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Campaigning in Clearwater, FL today, Sarah Palin said something rather weird.
Speaking about energy policy, she talked about Florida's potential energy sources, saying, "God has so richly blessed you here!" She saw potential for wind and solar power generation in the Sunshine State, and renewed a call for oil drilling off Florida's coast.
Now granted, that wasn't as weird as Joe Lieberman's introduction of Palin, in which he said that she would win the election "with God's help." But Palin's formulation is more than a little bizarre.
Off the top of my head, here are a few places God seems to really like a lot, using Palin's blessings-via-energy resources theory.
- Saudi Arabia
- Russia
- Iran
Why does God love Iran more than Florida?
UPDATE
I see that Israel has to import most of her energy. Why doesn't God love Israel as much as Saudi Arabia?
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Omigod. How funny. Don’t forget the Venezuala and Chavez. They are definitely blessed. I want to hear Palin say Venezuala and Iran are blessed.
God s cearly a R, but the truth has a decidely liberal bias. Does that make God a liar?
Well, plus as states go, God must really love California.
You got it all wrong, BT. She meant that God blessed us in Florida by sending her here to campaign.
God loves NY during up markets.
She’s stark raving. No other explanation. How did she ever get elected governor of Alaska?
Fooled the voters. Her Alaska 80% approval ratings last I saw were down to 64%, but that was a couple of weeks ago. Wonder what they are now.
I went to a big public high school. Never underestimate the influence of cute cheerleaders. Most people never mature emotionally unless they have extensive therapy.
Reminds me of funny thing I saw on the TeeVee this am. Baby doll that talks..it says ‘Islam is the light’.
God really loves Florida and has given it the gift of wind. He sent it via his “angels” Andrew, Charley, etc., etc. Perhaps what Florida really needs is God’s benign neglect.
Florida: Blessed indeed;
Hurricanes = wind
Oil spills = oil
Gas = Bush brother.
Is Florida really in favor of offshore drilling? I thought they didn’t like it for fear of it screwing up their beaches.
Palin is selling bullshit on a day when the market for it is severely depessed..Good Luck- and God bless!
Just searched National Response Center for hazmat incidents (spills) in FL. Over 10,000 returned. Haven’t the patience to sort by “water.”
another sign (as if we need more) that the McCrazy Campaign is the most tin-eared in US political history
did no one tell the good Gov what happened to Charlie Crist’s numbers when he flip flopped on off shore drilling ?!?!?
Yeah beach front homes don’t like oil spills Hurricanes cause offshore oil wells to leak that and tourists don’t seem to like them either.
I want Sarah to keep talking about offshore drilling in Florida!
Yes, God also loves Venezuela and Angola and Nigeria.
god loves cockroaches? Never would’ve guessed…
Great post BT
Wow. Fuld is some piece of work. Denies his own documents. Even more arrogant than Enro execs.
McSmear and The Pitbull are preparing to plumb the depths. All while the nation sinks into an economic morass….
McCain is living up to his bottom of the class intellect.
-G
ROTFLMAO!! BT
WHY DOES GOD LOVE IRAN MORE? hahahahahahahaha
by the by
Harold Meyerson:
Gramm was always Wall Street’s man in the Senate. As chairman of the Senate Banking Committee during the Clinton administration, he consistently underfunded the Securities and Exchange Commission and kept it from stopping accounting firms from auditing corporations with which they had conflicts of interest. Gramm’s piece de resistance came on Dec. 15, 2000, when he slipped into an omnibus spending bill a provision called the Commodity Futures Modernization Act (CFMA), which prohibited any governmental regulation of credit default swaps, those insurance policies covering losses on securities in the event they went belly up. As the housing bubble ballooned, the face value of those swaps rose to a tidy $62 trillion. And as the housing bubble burst, those swaps became a massive pile of worthless paper, because no government agency had required the banks to set aside money to back them up.
The CFMA also prohibited government regulation of the energy-trading market, which enabled Enron to nearly bankrupt the state of California before bankrupting itself.
The problem with this exercise, of course, is that Gramm’s relationship to McCain is not comparable to the relationships that Ayers or Wright have with Obama. The idea that either Ayers or Wright would have any impact on the workings of an Obama administration is nonsensical. But Gramm and McCain do have an enduring political and economic alliance. McCain chaired Gramm’s short-lived presidential campaign in 1996; Gramm is co-chair of McCain’s current effort. McCain has not repudiated reports that Gramm is on the shortlist to become Treasury secretary if McCain is elected, even after Gramm labeled America ”a nation of whiners.”
Thanks for the post BT. man she sure is evoking ‘God’ a lot. Unsettling
hoping she goes to slammer over corruption charges
at least that way ,she wont become Rushbo with a TW*T
of course she could find total redemption and become an Amy Semple Mc….oh no too much to contemplate
Re. when Joe ,say it ain’t so, L. says with” God’s help” they are talking about the mammon side of the equation.
