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Pliant is the bamboo;
I am man of earth;
They say that from the bamboo
We had our first birth.
Am I of the body,
Or of the green leaf?
Do I have to whisper
My every sin and grief?
If the wind passes by,
Must I stoop and try
To measure fully
My flexibility?
I might have been the bamboo,
But I will be a man.
Bend me then, O Lord,
Bend me if you can.
First impression: On my first reading, I had the impression that the speaker in the poem totally submits to the folk legend of Malakas and Maganda coming out whole from a bamboo afloat at sea and pecked open by a huge bird, as our possible origin of life. And because of that, the speaker is convinces us that we should emulate the flexibility and resilience of the bamboo that gave birth to our race no matter what tragedies may come our way. God is with us anyway.
But after several thinking and re-thinking of the poem's point, I've got second thoughts.
I remember Prof. de Veyra telling us of "unpacking the ideas in the poem by looking at its details and images as closely as possible." True.
Now, I speculate. What does these first two lines in the opening stanza: "Pliant is the bamboo;/ I am man of earth;/" really suggest? How about lines 5-6: "Am I of the body,/Or of the green leaf?/" And what does the really saying in the last stanza when he writes, "I might have been the bamboo,/ But I will be a man./ Bend me then, O Lord,/ Bend me if you can.//" Is the speaker challenging an established notion (or unconsciously accepted notion) of something? Is he really protesting of something that was already there but shouldn't really be there in the first place? It's getting really abstract now. But the thing here is, the lines gives us a hint of something hidden. The challenge is to look at it closely by examining its possible point or significance.
Pliant is the bamboo;/ I am man of earth; <-- The speaker compares himself to the resiliency and flexibility of the bamboo but submits to no pre-established notion other than his own sense of "world."
They say that from the bamboo/ We had our first birth. <-- The legend tells us that we came whole from a bamboo afloat at sea and pecked open by a huge bird.
Am I of the body,/ Or of the green leaf? <-- The speaker asks these after putting himself over against the notion of our "first birth."
Do I have to whisper/ My every sin and grief? <-- He is somewhat in strong disapproval of the people's submissive attitude towards this belief of their possible origin. The poem casts a challenging judgment upon our possible nature as a people, from the image and mythology of our bamboo origin.
If the wind passes by, /Must I stoop, <-- Here, he speaks of his already fixed cry of protest against the colonizers that brought change in his native ground. Must he indeed submit to their foreign impositions? Huh~
and try/ To measure fully/ My flexibility? <-- Must he stoop and take pride of his resiliency like that of a bamboo?
I might have been the bamboo,/ But I will be a man. <-- Here, the speaker admits that he and his people have for a long time been like the bamboo. They have stooped long enough. But should now take a bold stand for what they deemed righteous for their native ground, even at the expense of another change to come along the way.
Bend me then, O Lord, / Bend me if you can. <-- This line affirms the speaker's cry of protest. God may be the Almighty One who will, in the end of time, judge our sins, but here, the speaker's bold decision is fixed and final. He defies God. He also asserts that he would no longer be submissive or obedient to any foreign ruling or imposition for it has modified his native ground. I think, the speaker here is a pagan of some sort.
(I really don't know. I think I'm just over-reading things.)
After discussion: The poem looks specifically to the Philippine culture.
*A bamboo is a grass that is hollow inside that's why is bends with the wind. It is a symbol of melancholy. The bamboo is the central image in the poem. Hence, it becomes the base of argument.
*Filipinos are known to be a resilient race. We are like the bamboo. When we fall, we immediately get up as if nothing happens. We even laugh at our problems. And we seldom worry because we are happy people and worrying is not part of our cultural constitution. That why many foreigners took advantage of this. We easily bend to foreign powers. And through time, we have never learned our lessons.
*The male speaker in the poem compares himself with the different parts and characteristic of the bamboo: body, leaf, sighing of the bamboo, the bending of the bamboo. But in the end, the speaker is asserts an idea that "NO. WE ARE NOT ANYMORE THE RESILIENT BAMBOO YOU ARE THINKING OF"
I tell you, Len Casper, I can talk now
Gullibly and even write you this letter.
Hard though English meanings be, I blow
My hands-- and it will no longer matter.
My heart feeling still with the young, the keel
of its passion will be toughened by time,
And I have moved wills; modern steel
I can fashion earnestly for my ancient rhyme.
So I talk of my students---or to them?
Ah, that's the "rub." they understand
What might be got, if they would hem
In a thought or two, but will they hand
In their homework? They guiltily smile,
Shy as caught lobsters, and say
They have bought no books, while
They go on thinking courses are kind of play.
So I patiently point to them each unseen meaning
Beyond their ken, say to them the future
Is not a wish but a leaning
Upon act, then shaped to the suture
Of separate parts: a relation of form.
