I have been receiving a ton of visits today so I checked to see where they are coming from.
The majority of them are coming from here, but I am getting them from a variety of other sources as well.
So let me just make a formal apology to Rachel Maddow for ever doubting her.
With her little nudge last night this thing is going viral. In the end it may prove to be no big deal, but since we are dealing with the Palin's the chances are good that there is something a little hinky going on here.
You know you can always tell when you have struck a nerve when you get comments that say things like "Wow I am so disappointed in this site. This will be my LAST visit.", or "I hate Sarah Palin, but you are completely wrong about this", and my favorite "Sarah Palin is making a fool out of you."
I guess these faux supporters believe I am driven by visitor response, but I am not. I am driven by the search for the truth. It is always nice to get compliments and support, but even if I had the comments turned off I would still be doing what I do. Count on it.
Update: Now the Huffington Post is on the case.
Update 2: Now the Raw Story is also following the story.
Update 3: Let us all welcome Gawker to the party as well.
NYCgirl here. I love when you get hate mail because it means that you are on to something.
ReplyDeleteI read you several times a day. Please keep up the good work & for God's sake BE CAREFUL.
How come I keep having to re register ?
See! Told ya not to worry about it. The Palin dirty laundry is coming out -- they are their own worst enemies.
ReplyDeleteActually Gryph...the 'clue' was in Rachel's party line and snicker as she ended the segment. I do hope that she will "also-too" investigate why Van Flein has his hands in Pie Spy, LLC as well? And check out the convenient timing of these alleged corporations....?
ReplyDeleteYou can betcha bottom dollar, something sinister is transpiring in the midst!
Gyphen you rock !
ReplyDeleteThe more hate mail, the better. "Hinky"! Great word. So apt.
ReplyDeletefirst it was FBI investigations and icebergs that morphed into shit storms.
ReplyDeleteWhat's up next....shitbergs ?
Keep it up, Gryphen! At this rate, you're gonna be awarded Best Blogger of 2010!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, Gryphen!!!
ReplyDeleteGood job Gryphen, I watched Rachel last night, and I don't think this is the last we'll hear from her about this issue.
ReplyDeleteGryphen says he's searching for the truth but in fact he's searching for traffic like every other blogger.
ReplyDeleteTraffic comes, traffic goes.
Sarah keeps on truckin' through the traffic.
Oh I do love when things turn out right!
ReplyDeleteGo get 'er, Gryph.
: )
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of your hard work
Mary
Even if the LLC is on the up-and-up (mostly), it's important that Sarah remembers she's being watched carefully.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel (and Gryphen).
the palins are entertainment at best, and the comments are just gravy!
ReplyDeletebill in belize
I absolutely LOVE it when they come crawling out of the woodwork!
ReplyDeleteYep--it means you're getting close to something!
Keep on it Gryphen. I suspect Rachel isn't done with it yet either!
I never doubted Rachel for a minute - she will report what she can and I'm sure her team will continue to investigate - look how they stayed on the whole C street situation. If there is a story here - Rachel will find a way to get it out there - unless her corporate bosses force her not to. Just by Rachel getting this story out to the world is HUGE and means more folks are going to look in to it as well.
ReplyDeleteBy the way Gryphen - you rock! I stop by here at least twice a day :)
Now if you'd use your great genius and investigative skills to solve the Trig/Tripp mystery, we'd all be happy!
ReplyDeleteI remember some anon poster a while back who mentioned that all $arah had to do/would do is to offer Bristol a job that paid $100,000/year to show that she makes good income to be able to support the baby on her own. I guess anon was correct and knew something about this LLC...
ReplyDeleteWho is responsible for checking into the legalities of all this?
I am talking about ALL: $arahPAC (she is NOT a public official anymore, but a PRIVATE citizen!), Alaskan Fund Trust, Pie Spy, BSwhatever, etc, etc.
I.R.S., FBI, FEC, etc, ARE YOU WATCHING AND INVESTIGATING???
