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'''7d'''. [[Computers]] #7d "Design a webpage…" is very similar to [[Communications]] #7b "Create a Web page…".
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Many of the requirements can be satisfied using Free (often called "Freeware") and Open Source software programs.
1. How to Keep Children Safe Online From McAfee Protection
2. A Timeline of the History of the Computer - A History of the IEEE Computer Society - Computer History - Computer History Museum - The Virtual Museum of Computing - Historic Computer Images - CHAC History Pages - The History of Computers - Encarta: History of Computers
3a. Uses of Computers
3b. Uses of Personal Computers
4a. Parts of a Personal Computer - Computer hardware
4b. File Formats - Wotsit.org
5a. Computer Programs
5b. Programming Languages - A Complete List of Programming Languages
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5e. Internet - How Internet Infrastructure Works
- Lesson Videos: Internet Explorer
6. OpenOffice.org is a freeware office suite that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database programs. It can opening and savesave to Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint files.
- Google Docs contains basic spreadsheet, word processor and presentation software. It imports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint formatted files. Requires only a web browser and a (free) Google account.
6a. See the sample duty roster table in the Camping Worksheet Req. 4b.
6b. See the sample food list & cost table in the Cooking Worksheet Req. 3c & 5b.
- Microsoft Excel - Many great tutorials on using Excel.
- Lesson Video: Create a Budget in an Excel Spreadsheet
6c. Mail Merge Lesson Video: Mail Merge Word and Excel
- Microsoft Word - Great Microsoft Word tutorials.
- Mail Merge in MS Word - Great mail merge tutorial.
6e. The Citizenship in the Community #8 public presentation...of your community
could be given as a Communications #3 five-minute speech
using the techniques from Photography #4b to produce a picture story
and Art #1 to tell a story with...pictures
which could be developed into the Computers #6e short presentation.
- Microsoft PowerPoint - Great Microsoft PowerPoint tutorials.
- Lesson Videos: PowerPoint Presentation Basics - PowerPoint Presentation - More PowerPoint
6f. Court of Honor samples and links to a number of other sites.
- Here are Campfire songs, skits, and cheers.
- Lesson Videos: How to Use Google
6g. Irfanview is free (no cost) to download and use (though not Open Source).
- Paint.net is a free image editing and photo manipulation program for Windows PCs. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of powerful tools.
- Picasa is free photo organization and editing tool from Google that can help you make web pages, slide shows and share your photos. A similar application for the Macintosh is iPhoto.
- For those looking for more advanced photo editing software (or those using Linux) there's The G.I.M.P.. It is a good choice for those who can't use or afford Adobe Photoshop.
- Microsoft Outlook great email tutorials.
- Lesson Videos: Outlook Email
6h. Sample Computer chip based devices: Cell Phone - MP3 Player - DVD Players - Cars - Palm OS Devices
7b. Sketchup is a "3D modeling software tool that's easy to learn, simple to use, and lets you place your models in Google Earth".
- QCad A free trial copy of QCad is available for downloading. The trial copy does have certain limitations (such as terminating after 10 minutes of use) but should suffice for this requirement and give a scout the chance to try a CAD program.
7d. NVU - free html editor with WYSIWYG capability for building web pages. Also, Linux users can use Quanta Plus (which is also open source, and similar to NVU.)
- HTML Programming - great tutorials.
- Notepad++ - A more stable free HTML editor also with WYSIWYG and a spacebar HTML tag entry
8. Glossary of Computer Terms - Online Dictionary of Computing
9b. DRM Information on music copyright protection.
10. Computer Science Career Guide
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6e. The Citizenship in the Community #8 public presentation...of your community
could be given as a Communications #3 five-minute speech
using the techniques from Photography #4b to produce a picture story
and Art #1 to tell a story with...pictures
which could be developed into the Computers #6e short presentation.
7d. Computers #7d "Design a webpage…" is very similar to Communications #7b "Create a Web page…".
