Sunday, February 14, 2010
Why I am the Democratic Rottweiler to Republican Sarah Palin's Pitbull
Palinites visit a Sarah Palin Grotto (A Bookstore that hosted a booksigning). THey closed the store down. Onlhy people who love Saint Sarah and bought a ticket could get it. LOL
Texas Mom says: Thank You Sarah Palin
Texas Mom says: Thank You Sarah Palin
I would like to take a moment thank Sarah Palin. I would like to thank her for being a perfect example for my bright and creative 11 year old daughter.
Thank you, Sarah, for helping open a dialog between us to discuss the mockery of pseudo-equality and the men who hide behind a woman, putting her in a leadership role not because she exemplifies the qualities of a leader but because she *is* a woman and their denial of their own misogyny demands they nominate a figurehead with breasts.
Thank you, Sarah, for illustrating so perfectly for my ambitious 5th grader how wrong things go when one participates in spreading ugly rumors and for making my point that what you don't stand up against is just as bad as what you spread yourself.
Thank you, Sarah, for giving my intuitive and perfect girl a glimpse of understanding into how much she could lose if she allows someone else to make her decisions for her - she's already her own advocate for access to sex education, prevention and choice for both herself and for any vicitimized woman/girl who would suffer under your preferred policies on women's reproductive rights, because even a child is horrified at the thought that suffering an attack or abuse could lead to the additional mandatory mental anguish of 9 more months of suffering.
Thank you for being an example of insensitivity in office and inability to empathize with victims of atrocities.
Thank you, Gov. Palin, for being a great example that people in power can make statements opposite of the truth in an effort to put money ahead of global good since she's already understanding that no amount of money made in oil fields can insure the promise of a planet to live on for her future children.
Thank you, Gov. Palin, for being the ideal example of how maliciousness, pettiness, manipulativeness, and viciousness can hide behind an appealing, friendly smile and look and sound a lot like people you can trust.
You've been the best example I could ask for to give her the tools to evaluate the actions of someone and their effects on those around them over how they sound, what they look like, and who their friends are.
As a woman, a mom, a troop leader, a rare disease patient, a volunteer religious educator, a community activist, a believer in humanity, a struggling environmentalist, and most importantly - as a human - I do thank you, but now I want you to go back to AK and stop giving us both nightmares. Please.
-Dawn M., 31, Cedar Park, TX
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 7:07 PM
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Watch the Webathon of your Letters Here!
Dear readers,
The live video is up and streaming right now at Real Women Respond to Palin.
Your letters are being read LIVE from 1 to 9pm (EST).
PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK AND SPREAD THE WORD!
Enjoy!
Lyra & Quinn
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 12:47 PM
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Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 11:20 AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Video: Your Letters Live! October 30th
Dear Readers,
We are excited to announce that on Thursday, October 30th, from 1 to 9 pm EST, a live webathon (internet streamed video) will be broadcast that features American women reading your letters.
As part of the website Real Women Respond to Palin, dozens of women will read from the hundreds of thousands of letters you have sent in over the past two months, which eloquently and convincingly argue why Sarah Palin does not represent you, and is an unprepared and dangerously divisive candidate.
As some of you may know, your letters on this website have received national and international attention, with articles running in the Washington Post, the New York Observer, the Huffington Post, and abroad in London's Guardian, Paris's Le Monde, ZDF Television in Germany, and the Go Africa television broadcast in 16 African countries.
The world has been very interested in what American women have had to say about Sarah Palin, and your voices are one of the places they turn to.
Please tune in tomorrow either on this website, or on Real Women Respond to Palin, to watch your letters and sentiments expressed on video. The webathon has been produced by Kathryn Velvel Jones, an American woman who received our initial email, and quickly decided that she had to do something to advance our cause. Thank you, Kathryn!
And thank all of you for sounding the alarm that has rung around the world!
-Lyra & Quinn
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 9:41 PM
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Anchorage Daily and the Financial Times say: OBAMA
It was no surprise when newspapers like the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times endorsed Obama/Biden. But yesterday, Alaska's own Anchorage Daily News joined in. While they applaud Gov. Palin for her work in drawing national attention to the 49th state, they wrote:
"Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation."
Then the conservative Financial Times came out yesterday as well for Obama, writing:
"McCain has offered risk-taking almost as his chief qualification, but gambles do not always pay off. His choice of Sarah Palin as running mate, widely acknowledged to have been a mistake, is an obtrusive case in point. Rashness is not a virtue in a president."
To read these endorsements in their entirety, please link to ADN and FT.
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 11:16 AM
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Already voted!
October 6 was the first day for early voting in Indiana. I took the day off from work to drive to Danville and cast my vote for Obama/Biden. There was just a small line in quiet, Republican Hendricks County, IN, but the lines have since grown. I still have fears of votes being lost or not counted. As a mother and grandmother, the idea of a McCain/Palin victory is more than I can bear. I volunteered to be a poll worker on Election Day and am being as vigilant as possible, during this most important election of my lifetime.
-Patricia C., IN
I went to vote early here in Georgia...in the middle of the morning, the line was already 1 and a 1/2 hours long! In the afternoon it was over 2 hours long! We are PASSIONATE about this race here in Georgia and we are standing in line for hours, weeks before voting day, to get our vote in. The goal? To "Turn Georgia Blue!"
