Sunday, December 26, 2010

I will once again provide live Tweeting during tonight's episode of "Sarah Palin sees Alaska for the very first time."


It worked out pretty well last week so I thought I would give it a shot this time as well.

Here is a link to the preview for tonight's episode.

As you can see Snowdrift Snooki has run out of varmints to kill so she has turned her hatred of Mother Nature to a victim that she will not have to waste five bullets to take out, a tree.

Come along on another Alaskan adventure as we profile amazingly hard workers in the timber industry. Loggers are hearty and hardy, and the ones I know are true conservationists. I can’t wait for you to meet these lumberjacks!

In the interest of full disclosure my grandfather was a logger.  In fact he lost the middle finger of his right hand in a logging accident. However I don't remember him EVER referring to himself as a conservationist. In fact his opinion of conservationists, "tree huggers" he called them, was rather colorful and would undoubtedly have been even more so but for the loss of that missing finger.

And as for tonight's family prop we have.........drum roll please........ Willow Palin!

In addition, come see Willow’s eyes open to a new rugged and rustic lifestyle. Her driving skills improve (?) before she undertakes a family’s rite of passage with an upcoming driver’s license test. Any parent can relate.

Willow Palin with a driver's license? Oh THAT can't be good.

Here is the link to my Twitter account.  Like I said I will be tweeting during the show, and then later posting them here with some added details to explain what happened for those who did not subject themselves to the moosecrap.

Here are the tweets as promised.

Jesus that SPA theme song is all kinds of terrible!

Smart Tripp. Refuses to kiss Sarah. Good for him!

Tripp was snuggling up to and loving on Willow, but when Gramma Grisly came up for a kiss he immediately turned his head away. And another Johnston disses Sister Sarah!

The Palin kids cannot even PRETEND to give a crap anymore!

Both Willow and Piper could not look less thrilled about being filmed and having to listen to their mother's screechy voice telling them to "wake up" or "join in" or "at least don't roll your eyes."  I always get the feeling that there are book publishers watching these episodes and planning exactly how to lure one of the kids away from the Palin pack to sign a book deal.  "Do you want to REALLY piss your mom off little girl?"

Oh God Palin is celebrating her stupid "refudiate" mistake.

Snowdrift Snooki is being driven to go kill a tree when she looks up from her Blackberry and exclaims that her word "refudiate" is the most Googled word since she tweeted it accidentally.  I am not sure it is a badge of honor to have people turning to Google in an attempt to make sense out of what the hell you just said.

Logging IS quite dangerous. But we know Sarah survives so no suspense.

That was just mean of me and I apologize. I certainly do not want Palin to come to any harm.  That would mean she could not be prosecuted, and that would be MUCH more fun to watch.

No way is she cutting that tree by herself. I have used a chainsaw to take down trees, it requires substantial upper body strength.

She had two guys right next to her while she was using a monster chaninsaw to cut through a tree.  I have to imagine that THEY did the majority of the cutting.  Like I said it requires too much body strength for Palin to make it very far into one of those big ass trees.

Look for that chainsaw to show up on E-Bay sometime soon.

She signed the guys chainsaw.  Hmm I wonder if it will sell any faster than this did?

Todd is about as vaguely bearded as Joe Miller.

Todd usually has a much fuller goatee, but in this episode it looks like he shaved it of and it is just growing back. I don't really have a snarky comment, I just happened to notice it.

Willow can't hear Sarah talking? She should bottle that. She could make a fortune!

Palin remarks that it seems Willow only hears her when she wants to, and I could not help thinking that there are millions of people who would be willing to pay to have the ability to block out that annoying voice of hers.

What else would Willow do if she did not learn a skill? The same thing that Sarah does. Grift!

Sister Sarah remarks that she feels it is important for Willow to learn to be self sufficient and to learn a trade because, "what is she going to do if she doesn't?"  And yes, she said it with a straight face.

A swinger reference? That was for the horny male Palin-bots.

Sarah said she is not a swinger when she was told to swing a log onto a pile of other logs using a giant crane. I was wondering when the unnecessarily gratuitous sexual reference was coming, and there it is.

Sarah edits this program, and leaves in all of the parts of Willow back talking and ignoring her? Perhaps that is all she had to work with.

