Your President's Day inspirational post courtesy of Sarah Palin. Try not to laugh.

Okay so if you're like me your first response to this is derisive laughter.

Which is actually my response to a lot of things that Sarah Palin says, wears, or gives birth to.

However then I took a moment to give this a little thought, ie the coffee kicked in, and it occurred to me that in fact Sarah Palin had been a source of inspiration.

For instance when I first heard that Palin had been selected as John McCain's running mate, I determined to learn more about her.

And I did.

Not only that but I was also inspired to look into all facets of corruption up here in Alaska and elsewhere. (Talk about the stuff of nightmares.)

I was also inspired to give voice to those who had stories to tell about the Palins that were being ignored by the MSM. (Though not always.)

I was inspired to help those who had been hurt by the Palins and had no place to voice their frustrations.

And finally I was inspired to spend more time working on this blog, which up to the day of the announcement that Palin was McCain's running mate had sort of been an afterthought.

So, and I cannot believe I am saying this, thank you Sarah Palin for inspiring me.

And doesn't it feel good to know that you are partially responsible for the success of IM?

Oh don't bother answering, the look in your eyes says it all.

About those Radar Online articles targeted at the Johnston family. Update!

By now most of you have probably read the three Radar Online stories that have come out in the last three days. (They can be found here, here, and here.)

The information contained in those articles seems to indicate a source very close to the Johnston family, and has caused problems within the Johnston household.

Since the articles came out I have been doing a little digging and while I cannot respond to every accusation I can address a few of them.

Yes Levi and Sunny have moved in with Sherry, his mom. However that is not because he cannot afford to pay rent, but to help him to save to purchase a place of their own, and I understand the arrangement is only temporary. (By the way they only moved in about three days ago.)

No Levi is not broke, he works seven days a week as an electrician in Wasilla, and he brings home a decent wage. What is true is that he has lawyer bills to pay and thanks to Bristol's constant manipulations those are fairly outlandish.

Yes Levi and Sunny lived with Sherry three years ago as well, but only temporarily and I really don't know if any rent was paid or not. (In the interest of transparency I also lived with my mom for a short time after I was divorced over twenty years ago, and she would not have accepted my money even if I had offered it.)

In the first article it was mentioned that there were a lot of Bristol boyfriends, I think we all know that to be true.

In the second article there is a reference to Sunny being fired from two jobs, but as it turns out she was let go from only one and that was partially due to Breeze being sick a few times, and partially due to her employer's wife's suspicions that her husband had a "thing" for Sunny.  (Hardly blame him.)

In the most recent article there is reference to Levi seeking counsel from two different divorce lawyers about a year ago, this one I know is false because at that time Levi and Sunny, together, were actively looking for a lawyer to help with Tripp's custody situation. So that allegation simply makes no sense.

(By the way I did finally manage to get a response from Levi himself, and he has denied much of what is printed in these articles. Levi rarely speaks out, but this has him both angry and hurt.)

So now we come to who is the source of these stories.

There are many who are certain it is Mercede, mostly based on the fact that the articles attack both Bristol and Sunny but seem supportive of Levi. (It should be noted that Mercede denies this on Facebook, and has said the same to her family.)

If that is true I would like to believe that it is more likely a case that Sadie trusted a Facebook friend who then sold her out to Radar Online, rather than to believe she would do this herself.  (Especially since this could make it harder for Sadie to see Tripp.)

I know that both Sunny and Mercede have faux "friends" on Facebook who have ingratiated themselves to them, and are now coyly pumping them for information. (Actually I have at least one of those as well.)

At this point it really does not matter who gave out the information as the damage has been done, and of course the stories are being picked up by other media outlets.

Here's what I can say for a fact.

Sunny and Levi have a strong marriage. As you can imagine they have suffered some bumps in the road, but currently they are committed to each other.

Levi is not broke. But he does have lawyer fees to pay.

Levi is not finished fighting for custody of his son. Not by a long shot.

And the last thing I will say is that Radar Online is Palin's "go to" choice for getting out their version of events, so I feel very strongly that they had some hand in getting this story into print. There are just too many details in these stories to have come from one source, even if that source were Mercede herself.

And I'm not saying it was.

Update: Just for the record we are not going to have any Sadie or Sunny bashing here. 

So for the troll that is trying to start some shit, take it to another blog. Trust me there are plenty who would be happy for the hits.

You ever have one of those nights?

For those confused as to what happened with the simple little Happy Birthday Tripp post on Saturday night, let me explain.

Originally I had the Sea of Blue post scheduled for that last slot at the end of the night.

However when I visited Facebook to see what my family was up to I happened to see a post from Mercede wishing her nephew a happy birthday.

"Oh yeah it's Tripp's birthday" I thought so I quickly put up a simple post wishing him a happy birthday, which I have done several times in the past. No biggie.

After that I kind of turned away from my computer and started doing other work while watching Netflix in the background.

At around 8:04 I received a comment suggesting that Tripp's birthday is actually two days away.

Wait, what? So at this point I have also had a glass or two of wine and am exhausted and not thinking at all clearly.

So I Google Tripp's birth date and find this. In my somewhat bleary eyed state all I do is read the date, which is December 29th, and think "Oh crap I might be premature." (The article actually says that Tripp was born on Saturday which would have made it the 27th. But hey. who reads the articles?)

I then went to my post on the day that we all learned that Bristol gave birth, and once again only read the date it was posted, December 29th. (The actual ADN article listed the birth date on the 28th. More confusion.)

So at this point I have confused myself completley since I am literally running on fumes. In response I quickly write a post saying that I might be wrong, and how weird it is that Mercede would have Tripp's birthday wrong.