Gryphen, listen, and understand. The Palinistas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until Sarah's enemies are dead (figuratively of course).
ReplyDelete"shitburg"...love it!
Hinky shitbergs! It's a whole new vocabulary today. :)
ReplyDeleteAnon 8:5 Whatever it takes, I'll take shitbergs....Actually I think you gave Sarah a better name anyway SHITBERG!!
ReplyDelete"I am driven by the search for the truth".
ReplyDeleteAnd that is what journalism should be.
The problem is that the trolls don't want the truth. They are lemmings who cannot think for themselves. When the shit hits the fan for the Palins, these trolls will blame President Obama for it.
If God; Himself, came down and told them to get away from Palin the Harlot, they still wouldn't believe.
Keep on searching for the truth. I love hearing the sound of troll heads popping.
I commented on the RM/LLS issue, and want to assure you that I am not a "faux supporter." I have no doubt that Palin is incompetent, and dirty. I really believe that this year will be the year the babygate issues will be ressolved. I just hesistate to support a witch hunt mentality. With Palin, I don't think it's necessary. I would love to keep it on the facts, her insane statements, and not disucussions of cellulite, name calling, etc. Let's just keep it "above the belt," so to speak. It helps when we are trying to fight the "noble" fight for truth? KWIM? I hope the truth comes out before she is able to run for any office. I don't want to have to move to Canada. It helps when
ReplyDeleteYou're still my favorite blogger! Go get 'em, Gryph.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work! I spread the news of what I read here to everyone I talk to here in New Jersey.
ReplyDeleteHer greed will destroy her. What was it the Buddha said? All suffering comes from greed...
ReplyDeleteStory up on HuffPo...good work.
ReplyDeleteGood Gryphen, just don't slip back into the lame promises of knowing something and not being able to tell. If you do it's going to be picked up on the other blogs. And you know that you are on shaky ground now with the "Bristol not the mother" thing.
ReplyDeleteReally Gryphen, it's for everyone's good. In your quest to do good you may have done more damage to the cause. Consider the number of old girls that hang on your every word and were totally accepting of your comment that Bristol was not the mother of T1.
Just saw a 7 month pregnant woman in the grocery store (yes, I asked her.) There is NO way possible SP's family, colleagues and constituents did not know she was preggers if she truly had been. Now all you have to do is tell us how she pulled it off.
ReplyDeleteI didn't comment on the Bristol LLC story here, but the fact that it is out there is interesting. I work as a consultant and at times have collected some very large fees. Because of this, I can take expenses (home, computer, supplies, etc.) on my taxes.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of different ways to work independently, collect all kinds of fees and do taxes. Fed taxes do require a NAICS code offering and offer the instructions on tax forms. Mine includes a variety of areas that I could (but don't) work in. Fed Naics codes are pretty standard everywhere. It does not make much sense that each state would make their individual changes, except in extenuating circumstances.
The codes follow through for grants, SB loans, and Fed contracts. My curiosity grows with why be an LLC when other means of reporting can work just as well. I believe it may have something to do with the amount of money crossing to the company. And the initials would certainly hide a name for reporting purposes. Also, more fees for VF to collect.
I know of many consultants who use their full name in the LLC title for greater recognition in their areas of expertise.
I think it is all very curious and a good find by you Gryphen.
Forget the negatives, folks are always looking for a "hot" story without linking the details together.
Stick with it and hang tight. You and the others in search of the truth will be the winners at the end of the day
ReplyDeleteFor all of you doubters who claim that 19 year old Bristol does not have any political experience, I offer the following:
ReplyDelete1. She attended the GOP convention last fall, 2008
2. She accompanied her mother on campaign stops
3. She appear on stage following her mother's debate with Joe Biden
4. Sarah offered Bristol's baby sitting services to Tina Fey. (It's experience; now Bristol has contact with someone who does political satire).