I swear that EVERY time the camera showed Willow she was rolling her eyes, smirking, or ignoring her mother's pleas to participate.  I kind of think that was the only footage they had of Willow so they did the best they could. This might endear Palin to a few mothers of teenage girls, but to me it just seemed like she had no control or influence in her family.

I don't think Palin has any idea how long it takes for a tree to reach maturity.

Harvesting trees and then planting seeds to reforest is the common practice, but Palin made it sound as if it would only take a short while before the trees they just cut down would be replaced with new trees.  In fact it will take decades.

Palin made new friends. By giving them a bunch of gifts. Undoubtedly paid for by the producers of her show. Can you say "tacky?"

For some odd reason Todd and Sarah brought out gifts and then played a game they called "Eskimo Bingo" (which I have never heard of), in which each person rolls the dice and, if they get doubles, they get to choose a present.  Even though she brought the gifts Sarah participated  as well, cackling at her luck when she got to choose a present.  I have no idea why they put that segment in, if not  to have the opportunity to film the people out in the logging camp interacting with the Palin family. Which I guess meant they had to bribe them with gifts.

I hope that they are explaining to Willow that stock car driving is NOT the same as driving on the highway.

I have to admit that the stock car racing looked like fun.  But once again Willow was a little hesitant to participate. I think Track would have enjoyed this part of the episode much more, but I guess he had HIS time in front of the camera already.

Really? Suspenseful; music? Are we supposed to think that Willow was injured? This show is aimed at the lowest IQ viewer imaginable.

Willow wiped out and drove into a dirt mound in the middle of the track.  It was not much of an impact and I could see Willow moving around, but they played suspenseful music and then cut to a commercial to draw out the "drama." It was a poorly contrived attempt to add a little excitement to what was a painfully dull episode.

Only one more episode? A TWO hour long finale? I may start drinking now.

Next week's episode is the finale (Thank God!), but they are planning to drag it out for two hours.  Can you imagine? TWO hours of the Grizzled Mama screeching at her family as they all try to ignore her?  Why isn't this show being used to scare off terrorists? ("If you try to bomb us we will stick you in a room with Sarah Palin for two hours!"  That's right, run home!")

Why is there an ambulance sound in the background? Seriously?

Now they return from the commercial and show people running to see if Willow is alright, and there is the sound of an ambulance in the background. This part actually made me laugh out loud.  It was almost too stupid to be believed.  (By the way, Sarah was NOT one of the ones running out to see if Willow was alright. Now THAT I had no trouble believing.)

The Mama Grizzly is going to look at ACTUAL Grizzlies. You know what my Christmas wish is? Never mind we know it did not happen.

Once again I was being mean, and I take it back.  I mean a bear could get serious indigestion eating somebody who was chick full of diet pills and Red Bull.

Those bears are eating salmon and do not give a crap about Palin, anymore than Obama does.

And yet Palin squealed about the bears as if she was terrified of them.  She asked their guide if he had a gun, even though the bears wee completely disinterested in them. (He replied he only had pepper spray but that they were fine.) I guess she was upset because the only thing that got killed in this episode was a tree. (And her political credibility of course.)

Sarah is confident that Willow will find her path just like Track and Bristol did. Poor Willow.

Mama Palin seems to think that Willow will do just as well as Bristol and Track have done.  Could that bar be set any lower for this poor kid?

I think Willow could do MUCH better than either Track or Bristol.  But first she needs to get the hell away from her family, and go to college.  I think she still has a chance to be her own person.

I am interested in what the ratings will be for this snoozefest. I will be very surprised if it has even two million viewers left.

55 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:51 PM

    After boycotting it for weeks I decided to tune in, but only lasted a few minutes, it's so fake & boring. Piper seems clinically depressed and can't even pretend to be excited to be (on TV) or with her mom. She looks bored out of her skull and Sarah says Piper doesn't want to do anything with her anymore, but she's only 9 or 10 isn't that pretty young for that?

    Well when you ignore Piper constantly, she knows it's always about you, Sarah and never about her, so she's lost all hope of happiness, very gut wrenching to watch.

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  2. "Lumberjacks"?

    Jesus.

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  3. Anonymous5:07 PM

    What the hell is wrong with Sarah's jaw? I mean it is really jacked up!

