Palin's interview with Katie Couric vs. Tina Fey's spoof answer to the following question. Palin's answer is scary enough, but then you have Fey's spoof on top of it, which is actually easier to follow and understand, being as it's more concise and better worded, which is kind of terrifying.
Katie Couric - Why isn't it better, Gov. Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with healthcare, housing, gas, and groceries, allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy, instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a, a role in creating this mess?
Sarah Palin - That's why I say, like every American, I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in, where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does, is help those (looks at notes) who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed (notes) to help (notes) shore up our economy, um, helping the--oh--it's gotta be all about job creation too, shoring up our economy and, and putting it back on the right track. (notes) So (notes) healthcare reform and (notes) reducing taxes (notes) and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions (notes) and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we have--we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, a competitive, scary thing, but one in five jobs being created uh, in the trade sector today; we, we, we've got to look at that as one more opportunity, all those things, under the umbrella of job creation - this bailout is a part of that.
Tina Fey - Like every American I am speaking with, we are ill about this. We're saying, "Hey, why bail out Fannie and Freddie and not me?" But ultimately what the bailout does is, help those that are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy to help, uh, it's gotta be all about job creation, too. Also, too, shoring up our economy and putting Fannie and Freddie back on the right track and so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending, 'cause Barack Obama...(makes crazy sign). Y'know, we've got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans, also, having a dollar value meal at restaurants. That's gonna help. But one in five jobs being created today under the umbrella of job creation. That, you know, also...(nods).
Monday, September 29, 2008
The original blog
If you want to read the old blog, drop me an email, and I'll give you the password so you can.
Best $10 I ever spent
Thankin' my friend Christina for the heads up on it. :)
My friends,
I know you've been bombarded with political articles and pleas for donations. This is a different way to express your outrage that is inexpensive, helpful and may release a little of your rage.
Instead of (in addition to?) us all sending around emails about how horrible she is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor. Here's the link to the Planned Parenthood website:
https://secure.ga0.org/02/pp10000_inhonor
Be sure to use the pulldown menu for Honorary or Memorial Donations, rather than just 'Donate Online'.
You'll need to fill in the address to let PP know where to send the "in Sarah Palin's honor" card. I suggest you use the address for the McCain campaign headquarters, which is:
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington , VA 22202
My friends,
I know you've been bombarded with political articles and pleas for donations. This is a different way to express your outrage that is inexpensive, helpful and may release a little of your rage.
Instead of (in addition to?) us all sending around emails about how horrible she is, let's all make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name. And here's the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name, they'll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor. Here's the link to the Planned Parenthood website:
https://secure.ga0.org/02/pp10000_inhonor
Be sure to use the pulldown menu for Honorary or Memorial Donations, rather than just 'Donate Online'.
You'll need to fill in the address to let PP know where to send the "in Sarah Palin's honor" card. I suggest you use the address for the McCain campaign headquarters, which is:
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington , VA 22202
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Srsly? You can't name ONE?
Excerpt from Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric. Bear in mind this is *after* Palin informed Couric that America was holding its breath waiting to see how John McCain handles the meltdown on Wall St., on accounta what a strong leader he is and all he's done for this great country in the 26 years he's been in office. She went on to add that no one cares what Barack Obama will do; it's all about McCain and his super strong leadership. A few minutes later (I think there was a question in between), Couric followed that up with this (which I transcribed myself, but I left out the stutters):
Katie Couric - You've said that, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall St. does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more examples of his leading the charge for more oversight?
Sarah Palin - I think that the example that you just cited with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie, that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
KC - But he's been in Congress for 26 years, he's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee, and he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more. (emphasis KC's)
SP - He's also known as "The Maverick," though, takin' shots from his own party, and certainly takin' shots from the other party, tryin' to get people to understand what he's been talkin' about, the need to reform government--
KC - I'm just gonna ask you one more time, not to belabour the point, specific example in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
SP - I'll try to find you some, and I'll bring 'em to ya.
Katie Couric - You've said that, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall St. does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more examples of his leading the charge for more oversight?
Sarah Palin - I think that the example that you just cited with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie, that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
KC - But he's been in Congress for 26 years, he's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee, and he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more. (emphasis KC's)
SP - He's also known as "The Maverick," though, takin' shots from his own party, and certainly takin' shots from the other party, tryin' to get people to understand what he's been talkin' about, the need to reform government--
KC - I'm just gonna ask you one more time, not to belabour the point, specific example in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
SP - I'll try to find you some, and I'll bring 'em to ya.
Oy.
Since August 15th, my life has been nothing but dogs.
Now, while this sounds highly enjoyable and awesome - because I mean, come on: PUPPIES - it is actually (perhaps surprisingly) mindnumbing as all hell.