5. Bristol appeared in an interview with Greta on Fox. Fox News is the publicity arm of the GOP. Nuff said.
6. Bristol appears to have hand written thank you notes to Sarah's donors. Palingates had a piece about it following the election, comparing "thank you for the gift or donation" notes with Sarah's actual signature. The writer was not Sarah. (If she cannot write a thank you note, she cannot write a book).
7. Taking a stand against any form of sex education is a popular political position for the far right.
8. Bristol has more experience than any of us-- years of watching her mother rise from small town mayor to governor to America's Sweetheart or almost vice president. Something must have rubbed off.
9. Bristol has already offered Sarah political advice. When Sarah explained how she reached her decision to quit as governor, there were four yes's and one hell yes. Bristol's vote counts.
10. At some point, Sarah must have turned to Bristol and asked, "Does this dress make me look fat?" It doesn't matter what the response was; that's political consultation!
11. It was suggested by someone at Palingates that Bristol will now spend time scanning the blogs, looking for unflattering comments about Sarah. Hi and welcome to the Club, Bristol!
As much as it is fun to laugh about the newest business tycoon in the Palin moneymaking factory, I think that Gryphen should also post the fact that Sarah's face book fans have been threatening some kind of mob action because they don't like the way that the judges in the custody case have ruled.
ReplyDeleteThat is simply not how the US legal system works. Threatening judges to influence the outcome deserves Keith and Rachel's attention because it speaks to the entire tea bag movement. They are unhappy with the elected officials so all that they can do is stir up anger and try to halt legislation. This is not democracy in action. And the Wasilla Wacko's who think that the legal system works by mob rule need to be held to account.
That also goes for a radio host who sees freedom of speech as his right to yell "fire" in a crowded theater. He is inciting people to mob action. It remind me of the Fox News people egging on the murders of Dr. Tiller, the doctor who performed late term abortions.
Judges are not fooled by instant 6 figure incomes for 19 year old girls who might have a GED. Any family court judge has seen it all. They know that good parenting is not all about money. Kids don't go to whomever is richer! They know who the bullcrappers are. They know that Bristol's PR biz is a show and she has no real employment that is not connected to her mother.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness...NOW that Bristol has gone "professional", she's open game for any and everthing she does and, or, has done. NOW, we can get down to the nitty gritty abt Babygate. Oh happy day!!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrew Halcro has a great article on the AGIA pipeline, you know, that pipeline that sarah was building(but it has not even started yet, the one that gave her all that great oil and energy expertness?!!!).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it seems like it is tanking.
This was sarah's baby and it's going nowhere fast.
Reason number 275 as to why she quit so suddenly?
well it made it to HP :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/bristol-palins-new-compan_n_411920.html
They do not keep good public records in Wasilla. The number of pregnant teens is sky high. Bristol could be a mover and shaker right there in Wasilla doing work for teens in private. We keep hearing of her work and school but there is no sign of her. Bristol may be a very humble dedicated worker for Candies, she just wants no one to know. She can restore her image with a good PR firm, that should not be a problem.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see this play out and for Bristol to show us the real Bristol. She will need to come out of the shadows, asap. Let the teens and unwed pregnant girls come forward and tell their stories and how Bristol effects the community. It is all right there in Wasilla for anyone that wants to know the real story.
We know Palinbots want to talk, is there anyone else in Wasilla?
More hinky shitbergs coming! Count on it. And let's just remember our Rachel is tenacious if nothing else. Remember C Street and Uganda be kidding me? She covered those stories until she uncovered the truth. Just keep up the hard work Gryphen. As has been proven, the more hate mail you get just means you've hit pay dirt.
ReplyDeleteKeep searching for the truth Gryphen cause we all know it's out there. The only thing transparent in Sarah Palin and cohorts is the greed, lies and deception. This is not a woman with "common sense" conservative values. She's a con artist and once her fans see that than she'll go with the flow of the fishies. You know her statement that only dead fish go with the flow.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom.