And they look not even surprised; then
Someone rises and wriggles like a worm:
Sir, what's the use of struggling among men?
Answer that, I throw back to the class,
Only to witness surprised confusion. Aye--
It's good to look at eyes shining like glass,
At some attempts too shocked to answer why.
Challenge? The class bell rings. All suddenly
To sing the national anthem. The stillness gropes,
And one wonders if the sudden question of rice
Will drive them toward cold terrors of hope.
For what?I walk to the next room, the next
It's never finished---the struggle, the shame,
The guilt. Whose? Who of them shall ask
Himself?And,daily,it shall be the same.
First impression: Just another teacher ranting about his disappointments on his students.
After Discussion:
*The poet has an affiliation with the scholar Lanard Casper. It was Casper who included the works of Daguio in his anthology.
*The speaker in the poem is an English professor writing a letter addressed to Len Casper. Daguio writes Casper a letter because he looks up to him. He tells him about the reality of teaching English to Filipino students. He is telling this in a half-serious-half-frivolous tone. Whereas he teaches them passionately, his students worry something else as if they don't really care about the lesson he is heartily prepared for them. But although it's a tiresome, he admits that at the end of the day, it could also be a fulfilling job.
The tide bloom of waters wove
No words for my green book;
My knowledge was a sun-cry,
But fair cliffs were no answer.
So my young ache was made old,
And my heart toughened to leather,
Wrong eyes could not fence off
Oceans of clamoring geese.
Though the green isles called black,
Strange was the wake of my vessel,
In the night ice of this straight land
White ferns became my fingers.
But the long orchids called for violets,
The clean waters of clay jars gleamed,
My blood whispered: Wanderer, return
To yellow green aches of rice fields.
That is why in the dark, my heart
Finding no home, silence is bitter
The tide bloom of waters call,
I am listening to far bells.
First impression:
*I like the lyrical quality of the poem. The poem is made up mellifluous lines.
*The poem is in five quatrains and in free verse.
*I think the poem speaks about being away from home. "My blood whispered: wanderer, return/ To yellow green aches of rice fields.// That is why in the dark, my heart/ Finding no home, silence is bitter/ knowledge.


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PORTLAND, Ore. - One of the worlds pre-eminent experts in urogynecology at Oregon Health & Science University has received $1.2 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the extent of pelvic floor injury in women before, during and after pregnancy.
The pelvic floor comprises the muscle group that supports the pelvic organs and maintains bowel continence. Pelvic floor injury, which is caused by damage to pelvic muscles or nerves, can lead to a wide array of disorders, including incontinence and the displacement of organs, also known as organ prolapse.
We hope to be able to determine if some women have inherent characteristics that may make them more susceptible to pelvic floor injury, said W. Thomas Gregory, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology (urogynecology), OHSU School of Medicine, and member of the OHSU Center for Womens Health. We also hope to be able to conclusively determine whether vaginal birth truly affects pelvic floor strength and coordination; or if there are other factors, such as the pregnancy itself, in play.
In order to map the extent of pelvic floor injury throughout the length of the study, Gregory will use a neurophysiology test frequently used to diagnose injuries or disease outside of the pelvic region, such as carpal tunnel syndrome or amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrigs disease. In this test, a tiny needle inserted into the muscle mass reads the electrical impulses sent by engaged and active muscles; the readings are then examined to determine the function of nerves and muscles in the tested area.
Using this technique to map pelvic floor injury is unusual because it requires training in both neurophysiology and urogynecology, a still nascent subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology. Gregory is one of the few urogynecologists in the world trained to use this technique.
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Comparative genomics of Shiga toxin encoding bacteriophages
1 Microbiology Research Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:311 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-311Published: 16 July 2012
Stx bacteriophages are responsible for driving the dissemination of Stx toxin genes (stx) across their bacterial host range. Lysogens carrying Stx phages can cause severe, life-threatening disease and Stx toxin is an integral virulence factor. The Stx-bacteriophage vB_EcoP-24B, commonly referred to as Ф24B, is capable of multiply infecting a single bacterial host cell at a high frequency, with secondary infection increasing the rate at which subsequent bacteriophage infections can occur. This is biologically unusual, therefore determining the genomic content and context of Ф24B compared to other lambdoid Stx phages is important to understanding the factors controlling this phenomenon and determining whether they occur in other Stx phages.
The genome of the Stx2 encoding phage, Ф24B was sequenced and annotated. The genomic organisation and general features are similar to other sequenced Stx bacteriophages induced from Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), however Ф24B possesses significant regions of heterogeneity, with implications for phage biology and behaviour. The Ф24B genome was compared to other sequenced Stx phages and the archetypal lambdoid phage, lambda, using the Circos genome comparison tool and a PCR-based multi-loci comparison system.
