"This is quite the coup," Macaluso said last night. "She's one of the hottest speakers on the Speakers Bureau. The demand is huge."
"Hottest speakers on the Speakers Bureau?" "The demand is huge?" Do these people not read this blog or the American newspapers? If they did they may realize that this so-called in demand speaker is now giving speeches at such high profile venues as Bowling Proprietors' Association of America. Oh yeah she is in demand all right! Let's face it, if the price was right Palin would show up for the opening of a sewage treatment plant.
The former Alaska governor recently joined the Washington Speakers Bureau, which represents former president George W. Bush.Palin will speak at a fundraiser for the Juravinski Cancer Centre and St. Peter's Hospital. Organizers hope to sell 1,000 tickets at $200 a plate, but raise more via photos with her.
Reports say Palin makes $200,000 a speech. Macaluso couldn't say the exact amount, but said that's "around the ballpark."
What the hell kind of "fundraiser" is this? These poor people have to sell a thousand tickets JUST to cover the cost of Sarah Palin delivering her speech! How much cancer research do you think $200,000 would provide? Is having sister Sarah show up really more important then spending that money on saving lives? What kind of screwed up priorites do these Canadians have?
And speaking of priorities, how can ANY human being ask for money up front before helping to raise money to fight a disease as devastating as cancer? Didn't the man who plucked Palin out of the wilds of Wasilla have skin cancer? I wonder what he would think of his VP pick now if he knew she was skimming her $200,000 from the top of the money raised to fight this horrible disease?
You know Sarah, REAL human beings volunteer their services to help raise money to save lives. Only whores want to get paid for everything that they do.
It boggles the mind that someone this dumb has gotten so far.
ReplyDeleteThe only people probably not going to pay her for a fundraiser would the Association of Thanksgiving Turkeys. We all know what happened the last time she spoke at their 'convention'
ReplyDelete"Only whores want to get paid for everything that they do."
ReplyDeleteDing, Ding, Ding.... We have a winner!
bonsai-jay
To the Editor:
ReplyDeleteWell, if your next best option was a speech from George W. Bush, you'd think snagging Private Citizen Palin was quite the coup as well.....
I remain:
Bill Abendroth
Samsara Samizdat
Bumper sticker material (with a visual of the winkin' stinker):
ReplyDelete"Only whores want to get paid for everything that they do."
Beauty, Gryph, and SO true!!
And, to anon at 1:20PM--
ReplyDelete"It boggles the mind that someone this dumb has gotten so far."
Only with the help of the Xtreme Xtain Right and their leaders with the big PR (Faux News) outlet and big buckeroos--
(with apologies to whores).
ReplyDeleteDidn't she recently tell the Canadians they should drop their 'socialist' health care system in favor of a for-profit system?
ReplyDeleteThey are paying $200K to listen to a woman who is incoherent?
ReplyDelete2ndly, this is a woman who should be using her position to be an advocate for disabled children. Other than a speech in Indiana and a walk in NY, what has she done. What has she done for her own CHILD? Oh, maltreated him, submitted him to sensory deprivation (constant lack of glasses and hearing aids), and (apparantley) hasn't seen that he's able to take advantage of the early intervention opportunities available to him.
So why would this outfit think she gives a flying f*** about cancer research?
Gyphen the time has maybe come for you and anybody else that has the info to take this woman down to use it. This has gone way too far. Please help us or we may be looking at this woman as our next president. I really didn't think George Bush could ever get elected in this country and we know what happened not once but twice.
ReplyDeleteGo Sarah
ReplyDeleteStop the Kenyan Muslim Socialist
Kill the HCR Bill
Kill the Copenhagen agreement
Stop Bailouts
Take back the house in 2010
Sarah wins the Wh in 2012.
Go Teabaggers everywhere!!!
1:46
ReplyDeleteOK, I know you post the same spam all of the time, and usually I just skim right past the nonsense, but I thought you might want to know that the bailouts happened under Bush, and Sarah Palin approved of them. The bailouts gave the money to the corporations.
Just FYI. A bailout is not a stimulus.
Happy trolling, our little furry friend.
It really pisses me off when the ADN turns off the comments section for pieces featuring Palin.
ReplyDeleteThey did it again today with the 'Palin book-signing at Elmendorf closed to general public' story. http://www.adn.com/palin/story/1049707.html
What an effing cop out....for the ADN and Sarah.
Just had to get that out. Thanks Gryphen
Yes indeed troll
ReplyDeleteGO TEABAGGERS!!!
so funny
Someone needs to inform JuJu and company that this hospital does abortions!!!
ReplyDeleteI just talked to a Palin supporter (we usually avoid talking about miss quittypants) - I HAD to tell her about this $200,000 speech at the socialist, ABORTION-doing hospital.
