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Interesting take. It reminds me of how badly people understood Reagan and his agenda. Propoganda is king. I would like to see sources for many of your claims. They seem outrageous. But unlike the Reaganites and Bushites, I put nothing past ANY person who wants to be President. Please do share more with sources listed. We all need to be watching our elected officials. Especially now that marketing is so highly developed and effective.

Uh, look at the red states. It would be interesting to poll those states to see how many of them know that Africa is a continent. They are not going to care about "all that hoity-toity stuff". They like her. Reagan got his material from Reader's Digest. This is how I spell S-C-A-R-E-Y. Meanwhile, the republicans try to portray a man who graduated top of his class from Harvard as "unprepared". It is a war of propoganda.

Palin has exposed behaviors that exemplify everything that is WRONG with the new Republican party. Having read alot about who she is, where she came from, how she got there, and reports from people who worked under her, I have no doubt that she would be leading the charge against a Democrat in her situation if she were not so vulnerable herself. Her former collegues agree unanimously that Palin is out for Palin and will stop at nothing. I found ZERO reports from people who worked with her and felt any loyalty to her. She will self destruct.

Campground!!??? Did you see the picture? I'm guessing they get their pick.

Why don't your ask the founding fathers? I find it ironic that those that utilize the rights garnered by force are the first to demonize the necessary force that is sometimes needed to obtain/retain freedom. Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum my friend. As long as there is freedom, there will always be those that wish to take it away. Fact of human nature and existance. I will maintain myself always prepared to stand for freedom. Whether the assault against freedom be from Uzbeck insurgents, Timothy McVeighs or Villanous men obtaining office in our government. I truly hope the latter never comes to fruition but if it does, know that there are those that are ready to take action. Dude. We just had the most villanous, treacherous clods in the whitehouse we are likely to ever see. WHERE WERE YOU!!!????

More specifically, I beleive that Obama has inspired people of minorities to re-evaluate their stake in our country and its politics. He set the bar as high as it goes and acheived it. The race is over. I am talking about how we will get there from here. I remember my mother, who was raised in south Chicago, crying at the end of Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech". I asked her "why?" and she said it was because she was so tired of the hatred and anger that she was raised in. And that she "WISHED" that MLK could see his dream come true but had little hope. She cried bitterly when he was assinated. She never spoke of politics again. Literally. I am going to call her today.

I beleive 6 months from inaguration was the intent. Maybe not but I remember taking it that way when he said it. I think it is less of a threat than Biden said. I think Obama will be taken seriously and be given a chance to make some effective changes or screw something up.

Most of Reagan's highly publicized events were fabricated. He even hired throngs of people to show up at his early rallies to be filmed. He was Hollywood. Too bad it was not just a bad movie.

Politically Correct or not, I do not beleive anyone but an African-American could have brought so diverse a constituency together. It truely is a great time to be alive!

Wow. You must be taking this really hard. No insults or anything negative. I hope you feel good about this new turn for America within a few years.

I have a pair of Scarpa Frenies, size 11, still in good shape I would make you a good deal on. These are the favorite leather mountaineering boot for many who have narrow feet. I do not. I also have a pair of Dynafit MLKs same size and also too narrow for me. They are a great plastic mountaineering boot with the Dynafit binding mounts. Put a pair of Intuition Liners in them and you would be golden well into sub-zero temps. Even if you are not interested in MY boots, these are what I chose after decades of climbing and gear wars. Just my 2 cents. I have used fairly light boots on Rainier and got slightly cold feet. A lot of the cold comes up through the sole so find a good insole regardless of what you buy. I find that lighter boots are great for WA cascade climbing and Montana climbing (down to 20F or so). If you are climbing really cold in CO, you may want more than one boot. Other than Rainier in a storm it just does not get that cold here for the most part. And I assume you would be doing other climbs in WA?

Yes. It happened to me too. Bill?

Caught in the undertow of a dissipating wave.

Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was. How did I get here?

Yes poor. But the democrats are going to work to reverse that trend in the middle class.

The hard core right wing is firmly entrenched in our security infrastructure, our military industrial complex, and the Judicial branch of the government. We have a lot of dangerous hard work ahead of us to bring the parties back into balance and back on the task of governing.

Reagan was the first president to appear publically in leather since Teddy Rosevelt. Reagan did so after he invaded that huge communist enclave in the south that was threatening our national security, Grenada. How dare they hold democratic elections and elect someone we do not approve of!!!! Reagans Propoganda minister played Reagan as the Hero Cowboy. It played well to a voter populace that was old, and from the TV era of the classic westerns. Most of Reagan's so called accomplishments were bi-products of his larger mission of weakening the middle class and small business. Huge corporations grew in size and in politiacal power as Reagan used his popular support to dismantle lobbying regulations. He thereby opened the floodgates for big industry to buy poiticians both before and after they were elected. Reagan will be seen as the gatekeeper for one of the most corrupt periods of US history.

The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution.

"Thank God almighty, FREE at last!"

Thank God Palin has no idea what God is about.

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Budweiser boy.

Schlitz-Man

This is rich stuff. Think about it from a historical perspective or an anthropological perspective. When else or where else can you watch the next people to hold the most powerful position in the world, go through an excercise that is common to all. Look at their faces, their body language, their eyes. I see fear in Palin's eyes. I see depair in McCain's. I see dread in Obama's, and I see glee in Biden's.