The data support the hypothesis that Stx phages are mosaic, and recombination events between the host, phages and their remnants within the same infected bacterial cell will continue to drive the evolution of Stx phage variants and the subsequent dissemination of shigatoxigenic potential.


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Why I Still Breastfeed my 7-Year-Old. {April Fools' edition}
I'm not ashamed to admit it.
There's obviously no sexual connection between my child and myself. Sensual, yes. What's not sensual about two humans with skin-to-skin contact, one sucking the others breast? But young children are sensual by nature. They love to be held close, rocked, diapered bottoms patted to sleep, hair stroked after every boo-boo.
First let me say, I have compassion for all mothers, no matter what…
Breastfeeding has always been near and dear to my heart. I attended my first birth at the age of 22 and became a Certified Professional Midwife, named "Best Midwife" by Dallas Child Magazine. I taught three-hour breastfeeding classes to couples at prestigious hospitals across Texas, yet I'd never breastfeed a baby or even had a baby for that matter.
Something stirred in my soul while in grad school in Boston in my early twenties when I learned about the benefits of eco-friendly nursing and natural birth. At the very least, the right to choose resonated with me, as homebirth midwifery is still illegal 12 states and alegal (not regulated either way) in 13 states.
A published, well-respected midwife was arrested this very morning in Indiana, taken from her home in her pajamas, and charged with a felony for delivering a baby at home with a normal, healthy outcome.
The right to choose to breastfeed may not be so obvious. Breastfeeding is free and infant formula is an eight-billion-dollar a year industry, which amounts to two-million-dollars a day!
With that kind of advertising budget, how could Nestle not convince third world countries to use their well needed resources on formula, which are inevitably mixed with contaminated water and stretched thin to last, killing thousands of babies? I signed the Nestle Boycott 10 years ago and to this day refrain from their products, including my formerly beloved, Nestle's Crunch Bar.
Quick and easy biology lesson:
However much milk comes out, your body knows to produce exactly that much more for the next feeding.
How the formula companies prey on your motherly biology:
If I can convince her she should supplement with formula, her body won't know she did it and will make less milk each feeding.
This leads to the common, "I just didn't produce enough milk" syndrome. Clinically, less than 3% of women don't produce enough milk. So where are all these dry, milk-less mothers in droves coming from?
The hospitals, which have formula readily available and seemingly doctor condoned in to-go bags! What you don't know is formula is donated free to hospitals. Formula companies know the best chance they've got to secure a year-long, repeat customer is the first few days, when lactation is being established in its delicate dance with nature.
The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF to assist US hospitals to stop their practices harmful to breastfeeding. To get this designation, the hospital could no longer accept free formula. It's the number one reason most of them can't get this highly sought after recognition. They can't afford to let go of the financial assistance.
At six months, my daughter and I reached the milestone set by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which states a baby should be exclusively breastfed until six months of age. This means for the first six months of life, a baby can and should live off breastmilk alone; no juice, no formula, no cereal, no water.
By one year, we had, painstakingly at times, reached the AAP's conservative recommendation to breastfeed at least one year, then as long as it's mutually agreed upon.
By year two, we had reached the World Health Organization's recommendation of nursing for at least two years, then as long as it's mutually agreed upon.
By year seven, well, the rest is history.
I chose extended breastfeeding because the health benefits to mom and baby are directly related to the duration of nursing. The natural age a child will self wean when cultural persuasion is avoided is age three to seven.
UNICEF claims that 1.5 million babies die each year because they are not adequately breastfed, stemming from unethical marketing practices.
We as an American culture have succumbed to the "sex sells" way of advertising. It psychologically works on us. Formula companies have been known to partner with and fund many companies that objectify our breasts as sex objects to subconsciously deter us from putting our baby's mouths there. The most blatant I've seen are formula reps giving Victoria Secrets bras to nurses on maternity floors as incentive gifts.
So maybe I am the urban legendary La Leche League Nazi, but I stand by my research based opinions and motherly gut instinct. If nursing reduces my child's chance of getting childhood leukemia, no amount of mainstream advertising will stand in my way.
And, April Fools. My nursing daughter is only 2 and mostly weaned (Thank goodness!). All the other information in this article is factual.
Weaned: A Reluctant Requiem for Breastfeeding.
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84 Responses to "Why I Still Breastfeed my 7-Year-Old. {April Fools' edition}"
I am triandem nursing my 5 1/2 year old, 3 year old and 6 month old. The benefits just go on and on. I do have to say that other peoples sexualization of breasts does come into my mind even though I know these are not my beliefs. It is amazing how much cultural influences do affect us even if it is not within our own belief system. I have always been a public nurser and never had any problems with it until my second was born and I became self conscious of nursing my older one. I still nurse in public because I feel it is important for others to see breastfeeding as normal.
