Denver wasn’t all politics for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The Wall Street Journal captured some of her moves.
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What the…
The old gray mare looked as she was doing the desktop paper shuffle.
Forget “Dancing with the Governor,” this morning, let’s try “Dancing with the EAGLE.” Where is today’s “Open Thread”? Perhaps it’s a little late and will arrive eventually. So, HLP, have another cup of coffee while you are waiting. And remember today, Saturday, is the day of the “new moon.” So the moon will rise at approximately the same time as the sun, a few minutes before 7 AM, so probably only a slim sliver if that will be visible.
I should have said, the rising moon will only salivate with a slim silver sliver of shimmering reflected early morning sunlight.
Good morning JWink!
Obviously Phillip has a well deserved day off. The BLOG is in the hands of the second string. So, no open thread? We’ll just take over this one!
GOP Nominee Palin cool on Global Warming
Some scientists believe Alaska will be among the first to feel the impact of global warming, but Sarah Palin told voters there she wasn’t sure climate change wasn’t simply part of a natural warming cycle. “I will not pretend to have all the answers,” Palin said about global warming, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Her spokesman clarified at the time that “she’s not totally convinced one way or the other. Science will tell us . . . She thinks the jury’s still out.”
Palin shared her views in the run-up to the 2006 governor’s race, at an Alaska Federation of Natives convention, where delegates passed a resolution calling for a mandatory reduction in pollution affecting the atmosphere. Answering a question from the Daily News, Palin cautioned against “overreaction.”
Those were among the comments that brought condemnation today from Greenpeace to her selection as Sen. John McCain’s running mate on the Republican ticket. The environmental group’s Alaska Global Warming Campaigner, Melanie Duchin, described Palin as “one of the most anti-environment records of any governor in the United States.” “She has supported oil drilling in some of the most ecologically sensitive areas in Alaska, even when it meant sacrificing polar bears, beluga whales, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,” Duchin’s statement said. “Despite her advocacy for expanded oil and gas drilling, Palin has done almost nothing to promote the clean energy sources that can help solve global warming, which is already having major negative consequences in her state,” Duchin said.
In an interview released by Newsmax magazine today, Palin said that while she recognized her state would be affected by climate change, that didn’t mean humans are responsible. “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location,” she said. “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”
Palin’s comments stand in sharp contrast to those of McCain, who says at every campaign stop that he believes human activity is driving global warming.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/29/palin_not_convinced_on_global.html
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
– Al Capone
HLP believes the same thing. Great minds think alike!
And then, since we are on a Kathleen Sebelius thread, am I the only one that has noticed the incredible hypocrisy of the left when it comes to the Palin selection?
They were all wetting their panties at the thought of Obama selecting Katy but Sarah isn’t worthy!
McCain doesn’t the experience and wisdom on the ticket that Obama lacks and Palin was a perfect choice to shore up his conservative credentials.
On the other hand, Obama needed some ‘gravitas’ and the only thing that Katy would bring to the ticket would be, well, gender diversity!
Palin’s credentials for VP are every bit as impressive as the ones that Sebelius claims to bring.
McCain doesn’t the = McCain doesn’t need the
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
Thomas Jefferson
Hey that’s cool! I’m glad she can have that good of a time!
HLP- If you will remember, I was NOT hypocritical at all about Sebelius. And Sebelius has TONS more experience than does your beauty queen Sarah the imPalin.
What the left is saying about Palin is much milder than what the Right was saying about Sebelius prior to Obama’s selection of Biden. We’ll have to wait and see what kind of candidate Palin makes. She seems to be a moral conservative who has shown flashes of good sense. Out on the trail she could be a game breaker, bringing the faithful to McCaine as strongly as they turned out for Bush, or she could be a disaster.
In my opinion, that train left the station long ago, with no one on it, except in places like Kansas, where there isn’t a train or a station. We’ll have to wait and see. Should only be a week or two. Can you see her standing on the “dykes” handing out food and water, alongside McCain? It’ll be a hoot whatever happens.
HLP, when was the last time you ever took a walk?
I’ll bet the soles of your shoes are as unworn as the day you bought them.
HLP
Posted August 30, 2008 at 6:54 am | Permalink
And then, since we are on a Kathleen Sebelius thread, am I the only one that has noticed the incredible hypocrisy of the left when it comes to the Palin selection?
They were all wetting their panties at the thought of Obama selecting Katy but Sarah isn’t worthy!
