I think there is a Plan Afoot :)

by Pamela Geller

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/

Sarah Palin is number on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble best seller lists and it isn't even out yet: Going Rogue: An American Life

heh. Palin's Revenge ............

And btw, Todd Palin has resigned his position at the oil company. (hat tip Joan)

The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly anticipated memoir in a deal rumored to be worth millions.

"Todd loved his union job on the Slope and hopes to return," Meghan Stapleton, Sarah Palin's personal spokeswoman, said in an e-mail Friday. "For now, he is spending time with his family."

The resignation was effective Sept. 18, according to BP spokesman Steve Rinehart.

I think there's a plan in the works.

Tapping into Your Inner-Rogue

By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com


Since Sarah Palin’s book has become a bestseller, Palin-haters have turned out in droves in another attempt to discredit her. Even those anklebiters who were on hiatus have gathered strength, reloaded, and are aiming once again toward the former vice presidential candidate. The fact that she is enjoying such success when, upon her resignation from the Governor’s Office, they had giddily predicted her demise, is infuriating them. How is it that someone who has been coined insignificant by the haters has created such a stir with a book that has not yet hit the stands? The truth is if the anklebiters were honest, they’d admit that Sarah Palin is the epitome of significance, and she conjures up within them fear of a magnitude they have never experienced before.

So what weapons have they emerged wielding? Surely they must have some juicy tidbit of information about Governor Palin that will completely discredit her, right? Wrong. Certainly they have created some new Saturday Night Live-ish parody involving her family, yes? Oh, no. That's amateurish. They pulled out the big guns this time. The past week has caused such a new outbreak of Palin Derangement Syndrome that the haters have been left with no other choice but to go after her…book title. Yes, I said her book title.

What a sad state of affairs. I truly feel sorry for anyone who is so filled with hate that they will stop at nothing to destroy someone. And since nothing else has worked, they have now unveiled Operation Attack Book Title. And they’re zeroing in on one word in particular: rogue.

I have received messages from some of these people who obviously think that I am in need of a dictionary definition of the word. In their concern for my well-being (yeah, right), they want me to know that I am supporting someone who is a self-avowed…make the children leave the room please…rogue. They have informed me that being a rogue is a bad thing. Bad Sarah. Bad, bad Sarah. Concerning this word, one anklebiter wrote, “How fitting,” then went on to spew his hateful venom, stating that Sarah Palin picked her title because, being the “mean-spirited” person that she is, it suits her well. He wanted me to know that rogue means “an unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.”

Just who do these people think they’re fooling, and who do they think they’re dealing with? No doubt, they know the story. Surely, they have heard about some unnamed McCain staffer/s who said Sarah “went rogue” during the campaign. It was a title bestowed upon her in an attempt to malign her.

What Sarah has done is chosen the definition of rogue that fits. Although I have not yet read the book, I have a feeling Sarah’s going rogue is a matter of being true to who she is and breaking free of some of those chains those McCain camp mis-handlers used to tie her to stale, inept campaign tactics. Yes, another definition of rogue is “operating outside normal or desirable controls.” That’s the rogue that Sarah Palin exemplifies even today, and I would not be surprised if her book reveals that she tapped into that inner-rogue as the campaign progressed. It reminds me of when Sarah’s dad said, “Let Sarah be Sarah,” when Jesus said of Lazarus, “Loose him and let him go,” and when they say in the hood, “Yo, get up off me!”

The truth is we would all be wise to tap into our own inner-rogues. The problem is some people are scared to operate outside of what’s expected of them. Breaking away from control might mean swimming against the current rather than floating safely back to shore. Every Black conservative, for example, has had to break free of the expectations of the majority of the Black population and a very large portion of the White population so we could be true to our own deepest beliefs. It’s not an easy thing to do. It comes at a cost. It’s downright rogue. There are those who would like to join in, but have simply not yet found the strength to step away from the pack and be true to the one who matters.

Going rogue means standing up for what's right even when it's not popular. It means saying the hard things because no one else has the courage to speak up. It means not backing down even when people have you up against a wall. It means not having a price tag attached to your sleeve. The bottom line is going rogue means realizing enough is enough, choosing to step out, trusting your instincts, and doing it your way.

The title of this bestseller declares Sarah Palin has chosen to wear as a badge of honor the term originally conferred upon her as an insult. And she should. Whenever the “normal or desirable controls” are going nowhere fast, the smart thing to do is to resist, break free, and, yes, go rogue—even faster.

My wish for every one of you: May you follow Sarah Palin’s example and tap into your own inner-rogue.

Sarah Palin Tastes Like Sponge Ice Cream

I’m on vacation…as much as anyone can be with a family that includes two toddlers and two teenagers. We’ve stopped at an Econo Lodge for the night…which in this particular case should be called Cheapo Lodge…but that’s another story.