Thanks Nancy. Sorry for the last reponse. Now my daughter is 4.5 and she still likes to nurse with her little sister, 10 months. I turned out to be me that wanted to wean the older child, but those few moments that I tandem nurse them still are precious. I'm interested to know if you are still nursing all three or how the weaning process went for you.
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Would you say there is a difference between breastFEEDING and sucking a breast? I think we don't talk about caregiving with food at this age.
Actually, all of nursing is a combination of suckling and actually drinking milk. Even now as I'm nursing my 10 month old who clearly needs the milk, just last night she waasn't hungry but needed the comfort of suckling to fall asleep. The nursing relationship is a balance of both providing sustenance and emotional support for security and attachment. The benefits for both are clearly outlined in research. Also, the milk an older child receives can give nutrition but its more about the immunological boost it continues to give their immune system. I like to nurse my older child when she's sick, sometimes as its the only thing she can keep down. And theoretically, when I'm sick I try to nurse her, because it gives her my immunity so she can't get what I have. Hope this clarifies.
I would say that baby led weaning is totally appropriate, and children will be ready to do this at different ages, but part of good mothering is also about equipping and supporting a child to move onto the next life stage.Physical comfort does not have to include non-nutritive suckling. If you watch other mammals, there comes a time when the immature animal is encouraged to relinquish the teat, in other words it is denied (this denial might come in the form of moving away, a gentle nip or kick). Think of what your response might be if the question was 'My child is still wearing nappies at age 7, but isn't this OK because she doesn't like the toilet?'…………
OK, I was April fooled. A good information packed article and I totally support the Nestle boycott in which I have been participating for the past 37 years! First as a breastfeeding mother and La Leche League Leader and then as a nurse, midwife and midwifery educationalist. I stand by what I said about good mothering helping children to have the confidence to move to the next stage of development.
I really DOUBT that anyone is still "Breastfeeding" at 7 years of age. At that point, one is offering suckling for non-nutriative reasons. At 7 NO child survives on breast milk alone! – If mom is not home schooling, what gets packed in the lunchbox? – On what occasions does the 7 year old need the breast? – A quick snack when s/he's too tired to go get something out of the cupboard or frig?
What about the mothers who struggle mentally and emotionally with breastfeeding? I have Bipolar and managed to breastfeed my baby for 8 weeks before having to go back on my medication. It was a traumatic and painful decision to stop feeding my baby, I had a natural drug free birth and wanted to raise my child as naturally as possible, however breastfeeding was not an option when I was too depressed to get myself out of bed.
I accepted that I needed to stop breastfeeding to become a better mother to my daughter, but I have continually come up against people such as yourself who tout the huge benefits (ie reducing chances of childhood leukemia) without recognising that there are many reasons woman give up breastfeeding their children. Every mother wants the absolute best for their babies and before putting it out there that your way is the right way you must consider how this makes the rest of us feel.
This has to be a joke. No animal, human or otherwise, needs mothers milk beyond toddlerhood.
What a clever way to bring attention to the issue! There's a typo in paragraph 3 "breastfeed" for "breastfed."
While I appreciate the accurate knowledge in this article, as an extended breastfeeding mom, I felt the sting of covert judgement of those who truly extended breastfeed (past 2 years if age) and felt the April Fool's content a jab and attempt to side with those who continue to judge moms who do nurse until a child is older. It seems the "not judging mothers" attitude is not afforded to all mothers after all. That's disappointing, especiallycoming from a midwife. I also detest the use of the word "Nazi" with anything less than WWII. It is disrespectful and dismissive to those truly affected, hurt and killed by Nazis and to those who are members of LLL.
DL Moore, you strike me as someone who takes offense to many things just for the sake of being offended. Relax, it's a blog, not the State of the Union Address. She wanted click bait and what better excuse than April Fools Day. You clicked, I clicked in fact many people who wanted to be shocked and appalled that she was breast feeding a 7 yo clicked and are now better informed because of it. It did it's job. If Seinfeld, a Jewish man, can call a man withholding soup a Soup Nazi, than surely this woman can be afforded the same use of a colloquialism that has connotations of strictly aggressive in ones belief or manner.
While it's important we nourish our children properly, perhaps we can lead by example not to be so thin skinned. The world won't do us such favors my dear.
But, no.
As a social worker, I'm gonna have to opine that breastfeeding past one is fairly creepy and probably more for the mother than the child, and breastfeeding after two borders on child abuse.
I think my two year old would consider me forcing her to stop breastfeeding more abusive than letting her continue. I wish she was weaned. It's exhausting, physically uncomfortable at times, and definitely not being continued for me. Also, her pediatrician is thrilled I'm still breastfeeding her and her one year old sister.