Then I post that and go back to Facebook to ask Sadie about it. When I get there I see that Sunny has also wished Tripp a happy birthday and talked about spending the day with him to celebrate.

After that I changed the post once again to what most of you saw Saturday night and Sunday morning.

When I woke up in the morning I went back to see where I had screwed up and was able to figure out where I had, if you pardon the term, tripped up.

Tripp's birthday is, and always has been, December 27th. Which is something I have known because I have wished him a happy birthday several times in the past.

So let me apologize for my rather confusing post, and remind all of you that drinking and posting never mix.

I would also like to mention that though I may have bungled my birthday post for Tripp, at least I took the time to make one.

As of right now neither Bristol nor Sarah have bothered to do the same.

P.S. For those of you who are curious about the next post coming from my source, I will let you know that I sent her a list of the questions that many of you left in the comments and she has responded. I am still working on followups and clarifications, but the post is planned for January 2nd which will place it outside of the holiday slow period when blog traffic is traditionally down.

Why it's important.

Courtesy of Levi's Facebook page.

Recently there have been questions as to why we should care about the Tripp Johnston custody situation. I understand that most of those come from trolls, and we all understand THEIR agenda, but in case there are any others who legitimately wonder why I waste time an energy on this cause let me explain.

First off as a father who had to fight in court to retain custody of his daughter, I care.

And as a child who was once abandoned by my own father, I care.

But as somebody who is tired of seeing people's lives destroyed by that vicious Wasilla bitch, I care even more.

One thing you cannot help but to discover when you interview people about Sarah Palin, is just how many lives she damaged during her rise to power, and her struggle to retain it.

This is something that all of us, Geoffrey Dunn, Joe McGinniss, reporters from various magazines, and I all learned while doing research on her over the years.

And these were not the exception to the rule either. Terrible things befell people who stood up to the Palins, spoke out against the Palins, or simply were perceived as problematic by the Palins.

Terrible things.

Talk show hosts, comedians, politicians, librarians, shopkeepers, former partners, high school acquaintances, sex partners, or just fellow Wasilla residents, have all felt the sting of Palin retribution.

There were stories that Joe McGinniss left out of his book every bit as damaging as the ones he put in, and in some cases more.

In most cases there is nothing that can be done for these people, and they are too terrified to seek compensation or justice themselves.

But in the case of Levi, what was done may have been the most egregious act of revenge ever perpetrated by the Palin family.

They were surely instrumental in getting Sherry locked up, scrubbed Mercede's computer clean of family photos in an attempt to hide something she may not even have realized she had, caused a rift between family members, somehow used his own lawyer and manager to destroy his reputation, and kept him away from his son for the vast majority of the young boy's life.

Most of this is almost impossible to prove. But not that last bit.

THAT is as well documented as anything I have ever seen. We have hours of television footage to prove that case, and the Johnston's have much, much more than that.

Do not forget that Levi was literally the first person close to the family to speak out publicly, and call Sarah out on her bullshit. And instead of the accolades and support he should have received for that courage, instead his lawyer stole his money, and his manager destroyed his credibility.

All this man wants is his child back in his life permanently.

I think he deserves much more than that, but if I can, in some way, help him to get Tripp, then that is the very least I can do.

So yes, we will continue to talk about it, and I will continue to provide whatever support I, and IM, can provide.

Mercede Johnston unfiltered.

Borrowed with permission from Sadie's Facebook page.

Okay so the other day I wrote this post where I retrieved some of Sadie's comments from an earlier post and put them up for everybody to see.

Well last night Sadie got the chance to see the responses to that post and has a little more to add. Including a smackdown for a certain troll.

Here is how she starts out:

I did not get to read all the comments on the last post and I am just beginning to read comments on this post. I will answer as many questions as I can. 

Why hasn't Levi taken Bristol to court yet? There has been many times court has been mentioned/pursued and then Bristol changes her tune, plays nice, and allows Levi to see his son. While promising that they don't 'need' to go to court. 

The other reason, like Anonymous10:49 AM said, MONEY. My brother is a young man trying to support his family and he doesn't have millions of dollars like the Palins do. If we did have unlimited resource's like they do, we would have had this settled four years ago. 

I have read comments from this blog and other blogs/outlets coming from wonderful people who have offered to help Levi with his legal fees/fight for Tripp. However, when I proposed the idea of setting up an account for my Brother to receive help from all you generous people, and even offered to set it up for them, Sunny declined. 

Sunny said "no..." and that she was "going to do it"..

It has been a very long time since that conversation and she has yet to do anything other than post pictures on his "facebook page". 

I have done everything I can do to help and get my Nephew back to his other home, but there is only so much I can do...unfortunately. I wish my Brother would have allowed me to set that up for the benefit of him as a father, and most importantly, for the benefit of Tripp. 

Tripp needs his father in his life and he needs us in his life as well.. but unfortunately his wife got in the way of that opportunity. 

I still want to thank each and every one of you who has supported us and graciously offered to help my Brother, Tripp, and ultimately my whole family. 

 I don't understand why she doesn't want me to set an account up to help her husband, herself, her daughter, and Tripp...And if I ever get the chance/Sunny's permission to set an account up, I will in a heart beat. 

Sadie's next response was directly to a troll. As you know I tend to ignore the trolls and encourage others to do likewise, but this is Sadie's idea so here you go. 

I will post the trollish comment first.

Whatever. I want her to "weigh in" on rudfles, Truggybear, cutest baby brother ever. Sarah as mon in law. You know, all the things i believe the Johnstons have not "weighed in" on truthfully. 