She did not believe me. A few minutes later she called back, in tears.
Another palinbot bites the dust.
Come on, Gryphen. Sarah deserves every penny. Cancer is just jealous.
ReplyDeleteIt must be those fundie right wingnut jobs that live in Canada. They were a very small minotity before Bush. But they're growing.........
ReplyDeleteBy Gryphen not censoring the trolls, I think it's a good thing. It's probably $arah trolling anyway.
ReplyDeleteJust remember, Don't Feed the Trolls!
The trolls love it when they upset people. Ignore them and they will eventually go away.
But you have to admit, it just shows us how demented certain parts of our society are.
Once again, Don't Feed the Trolls! They love it when you respond to them.
I'm confused as to why she's giving a speech at a "socialized" Canadian hospital.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she's there to convince them to let the private sector take over.
Or maybe it's all about the Benjamins.
View From Canada
ReplyDeleteI am so disgusted, I could hardly breath. I Googled the story and emailed every name that appeared in any coverage of this fiasco. I thought we were better than that up here. FUCK!
Oh, Elle, my heart breaks. Also, too, your friend should know that major right to lifer's are taking Palin off of their candidate's lists. Aparently she did something they find objectionalbe. God only knows what.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I thought Anon at 1:46 was being sarcastic. Silly me.
ReplyDeleteThis hospital does abortions???? Omg...
ReplyDeleteOkay, I know we have Canadian citizens who read this blog everyday. Who this hell is the idiot, and has he been under a rock. Yeah, you are lucky all right to get her before she has many more bowling speech commitments. Holy cow, I guess there are really stupid people in every country. And Sarah when you read this, Gryphen is right, why don't you for just once do the right thing and not charge ANYTHING for appearing. Just this once. Try it. You might feel like a real human being.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which wig she will wear for the event. Really, the woman needs to spend a little money on a better plastic surgeon. Looks are all she has to sell.
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 1:49
ReplyDelete"Go Teabaggers everywhere!!!"
Go everywhere? Hey, Einstein, don't you think that (for the reason of your own health and safety) you and your teabagger friends should at least use a porta john?
"Take back the house in 2010."
Are you talking about Sarah's house? Because if you are attempting to make reference to the House of Representatives, then "house" should be spelled with a capital "H."
"Stop Bailouts."
What? Without the "Bailouts," that SP's bots fork over to her, and her various and sundry money sucking funds, Sarah would have to get a job. Now, you wouldn't want her to have to do that, would you?
Actually, I concede that there is really no way to break through that fog that swirls around in your brain. But, seriously, if you have children and/or grandchildren, have you given any thought to the following? By putting a certain Miss Wasilla in charge of that red button, you would probably be guaranteeing that your own descendants will fall under the heading of mutant. Nuclear fallout is nasty, nasty stuff, you know.
As a Canadian, kI hang my head in shame that they invited that mess to our country. Yuck!! On the other hand, there is a little twist, isn't there always with Ms Palin. The hospital does abortions and the Center for Studies on Aging offers 'advanced directives' or as Sarah likes to call them - death panels. Wonder if she knows this. Because if she did would she still speak to a group that did things that are totally against her principles? All together now, "Yes, if they pay her enough"
ReplyDeleteRumor has it that
ReplyDeletefor $200,000.00
the Grifter Sarah Palin will perform multiple abortion's in the back of her bus!
You Betcha, Wink Wink!! money talks, bullshit walks!
You must applaud Sarah for visiting a hospital. The last time she was at one was the birth of her last child, Piper.
ReplyDeleteView From Canada
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the idiot that booked Palin into Canada has been romoved from his previous position in disgrace and is suing a casino.
"Gabe Macaluso, the former head of Hamilton's Copps Coliseum, sued for $2 million, alleging he lost so much that he mused about suicide and was banned from Casino Niagara, only to be welcomed back two months later."
Advanced directives, too? Abortions AND advanced directives? I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
ReplyDeleteThis story does not pass the smell test.
ReplyDelete"She's one of the hottest speakers on the Speakers Bureau. The demand is huge."
Really? Who else is vying for her to speak, OR willing to fork out $200K to hear her mangle English for 20-60 minutes?
Methinks that somebody is shoveling the bullshit. Knowing Macaluso's dubious past, he seems to be the logical bullshit purveyor. How much do you want to bet that this is not true?
Nooooooooooo! I've been a follower of this site (and PD) since Palin was picked as McCain's running mate. I'm Canadian but I have never hated someone in my life as much as I despise Sarah Palin. She embodies every single thing that is wrong with American politics and North American society in general. She is a despicable human being and those that continue to promote and push the "empty vessel" are even more despicable. It all hit home today when I found out that she's going to be in my backyard giving a speech to A HOSPITAL!!!!! A full-on, socialized, Canadian hospital that's run by the government and provides mediacl services to Canadians for free. Isn't that exactly what she's against?