Fortunately, as a social worker, your ignorant opinion holds no weight on the matter and the scientific community, both social and biological, all say that breastfeeding past one and two are nothing but beneficial. Which is based on observed facts. So thanks for sharing your thoughts (and pointlessly sharing your profession , but they're completely wrong.


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Chip pursued his new vocation with uncommon fervor, leading to years of substitute teaching, concrete labor, wholesale drug sales, and freelance work. He eventually landed at the Clearwater Fl Sun as editorial cartoonist. From there it was on to Miami to draw a weekly South Florida lifestyle cartoon for the Miami Herald, illustrate Dave Barry's column, and practice slow speed computer animation for Viewtron, one of the nation's first on-line services.
His pilgrimage returned him to his home state where he became editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal in 1987.
He and Helen Thomas are co-authors of a children's book, The Great White House Breakout, the story of a president's young son and his escapades throughout Washington D.C. (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008).
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Palin Squashes Rumor. Politico Doesn't Like That
Sarah Palin's spokeswoman Saturday took the unusual step of posting a statement on Facebook denying an anonymous blog report that the former Alaska governor was getting a divorce and moving to Montana.
"Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story," wrote Meg Stapleton on Palin's Facebook page. "There is no truth to the recent 'story' (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family, and have not purchased land in Montana (last week it was reported to be Long Island)."
Actually, no journalists had reported the allegations. They were made on an Alaskan blog called "The Immoral Minority," and then repeated on other blogs, including Gawker, a well-trafficked New York gossip site.
Actually this story caught fire this morning when it was posted at Alaskareport.com. This blog just happens to be run by Dennis Zaki who is a stringer for CNN. Ya know, the most trusted name in news. So by the third paragraph Martins story has already shit the bed. But he continues.
By having her spokeswoman repeat the charges to rebut them in a public form, Palin effectively guaranteed coverage from the mainstream media that otherwise would not report claims attributed to unnamed sources on an anonymous blog.
Again this is a story that was being pushed by a blog in Alaska run by a CNN stringer. It was a story that was all over twitter as well as being picked up by Gawker, The Daily Kos, and The Huffington Post (one of the most widely read political blogs on the planet, especially by "journalists"). Staying silent would only feed the fire.
Palin is one of the few conservative politicians that seems to understand the internet. Many people now get their news from the internet. These rumors start on the blogs, work their way into comment sections of msm news stories, and eventually get reported on. Martins line that the "msm otherwise would not report claims based on anonymous blogs" is ridiculous. Part of the deal with the msm exposing itself as journalistic frauds during the campaign is that it can no longer be given the benefit of the doubt. If this had gone unanswered MSNBC would have a countdown clock Monday morning to the supposed date of Palins divorce. By addressing this rumor it does guarantee msm coverage...ON PALINS TERMS.
Sarah saw how the McCain campaign (specifically Steve Schmidt) handled internet rumors during the campaign. The whisper campaign by the left wing blogs went unanswered, then seeped into the msm, and by then it was too late. People couldn't differentiate fact from fiction. Was she a book banner? Did she join a secession movement? Is Trig really her baby?
Jonathan Martin is straight out of the Kathleen Parker and Christopher Buckley wing of The National Review (yes he worked there shortly). He doesn't seem to like the fact that Palin has figured out how to squash rumors before they can damage her. Well sorry JMart, Sarah now knows how the game is played. Get used to it.
UPDATE- Thanks to C4P, Texas4Palin, and RiehlWorld for the links. Be sure to head over and check out their updates on this story. I'll have more in the morning...or the afternoon, depending on when I wake up.
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Squashing rumors is not all Sarah us capable of doing... The Left, Obama, Chicago goons, MSM goons better sleep with one eye open at all times, the NORTH STAR is going to find and shed it's bright light for all to see, their cover exposed as if turning over a rock and watching the roaches run all over themselves.....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM
What do you dingbats see in Palin that 2/3rds of Americans don't see? What does she have going for her? If she looked like Hillary would you still like her?ReplyDelete
Its not how she looks Anonymous (why not post a name) its her authenticity. She lives her viewpoints. Says what she means and means what she says. She is one of us, in that she didn't arise from a rich family, or marry a powerful man, or go to the Ivy League. She picked herself up and took her family with her on a march to change politics. Started from the PTA and went all the way to the governorship and was the vice presidential nominee. She is an amazing woman, an unabashed conservative, and yes has the looks to kill.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM
But you're all hypocrites. She lies and gets away with it.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous...sourcing Andrew Sullivan? Please. Get real and grow up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 1:07 AM
seriously? Why don't you answer instead of being an apologist? Andrew Sullivan is a conservative scholar and widely respected.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Address the lies. You can't. You just ignore. That's why the country hate the GOP, you don't have answers, and you are all hypocrites.ReplyDelete
I guess the only thing better than getting home and seeing you've been linked at a bunch of different sites is finding out I have my very own troll in the comment section. Well, maybe the only thing better than that is knowing this person is so worried about Palin that they spend their Saturday nights looking for posts about her so they can show off their Palin Derangement Syndrome. Thank you troll. And get that PDS checked out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Again, kudos for ignoring her lies. Maybe she can wink her way to stardom, but don't worry, no one is worried about her.ReplyDelete
Politico are scum. Anybody spreading this rumor is a tool- and should be ashamed of themselves... talk about desperate. Hard watching the Dear Leader crash-n-burn, I guess-ReplyDelete
And what did Palin say?
"Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd? I may be just a renegade hockey mom, but I'm not blind!"
Well, Palin's resignation obviously puts yet more pressure on Obama to finally get some results, as the soaring rhetoric isn't hypnotizing the plebes like it used to… and now there's another viable alternative waiting in the wings.
Alaska was a pretty corrupt system until she stepped in. Her reforms took on entrenched politicians (inc. Republicans), a mafioso-style union boss, and Big Oil.
Wouldn't it have been nice if Obama had been principled and brave enough to confront the corrupt Chicago Democratic Machine? Or shady political operators like Tony Rezko? Racist preachers? Instead of doing business with every last one of them?
IMO Palin could trounce him in 2012, when Americans would vote for the Gipper-in-Heels in droves- they'll surely being looking for such an antidote to the Bolshevik con-artist who's currently taking a wrecking-ball to this society.
No wonder the far-left moonbats -along with Team Obama's David Plouffe and his internet squads- are out to destroy her.
Go get em 'Cuda-
Anonymous said...ReplyDelete
In took the time to check out your "lies". I have to say I have never seen so many mistakes, halfthruths, and outright lies in one post. If Andrew would take the time to do research maybe he wouldn't be such a laughingstock in the rightsphere blog world
"Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd? I may be just a renegade hockey mom, but I'm not blind!"ReplyDelete
That statement is worthy only of a woman who chose her mate on the basis of his beefcake quotient and not his intelligence, ability to support a family, or his personality.
You'd think Sarah Palin was pimping her husband... Ugh.
At least she can't call him that trailer-trashy title, "The First Dude", any more.
Oh, yeah, one more thing. Someone is evidently living in the past -- Palin hasn't been a hockey mom for almost 3 years.
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I'd like to see your refutation of Sullivan's list. For example, there are several interviews of Sarah bullshitting about accepting the VP slot on McCain's ticket - from the 'you can't blink' crap, to the polling her family. Also, the branchflower report is pretty clear. Her biggest load of crap was the whole bridge to nowhere fiasco, etc. So, again, are you just going to ignore it or can you actually address it?ReplyDelete
So, again, are you just going to ignore it or can you actually address it?ReplyDelete
August 2, 2009 11:50 AM
halftruths are hard to refute. For instance the bridge to nowhere. She did support it at first then she killed it. You want to concentrate on her support; her supporters want to concentrate on her saying "thanks but no thanks" both are right to an extent yet miss the entire picture and fail to place it in the proper context.
As far as her polling her family I would like to know how you know what was said over the course of days, weeks etc in the privacy of her home. She never said when she polled them it could have been 2 years ago or 2 months before her pick when she first had to submit materials to the McCain. Andrew uses ONLY the timeframe from the time she got the call. I could go on but the point is that almost every "lie" Andrew lists can have a different explanation. He provides no documentation just a list of lies.
the branchflower report is the biggest laugh of them all. It was a report put out by a partisian hack (who was rewarded for his hard work with a cushy federal government position by the Obama team) The REAL report put out by the personel board whose members where choosen by the governor of the previous admin stated that there was no abuse of power. A real journalist would list the conflicting reports and explain the working of each committe that found each results.
Another "lie" was the pipeline "began" under her admin. Let me channel Clinton here and ask what the definition of "began" means. If began means actual building of the pipeline than she lied. however if "began" means to set the foundation legally, and on paper so that the pipeline can become reality then She not only told the truth she was being modest. She did what politicians in AK were unable to do for 30 years. She started or "began" the laws that set the stage for the final agreement reached between Exxon and the Candian pipeline company to start building the pipeline. the biggest private infrastructure project in the history of the US. Face it without Palin's efforts and those of her admin that pipeline would still just be a dream in most AK minds. Now at least it has private backers, a clear legal framework, and the very real possibility of seeing completion within our lifetimes. I think that qualifies under "began" Andrew and you seem like it doesn't. I could say you are "lying" misrepresenting the truth, etc and I would probably be more correct.
I could go on but it is getting boring. Every "lie" you and Andrew state is and can be refuted or expanded on with current documentation. In fact the list Andrew cites shows him as either a partisian, a hate or unintelligent. Take your pick
hat statement is worthy only of a woman who chose her mate on the basis of his beefcake quotient and not his intelligence, ability to support a family, or his personality.ReplyDelete
KaJo said...