What was so dambing on their comouters that needed to go down the memory hole so quickly? Forgive typos- on small phone. 

When others tried to explain things, this was the response:

Exactly. Her brother lied. 

Must have been for good reason. 

Is she going to go against Levis wishes? 

She would lose half her family. 

No. Way. 

Sorry, sadie. So much more to say. 

Finally Sadie had had enough.

Mercede Johnston weighs in.

Apparently Sadie read the comments after yesterday's post about Celebrity Wife Swap. ad wanted to set the record straight on a few things.

She left these responses in the comment section: 

Tripp is only four. His Grandfather and Great Grandfather are both over 6ft tall. My family would never lie about that. I'm sorry you all think otherwise but it's the truth. I was there, you weren't. 

You know I have wondered about the birth date as well, however I must tell you that Sherry provided me with the sonogram images dated 7/23/2008 a while back that make it kind of hard to suggest that Tripp was born earlier than December 2008.

I had them authenticated the best that I could from the photos, and they seemed legitimate to the doctor. (Update:  Images have been removed due to personal information contained on them that I did want to share. Sorry.)

Here is more.

I know Tripp listens, respects us, and definitely wears his PJ's when he goes to sleep when he is with us.

And.

I know my Nephew, he absolutely hates cameras. Tripp does not like getting his photo taken, in fact he hates it, and he loathes being recorded even more so. Bristol is his Mother and should know and respect that. Levi doesn't get a "cut" nor want one. And Bristol does not tell, or ask for Levi's permission before she does anything regarding Tripp. 

Everything is always on "her time". I can only speak for myself but I damn sure don't want my 4 year old nephew on a reality TV show being exploited and used for a quick check. He needs to be with family who loves him, has his best interests, and he needs to treat his elders (and everyone) with respect. He's just a young child, he should be out playing..not being pranced around in front of Cameras for somebody else's benefit. 

I will admit, I did thank Melissa Rivers because she did have a positive impact on Tripp...let's just hope it stays that way. 

Now I have not spoken to Sadie very often lately, mainly because I recognize that to the Palins I am the big bad and don't want to do anything that negatively effects the Johnston's ability to see Tripp, so this is the first time she has reached out to me in a long while

However Sadie obviously fest strongly enough about this to weigh in, so I felt it was something that deserved its own post. 

Happy Birthday Tripp Johnston!

I felt bad today that none of Tripp's famous family had bothered to wish him a happy birthday, Not on Brancy's blog, not on Palin's ghostwritten Facebook page, not even on Twitter.

However then I did a quick search and discovered that Mercede and Levi had both posted birthday wishes for him on Facebook.  Apparently however he is not going to be spending any of his birthday with THAT side of the family. (Of course.)

So I thought it would be nice if WE sent him some birthday wishes from all of us here at the Immoral Minority.

Happy Birthday Tripp, and may the next year be free of reality shows and family drama, and  filled with more time spent with your dad and that adorable baby sister of yours.

P.S. I have Sunny as a Facebook friend, but I didn't want to "borrow" any pictures of Tripp from there (Especially since somebody recently sold her photos to TMZ without her permission.) so the above is from Brancy's blog, which of course is public.

Levi's wife is tired of Bristol Palin's lies. And really who can blame her?

Courtesy of Rumor Fix:

Now that Sunny Oglesby is officially Sunny Johnston — she is on the attack — and the target of her double barreled remarks is Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston’s first baby mama. 

“I’m tired of Bristol’s lies and put downs to make herself look better,” Sunny tells RumorFix exclusively. 

Sunny came to RumorFix to set the record straight about Levi’s finances, child support and his visitation with his three-year-old son, Tripp. 

The 20-year-old newlywed says despite media reports Levi does have a real job “he had for months and works as an electrician five to six days a week, eight hours a day now.” 

She says he has turned down TV offers, because he wants out of the media. He is making an honest living, but not making what he used to. “He does not owe even close to what Bristol says in child support,” Sunny tells us, “and the only reason it’s not paid yet is because he needs to figure out how much he owes now that he makes less than he use to. They are basing his income off the peak of how much he’s ever made in his life and that hasn’t even been close in years.” 

Mrs. Levi Johnston tells us that Levi is looking for a lawyer, but the best one around wants $15,000 just to get started, “which he can’t afford right now.” 

But she says her 22-year-old husband ‘asks for Tripp everyday.”

I know that many of you have complained bitterly that Levi has always seemed too passive and unwilling to stand up for himself, and there is certainly some truth to that. However  from all that I have heard about the new Mrs. Levi Johnston, she does not share those traits with her husband.

Sunny is a little spitfire and has been pushing Levi for quite some time now to stand up to the Palins and not let them push him around.

Sunny is both smarter and more capable than Bristol, so if Bristol has a brain in her head (Yeah I know) she will simply NOT pick a fight with somebody who will hand her ass back to her at the end of a pointy stick.

Personally I am thrilled that somebody besides just Mercede is calling Bristol out on her bullshit. And with Sunny and Sadie working together I think the Palins may want to walk away from this one.

P.S. By the way speaking of the Grizzled Cub, it does not sound like her new romance is going to work out any better than her last half dozen or so attempts to trap a man. At least not according to Joey Junker's sister:

“Until he marries these girls, I don’t care,” the tough-talking relative added. “He’s young so that’s not going to happen anytime soon. He’s got a lot going on.” 

In my opinion the only reason we even heard about this crush of Bristol's was because she was consumed with jealousy over Levi's new found happiness. So now thanks to her impulsive desire to snatch the attention away from his new marriage we get to watch yet ANOTHER relationship of hers blow up in her face.