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  4. Haha, I am with my brother and family and we decided to watch as a joke. My mother was watching a hoarding show with her new wireless headphones while she is reading. I changed the channel to the palin show and after 6 minutes I noticed my mother had turned off her headphones.
    Later when they said Willow couldn't go on a trip my sister in law said 'she can't go because of morning sickness'. LOL
    Later my niece walked in and said "Ewwww, is that palin", Haha, she is only 10 and she has good taste. My family is sitting here just laughing at palin.

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  5. is it sunday already ?!?
    o/t but i thought you might be interested in this upcoming movie, gryph, called red state:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/26/john-goodman-in-trailer-for-kevin-smiths-political-religious-horror-film-red-state_n_801296.html
    kevin smith is involved, so you know it will be wild and completely irreverent. i love john goodman - good to see him out there and acting.

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  6. igettit25:23 PM

    True Palin lumberjack entertainment.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n7y_j_nbBg

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  7. Well, that was a great idea, Sarah. Take Willow on a trip and then leave her all day by herself. Also, Sarah talks like a guy that I used to work with. He was on meth and talked fast and crazy like she does. Is comfortableness a word or is sp being Shakespear again ?

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  8. Anonymous6:05 PM

    HUH??? I thought this series was supposed to be a peek at how the Palins live all the time. So, how would it be Willow's first glimpse of "a new rugged and rustic lifestyle"???

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  9. Anonymous6:06 PM

    some gret fox news reporting *eyeroll*

    http://nation.foxnews.com/death-panels/2010/12/26/obama-brings-back-death-panels

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  10. Anonymous6:09 PM

    As Bette Davis said about Joan Crawford:
    Christ, what a silly bitch.

    But Joan Crawford was a nicer person than
    Sayruh.

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  11. FEDUP!!!6:25 PM

    O/T: Did you get that Bri$tol supposedly wants to go to Arizona State U? $he, who ha$ no high$chool diploma, and dropped out of Community College?
    Wonder who is pulling the strings for this one, and also, too, wonder if $he woill have to pay out-of-state-tuition, or if $he get$ $pecial treatment and gets in-state tuition (given that $he now 'owns' property in that state...)

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  12. Anonymous6:34 PM

    "He was on meth and talked fast and crazy like she does."

    That is Sarah, but you don't want to see her come down either.

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  13. Anonymous6:35 PM

    The usual themes: work ethic, work ethic, work ethic (yeah right), and also WE ARE SO BRAVE - everything we do here in Alaska is life threatening but we Palins do it anyway!

    She is screaming for Willow to drive as fast as she possibly can and then the minute Willow ends up on the roadside she says she never, ever wants to see her children hurt (DUH, if you're a normal mother - which you aren't). She really wanted Willow to beat Todd - no surprise.

    She is so butchy, really.

    PS Did she make sure all those folks got gifts even if they didn't roll doubles in the allotted 10 minutes? And did the kids get appropriate toys that they would enjoy?

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  14. Anonymous6:44 PM

    You are amazing, Gryphen. I could not watch or live tweet this show.

    I am pleased that they keep beating the Willow drum. The time Sarah did Track Palin was sad. The man/boy needs some good male guidance and more than part time work. The girls in the family out shine him time and time again. What is this I hear about Prime Rib? Did Sarah shoot a cow?

    Ask John Paoletti

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  15. looking forward to the explanation of your tweets, but i don't think there is really any explaining this useless bit of tv. it makes as much sense as sarah does.
    i noticed in one of your tweets that you said c4p was gone, so i excitedly checked, and found myself over in the dark side. a caption said tha \t sarah had addressed the military on fox, and then she answered some stupid questions from retchin'. one was what is you favorite bible character. of course she chose esther, and then she added moses and went on to slyly compare herself to moses. i repeat, she compared herself to moses. then she says some more stupid things, like practically calling moose walking protein...
    sorry to provide this link to the dark side - i tried to just get the fox video - also the dark side. be forewarned!

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  16. Anonymous7:12 PM

    Off topic, but Right On!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/sarah-palin-americas-whin_b_800752.html

    Rick

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  17. Anonymous7:25 PM

    OK, lower 48 person here. So Willow is driving some type of racing car without even having a driver's license and, as she puts it, "only a little driving experience"? And her mom encourages her to drive fast and beat her dad's time?