Yeah because finding your mate sexy is so wrong. Palin has listed tons of reasons why she choose Todd for her husband and father of all her children and yes his looks was one of them. Also his outlook on life, his work ethic, his family, etc etc. Do you want her to list them all again and again? Or she could just issue a one liner to get the point across without a shadow of a doubt. But maybe it is too nuanced for you to grasp. The quote show without a doubt that not only is GOv Palin still in love with Todd but she is still in lust with him. Could be we might have 6 Palin children running around come 2012.
Steven Wrote:ReplyDelete
"Its not how she looks Anonymous (why not post a name) its her authenticity. She lives her viewpoints. Says what she means and means what she says. She is one of us, in that she didn't arise from a rich family, or marry a powerful man, or go to the Ivy League."
So going to a good school makes someone not "one of us?" So if you come from a working family, work hard, get scholarships and go to Harvard or Yale, you don't any "cred" anymore? Is that it? If you take 6 years to get a 4 year liberal arts degree, you are now one of us? I guess "one of us" means dumb?
Could "one of us" mean thinking that Russia would attack the US through Alaska? Moscow to DC is the same distance as Vladivostok to DC but without all the north American airspace. Sure, that one comment made her one of you guys, delusional, but it did not make her "one of us."
Or living her viewpoints like trying to use the power of Government to remove your daughter's decision whether to terminate a teenage pregnancy. But "supporting" her own pregnant daughter's "decision" to keep the baby (her words not mine). If it was a "decision" what was the alternative? If she believes abortion is immoral, what "decision" was there. Did she "support" her daughter's "decision" to refrain from "killing Levi?" No of course not. Bristol Palin, I assume, never thought of killing Levi so there was no "decision" there. If you believe that abortion is murder (her words) what "decision" did Sarah support? Bristol's "decision" not to commit murder?
It simply boggles the imagination that Americans can support someone so, for lack of a better word, dumb. But then I read Reaganite Republican's post and it all becomes clear. Many Americans can barely read, unlike the general citizenry of our liberal European neighbors, so it should not surprise anyone that drivel like Reaganite Republican's or this blog, written by people who can barely write, could move them. Is your blog written in Crayon like this one?
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM
I love how you spin the thanks but no thanks. That's hilarious! She took the money anyway, kinda contra to her conservative aura that you like to perpetuate. It's like how you all think her quitting the governorship was smart and showed leadership. Up is down.ReplyDelete
Anonymous said...ReplyDelete
I love how you spin the thanks but no thanks. That's hilarious! She took the money anyway, kinda contra to her conservative aura that you like to perpetuate
I love the fact that you fail to show where the bridge was built? Was the bridge built? Is it allowing cars to travel across it at this very instance? No you say? I see no bridge. the project was killed. There is no bridge to no where. Spin that however you want. There is no bridge because the GOV said it had become too political and the money could be used for other things. So did Palin kill the bridge project? Why yes she did. Did she use the money allocated for other projects why yes she did.
How is the fact that she killed the project but spent the money on other projects different than "I said thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere" It is the same thing. You calling that a lie is what is hilarious!
Macrhino said...ReplyDelete
What a for lack of a better word "dumb" post. AK would be attacked for the simple reason of its energy. Taking 6 years for a 4 year education if you and your family are not wealthy and do not want to go into debt is a very "smart" decsion. I myself did it. Working inbetween semesters to help defray costs so my debt load upon graduation would not exceed my income. But don't let facts or different explanations get in your from your "dumb" view.
Aworking class person that goes to havard and still thinks as a working class person is not a snob. It is those that go to havard and think they are "better" or "smarter" than others simply for the fact that they went to havard and thus are more qualified to "rule" the people; that places them in the "snob" elite" class.
Please show where Palin has ever pushed for a law as governor of AK to limit choice? She has not even during the height of her popularity. She simple states abortion is immoral and should not be endorsed by government. That life is the moral choice. She lives that morality everyday of her life. I guess you are "too smart" to understand the difference bewteen personal views and legal views.
As far as support of Palin I challenge you to find another "smart" politician that believes and shows in their actions that the individual not the government has the answers to individuals problems. Personal responsibiliy is so "dumb" to liberals they would rather tell people how to think, how to act, how to behave. Your entire post drips with that elitists attitude that people are "too stupid" to control their own lives and think independently. Look in the mirror to see a "dumb" person that you yourself support 100%
I will address the "lies" because this person needs an education on basic fact checking. I only managed to get through 14 of the "lies" before I had to stop. It's obvious from Sullivans post that he and his ilk are deranged.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Palin divorce rumors just business as usual from the enemies of a real conservative GOPReplyDelete
The Democrat left and GOP elites fear Palin's popularity with conservative voters as well as her independence from their control and direction. They have done all they can do to destroy her marriage, family, children and her vision for America and will continue to do so.