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I would really, really appreciate it if you could take the time to email the hospitals in question and let them know who they're giving their money to. If they were informed, I can't imagine they would ever consider a decision like this.
foundation@stpetes.ca
andersoj@hhsc.ca
Please help me stop her before she gets to the border.
Keep her the fuck out of Canada or we'll pour a bucket of water on the bitch and melt her.
ReplyDeleteI have always believed that at LEAST 75% of SP's supporters are in her camp for one reason only:
ReplyDeletePro-life.
So, say it loud and say it often:
"Palin to give speech and collect $200,000 at SOCIALIST Canadian Hospital that PERFORMS ABORTIONS!"
Well after all, she already admitted what she is. Now is just about negotiating price! For the right price, she'll do anything.
ReplyDeletegregory, not only is she giving a speech, she is directly helping them raise money for more abortions and end of life care, because we all know funds are fungable.
ReplyDeleteAND she is personally profiting.
She should do it for free.
Not $200K. She has been quoted as low as $75K + 3 first class r/t tickets.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone wants to protest. If you can get close, Don't throw things. It will sting her more if you take a deep breath and yell QUITTER! LIAR!
ReplyDeleteIf Trig accompanies her to Canada, I guess that would tell us that he has a birth certificate.
ReplyDeleteSo, they hope to sell 1,000 tickets at $200 each but raise more money selling photos with her.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Has she signed off on that?
Because even if they sell those thousand tickets, that only covers her speaking costs.
Now let's say they sell another thousand photos at $20 a pop. That's only $20,000. And have they gotten commitments in writing that Palin will actually have her picture taken? And is Palin going to charge a percentage for each picture?
Because it's looking a lot like there isn't going to be much research going on with whatever little pittance is left. In fact, I don't see the little money they might clear being able to even buy more than a couple of cancer meds for any patient for more than a month or two.
Poor Canadians. Deluded or delusional?
Whoa. This post and the comments made my day in that I love to read that others are as vibrating with frustration and disgust as I am every time I think about Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteThat American society has devolved into political worship of celebrity and shaky PR hipe, and the MSM does little to expose frauds such as she, then I get depressed. All I need, though, is a little spark from like-minded critics and disbelievers to get me feeling hopeful again.
Thank goodness for the internet and for this blog and others to help keep us sane and feeling less alone in our outrage at Missy Prissy.
I have told 3 'bots about this. They all abandoned Sarah Palin on the spot!!!
ReplyDeletehas staplemouth confirmed? BTW, the comments in the Canadian paper were 90+% AGAINST her!
ReplyDeletehttp://thespec.typepad.com/specthread/2009/12/palin-power.html
The Hong Kong speech was intially said to be $100K, then people started talking up to $300K. They were trying to force some momentum, create a stamped for Sarah Palin speaking. What they didn't tell you was it was HONG KONG DOLLARS. You need a few of those for ONE U.S. DOLLAR.
ReplyDeleteNever seen a more pathetic lot. Most people would just ignore someone they don't agree with, but you just can't stand that anyone disagrees with your lefty thoughts. You can't imagine that half the world disagrees with you, so you strike out . Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThat's hysterical. Most people would just ignore a blog they dont' agree with, but you just can't stand that anyone disagrees with you. Pathetic.
ReplyDeletePoor baby, Anonymous 4:09. You must be watching Countdown with Keith's guest host who is exposing this very story --- social hospital that provide abortions. Wooeee -- troll, baby, troll. It won't do you any good because the truth behind the designer specks is coming out - her true avaricious character is coming out. Don't blame those who see her for what she is.
ReplyDeleteProgressives have always backed education and analytical thought. So it takes you a bit longer to catch up, but you won't be able to escape the truth.
Of course, she may now back out of the agreement. That would also be part of her character.
Haha, you can rationalize anything. Pathetic.
ReplyDelete@4:18 - Ha ha, you can't spell ha ha. Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteWho the heck in Canada wants to hear this woman attempt to speak, much less pay money to have a picture taken with her? There aren't as many rubes up there as there are here...
ReplyDeleteThe ones who are rationalizing are the Palinbots. How do you explain that Palin is giving a speech at a hospital in Canada that performs abortions? She'll do anything for $$$.
ReplyDelete"Only whores want to get paid for everything that they do."
ReplyDeleteThat's real educated and analytical thought. Good for you, hippies.
Hey, Canadians! Here's your chance to find out who the whackadoodles are in your country. They are the ones who will show up to hear Palin.
ReplyDeleteBe sure to get all the folks on film who come out to support her.
@4:22
ReplyDeleteThey're already turning away people. If it could seat 10,000, they'd sell all of 'em. Does that scare you?