    I had to wear steel-toe boots (plus safety glasses, ear plugs and a hard hat) when I used to visit plants (refinery, petro-chem) for work, so what type of safety gear is required for "visitng" loggers? It looked like the real loggers were wearing steel toe boots, but not the Palins?

    And what's this about constantly needing a gun when you're around bears, yet the same Palins go camping and leave coolers of food RIGHT BY THE TENTS (the Kate & 8 episode)?

    Gez.

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  18. Anonymous7:38 PM

    Does she really think that Alaska is the only place there are loggers? This is interesting because??? And why can't she let the guy do their jobs - why does she have to be filmed doing it. Oh my god, and she's very, very proud of her daughter for cutting a head of lettuce? she is the biggest joke on earth. And why does she always say she wants to impress Todd; wants to impress Willow -what the hell is wrong with this lady?

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  19. kdusmdd7:44 PM

    Couldn't watch the show....have not watched any of them....Just wondering what stupid things she did on this one.......

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  20. Anonymous8:06 PM

    Now the new story is Bristol is talking going to school in AZ. What a joke. She won't have her built in kid raiser so that tanks that idea along with the fact that the whole Palin clan are dumber than dirt and lazy as hell.

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  21. Anonymous8:28 PM

    More rope please. The longer this exposure goes on, the more the true Sarah is revealed to her supporters.
    This woman just happened to get into politics. Money and power however she can get it is the only goal she ever had. This has become increasingly clear as time goes on.

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  22. Ted Powell9:41 PM

    "... exclaims that her word "refudiate" is the most Googled word since she tweeted it accidentally."

    She says quite clearly that the accident was that she typed "f" when she meant "d" (they are right next to each other on the keyboard). But if we believe her, that means she was trying to type "redudiate"!

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  23. Anonymous10:37 PM

    Why did the train stop in the woods?











    To let the lumberjack off.

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  24. I did not watch the show. But i thought i might speak about logging. In the 70's i was a logger in New Hampshire. We would be hired to go onto private property and selectively cut what we could find as harvestable wood. As we thinned we would leave the trees that looked to grow into the best prospects of good wood in the future. The rest was either lumber or firewood. I am sure if i were to walk in those woods today i would see tall beautiful trees. The managment of our forest here in Alaska is for money and not about the trees. Sarah would not know how to drop a tree if her life depended on it. Humans owe wood a very long and deep respect.

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  25. Anonymous2:33 AM

    I skimmed through your tweets and comments and there are two things I want to comment on.

    First of all, your sentence "she looks up from her Blackberry and exclaims that her word "refudiate" is the most Googled word since she tweeted it accidentally" says ALL we need to know about Sarah. That is who she is and all she cares about. She is a TMZ girl, not a political candidate. I hope everyone realizes that now.

    Secondly, the comment she made about Bristol making it is pretty telling. Sarah made Bristol famous, and even pushed her on DWTS. The only thing Bristol did on her own was get knocked up. Mama did the rest, and mama's infamy made it possible. Bristol was not pleased with her life in the beginning, her gig was not working out with Levi, but at this point I think she's pretty satisfied. Her mother came through financially and Bristol has put aside all her resentment that could have easily boiled up and ruined Sarah's world. Now it's Willow's turn, and you can bet this girl has been taking notes! She wants payola just like Bristol. She doesn't expect to work or get a real degree. She expects her mother to set her up. And that Homer video where she lashes out, is very indicative of not just being an angry, unhappy person, it's their philosophy on display. It's "I'll have your back if you have mine."

    I saw my niece at Xmas, and I have to tell you, we're just an average family, not rich, even a little dysfunctional on occasion like every family, but she is doing great. She is pretty, smart, and understands the value of college. After her bachelors she will pursue a masters. Not because she's brilliant or special, it's just what the kids are doing nowdays. At least the kids outside Wasilla. The difference between her and Bristol/Willow is night and day. I don't think the Palin kids represent their generation at all. I think they only represent the trailer trash segment of their generation.

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  26. Anonymous2:41 AM

    "That is Sarah, but you don't want to see her come down either."