 I swear the people in this family just NEVER learn.

Are you sure you're from Wasilla?

I stay in occasional contact with Mercede and Sherry Johnston, probably communicating with Sadie about once a month or so and her mother a tad more frequently, and of course we are also Facebook friends.

As a rule I pay little attention to the things that Sadie posts on FB, because it is often directed more to the friends in her social circle and I sometimes feel like it's eavesdropping if I read anything personal. (I am not sure I will ever be completely comfortable with immediately knowing who just broke up with whom and when somebody that I don't really know very well has a parent die. But I guess that is the world we now live in.)

However the other day at the top of my news feed was a rather impassioned post about Sadie's feelings concerning a certain question that she is continually being asked.

I immediately thought that it deserved to be seen by a wider audience so I e-mailed Sadie and asked if I could post it.  She said, and I quote, "Absolutely no problem jess."

So here it is:

It is inconceivable to me that people ask me why I don't have kids yet or tell me I should get pregnant with them because it would be "cool" or "fun". Bringing a child into this world isn't glamorous, "cool", or a fad..they're human beings that demand unconditional love, everlasting time, an excessive amount of money, unfathomable attention, and exceptionally hard work. (no offense to any young mothers out there). 

Call me old fashioned but I think one should be in a long-term commited relationship, get married, be financially stable, and live in a safe and happy environment before even considering bringing another life into this world. 

This is not intended to insult or hurt anyone. It just continues to shock me how people think it's normal to expect a 20 yr old to have a kid(s). Or think it's acceptable to get pregnant just because a friend is and they unfortunately assume it would be "fun".

Now this was not written as an attack on anybody else, in fact many of Sadie's friends are in fact pregnant (Including her brother's girlfriend.), but it does indicate a certain point of view which seems to be out of vogue with many in the Valley these days. Perhaps in no small way the result of a certain Wasilla reality show participant who has made it seem glamorous and lucrative to have a baby out of wedlock.

Personally after reading this I was kind of proud of Sadie for standing up for the idea of waiting to have children, and for pointing out how wrong it is to have babies simply because they are "fun." They can indeed be a great source of joy, and fun as well, but having children, as she points out, is also hard work and a lifetime commitment. Not one that should be taken lightly, despite what one might learn from watching certain reality show that I will refrain from mentioning.

Oh by the way, this was Sherry's response to Sadie's Facebook post:

What I don't like is that America is telling our kids that it's cool to be a teenaged mother. Get a reality show and make lots of money! We all know that's BS. If you happen to become a mother when you're a teenager, I pray you have a great family and friends. You will need that support system.

And it looks as if when Mercede finally does become a mother, she will have exactly that.

And this is why these are my favorite two people in Wasilla. Not that they had a lot of competition.

A few words about yesterday's Trig Palin post.

There has been a rather unexpected response to my "The Return of the Ruffled Ear Version of Trig Palin" post which, of course, is great.  However it also resulted in quite a lot of argument and frustration, some of which I anticipated, some of which I did not.

Tomorrow I am going to post a much longer response to many of your questions, and also take the time to clear up a number of misconceptions. I am doing it then instead of today, because I have found that more people visit IM on the weekdays, and I want to make sure that the largest audience possible sees the post so that I don't have to keep revisiting the same issues over and over.

The first thing I need to explain is how to see older comments, because as of this post there are over 500 comments and counting. I have tested this on my regular computer as well as my I-Pod and it seems that in order to access the comments you simply have to click the headline and then afterward go to the bottom of the page and click the "load more" button. Sometimes you have to do this several times (I just had to do it seven times to see them all.) but it SHOULD provide access to all of the comments on that post. (Remember that some comments are in answer to previous comments so they will not show at the bottom of the page, but instead under whichever comment they were addressing.)

Now the other thing I do want to clear up today is something brought up by a commenter suggesting that I had NOT confronted Sherry and Mercede about inconsistencies in their statements, or that I had been too soft on them.

That is not accurate.  I have indeed asked both of them very pointed questions numerous times, and have found that either they simply did not know the answers or were unsure of dates and times.

I have mentioned before that my job often requires that I work with people who are habitual liars and I am pretty good at picking up on when people not telling me the truth. I have NEVER picked up on that when talking to Sherry or Sadie. NEVER!

In fact, and Joe McGinniss would back me up on this, Sherry is the sweetest, most trusting person you could imagine. I am not even sure she knows HOW to lie. (Joe once described her as being "completely without guile.")

Now does that mean I have told you EVERYTHING they have told me? No, it does not. Are any of the things that I am not sharing huge earthshaking bits of information that would rock your world? No they are not.

They are more along the line of things that Levi does not want known to everybody, or things that they do not want the whole world to know about their lives. I am sure we can all respect their desire to have at least some privacy in their lives.

But for those who are convinced that they are duplicitous, let me remind you of the many things that have only been revealed because the Johnstons HAVE been so forthcoming.

For instance we know that while the McCain campaign had operatives in their home back in 2008, that Sadie's computer was completely wiped clean.

Mercede Johnston has something to say about Bristol's assertion that her brother doesn't want to be "involved" in his son's life. Update!

This is a guest post from Mercede Johnston:


How in the world can she go around telling people Levi isn't "trying,"  "isn't calling," "isn't texting to ask for Tripp," or that he is not taking advantage of his visitation days? 


First off it is extremely difficult to make plans when the mother is constantly flying in and out of the state without telling him. Or when she simply ignores his calls, or tells him okay but then when he goes to confirm the next day, while he is already on his way to her house (Edit: Not the house, Levi is not allowed at the house, she only agrees to meet him neutral locations.), suddenly bails on him. 

