Sarah Palin is exactly the right thing that we all have been about Mavericks and because of the deficit and partriotic Americans protecting our overseas nation and everything can bring real change  to folks like Ellie the English teacher and Pete the punctuation guy to do!
I know real unsocialist Americans will consider my agreeing truths.

How did Congress decide to pass legislation when 80-90% of its constituent feedback was negative? 

Congressman Sherman says they were threatened with martial law.  Please watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8

Despite the desperate requests from military commanders in Afghanistan for more troops, the administration has  deployed an entire brigade in the US for crowd control. 
They have quietly squashed long establsihed precedent (posse comitatus) that prohibits use of  American military against  our own citizens, and can use troops in conjunctiion with "national emergency" provisions in the Patriot Act (of course) to declare martial law.  What do you suppose would happen if something unfortunate were to happen to a political candidate?

Hopefully, since they have gutted our the wealth of our country and hosed another 900 billion (that we dont even have) at their pals, they will now go quietly....

MIt might be time to REALLY start worrying. The US Army has announced that it will be deploying an ENTIRE BRIGADE for duty in the United States. This is unprecedented. Here is the link to the army website. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ This comes in conjunction with repeated claims that there are not currently enough active troops to adequately handle Iraq and Afghanistan. I am not a conspiracy theorist or political radical - just an engineer with a pickup truck and a Labrador retriever – but this scares the hell out of me. There can be only one reason for an entire combat brigade to be deployed at home, and it isn’t trash pickup. The current administration has had eight years to lay the groundwork for martial law – the Patriot Act is the cornerstone. The current financial crisis could easily be spun into the “national emergency” that justifies the end of Constitutional government in the US. All the fuss about Palin, Wall Street etc. is providing perfect cover, and nobody seems concerned about this. It might already be too late to do anything about it.

I am ifrustrated as I watch the kicking around  of the latest political football;  new drilling leases to "decrease our dependency on foreign oil".  What the hell is "foreign oil"?  Isn't oil just oil- a commodity with its price established by the market?  The government gets paid for the lease, the oil belongs to whatever multinational corporation extracts it and it goes on the market.  Is gold mined in America cheaper for Americans than gold mined in Peru?  Even if we cranked up total global production by 5%  (an impossibility) couldn't OPEC just turn down their spigot a little and keep the global supply right where they want it?  I can see nobody benefiting from expanding current leases except the oil companies, who would gain a bit against the Saudis/Emirates.  Not so confusing I guess.

The LA Times reports that a federal anthrax research scientist commits "apparent" suicide.   Conspiracy theories are frustrating, but...
On his talk show last week, Thom Hartman explained a pet theory- it goes like this:  During the orchestrated fear-fest after 9-11 the  only two people in a position to stop the passage of the Patriot Act were Tom Daschle (speaker of the house) and Pat Leahey (chairman of Judicial committee).  They were both leaning toward contesting it.
They were the only congress members to receive anthrax envelopes.
Now, a couple days after a federal  judge rules that congress can indeed subpoena white house officials (Harriet Miers, Josh Bolten) the principal federal anthrax research scientist  commits "apparent suicide"  with no note..
It is tempting to believe that  shortly after 9-11 there was a knock on his door, and a couple of agents told him- "give us some anthrax and forget this ever happened".  And,  as things begin to unravel,  somebody wanted to be sure he forgot. 
Reminds me of the "apparent" suicide of Dr. David Kelly, the British weapons expert who contended that Blair et al had intentionally overblown Saddam Hussein's WMD stash.
Has anybody checked to see if the last mechanic to touch Paul Wellstone's plane is still alive?
I hate conspiracy theories.

Scott McClellan's latest effort makes me wonder which henchmen (henchpeople?) from this historic criminal enterprise will try to profit by spilling their guts and which will keep silent to make sure they stay on the PARDON list.  That list will no doubt be a few pages.  Maybe they will just leave it on a table somewhere in the West Wing so people can sign up.

Hillary Clinton's remarkable determination and adamant refusal to retreat may be due in part to a pragmatic understanding of her political base.   It may not be there next time.
Election results, along with innumerable yaks and pollsters tell us her strength lies in older, rural, less educated and more "socially conservative" people - with Appalachia being the poster population for this group.

In eight, or even four more years, many of them will no longer be with us.   It is  a plausible assumption that new young voters in these regions - growing up with internet access and a more global perspective will not mirror  the attitudes of their grandparents.  Could it be she knows that regardless of how far she gets,  this is her best chance to make her political statement?

I'm sure the comparison has already been made somewhere-
In  a recent re-watch of the Lord of The Rings movies I couldnt help seeing Hllary's face on Gollum.  She believes the nomination is hers.  Nasssty Obamas stole it and she wants it beck, oh yesss.