-Cole, Georgia
While I did not vote in a booth early, I did however send in my absentee ballot the same day I got it. With any election, I feared my vote might get misplaced or lost all together but it's the risk I'm willing to take to make sure it counts on time. I voted in the 2004 Presidential election in a booth and when I left, the attendees were talking about how they thought they lost a few votes with a malfunction. I'll never forget that. I was devastated. I barely noticed Palin's name or any other Republican name for that matter. After a long struggle of giving up my dream of a Hillary ticket, I was so excited to be placing my vote for Obama/Biden!!
-Amanda, 27, Tacoma, WA
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 11:27 AM
Friday, October 24, 2008
Early Bird Special
DID YOU VOTE EARLY?
Dear Readers,
With many states—Ohio, Florida, and New Mexico, among them—now open for early voting, it has been predicted that more than one-third of American voters will cast their vote before Election Day this year. We can't help but be envious, as our state does not have such a policy. But in light of the states that do—crucial swing states included—we'd like to invite you to write us letters about your experience casting your early vote for president in 2008.
What was it like?
What were your feelings leaving your voting booth? Empowerment, hope, fear?
How was voting this year different than when you last voted, in 2004 or at any other time?
How did seeing Sarah Palin's name in the booth affect you?
We can't help but be interested, and we are sure that our many of our readers are too.
Yours,
Lyra & Quinn
P.S. And for those of you voting November 4th, like us, we hope you'll send us your stories so that we can post them too.
Posted by womenagainstsarahpalin at 4:38 PM
With Two Weeks To Go, Floridian Women Say NO
I guess I'm the typical woman the McCain campaign must have thought would be attracted to Sarah Palin's candidacy, since I am 65, worked for years in the corporate world and was a single mother of three. However, I am also a feminist, an environmentalist, a pro-choice believer in the separation of church and state, anti-gun, pro animal, and profoundly disturbed by this woman who is so blatantly working against everything I have fought for my whole life. Palin does NOT speak for me, and I am doing everything in my power to help elect Obama.
-Lola S., 65, St. Augustine, FL
I sincerely believe that if Sarah Palin were to be elected, it would set the women's movement back a hundred years—not to mention our civilization.
-Elaine S., 65, Roseland, FL
As in "McCain is Pale-in comparison?" "Bush with heels and lip gloss?" Exactly who will be running the country? Palin's the ultimate flip flopper, as in today I'm in favor of and will vote for this bill, but tomorrow I say, it's bad. She sounds like a teenager with less knowledge and common sense than many of those. Sarah Palin wants more power than Cheney - as Biden said, the most dangerous veep ever?
"Thanks, but no thanks!"
-Diana M., 70 yrs old and proud of it, Miami, FL
I am against Sarah Palin’s values. One must live how they preach!
M. G., Delray Beach, FL
I am furious that the Republican Party would think for even one second that I would cast my "female vote" for Sarah Palin. Why would I even think to vote for anyone, male OR female, who opposes almost every simgle cause/belief that I hold dear? She is completely underqualified! Seeing her elected with McCain would make me feel embarrassed to be an American and a woman... I am through cutting her any slack simply because she's a woman.... I wouldn't support any candidate who has that ridiculous track record! Whether or not the candidate is male or female, our Vice President must be intelligent, experienced, and wise.... and Sarah Palin hasn't shown me any of these qualities.
-Laura H. Miami, FL
The selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidental Nominee is an insult to the women of this country. I speak to her qualifications for the second-highest office in this country. She is a cute woman, fun to watch run up the gangplank with such theatrics, presents a charming photo op with her baby strapped to her chest, and certainly makes the old man's heart beat faster. But none of these qualifications are needed as vice president. Many watching this charade would think her selection a joke, but the possible outcome is too serious. There are many women who have accomplished much, are well educated, well spoken, and would have been a welcome addition to the ticket. It is preposterous to envision Mrs. Palin's succeeding to the presidency. Intelligent, serious women who love this country are appalled and chagrinned that such a travesty could be foist upon them. Mrs. Palin's appeal to the hockey moms is understandable, but the game which she would enter if the McCain/Palin ticket were to prevail is too dangerous to imagine.
-J. M., 71, Florida
Sarah Palin does not represent the majority of women as her views are a direct opposite to all that women have worked so hard to achieve. If you read "The Handmaid's Tale" you would find several answers as to why Ms Palin has accepted the position of VP. By accepting the position on the GOP ticket despite her astonishing lack of qualifications, Palin signaled that she was prepared to be used - on the basis of her sex alone - in exchange for the promise of status and power. Surely a majority of women have not decided to abdicate all they have achieved in exchange for being used? I know that this woman has not!