ReplyDeleteGryphen- since you said Bristol is not the birth mother of Trig, do you know who is or have evidence Bristol is not. I think we are all wondering why you said that without further evidence. This really bothers me, but I love your blog and will continue reading it.
ReplyDeleteAnon10:56 -- hilarious, and right on! It's all good experience. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteAnon10:24 -- as one of the number of "old girls" here I'd like to say that I don't recall Gryphen saying Bristol was not the bioMom of T1, and if he said it, that's fine with me. I make up my own mind. I think she is, at least right now I do. But you raise a good point (that is, one I agree with!) and that is advice to Gryphen to refrain from advertising future attractions. Don't tell us what you can't reveal, Gryphen. Just reveal it when you can, ASAP. It annoys me too.
Can anyone tell me WHY the Grifter Queen still has a PAC??? Can anyone have one? If so Gryphen and Shannyn and Palingates should set one up also too...So they can collect $ and get to who they want.
ReplyDeleteNow...why does she still have a PAC, this citizen quitter????
And when does the filing come out? All the PACs were wanting $ by the 28th? So when do the filings become public?
And yes, this is Ka-Ching for Bristol...
"See Bristol has a Job"!!!
:p
Gryph, I'm here whenever I can spend some time and I know you're careful about the info in your posts. I keep saying the truth will out when the time is right and all the sitting ducks are lined up properly, waiting to be picked off.
ReplyDeleteI saw Rachel's show last night as well, and my take was that she presented the Bristol scoop with a conspiratorial wink and a nudge. Now it's going viral, and I'm positive Camp Caribou Barbie never thought this BSMP LLC news would be unearthed. Great sleuthing job--keep watching to see if this LLC is suddenly closed and another one takes its place! Perhaps this little enterprise is what replaced PieSpy when it got too much unwanted publicity?
I agree with a commenter further up who suggested that Bristol, The Business may be hired to scan the blogs for any usable info re: Queen Bumpit. The fun will start when BP decides she has to comment!
Now that MSM has the goods, what are they going to do? Hopefully, not make cute jokes about what a wacko she is. Hopefully, they will do some RESEARCH. MSM has kind of become like bottom feeders. Walker Cronkite must be doing flips in this grave.
ReplyDeleteKeep on trucking Gryphen!!
HuffPO is on the case? What case?
ReplyDeleteOh, you mean the latest conspiracy you bunch of whackjobs invented?
Here we go again .. but thanks Gryphen, keep on ok? OT, but are you going to listen to Chuckie Heath on the Eddie Burke show today?
ReplyDeleteIf Bristol is raking in the $$$dough$$$, she may have to pay Levi some child support after he recieves partial custody. (there is a formula they use to estimate it)
ReplyDelete$$$ for Levi!
Anon at 912: "Traffic comes, traffic goes....Sarah keeps on truckin' through the traffic."
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, sure. The problem is, Sarah isn't able to decipher a map, gets lost as soon as she leaves her driveway, texts on two blackberries instead of watchin' the road, can't read road signs, doesn't think traffic laws apply to her or her family, and has a pantsless grandson wailin' in the back seat for his hearing aids and glasses.
Keep on truckin', honey.
Oh oh ..checked back to see if you are listening to Chuckie and see that a comment made it in right above mine .. conspiracy? ha. You have a troll, you have a troll Gryphen. Smush him.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Anon 12:24, we're inventing this.
ReplyDeleteBut we have to be creative because Sarah has set the bar so high! Since she used a Yahoo account to conduct state business to avoid open records, got per diam for living in her OWN HOME, got the state to pay for her children's vacations, let her husband run roughshot all over
AST over an old grudge, lied about . . .gosh, just about everything, BANNED the press from a public event, faked a "bus" tour so simpletons would still think she was "folksy"---we have to really think outside the box about why a 19 year old girl with no experience, resources or education would start her own consulting company.
