Posted by: wordbeeps on: October 10, 2008
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, has been found by an Alaskan legislative panel to have abused her power in having her brother-in-law fired from his position as a state trooper. The news can be expected to negatively impact the Republican chances in the November American general election, which are already faltering. For [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: October 5, 2008
Here’s the link. The Saturday Night Live Biden-Palin debate spoof isn’t on Youtube yet as of this writing, but it is on the Huffington Post, where this link takes you. Enjoy.
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 25, 2008
Is nothing sacred? You’ve seen Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, in glasses, now Hugh Hefner, owner of Playboy, wants the Alaska governor to take them off. And while she’s at it, every article of clothing, all for the camera. Reportedly, it’s only if she loses the election, give the man some credit. Only in America. [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 24, 2008
Padding her resume before the presidential election in the United States, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin can now say she has met with heads of state- several in fact- as she speed-dated her way through quickie discussions with Afghan president Hamid Karzi, Columbian president Alviro Uribe, Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and the president of [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 14, 2008
Just when I make a point saying voting for ordinary folks seems to be what people want, I find an article (American article) that says voting for ordinary people as your only criteria is just plain dumb. Written by a screenwriter named Micheal Seitzman, it is really a perfect blog post in that it is [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 7, 2008
This brand new blog started August 28 with a few stories. The blog gained a few hits, two, then ten, then four. Then I wrote about Sarah Palin after she was appointed John McCain’s running mate for the Republican ticket. Woo. Aardvarkcola suddenly soared with readership, 190 hits on September 4, then six shy of [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 5, 2008
Sarah Palin has impressed greatly with a I’m-one-of-you style that didn’t, apparently, impress Huffington Post celeb-columnist Jamie Lee Curtis. In not a bad column at all, the actress explains why, to her, being able to relate well to the average person isn’t as important as, well, not relating. Here’s the link. A good read.
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 5, 2008
Hungry for Sarah Palin information? Some stories on the background of the Republican Party nominee for vice-president include…this one by Tom Kizzia of the Anchorage Daily News first published October 23, 2006…and October 23, 2006….those two stories dug up and presented online by by Midwest Voices columnist Yael T. Abouhalkah. This next story, from Editor [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 5, 2008
Election in Canada Governor-General Michaëlle Jean will meet with Prime Minister Steven Harper at 8:15 a.m. Sunday when Harper will tell her that he does not have confidence in parliament. The Canadian federal election is expected to take place October 14. Three Harper cabinet ministers will not run again, David Emerson (Foreign Affairs), Monte Solberg [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 4, 2008
What do the folks back in Wasilla, Alaska, think of Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech last night before the Republican National Convention? The local newspaper, the Wasilla Frontiersman, has this story with some interviews from an excited crowd at Tailgaters, a local watering hole where many watched the speech. Thank you for reading Aardvarkcola
