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Governor Palin w/ Cavuto: WI Recall Will Empower Other Governors To Take On Unions

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:44:00 +0000

Governor Palin on WI Recall: ‘Obama’s Goose Is Cooked’

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:27:00 +0000

(Video) Governor Palin Calls Into NBC's Today Show

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:03:00 +0000

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(New Video) Gov Palin Mocks Obama: Game Change We Can Believe

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:38:00 +0000

(New Video) Gov Palin Mocks Obama: Game Change We Can Believe

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Sarah Palin: Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:01:00 +0000

Sarah Palin has sent The Brody File some personal Thanksgiving reflections. She talks movingly about her young son Trig. It is truly a heartfelt letter that gives God all the glory.

As for Trig, Palin is showing that while there are some people who just talk the talk when it comes to being pro-life she actually walks the walk too.

Enjoy!

A Personal Thanksgiving Reflection by Sarah Palin:

On Thanksgiving, my family's traditions will reflect the loyal, active, robust, big family life that shaped me. We're so fortunate to be together to share the making of another year's memory. In these late autumn days with temperatures dipping to 20-degrees below zero, we'll brave Alaska's biting cold to run and skate and ride - just because we can, and for that I am so thankful. Life in America's Last Frontier is not an easy living, but it's a good living. Here in Alaska, where I'm never without inspiration, an optimistic pioneering spirit still permeates, and harsh conditions force us out of self-centeredness and towards community - often in order to survive.

This need for selflessness - and the blessings that come with it - sharpened for me almost four years ago when I was given the gift of broader horizons, clarified priorities, and more commitment to justice and compassion for my fellow man who faces challenges and fears. I was granted this through a gift that arrived in a tiny, six-pound, awe-inspiring bundle. We named him Trig.

I know America's potential for goodness, thus greatness, because I see it every day through my son. Nothing makes me happier or prouder than to see America's good heart when someone smiles at my Trig. I notice it happens often in airports. Often a traveler passing by does a double-take when they see him, perhaps curious about the curious look on his face; perhaps my son momentarily exercises an uncontrollable motion that takes the passerby by surprise. Perhaps, as an innocent and candid child announced when she first met Trig, they think "he's awkward." But when that traveler pauses to look again and smile, and maybe tells me what a handsome boy I have, I swell with American pride. I am so thankful for their good heart. They represent the best in our country and their kindness shows the real hope we need today.

I am thankful that, as in so many areas of life, the bitter people who say bitter things about someone facing challenges are so outnumbered. There have been stinging criticisms, even from people still screaming that Trig should never have been born, but we know those critics may be the loudest and most malicious, but they're not the majority.

To me, when individuals reflect the greater societal acceptance of someone facing challenges, they show the best of humanity - even by offering a simple pat on Trig's head or a knowing smile shot our way. Conversely, when a society works to eliminate the "weakest links" (as some would callously consider the disabled) or "the unproductive" (as some would callously consider the very young and the very old), it eliminates the very best of itself. When a society seeks to destroy them, it also destroys any ability or need for sincere compassion, empathy, improvement, and even goodwill. And those are the very best qualities of humanity! Those are the characteristics of a country that understands and embraces true hope! America can be compassionate and strong enough as a nation to be entrusted with those who some see as an "inconvenience," but who are really our greatest blessings. Through Trig, I see firsthand that there is man's standard of perfection, and then there is God's. Man's standard is flawed, temporary, and shallow. God's standard lasts an eternity. At the end of the day, His is what matters.

So, this Thanksgiving my family will bundle Trig up and grin while we watch him through ice-frosted eyelashes as he curiously takes in all that is around him in the crisp open air. I hope your Thanksgiving gives you the opportunity to find that reminder of what really matters, too. For me, my perfect picture of thankfulness is my perfectly awesome son. With him, all is well with my soul and I know I am blessed

- Sarah Palin

Governor Palin: Fire Eric Holder

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +0000

It’s tempting to get distracted with the horse race aspect of electoral politics during a primary season. But as pundits talk about “who’s up and who’s down” in the 24 hour news cycle, we must keep our eye on the ball with the Obama administration. They rely on distraction to skirt responsibility, but we’re going to hold them accountable for their corruption and incompetence.

When the stories about Operation Fast and Furious first broke, it sounded too crazy even for this administration.