In the morning we will finish the last leg of a trip to go camping in the mountains. It’s not that far from our NC coast to our mountains, but we divided the trip up in order to spend the Day Out with Thomas and see Bob the Builder. We’ve hung out with Thomas for three years in a row now, and it’s always fun.

This year we made the visit while Thomas and Bob were at the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. The history of how that old steam engine repair yard became the coolest museum is an interesting story in itself.

Anyway, that is where I found out that Sponge Bob ice cream tastes like Sarah Palin.

While cooling off in the gift shop area and strolling around with a sleeping two year old, I happened to come across a young family peering into the ice cream cooler and trying with great decision making skills to make the correct choice.

The dad made these statements to his little boy, probably around four years old, “You want Sponge Bob ice cream? You don’t know how that tastes. Choose ….” And he proceeded to name some “safe” flavors.

Now, many might say, “Well, the dad was just trying to make sure his son enjoyed his ice cream.”

I say to that, “Uh, no.” You see, parents of children that age understand that if the kid picks a flavor he doesn’t end up liking, he will have to hear said child WHINE…and the money spent on that museum priced ice cream is thrown down the trash can chute along with the distasteful treat, melting at the same time the kid is having his own meltdown.

Why should the father take the risk of putting aside the nominal vanilla ice cream cup in favor of a square yellow treat on a stick with brown pants and bubble gum eyes? Just stick with what’s safe, right?

John McCain's former chief campaign strategist Steve Schmidt, speaking of Gov. Palin, was quoted in an article by CBSNews.com's Stephanie Condon:

"I think she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican party in 2012," he said. "Were she to be the nominee, we could have a catastrophic election result."

And when discussing what Gov. Palin may say about him in her upcoming book, Going Rogue:

"I think it may say I was anti-rogue in the running of the campaign."

Do you see where I’m going with this? Consider what guys like Schmidt risk losing if, “Egads! That Sarah Palin (I mean Sponge Bob) ice cream is awesome!”

They must keep trying to persuade all of us that the usual is good enough or they lose their status, otherwise known as power and money. Play it safe, they say. GET THE VANILLA CUP.

It’s not that those guys really want us to be happy with our choice; they just want to keep their jobs with the people they are trying desperately to convince us to choose!

My kids have had Sponge Bob ice cream before. And I will tell you that if your kids do ever have it, expect them to eat it and wear it and most likely, ask for it again.

Likewise, I have found that truly thinking people, once aware of what Gov. Palin has to offer and give her a taste, raise their eyebrows in astonishment…and ask for her again.

Oh, and that little boy at the museum had the biggest grin on his face when I saw him walk out licking that Sponge Bob ice cream.

Happy Camping, Palination!

(Cross-Posted at The Palination)

Flashback: VP Debate -- October 2, 2008

Full Debate, running time: 1:32:31

Highlights, running time: 0:06:07
Thanks to Whitney the Pipsqueak who posted this originally on The Palination and LOTUS

Get yourself a bowl of MooseTracks® ice cream (Governor Palin's favorite), darken the room, sit down and enjoy the show. If you don't have time for the complete version, the highlights capture the salient points in just over six minutes, and you can see Governor Palin's Reagan Conservatism on display. In fact, the highlights make it all the more apparent.

Governor Palin's enemies made much hay about her four winks -- which I happened to find beautiful and appropriate -- especially considering that at least one out of the four was directed at her father, Chuck Heath. Perhaps, this was because Governor Palin's enemies were unable to address the substance of her words, which ring even more true today than they did a year and a day ago.

An interesting side story to the debate is that Governor Palin had injured her right hand from a fall she took while jogging at John McCain's ranch. The large square object on her right hand in photos dated October 2, 2008 through October 11, 2008 is a bandage covering the wound. Just like in that Wasilla Warriors basketball game more than two decades earlier, Governor Palin overcame her physical pain to bring home a victory.

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MooseTracks® is a registered trademark of Denali Flavors, Inc.

Forget Diamonds! A First Dude is a Girl's Best Friend: A Post by Conservative Girl with a Voice

Sorry, President Obama, but you can’t always get what you want. Like us mere mortals, you’ll find that you’ll win some battles and you’ll lose some battles. It must really burn our president up that he finally couldn’t get what he wanted with the simple flash of a smile or a wink and a nod. As many of you know, I blogged about how terrible a decision it was for our president to go away on a last-minute trip like this when we have so many critical issues facing our country. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with Michelle Obama going to lobby for events like the Olympics; in fact, I see this as a great thing. I watched our First Lady give her speech in front of the IOC and felt that she did a very good job in spreading the message about the city of Chicago. I wondered to myself: “Why did the president to travel all this way to say what the first lady said so eloquently?