The only good reason is because her mother has a PAC with a ton of money. Or are you suggesting real politicians would hire a 19 year old consultant with no education or experience to handle their public relations?
"MSM has the goods..."
ReplyDeleteWhat goods? An 18 year old kid has a job working for her mom? This is a crime ....... how?
I just dont get all these LLc's and PAC's and what. When are the overseers of such going to do something?? If it were me i would be in jail already. But noooo they skirt. Where the hell is an Eliot Ness!! How long are the IRS and DOJ going to let them slide?
ReplyDeleteThis LLC was set up to show that Bristol Palin has an income and that she is "independent" of her parents.
ReplyDeleteThe timing of this action is too coincidental with the timing of the suit for custody.
That SarahPAC money may be funneled through it is, I believe, secondary to its purpose.
Keep on speaking truth to power, Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteWe're with you out here! ; )
Grandma68
I agree with NYCgirl, Gryphen, do be careful!! Sarah's maniacal fans are dangerous.
ReplyDeleteThat aside, I'm glad that more and more people are coming around to seeing that something really is rotten in the state of Wasilla. I hope her jig will be up sooner than I think.
Yeah, it's a conspiracy because NO ONE ever thought to do it before.
ReplyDeletehttp://money.howstuffworks.com/money-laundering.htm/printable
Gryphen...I wish you and your sources would come out with the whole ball of wax..abt. Babygate, etc. Hit "The Family" so hard that they don't know which way the wind is blowing. This would be a great time...really
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why this is a big deal. Octomom's kids make $250/day for working on her reality show. Palin's kids should be worth at least that much. Considering their importance to the brand I think they should be earning a lot more than that for their public relations work. About the only thing interesting here is that the other kids *don't* have an LLC too.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6727995.ece
"Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed agreements for each of her 14 children – aged four months to eight years old - to earn $US250 (£150) a day to star in a reality television show.
The contracts, filed on Friday in the Los Angeles Superior Court, guarantee the children will collectively earn about $250,000 (£150,00) over three years."
Did anyone notice that in Rachel's broadcast, at the same instant she describes Bristol as "the mother of Tripp" plays a video clip of Sarah carrying Trig.....was that on purpose??
ReplyDeleteTold ya so!
ReplyDeletePalin Custody Battle Goes Public
ReplyDeleteThe root of the problem.
Levi, independent,working and in his own home.
Bristol, dependent
Gryphen I come here all the time when I read something about Buttercup because I know you will have the real deal. When I read on HuffPo that Bristol is opening a PR firm (HA!!!!!!!) I had to come here. I'm waiting for Shannyn's take next. First custody and now this? Is it in the Wasilla water? And, by the way, this WON'T be the last time I come here. We need you!
ReplyDeleteTechgnome, if the Palins are above board there will be nothing to catch up with them. It took years for the Bernie Madoff schemes to hit the fan. The Palins aren't that clever.
ReplyDeleteIf Bristol can show she is legit and handle any scrutiny that comes out of his she will have joint custody. She may did to bring up something in Levi's past and her past may become important. If chronic lying is a harmful that could come up. There cannot be alienation of affection. For the best interest of the child there will likely be intense psychiatric evaluations. Bristol can show the courts how she is independent and lives on her own and it will need to be backed up with facts. They separate the family members and friends to get different perspectives. If Bristol had a special friend or was dating that can be evaluated as it relates to Tripp.
GO GRYPHEN!
ReplyDeleteReport: Bristol Palin may become a political consultant
That didn't sit well with Jesse Griffin of the Immoral Minority blog, whose reporting on the Palins got him banned from a recent Sarah Palin book-signing.
In a reaction to Maddow's column, Griffin wrote that the type of company Bristol Palin established is strictly a public relations firm, and Van Flein's explanation for its purpose doesn't add up.
Maddow "is famous for doggedly going after a story and staying on it until she reveals the facts and exposes the lies," Griffin wrote. "So how can ONE phone call from Thomas Van Flein discourage her from this potentially explosive story? I have to say I am a little disappointed."