Not only that but the reality is that she AGAIN changed her number without telling him. 

That's the type of game she plays. 

And now he looks like the bad guy because she "hasn't received any calls from him". 

I guarantee that she will be showing her new phone number records on her show as an example to prove that Levi doesn't try. When, in reality,  he has NO WAY of finding out her number. So of course there won't be any record because it's literally impossible when you don't know it!

(Coincidentally one of my friends ended up with Bristol's old phone number, and reached out to me because she kept receiving texts from Levi asking for Tripp!)

I find it in bad taste to take so much time, energy, and money just to try and belittle the father of your child whom you claim you want in Tripp's life. Really what depths will that family go to in trying to keep distance between a  father and his son while continuing to damage his reputation? 

Her statement that she wishes both parents would be in his life could not be further from the truth. ANYBODY who wants the father in their child's life will HAVE the father in their child's life!

 And they most certainly wouldn't bash them in a book, or on talk shows, or Facebook, while ignoring his texts. Or see his truck on the highway, let Tripp see him,  and then speed up and pass him when she could have easily stopped and let Tripp have a few minutes with his daddy.

I really hope people open their eyes and don't buy the bullcrap she's trying to sell. 

It makes you wonder just how long she's been planning certain things in an attempt to tarnish Levi's reputation and damage his relationship with his son. 

Bottom line, Levi won't give up Bristol. Your plan simply will not work!

I wish people would remember that Bristol has virtually unlimited resources and money at her disposal, unlike Levi. If that were not the case he would have taken her to court and we would have Tripp with us right now. 

By the way if anyone knows her new number it would be greatly appreciated if you could tell me so I can pass it to Levi. But message it to me on Facebook, or e-mail it to Jesse, so her privacy is respected. I don't want anyone else seeing it. 

We all want to see Tripp and honestly have no way of getting a hold of her to do so.

Kind of hard to be "involved" in your son's life if his hateful shrew of a mother keeps changing her phone number, don't you think?

Update:

It looks like Sunny is also fed up with the lies and has contacted the National Enquirer. 


“Levi would take Tripp any day, and Bristol is well aware of that, but she is more concerned about faking her single mother pity-party so she can boost her ratings,” said Sunny. 


“The truth is she is offered plenty of help every day from Levi and his side of the family.


“The image that she’s portraying of being a single mom with no one to help is a disgusting lie.

It looks like both Sunny and Mercede agree that Bristol is completely full of shit.

Big surprise right ?

Update 2: I am not in the mood to do yet anther Bristol post today, but for those who are curious here is a link to her appearance with Hannity the other day. (The Levi bashing starts at the 1:44 mark.)

Mercede Johnston's response to Bristol Palin complaining about having to raise Tripp all by herself. Update!

Last night Sadie posted this on her Facebook page. (And yes she told me I could post it here as well.) ‎

"It’s not fair to him that he has no one here except for me.” -Bristol 

REALLY????REALLY BRISTOL?!??! 

You failed to mention the fact that my whole family would give up anything in this world to see our sweet Tripp! He has a Father who misses, loves, and wants to see his son every single day, and who wants to have his son be a part of his soon to be born sister's life as well. 

He has a Grandma who cries regularly over Tripp, a Grandpa who is dying to teach Tripp the tricks of the outdoors, a Great Grandpa who sees Tripp as the light of his life, and MANY cousins,family, and friends who miss him desperately. Not to mention ME, who loves Tripp with all my heart, and I will never give up trying to have a civil relationship with you for my nephew's sake. 

Your son deserves to have us in his life. You're punishing him based solely on your unresolved feelings toward our family, and it has nothing to do with anything he, or we, have done. 

All of us, any of us, would take him in a heartbeat, but there is no pleasing you. We have done everything you've asked and you still refuse to let us be a part of his life. 

So I guess because our last name isn't "Palin" that we aren't worthy of being in Tripp's life? 

The image that you're portraying, of being a single mom with no one else to help you, in order to attract viewers to your new reality show, is such a disgusting lie. 

There are COUNTLESS people who love Tripp JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO and who want him, JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO! We would LOVE to take him so you can have a break and do whatever it is you want. Why does a nanny get to spend that special time with him when we're shedding tears over here? 

If I was a single mom I would be offended that someone who has millions of dollars, an unlimited supply of resources, and a nanny, is being paid to sit on her reality show and bitch about how difficult her life is. You have no clue what a lot of real single mothers have to go through!

You can lie to as many people as you want, after all YOU have a reality show, but this is the truth and we are never going to stop repeating it: “We love and miss you Tripp Easton Johnston".

I am hoping this is just the beginning of the Johnston family starting to fight back and letting people know that what is being said about them is completely false, and that Bristol is damaging Tripp's relationship with them purely for the profit and fame she believes she will receive by painting herself as a struggling single mother.

Bristol's ENTIRE show is based on bullshit, and I think it is up to us to keep reminding the American people of that fact.

Update: Just another reminder of how Bristol is trying to erase the Johnston family from Tripp's life here is how his name is tagged on Brancy's blog.

Bristol attempted to do this legally, and in one of the few times that Levi seemed to stand up for himself, he refused to allow it.

This is not the first time that Bristol has labeled Tripp as a Palin rather than a Johnston either.  Perhaps some of you remember THIS picture from Christmas of last year.

 Can you imagine how confused this poor kid must be? If this keeps up soon he will become as screwed up and self loathing as the REST of the Palin family.

Bristol Palin reports to "In Touch" magazine that "her emotions are a mix of sadness, anger, and disgust" at the news that Levi's hot new girlfriend is pregnant. Update!