Why would any government official with an ounce of common sense think it’s a good idea to facilitate the smuggling of thousands of guns into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels? That’s what Operation Fast and Furious did.

You might think Eric Holder’s Department of Justice was setting up a sting operation in which our federal agents would swoop down and arrest the bad guys the minute the guns traded hands. But that’s not what happened. Eric Holder’s DOJ had American gun dealers sell weapons to “straw purchasers” tied to drug cartels without actually following the movement of the guns as they were then sold to Mexican drug lords. They apparently thought this so-called “gun-walking” operation would help them chart the path of gun smuggling, but they didn’t have a plan to actually control the weapons’ movements as the guns were allowed to “walk” into Mexico. All Holder’s DOJ did was arm violent criminals. What manner of fools do we have working in this administration? What’s next? Supplying nuclear weapons components to the Iranians so we can track their activities?

Fast and Furious isn’t just your typical government incompetence. This is a deadly tragedy. U.S. border agent Brian Terry was gunned down with weapons connected to Holder’s debacle. At least 200 Mexican citizens were also killed by criminals using Fast and Furious weapons. We can only imagine how many more people will be murdered by criminals our government armed.

When an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blew the whistle on this operation, the DOJ leaked sensitive information about him to the press. This week, the former U.S. Attorney for Arizona, who was ousted in the wake of the scandal, admitted to being the leaker.

And where is President Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder in all of this? When did he first know about the operation? In his testimony to the House Oversight Committee on May 3, 2011, Holder stated, “I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” But the DOJ’s own documents prove that Holder had been receiving briefings on Fast and Furious for nearly a year before that date. In other words, our government’s top law enforcement official, Eric Holder, lied to the American public. He finally admitted this week to the Senate Judiciary Committee, “In my testimony before the House committee [on May 3], I did say a few weeks. I probably could have said a couple of months. What I said about a few weeks was inaccurate based on what happened.”

When the nation’s highest law enforcement official lies to the American people, he must go.

And if he claims that he didn’t lie, then how else do we explain this situation? He’s either lying or he’s so grossly incompetent and lazy that he didn’t read important life and death briefings from his deputy attorney general and didn’t know about this deadly operation run by people under him. So, which is it? Incompetent, lazy, or lying? No matter which explanation fits, he needs to go.

Holder conceded this week, “I have ultimate responsibility for what happens in the department.” He can prove it by resigning. And if he refuses to resign, then President Obama – with whom the bucks ultimately stop – can prove that he respects honesty, transparency, and accountability in his administration by firing Holder.

I stand with the members of Congress who are calling for Holder’s resignation. I stand with the family members of Brian Terry who are demanding transparency and accountability. Mr. President, where do you stand?

- Sarah Palin

P.S. It can be argued that some elements of this scandal give the appearance of perhaps being intended to be used to infringe on our Second Amendment rights. I invite our President to correct concerned Americans if they’re wrong on this.

(Video) Gov Palin’s Speech at the RPOF Victory Dinner in Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:53:00 +0000

Sarah Palin weighs in on Occupy protesters: MyFoxORLANDO.com

(Video) Palin on Hannity: Hypocrisy From The Left Never Ceases To Amaze Me

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:02:00 +0000

Sarah Palin on GOP Candidates, Part 1
Oct 20, 2011 - 4:06 -
Sarah Palin on GOP candidates, new poll numbers

More Good News for Herman Cain? Part 2
Oct 20, 2011 - 5:49 -
Sarah Palin on GOP candidates, new poll numbers

Palin on Greta: Newt Was Able To Stay Above The Fray

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:22:00 +0000

Palin's Take: The Debate and the Candidates
Oct 18, 2011 - 14:50 -
Former Alaska governor discusses the latest GOP debate, the candidates and momentum and more

(Video) RUSH At His Best: Dems Know Palin Can WIN...Means What She Says..NOT Afraid of Them

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:52:00 +0000

(Video) Governor Palin w/ Judge Napolitano: Discusses Obama Corruption

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:35:00 +0000

Sarah Palin: In or Out in 2012?
Sep 29, 2011 - 8:19 -
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Herman Cain, Juan Williams, and what it will take to bring her in by the end of the month

Gov Palin: Obama’s Hypocritical Lecture Poking Our Allies In The Eye Again

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:26:00 +0000

On Monday, during a fundraiser in California, President Obama declared that Europe’s debt problems and their inability to solve them was “scaring the world.” He went on to explain that Europeans “have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with the challenges that their banking system faced” and that “they’re trying to take responsible actions, but those actions haven’t been quite as quick as they need to be.”