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Let’s see: Billery has a big butt. Yep, intelligent statement there, Hank. Adds so much to a political discussion. Oh, we were talking about dems and Palin? Go figure.
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HLP
Posted August 30, 2008 at 7:11 am | Permalink
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
Thomas Jefferson
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Talk about full-blown paranoia.
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JMWalker
Posted August 30, 2008 at 7:42 am | Permalink
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HLP
Posted August 30, 2008 at 7:11 am | Permalink
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
Thomas Jefferson
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Talk about full-blown paranoia.
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You think Thomas Jefferson was paranoid?
You think Thomas Jefferson was paranoid?
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He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your wife.”
He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your children.” He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your dog.” He said, A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
Thomas Jefferson
Seems to me, he had it all wrong, and paranoia was his constant companion. But that’s just my opinion, you know, the opinion of a cheese eating surrender monkey. Which in itself proves the theory of evolution. Since monkeys can’t type, I must be human, which I’m sure will be questioned by some gun carrying, nazi war monger:-)
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JMWalker
Posted August 30, 2008 at 7:58 am | Permalink
You think Thomas Jefferson was paranoid?
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He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your wife.”
He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your children.” He didn’t say, “Take a walk with your dog.” He said, A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
Thomas Jefferson
Seems to me, he had it all wrong, and paranoia was his constant companion. But that’s just my opinion, you know, the opinion of a cheese eating surrender monkey. Which in itself proves the theory of evolution. Since monkeys can’t type, I must be human, which I’m sure will be questioned by some gun carrying, nazi war monger:-)
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“gun carrying, nazi war monger”
You certainly have the Liberal handbook of Buffoonery and Classical Attack Phrases available today don’t you? :D
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beber
Posted August 30, 2008 at 7:22 am | Permalink
HLP, when was the last time you ever took a walk?
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Yesterday
HEHEHEHE
What’s crawled up your butt this morning, Walker?
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HLP
Posted August 30, 2008 at 8:19 am | Permalink
HEHEHEHE
What’s crawled up your butt this morning, Walker?
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Why bother.
How embarrassing. This woman is a disgrace to the state.
oh herb, did you lose your election?
Since when is dancing embarassing? Too insecure to get up and dance? Or you just hate people enjoying themselves?
Hank posted August 30, 2008 at 6:45 am
” “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location,” [Palin] said. “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”
Palin’s comments stand in sharp contrast to those of McCain, who says at every campaign stop that he believes human activity is driving global warming.”
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Upper northern latitudes ARE warming the fastest, as was predicted by AGW.
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20080116/208484main_surface_temp_anom.jpg
But AGW will also cause major problems in the tropics.
‘Global warming will negatively impact tropical species’
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/17771
“Political_mama” asks –
“Since when is dancing embarassing? Too insecure to get up and dance?”
I’ll admit it.
I’m pretty insecure about dancing BADLY. Which is what I usually do.
I’m not sure why.
When I was a kid most dances I went to I was playing in the band.
I was a drummer, so I think I got the concept of moving in rhythm, but somehow it never translated to grace on the dance floor.
I grew up seeing those Fred Astaire movies and believing all it took was a tux and a dance and all the Ginger Rogerses in the world would fall at my feet. Then I rented a tux for Junior Prom and realized that everyone who wears a tux — except for Fred Astaire — looks like a butler.
Dancing insecurity is the National Male Disease. I could host the telethon.
“When I was a kid most dances I went to I was playing in the band.”
Hey Monkey, I resemble that remark!! LOL
Say Eagle, your link was pulled by YouTube.
The Guv must have been really embarrassed and had her video pulled.
Too bad there’s no Free Speech on the Internet. The Fairness Doctrine will only make things worse. Get used to Censorship people.
Wow, Monkey is no Fred Estaire on the dance floor! I’m surprised.
He’s not any better on the blogs either.
But really, who cares if Monkey can’t dance?
City of Wichita Closures for Labor Day Holiday
Date: August 30, 2008
Contact: Communications Team
Phone: (316) 268-4351
In observance of the Labor Day Holiday, City of Wichita facilities will be closed Monday, Sept. 1. This includes City Hall, Park Recreation Centers, CityArts, Cowtown and Neighborhood City Halls. Transit services will not be running.
Wichita Public Library branches will be closed Sunday, Aug. 30 and Monday, Sept. 1.
Municipal golf courses will be open. Botanica will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Animal Shelter will be open holiday hours from 1 to 5 p.m.
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