In my opinion NO picture reveals the inner Bristol as well as this one.

Courtesy of OMG!:

Although the exes have not been a couple since August 2010, the news was no less stinging for the reality star. In an exclusive interview with In Touch, Palin, 21, reveals she first heard about Johnston's new baby with girlfriend Sunny Oglesby when a friend texted her. "I said, 'No way, shut up!'" she tells the magazine, adding that her emotions are a mix of sadness, anger, and disgust. "I think it's a little bit of everything, and a lot of confusion. I'm upset about it." 

"Wait! Who's pregnant?"

Perhaps that's why just days after Johnston gushed about starting a family with Oglesby since Palin never lets him see Tripp, 3, Palin told TMZ that he owes her $38,500 in unpaid child support. According to Palin's lawyer, unemployed Johnston hasn't forked over a cent to help raise Tripp in nearly two years. And he hasn't done much to physically raise the child either. "He's seen Tripp twice in the past four months," Palin also tells In Touch. "He once went an entire year without seeing him at all." (It was NOT an entire year, and this was when Bristol packed Tripp up and moved him to Arizona, WITHOUT even telling Levi she was going to do so. The Johnston's only learned that they were out of state after I sent a text to Sadie.)


Although Johnston, 21, has maintained that the entire Palin family has made it nearly impossible for him to see his son, the former "Dancing With the Stars" contestant says otherwise. "I wish Levi would be like, 'Hey Bristol, can I have Tripp for the weekend?'" she says. "I would be so willing and glad to do that. He continues to lie." As for her son's future little brother or sister, Palin adds that she worries Johnston's irresponsibility will only come back to haunt Tripp years from now. "I don't want him to go to elementary school with 10 half-siblings," she tells the magazine. "That would really affect him. I hope that this child is raised with two parents. He needs to step up to the plate and be there. I thought he had learned his lesson the first time."

Okay that is such bullshit.

I don't know everything that goes on between Levi and Bristol by any means, but I DO know for a fact that he has tried numerous times to see his boy, and has been denied access almost completely.

Recently I heard that Bristol has changed her phone number and Levi that has no way of contacting her.  That was why he was calling the Palin household and being told that Bristol and Tripp were not in town, when in fact they were.

Well tonight Levi will be able to answer some of these charges, and I certainly hope he takes the gloves off.

By the way let me just respond to a comment that shows up here periodically which states that Levi started this whole feud by going public.  No, he didn't.

Levi, Sherry, and Mercede originally went public on the Tyra Banks Show, in response to the fact that Bristol was restricting Levi's access to Tripp, and completely keeping him away from his mother and sister. What happened afterward is pure Palin vindictiveness.

And as for the idea that Levi did not want Tripp, that is a baldfaced lie.  He has NEVER expressed anything but joy at the birth of his son.  In fact it should be pointed out that in Bristol's book she identifies Tripp as an "accident," and has publicly called her pregnancy a "mistake," whereas in Levi's book he reveals that Bristol was trying to get pregnant, and Levi's family has revealed that he was a willing participant, which means that Tripp was WANTED.

So WHICH parent is saying things in the press which might emotionally scar Tripp when he is older again? Yeah, that's right.

As for Levi learning his lesson, it looks like he did.

Update: For those who doubted my sources.

The woman is Brooke Anderson, and she is a reporter for The Insider.

Update 2: Here is the Insider story with Levi and Sunny such as it is.

This story is really nothing but fluff, and certainly NOT the information that I know was shared with this Brooke Anderson person.

There is a tease about more to be revealed on tomorrow's broadcast, but now I am worried that the truly juicy stuff got cut and that all that will be left is that the guy who used to bang Sarah Palin's daughter done got another girl knocked up.

It certainly does not sound very promising for tomorrow night.


Tune in to The Insider Thursday night for much more with Levi and Sunny, including whether wedding bells will be ringing for the couple, how Levi intends to support his new family, and which member of the Palin family he says recently flipped him the bird. 

THIS is why Levi needs to talk to a real reporter, and not worry about getting paid for every interview. Tank Jones taught him to never talk without first seeing the money, but Levi needs to realize that his reputation is worth more than a few thousand dollars.

The National Enquirer story on Bristol Palin's latest attempt to FINALLY get a reality show is now online.

My new favorite Bristol picture.

Courtesy of NE:

The ENQUIRER learned that Bristol – whose 3-year-old son Tripp was fathered by former boyfriend Levi Johnston – bought the 3-bedroom, 4-bath home last July. It’s just across Lake Lucile from her parents house in Wasilla, Alaska. 

Pipeline worker Gino, 21, and the former “Dancing with the Stars” finalist have made the renovations a joint task, and when it’s finished this summer, they’ll live under the same roof, say sources. 

Meanwhile, their home renovation adventure will be featured on the upcoming Lifetime reality show “Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp.” 

"Say it after me Tripp, Levi who? Good boy!"

“Bristol and Gino are crazy about each other,” revealed an insider. “They’ve talked about getting married, but they think it’s a good idea to get a feel for living together before making it official. 

“Bristol thinks one reason her relationship with Levi went south was because they really never had a place of their own where they could grow together as a couple.” 

I hate to break this to Bristol, but the reason that her relationship with Levi "went south" has nothing to do with them not having a "place of their own."  It just might have sometime to do with constantly checking to see who called him, tricking him into impregnating her, and insisting that he not speak to his family however.  I'm just saying.

I don't usually like to give credit to the Palins but I have to admit that having a reality show help pay for the renovations on their new home is a fairly smart, you know in a sneaky underhanded kind of way.