This of course is coming from a President who has done nothing to deal with our own country’s enormous debt crisis and who is in fact eager to incur even more debt with another useless stimulus bill (now called a “jobs bill” though the last stimulus failed to produce the jobs it promised, which is perhaps why Harry Reid doesn’t seem too eager to bring this new bill to a vote despite the President’s demands to “pass this bill”). Yes, Europe has serious debt problems, but for President Obama to be lecturing our allies about not being “quite as quick” in dealing with a debt crisis is downright hypocritical.

When his all-too-common finger-pointing is directed at Republicans, President Obama’s search for a scapegoat is swallowed as merely the typical Beltway politics of our permanent political class. But pointing fingers at our allies when they are working to get their own financial house in order is counterproductive and can have a serious negative affect on our ability to lead the free world.

One German newspaper denounced the President’s comments as “overbearing, arrogant, and absurd.” Another wrote: “The gloomy state of the economy is putting a damper on Obama’s future prospects. The optimism of the past is gone, replaced by a cheap search for a scapegoat.” And still another wrote: “That’s not how friends talk to each other. That applies particularly to friends who have themselves failed to get a handle on their own, self-made crisis.”

Can we blame them for feeling this way? Keep in mind this was a President who was supposed to make the rest of the world “like” us again.

It’s about time the President showed some leadership and took responsibility rather than campaigning on blaming everyone else for the financial mess his policies have exacerbated.

Between President Obama’s hypocritical lecture poking our allies in the eye again and one Democrat governor’s call to postpone lawfully mandated elections for two years, I suppose nothing should surprise concerned Americans anymore. But that doesn’t mean we have to accept these misguided memes. 2012 can’t come soon enough.

- Sarah Palin

(Video) Palin w/ Geta: 1st Time Not Introduced As "Fox News Contributor" & Tagline Did Not Say It! CAMPAIGN BEGINS?

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:51:00 +0000

'Maverick' Palin vs. 'Quasi Reality' Show
Sep 27, 2011 - 16:41 -
Former Alaska governor takes on the media's coverage of GOP candidates, Chris Christie buzz, Herman Cain's success and her own aspirations for 2012

(Translation) Gov Palin To Keynote World Knowledge Forum, South Korea ‘Global Economic Crisis’

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:06:00 +0000

American female leader, representing the conservative camp, & Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to attend the World Knowledge Forum (www.wkforum.org) and visit South Korea for the 1st time. Republican VP candidate in 2008 presidential election was appointed to the conservative grassroots movement in the United States, she leads the 'Tea Party' movement and has given rise to new life to American politics. America has fallen into a new crisis and she will discuss ho the U.S. is expected to lead & presently lacks leadership. This is the 12-year anniversary of the 2011 World Knowledge Forum and this year the topic is `New Economy crisis (The New Crisis)`

A global leader in the world with over 250 people in 40 countries after the crisis in the global competitive environment has changed completely to win acumen and insight to offer.

Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister, Minister of Trade kareol deuhwiheuteu EU heads of state, as well as former and incumbent Michael Saendel of Harvard University, Yale professor Amy Chua (Tiger Mom Author), Strobe Talbot, such as the Brookings Institute scholars emerged. The chairman of Toshiba Ahsseutosi Nishida, Tom Alba needs of industry magnates, such as Rio Tinto chairman to the chongchuldong.

◇ Date and Location = October 11 to 13 Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel

◇ Registration = Online registration only (www.wkforum.org)

◇ Organizer daily economic newspaper MBN

◇ "Lack of political leadership, called the global economic crisis"

◇ presidential candidate Sarah Palin keynote World Knowledge Forum

The next generation of political leaders and solutions to the global crisis.

The crisis is deja-vu. The recent world economic crisis of 1937 looks very much like todays crisis. In 1937 FDR began "The New Deal" in an attempt to recover from 'The Great Depression'.