-Julia H., 65, Florida/Texas Native
I am glad to see so many of my feelings reflected in these posts. I believe they are echoing the feelings of the majority of the women in this country. We have worked our whole lives to NOT be like Palin, we have worked to be educated, respectful and well-spoken. What a woman in her position should be representing are the values set forth by the last 30 years of women before us. As a gen-xer, it is my mother's generation that paved the way for women to have what we have today, including Palin. We have reaped most of the rewards that our foremothers fought for all their lives. She more than anyone should realize this and act accordingly. She is only where she is because of our mothers/women fighting men like McCain. She is not appropriate for the job, and most of us women out here "like her" (professional, career minded) actually are quite offended at her nomination. The general rule of thumb is to handle your life with "dignity and grace" - she does neither. I am quite sick of her repeated, canned speeches and how she plays the military card with her son. She responds to hecklers who give her the opportunity to speak of her son, but yet keeps quiet at shouts of real violence. It surprised me to see, in her video, that she appeared to support Obama before being selected as McCains running mate. McCain's obvious view of the ERA, according to news reports regarding women in combat, only reinforces his demeaning oppression of women. He overlooked many, many qualified women, and we should all be insulted, but not surprised, that this is what McCain believes represents the United States.
-Kescia, Palm Harbor, FL
There is little I can say that others haven't already said. I never, ever want to say anything bad about another woman but I fear so much for our country, our Constitution and our daughters and sons, that I have to say: this woman is not acceptable to me as the vice-presidential candidate. What can I mention? the girls who will lose their rights to choose their best health options; the loss of privacy; environmental problems; so much more; and the wolves - who will speak for them? I also don't want McCain as president. We have a choice of quality in Barack Obama and we should, we must pick him.
-Bonnie A., Miami, FL
I don't think Palin has a good grasp of international issues. Alaska politics are not the same as US politics. She tends to put forth a very scripted, nonspontaneous persona. In an international confrontation, I think she would tend to display a kick-ass & take-names-later attitude. Haven't we gotten ourselves into one hell of a mess with this mentality for the past eight years? We need a more diplomatic, cool-headed approach & new ideas to face the current international & economic issues in America & abroad.
-Sincerely in need of change, Donna E., Florida
Being a woman does not qualify one to be second-in-command of this great country; neither does being physically attractive and/or comfortable in front of a camera. Palin's other qualifications do not impress this woman.
-Diane T., Tallahassee, FL
She is totally unprepared to be #2 of the world's greatest superpower, much less #1 if the worst happens.
-Maria O., 57, Miami, FL
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We are not in the habit of criticizing women in the public sphere, as we usually feel we should support our female compatriots with as much encouragement as we can. However, Sarah Palin's record is anti-woman. Feminism is not simply about achieving the power and status typically held by men. It's about protecting and supporting the rights of women of all classes, races, cultures, and beliefs. Palin's record and beliefs do not align with this. She was chosen by John McCain specifically because he believes that American women will vote for any female candidate regardless of their qualifications. He is wrong.
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FROM THE VOTE FOR SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT WEBSITE> I NOTICVE SIMILAR COLORS AND LOOK TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SHEESH WHAT A BUNCH OF COPYCATS> ANYWAYS HERE IS A DEVOUT SARAH PALINITE BOOKSIGNING VID> ITS almost 45 mins long...TIME NENOUGH TO WATCH THE LOONS COME )OUT lol
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Sarah "Failin" Palin's Wasilla Church - Assembly Of God.LOL
YA GOTTA HELP HOL:Y ROLLERS THAT USE CELL PHO)NES HAHAHAHAHA WASILLA SARAH PALINS INSANE CHURCH NO WONDER SHE IS NUTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
The Presidents speech on Government Responsibility-I RESPECT MY PRESIDENT
A note to so called "Patiots", "tea baggers", "tea party members", right wing conservative independents, Christian Taliban members, and others:
I f you really want to be a true American Patiot hen you have to respect whomever sits in the Oval Office, wether it is someone you like or dont like. The people voted in this President, so for the next 4 years rather than beating on his head like a pack of rapid animals, why not cooperate for the sake of America, and start acting like people who really LOVE YOUR COUNTRY, instead of a pack of idiots who have NO RESPECT FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Incredible high school musicians from Venezuela! Led by Gustavo Dudamel
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AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
HomelessServiceUtilizationRpt2008.pdf (application/pdf Object)
THis is the most current report. THey are behund on reports. THe plan they are proposing is base4d on old numbers. THe reports clearly state the opposite to what is being proposed. We will be seriousely cointesting most of this.
Hawaii Public Housing Authority - State of Hawaii
THe Kauai Fair Housing Law Coalition will be seriousely challenging most of what is on these proposals which are draconian and frankly ridiculous, and probably against Federal Law. Further, we are also looking into the DHS issue, with another coalition, called Kauai DHS Clients Coalition.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Crivella West
INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER:
ARAM ROSTON’S
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008, REQUEST FOR TODD PALIN’S
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Introduction
Crivella West Incorporated (“Crivella West”) prepared this abbreviated Dossier based upon a document production made by the State of Alaska in response to a September 2008 public records request. The request at issue was initially made by Aram Roston, then a reporter with NBC News. Roston requested email communications to and from Todd Palin and Governor Sarah Palin in addition to certain staff members from the Governor’s Office. While Roston’s request was made in September of 2008, responsive documents were not produced until January 25, 2010. Crivella West, working in conjunction with msnbc.com investigative reporter Bill Dedman, obtained copies of this document production on February 1, 2010.