To the GOP neocon establishment who have trashed and attacked Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Peter Schiff and other potential Republican candidates far more than the liberal Democrats, your attacks just increase the popularity of Sarah and the Palin For President in 2012 website effort at http://www.palin4pres2012.com where we answer "Why They Hate Sarah".
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
ok, xax, go line by line and tell us how Sullivan's list is false.ReplyDelete
We don't fear Palin. We're just amazed that someone actually dumber than Bush (did you idiots even watch the same interviews the rest of the world did? 0 honestly?) And the Neocons love her, cuz she's even emptier than Bush. Easier to manipulate - let's bomb everywhere! yay.
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2009 at 4:01 AM
Cry baby cry. The truth is, progressives love Palin. As far as destroying her, she's doing that by herself. And for your silly little clock, you might as well get used to Obama, especially if this country is doing well. You can kiss your little comeback goodbye.ReplyDelete
Clearly anon you're not working with all mental faculties to make your last point.ReplyDelete
You'd have to be a brain-dead sycophant to not feel the wave of discontent in this country right now. Those of us that didn't have our heads up our collective (your favorite word, right?) asses chanting Yes We Can!, saw this huckster for this Marxist that he truly is.
The tea parties that you see cropping up every weekend--the protestors at townhall health care forums--that's real grassroots in case you didn't recognize it.
Not some cracked up, looney toons MoveOn/Obamacorn outfit forging legal documents.
Someday the day will come when you realize, as do normal Americans having to foot the bill for your Comrade-In-Chief that a nation can't multiply wealth by dividing it. Until then, you show your total lack of ignorance.
"Andrew Sullivan is a conservative scholar and widely respected"ReplyDelete
After I read that unbelievable comment I had to wipe down my monitor.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 2:21 AM
to Annymonumous mouthpiece:ReplyDelete
Keep it up wacko. You only prove that pds is real and SHE scares the crap out of libtards. Fricking lying liars support Obama and his scumbag communist agenda. Enjoy Pravda much?
Unfortunately, this may be the only way.ReplyDelete
Dear people, wherever you may be,
I've just finished rereading Atlas Shrugged for the third time. The first two times (a long time ago) I applied its lessons to the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Now Ayn Rand's work seems more pertinent than ever due the events unfolding in my homeland.
The reason I say my homeland is because I'm an expatriate American English teacher living in South Korea. I've been living and working in the ROK for twelve years, but I still send in my absentee ballot for presidential elections every four years.
What I've been seeing taking place in the USA since January 20 is making me more upset by the day. The mounting deficits, the growing and dangerous dependence on China (many South Koreans are very jittery about China) to finance those deficits, the talk of instituting new (VAT and a big one at that) taxes to help cover those very same deficits, the bailouts of GM, and particularly Chrysler, the attempt to remove choice and private enterprise from the U.S. health care system, the stimulus that went mostly to government drones rather things that would really stimulate, and above all, the despicable behavior of the mainstream media in covering up Obama's real Chicago background. I had to go and find the red star at the top of William Ayers website all by myself!
All these things have made me very alarmed concerning the future of my country. So I've reached one overriding conclusion: it's time for Americans to revolt against royal authority for the second time in 234 years.
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So it's time to revolt. This will be a difficult idea for many Americans to grasp. After all, we are the product of a culture that has been based on the rule of law from its very beginnings back in medieval England.
What I'm talking about is starving the Government Beast. Come next April 15, 2010 don't send in your tax forms. Refuse to pay! If you're a small businessman don't pay your state (If you live in California, New York, or New Jersey, this applies especially to you) or federal business taxes. Don't pay your licensing fees! When the Bush tax cuts expire in 2011, don't file! Simply don't feed the Beast!
If you're worried about prosecution, there's safety in numbers. If ten million Americans refuse to pay, the looters can't possibly oppress more than a very small number of people. If ten million small business people refuse to knuckle under to the New Jealously Class, then the Beast will be truly crippled and will be forced to beg for mercy. View your refusal to pay blackmail to the looters as a civil rights issue along the lines of what inspired Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the early 1960s. IT IS NOT YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO PAY HIGHER TAXES! In fact, it can be considered a form of treason to file on April 15, 2010.
Anyway, this has happened before. What most Americans don't remember or never learned is that in the run-up to the American Revolution the British backed down twice over the issue of taxes. Parliament repealed both the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts in the face of fierce colonial protests. Remember, the looters don't have the mighty Royal Navy behind them, or ranks of hard fighting British Grenadiers, all they have in their favor is the willingness to submit of a people who have been comfortable for far too long.
If you don't think this is too wacky, PASS IT ON!!!!
Michael G. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Seoul, Korea
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