But the effective of 'The New Deal' policies and high fiscal deficits with loose money policy prolonged the economic crisis. After this action the global economy fell in "The Great Depression". After the recent global economic crisis, and austerity policies of the United States high budget deficit can be blamed. The global economy will most likely go into long-term downturn.

But the bigger problem of global leadership in the United States is represented by Obama. Since 2008, which had seemed to survive again in an instant, the world economy because the U.S. had inept leadership is shaky at best. Barack Obama's "America one of the safest countries in the world," remark had the opposite effect on the global markets.

Recently the Financial Times (FT) said: "weal global financial markets because of insecurity in the United States is a major dilemma."

For the U.S. economy to emerge from recession a stimulus is needed, but the elimination excessive deficit should be the main focus.

The 'Stimulus' and a third 'quantitative easing' is intended to enhance the financial soundness of 'austerity policies' but no matter what choices to resolve the situation is not easy.

Tightening monetary policies in the United States and in the global economy is a high priority but resistance is strong. Add the energy crisis and high deficits risk the United States and globe falling into a deeper economic quagmire.

Global Leadership needed to diagnose the global crisis at The World Knowledge Forum in a special event a month ahead of the opening theme 'The New Crisis' because of the US credit downgrade. The downgrade of the credit rating of the United States and the eurozone crisis is due to economic uncertainty and will be the main topic at The Forum.

World Knowledge Forum will explore the causes of the global economic crisis, lack of global leadership, the United States since the 2008 election.

One thing to which most nunyeogyeobwaya Sarah Palin is to attend the World Knowledge Forum. Sarah Palin the next U.S. presidential election, Republican presidential candidate, was one of the prime. Is regarded as America's next generation of leaders Sarah Palin as a hegemonic state in the U.S. and global leadership in space, I can tell you the best of the alternatives yeonsada. Yet that is not running for president to declare a state, but a recent TV appearance on "Late August or September until early presidential election to decide whether or not," he thought to tell you that running for president said. Palin in the 2008 election running for the Republican vice presidential candidate has to.

An assessment of Palin shows a the solid tend in increased popularity. Provoking controversy for her words and deeds with growing from voters to support. She currently has the highest favorability rating of 85% of Republican candidates but has not officially declared.

Palin is a good representation to counter the so-called 'elites'. An Indian economist at the University of Chicago Professor Rajan Raguram, at conference in Singapore, discussed 'The Elitist' and Sarah Palinisation of the word. Sarah Palin's message about how the the government and Wall Street have failed the American public. Our leaders are not trusted and we must instead must look to ordinary people, like Palin, has become a phenomenon. According to his words, Palin's popularity is simply about common sense. She does not represent the elites which have vested interests in the economy separate from most Americans. Palin's strength of being ordinary, according to Professor Rajan, includes her daughter, at 18, becaming a mom, eldest son in Iraq and youngest son having Down syndrome: She Is An Ordinary American. And it is the power that made her a viable presidential candidate with lots of support.

She's a candidate for the next president election and is scheduled to open the ceremony as keynote speaker. Speaking about the fall of U.S. hegemony in 'global leadership' and to overcome the absence of the role of the United States.

In the future, as a consequence of the United States lack of leadership in this crisis and future policies for the U.S. financial crisis will be discussed. The forum during the World Knowledge Forum in Korea will also discuss the presidential candidates, their plans to meet with influential South Korean politicians and the opportunity to avoid a global economic crisis.

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올해로 12회를 맞는 2011년 세계지식포럼은 주제를 `신경제위기`로 바꾸었습니다.

Palin On Obama The Corrupt: O Pressured AF General To Change Testimony On Link To Major Dem Donor

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0000

UPDATE: Yet another shoe drops in the ongoing crony capitalism problems now engulfing the Obama administration. Yesterday, we learned that the the Obama White House allegedly pressured a four-star Air Force general to change his testimony about a company linked to a major Democrat donor.

In my recent speech in Iowa, some eyebrows were raised when I took on our government’s enormous economic problems caused by crony capitalism. As if on cue, just days later President Obama selected someone who exemplifies a major crony capitalism problem to sit next to the First Lady when he delivered his “jobs plan” speech before Congress. He selected General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as his honored guest.