Crivella West utilized patented linguistic technological analysis to identify documents that could be logically related to issues specific to isolated areas of interest. This analysis was performed on 2,544 pages of documents responsive to the original Roston request. Crivella West has digitized this collection which it is hosted in its entirety, and by issue specific categories, at http://www.crivellawest.net.
The preliminary analysis which appears below is representative of a Dossier which Crivella West prepares for its clients in legal, academic and other fields. In short, a Dossier distills the linguistic, technologic and contextual analysis of issue specific matters. Quotations from source records in this Dossier are directly from the records produced by the State of Alaska, and thus, may be presented with the original grammatical, spelling and typographical errors in uncorrected format.
Crivella West's investigation of the records responsive to Roston's request revealed many emails pertaining to the Governor's schedule, scheduled events that Todd Palin, the First Gentleman or the Palin children may have also attended, mundane household items, and communications from Alaskans contacting the Governor about issues of concern to them personally, including numerous expressions of support for her children. The records included repeated instances where Todd Palin was copied on the Palin's administration forwarding of news articles and press releases to each other. The State of Alaska also provided with the responsive records a 36 page privilege log that listed many documents withheld on the basis of attorney-client, executive and deliberative process privileges as well as privacy. The responsive records do provide insight into some matters of interest related to Governor Palin and Todd Palin and highlight their communication styles.
Governor Palin’s Communications
When the Alaska creamery board announced a decision to close state-owned Matanuska Maid Dairy in 30 days - Governor Palin wrote to her brother, Chuck Heath, "I've not been so riled up in a long time over an issue- we HAVE to find solutions here." ROSTON 00412. When a representative of the Matanuska Maid Dairy employees, Barbara Huff, wrote to Joseph Balash, a member of Governor Palin's administration, that she had repeatedly requested a meeting with the Governor and had heard through a dairy employee "who talked to the Governor's husband, the Governor did not know about our letter"- Governor Palin fired off a response within minutes of receiving the email. ROSTON 00425 at 00426. "It had better be explained to her that yesterday is the FIRST I heard of the mtg request. I will call her if I don't hear that she's been notified asap." ROSTON 00425.
Governor Palin’s Communications with Glen Biegel
Also of interest are Governor Palin's communications with Glen Biegel, apparently a key constituent and supporter. In a September 12, 2007 email from Governor Palin to Glen Beigel, Governor Palin wrote an emotional and conciliatory response to Biegel's appearance on an Alaskan radio show. Copying only Todd Palin on the correspondence she wrote Biegel:
After yesterday it's been confirmed: The circle of confidants is so small in the world of politics, much less the circle of friends. Your comments and follow-on agreements with Fagan about his "more broken promises" claims, claims of pandering to media and not being conservative, etc, etc, etc…it was all heartbreaking…but eye-opening for me as the circle grew smaller right before my ears. My gosh Glen - playing into Fagan's accusation that I care more for Alaska's dairy cows than I do our kids?
ROSTON 00883.
Several days later, Governor Palin’s tone changed when she responded back to an e-mail from Biegel dated September 15, 2007, where Biegel wondered what he should speak about "on the air". ROSTON 00889 at 00890. Governor Palin stated: It doesn't seem wise to me for you to "make guesses" about anything, then speak about it on the air. I have not had the chance to sit down with the AG to speak about this, as your request is to speak to him, so though it's not wise, nor fair, to "make guesses" again on the air, I can not tell you what to say on air... I've already expressed the committment to help, the tasking of staff to gather more information so the board can more aggressively tackle the issues, I've insisted homeschoolers get adequate time to address the board... etc.
ROSTON 00889 at 00890.
Despite this exchange, Governor Palin and Glen Biegel's relationship appears to have continued to be close as Governor Palin included Biegel in correspondence between herself and key officials in her administration relating to the AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act) and tax rates for the participating gas shippers on December 13, 2007. She noted Biegel's unique status and wrote:
I sent this reply with all due respect, and in confidence between you and my administrators who have been working hard on getting Alaska's gasline project up and running. You know we can not share AGIA information until the conforming bid process is complete - and I'm not sure if you've read CP's proposal that they admit is outside the law. I trust you understand.
ROSTON 01234 at 1235.
Governor Palin’s Defense of Practices relating to Family
Other emails indicate Governor Palin's frustration at public criticism about her schedule and allegations of misuse of state resources. In an August 21, 2007 email to Kristina Perry, Governor’s Scheduler, Michael Tibbles, Chief of Staff, and Todd Palin about scheduling a meeting in Anchorage and Juneau to coordinate with Todd Palin's work schedule on the slope, Governor Palin cautioned that the information should be "Confidential bc people gossip too much about my sched already." ROSTON 00756. An entry in Andrew Halcro's blog referring to Ivy Frye, a Palin aide who also served as Director of Boards and Commissions, as the "babysitter", angered Governor Palin. The Governor wrote:
Ivy Have you EVER shuttled my kids on state time, ever? I know you have not. Halcro is a liar. The mainstream media going to him as a credible source is pathetic. Security has shuttled my kids from point A to point B, with their insistence that it's their job to work for/protect the First Family and they did it for other governors. If Halcro wants to gripe about that, let him take it up with Security.