LMAO!! I love it that you have S'error's worshippers so shook up! Keep on bringing out the truth Gryphen!
ReplyDeleteThose trolls/Sarah are SCARED of you...can you imagine that Gryphen, you have The Runnerup Quitter Queen running scared and have had since she tried to threaten you this summer. You did not back down to her then and that bothers her, people with borderline personality disorders are used to running everyone and when the can't they have tantrums.
"In the end it may prove to be no big deal, but since we are dealing with the Palin's the chances are good that there is something a little hinky going on here."
ReplyDeletePalins is plural; there is no need for an apostrophe.
......Levi, independent,working and in his own home.....
ReplyDeleteReally? What is his occupation? How does he pay his rent? How will he support his child?
Gawker.com has this story going now as well!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things missed so far is how Van Flea attempted to hide that this was Bristol's LLC. If you do a search on Palin -- nothing shows for BSMP. That's because he did not list her on the appropriate filings as the owner; he listed only himself as the registered agent.
ReplyDeleteWay to go to try and hide an up and up business!
Good job Gryphen, keep digging and getting it out there! Run with the sources and info you get!
"Don't tell us what you can't reveal, Gryphen. Just reveal it when you can, ASAP. It annoys me too."
ReplyDeleteKinda gonna agree here. I like to know, occasionally, that you're still working on things, but I find the "most amazing shocking reveal EVAH" sort of thing annoying. I believe that there are all sorts of scandals waiting to be revealed, because this is Sarah Palin (in other breaking news, water is wet) but the just-wait-until-you-hear thing doesn't accomplish anything but frustrate us. Or at least me.
On the other side, I'm really grateful you're here, Gryph. I'm grateful to all the Alaska bloggers. I burst into tears when I found Mudflats; I had felt so alone, thinking that Sarah was a disaster of a candidate and the way she was avoiding being interviewed and the press was just playing along with her- I'm grateful, and I'll try to be patient, but just reminding us occasionally that you're still working on other stories is plenty, until you actually DO do a reveal.
Ivyfree
http://www.betrayed-vietnam-vet.info/images/PAC_Setup_Guide.pdf
ReplyDeleteThis was sort of interesting regarding setups of PACS.
For some reason, when I tried to post this earlier, it apparently did not take. I will try to reconstruct it from memory.
ReplyDeleteI am gobsmacked to learn that Bristol Palin is now the “ambassador” for Candie’s Foundation, an organization which promotes abstinence. Say what? Bristol Palin is a spokesperson for an abstinence organization? WTF!? Making her the face of abstinence is kind of like making Mark Sanford a spokesman for marital fidelity. Somebody should tell the folks at Candie’s that somebody already done ate Bristol’s candy. The wrapper on that bar is long gone. The jokes just write themselves.
Am I missing something? How is it that an undereducated, inexperienced 19 year old can bill herself as someone who can “provide lobbying, public relations, and political consulting services?” Lobbying? Public relations? POLITICAL consulting services? Again: WTF!?!?!?! How is she even remotely qualified to do any of those things? What moron would legitimately hire her for those services? Bristol Palin might be a fine young woman, and I certainly wish her no ill will, but for her to pose as someone capable of providing the services listed, she has opened herself up to public scorn, mocking, and ridicule, and all of it deserved. Honestly, if someone were trying to make her look like a fool they could not have done a better job.
In all this delusional grandiose posturing of Bristol as something she is definitely not, there is something very reminiscent of that hapless buffoon, Shawn Eckardt. You remember old Shawn, one of the stars of Tonya Harding’s shit-head posse that tried to break Nancy Kerrigan’s legs so Harding could skate off into a gold medal? Well, Shawn was feckless, corpulent goober whose resume indicated that he had worked as a CIA consultant/operative while he was all of 16! Bristol’s claims of being a “political consultant” strike me as being about as plausible as Eckardt’s claims of being a spook.