Science Awards (Computer Science is an Applied Science) Science-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Animal Science - Archaeology - Astronomy - Architecture - Chemistry - Composite Materials - Computers - Electricity - Electronics - Energy - Environmental Science - Geology - Nuclear Science - Radio - Space Exploration - Weather
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- Merit Badge FAQ – answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
- Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval – Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
- Also see: List of how many boys have earned each Merit Badge – Merit Badge policies – Merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank – Merit Badge Days
- Additionally: List of Merit Badges by Field of Study – Merit Badge Pamphlets & Libraries
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who has become known for inflammatory comments on and off the field, said nothing controversial in the Seahawks' press conference on Sunday following their arrival in New Jersey.
The Seahawks, who play the Denver Broncos in next Sunday's Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., arrived at the Newark Airport late Sunday afternoon, then held a press conference at the team hotel in Jersey City.
Sherman smiled and answered questions politely for the throng of media members. But he offered no headline quotes.
"I'm enjoying it," he said of all the media attention. "I think in order for us to achieve all our blessings, you have to enjoy it. If you treat it as just a job, if you treat it as just a moment, you're not accepting it."
Sherman's actions at the end of last weekend's victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the AFC title game and his postgame criticism of 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree brought him a lot of media attention. He was also fined by the NFL for his taunting during the game.
Sherman said Sunday the attention he brought to the team may help them prepare for the barrage of media attention the Seahawks will receive in the days leading up the Super Bowl.
"I definitely think it helped. I definitely think it helped," Sherman said. "I think everyone getting a chance to see the cameras, to see the tons of media in press conferences and things like that has helped everybody kind of evolve in understanding the media and what they want to do."
Asked if anyone had told him to avoid controversial comments this week, Sherman said, "I think you are always cognizant of it as football players, especially in today's world, that everyone is looking for a story and they are trying to get their name in the paper."
Sherman said he has low-key plans for the week.
"Make a few appearances, shake a few hands," he said, because "there's certainly things you have to do when you get in this position. (But) I came here to play football. That's what I'm focused on."
He was brief when asked about last week's incidents, which brought so much media attention and controversy.
Asked what the point of his postgame tirade was, Sherman said, "I think if you don't understand it, then you missed the point."
Sherman believes his rant may have a positive effect on conversations about race in sports.
"I think I had some impact on it and I wanted to have a positive impact," he said. "I think everybody should be judged by their character and who they are as a person and not by color of skin. I think that's something that we work to get past as a nation and as a country.
"I'm just a guy trying to be the best. I'm a guy who wants to help his team win and is a fiery competitor who goes out there and puts his life into his work. I'm just trying to affect the world in a positive way."

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Aronian wins 20th and last Amber
Levon Aronian won the 20th and last Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. In the blindfold session of the last round, he drew against Sergey Karjakin while his main rival Magnus Carlsen lost to Boris Gelfand. This decided everything: Aronian also became the winner of the Blindfold tournament and Carlsen finished first in the Rapid.
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The 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament took place at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 25, 2011. The tournament was organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. This 20th Amber tournament was the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess. The total prize-fund was € 227,000. The rate of play was 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds were added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds were added. Full schedule here.
|Thursday, March 24, Round 11
|Ivanchuk ½-½ Topalov
|Gashimov ½-½ Grischuk
|Giri 0-1 Anand
|Carlsen 0-1 Gelfand
|Nakamura 0-1 Kramnik
|Aronian ½-½ Karjakin
|Topalov 1-0 Ivanchuk
|Grischuk ½-½ Gashimov
|Anand 1-0 Giri
|Gelfand 0-1 Carlsen
|Kramnik 0-1 Nakamura
|Karjakin ½-½ Aronian
Aronian claims third Amber victory in farewell edition
Round 11 report courtesy of the official website
Levon Aronian is the winner of the twentieth and final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. Following his earlier wins in 2008 and 2009 this is the third time the Armenian grandmaster claimed first prize. Aronian also won the blindfold competition. The rapid competition was won by Magnus Carlsen. The € 1,000 Game of the Day Prize was awarded to Boris Gelfand for his rapid win over Magnus Carlsen, which ended the Norwegian's chances to fight for first place in the overall standings.