I looked at a passport website and it seems that Trig wouldn't need a passport to enter Canada but he would need proof of U.S. citizenship which I can only imagine would be a birth certificate. It'll be interesting to see if he goes.
ReplyDelete"Be sure to get all the folks on film who come out to support her."
ReplyDeleteUm, yeah, you're a real good spokesman for your team. Do you realize that it's people who fake 10x what you earn (i.e. the successful people around here) that will be attending? Does it bother you that you don't have a clue?
Well I wonder how many lives $200,000 would extend or save ? If it was just one person it would be worth donating her fee to the fundraiser . I was a heart patient total expenditure The last 5 1/2 years approx. $ 550.000 (I hav'nt calculated to the penny)ICD,Stents,Hospital stays and Everything that goes with it .I point this out to show the need for every penny donated what ever the illness. I Bet She does'nt give a damm.I wonder what she gives to charity every year.That would be interesting to know ?
ReplyDeleteDo you have any evidence for that "They're already turning away people" remark? Other than the voices in your head?
ReplyDeleteOT but with a medical tie-in. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson has been rumored to be missing but is listed at:
ReplyDeleteProvidence Matanuska Health Care
1700 East Bogard Road
Wasilla, Alaska 99654
907-352-6200
and
Providence Health
Alaska Cares
3925 Tudor Centre Dr, #100
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-561-8301
http://www.providence.org/alaska/matsu/matsu_hc.htm
What's up?
@4:24 - I like it better not knowing which of my friends, neighbours and relatives support her. As Liz Lemon would say - supporting Sarah Palin, that's a dealbreaker.
ReplyDelete@4:24 (the delusional one) - They are not turning people away and I'd bet money that they will never bring her in once they start getting hit with the negative feedback. The only thing that scares me is people like yourself that have absolutely no clue how stupid and gullible you are.
@4:27 - The "successful" people are "faking" 10X what I earn? Really?
ReplyDelete@4:27
ReplyDeleteAre you saying no one should make whatever wage they are worth? Be careful now, Michael Moore makes a pretty penny on your back.
@4:36
ReplyDeleteYou are like a 10-year-old. You can't read through a typo and see the facts? You jump on a little error and extrapolate it into some great fact to prove your point while ignoring the real truth.
The 'Bots can't really stomach this gig: The Quitter Queen speaks (for a fee) at a hospital where abortions are performed. So much for Palin's ideological consistency!
ReplyDelete"Michael Moore makes a pretty penny on your back"
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip. I was looking for that penny everywhere. It IS very pretty!
anonymous @4:24
ReplyDeleteTrig may not need a passport to enter Canada, but I believe he'll need one to get back into the US.
@4:40 - Why all the ad hominem attacks? Is it because you are such a poor communicator, and you take your frustrations out on others instead of admitting your own flaws?
ReplyDeleteHm, that reminds me of someone...
@4:32
ReplyDeleteI told PJ, a good friend, to set a ticket aside for me. He said they were all spoken for already.
And you do know Liz Lemon is a fictional character played by a comedian, right, not the real Sarah Palin? I know you guys get confused.
@4:42
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius. I meant that. I will just sneak away now.
Please don't feed the trolls. It makes them think they are relevant.
ReplyDelete@4:42
ReplyDeleteHm, you can't even spell Hmm right. Must be a closet Palin fan.
I'm pretty sure that Trig would need a passport. ALL Alaskans require passports to travel to Canada and Mexico. Regardless, he'll still need a birth certificate. But I have no doubt that there is one.
ReplyDeleteTodd's going back up on the roof. Not going. He's inadmissable to Canada with a DUI.
Have any of you ever actually made a point without trying to simply gang up on anyone who disagrees with you?
ReplyDeleteCanada has the leakiest border in the western hemisphere. You think a drinking driver will be denied entry? Fuck, that country welcomes them.
ReplyDeleteYou talk about giving back a big payday, yet you are the first one in line to pay 200 bucks for a concert ticket. Priorities?
ReplyDeleteOMG!! This blog is about "finding the truth, exposing the lies, and holding our politicians and leaders accountable" but you ignore the failings of your own leader.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about her that scares you people so much?
ReplyDeleteI'm in Canada, and have been fortunate enough never to have met a Palin supporter. In Canada politics and religion do not mix. The pro-life/pro-choice issue is not something that divides the country, at least not as far as I've seen. Universal train of thought here in Canada, even in conservative Alberta, is Palin=loser.
ReplyDeleteAs has been noted above, it sure would be nice to have that speaking fee saving lives. It's on record now that she's getting a fee, but let's see how long it takes her to make a donation (that seems significant, but really is less than her fee). Making millions on her book tour, yet taking money from non-profits? There is something seriously wrong with that.