Seriously. Imagine yourself for 16 hours a day with nothing to do but supervise puppies as they play, making sure they don't kill or maim each other; chew power cords, furniture, or expensive equipment; pee in the house; venture somewhere they can become lost, damaged, or damage something else; or do anything else detrimental to either home, puppy, or goodwill, all while they bark, whine, growl, howl, and a host of other virtually non-stop loud noises.
I need human interaction.
Don't get me wrong - I love my dogs. They rule. But I can't wait for Napoleon to get out of the puppy phase which necessitates constant supervision. When we first got him, he was one angry little puppy. Understandable for a little dog who was ripped from his mother and littermates as soon as his eyes opened, attempted to be raised at this too early age by a single guy who gave up and relinquished him to the pound at 4 weeks of age, lived his days in a newspaper-lined steel cage at the shelter and his nights at someone's house with 3 full grown dogs, one of which did NOT like him, and then at 8 weeks of age exactly, found himself yet again in another new environment.
Lemme tell you, those first 3 days were not awesome. He bit and snapped and lunged and growled every single time I got near him. He was pretty deeply distrustful of everyone and chose to deal with every situation by suddenly dashing at it in an attempt to tackle and devour it, if at all possible. And then he got sick on top of it, and I had to keep him and Razzle separated so that Razzle wouldn't also get it, and that lasted 2 or 3 days before I had a meltdown and gave up on life. I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. That was the hardest frigging week of my entire life. If I'd owned a gun, I don't think I'd be sitting here, I was that ready to chuck it all in. Ty didn't seem to think there was any real difficulty involved in any of it, and was absolutely no help at all. So I gave up and let both dogs play together. And Razzle got sick. And I told Ty I was calling the shelter and giving Napoleon back. And he said no, I wasn't. And there was a huge fight. And then Ty ended up having to take care of both dogs for a few hours one day and figured out that holy shit, yes, they were a LOT of frigging work. So the work started to be more equitably shared. I still have to do the lion's share of it, but every once in a while, I tell Ty I have to go run errands, and he ends up having to care for them for an hour or two. So at least a day or two a week, I escape, but dude. I haven't been able to get anything done that needs doing (showers, laundry, taxes, job search, writing, web design, or jewelry making for the holiday shopping season), and I really, really, REALLY can't wait for Napoleon to reach the stage where he can be trusted to do his business outside and to not destroy anything or chew on power cords.
I love both dogs very much, but I'm still sayin'.
Aside from puppies, I really haven't got much of anything. As you might imagine, Sarah Palin sends me into fits almost daily. That woman is insanely ill-equipped to be Vice President, let alone President when John McCain kicks over suddenly in office one day. At first I thought her nomination was a joke. Then I figured out McCain was going for the morons in PUMA and other idiots who will vote for Palin just because she's a woman and therefore MUST be good for women, which is sadly about as far from the truth as you can get. I posted some notes about her to Facebook which I will probably cheat and repost here, because I don't want to have to write them all over again. Whatever the reason he named her to the ticket, she's about the most appalling choice he could have made. Or at least the most appalling that leaps to mind. Except for maybe Mitt Romney, who actually has a brain and is probably slightly more evil than Sarah Palin, on accounta how she's just flat out vile and doesn't have the brains to hide it, but he's a sneaky snake oil salesman who has figured out you gotta sweet-talk the people before you bend 'em over a barrel and steal their most precious possessions while you're pounding away at 'em. She's too overtly vile and toxic for you to ever have any doubts as to her true intentions, although I have to say, every week, I learn something even more foul about her that makes me hate her even more. She's one of the ugliest women I've ever seen in my life now, I've found out so much ugly crap about her.
But anyway. Those views are no surprise to anyone here, I'm sure. And Napoleon is going to wake up from his nap any second now, so if I'm going to get to savor the big "Tear and Share" pack of peanut M&M's and the nice, cold Diet Coke I have in the fridge, now is the time to do it.
Peace out,
katie
Now, while this sounds highly enjoyable and awesome - because I mean, come on: PUPPIES - it is actually (perhaps surprisingly) mindnumbing as all hell.
Seriously. Imagine yourself for 16 hours a day with nothing to do but supervise puppies as they play, making sure they don't kill or maim each other; chew power cords, furniture, or expensive equipment; pee in the house; venture somewhere they can become lost, damaged, or damage something else; or do anything else detrimental to either home, puppy, or goodwill, all while they bark, whine, growl, howl, and a host of other virtually non-stop loud noises.
I need human interaction.
Don't get me wrong - I love my dogs. They rule. But I can't wait for Napoleon to get out of the puppy phase which necessitates constant supervision. When we first got him, he was one angry little puppy. Understandable for a little dog who was ripped from his mother and littermates as soon as his eyes opened, attempted to be raised at this too early age by a single guy who gave up and relinquished him to the pound at 4 weeks of age, lived his days in a newspaper-lined steel cage at the shelter and his nights at someone's house with 3 full grown dogs, one of which did NOT like him, and then at 8 weeks of age exactly, found himself yet again in another new environment.