The blindfold game between Vasily Ivanchuk and Veselin Topalov was a long up-and-down affair. In the opening Ivanchuk was at his creative best and outplayed his opponent to reach a winning position. But in the next phase he just as easily squandered his advantage and even ended up in a worse position. Now he had to suffer and it was only after a 97 moves that the suffering was over and he had saved the draw.
Topalov won the rapid game. Ivanchuk needed too much attention to defend his advanced pawn on c4, which gave the Bulgarian the opportunity to organize a kingside attack. When Ivanchuk allowed 39.Nxh5+ the game was soon over.
With 140 moves, the blindfold game between Vugar Gashimov and Alexander Grischuk was easily the longest of the entire tournament. It was a see-saw battle in which first Grischuk had the better chances and then Gashimov. For instance, the Azeri grandmaster could have decided the game easily with 47.Rf3. The game remained a comedy of errors and ultimately went into an endgame of rook and knight (Grischuk) versus rook on move 90. Grischuk tried for 50 moves and then the 50-moves rule finally out an end to the game.
In the blindfold game they tried to break the record of the longest game and were well on their way, when the tournament director, having consulted with the chief arbiter, stepped in. Because the evening program was seriously threatened he asked the players to continue in a separate room, so that the final session of the rapid competition could start as soon as possible in the playing room. Once Grischuk and Gashimov had moved there they made 10 more moves and after 139 moves the game was drawn
Anish Giri repeated an opening in his blindfold game against Vishy Anand that his second Loek van Wely had played against the same Anand in the 2006 Amber tournament! White deviated with 10.cxd4, where Van Wely had gone 10.Qxd4, and introduced his new idea one move later, 11.Kf1. An interesting battle developed in which White had space, but an awkward king (could he put it on h1, he would be fine) and Black wanted to develop counterplay on the queenside with …Rb8, …b5 etc. as soon as possible. Giri went astray with 20.Qc4 after which both players agreed he was essentially lost. White's position quickly fell apart and after 27 moves, about to lose a rook, Giri resigned.
Anand also won the rapid game. The line he played against the Petroff he didn't think to be very impressive, 'but you have to play something'. Giri's 17…b6 was clear mistake (the correct move was 17…Rc8) for exactly what happened in the game. White won the pawn on b6 and when Black missed his last chance to get substantial counterplay with 23…Rc8 (he exchanged rooks on a7) the young Dutchman was fighting a hopeless battle.
The blindfold game between Hikaru Nakamura and Vladimir Kramnik ended in a convincing win for the Russian former world champion. Nakamura's opening was 'not great' in Kramnik's words and White's 7.h4 and 9.g4 were rather weakening than strengthening his position. The American drifted into an unpleasant ending that gradually got worse and worse. The decisive mistake was 26.Ne3 which allowed Black to strike with a simple but effective tactic. The win finally lifted Kramnik from the hated last place.
Thanks to a win in the rapid game Nakamura could end the tournament on a positive note. In a King's Indian he managed to stage a devastating onslaught on the white king and cashed the point after 45 moves.
With a draw in his blindfold game against Sergey Karjakin, tournament leader Levon Aronian decided the fight for first place in his favour, as his last remaining rival, Magnus Carlsen lost his blindfold game to Boris Gelfand. After the opening Aronian was optimistic: 'I thought it was all in my hands. I didn't need Boris.' After 26.Nc4 he felt he was close to winning, but he didn't find the correct follow-up. In the endgame his advantage vanished, but soon he found out that the draw he reached was enough to clinch tournament victory.