ROSTON 01492 at 01494.
Todd Palin’s Communications
Emails written by Todd Palin contained in the responsive records were generally short statements, seldom exceeding one or two sentences. Two emails written in October 2007 were more revealing. On October 1, 2007, Todd Palin contacted Kristina Perry to request that she "[R]emind everybody that dad was offered to serve on an advisory committee, but he's not going to accept. For Miller to accuse my dad or me for any wrong doing is unbelievable and another reason for a needed change in AIDEA [Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority]." ROSTON 00960. Another report about Governor Palin's closest advisors (including Todd Palin) and the resignation of former Legislative Liaison John Bitney, prompted Todd Palin to write, "When I spoke with Harris I didn't mention Bitneys name at all. Bitney is a master at having other people do his dirty work, his co-workers. For Dillon to say that I have great influence (I don't) would only come from Bitney.” ROSTON 00970.
Travel Authorizations and Reimbursement
Several of the emails in the records responsive to the Roston request deal with the State of Alaska's policies regarding travel and cell phone/PDA (personal digital assistant) reimbursement. Sarah Palin wrote to Linda J. Perez, Director of Administrative Services, on June 19, 2007, seeking clarification about reimbursement for meals. Palin asked:
Am I supposed to be charging meals while I am away from Juneau? Or does per diem cover my meals- I haven't charged any meals to the state, just a couple of coffees while Outside during these six months in office. Am I doing this right? What about Todd's meals if he's traveling for First Gentlemen duties? Is the intent for his per diem to cover meals entirely, or was he to have been keeping receipts for reimbursements? What about family? I'd like to be real clear especially going into July where we've been asked if we can be away from Gov's House during renovations. Thanks Linda- sorry to bug you about policy I'm still not clear on.
ROSTON 00591 at 00593.
In a lengthy explanation, Perez indicated the Governor could use the state credit card to purchase meals and that Alaska's per diem policy of $60.00 per day for meal expenses made it unnecessary for either Sarah or Todd Palin to keep receipts for meals. In the event that Palin opted to use the state credit card for meals, the state would reconcile the charges per day with the allowed per diem. Perez went on to state:
[A]s you are the state employee and your duty station is Juneau, you are in travel status the entire time you are out of Juneau unless you advise us otherwise. For Mr. Palin and your family, if they travel on official business or in their official capacity as the First Family, we view them as being in travel status for: the duration of travel to and from an event and for the actual time spent at the event for meal allowance purposes (unless the meal was provided.) As requested, we have not paid any meal allowances for your daughters to date.
ROSTON 00591.
Further clarification concerning expense reimbursement was provided by Erika Fagerstrom, Executive Residence Manager & Assistant, in an email to the First Gentleman on July 11, 2007. Fagerstrom explained that "TAs" (travel authorizations) were created any time that Mr. Palin or his children traveled over 50 miles and were gone for more than 12 hours. Fagerstrom further stated that she had reviewed Todd Palin's travel information with the state employee responsible for travel to make sure that she was not missing any of his "TAs". "IF any corrections need to be made just let me know- as they're still a work in progress until they're signed with your approval….This will help me make sure that you're receiving ALL of the per diems and compensation that you're due. I hope this makes sense and isn't too big of a hassle." ROSTON 00652 (emphasis in the original).
Keeping the Governor and First Family’s authorized travel expenses up to date appears to have been one of Fagerstrom's main job responsibilities. Fagerstrom generally corresponded with Todd Palin to sort out details needed for expense authorization. In a typical example, Fagerstrom sent an email to Todd Palin on February 28, 2007, with a subject line referencing “TA, NGA, Piper’s skates, Interview”:
When you get a chance could you let me know what flight you traveled on and if you have any expenses (receipts) that you need to be reimbursed for. Your TAs end when you return to Anchorage, so that's when I start to bother you about getting boarding passes, receipts, etc... to me. You could drop them off in an envelope at any of the Governor's offices, and just address it: Erika Fagerstrom- Governor's House, Juneau, and the state mail system will get it to me.
ROSTON 00022 (emphasis in original).
During this particular trip, the First Gentleman attended the National Governors Association (“NGA”) conference in Washington DC, which took place from February 20, 2007 through February 27, 2007. Just prior to the NGA conference, Mr. Palin participated in the Iron Dog, an almost 2,000 mile snowmobile race. This was noted by Fagerstrom who quipped, “Seems like it would be hard to go from this intense- physically taxing snowmobile race- to sitting in a room listening to conference speakers.” ROSTON 00022.
In fact, the First Family travel often left Fagerstrom seeking justification for TAs. For example, on June 5, 2007, Fagerstrom sent an email to Kari Spencer, Director Office of Governor, and Kristina Perry, with copy to Todd Palin concerning Willow’s travel to Alaska. Fagerstrom wrote:
My understanding is that Willow will be arriving in Juneau this Thursday and she will be flying to Anchorage on Friday (6/8). I did not see any family events up in the Anchorage area listed on the calendar- between now and when they travel back this way for the Ketchikan and Juneau events (6/16 and 6/18). Do either of you know of ANY family events that are not on the calendar? I'm sure there's something I'm not aware of, but since Willow's TAs originate from Juneau I'll need a purpose before I can have a ticket purchased.