SMR
"As one of the organizers of the event, I would like to clarify some of enlightened statements that some of you have made about the appearance of Sarah Palin at our 2010 celebrity event."
ReplyDelete(snip)
"As a republican, Mrs. Palin is supposed to represent the stance on health care that she does. However her attendance at this event would be a tremendous opportunity to enlighten her on the beauty of universal health care. It is a known fact that the Americans do not have much information about the progressive health care that Canada offers. Her attendance at this event could be a great opportunity for us to showcase the many positives of our health care system."
OMG - they think SP can be enlightened! They do not realize she is incurious and incapable of opening her mind! They honestly do not know that she is semi-illiterate and toxic!
To read the organizer's complete post, go to link and scroll down to 8th comment.
http://thespec.typepad.com/specthread/2009/12/palin-power.html
Wow, Gryphen really hit a nerve here, I guess, the trolls are out in force............
ReplyDeletePost all you want, trolls, it doesn't change the fact that SP is taking money from a non-profit holding a fundraiser to save lives, in a hospital that provides abortions and end of life counseling.
SMR
Just Go Sarah
ReplyDeleteIgnore the liberals and socialists on sites like these.
REal Americans are getting your message and will support you in 2012.
Stop the Kenyan Muslim Socialist
Kill the HCR bill
Stop the Copenhagen global warming socialists
Take back our country
WIn the House in 2010
Sarah wins the WH in 2012
Please attend the Tea Party convention in Febuary
Our dreams are coming true.
"I'm pretty sure that Trig would need a passport."
ReplyDeleteThe website I looked at said that kids under 16 can get in with proof of citizenship, but it wasn't anything official so I'm not positive. I bet she'll decide that it's finally, belatedly time for some family and therapy time for Trig and he won't go.
4:56 - She's not taking money from non-profits you stupid fuck. They are begging her to come in and speak so people who want to hear her will spend thousands of dollars that they can use to pay administrators.
ReplyDeleteYou think it will go to research and patients? Ha ha ha. You really are blind. Shit, all those people should just give their $200 right to the cancer institute - oh wait, the world doesn't work like that. And you don't understand that.
Oh Gryphen, save us from the truth! Post another deluded notion that we can latch onto and forget the facts that we should try to understand.
ReplyDeleteI really like your blog Gryphen, mostly because there are adults here that know to ignore the noise and keep the conversation going without it devolving into a bunch of childishness and such.
ReplyDeleteO/T - According to Team Sarah chat, Palin and William Shatner are going to be on Conan tonight.
ReplyDelete"The website I looked at said that kids under 16 can get in with proof of citizenship"...Does chuck heath saying "I was there when he popped out" count?
ReplyDeleteNo, 5:08. You are running away from a discussion about the truth. You and the rest of Mr. Gryphen's followers can't just say "Oh we're above all that" and pretend you are right without actually having the discussion. That's just head-in-the-sand attitude.
ReplyDeleteGabe Macaluso, as Gasman implied, has a dubious history -- quite a gambling problem, written up on a hockey blog only last September (he was trying to promote a NHL team for Hamilton).
ReplyDeleteEvidently he's "bleeding money" in another venture that lost nearly $7 million, too.
So he may have worked out some sort of scam with La Palin, indeed.
Serious conservative columnists and pundits remarked that if Sarah wanted to consider running for President in 2012, she should be spending the time after quitting to study issues and establish some credibility.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see that once again, Sarah cannot take good advice from political professionals. She just wants to make money. And, the sooner that her followers figure this out, the more money they will save in the long run, because that is all that she cares about, money and herself.
Because Sarah will be speaking at a hospital that performs abortions, she is going to piss off some of her followers. I'm sure that she is going to piss off some Canadians who thought that she could just see their border from her house. And, you would think that by now Alaskans would have gotten the message too....Sarah has done nothing to progress Alaska by quitting. Sarah has been progressing her own bank accounts and real estate holdings, as well as continuing to ask for donations for her PAC and Legal Defense Fund.
5:13 is right, that's the way of the left, just say "we are right without question" and keep marching on like you have some great moral authority and anyone who disagrees with you should be euthanized so they don't spread their terrible thoughts with anyone susceptible to other forms of reason.
ReplyDelete"So he may have worked out some sort of scam with La Palin, indeed."
ReplyDeleteOh fer sure, some nobody in Hicktown, Canada has colluded with SP to put a few bucks in their pocket. You idiots are beyond pathetic. Too bad your kind of assertions are the backbone of 99% of the left's beliefs.
@ everyone
ReplyDeleteYou haven't even tried to defend yourselves against the absurdities I have pointed out.
TO Canadians who post here: Is there a way for you to find out if $P was born in Canada? Isn't there access to public recprds om Camada?