The more money you have proves just how much God loves you and you know he loves them Arabs by that measure!
There you go using logic and facts again *g*
amazing.
but’s he’s being allowed to get away with it.
Gramm’s piece de resistance came on Dec. 15, 2000, when he slipped into an omnibus spending bill a provision called the Commodity Futures Modernization Act (CFMA),
which prohibited any governmental regulation of credit default swaps, those insurance policies covering losses on securities in the event they went belly up
Speaking of God, Vikram Pandit is CEO of citicorp. Here’s an interesting sentence from his wiki
hey dare…bad day to be a faux WAR HERO methinks
GANESH?
Just of late he’s started licking his lips with some degree of regularlity.
On the campaign trail the only sentence the word “God” belongs in is, “GOD I HATE Sarah Palin.”
My brother just called to say that Palin was introduced to the stage by some sherrif who mentioned “Barack Hussein Obama”.
Palin is a gutter pig.
-G
Why does God love Iran more than Florida? Jesus, have you ever BEEN to Florida???
I know nothing about Hinduism, but do find it curious that in the 21st C deeply religious people of all sects are popping up in high places all over the world. I do not find that comforting.
John’s post below contains the stunning admission from the McCain campaign that the Keating 5 investigation was an attempt to politically smear John McCain. For years, we’ve been hearing that McCain’s “reformer” image came from his claiming to have made amends for that scandal, which sunk 1,000 banks and cost taxpayers billions of dollars. But, now we know that McCain’s reform mantle is a fraud. McCain isn’t sorry for what happened. He’s sorry he got caught.
McCain’s many friends in the political punditry were most willing to give him a pass on the Keating scandal because they fell for the scam. Remember when the king of the pundits, David Broder, wrote last June:
McCain benefits from a long-established reputation as a man who says what he believes.
Not true. McCain actually believes that the Keating 5 scandal wasn’t about his lack of ethics, it was simply a political witch hunt conducted against him by “stooges.” How can McCain make amends for something when he doesn’t think did anything wrong. McCain’s whole reformer image is built on a lie.
americablog
they want A CIVIL WAR redux
Palin has blind faith which allows her to believe in things despite a lack of supporting evidence, such as the notion that her running mate possesses integrity, or the idea that either of them deserve to be elected.
another slaughterhouse possibility when vs Muslims…1946 India Pakistan
You mean Joe ‘Scrotum Face’ Lierman.
polls say yes but it depends. the limit now is 125 miles. if you’re talling about close, like 15, maybe not. but it’s like the country as a whoe. people who don’t live along the coast mostly don’t give a shit.
dearheart …sorry to break it to youSarah has 2 beliefs
her own MEAN SELF
and MEAN GREEN$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
and i have beeen questioning older friends.why the WHACKOs reach such high positions of power?
I share that discomfort, although it is sometimes difficult to discern if they are deeply religious or merely using it as a marketing gimmick.
when is god gonna take away the citrus canker? the holy water didn’t work.
good. i’m listening, with only occasional glances to see who is speaking.
mccollum right now seems to be doing a good job.
God wants americans to be reunited with the oil HE made for them
But, now we know that McCain’s reform mantle is a fraud. McCain isn’t sorry for what happened. He’s sorry he got caught.
JUST LIKE all the plane crashes
he always ESCAPES accountability
thank god his mom is still alive to rescue him
Oh, now I feel so much better! Hank Paulson lackey Neel Kashkari, a 35 year-old Goldman Sachs alum who is friends with the American Enterprise Institute, is now in charge of spending our $700 BILLION.
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....06423.html
Quick search shows he’s a favorite of AEI. Saw a video where Neel is introduced and praised by an AEI shill with the title “Financial Deregulation Co-chair.” God bless the free markets-free of regulation at least!
I wonder if her kids receive per diem for being out of the state accompanying her on the campaign trail? /s
yeah well he brought it on himself
and clinton signed, even though he was advised against it. :(
She also likes to shoot wolves, bears, Moose from aircraft
please dont remind me as an animal lover
yea and SO?
AS IF WE DIDNT KNOW THIS!!!
Fears are mounting that many Wall Street banks and financial firms will refuse to participate in the US government’s $700bn bail-out package, leaving global markets and world economies in a perilous state for months to come.
‘There is a growing feeling that banks … might instead decide to tough it out,’ said Thomas Caldwell, chairman and CEO of Caldwell Financial, a $1bn-plus fund manager.
If you’re not a tycoon of trade, your head may be spinning as you try to ponder why these executives, after screaming for help, would refuse the largest bailout in history. The answer is simple enough.