ROSTON 00319 (emphasis in the original).
A June 19, 2007 email from Fagerstrom to Todd Palin shows that a TA was prepared for Willow indicating that she did travel from Juneau to Anchorage, a day later than Fagerstrom previously indicated, on June 9, 2007. In her email, Fagerstrom inquires whether Willow attended any of three events listed on the Governor’s calendar for the timeframe of Willow’s travels. ROSTON 00524. Todd Palin responded the same day confirming Willow’s attendance at the Global Food Award, which was in fact on the Governor’s calendar. ROSTON 00530.
State and Personal Mobile Phone/PDA Use and Reimbursement
The responsive records also include several emails where State of Alaska employees as well as Governor Palin seek clarification about reimbursement of mobile phones/PDAs. On January 17, 2008, Kim Garnero, Director of Finance, distributed two documents to state employees updating them on the tax policies for electronic property and providing them with a property authorization for employees issued electronic property owned by the State of Alaska. In that email, Garnero stated that in an effort to simplify reporting, the substantiation standard for supporting business use of the state-owned mobile phones/PDAs would require the employee to identify personal use only instead of requiring the employee to support all business use. ROSTON 01386 at 01387.
In response to that communication, Governor Palin forwarded an email to Frank (presumably Frank Bailey, Director, Boards and Commissions), other administration officials and Todd Palin, where she questioned the practicality of the policy:
Doesn't it still just make more sense to get personal blackberry and soley use that? No way in heck do I have time to track what's business and what's not. (Shoot- if "vacation time" like today is any indication of "off-state time" time, after receiving and sending umpteen emails and calls these past few days - then it's a whack system to have to consider ANY time is "personal time", and most every call/email should not have to be decifered re: percent of time that's spent "personally".
ROSTON 01386.
Members of Palin's administration continued to seek further clarification regarding the specifics of the state's policies regarding personal and state business use of mobile phones/PDAs, particularly the confidentiality of personal versus state business emails sent and received from personal and state-owned devices. On March 17, 2008, Ivy Frye sent a series of questions to Kim Garnero quizzing her about the confidentiality of emails on a "personal device" and what type of situation might "constitute subpoena of personal e-mails". ROSTON 01715 at 01717. Frye reported back to Governor Palin, Todd Palin, Frank Bailey and Kristina Perry that "[Q]uestions of confidentiality are still unanswered by Law. Kim Garnero, Finance director, thinks that personal emails on a personal device would be confidential and not subject to subpoena, however the question is still unanswered by Law….I'll also ask if personal emails have always been routed through the state server." ROSTON 01715.
On March 25, 2007, Frye forwarded an email from Kim Garnero to Governor Palin, Todd Palin, Bailey and Perry that clarified, "Your PDA can be configured to have both a state email and personal email account. State email goes through the ETS server; personal email doesn't (like a Yahoo account, it goes directly over the internet into the device." ROSTON 01765.
CONCLUSION
The State of Alaska’s production to Roston’s public records request provides a unique insight from the perspective of the First Gentlemen into Sarah Palin’s tenure as Alaska’s Governor. With a preliminary look at this collection, this dossier reveals the Governor and her staff at times struggled to understand and maintain distinctions between official business and personal use – whether it related to mobile phone usage or to travel inside and out of the expansive state of Alaska. Given the sometimes blurred line between official and personal business matters, a reader of the emails can glean insight into the unique communication style Governor Palin has become known for and which is shared by the former First Gentleman, Todd Palin.
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Hello Governor,
Perez, Linda J (GOV) [linda.perez@alaska.gov]
Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:20 PM
gov.sarah@yahoo.com; fek9wnr@yahoo.com
Tibbles; Michael A (GOV); Nizich; Michael A (GOV); Spencer; Kari L (GOV); Fenumiai; Gail M
(GOV)
RE: Meals
You certainly may use the state credit card to purchase meals. In Alaska, the daily meal allowance
(per diem) is $60.00 per day and covers breakfast ($12.00), lunch ($16.00) and dinner ($32.00).
Outside the state the allowance follows federal per diem and varies by location. You and Mr. Palin
do not need to keep receipts for meals as we are only able to reimburse/pay the allowance amount.
These meal allowance limits apply only to your personal meals. The specific meal "allowance" would
not apply to the cost of your or the First Gentleman/family meals at official lunches or dinners, etc.,
that you, as Governor, may host while on travel status.
In travel status, you are entitled to the meal allowances except for in those instances where meals
are provided... ie, if lunch is provided to you at an official event, your daily meal allowance
reimbursement would be reduced by the lunch portion. If you use the state credit card for meals,
when we process the TA close-out, we either pay you any additional eligible meal allowance or we
deduct over-charges from other reimbursement checks. For example, if you charge $40.00 for meals
on a given day you will be reimbursed an additional $20 for that day. If your state credit card meal
charges.are $70.00 for a day, we will deduct $10.00 from your overall reimbursements. We do need
to know if the card charges include meals for other travelers in addition to yourself. That way we can
include all eligible meal allowances when determining if additional meal allowance is to be
reimbursed or if a portion of the charges need to be reduced from other or future reimbursements.