Aronian felt that he also had had good winning chances in the rapid game, but again he had to settle for a draw. Obviously, he didn't care too much, as tournament victory was already his.
Magnus Carlsen knew he had to win his blindfold game against Boris Gelfand to keep the pressure on Levon Aronian. Right from the first moves he made no secret of his intentions. White's 8.Ncb5 was a speculative attempt, involving lots of tactics, but as the game developed it became clear that they worked for Black. After 14…Re4! Gelfand was already better and his advantage became decisive when Carlsen missed 22.Qd3 when it would still have been a game. The last fifteen moves or so the Norwegian would normally have spared himself, but given the tournament situation it was understandable that he drained the cup to the bottom.
In the rapid game Carlsen went for a Benkö Gambit. Gelfand surprised him with 11.f4, which the Norwegian had not seen before, but nevertheless Black got a fine game. Carlsen believed that White should not have sacrificed the exchange with 20.Rxe7 and instead should have played 20…Rad1. Now Black got great play and Carlsen felt that once he had this advantage there was little his opponent could have done to avoid his loss. With this win Carlsen increased his rapid score to 9½ from 11, the highest in Amber history.
Round 11 games
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Amber Tournament 2011 | Blindfold | Final Standings
Amber Tournament 2011 | Rapid | Final Standings
Amber Tournament 2011 | Combined | Final Standings
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Amber tournament is special because of its Blindfold competition.
Now lets look at Fast chess field. Magnus Carlsen, previous World Blitz chess champion, was defeated in 2010 by Levon Aronian - the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion.
Here is the list of World Blitz Chess Champions:
1 Mikhail Tal
2 Alexander Grischuk
3 Vassily Ivanchuk
4 Leinier Domínguez
5 Magnus Carlsen
6 Levon Aronian (current World Blitz Champion)
Considering Rapid chess, Levon Aronian achieved more than Carlsen in Rapid chess as well. Magnus Carlsen never won a World Rapid Championship. Aronian did.
Here is the list of World Rapid chess champions:
1 Garry Kasparov
2 Viswanathan Anand
3 Levon Aronian
4 Gata Kamsky
Levon Aronian is the only player who in the field of Fast chess was both Rapid and Blitz champion. So, juging by accomplishments, Aronian is on the top in Fast chess, as well as in Blindfold. While Anand is in the top of classical chess. It is just the reality.
3 years 4 weeks ago
Kamsky is the World Champion in rapid chess, but I think it belongs in the "World Champion is always the best"-discussion if he really is better in rapid chess than Carlsen, Anand and the other top players that didn't participate.
The same thing with calling Aronian better than Carlsen in rapid chess today because he two years ago won a four player event including Naiditsch and Nepomniachtchi, after beating the latter in the final.
If you can't tell if Aronian is the best in Fast chess, even though he was a rapid world champion and is the current blitz champion, than all the more so considering Carlsen. Aronian has more accomplished in fast chess, than Carlsen. So how can you say, that Carlsen is better ? Heh. :) I am not writing off other top players as well ... Carlsen is amazing, but he is not the best, no need for speculation. You can't tell if Aronian is the best, than even all the more so about Carlsen.
Chess Fan
3 years 3 weeks ago
Anand lost the final deciding game of the World Blitz Championship against Chucky
from a winning position, making a human mistake of omission under pressure?
So, he was just close to being the World Blitz Championship himself.
Of course, the next year, he lost convincingly in the finals against Magnus. Again that was #2, close to being the World Blitz champion. In that tournament both Anand and Magnus lost a game to the Kosteniuk chick (saying this affectionately, using FIscher reference).
So, other than the fact that they players are really great and world's best and can win it all on any particular day, no other definite conclusions can be drawn with 100% certainty.
Of course, a World Championship match, with its stakes is probably closest to true strength, though even then psychology, intimidation, and luck is involved.