Having grown up with great respect for GE thanks to stories my grandfather shared with us about his days working for the company and even meeting GE spokesman-at-the-time Ronald Reagan during a company event, I am saddened at GE’s leadership evolution. This corporation is now the poster child of corporate welfare and crony capitalism.

This icon of American industry is a company full of good employees who make some good products (and is the parent company of a huge media outlet), but GE is also a large American corporation that pays virtually no corporate income taxes despite earning worldwide profits of $14.2 billion last year, $5.1 billion of it in the United States. In fact, they claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion, meaning they received more of our hard earned tax dollars than they contributed. How is that possible? It’s because not only do they shelter their money from taxes, but they also get many tax credits, loans, government grants, and other benefits from the federal government that our smaller businesses couldn’t even imagine being able to profit from.

Joining GE in the pantheon of crony capitalism is another Obama favorite that has been in the news of late: Solyndra. The President hailed this “green energy” company in a speech last May as “the true engine of economic growth.” When he announced the $535 million guarantee to Solyndra, Vice President Biden said that investments like this are “exactly what the Recovery Act is all about.” (Dear God…If the failed Solyndra venture has been what it’s “all about,” then that explains a lot.) As I pointed out in my speech at the Reagan Ranch Center last February: “History has proven again and again, when government picks the winners and losers, we’re stuck with the losers, and we the taxpayers subsidize failure!” And that’s what we’re seeing now, as the FBI raids the solar energy company’s headquarters to glean more information after the company was handed half a billion dollars in “green energy” Stimulus funds from the American taxpayer only to later declare bankruptcy. More than one thousand Solyndra workers lost their jobs. Now as the truth comes out, we discover that the White House was heavily involved in the Department of Energy’s rushed decision to give the Stimulus funds to Solyndra, and they tried to move the money through so quickly they seem to have ignored concerns that the company was not viable. Why would they do this? Perhaps it’s because a large investor in the company (about 35%) is Obama campaign bundler George Kaiser. And with the way the deal is structured, Kaiser will get his debts paid before we the taxpayers see any relief. That is sickening. And that’s how it works: workers lose their jobs, wealthy political cronies stand a good chance of getting their money back, and the U.S. taxpayer gets the shaft. Again.

President Obama has his sights set on raising $1 billion for his reelection campaign. Raising that money won’t be easy. But if you can hand out other people’s money to friends, it must get a whole lot easier. This crony capitalism and government waste is at the heart of our economic problems. It will destroy us if we don’t root it out. It’s not just a Democrat problem or a Republican problem. It’s a problem of our permanent political class. This won’t stop until “we the people” say enough is enough, and we retire the permanent political class that votes for this.

- Sarah Palin

Palin Smacks Obama: Crony Capitalism on Steroids from GE to Solyndra

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:27:00 +0000

In my recent speech in Iowa, some eyebrows were raised when I took on our government’s enormous economic problems caused by crony capitalism. As if on cue, just days later President Obama selected someone who exemplifies a major crony capitalism problem to sit next to the First Lady when he delivered his “jobs plan” speech before Congress. He selected General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as his honored guest.

Joining GE in the pantheon on crony capitalism is another Obama favorite that has been in the news of late: Solyndra. The President hailed this “green energy” company in a speech last May as “the true engine of economic growth.” When he announced the $535 million guarantee to Solyndra, Vice President Biden said that investments like this are “exactly what the Recovery Act is all about.” (Dear God…If the failed Solyndra venture has been what it’s “all about,” then that explains a lot.) As I pointed out in my speech at the Reagan Ranch Center last February: “History has proven again and again, when government picks the winners and losers, we’re stuck with the losers, and we the taxpayers subsidize failure!” And that’s what we’re seeing now, as the FBI raids the solar energy company’s headquarters to glean more information after the company was handed half a billion dollars in “green energy” Stimulus funds from the American taxpayer only to later declare bankruptcy. More than one thousand Solyndra workers lost their jobs. Now as the truth comes out, we discover that the White House was heavily involved in the Department of Energy’s rushed decision to give the Stimulus funds to Solyndra, and they tried to move the money through so quickly they seem to have ignored concerns that the company was not viable. Why would they do this? Perhaps it’s because a large investor in the company (about 35%) is Obama campaign bundler George Kaiser. And with the way the deal is structured, Kaiser will get his debts paid before we the taxpayers see any relief. That is sickening. And that’s how it works: workers lose their jobs, wealthy political cronies stand a good chance of getting their money back, and the U.S. taxpayer gets the shaft. Again.