Governor, as you are the state employee and your duty station is Juneau, you are in travel status the
entire time you are out of Juneau unless you advise us otherwise. For Mr. Palin and your family, if
they travel on official business or in their official capacity as the First Family, we view them as being
in travel status for: the duration of travel to and from an event and for the actual time spent at the
event for meal allowance purposes (unless the meal was provided.) As requested, we have not paid
any meal allowances for your daughters to date. But as I mentioned to Mr. Palin, at any time you or
Mr. Palin request, we will calculate and pay applicable meal allowances for any of your daughters'
trips.
For Mr. Palin's official travel we are reimbursing for meal allowances when we receive enough
information to close out the TA. I believe we are 'batching' Mr. Palin's reimbursements so each trip
does not generate a check but rather one check for several trips . I would be happy to provide a
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breakdown of what's been reimbursed and what's still pending that we're aware of to date. On your
travel and the family's travel, we're unable to complete final processing until my shop receives the
travel schedules and trip specifics and in some instances we may still be waiting information to close
out TAs. Anytime you do not want a meal reimbursement we've included on a TA, please just
scratch it out when we send the TA to you for review and signature and we will adjust the payment
calculations.
Sorry to be so long-winded. Please let me know if you want any further info or specific travel
reimbursement breakdowns, etc.
Thank you,
Linda
----Original Message-----
From: Spencer, Kari L (GOV)
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:53 PM
To: Perez, Linda J (GOV); Fenumiai, Gail M (GOV)
Subject: FW: Meals
-----Original Message-----
From: Palin, Sarah (GOV sponsored)
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:34 PM
To: Spencer, Karl L (GOV)
Cc: 'fek9wnr@yahoo.com'; Tibbles, Michael A (GOV)
Subject: Meals
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Kari - pis forward to Linda Perez:
Am I supposed to be charging meals while I am away from Juneau? Or does per diem cover my
meals - I haven't charged any meals to the state, just a couple of coffees while Outside during these
six months in office. Am I doing this right?
What about Todd's meals if he's traveling for First Gentlemen duties? Is the intent for his per diem to
cover meals entirely, or was he to have been keeping receipts for reimbursements? What about
family?
I'd like to be real clear especially going into July where we've been asked if we can be away from
Gov's House during renovations.
Thanks Linda- sorry to bug you about policy I'm still not clear on.
Thanks! SP
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COLBERT CALLS SARAH PALIN RING RETARD IN STERLING SATIRE MOMENT !!
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Canada tries the whole shutting down of Welfare offices. It was an absolute failure.
When Canada tried to implement this type of service, they never stopped using facve to face interview processes which are very important to determine if there is fraud involved. Also, the system managed to make many overpayments, and also many other problems were recorded. Further, in the US it is against the law to not provide services in the communities in which people live that are vital, such as health care, social security benefits, welfare, ect. Because Hawaii is a unique state, where land masses are separwsted by water, and only acessible by plane or boat, which is an undue financial burden for someone who has to get paperwok to workers, and operates on strict deadlines, or you lose access to benefits, shutting down regional offices is quite ridiculous. On Kauai there is ONE HCDCH office for the entire Island. Face to Face interviews are requited. Traveling time is difficult at best for some people. Eliminating face to face, also eliminates the human element and individuality of each circumstance of each individual application. It is akin to going to the doctor, but never seeing the doctor. This is a class action lawsuit ready to happen. And, It will.
Hawaii DHS restructuring may cut 200 jobs, close 50 offices -CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT INEVITABLE
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/assets/pdf/M115152328.PDF
This is the ODF of their letter to the Union. THis is not jus a Union issue, but a fair acess to services issue, a constitutional right. THis is a lawsuit waiting to happen
Monday, February 8, 2010
My Opinion on Ed Kubo's nomination...
My comments and blog post coming soon on this one. I need to do a bit of research first.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sarah Palin Keynote Speech at National Tea Party Convention Video
With every ounce of my being I will FIGHT THIS WOMAN BECOMING OUR PRESIDENT!!! SO HELP ME I DO SO PLEDGE!!
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Hawaii House Kills Gay Civil Unions Bill | On Top Magazine :: Gay & Lesbian News, Entertainment, Commentary & Travel
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5197&MediaType=1&Category=26
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5196&MediaType=1&Category=25
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5196&MediaType=1&Category=25
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5193&MediaType=1&Category=26
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5192&MediaType=1&Category=26
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
oan Bokaer of Cornell University's Theocracy Watch gives a rundown on the growing danger of Dominionism, also known as Christian Reconstructionism, the ideology
Here is the amazing more meat and potatoes of where this movement is coming from. a scholarly treatise amazing. we have all the names now we know. This is real This is happening. THe America we iknow it will be gone, to be replaced by a Christian Theocratic Rule, worse than the Taliban ever could be. Many will be killed or jailed. People will live in squaler and poverty. Jailes will be filled tom overflowing. Jim Crow laws will be repealed, as will equal rights, women rights, roe v wade, and every single huan right we have in this country. People will live as slaves, liberals will be jailed, killed or enslaved, as will gays. Is this what you want? Then keep separation of Church and state, or we are all doomed people.