ReplyDeleteAfter letting a Canadian friend of mine know of this, this is her response... "HA, Does she not realize we have a Conservative government in power and have had for something like 22 of the last 29 years?"
ReplyDeleteI took my 4yo granddaughter to Canada this summer from WA state and I needed two documents: a signed, notarized letter with signatures of both parents granting me permission to take her over the border and a CERTIFIED COPY OF HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE. This was required by both Canadian and American immigration officers. A passport is not required to return to the US until 16 years of age. Thus, the Palins would need to have Trig's birth certificate, certified, to take him to Canada with them.
ReplyDeleteThe selective use of facts here just proves everything about the radical left. Good day.
ReplyDeleteIs Faux News covering this? I don't watch but am curious how they are treating this.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, just wanted to say thanks for your indefatigable blogging, and your unflagging pointedness pointing out the idiosyncracies and inconsistencies and plain ol' craziness re: the Ice Queen. I especially loved your incredible tale of lunching with Sir Snidely Van Flein!
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks for not kicking my very small blog from the list of those that Sarah Palin likes the least. :)
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is a result of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), requiring all travelers to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the United States.
ReplyDeleteAs of January 23, 2007, all persons traveling by AIR between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are required to present a passport book or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States.
Is she DRIVES to Toronto, Trig will only need his birth certificate, and not a passport.
The US border document check is pretty cursory. They glance at your paperwork and hand it right back to you while you are still sitting in your vehicle. No one makes copies or takes notes on the contents of the documents.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Trig or the Palin's will give away any info if they cross the border.
I went to Toastmasters the largest speaking group in the world. I learned that it is 80%
ReplyDeletewhat you look like to make you an effective speaker. Unfortunately it is what it is.
The way to battle Sarah and win is to have other women up against her that will bring her down. If Sarah thinks she is the only Political Beauty Queen she is Wrong!!!!!
A couple great liberal women up against her will shake things up a little. That is what I think
could rattle Sarah's feathers. Then she could not yell sexism ect.....
If the Palins need a certified birth certificate for Trig to travel to Canada then my bet is that Trig will not be going. S'error (yea I like this spelling) will not show that child's BC. I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteThis blog is a joke that confirms what everyone thinks of hippies.
ReplyDeleteSupporting those people who point out that a birth certificate for Trig will be needed to cross the border.
ReplyDeleteI bet he "has the sniffles" and winds up staying home with Bristol.
And yeah, with a DUI on his record, Todd can't get into Canada. My son's friend was considering marrying in Canada and had to drop the idea because of an old DUI. Of course, he's honest, and that may make a difference. He wouldn't lie about a history of DUI. The Palins, OTOH.... who knows?
Ivyfree
I would love someone to name one thing this woman has done since quitting her elected office that has benefited anyone besides herself. I also find it curious that this "Christian" woman evokes such anger and vitriol in her followers. Maybe they're angry that the woman that is "just like them" lives in a million dollar house, has other people to take care of her kids and flies around in a $4000 an hour jet.
ReplyDeleteTo all the wonderful Canadians. Remember very very ripe tomatoes are best.
ReplyDeleteOT - Gryphen, I hope you don't mind, but this is "home" for me - Grand Forks BC, I'd love to "talk" with you. If you are a mudpup also, please PM me there so we connect.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to throw embryonic stem cell research into the mix. It is perfectly legal in Canada to do this research with nonreproductive cells.
ReplyDeleteYes, they do abortions. Yes, they counsel end of life, all hospitals do so in Canada.
Hamilton is very close to the border of New York State, within about 30 minutes drive. There is an expectation that many tickets will be sold to Americans.
Public opinion is not on Palins side here. This is a fairly notorious liberal province.
Spoke with a Promo person, who laughed and said, there goes his job, (about the guy who booked her). Said he won't be there next year. I kind of think that they are right from what I've been hearing.
You know when I first heard the news yesterday I thought "no way do I want her here" but then I just started to laugh, because she will be taking money for the very things that she likes to preach against. Now that is a HOOT indeed!
Here is a link to the Juravinski Cancer Centre which also shows a letter from the President of the centre. This Centre has ties to McMaster University. Involvement in mentoring and education and which includes our healthcare system funding -- that which she spewed her shit a short time ago that we should give it up. She'll have to give her front teeth up before we ever do that!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jcc.hhsc.ca/body.cfm?id=261
St. Peter's Hospital is associated with McMaster University and Mowhawk College.
St. Peter's Hospital has specialized in enhancing the lives of seniors and those with chronic illness since 1890.
Last time I read, she was fucking killing off AK seniors.
http://www.hhsc.ca/body.cfm?ID=1575
There is not a tolerance of crap like her. It was bad enough having Bush here, but this Trailer Trash Hillbilly. What the fuck has she got to say that we want to hear in Canada. NOT A CHANCE.