One of the least attractive elements is a section designed to curb executive pay at banks that participate in the bail-out package. These include limiting stock-related pay and banning ‘golden parachutes’ for executives.
‘I think this hodge-podge of regulations and rules will be enough to put many [chief executives] off participating,’ Caldwell said.
from kos
One of several reports released yesterday adding up Ike’s environmental damage
and let’s not forget a certain candidate who prematurely dismissed any charges of eco-damage by pointing out how much the fishies love those platforms :D
*spew* how true you are. gives a whole new meaning to ‘blind faith’ huh?
which lobbyists pay for the cheerios and the milkshakes?
CLINTON IS NOT RUNNING……..just a reminder
Palin and Lieberweasel need to explain to floridians the new McBush plan to pay for McBushs health care plan by slashing medicare payments
that should be the final nail in the McBush coffin
Florida Chamber of Commerce did a poll showing McSame with a 45-42 lead. I wonder how accuarte that might be?
The poll [also] found 50 percent of voters either approved or strongly approved of the federal government’s financial*-*sector bailout — a 180-degree contrast with the chorus of complaints critical lawmakers say they received.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Accurate. Right. hahahahahahahahaha
http://www.orlandosentinel.com.....6630.story
meh
Hell, that bastion of Liberal thought, the New York Times, was using Barack’s full name just recently in two front page articles. No proper use of “Senator” before his name either. In contrast, any reference McInsane didn’t include “Sidney” or “the 3rd” and did use “Senator” to refer to McInsane.
This is the publication Paylin thinks is so mean and horrible.
hahhahahahahahaha
could be a MATZOH BALL stoning
(((sadly))) how are you today?
A…….HEM
I’ll take it then.
djia now down more than 600.
He just keeps repeating that on September 10, Lehman was in a good financial position 5 days before it declared bankruptcy. One Congresswoman was asking good questions and he basically interrupted her so he could run out the clock on her.
Fuld has got to be one of the worst businessmen in the country. Whenever anyone asks a question about something he disputes the words or the premises. When someone nails him he goes all vague or forgetful.
ok,must leave these tubes and go frazzle my brain with Adobe Pemiere…5 more minutes(ugh i hate it)
fukkkerzzzzzzzzzzzzz its always been about
CEOs bailouts …..i thought so…i quit Wall Street after the dot com bubble….THIEVES every single power broker there
Fuld: The system worked.
(Re his compensation, i.e. he lost money when Lehman went splat) but he still made out like a bandit.
Amen.
its Ronnie Raygun EARLY DIMENTIA
You betcha.
Surprised no member of congress has said: Well, Mr. Fuld if you really thought everything was hunkey dorey on Sept 10, you must be one of the worst CEOs in history.
Anybody here familiar with the site of the Plain rally this a.m. in Clearwater? Coachman’s Park?? Crowd estimate is 4,500. Bill Clinton got 5,000 at UCF last week and he isn’t on the ballot.
you really believe she BELIEVES any of the stuff she spew?……….really
Blind Faith songs are still on my top ten hit list.
But, the thing about the concept of faith is that it IS blind, otherwise it would be hope or gambling or wishful thinking.
If I wasn’t feeling lazy, I’d link to a Blind Faith song.
Oh, what the heck, we’re most of us in that category — okay not you, young one. :P)
I’ll be right back.
Fuld now portraying himself as a victim and a man who sacrificed for Lehman. He held shares in Lehman (because he couldn’t get rid of them). He didn’t get a golden parachute (because it went bankrupt).
so what was his dazzling package?…(golden parachute)
They probably take turns, in addition to springing for the pony ride aboard the campaign plane. The press has to clean up after the pony if they don’t want to get booted off like MoDo.
gramm’s not running either. but he’s important because of his association with mccain. just as clinton’s advisors (see rubin and summers) associations with obama make their prior role important too.
i’m worried about more than the election - and i don’t think that we have anything to fear from looking at the role Ds have played in our current economic mess. personally, i think bush is pushing us off the cliff - but lots of people had a role in bring us to the edge.
oh ok………no GoldenP
oh puleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaze selise
he is MCgIGGOLOS financial guru…give the dems a rest!
but not as big a bandit as he thought he should have. poor guy.
His compensation, from what I’m gathering, was much more clever than a golden parachute. So technically he can (and just did) say he never got one.
He has no idea how ordinary taxpayers look at Wall St. compensation. Half a billion dollars over about 5 years, when ordinary folks are scarping by.
So, God is now a Republican, according to Joe Lieberman? Joe, you need to get on the winning team, dear. But I don’t think Sarah will want you there unless you receive Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. Or maybe she can put in a good word for you when the Rapture happens.
