{"id":3656,"date":"2008-10-11T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2008-10-11T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T14:27:31","slug":"astrology-troopergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/astrology-troopergate\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to give a special shout out to…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been under investigation by the Alaskan legislature for abusing her position to try and get Trooper Michael Wooten, Palin’s sister’s ex-husband, fired. “A 263-page report released Friday by lawmakers in Alaska found that Ms. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, had herself exerted pressure to get Trooper Michael Wooten dismissed, as well as allowed her husband and subordinates to press for his firing, largely as a result of his temperament and past disciplinary problems,” The New York Times<\/a> reports.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Friend and Reader:<\/p>\n

IN A STRIKINGLY INAPPROPRIATE “cheerleader” moment during the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2, 2008, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, refusing to answer questions about policy and changing the subject by “talking to the American people directly”, gave kudos to a 3rd grade class in one of Alaska’s public schools<\/p>\n

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Being a fellow Aquarian, (not anywhere near HER natal aspects, by the way) I want to inject this blog with my own non-sequitor “cheerleadiness”, but not completely change the subject. I want to give a special shout out to a perfect example of being true to Planet Waves’ ongoing theme of the “Personal is Political”, and introduce you to my latest daily crave: Mudflats Blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mudflats is focused on Alaska and started out like most progressive state-oriented political blogs: The Albany Project<\/a> for New York, Calitics<\/a> for California, Raising Kaine<\/a> (Virginia), and Square State<\/a> (Colorado). At the nomination of Governor Palin the end of August, Mudflats exploded overnight, going from at most seven comments to over 300-400 per thread, and probably twenty times the lurkers on a daily basis. He’s had least one server meltdown. Because of Presidential politics, Mudflats, a nexus of local state news and gossip, seems to be going national.<\/p>\n

And by the way, its fucking hilarious. There’s a post about Alaskans waiting with baited breath for the investigative report by Special Prosecutor Steven Branchflower about Governor Palin’s involvement in the “Troopergate” scandal, where she was alleged to have intervened using her position of Governor of Alaska to carry out a personal vendetta against her former brother-in-law. The McCain campaign through the Alaska Republican Party has attempted through court appeal — all the way up to the state’s Supreme Court to stall release of the report’s findings until after the Novemeber presidential elections.<\/p>\n

This brings us to our final installment of the Countdown to Truth, and the Top 10 Reasons <\/span><\/a>the report should be released:<\/p>\n

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10: Maybe once the report comes out people will stop naming their pitbulls \u0432\u0402\u045aSarah\u0432\u0402\u045c and making them wear lipstick. <\/span>Because that is just all kinds of wrong.<\/p>\n

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9: It will give (McCain spokesperson) Meg Stapleton<\/span> the opportunity to stop lying about Walt Monegan<\/span> (the trooper Palin had fired) and Troopergate, and to start lying about why Sarah Palin<\/span> got her ass handed to her in the debate.<\/p>\n

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8: If it doesn\u0432\u0402\u2122t come out then what will Alaska Progressive bloggers write about all weekend?<\/p>\n

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7: This investigation has cost Alaskans $100,000. The last time Alaskans spent that kind of money with nothing to show for it was on exotic dancers and cocaine back in the oil drenched 1980s.<\/p>\n

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6: Because the McCain campaign does not want the report to be made public, and when was the last time ANYBODY told Alaskans not to do something and we listened?<\/p>\n

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5: Once this report is finally out we can all stop pretending to like Dan Fagan (local media Palin critic who’s also critical of Palin’s ex-brother in law)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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4: The report will undoubtedly convince the Palins that they need to return home where surely they will be inspired to add yet another offspring to their brood, perhaps this one to be named \u0432\u0402\u045aPhlegm Wingnut Palin\u0432\u0402\u045c?<\/p>\n

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3: It will allow Alaskans to stop focusing on this distraction and get back to watching for Russians trying to come over the border so that we can shoo them back to where they belong.<\/p>\n

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2: Once it is released perhaps it can be given as reading material to poor little Bristol Palin who apparently is secreted, along with Cathy Baldwin-Johnson and hockey stud Levi Johnston<\/span>, in a secret vault deep under the White House, or in a bear cache in the wilds of Wasilla, until her mother\u0432\u0402\u2122s doomed run for Vice President comes to an end.<\/p>\n

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You’ll have to read the rest<\/em> here.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can sense in the blogger’s voice they’re enjoying the circus, and you get a great feel for the state and the people — at least from their progressive lens. It makes you glad that we have “this here internet device” that Alaska Senator Ted Stevens,<\/a> up for federal corruption charges in the state calls “the tubes”.<\/p>\n

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As for our corner of the world, this blog provides us a chance to explore the meta social, political, psychological and spiritual aspects of today, and we’re growing a community because of it. Thanks for all the great comments. You’re making me and hopefully each other a little clearer and sharper about the world.<\/p>\n

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Let’s hear it for Mudflats!<\/p>\n

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Yours and truly,<\/p>\n

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Fe Bongolan<\/strong> in San Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been under investigation by the Alaskan legislature for abusing her position to try and get Trooper Michael Wooten, Palin’s sister’s ex-husband, fired. “A 263-page report released Friday by lawmakers in Alaska found that Ms. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, had herself exerted pressure to get Trooper Michael Wooten … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[395,36,52,396,117,143],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}