We have to find out all info we can then it's time for letters, emails, phone calls, media. The whole 9 yards.
I'm am so furious I cannot even think to write at the moment.
"Hamilton is very close to the border of New York State, within about 30 minutes drive. There is an expectation that many tickets will be sold to Americans. Public opinion is not on Palins side here. This is a fairly notorious liberal province. Spoke with a Promo person, who laughed and said, there goes his job, (about the guy who booked her). Said he won't be there next year. I kind of think that they are right from what I've been hearing. "
ReplyDeleteGryphen: you allow this stupidity to flourish? Hamilton is more than an hour from the U.S. Nearly 50% are conservative here. Plenty of Canadians looking forward to listening to Ms Palin. Why do you let the nutters spout off as if they are telling the truth?
Uh duh, no it isn't. I do happen to live in the area. LOL Maybe 45 minutes tops if you have heavy traffic. I can get home in an hour and I'm pass Hamilton coming from Niagara Falls.
ReplyDeleteMedia is running 90% against Palin on this issue.
BTW, the deal isn't signed yet. They initiated talks between the two parties, she expressed an interest and an agreement in principle was reached a couple weeks ago.
You might be a conservative, but this isn't a conservative area, whether you like it or not.
""We have to find out all info we can then it's time for letters, emails, phone calls, media. The whole 9 yards."
ReplyDeleteYes, censorship. Wait, it's not censorship if we lefties mandate it.
Anon 6:25
ReplyDeleteMississauga is an hour from U.S. -- Hamilton is closer.
Are you CDN? I don't think so as
Shame! Bringing a Palin to NDP country. Shame! That'll keep 'er out.
ReplyDeleteI drive the speed limit and it takes me 50 minutes from my home on Hamilton Mountain to get to Queenston-Lewiston bridge.
ReplyDeleteIt's like a fucking train wreck here. Let's see who can be the bigger dicks: My way is the only way; no my way is the right way. Friggin hell.
ReplyDeleteTook me 59 Minutes from my door in Miss to Walmart door on Porter and that's including bridge crossing. I may go 10k over limit periodically.
ReplyDelete1 hour 2 mins Hamilton to Niagara Falls New York
ReplyDeletehttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Hamilton,+Hamilton+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&daddr=niagara+falls,+ny&hl=en&geocode=FXQLlAIdg0s9-ylv1a6JUZssiDEQHCPHKHsDBQ%3BFeSRkQIdubBJ-ykZE1Id6mPTiTGzqsW55FqXYQ&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=2.888839,-129.37747&sspn=100.168938,177.890625&ie=UTF8&z=10
Holy crap, what shit will they come up with to pretend Google is lying to the world and defending Palin?
ReplyDeleteThat is right, 30 minutes gets you to Hamilton from the border, an hour to Mississauga. I adjusted that to 45 minutes if you are in heavy traffic to Hamilton.
ReplyDeleteNow moving on, the expectation from the promotions person I spoke with is still for many tickets to be sold to Americans coming over the border. Many more will be sold to corporations.
To the person who mentioned tomatoes, historically Canadians like cream pies better.
Oh, btw, is there anything else you want to argue about rather than how fast I drive vs how fast you drive or Google says you should drive down the QEW?
ReplyDeleteGoogle lying and you just take it? Of course, why battle a lying friend when there's a rightie to take on.
ReplyDeleteAnd defending Canadian "virtue" by quoting a fake promo person saying it'll be the Yanks who make up the audience? Pathetic. But you'll get applause from your friends here.
Gee, I haven't read any posts yet about what $P has done to "progress" AK or fulfill her "higher calling" since she abandoned her post. Just more vitriol. I guess it's easier to sling the mud than admit you've been duped.
ReplyDeleteYour last line says it all!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised she's really going to Canada, after she got exposed as the spokeswoman for stupid by Canadians during the campaign AND during her book tour. I wonder if she'll tour the abortion facilities while she's there? That would make a better photo op than the turkey farm!
I hope she doesn't bother the cancer patients, they're going through enough torture already.
Trolls have brought the level of discourse down to arguments about drive times. So I have turned the comments off for now.
ReplyDeleteBlogger is having some weird snafu with the comments so that when i turn on moderation it simply will not allow a comment through. So I have done that for the night.
In the morning I will open it back up, and moderate it myself.
It would really help the smarter visitors to not allow the people paid to come to liberal sites and hassle us to hijack the thread. They are only successful if you give them the time of day.
I'll let her know she is a fake. :) Another hoot!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter what Google says or doesn't say, I make the drive so there really isn't anywhere to go with it. It is what it is.