In her defense you might say, “Why, she experienced a presidential campaign firsthand.” I’ve been viewing the moon for decades, but it does not make me an astronaut. I love sushi, but I still can’t speak Japanese. Come on. If Bristol Palin is a political consultant or can provide anyone with competent public relations advice, I am Mary Queen of Scots.
It would seem that those pulling the strings for Bristol really don’t have her best interests at heart. If they did, why would they set her up as some sort of national buffoon, ripe for parody and scorn?
Bristol, dear, let me give you a bit of unsolicited advice: ditch the morons who set up this “deal” up for you. I have no doubt that you are far more capable at making decisions which are best for you and your son than your “friends” have been. You certainly would be hard pressed to do worse than they have.
John Doe, Levi has his own reality show now. Are you THAT culturally removed?
ReplyDeleteI hope this level of exposure ramps up. It's a shame that someone over 18 can't stand on her own two feet and allows her mom to use her like this.
ReplyDeleteJohnDoeAt30Below said...
ReplyDelete......Levi, independent,working and in his own home.....
Really? What is his occupation? How does he pay his rent? How will he support his child?
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These are questions, in part, that the judges will investigate:
Is Bristol independent, does she work, does she live in her own home?
What is her occupation? How does she pay her rent? How will she support her child?
Cool. The big wheel keeps on turnin' . . .
ReplyDeleteI have a 20-year-old daughter. She and most of her friends would not yet be in a position to stand on their own feet and live independently. What about a college education to start things off? Who's going to pay for it? Of course there are kids who manage this, working their way through college - and God bless them - but they are usually saddled with debt for years to come. It is simply unrealistic to think a young woman like Bristol is ready to break ties from her family. She is also emotionally and psychologically tied to them, mixed up with these grifters, and she is deeply and understandably confused if nothing else. It's just not as simple as saying "Why does Bristol allow this, why doesn't Bristol just tell her crazy parents, no?" Someone on another blog has already stated that the Palin children could likely benefit from extensive therapy. I am inclined to agree. But I am not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteAh ha. . . the lightbulb just went on. The LLC is a way for Bristol to have an INCOME for the custody battle. For the lawyer to say it's for Bristol's work for Candies is just a coverup. The last time Bristol did anything for Candies was in May. Why create the LLC in October? Right before the custody filings, of course.
ReplyDeleteSo, you betcha that mommy dearest will be paying daughter big bucks for "PR" services. It shows income to Bristol.
This maybe is too downthread but, what the heck, I'll post it anyway if anyone is still following.
ReplyDeleteTo the John Does and others who say 'how is this illegal?" or "a crime?", I posit that:
IF Bristol is receiving money from SarahPAC for 'services rendered' and IF that money was donated by people THEN the reason WHY they donated becomes an important factor in the equation.
If you tell someone to please donate to my fund because the money goes to help save puppies from being put down, you expect that the money, or the majority of the money, is going to be used to, well, help keep puppies from being put down. You expect to see sizable donations made to animal rescue organizations, shelters, spay/neuter programs, etc.
If you find, however, that a majority of the money is spent on something else, even if 'overhead', then you have to face the fact that, if the cause is something you in which you believe, your money would have been better 'spent' giving it directly to the animal rescue organization, or the local shelter, etc.
In other words, if a PAC (any PAC) is spending more money on administration than on what it actually says it's going to use the money for, it is a form of fraud, and that's what I think is totally going on here. A fraud on American people to fork their money over to the PAC, when the bulk of it is going to fly Sarah around and however much family she wants, to line Meg Stapleton's and selected others pockets, and now, with the BSMP LLC, paying Bristol to watch Trig and her own son. Hey! I'd love a PAC to pay me for watching my own relatives!
But if the AFT and SarahPAC claim they are collecting donations for certain purposes, and that's not where your money primarily ends up going, that's a form of FRAUD!
Last I heard fraud is a crime.