Damn those Palins are BORN to grift aren't they?

You know I could use a new kitchen.  Maybe I can convince a network to film the pajama clad blogger smashes his typing fingers with a hammer while installing new cabinets....upside down.

You all would watch that, right?

By the way I would just like to address the Palin-bots who came over here when this story first broke to claim that OBVIOUSLY Sadie must have  leaked this to the Enquirer, just to profit off of the Palins again.

Does this, “Bristol and Gino are crazy about each other,” SOUND like something Sadie would say? Oh hell no!

Besides she did not even know about this until I told her.

This story was clearly leaked by the Palins. And they did it just to piss Levi off.

And do you know what? I think it did.

Stay tuned.

Levi Johnston ready to speak out.

Time to get serious.

I just received a tip that Levi is getting ready to tell his side of the story about this child support situation to the national media.

I don't want to give the Palins too many details but it is happening soon, and apparently it is NOT being set up by Rex Butler and Tank Jones.  I think Levi might have finally seen the light and cut those two losers off of his coattails.

I will let you know when I have more, and of course I will post the video when it becomes available.

P.S. This information did NOT come from Sherry and Sadie!

Sarah Palin lies to TMZ about purposefully keeping Levi Johnston's son away from him.

Courtesy of TMZ:

Sarah and Todd Palin have issued a statement to TMZ ... saying, "We have never hidden Tripp from Levi or discouraged Levi from spending time with him. Any suggestion that we have is false and contrary to our core beliefs." (WTF? Lies and deception ARE their core belifs!)

The Palins add, "The last time either of us recall a conversation with Levi was in the summer of 2010 when Levi sat down at our house with us and personally apologized about lies he told to the media about our family. Neither of us have talked to him since that day." 

But the Palins say Levi is full of moose droppings ... telling us, "We are disappointed that he continues to tell falsehoods about us to garner media attention. We encourage Levi and all non-custodial fathers to be fully engaged and to positively and fully participate in their children's lives. This includes not making misstatements about his child's grandparents."

Trust me the only  "moose droppings" on display here are the ones falling out of the mouths of the Palins. Or more specifically the ghostwriter hired to make the Palins sound like they can string together a coherent sentence.

There are some things about this situation between Palin and Levi that I am not privy to, but I can tell you unequivocally that I know that the Palin family has lied to Levi about Bristol being in town, because on a few occasions I was the one who let the Johnston family know she was there.  And yes, I have also heard that Mercede, Sherry,  and others have seen Bristol and Tripp in Wasilla when they were specifically told that they were out of town.

I have received texts from Sadie about that numerous times.

And let me just add for the Palin fairy tale troll, before she starts bitching that we don't KNOW these people, that ALL of this was already going on back in the spring of 2009 when I first met with Tank Jones.  THAT was the only reason the Johnston family went public in the first place.

It was not because they wanted to get famous by slamming the Plain name, it was because they felt it was the only way to fight back against Sarah Palin and her powerful friends.

And what do you know?  This bullshit is still going on today, because THAT is how Sarah Palin punishes people who dare to stand up to her.

And in the end, who is it that really suffers?

Levi Johnston and his girlfriend are expecting a little bundle of joy. And this time he won't let anybody take it! Update!

Well I know most of you already know this, since I have received dozens of comments and e-mails about it from all of you today, but let's make this official.

Yes it's true!

Courtesy of The New York Daily News:

Oglesby is allegedly less than three months along in her pregnancy, and has yet to show any signs of a baby bump. 

Johnston, 21, is said to be “so excited” about starting a new family with Oglesby, whom he has been dating for just over a year. 

I have heard only a little about this, but will not expand on anything until Levi to makes the official announcement.  It is after all HIS news to share.

I will tell you that I am sure his family will be very supportive, as they seem to adore Sunny. (Such an upgrade from his earlier girlfriend don't you think?)

Sunny and Mercede have been virtually inseparable since she and Levi started dating. So there is unlikely to be any of the kind of drama that was so prevalent when Levi and uh you know old "what's her face" were together.

However I think that, meaning to or not, Levi certainly managed to completely one up a certain nasty blog post from earlier this week.  Don't you agree?

Personally I wish Levi well, though I would still encourage him to continue to fight for his rights to be in Tripp's life.  Children are not replaceable, and that hole in his heart will NEVER be filled until he can be with his son.

Update: Here is Levi discussing the pregnancy with TMZ.

What's the use of having a blog if you can't use it to punish your ex?

The above is a picture of Bristol and, I believe, Gino Paoletti smooching on Tripp which was recently posted on Nancy French's blog.

Clearly this is intended as nothing more as an attempt to send a message to Levi that he is no longer a necessary part of Tripp's life.  And it is EXACTLY the kind of mean spirited thing that one would expect from the Palins.

Interestingly enough Bristol does not identify Gino, and instead refers to him as simply "a friend of mine."

Perhaps she is afraid that people will Google his name and find this:

I had heard recently that there might be something going on with the whole Levi, Bristol, Tripp thing.  If I learn more, and am given the go ahead to talk about it, I will bring you all up to speed.

Update: I have heard back from Sherry Johnson and  the picture directly above is of Sadie's friend Corey, NOT Gino. Apparently it was misidentified by Star magazine, and never corrected.

However the first picture is definitely Gino.

I know we should ignore her, but let me take a moment to respond to Bristol Palin's ghostwriter's recent post.

"Of course I've made mistakes. And so far he is a complete failure at getting me that reality show I want!"

Yesterday Nancy French, channeling Bristol, said the following on the blog that her mother makes them pretend Bristol writes.