    I'll bet. I said this a long time ago, that I think Sarah does what she does, the traveling, frantic pace, etc, because she HAS to. If she comes down, she's probably depressed, and a little anxious. It's probably hard to get her out of the funk once she's in it, so Todd lets her do her thing. I think McCain's staff saw a bit of that when she went into a catatonic state while practicing for debates and stuff.

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  27. Anonymous3:02 AM

    To Ted Powell @9:41 pm

    LOL "redudiate".

    The woman is a "ducking ifiot".

    Sharon1943

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  28. Anonymous3:45 AM

    O/T: SP's book is down to #10 on the best seller's list. Pres. Obama's is still #1.

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  29. Anonymous4:37 AM

    Learn a trade? Why isn't she talking about what college Willow will go to, out East or CA, but no, a TRADE? Nothing wrong with learning a trade but that seems odd that college is just not on the table for these kids.

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  30. Anonymous4:49 AM

    when Oprah recently stated that she thought Palin's show would endear people to her, she obviously hasn't seen the show.
    Palin wants attention on herself 24/7 and thinks she is so funny, cool, and wonderful. She constantly spews crap that isn't reality to her family so they tune her out because they can't put up with her grandstanding, BS and blabbing about goals, hard work...

    This is a family who this woman abandoned years ago for her own ambitions and they are so full of pain, anger and resentment, they can't even enjoy their time together because it's only about Sarah. Anyone who sees the show sees what a terrible family dynamic they have with depressed, angry kids who can't stand to be around their mother, a father who contributes nothing emotionally, and a grandchild who hasn't bonded with his grandmother. Very disurbing!

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  31. Anonymous5:02 AM

    Well,I thought I'd brave this episode, and I made it through the first part, up until Willow and the car race.

    I, like others, noticed the disconnect between SP and all the kids:
    1. Who was watching Piper, Trig and Tripp all this time? Piper?
    2. Didn't SP know ahead of time that kids were not allowed in the harvesting area? Why on earth would Willow be dragged down just to sit alone (it looks like). She is one surly kid, but I kind of see why. Makes me agree with Carl Rove (a scary thought) when he said he couldn't see how this program would help SP's presidential run.
    3. I have had a problem with this program as a viewing other than the obvious. It seems very disjointed to me, and last night was the worst yet: One moment we are out harvest trees, then back aty camp with Willow, then walking by the shore tossing rocks into the water, then back out with helmets on and trees again. Confusing to me.

    If, like Gryph has pointed out, SP is editing this series, why on earth is she letting all these unpleasant scenes in? It's not like she is being truthful and letting the public see the normal side of life - her props are letting her down.

    Thanks Gryph - let us know what the ratings are this week!

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  32. Anonymous5:07 AM

    She's toast

    http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/12/24/palin_gop_criticism/index.html

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  33. Ha ha ha Ted Powell---

    Maybe she's secretly a fan of The Big Lebowski?

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  34. Anonymous5:37 AM

    oh please...Bear Whisperer? Hardly.

    Proving herself quite the bear whisperer, she said to the cameras of the interaction, "I get it. I know exactly what it is that she's thinking."

    http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/palin_knocks_conservationists.html

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  35. Anonymous5:39 AM

    Smack this bitch...now.

    Chainsaw-Wielding Sarah Palin Complains About Conservationists With Their “Pretty Little Pencils”

    Conservationists [who] write me nasty letters because I support [logging], usin’ their pretty little pencils and their pretty little stationery, not realizin,’ where do you think your pencil and your stationery comes from? It came from a tree that was harvested!

    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chainsaw-wielding-sarah-palin-complains-about-conservationists-with-their-pretty-little-pencils/

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  36. One of those kids is going to write a "Mommy Dearest" tome one day. Who is it going to be?

    Piper: No more bumpits, MOMMY!
    Willow: No more cameras, MOMMY!
    Bristol: I am pregnant (again), MOMMY!
    Track: Who's my daddy, MOMMY!

    What do you guess? It took Reagan's daughter until she was about 30. We don't have long to wait.

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  37. Anonymous5:42 AM

    Anon @ 2:33 said "...I don't think the Palin kids represent their generation at all. I think they only represent the trailer trash segment of their generation."

