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Since I waited all weekend just to learn The Daily Show and Colbert Report are on vacation this week, I'll settle for this nice skewering of Sarah Palin.
Truly, Sarah Palin has come a long way. When she ran for vice president, she frequently became disjointed and garbled when she departed from her prepared remarks. Now the prepared remarks are incoherent, too. . . .
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And this:
Her statement was incoherent, bizarre and juvenile. The text, as posted on Gov. Palin's official website (here), uses 2,549 words and 18 exclamation points. Lincoln freed the slaves with 719 words and nary an exclamation; Mr. Jefferson declared our independence in 1,322 words and, again, no exclamation points. Nixon resigned the presidency in 1,796 words -- still no exclamation points. Gov. Palin capitalized words at random - whole words, like "TO," "HELP," and "AND," and the first letter of "Troops."
Gov. Palin's official announcement that she is resigning as chief executive of the great state of Alaska had all the depth and gravitas of a 13-year-old's review of the Jonas Brothers' album on Facebook. She even quoted her parents' refrigerator magnet. (Note to self: if one of my kids becomes governor, throw away the refrigerator magnet that says: "Murray's Oyster Bar: We Shuck Em, You Suck Em!") She put her son's name in quotations marks. Why? Who knows. She writes, "I promised efficiencies and effectiveness!?" Was she exclaiming or questioning? I get it: both! And I don't even know what to make of a sentence that reads:
*((Gotta put First Things First))*
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An interesting list of facts and information about newspapers:
43% of Americans say it would hurt civic life "a lot" if their local newspaper closed. Yet when asked if they'd miss their paper, 42% say "not much" or "not at all."
About 80% of news is originally reported by newspapers, according to former Los Angeles Times editor John Carroll.
In 2006, 62% of all reporters worked for newspapers.
Nearly 1 in 5 newspaper journalists has lost his or her job since 2001. . . .
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posted by Degolar @ 9:06 AM
1 Comments:
a) Sarah Palin isn't qualified to clean toilets, let alone run an entire state (even one with a population less than about 20 American cities). The fact that ANYONE was comfortable with the idea of her being one heartbeat away from the Presidency, let alone MILLIONS of people, should be enough to keep you from sleeping for years.
b) I think that video is fake. Conveniently, the raging brother enters at exactly the right time once the camera is (perfectly) positioned. Then, our star, just magically stays in frame throughout his entire tirade (apart from his brief foray into the closet). It seemed just a little too polished to me. And what the hell was he trying to accomplish by sodomizing himself with the remote control?
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