But there’s one constant criticism I didn’t talk about: some of you insist on calling me a hypocrite. After all, I became a mother before I walked down the aisle – how can I talk about waiting until marriage for sex? 

I find it strange that the culture rightfully applauds former drug addicts who warn children of the dangers of drug use. They are happy to listen to former alcoholics talk about how they finally are living a clean life. But when it comes to me talking about waiting until marriage for sex, it’s almost like people want me to slink away in shame… unable to show my face in public again because of my past mistakes. 

I want this blog to be a place where we can all be honest, so let me start. I’ve struggled with feelings of guilt and shame.

Bristol Nancy French then goes on to link pimping some Christian counselor, and then follows up with this:

Stop living under a cloud of guilt, stop wondering what life could have been like had you made better decisions, and stop beating yourself up over that thing you’ve done. 

Read the rest of his post here, and get over the regret you’ve been carrying for far too long. 

I have.

Okay a couple of things.

First, saying that you "want this blog to be a place where we can all be honest" when it is clear to EVERYBODY who visits that you are not the person writing it, smacks of hypocrisy.

Second, when a former drug addict, or former alcoholic, talk about their addictions, they are usually doing so as a public service and NOT being paid over a quarter of a million dollars in compensation.

Oh, and usually they are expected to no longer be engaging in the activities that they are speaking out against.

Exhibit A

Thirdly, if you REALLY want to own up to the mistakes you claim that you regret, perhaps you ought to own up to ALL of them. 

You know like the pregnancy in 2007.  (I have the pictures)

Or the obvious pregnancy on DWTS. (Everybody has those pictures)

And whatever it was that you stuffed into your clothes during the Republican National Convention.

Or perhaps you could take responsibility for lying in your book about how you lost your virginity, and stop making Levi out to look like a rapist. That would certainly demonstrate personal growth.

And while we are talking about Levi, and his family, how about you set up a schedule for them to see Tripp on a consistent basis? Or do you not yet regret using your child to punish them for once loving you?

You are right Bristol/Nancy, people SHOULD be forgiven for their past mistakes, once they have admitted to them and decided to turn their life around that is.

So go ahead.

Admit your mistakes, and turn your life around.

After you do that you should find that the comments on Nancy French's blog will be MUCH more pleasant, and far, far more supportive.

I promise.

Isn't that right gang?

E-mail that shows ADN's Lisa Demer was trying her best to get to the bottom of the Trig Palin birth story. Update!

Mercede Johnston and Bristol Palin from April 2008.

This e-mail string was started by an e-mail to Sharon Leighow from School Superintendent Carol Comeau (My old boss), in response to queries by Lisa Demer: From:

Comeau_Carol To: Leighow, Sharon W (GOV) 
Sent: Fri Dec 19 16:11:04 2008 
Subject: Lisa Demer contact 

Hi Sharon, 
I just tried to call you to give you an update on another contact from Lisa Demer. She wanted to know the exact date that Bristol lelt West. I refused to give that to her based on the Family Rights Act, FERPA, that governs student records. I told her our attorney advised me not to give her any more information than I did before (I told her that Bristol enrolled January 7, 2008 and withdrew May 7, 2008. She was frustrated but I told her I could not give any more information to her without parental consent. I don’t know if she will try and get the info another way, but I did want you and the governor to know. Carol

The first notable thing about this e-mail is that I do believe it is the first OFFICIAL timeline given for when Bristol enrolled at West High and when she was withdrawn from school. (From everything I have been able to gather, the last sighting of Bristol in that school was sometime in February of 2008. NOBODY has come forward to say they saw her at any time after that.)

Now I personally ran into the stone wall of FERPA as well. I had a teacher friend who herself had a friend that taught Bristol at West High. One day I asked if it would be possible that I talk to this teacher, even off the record, about when Bristol last attended.

My teacher friend was also convinced that something was screwy about the Governor's pregnancy, but she said there was no way to make that request because teachers were not allowed to give out that kind of information about students. As a school district employee myself I had to respect that, and did not press the issue further.

Now of course the Palins, and their supporters, would say that asking this kind of question was ridiculous, and that there was nothing revelatory about when Bristol did, or did not, attend classes in Anchorage.

But if THAT were true how do we explain this e-mailed response?

From: Palin, Sarah (GOV sponsored)
Sent:  Friday, December 19, 2008 6:01 PM
To: Leighow, Sharon W (GOV) <sharon.leighow@alaska.gov>; McAllister, William D
(GOV) <bill.mcallister@alaska.gov>; Perry, Kristina Y (GOV)
<kris.perry@alaska.gov>; Nizich, Michael A (GOV) <mike.nizich@alaska.gov>
Subject:   Re: Lisa Demer contact

What the heck are they trying to get at here?/REDACTED (About two sentences removed here) lREDACTED And lisa doesn,t need to know any of this, of course, but I think we have the right to know what the heck she’s trying to piece together on her fishing expedition.

Now WHAT exactly could be revealed in this e-mail, which clearly states that Palin has no idea what Demer is "trying to piece together on her fishing expedition," that requires a redaction? 

Is it state business? 

Secret sensitive material that is for government eyes only? 

I don't see how that could be. 

And wouldn't leaving it intact help put to rest the "conspiracy theory" that Bristol might have been missing classes because she was visibly pregnant, or had just given birth at that time? Unless the redacted portion gave some clues to what was really going on that Palin did not want to fall into the hands of journalists (and of course bloggers), as indicated by the remark "Lisa doesn't need to know any of this of course."

So what in the hell is so damn secret about a teenage girls high school attendance, that compels the state of Alaska to redact any mention of it?

Update: It looks like Demer was coming at this from all angles.