has chosen. I truly loved the pictures she painted of Alaska in my mind and hope to visit one day. Learned more about Todd and what makes them who they have become. A wonderful" American Patriotic Commonsense Conservative"! Passed this one forward. A good read for sure.

Name:	Freshwater Bay Girl -	Reply
Subject:	Now, Now...
Date:	1/30/2010 11:26:10 PM

I swear if you read the book, you would change your mind about Sarah and you would understand who she really is. The media paints so many pictures for us of so many different issues and really rips us all off from the truths to let us make a clear decision in our own judgements and limitations.
Two issues that intrigued me were the issue on Katie Couric , Abortions and the reason she stepped down at govenor.

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	and ....
Date:	1/31/2010 11:03:09 AM

I always thought you had to have experience and have accomplished something in order to become President. But you see that was not necessary and now look at the disaster we have. Thank God intelligent people are waking up and realizing the mistake they made.

And Lady ... I see you see support the disaster we call president .... oops I said intelligent people have woken up. You are still wrapped up in the hope and change. Well you keep hoping. Only a few more months and we will have leadership back in congress and then just have to grit our teeth and wait a couple more years until we can have leadership back in the whitehouse to fix the mess Obama is creating.

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	of course ...
Date:	1/31/2010 11:04:23 AM

if you disagree .... I am sure we would love to hear all the great things Obama and the dems accomplished in their first year. Ummmm .... nothing!!!!

Name:	Lady -	Reply
Subject:	First year accomplishments
Date:	1/31/2010 6:25:21 PM

Quite a few, I'd say!

1. Created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
2. Increased minority access to capital
3. Established a credit card bill of rights
4. Expanded loan programs for small businesses
5. Extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch
6. Expanded the Senior Corps volunteer program
7. Expanded eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
8. Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
9. Increased funding to expand community based prevention programs
10. Signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
11. Assured that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as 'must-pass' legislation
12. Appointed a special adviser to the president on violence against women
13. Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq
14. No permanent bases in Iraq
15. Sent two additional brigades to Afghanistan
16. Strengthened and expanded military exchange programs with other countries
17. Made greater investment in advanced military air technology
18. Made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
19. Gave a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administration
20. Allocated Homeland Security funding according to risk
21. Created a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
22. Increased funding for local emergency planning
23. Stood down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow Treaty
24. Appointed a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
25. Initiated a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
26. Improved relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
27. Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
28. Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
29. Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
30. Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
31. Established an Energy Partnership for the Americas
32. Released presidential records
33. Required new hires at the agencies to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions
34. Provided affordable, high-quality child care
35. Recruited math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
36. Encouraged water-conservation efforts in the West
37. Increased funding for national parks and forests
38. Increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
39. Encouraged farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
40. Pursue a wildfire management plan
41. Removed more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
42. More controlled burns to reduce wildfires
43. Expanded access to places to hunt and fish
44. Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
45. Restored funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
46. Reformed mandatory minimum sentences
47. Created a White House Office on Urban Policy
48. Established program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
49. Created an artist corps for schools
50. Championed the importance of arts education
51. Supported increased funding for the NEA
52. Added another Space Shuttle flight
53. Use the private sector to improve spaceflight
54. Partnered to enhance the potential of the International Space Station
55. Use the International Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research
56. Explore whether International Space Station can operate after 2016
57. Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
58. Enhanced earth mapping
59. Appointed an assistant to the president for science and technology policy
60. Established special crime programs for the New Orleans area
61. Rebuilded schools in New Orleans
62. Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps
63. Created a Social Investment Fund Network
64. Bolstered the military's ability to speak different languages
65. Appointed the nation's first Chief Technology Officer
66. Provided grants to early-career researchers
67. Worked to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
68. Created a national declassification center
69. Appointed an American Indian policy adviser
70. Increased funding for land-grant colleges
71. Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees
72. Created new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
73. Weatherize 1 million low-income homes per year
74. Invested in all types of alternative energy
75. Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
76. Asked people and businesses to conserve electricity
77. Created a 'Green Vet Initiative' to promote environmental jobs for veterans
78. Created job training programs for clean technologies
79. Required states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
80. Supported high-speed rail
81. Invested in public transportation
82. Equalized tax breaks for driving and public transit
83. Shared enviromental technology with other countries
84. Doubled federal spending for research on clean fuels
85. Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
86. Increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
87. Appointed at least one Republican to the cabinet
88. Raised the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
89. Extended unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
90. Reversed restrictions on stem cell research

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

URL: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Lady Be Fair and Balanced
Date:	1/31/2010 7:32:09 PM

In George W. Bush's first year in office he:

1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.
4. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.

6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (please see San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).
8. Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28%
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
10. Approved the sending of letters by Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.

11. Appointed John Negroponte -- an unindicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rainforest conservation.
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance.
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on public lands.

16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters.
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement. 19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.

21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
24. Appointed Otto Reich -- an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure -- to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
25. Cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $500 million.

26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.

31. Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
32. Nominated David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
33. Approved a controversial plan by Interior Secretary Gale Norton to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida.
34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling.
35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.

36. Gutted the White House AIDS Office.
37. Renegotiated a free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers's rights and safeguards for the environment.
38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior.
40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can.
45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.

46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit.
47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, 43% of which will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.
48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants." (Meet the Press.")
50. Appointed Diana Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. ("There is no gender gap in pay", Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.)

51. Appointed Kay Cole James, an opponent of affirmative action, to direct the Office of Personnel Management.
52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards.
54. Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children.
55. Is pushing for development of small nuclear arms to attack deeply buried targets and weapons. This would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton, the attorney responsible for a recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act, to federal appeals court judgeship.
57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building.
58. Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship.
59. Appointed John Bolton, who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the UN, to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
60. Nominated Linda Fisher, an executive with Monsanto, for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.

61. Nominated Michael McConnell, leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship.
62. Nominated Terrence Boyle, an ardent opponent of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.
63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.
64. Nominated Harvey Pitts, a lawyer for a teen sex video distributor, to head SEC.
65. Nominated John Walters, a strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs, to be Drug Tsar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.)

66. Nominated J. Steven Giles, an oil and coal lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
67. Nominated Bennett Raley, who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act, for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the US against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse pre

Name:	Lady -	Reply
Subject:	First year accomplishments
Date:	1/31/2010 8:30:07 PM

I wasn't asked to provide things about which you approve. The majority of the United States citizens voted for him and these are campaign promised that he made and that he kept. Your approval is not necessary.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Pretty comical
Date:	1/31/2010 10:22:42 PM

I am surprised you didn't list how many successful bowel movements he made in his first year or how many phone calls every employee in the WH made. They are about as important as the list you provided. In looking at the list it misses his biggest accomplishments:

1. Return to fiscal sanity....oh wait a second, he has tripled our deficit and created more debt in one year than was created in the previous 225 years of our history.
2. Close Guantanomo....oh wait a second, its still open, thank God.
3. Socialize our health care system....oh, wait a second, a majority of Americans oppose it and it so bad it is stalled in the Dem controlled Congress, thank God.
4. Created an environment for Dems to be be elected en mass....oh wait a second, he lost NJ, VA and Teddy's seat in Mass, multitudes of Dems are retiring because they know they can't win, voted identification favors the GOP by 9%, more Americans call themselves Republicans than Dems for the first time in years, etc., etc. etc.
5. Passed the porkulus so unemployment wouldn't exceed 8% (remember, he promised)....oh wait a second, after spending hundreds of billions unemployment is over 10% and real unemployment is close to 17%.
6. Maintained high approval for his handling of the office...oh wait a second, he has the worst poll ratings for his policies of any first term President in history.
7. Changed the view of the whole world toward America, ended terrorism and brought about peace in the Middle East....oh wait a second, none of those are true and Islamofascists are gunning down our military in the U.S. and are trying to blow up airplanes with their underwear.
8. Finally solved global climate change and stopped sea levels from rising.....oh wait a second, the climate has been cooling for the last decade as CO2 levels continue to rise and his cap and tax plan is stuck in the Dem controlled Congress, thank God.
9. Promised no lobbyists in his administration and transparency...oh wait a second, he lied about both.

I could go on and on and on but suffice it to say you have listed either a bunch of tasks that are completely routine activities that no one in their right mind would call accomplishments or are so broad that they are almost silly (i.e., provided quality child care?!?!?). Y'all keep telling yourself what a great job he is doing.

I actually love the delusion as the American people wake up to the Obamination that he is. Keep it up and watch the electoral bloodbath coming in 2010 and 2012.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	I almost forgot
Date:	1/31/2010 10:28:17 PM

he was going to reach out to our enemies and they would embrace us as their friends....now we have Iran promising to "deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb 11". So how's that hopey changey thing working out for us so far?

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Thanks for the laugh
Date:	2/1/2010 7:02:05 AM

this morning. You are so funny. You can not be serious. The problem is he is focused on the wrong this and none of those have had any impact on what matters ... jobs, deficit, growth in the economy, national security.

We are so far worse off since he has taken office.

But I will give you credit for being able to cut and past off the Obama and socialist web sites.

I reallize you liberals are all upset that your hope and change is failing, you have a worthless leader and his approval rating fell the most in the first year than ANY other president.

He does not have a clue.

He promised no more than 8% unemployment if he gets $800 billion ... now he wants $300 billion more to creat jobs.

You have to laugh at how clueless he is.

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Thank God
Date:	2/1/2010 7:06:37 AM

We can no longer say that would happen now that the american people see what a disaster he and the dems are ... all you have to do is look at the recent elections and polls. Who would have thought a republican could win Ted Kennedy's senate seat. By a large margin .... WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE PARTY IS OVER .... for the good of the country.

Now even Obama is talking tax cuts to get the economy and jobs moving. The sad part is he had to destroy so many and hurt so many families while he pushed his socialist agenda.

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