3 years 4 weeks ago
This was officially not a real tournement but in 1970 Bobby Fischer was number 1 in a five minute blitz tournement, 22 games against the best of the world, 17 wins, three draws, one loss, 4 and a half point better ! than second placed Tal.
That made him the best blitz player of all time.
3 years 4 weeks ago
Carlsen fans complaining about the "luck factor" in chess. Oh the irony! ;)
gladiatore grande
3 years 3 weeks ago
NOT Carlsen, NOT Aronian, NOT Anand. I am the greatest player ever!
3 years 4 weeks ago
Congratulations Aronian!
Thumbs up if you think Magnus is the best player in the world! :)
Ehhh...probably the WRONG time to have this little poll...sorry.
(I didn´t mean to take the glory away from Aroninan. He is a great chessplayer. So is Anand, wich I have spoken to personally. A true gentleman).
3 years 4 weeks ago
It is funny to see a few of carlsen's fans to be pleading litterally that he be considered the best.
What is the need for all this. Become the world champ and settle the debate.
aronian has a clear chance , but carlsen? he chickned out..
3 years 4 weeks ago
Carlsen lost three in the blindfold and one in rapid, still indicative he is not deserving of being number one player. He just won major tournaments because of football scoring system. Just being objective about this.
You don't know what you're talking about, do you?
Nobody has won more major tournaments than Carlsen the last couple of years, nobody comes even close: He has won Corus, Amber, the London Classic twice and Pearl Spring twice. Plus King's Tournament and the Rapid WC.
As for London 2010, the scoring system was known to the players beforehand, and Carlsen played accordingly.
Sorry, I meant Blitz WC, not Rapid WC.
By the way, a deserved win for Aronian this time. A fantastic chessplayer and a likeable man.
anand was busy saving his title , as soon as he was done , he came back and got the world no 1 spot!
If Magnus was so fantastic, than he would be far away with his rating from Aronian and Anand. But reality shows otherwise, those three players are very close to each other on rating. I don't know about tournaments, but out of last 4 Amber tournaments, 3 of them won (sole lead) Levon Aronian. No way you can say Magnus better than Aronian or Anand.
They're all fantastic players. I don't understand why so many who call themselves chess fans feel this need to belittle one player or the other. They're brilliant chess minds and should be admired, all three of them.
As for Carlsen's rating, he had a catastrophic Olympiad last autumn where he obviously didn't feel well and lost 15-20 rating points in two weeks, dropping from 2826 points. If it hadn't been for that tournament, he would still be far above the others on the rating list.
"If it hadn't been for that tournament, he would still be far above the others on the rating list." - ohhh please..lets not go there, if it hadn't been, if that hadn't been, obviously didn't feel well, obviously feel well, please..this is so pathetic. You can use such silly arguments for ANY player in ANY game in ANY tournament. It is just disgusting, honestly.
Cool down ... I was just trying to explain why Carlsen isn't (quoting:) "far away with his rating from Aronian and Anand" despite the fact that he has won many more major tournaments than the others the last two years.
Yeah, and I was just trying to explain why such explanation (or excuses) are deceitful and unacceptable. Elo raiting shows accomplishments of players in general.
3 years 3 weeks ago
What would Ivanchuk's rating be if his bad events didn't count?? Admittedly, Chucky is "sick" or "not feeling well" more often than Carlsen (on average, in every second or third event he's playing?) ... .
You don't get it ... it was an explanation, not an excuse ... Ablos here obviously didn't believe that Carlsen could have won all the tournaments I mentioned, since he wasn't far above the others on the rating list ... So I EXPLAINED how it was that he could win these tournaments and at the same time not top the rating ...
Ablos also argued that Carlsen only won tournaments with the football scoring system, which is absolutely bullshit and shows that he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Leif H. Pettersen
3 years 3 weeks ago
The king Magnus deserves to be considered the best chessplayer, in spite of his young age.
Maybe for you, but not for me, and chess community in general. Vishy Anand today is clearly the best, than comes Aronian, than Carlsen. For now.