Our Very Own Taliban
watch blink learn change. it is coming people. what will we do now? vote out republicans, make sure they cannot seize power, it is our only hope. Make sure the dems you vote for are REALLY dems. no wolf in sheeps clothing dems anymore. cannot hate gays, and be a dem. sorry it doesnt work like that. got it, Mufi?
Monday, January 25, 2010
Gary Hooser making national headlines on gay rights. GO GARY!!
YECS links - Christians in Science
OMG they have a link saying ANTI YEC sites (NON CHRISTIAN)!! If that isnt evidence for the AMerican Taliban I dont know what is OMG BOL
http://www.cis.org.uk/assets/files/articles/SSR_Sept_2008_Poole.pdf
arguments against it in academia
http://www.cis.org.uk/assets/files/Resources/Articles/Article-Archive/Alister_McGrath_science_faith.pdf
trying to justify it, but it is so easy to pick apart it is actually a bit embarassing. LOL much more on thius later, anmd how this is a core beleif of the AMerican taliban
a confused mishmash. lots of good links to their skewed philosophies and great for getting to the bottom of the whole Christian Taliban Idealism, and Ideology
Arizona is 6000 years old? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
scroll down and read all the comments I will be blogging more on this later. when my head stops being on fire hahaha
Sally Kern's Proclamation for Morality | Right Wing Watch
I will pick this aPART LATER WHEN i CALM DOWN HAHA
SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with CLUELESS Supporters
OMG this is freakin hilarious I cant beleive these people HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The Story Of Human Rights
Here is every thought every hope every passion every desire every fight I have ever thought. Watch. LEarn. Listen. THink. Blink. Change. Fight for INternational declaration of Human Rights to become Law.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights animation
DO NOT LET OUR CHOUNTRY BECOME A THEOCRATICAL CHRISTIAN TALIBAN REGIME
Elisa - Reproductive Rights for Filipino Women
If you are PRO LIFE...is this the LIFE you had in mind????
Glen Beck and his "Revolutioinary Holocasut" Tries to say that Hitler and Stalin were Liberals. We Pick it apart thread by stupid thread.
FUll Blown analysis of every statement trying to implicate liberal thought, or the Democratic Party, ect, to what this peice of ridiculous propaganda by Beck is trying to say., Besides the HORRIBLE copycat acting of Beck, trying to act like a real investigative reporter, and the ridiculous Glasses He tried to wear in the first video, but was gone for the rest of the video, I will pick apart the extreme rights REAL agenda. And if it wasn't for Glenn Beck I could not have done it. THANKS GLEN!!
The extreme right has a truly interesting base philosophical base, a mishmash of religious conservative ideology, cold war fear, and a confusing abhorrance for extreme right wing regimes, such as Hitler and Stalin, yet twists them around somehow, to be a liberal thinking philosophy. THis video makes the shocking defense of Adolf Hitlers regime as "nowhere near as bad as", other, more "liberal regimes, such as Mao Se Dong, and Che Guerra, using all of these past dictators, as somehow stating "We cannopt let this happen again, America and Americans must be vigilant."
In the first video, a picture of President Obama flashes. THen a look at Nazism and Hitler and Stalin. SPeaking of the Adoration of Hitler and Stalin, all of the insinuations of Beck are very thinly veiled, you can see right through them "Obama is revered just like Hitler was. Obama was for social programs, health care, ect. SO was Hitler.", He is not saying it outright but the implication is clear even to a fifth grader.
(I will be writting more)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
God Hates Haiti
THis is all tied into the whole "God HAtes Fags" thing, with Westboro Baptist Church. Is this what you mean by "Family Values", with your protests against gay civil unions? SHAME you people are ugly, disgusting excuses for human beings,m truly.
Westboro Baptist Church Home Page
This message of hatred is exactly what is behind the "Family Values" protests against gay civil unions. DO you beleive what these people are saying? Hate Crimes are just that, hate crimes punishable by law. Do you think the Westboro Family Church is about "Family Values"? Becasue they are not. THey preasch HATE HATE AND MORE HATE!! This is not "Christianity, people. Think, Blink, Then Re think!!
Gay Man Beaten By Pro Marriage Actiovist and Other Gay Neating Videos Is This what you "Family Values" people had in mind? SHAME ON YOU
(Children showing how parents are teaching them to kill gay people. Watch closely. What looks like play is really religious dogma, these boys may commit murder one day.)
(Sean Hannity promoting Hate against Gays)
RHIS IS WHAT IS REALLY BEHIND THE "FAMILY VALUES" PROTESTORS OF CIVIL UNIONS FOR GAY PEOPLE> DO YOU WANT TO BE AS UGLY AS THESE PEO_PLE? COMMITTING HATE CRIMES EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTHS? SHAME> THINK> BLINK> THEN RE THINK
White House adviser: Obama has brought 'enormous change' - CNN.com
Take THAT FAUX NEWS!! MUWAHAHAHAHA (I will write more later on this subject)