The entire trip cost more than $900,000. The U.S. delegation did not take one, but two planes. This group, a mixture of U.S. Olympic officials, celebrities and members of Obama Administration, had enough star power. When I found President Obama was going to travel to Copenhagen, I immediately saw this as a slap in the face to his wife. Did he not think she was up to the job? Michelle is a smart, strong woman, who held a high-profile job at one time in her life. She is more than capable to stand on her own two feet. This is what separates Barack and Michelle Obama from Todd and Sarah Palin. Unlike President Obama, Todd allows his wife to stand on her own two feet, and he supports her. You can tell they have a great marriage because they know what is important to each other, and they believe in each other. Todd is not scared of being a married to powerful woman, but apparently President Obama is.






I have to wonder if President Obama’s Messiah complex set in? It is no secret that Obama is in love with himself. I really don’t think he thought he was going to lose- I really don’t. I betcha Obama figured out that if he showed up, a 2016 Chicago Olympics was a sure bet. A lot of you are not going to like this, but, for perhaps the first time, I actually feel sorry for Michelle Obama. I feel this way because if I was in her shoes, I would be confident that I could perform the task I had been asked to do. I would not need someone do my job for me. You all have to remember that Michelle has been on the planning delegation for a long period time, and she always planned on travelling to Copenhagen to address the IOC. As a member of the delegation, Michelle knew the message they hoped to convey, and she knew her city.






There is only one reason why President Obama traveled over to Copenhagen: He wanted to make the event all about him. This was more than apparent in the speech he gave last night. Throughout the entire speech, he repeatedly used “I” and ‘Me” when addressing the IOC. I had to laugh when he said election night was not about him. Obama said the people did not show up at Grant Park for him, but instead to celebrate democracy in action. Give me a break. He really expects us to believe that? He knew good and well those people showed up and waited hours to hail him as king. He thinks we’re dumb enough to really believe that those folks who showed up at that park were there to see Michelle or the kids? This speaks volumes about Barack Obama the man, Barack Obama the husband. This is what separates a man from a boy.






Todd is a remarkable man. He is not afraid to let his wife hold a powerful job and receive attention. He is not afraid to take care of the kids and drive carpool. He is not afraid because he is comfortable in his own skin. It takes a certain type of individual and Todd is this person. He has no problem nurturing his kids and showing them affection. He is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and get dirty. Todd is one cool dude. He is a successful man too. He owns a commercial fishing business, races snow machines in sub-zero weather, and until recently was a North Slope employee. It doesn’t hurt that he can change a diaper too- he’s the kind of guy every girl wishes to end up with. Sarah is as lucky to have him, as he is to have her. I know he is not technically the first dude anymore, but he will always be first dude in my book for the way in which he supports his wife. Sarah is so lucky to have a husband who supports her and allows her to be the strong woman she is. What an amazing couple.






Readers, Todd Palin is more of a man than Barack Obama will ever be. While Todd believes in his wife, knowing she was made to do great things, the same cannot be said for President Obama. While he may have let his wife have a great, successful career, he couldn't give the spotlight to his more-than-capable wife. He could not allow her to have this moment. This speaks volumes. Once again, President Obama chose his job and image of how he is seen around the world over his own family. I think he assumed he was going to win the 2016 Olympic bid and come back to a heroes welcome. Little did he know that his Messiah complex was running on empty. Instead of coming home victorious, he came home with a bruised ego. He came home a loser. For once, his charismatic appeal did not win over the crowd. Unlike Todd, Barack could not take a step back to allow his wife to rise above the fray, to rise above his ego. I find this very unfortunate. For a man who speaks of equality and women’s rights, he sure doesn’t practice what he preaches.





Todd is the epitome of what is means to be a great husband and father. He is a stronger man than Barack will ever be. He is not afraid to take charge when he needs to, but is also not afraid to sit back and let his wife have her day. President Obama has a lot to learn from a man like Todd, but then again, Barack will never be half the man Todd is, for Todd will forever be the first dude.




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Sarah Needs Her Own "Official" Website

by NYPalinPower

Ron DeVito put up an excellent post (see below "Master List of Governor Palin's 2009 Accomplishments") He gives a thorough list of Sarah Palin's accomplishments!
You can also check it out at: http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/master-list-of-governor-palins-2009-accomplishments/

Thank you so much Ron! I am so impressed! You did a wonderful job putting this all together so thoroughly! It's rare these days to find truthful and thorough information about Sarah. Wow, what a relief to read the truth for a change!

This information needs to be widely distributed and it can by incorporating it into one "Official" Sarah Palin Website that could be linked from Sarah's Facebook page so all that want to know the truth can get it.

The American public is so confused about her now because they have been given so much twisted information from the media and are constantly reading hateful lies that are spread all over the internet from PAID "trolls" (I wonder what sources are paying them?). No wonder the public doesn't know what to believe about Sarah. There is so much division in this country about her and I believe a lot has to do with not having access to the truth.