3 years 4 weeks ago
Great Aronian. One question: Does these games are considerede on the FIDE Ratings?
Congratulations Levon.Definitely the most 'resourceful' chess player in the world.
I know, I know...but blindfold?? ...come on ...who cares??
Carsen is the winner!! Congratulations!
Get over it! Aronian is the WINNER! ARONIAN!! LEVON ARONIAN is the WINNER! Not Magnus Carlsen, but LEVON AROOOONIAN!! Period. :)
3 years 4 weeks ago
Tell that to the guy who hands out the checks....the biggest one goes to Levon not Magnus....
3 years 4 weeks ago
Levon is Great! He really rulezzzzzz! Future Champion! Congrats!
Blindfold, Blind Football, Blind tennis..etc.. anyone can win! It does NOT show the best one!
Rapid chess, on contrary, DOES!
Again, congratulations Carlsen!
What an absurd! Blind football ? lol. You have problems with reasoning. Chess is a game, where analytic abilities of your brain are at the first place. The one who wins blindfold simply shows how immense and superior one's thinking abilities are. That is why Aronian is simply the best!
P.S. not mentioning his only 1 defeat throughout the whole tournament in contrast with 4 defeats of Carlsen.
Levon Aronian - the Winner!
I agree. Blindfold is more a game of luck. Rapid is more "real" chess. Magnus is the best!
3 years 4 weeks ago
I'm also very very impressed by stellar Magnus Carlsen rapid performance. But let's not treat this tournament as rapid chess tournament.
This is completely different thing, let me mention only the fact that rapid session was played after blindfold session (different kind of concentration probably). He is great, but I would like to see him and aronian also in European Rapid Chess Chempionships.
Then he can prove he is the best.
3 years 4 weeks ago
''I agree. Blindfold is more a game of luck''.
Haha you must be kidding right!? Blindfold is very representative for one's visualisation, to call it luck reminds me more of amateur players who don't understand anything of the game.
I ment "luck" because you sometimes win because your opponent do a big blunder. In that way Aronian was lucky a couple of times in this tournament :)
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And more than that - sometimes women love women. Like Queen Victoria, the world has preferred to believe that sex between women is impossible, resulting in a long silence between the writings of Sappho and the flowering of talent produced by feminism and the sexual revolution. Lesbian writing has come a long way since Virginia Woolf's famous essay of 1928. Since then women have challenged traditional forms of expression and subject matter in an extraordinarily rich and varied discourse to give voice to the lesbian imagination. In this wide-ranging anthology, Margaret Reynolds has brought together the work of thirty-two women from Britain, continental Europe, and the Americas - including three specially commissioned pieces - that covers nearly a century of lesbian writing, from Sarah Orne Jewett (1897) to Jeanette Winterson (1993). The collection ranges from Frances Gapper's pastiche of a Romantic melodrama, through the wry humor of Merril Mushroom's description of butch and femme courting rituals, to the wit of Alison Bechdel's cartoon strip. The anxiety of unresolved desire is present in many stories - Radclyffe Hall's Miss Ogilvy is unable truly to find herself in this world, Djuna and Lillian hold back from each other in Anais Nin's "Cities of the Interior, " and the energy and commitment that should go into a loving relationship are stifled by convention in Jane Rule's story of passion outside marriage. But here are brave spirits, too - Renee Vivien's Sarolta and her Prince(ss) live forever in a vision of ideal tenderness, Colette's heroines preserve the sanctity of their little white bed, and Jewelle Gomez's bulldagger society survives far from the haunts of men. There arecoming-out stories, stories about cross-dressing, vampire tales, science fiction, parody, and romance. Each story is quite different from the others, yet each acknowledges a particular facet of lesbian history and makes it real.
