Thanksgiving 3 : Turkeys 1

Levity abounded during an interview given by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin November 20th as she gave the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey near Wasilla, AK.
Palin also used the opportunity to reach into her personal pouch of Scrabble tiles to try to string a few words together, and ended up bemoaning how heavy-handed and [...]

Word of the Day for 10 November 2008: Bowdlerize

bowd·ler·ize   (bōd’lə-rīz’, boud’-)  
tr. v.
To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example).
 
See action plan for Alaska libraries under Governor Sarah Palin.

Word of the Day for 7 November 2008: Malapropism

mal⋅a⋅prop⋅ism [mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]
–n.
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously
See for example, Sarah Palin’s comment to Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Sallai Meridor on 27 October 2008:  “We look forward to … working with your Jewish agency.”

Palin Plods Home

Well, that’s that, then. At least there was enough money left over in the GOP war chest for Sarah Palin to use the McCain campaign jet to fly back to Alaska. She got a warm welcome back in Alaska, with many of the crowd gathered at the Ted Stevens Convicted and Awaiting Sentencing Anchorage International [...]

Quantum of Solace

Conservatives stinging from yesterday’s losses are planning to get together to plan the movement’s future, and so far, it doesn’t look like that vision includes John McCain.
According to CNN, McCain, who made a poorly-received appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference last year, was not included on a list of major movement figures invited to [...]

All Palin, All the Time

Admit it: we are going to miss having Sarah Palin coming at us on TV and radio at all hours of the day and night. The historic victory for Barack Obama in the November 4th election has banished Palin back to Alaska where she remains governor, pending the ultimate fallout from recent and ongoing ethics [...]

Word of the Day for 3 November 2008: Obsequious

ob·se·qui·ous [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
–adj.
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
 
See Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) in telephone interview with fake French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Vive Madame Palin!

The Republican habit of not vetting things too much has come back again to haunt them, this time in the form of a prank telephone call to Governor Sarah Palin from a Canadian comedy duo called The Masked Avengers (from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec) convincing her (and her team) they were receiving a [...]

Word of the Weekend for 1 November 2008: Apparatchik

ap·pa·ra·tchik   (ä’pə-rä’chĭk) 
n.    An unquestioningly loyal subordinate, especially of a political leader or organization.
See Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK).

Not the First Amendment Again?

The text of the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”. To John Adams and some of the other framers of the document, that probably meant that the federal government would not select a single official state religion for the [...]