    I couldn't agree with you more. Our teen years have been filled with interesting, pleasant interaction with my kids and their friends. Education has ALWAYS been a top-priority. Learning a trade can be part of that, but a college education is expected in order to become thoughtful citizens and competitive in the job market.

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  38. Anonymous5:45 AM

    When Barbara Walters asked Sarah Palin if she could beat President Obama in 2012, the half-term governor of Alaska confidently replied, "I believe so." Unfortunately for her, no one else does.

    A new Washington Post-ABC News poll only dims Palin's luster. Among registered voters, "Fully 60 percent say they definitely would not" vote for her for president. And in a head-to-head match-up President Obama beats Palin 53 to 40.]

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/12/_when_barbara_walters_asked.html

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  39. carol from Minnesota5:50 AM

    I do not believe that Sarah Palin cut the tree down by herself. I live in Northern MN where a great many of the people exist by logging. THey are strong men who have learned over many years how to fell a tree, even so they have accidents. It takes a lot of skill to decide how the tree will fall or if it needs help. then the first cut needs to be placed perfectly to aid the fall. Then the cut must be made behind the first cut. This all takes years of practice and muscles. If they show her cutting the tree it must be the last bit of the cut only as the tree is ready to fall.

    I am a womaan who has her own chainsaw and went out with my husband every year to gather our firewood for the year. That is the only heat we had in Northern MN where we are usually colder than Anchorage all winter. I know how to cut a tree down and would never for a minuet believe she did anything but hold the saw at the last minute when handed it by the logger who really cut it down. Fake again.

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  40. Anonymous5:53 AM

    Todd and Sarah brought out gifts and then played a game they called "Eskimo Bingo"

    Is "Eskimo" still an accepted term among Alaskans these days? Isn't an old-fashioned and somewhat inappropriate term, sort of like "Chinaman" or "Oriental" or "redskin"?

    I would imagine the native people in Alaska would prefer to be called by their actual tribal name.

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  41. Anonymous5:57 AM

    David Frum, former Bush speechwriter, Nov. 23:


    Imagine you’re at the circus. On the ground is a poodle performing a stunt. Above the clown’s head, dangling from a thin wire, is a piano. The piano is teetering, tottering, looking as if at any moment it might slip, crash to earth, and crush the dog. Impossible not to watch, right? And that’s the Palin show, only this time with the party of Lincoln as the little dog, and Sarah Palin as the piano.

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  42. Anonymous6:03 AM

    Dang. Was that on again last night and I missed it - again?!?! Geez. Why did I choose to spend time with my family, instead of with Sarah's fake family on the tube. I know I missed an excellent travel log of Alaska and my bagger queen.

    (time was better spent putting together a puzzle with my famiy.)

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  43. Anonymous6:29 AM

    Anon @ 3:45 AM

    #9 on the list is "Shit my Dad Says" which is way more interesting than "Shit Sarah Palin Says."

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  44. Anonymous6:45 AM

    "By the way, Sarah was NOT one of the ones running out to see if Willow was alright. Now THAT I had no trouble believing."


    it was a stunt driver - Willow was not in the race car then or ever...

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  45. Anonymous6:45 AM

    @Anon 5:45 am--I don't care WHAT is coming out of her mouth, she is NOT confident that she could beat Obama. Watch her body language as she says that line. She closes her eyes and focuses down & to the left, all classic signs of insecurity in her answer. If she truly believed what she said, she would have looked Babs directly in the eye when she said it.

    and total agreement re: the chainsaws. I currently own three including my pole trimmer, and she's way too much of a wean to handle that saw. I regularly heft 50# sacks of feed, and even I have to take breaks when cutting trees that size.

    The good news is that she's going to reap exactly what she sows in regards to those kids. Might not be the smartest idea to hold Bristol up as an example for Willow. Now the girl knows she really can get the heck out of Dodge.

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  46. Anonymous6:47 AM

    Two hour finale?

    All the past loser Palins who got eliminated shows up?

    Is this where the Palin family performs two dances and one of the dances they get to pick their music from a bag?

    I doubt that Sarah does not know what her songs are. Sarah's songs are like her questions at her paid speeches, they are always pre-selected so she does not look stupid, but she always does.

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  47. Anonymous6:49 AM

    "seems odd that college is just not on the table for these kids."

    college is for HS graduates or someone with a GED - so far, none of the Palin kids have either.