So I think the only way is to have an Official Sarah Website with this information, so that we can all properly PROMOTE PALIN POSITIVELY. I hope she does this. And again, she should have a link from her Facebook page so that anybody who wants to know the truth about Sarah can find it easily for themselves.

Keep up the good work Ron!
Best, Dawn

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Sarah: Representing Us!!! A Post by Conservative Girl with Voice

Since it was announced that Sarah’s memoir would be released sooner than expected, it pretty much became a #1 bestseller within hours. This overnight sensation is further proof of the appeal that is Sarah Palin. While many claim that they cannot stand her, there is not a doubt in my mind that they know she is threat to President Obama and the agenda of the liberal left. This IS the reason why they fear her. They fear her because they know people listen to her. Sure, people may listen to other potential 2012 Presidential Republican Party nominees, but not nearly to the same degree. Sarah is much different than the Bobby Jindals, Mitt Romneys and Mike Huckabees of the GOP establishment because she is an outsider and not a member of the elite country club society. While many may define elitists as simply the rich, I do not. I define elitists as rich, powerful individuals who do not take into account the daily lives of normal-day Americans.






The liberal left is not the only group that is threatened by Sarah. The country–club wing of the GOP is too. They are threatened because they are finally realizing that no one is listening to their message because this wing of the party is not listening to average-day Americans. The average-day Americans who work hard, pay their bills and mortgage on time, and respect honesty from those who represent them. As an American, I don’t care if a politician attended a fancy college, or holds a prestigious degree. I want a politician who has a message I can really identify with, a message that excites me and makes me feel as if America can be better, stronger and more secure. Sarah is this individual. Although the men listed above are great Americans, they do not excite me.





I do not even like to refer to Sarah as a politician because to me, she is not the typical politician. I know she is a private citizen now, but even when she was governor and the Republican Party’s V.P. nominee, I always said “Sarah” when talking about her. During the election, I did not like referring to her as politician because I felt that did her an extreme disservice. Typical politicians talk the talk, but are unable to walk the walk. This is what is so wrong with politicians today. I’m sick and tired of politicians saying they are going to serve me when they do just the opposite. This is what separates Sarah from the typical politician. During the election, Sarah was the spark who ignited the GOP’s torch. Unlike other politicians, she excited us. I had never been excited until Sarah entered the national scene.






When Sarah speaks, I listen. I have never experienced this during my lifetime. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all about the great Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan had a knack for speaking to the people, not above them. Ronald Reagan had the God-given talent of being able to make people feel as if he understood their hopes and fears, and that he would do everything in his power to make Washington D.C. work for them. As conservatives, we don’t want the government to take care of us, but we do want them to listen to us and work for us. We elect politicians to make a difference. We have some great leaders in Washington D.C. who truly do care about us. Individuals like Michele Bachmann, Jim DeMint, Mike Pence, John Boehner and Marsha Blackburn. There are probably others whom you can think of, but the point I am trying to make is that there seems to be a far greater amount of folks in D.C. who seem to be working against us instead of for us.






In speaking out on important issues, Sarah is speaking on our behalf. She is speaking for us, for our families and for our children. She has more guts and determination than the vast majority of politicians today. Many wonder: “What does she have to gain by doing this?” The answer is: “Everything.” Sarah has everything to gain because she is illustrating that one does not need a title to do great things. There are many normal Americans among us who confirm this. Individuals like Hannah Giles, James O’Keefe, and Anita Moncrief. These three strong, normal people are responsible for uncovering the corruption of ACORN. They are just like you and me. They are not powerful politicians; instead, they are powerful citizen journalists. This is what Sarah was talking about. The only criterion needed is the belief in yourself that you can make a difference.






With everything Sarah represents, I find it as no surprise that her memoir is #1 on the Barnes and Noble and Amazon Best Seller Lists, and I fully agree with Rush Limbaugh when he says he hopes Sarah sells five million copies. With her genuine personality, independent streak and can-do attitude, Sarah is not your typical republican. She knows what we are experiencing because she is or has experienced the same things. Just because she was governor, does not mean she is above the trials and tribulations that come in life. I agree with Sarah because I identify with Sarah.







As a young woman, I look up to her for everything she has accomplished. I look up to her because she represents a modern-day Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. I look up to her because she proved that you do not need to go to that fancy ivy-league school to be a successful leader. I look up to her because she is not afraid to be feminine and put on a skirt and a pair of heels rather than the typical, awful-looking pantsuit. I look up to her because she is a wife, mother and grandmother. Finally, I look up to her because she doesn’t give a damn about what others think of her. She is comfortable in her own skin and is not going to change for anyone. This is a woman I identify with, and this is a woman whom I hope to call my president come 2012.




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