Lemme tell you, those first 3 days were not awesome. He bit and snapped and lunged and growled every single time I got near him. He was pretty deeply distrustful of everyone and chose to deal with every situation by suddenly dashing at it in an attempt to tackle and devour it, if at all possible. And then he got sick on top of it, and I had to keep him and Razzle separated so that Razzle wouldn't also get it, and that lasted 2 or 3 days before I had a meltdown and gave up on life. I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. That was the hardest frigging week of my entire life. If I'd owned a gun, I don't think I'd be sitting here, I was that ready to chuck it all in. Ty didn't seem to think there was any real difficulty involved in any of it, and was absolutely no help at all. So I gave up and let both dogs play together. And Razzle got sick. And I told Ty I was calling the shelter and giving Napoleon back. And he said no, I wasn't. And there was a huge fight. And then Ty ended up having to take care of both dogs for a few hours one day and figured out that holy shit, yes, they were a LOT of frigging work. So the work started to be more equitably shared. I still have to do the lion's share of it, but every once in a while, I tell Ty I have to go run errands, and he ends up having to care for them for an hour or two. So at least a day or two a week, I escape, but dude. I haven't been able to get anything done that needs doing (showers, laundry, taxes, job search, writing, web design, or jewelry making for the holiday shopping season), and I really, really, REALLY can't wait for Napoleon to reach the stage where he can be trusted to do his business outside and to not destroy anything or chew on power cords.
I love both dogs very much, but I'm still sayin'.
Aside from puppies, I really haven't got much of anything. As you might imagine, Sarah Palin sends me into fits almost daily. That woman is insanely ill-equipped to be Vice President, let alone President when John McCain kicks over suddenly in office one day. At first I thought her nomination was a joke. Then I figured out McCain was going for the morons in PUMA and other idiots who will vote for Palin just because she's a woman and therefore MUST be good for women, which is sadly about as far from the truth as you can get. I posted some notes about her to Facebook which I will probably cheat and repost here, because I don't want to have to write them all over again. Whatever the reason he named her to the ticket, she's about the most appalling choice he could have made. Or at least the most appalling that leaps to mind. Except for maybe Mitt Romney, who actually has a brain and is probably slightly more evil than Sarah Palin, on accounta how she's just flat out vile and doesn't have the brains to hide it, but he's a sneaky snake oil salesman who has figured out you gotta sweet-talk the people before you bend 'em over a barrel and steal their most precious possessions while you're pounding away at 'em. She's too overtly vile and toxic for you to ever have any doubts as to her true intentions, although I have to say, every week, I learn something even more foul about her that makes me hate her even more. She's one of the ugliest women I've ever seen in my life now, I've found out so much ugly crap about her.
But anyway. Those views are no surprise to anyone here, I'm sure. And Napoleon is going to wake up from his nap any second now, so if I'm going to get to savor the big "Tear and Share" pack of peanut M&M's and the nice, cold Diet Coke I have in the fridge, now is the time to do it.
Peace out,
katie
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Holy crap - 6 years???
Six years. I've been blogging for six freakin' years. Yikes.
Also, can I say, I really miss my old kd template. So light and pink and pretty. ::sigh::
Also, can I say, I really miss my old kd template. So light and pink and pretty. ::sigh::
Welcome to my new blog.
Hi, Peeps -
If you're here, it's probably coz I mailed you to let you know I moved, on accounta my old blog got compromised, and also because I was really sick and tired of Matthew never answering mail or doing anything to resolve problems, despite the fact I was shelling out over $50 a year for him to do so. Fuck that. So I'm here now.
As you may have noticed, I didn't pull that punch. I'm not likely to, either. Let's face it, I've gotten cranky. I'm gonna work on that, but some days just don't lend themselves to the happy. Sorry, but if that blog title didn't tip you off to my status as curmudgeon, I don't know what else will...
Let's see...since last I posted to Katiedoyle.diaryland.com, I have gotten another puppy, bringing the total of dogs to two, and lost a cat, bringing the total of cats to 0, and thus bringing the number of total pets down to 2. It sucks, and I'm still hoping Meows will come back, but it's harder every day to keep hoping that. She disappeared at 5pm Monday, which is the last time anyone on the block saw her. :( I really wish she'd come back.
The new puppy is about 3.5 months old and is named Napoleon. AKA Barky Bark, Monster, and The Dark Lord of the Sith. He's short, bossy, and thinks he rules the world. I'm working to disabuse him of that notion. Like Razzle, he's a shepherd-rottweiler mix, but his mom was the rottweiler half, and he's looking pretty rottie. He also weighs more than Razzle did at this age, even though he's not as tall and long, and he can already pull me down the hillside and is seriously determined to get his teeth on anything you leave lying on a countertop, despite being way too short to reach it (most of the time).