My guess is that where Judas is today, you’ll be right there next to him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUW1SGF7bR8
Yep, it’s that one.
he got 1/2 BILLION???????????/// Paulson bests him by at least 400 mill,and NO TAXES …pooooooooooooooooooor sukker/
2 ABSOLUTELY SOULESS CREEPS
they make SHRUB look noble
dow down 700
for those not able to watch hearings:
oh, and there’s this little ‘nugget’:
just so’s ya know :D
ok ive out stayed my welcome,back to that hideous program
PUKE…………….and im cutting grocery store coupons
Bottom. Falling. Out.
later
Clusterfuck speaks to the press in San Antonio- sayin “Ahm gonna be busy these last few months- but that’s wha mericans sent me ta Washington- ta fix problems”
Witnesses were pinchin theirselves
djia now down over 700.
don’t know why i’m even watching. it’s like watching a neighbor’s house burn.
what does this mean?
Fuld tearing up over “I wake up every night wondering what I could have done.”
Spit.
DOW down currently nearly 740 pts, nearly 7%.
One of the best things about this election cycle for me has been the exposing of some of the Conglomerate Media personalities for what they really are. Tom Brokaw seems to getting his now….finally after all these years of trying to explain this people:
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/.....g-abo.html
The day of Obama’s acceptance speech, a truly historic moment in American history, Brokaw literally called Obama “presumptuous” because there was a SkyCam being used for the broadcast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdAi50LBOQ
(Tommy boy doesn’t seem to care that the networks requested and paid for the camera-Olbermann calls out the ridiculousness of it).
And this doozy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpy1GrNTIU
And TommyCanYouHearMe? is said to have lead the ousting of Olbermann and Matthews from election coverage, and the recent NYT article calling Tom a liason with the McInsane campaign.
We gotta bust the smoke and mirrors dance that Brokaw and his friends have been getting away with for decades.
Ya gotta dmit, Plain did great Thursday. She really proved she can handle herself. Everybody could see that.
Press kept under a watchful eye
CLEARWATER — Constantly under the watchful eyes of security, the media wasn’t permitted to wander around inside Coachman Park to talk to Sarah Palin supporters. When reporters tried to leave the designated press area and head toward the bleachers where the crowd was seated, an escort would dart out of nowhere and confront him or her and say, “Can I help you?” and turn the person around.
When one reporter asked an escort, who would not give her name, why the press wasn’t allowed to mingle, she said that in the past, negative things had been written. The campaign wanted to avoid that possibility Monday.
More irony.
It’s hard to say. Lots of value still being lost in the market. I wonder if the fatcats are dumping all their stock and offshoring cash and gold. I wish there were some mechanism for tracking that. The bottom line is that millions of 401K’s have probably lost about half their value in the last three months. That’s going to lead to anger like you have never seen in this country.
He could have started by being a less arrogant, risk-taking, greedy bastard but, being one, that would never occur to him.
No suggestion of violence allowed, plz.
No Blind Faith fans here? Oh, well.
Raises hand
Hi. It’s just that the news is so bad, startling, tear provoking, I just thought a little music would make people feel better. Maybe I picked the wrong song.
Just when you think McCain’s choice of the Palins as his Super Power Co-Pilots (HA!, can’t get any worse IT DOES!
TPM is just reporting the Palins may also be in trouble with cheating on their taxes. Which they filed with H&R Block…. Ha hahhha hh hahha hhaaa ahhhah ha!
Where Palins jock of a hubby tried reporting a $9000.00 loss in his “snowmobile racing career”. Ha hhshhhsalaaaaaaaaaaaaaasheee - which is kind of sad/hysterical since he’s already publicly said “snowmobile racing and sex” were the only two things that he was good at and that weren’t boring.
Come On - they can’t even give some straight talk sitting around their own kitchen table??
McCain and Palin are making the rest of the Bush team look pretty damn professional and competent.
http://taxprof.typepad.com/tax.....gree.html- which ..
They only had one (great) album.
There is or will be about $5 trillion in losses from the mortgage debacle. Paulson’s $700 billion does not even begin to address these.
Yeah, but the members all went on to do other fabulous stuff, didn’t they?
I look forward to hearing them *g*
Someone ask Saerator-brain how the gollygeewhiz they’re gonna get the drillin’ & spillin’ machinators to the farnorth now that gawd is clogging the seaways with big ole maver-icky broke-off hunks a’ sea ice, turned the winterized tundra and reliably frozen lake chains’a rodeways ta’ mush more’n'more. d’ya think it wood hep if we sacrificed a maiden, like the olden times with the volicainoes ta’ make ‘em quit belly-achin’. Oh. Yeah. Ya tried that awreddy. Nebbermine, Sairy. U just keep tellin’ Flarida whut ta do. That’s the ticket.
See my #89.
Actually most of the members did fabulous stuff both before and after their Blind Faith sojourn.
quick drive by………….oy from TPM
Senior McCain Adviser: We’ll Cut Medicare
McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eak