Among the Green Leaves

from aden nak

i read the transcript from the debate tonight. i think i will go puke now.

On board Mrs Palin's campaign plane, journalists were told by stewards that she was watching in the VIP section of the charter's satellite TV system. As reporters howled with laughter during the five-minute skit, there was reportedly silence from the front of the plane. London Telegraph

by now everyone knows about snopes.com when they need to determine if the chain letter e-mail they have been sent regarding a computer virus that will eat you in your sleep; a child dying of cancer asking for postcards, or other such nonsense needs to be verified as true or false.

well, in this stupidly annoying election season, there is a site which has information to debunk the propoganda and mudslinging by the political parties. check out factcheck.org for the skinny on what mccain's people have to say about obama/biden, and what obama's people have to say about mccain/palin.

rather enlightening to say the least.

in reading jezebel.com, at the RNC there were goodie bags for delegates and the media. kraft made some limited edition macaroni.








wanna bet they burn the boxes? ;-p

thanks to muzadi for posting this. it is a letter which is from a woman in wasilla, alaska, the town where sarah palin was mayor. it pretty much explains who sarah is and what she has accomplished in the state of alaska. this is but a snippet. the full text gives a much more rounded look at who sarah palin is, where she stands, etc. than anything in the mainstream media. i highly recommend reading the complete letter.

"During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign."

"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter."

"Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a "fiscal conservative". During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a regressive sales tax which taxed even food."

"Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah. They call her "Sarah Barracuda" because of her unbridled ambition and predatory ruthlessness."



here is the ( full text )

"I was loyal," Richardson said. "But I don't think that loyalty is transferable to his wife. You don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty."

Governor Bill Richardson

well said. dynasty indeed. we do not need another clinton in office thereby giving this country two family dynasties in power since 1989. i do not want to see it extended another four to eight years.

vote for change! i don't bloody care who your candidate is. just vote for change!