- Sarah Palin

(Video) Palin w/ Greta: Barack Obama & Rick Perry Crony Capitalists

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:03:00 +0000

Governor Palin: Catch “The Undefeated” for Alaska & America’s Story

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:44:00 +0000

Steve Bannon just released a powerful film about Alaska’s history, our rich resources, and a committed team’s successful effort to tackle political corruption. Bannon’s independently financed, produced, and directed film called “The Undefeated” is now available on cable via pay-per-view and video-on-demand. I’m thankful for Bannon’s group at Victory Films for independently putting their own time and resources into documenting the work my team in Alaska did in successfully fighting corruption and enacting real reform that put local and state government back on the side of the people. Thank you to the good Alaskans who participated in the film and spoke so passionately about our state’s history, our natural resources, and our destiny as the energy contributor for America’s security.

Bannon’s film shows how on a state and local level all citizens – no matter background or party affiliation – can come together to fight the special interests and the corrupt powers-that-be that steal power from the people. Through examples of putting government-run businesses back into the private sector hands, inviting competition, reducing taxes, and blowing the doors open to force government transparency, “The Undefeated” shows that though real reform is difficult and real reformers are vilified, it is possible. The obstacles in the way of reform are why true reform is so rare, but as the film shows, it can be done and it is worth doing.

This film is not about any one person. It’s about great American values – like our indomitable optimistic pioneering spirit – that will always see America through no matter how tough times are. It’s the spirit of our Last Frontier, it’s the story of how Alaskans fought corruption and won, it’s the story of the spirit of the Tea Party Movement, and it’s the story of a people’s movement for reform. I’m grateful to these filmmakers for telling the story.

Here’s more about Steve Bannon’s film and where to view it. I encourage you to watch it. I promise you it will open some eyes.

- Sarah Palin

Governor Palin's Message To All Our Good Union Brothers & Sisters

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:54:00 +0000

In my speech on Saturday in Iowa, I said: “Between bailouts for Wall Street cronies and stimulus projects for union bosses’ security and ‘green energy’ giveaways, [Barack Obama] took care of his friends. And now they’re on course to raise a billion dollars for his re-election bid so that they can do it all over again.” This was shamefully on display yesterday at President Obama’s taxpayer-funded campaign rally in Detroit. In introducing the President, Teamsters President James Hoffa represented precisely what I was talking about as he declared war on concerned independent Americans and on the freshman members we sent to Congress last November by saying, “Let’s take these son-of-a-bitches out!”

What I say now, I say as a proud former union member and the wife, daughter, and sister of union members. So, as a former card-carrying IBEW sister married to a proud former Laborers, IBEW, and later USW member, please hear me out. What I have to say is for the hard working, patriotic, selfless union brothers and sisters in Michigan and throughout our country: Please don’t be taken in by union bosses’ thuggery like Jim Hoffa represented yesterday. Union bosses like this do not have your best interests at heart. What they care about is their own power and re-electing their friend Barack Obama so he will take care of them to the detriment of everyone else.

To the same degree Americans are concerned about irresponsible, greedy corporate execs who got cushy bonuses from taxpayer-funded bailouts, we should also be concerned about greedy union bosses who are willing to tank our economy just to protect their own power. As union history shows, power and greed corrupt. Just because you claim to represent union members doesn’t mean you are on the side of the angels. The greed of too many of these union bosses has all but destroyed the labor movement in this country, helped chase away our jobs, and is killing the American dream.

To see where this leads, look at what’s happening to the working class in our industrialized cities. These cities are going to hell in a hand basket thanks to corruption, crony capitalism, and the union bosses’ greed. The union bosses derive their power from your union dues and their promise to deliver your votes to whichever politician they’re in bed with. They get their power from you, and yet their actions ultimately hurt you. They’re chasing American industry offshore by making outrageous, economically illogical demands that they know will never work. And now that they’ve chased jobs out of union states, they’re trying to chase them out of right-to-work states like South Carolina, so eventually the jobs will leave America altogether. But these union bosses will still figure out a way to keep their gig, and so will their politically aligned corporate friends. As long as these big corporations have a good crony capitalist in the White House, they can rely on DC to bail them out until the whole system goes bankrupt, which, I am afraid, is not very far off. When big government, big business, and big union bosses collude together, they get government to maximize their own interests against those of the rest of the country.