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  48. Anonymous6:52 AM

    "Anonymous 5:53 AM said...
    Todd and Sarah brought out gifts and then played a game they called "Eskimo Bingo"

    Is "Eskimo" still an accepted term among Alaskans these days? Isn't an old-fashioned and somewhat inappropriate term, sort of like "Chinaman" or "Oriental" or "redskin"?

    I would imagine the native people in Alaska would prefer to be called by their actual tribal name."

    WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A FAMILY THAT SAYS, "So SAMBO beat the bitch?" That's our Palins for ya.

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  49. Anonymous7:07 AM

    We noticed that there doesn't seem to be much connection between Todd and Sarah. He seems remote and detached. Can't blame him.

    There was one moment where one of them reached for the others' hand, but it seemed staged and probably was encouraged by producers because they see how distant these two are with each other.

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  50. Anonymous7:13 AM

    What are these "paths" Track and Bristol chose?

    To the best of my understanding the slamon fishing is a three week time frame. Is Track's trade, profession or path net fishing for one month?

    It seems a stretch to call Bristol's main income of calling a magazine for a story as a "trade". Bristol's "path" is being pregnant as a teen, dropping out of school then selling her story of being a struggling single parent and therefore don't do this? Or is Bristol's "path" being a dancer, actress and teen advocate who advocates not getting pregnant or having sex?

    Big question is, what path is Sarah on? Is it celebrity and a sideline of ehrs to meddle i politics destroying otehrs careers?
    Or is it both to her then spin Regan was an actor and a politician? Is Sarah's ambition to be a part time POTUS and be a reality star at the same time?

    This is one chaotic family!

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  51. Anonymous7:45 AM

    "Sarah says Piper doesn't want to do anything with her anymore, but she's only 9 or 10 isn't that pretty young for that?"

    You're still in love with your mom and your family when you're 9-10. But that's when the family's not fractured, and when the parents care enough to provide your basic needs. I think Piper doesn't get enough sleep and eats too much crap. If she's being home-schooled, she's not getting a chance to find new friends or discover mentors outside that toxic family. She's in a lot of airplanes and cars and probably doesn't get regular exercise.

    This show is so completely and embarrassingly about Palin's self-love that it becomes a show about the unloving ways she treats her kids. Just to be involving them as she acts out her neuroses for the public is an act of cruelty.

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  52. Anonymous8:07 AM

    That's hilarious. Thanks for the rundown Gryphen !!

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  53. Anonymous8:13 AM

    Anonymous said...

    Learn a trade? Why isn't she talking about what college Willow will go to, out East or CA, but no, a TRADE? Nothing wrong with learning a trade but that seems odd that college is just not on the table for these kids.

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    I commented on another blog that Palin is of that lovely school of parenting in which there is an unspoken rule for the kids to follow. You will NOT make mama look bad by doing better than her. The kids' roles are to provide mama with her constant noble victimhood.

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  54. Anonymous8:15 AM

    "Palin wants attention on herself 24/7 and thinks she is so funny, cool, and wonderful."


    Yup--that is the way those reality TV people are.
    That is why I don't watch reality shows. A
    Greta Garbo wouldn't become a legend
    now--because she wouldn't parade her
    bathroom habits, fucking habits, and daily
    tasks before the unwashed masses.


    "She is so butchy, really."

    She looked kind of pretty when she was fixed up
    and paraded out during election 08, but now--
    Yikes! What a fishwife! This is one hard woman--
    in looks & actions. They hired a Hollywood
    makeup artist to follow her during the campaign,
    and IIRC, a hairstylist, and I can see why.

    Sarah Palin is the most un-endearing person
    I've ever seen. The more people get to know her,
    the less they like her. HA HA!

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  55. Anonymous8:16 AM

    If, like Gryph has pointed out, SP is editing this series, why on earth is she letting all these unpleasant scenes in? It's not like she is being truthful and letting the public see the normal side of life - her props are letting her down.

    Thanks Gryph - let us know what the ratings are this week!

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    I think it is because she thinks it elevates her. The worse her kids look, she thinks the better she looks, nobly dealing with the travails of parenthood day in and day out. Remember, Sarah is all about building herself up by tearing others down.

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