You'd have to be VERY naive to think that those Palin supporters in the states who will sit all night in the cold to get a book signed by her and see her for 5 seconds are going to miss a chance to come see her. sheeezzz
That doesn't mean the entire audience will be "Yanks". Hardly. But it will be a large portion of the audience in my opinion and in my, your words, fake promo person's opinion.
:) :)
Really enjoying the exchange.
Gryphen. I do apologize. I originally was just relaying what my friend in the business told me this morning and pointing out that along with abortion and counselling elderly as to options, we also do embryo stem cell research here and I think that the Cancer center is one of the places that does that research. They are one of the best known in Ontario for cancer research involving stem cells.
ReplyDeleteSorry for participating in the break down exchange.
I think their pissed at Sarah (with the servants heart) and coming here to take it out on us. Sorry, but you Peelamder picked her for your icon, sorry she's letting you down but your stuck with her now.
ReplyDeleteI'm Canadian too, and I think this is a hoot. New York border is very close, and yep..lots of Americans will be there.
ReplyDeleteCanadians will go...we are curious too you know...but there is nothing she can say to change our way of life. Someone should tell her that the Canuck brand of Conservatism is very different than the US. Fiscally it may be similar, but in regard to womens reproductive systems....stem cell research...and gay marriage...well we think a whole lot differently than she does. I am a Canadian Conservative. You can bet the minute that religion starts to play a role in my government many of us will be screaming ....loudly. A Sarah Palin would be an absolute zero in this country...and she will be booed and laughed out of the country.
OH...and by the way, a few years back our Prime MInister got a pie in the face from an angry citizen...(we dont hold our political leaders up as real heroes) . The citizen was arrested...and charged with simple assault I think. He sure didn't go to gitmo or some other god awful place. It was hilarious for the rest of us too...I laughed for days.
ReplyDeleteTo the person who mentioned tomatoes, historically Canadians like cream pies better.
ReplyDeleteIf I were there, I would throw a pot of poutine!
(French-Canadian fries)
LOL Kajo! Not that would be Really messy!
ReplyDeleteFor clarification sake, Hamilton is NDP (New Democratic Party) on both sides of the Government and Not conservative. The NDP would be like having liberal progressives voted into office in the majority.
Guys,all adopted children have birth certificates,it will be no problem for Trig.
ReplyDeleteFirst we find out that Sarah had an abortion(oops,I mean miscarriage strangely labeled an abortion and then covered with see through white out)while covered under a socialist medical program and living in a state where large families are rewarded with socialist payments for procreating,now she is showing her support for a socialist hospital that does abortions on demand.
It doesn't get any better than this.Post this news everywhere,Buzz it up,reccomend it do what ever you can to let her poor deluded supporters who are feeding their children rice and beans so they can send her more money,the ones who will skip a present for their child or grandchild to buy her book of lies ,make sure they know who they are doing this for.If they know she is a liar,and that she will toss babies under the bus in a heartbeat for cash and they still support her,God help them.
I imagine that finding out your idol has feet of clay is very painful,and denial may take a while to turn to grief.
The rules are different for land or sea entry. Here's some FAQ's on passports
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Q: Do the documentation requirements apply to children?
A: Yes, all children ranging in age from birth to 18 years-of-age are required to present their own passport when entering the United States at airports.
Certainly poor little Trig has a birth certificate. It may even list the Paylins as his parents, IF they did adopt him.
ReplyDeleteI just wonder what the date/time/place of birth might be?
As I live in the greater city of Hamilton, Ontario (although in the Valley Town of Dundas, Ontario) I can tell you this: Hamilton is a UNION town, Hamilton is a STEEL town, Hamiltonians generally support the NDP - The New Democratic Party (democratic socialist).
ReplyDeleteThis speech won't be attended by 'Real' Canadians, but by the ELITE (there she goes again, pallin' around with ELITES!!!)
However, give Quittypants' propensity for
QUITTING, I'll cross by fingers and hope she's a no-show. If not, I'll have my 'boots on the ground'. Anyone near enough to join me?
FJDANDY
It really annoys me that a country with a pretty good socialized medicine system would use a speaker who openly opposes their system and is trying to prevent us from having it.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about this the other day. Soviet Union was not communism, it was a totalitarian state with a dictator. And yet, what was best about that society was the socialistic aspects. And our system, one of extreme capitalism is also oppressive at times, and yet what is best about it is precisely those aspects which are socialized - good roads, reliable police department, fire department, mail service, medicare, public schools.
So let us all start to realize that the word 'socialism' is not a negative label but a positive one.
The Lady is a Tramp!
ReplyDeleteIn my view An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life. To be enterprising is to keep your eyes open and your mind active. It's to be skilled enough, confident enough, creative enough and disciplined enough to seize opportunities that present themselves... regardless of the economy.
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