So, now these union bosses are desperately trying to cast the grassroots Tea Party Movement as being “against the workingman.” How outrageously wrong this unapologetic Jim Hoffa is, for the people’s movement is the real movement for working class men and women. It’s rooted in real solidarity, and not special interests and corporate kickbacks. It represents the needed reform that will empower workers and job creators. We stand with the little guy against the corruption and influence peddling of those who collude to grease the wheels of government power.

This collusion is at the heart of Obama’s economic vision for America. In practice it is socialism for the very rich and the very poor, but a brutal form of capitalism for the rest of us. It is socialism for the very poor who are reduced to a degrading perpetual dependence on a near-bankrupt centralized government to provide their every need, while at the same time robbing them of that which brings fulfillment and success – the life-affirming pride that comes from taking responsibility for your own destiny and building a better life through self-initiative and work ethic. And Obama’s vision is socialism via crony capitalism for the very rich who continue to get bailouts, debt-ridden “stimulus” funds, and special favors that allow them to waive off or help draft the burdensome regulations that act as a boot on the neck to small business owners who don’t have the same friends in high places. And where does this collusion leave working class Americans and the small business owners who create 70% of the jobs in this country? Out in the cold. It’s you and your children who are left paying for the cronyism of Obama and our permanent political class in DC.

Ask yourself if the folks you heard demonize concerned, independent Americans yesterday really speak for the working class when they’re all too happy to burden your families with the bill to bail out the President’s friends on Wall Street.

We should not forget that for all his lofty rhetoric, President Obama is a Chicago politician. Graft, cronyism, and quid pro quo are the well-known methods of an infamous Chicago political machine, of which Barack Obama emerged. This corruption isn’t just the result of a few bad apples. It’s the nature of a skewed system that’s typical of one not allowing a level playing field. If one desires opportunity for all, then the only solution is sudden and relentless reform. I know of what I speak. I too served in public office in a state that had a corruption problem. The difference is that I fought the corrupt political machine. Barack Obama used the machine in his state to advance. He never challenged it. And he’s evidently brought the same Chicago “pay-to-play” practices to the White House.

It’s sad to see much of the labor movement fall lock step behind a President whom Hoffa calls upon to partner in “waging war” against patriotic Americans. I will never forget that as a governor, in trying to be a friend to the working men and women in our unions, I gave a speech on August 27, 2008, at the annual AFL-CIO meeting in Anchorage. There, union members humbled me with a standing ovation for fighting the corruption in Alaska and for bringing parties together for progress on energy development projects. Then just two days later I landed on the national stage as John McCain’s running mate, and the union leadership turned on me from that day forward even though I had not changed one iota in my plans, principles, vision, and commitment to jobs for working class Americans. The only difference was I was challenging the politician the union bosses were committed to electing. It was almost comical, this lesson learned with their new spots revealed so quickly.

Recently someone commented: “I’m a union member. I’ve been a Democrat all my life. Now I’ll vote for anyone with a plan to save America.” I know what that person is feeling. I want all good union brothers and sisters to know that there is an alternative. The grassroots, independent Tea Party Movement articulates a real alternative rooted in free men and free markets, not the cronyism of Barack Obama and the permanent political class in DC. Their cronyism is why we have no job growth, massive unsustainable debt, and a housing market in the tank. Too many politicians are simply addressing the economic symptoms instead of fighting the underlying disease. The path forward is through reform. On Saturday, I outlined some ideas about that reform, and I will continue to do so.

In the meantime, good union brothers and sisters, don’t let Hoffa tell you what to do. He doesn’t represent the real interests of working men and women. He’s not doing you any favors. He’s just living off your paychecks.

- Sarah Palin

(CNN Video) Palin w/ Cheering Crowd 'Run, Sarah, Run': MY KID IS NOT YOUR ATM

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:54:00 +0000

(Photo) Gov Palin Runs 1/2 Marathon w/ Supporters Sunday Morning In Iowa

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:37:00 +0000

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Greta Wire Governor Sarah Palin is running!