Razzle is still doing well and growing into quite the cool young dog. He's now 8 months old and a very cool cucumber much of the time, though he is really horrible at coming when called and needs to go to puppy classes so we can work that out. I call him Grasshopper, because he's a really zen puppy. We also still call him Monkey or Razzle Monkey, and sometimes Razzledazzle. :)
I've started a new website with Calli (Auntie Em), called - funnily enough - Katie & Calli. We'll be posting photographs and other things we make and probably selling them, though there's much to work out in that regard first. Logistically speaking. For now, we just have a community blog.
I went back to work in telly at the beginning of the year, but I finished the show in June, so I'm unemployed. I was supposed to return to the Big Chain Bookstore, but they have now adapted the Walmart business model of overworked, underpaid, underscheduled employees, and that fell thru. I'm still considered a seasonal employee, though, so I get to keep my employee discount (woohoo!), and surprise, surprise, they also paid me for this year's vacation days in August, so I also got a check I did not work for or expect for over $150. Nice. :)
I have started a book review website too, but I'm still trying to get all the components in place for that one. It will be a community site doing book reviews and recaps of classic novels. I'm hoping to sell ad space and maybe make a little money on it. Dragonfly Jewelry is languishing. I just haven't had the time to spend on it, between working the hours of television and then having to deal with a puppy who thinks everything on the planet was put here for him to eat and who isn't the least bit shy about expressing himself. Loudly.
Other things are going on too, but they're all stressful and crappy, and I don't want to go into them. For now, let me just say hi. I missed you guys. :)
If you're here, it's probably coz I mailed you to let you know I moved, on accounta my old blog got compromised, and also because I was really sick and tired of Matthew never answering mail or doing anything to resolve problems, despite the fact I was shelling out over $50 a year for him to do so. Fuck that. So I'm here now.
As you may have noticed, I didn't pull that punch. I'm not likely to, either. Let's face it, I've gotten cranky. I'm gonna work on that, but some days just don't lend themselves to the happy. Sorry, but if that blog title didn't tip you off to my status as curmudgeon, I don't know what else will...
Let's see...since last I posted to Katiedoyle.diaryland.com, I have gotten another puppy, bringing the total of dogs to two, and lost a cat, bringing the total of cats to 0, and thus bringing the number of total pets down to 2. It sucks, and I'm still hoping Meows will come back, but it's harder every day to keep hoping that. She disappeared at 5pm Monday, which is the last time anyone on the block saw her. :( I really wish she'd come back.
The new puppy is about 3.5 months old and is named Napoleon. AKA Barky Bark, Monster, and The Dark Lord of the Sith. He's short, bossy, and thinks he rules the world. I'm working to disabuse him of that notion. Like Razzle, he's a shepherd-rottweiler mix, but his mom was the rottweiler half, and he's looking pretty rottie. He also weighs more than Razzle did at this age, even though he's not as tall and long, and he can already pull me down the hillside and is seriously determined to get his teeth on anything you leave lying on a countertop, despite being way too short to reach it (most of the time).
Razzle is still doing well and growing into quite the cool young dog. He's now 8 months old and a very cool cucumber much of the time, though he is really horrible at coming when called and needs to go to puppy classes so we can work that out. I call him Grasshopper, because he's a really zen puppy. We also still call him Monkey or Razzle Monkey, and sometimes Razzledazzle. :)
I've started a new website with Calli (Auntie Em), called - funnily enough - Katie & Calli. We'll be posting photographs and other things we make and probably selling them, though there's much to work out in that regard first. Logistically speaking. For now, we just have a community blog.
I went back to work in telly at the beginning of the year, but I finished the show in June, so I'm unemployed. I was supposed to return to the Big Chain Bookstore, but they have now adapted the Walmart business model of overworked, underpaid, underscheduled employees, and that fell thru. I'm still considered a seasonal employee, though, so I get to keep my employee discount (woohoo!), and surprise, surprise, they also paid me for this year's vacation days in August, so I also got a check I did not work for or expect for over $150. Nice. :)
I have started a book review website too, but I'm still trying to get all the components in place for that one. It will be a community site doing book reviews and recaps of classic novels. I'm hoping to sell ad space and maybe make a little money on it. Dragonfly Jewelry is languishing. I just haven't had the time to spend on it, between working the hours of television and then having to deal with a puppy who thinks everything on the planet was put here for him to eat and who isn't the least bit shy about expressing himself. Loudly.
Other things are going on too, but they're all stressful and crappy, and I don't want to go into them. For now, let me just say hi. I missed you guys. :)
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