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Sarah Palin
I'm not a sophisticated or even exceptionally politically well informed person. Probably more informed however than your average "Joe Plummer". I did daily watch and read about the recent Presidential election. I could not believe what I saw/hear/read about the qualifications and then her 'performance'of Sarah Palin. She failed (IMHO) at every turn. In my estimation she was painfully out of her league - even at venues far below the national level.
And I thought Tina Fey was more than kind in what would normally be a hey day for the SNL group and other pundit regulars. So my question is - "Was that what I thought it was?" - a sad sad commentary on the condition of our political 'teams'. AND it was also painful to watch how people in her own party 'reach' for ways to support her and what they were witnessing.
I was continually amazed at how inept things were - and now I hear that some think she has a lot of 'potential'. Palin and "Presidential Candidate" are actually being spoken of in the same sentence. Or she may be the 'spokesperson for the republican party" -ouch.
I really have no ax to grind with Sarah Palin the person but that whole deal just jumped out .... woe is me and the USofA if this is what waits for our country.
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Clearly she does represent the views of the right, but I agree her performance has been very weak. I still wonder what would have happened if McCain had gone with Pawlenty as a running mate.
Is it possible that the right will stick with Palin and splinter from the republicans that rally around Pawlenty and Powell?
Palin was a puzzle to me from the get-go. I sincerely thought McCain had a death-wish, politically speaking. But lots of people did end up voting his ticket. Were they just praying he wouldn't die in office, or was it just a case of closing one's eyes and voting Rep no matter what? ?
Get real. Most of the people bleating about Palin's qualifications/performance/etc. had no intention of voting for the ticket in the first place. And it's not like her VP opponent has covered himself in glory.
Ah yes, the cool breeze from Alaska strategy. I doubt THAT will be tried again!
There is a regular poster on this board, who shall remain nameless, who actually said to me in a pm that Palin was more qualified to be President than Obama and John Kerry.
LONEWOLF, you rascal, you!!
The Republicans have moved so far to the right that even I left the party and registered as an independent.
North Korean politics aside...she's quite pretty.
Got the attractive bespectacled librarian thing working.
That's total b.s. There were a number of prominent conservatives for whom Sarah Palin was the deal-breaker.
Even fellow Bible-thumper Pat Robertson didn't think she was ready. When you're a Christian fundamentalist, right-wing, anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, pro-gun, anti-science politician, and you can't win over Pat Robertson, you've got problems.
gm -
not a smackdown here ... at least not intended on my part
did you really, I mean genuinely, believe that Palin was (or even is) a reasonable pick/choice for VP? Take away partisan line. I really just cannot picture. And I don't ever vote party lines anyway - but thats a dif post.
I couldn't "get it", I guess, but it was surreal - I really remain at a loss for adequately describing my 'incredulity'. Still am. If the political (party) machines see that as ... well ....
But - you really thought she was a good candidate? Help me understand as I am more than befuddled. Yep I said that - befuddled.
I predicted last year that women would come to view Sarah Palin the same way Blacks view Clarence Thomas. I get the feeling that Hispanics feel the same way about Alberto Gonzales. What Republicans have to learn is that you can't choose any woman, Black or Hispanic to expand your base. Your have to pick someone that members or those groups can be proud of.
no one -- I didn't vote for either of the generally useless top tickets. It just bores me to tears that people harp on Palin and make it seem like she was Satan incarnate.
Heck, I wouldn't want either of those bowl-floaters on top of the D or R ticket near my house or family, but I'm not going to go on and on and on about it. I voted, my guy lost by about 59 million votes, there will be another chance in four years.
I can't wait for the other shoe to drop, and you know it will.
McCain's Folly, Not Seward's
Not ready for prime time, player:
Wow - talk about not being able to stand the heat (understandable for an Alaskan, I guess); we start a thread criticizing her and she QUITS!
What aspirations? She must know she's a political liability by now!
NObody thinks she's Satan - that's giving her way too much credit.
That is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I have ever read, man.
I'm fairly certain that's how 90+% of the voting population does it (and likewise for Dem voters and their candidates).