(Video) Des Moines Iowa Grassroots Meetup w/ Sarah & Todd Palin

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:57:00 +0000

My President To O: On the Future of Libya

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:14:00 +0000

We join the Libyan people in gratefulness as we hear of Col. Gaddafi’s defeat. The fall of a tyrant and sponsor of terrorism is a great day for freedom-loving people around the world. But the path to democracy in Libya is not complete, and we must make wise choices to ensure that our national interests are protected.

First, the White House needs to avoid triumphalism. Gaddafi may be gone, but the fighting may not be complete. As we’ve seen in Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, we must not celebrate too quickly. There are now mounting concerns that we will see tribal and sectarian fighting in Libya like we saw in Iraq. Let’s hope that is not the case, but it must be prepared for.

Second, we must be very concerned about the future government that will emerge to take Gaddafi’s place. History teaches that those with the guns usually prevail when a coalition overthrows a tyrant. We must remember that military power ultimately resides with the rebel commanders. This should be a source of some concern. The armed opposition to Gaddafi is an outgrowth of a group called Islamic Libya Fighting Group, and some rebel commanders admit that they have Al Qaeda links. The rebel fighters are from different tribes, and they have a variety of political views. Some are Islamists, some appear to favor some sort of western democracy. We should work through diplomatic means to help those who want democracy to come out on top.

That said, we should not commit U.S. troops or military assets to serve as peacekeepers or perform humanitarian missions or nation-building in Libya. Our military is already over-committed and strained, and a vaguely designed mission can be the first step toward a quagmire. The internal situation does not seem stable enough for U.S. forces to operate in a purely humanitarian manner without the possibility of coming under attack. Troop deployment to Libya would mean placing America’s finest in a potentially hostile zone that is not in our vital national security interest.

Finally, we must make sure that terrorist groups don’t try to co-opt the revolution, as Al Qaeda is trying to do in Syria. We should continue to use our intelligence assets to monitor the situation in Libya to ensure that potentially dangerous weapons are secured, and that terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda don’t gain a foothold in Libya.

People of Libya, be vigilant. May this opportunity be used to build a free and peaceful country.

- Sarah Palin

Obama Will Be Watching Sept 3rd b/c Palin Vs O Will Be A Landslide & He Knows It

noreply@blogger.com (Max Dige) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:35:00 +0000

So what happens if she gets in and gets the nomination? What if the race ends up being Palin v. Obama?

If it does, Obama may find out how Walter Mondale felt after running against Reagan in 1984. But he will surely find out how Jimmy Carter felt when he faced Reagan in 1980.

Skeptics notwithstanding, this is so because Palin v. Obama will pit faith in the American people against faith in government. In so doing, it will allow Palin to tell us again and again of how this country is great because of salt-of-the-earth Americans who love their families, their God, and their country, while Obama stands on the other side of a teleprompter telling us everything will be fine if we just pass another stimulus bill, raise taxes, and allow government to reach even further into the private sector via increased regulation and oversight.

It’s so important to understand that Palin’s belief in the everyday American allows her to think America’s greatest days lie in front of us: that “we’re seeing a great awakening of the American public” even now. […]

Perhaps the biggest contrast we’ll see, should Palin v. Obama come to pass, will be in the way the two candidates will speak to the voters when they campaign. Obama will certainly tell us of all the great things he can do for us if we’ll just give him four more years: as it was in 2008, so too in 2012 it will be all about him. But with Palin, you can already hear a different tone. Sure, she has things that recommend her to the job and qualify her for the job, but her focus is what Americans can accomplish if we get government out of the way rather than what she can use government to accomplish for us.

Thus, far from Obama’s ego-centric self-portrayal as some political miracle worker, Palin’s simple message to Americans will be “I believe in you.” (Which is why Iowans are already describing her as a “normal person” who is “down to earth” and “solid.”)

Palin is giving a speech to the Tea Party convention in Iowa on September 3^rd. They’re expecting such a large crowd that they’ve already had to move the event to a larger venue. And while no one knows if she’s going to announce a run for the presidency then, you can bet the world will be watching. And you can also bet Obama will have a staffer or David Axelrod (or both) watching as well.

And that’s because Palin v. Obama will be a landslide (and Obama knows it).

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Big Government: Palin v. Obama (Faith in the American People v. Faith in Government) By AWR Hawkins