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this is sorta kinda what I think (partially) - I think Sarah Palin is probably a decent well meaning and perhaps hard working governor/individual (there really is no way for me to know). I think she somehow 'found herself" in a pretty headsy situation and if I had to bet - she thought she was wayyyy over her head. Sometimes the writing on the wall is there to begin with.
There was just too much stuff to absorb understand, then put it out there. Cramming for finals wasn't the answer (again , my 'hunch' - I've had those "oops" moments where I just couldn't fake it at all) - Once the die was cast McCain couldn't turn back and I bet behind close doors he asked himself "Gheez, what have I wrought?", to which his campaign people thought "Yep, what have you wrought", then soldiered up and marched on in the valley of political death.
t the end of the day I think Palin was shell shocked and couldn't believe how brutal the political (campaign) arena can be. - not Satan or not 'bad' but like one of my daughters in the men's 100 meters - any mens 100. Someone said something about wolves and sheep and .... Fast but in the wrong race.
I think Palin was just in an untenable, no win situation and was essentially thrown to the wolves. I felt bad for her and sorry for us and as Marty Liquori announced "What is El Guerrouj thinking?" akin to "What was McCain thinking?" El Guerrouj recovered as we all know.
What I continue to marvel(?) at is the huge huge huge mistake so called seasoned Washington insiders made, and I think it was colored with the proudly advertised "Maverick" label. So I stand with no ax to grind just my head shakin and shakin ... shakin all over. but not in that 60s way
Correct. Satan has ruled an entire kingdom for quite some time, and apparently quite competently.
Competency is the rub with Palin: lots of folks have her general political outlook, but was she really the most competent VP candidate that McCain had available? Really??
And while Bush II created a new base level for a President or Vice President to competently handle, say, your average interview or news conference, Palin is a step or two below him.
I don't know who Jazzcyclist is referring to but I will up the ante. ANYONE on this board is more qualified to be President of the United States and would do less damage than Barach Hussein Obama.
There, I said it. No smiley.
Gee, that felt good
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His first name is spelled Barack
That may have felt good, but it shows that you have a distinct inability to judge the qualifications for President. I mean, have you actually read some of the stuff posted around here??
Nope, I was not a McCain enthusiast and I don't care how you spell his name, electing Obama will prove to be the biggest political/financial disaster in this country's history, or future if it has one.
No smiley..
You're funny man!
Who would have been your choice since you didn't vote for McCain and you don't approve of the current Commander-n-Chief?
Re: Sarah Palin
That would never have happened. Pawlenty is seen by the Right as the future while McCain has always represented a moderate (i.e., troublesome!) past.
Electability is everything in modern politcs. Doing their homework, the GOP concluded (perhaps incorrectly) that there was slim chance of defeating either a black man or a woman (the foreseen Dem candidates) and so--as they did with Bob Dole against incumbent Bill Clinton; incumbents are rarely removed from office if the economy is doing okay and never if we are threatened internationally--the GOP ran a "throwaway candidate." Had MCain won, the party would have pressured him to toe the line, but if he lost, no big deal; the end of the line for a sometimes-thorn in the bigwigs' sides.
But Pawlenty? No way was the party going to saddle this young, handsome up-and-comer with a "loser's tag" by running him with McCain.
Speaking of Pawlenty: The Minnesota gov was recently quoted as saying South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's adultery has nothing to do with politics and shouldn't be viewed as such.
Excuse me? Timmy, don't you remember, according to your party, Bill Clinton's personal peccadillo was a sign of a character flaw that was going to cause the downfall of all civilized society...? What happened to those "family values"--?
And the political hypocrisy goes on...
Last edited by Brian on Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'm wondering if any of the Palin defenders have had the opportunity to hear her defend her foreign policy credentials, interpret the Bush Doctrine, or defend John McCain's vote for the mailout package. If not, perhaps that explains a lot.
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