A Police Chief, A Lawsuit And A Small-Town Mayor

Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, missed on really fabulous gem which I saw in a press release that appeared in the Los Angeles Times on September 12. When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the city billed victims of sexual assault for the rape kits and forensic exams saving the Wasilla tax payer from $ 300 to $1200. Wasilla was the only city in Alaska to do this. The practices stopped, only because Democratic representative Eric Croft was able to sponsor and pass a law forbidding cities from billing rape victims for rape kits. The biggest opponent of Croft???s law was Wasilla???s police chief Charlie Fannon, whom I assume Palin apponted in Stambaugh???s place.

I might add that keeping the bars open until 5 AM, only increases the chances of rape, since testosterone-crazed males, abetted by a couple of whiskeys, simply cannot take NO for an answer.

I have several questions. First what sort of human being would perpetuate this form of cruel and inhuman punishment? Furthermore, since Palin wears her religion on her sleeves, I must refer to the Book of James in the Bible, which clearly states that religious faith is measured only by one???s deeds. What sort of church does Palin belong to?

Finally, if we define Palin NOT by what she says, NOT by what she believes, but actually what she does, do we really want somebody like this as vice president?

Question for McCain / Palin supporters, the article says:

"One big issue, Stambaugh said, was that he and other police chiefs had opposed a state-legislature bill to permit concealed weapons in schools and bars, which Stambaugh called "craziness." But Palin, elected with backing from the National Rifle Association, which lobbied for the bill, told him she was "not happy" with his position, and that the NRA wanted him fired, says Stambaugh. Palin told him he "shouldn't have done that," Stambaugh told NEWSWEEK. (Palin denied in a deposition that the NRA contacted her about the weapons bill.)"

I seriously doubt the NRA asked Palin to have him fired - because I don't think the NRA really cares who the police chief is in a town of 7,000. So I absolutely believe her when she denies the allegation.

But the article does not say if she was for or against carrying concealed weapons in schools and bars. I just can't believe any rationale person - and I believe Sarah Palin is rationale - would be in favor of that.

I was unable to find anything on this. Does anyone know? And please don't just say no, she wasn't, and this is just another smear tactic by the liberal media, blah, blah, blah. Please provide a credible source, because I really am interested in her position on this.

Palin is power hungery little girl. She is a gangster rude queen. And a racist. She does not respect the constitution. She is bad news to the global freedom. She will bring more hate to we Americans. She is not diplomatic. And not trust worthy of an American vote. She is already insulting the outside world. She is a no brainer.

LETS GET TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER;SARAH PALIN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO GO AFTER HER BROTHER-IN-LAW;A STATE TROOPER WHO PHYSICALLY ABUSED HIS WIFE.I AM AN ER NURSE AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED. SARAH PALIN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO PROTECT HER SISTER AND CHILDREN; YOU JUST SEEM TO MAKE IT SOUND LESS IMPORTANT BY SAYING A CUSTODY MESS. I HEARD YOUR CNN INTERVIEW AND I HAD TO REPOND.WOMEN WILL NOT TOLERATE ABUSE PLEASE REPORT ACCURATELY.IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE FOR OBAMA. I AM A DEMOCRAT WHO WILL SUPPORT SARAH PALIN.

Ok WARNING here voters: Palin is PETTY and SMALL TOWN and will take that attitude to Washington. When splitting issues in the Senate, she won't vote with public interests in mind but with whomever has been nicest to her. This is not ONE incident. It is a PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR. She won't change. Why should she? She is riding her abusive power high all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. "Down to earth, hockey mom my ***". Snow job is more like it.

I would like to copy this and use it -- it DOES look so clear and obvious, when spelled out like this.
The Republican applicants would NEVER get the job.

"Obama is NOT going to raise MY taxes!!!" his dumb ass followers say.

You've hit on the fallacy of the belief that the economy is a closed system, i.e. that there is only so much money to go around therefore all one has to do is redistribute it and things will be great.

The reality is that economies are open systems where there can be more or less total wealth. Increasing taxes, even on "just the rich" has a ripple effect on the economy that causes prices to go up and a loss of jobs, generally in the lower income levels. Just the opposite, tax cuts have been proven time and time again to cause a "trickle down" effect that spurs consumption and creates jobs.

Rich people don't horde their money to look at it. They spend it. So when someone buys a car, yacht, or big new house, there need to be people who make these things, people who move the goods, people who mine or grow the materials used to make the goods, etc.

I wish I knew where it was, but I read a report I believe by the Rand Corporation, that tax increases or cuts have something like a 4-6 fold influence on the GDP (one dollar tax increase reduces the GDP by 4-6 dollars and vice versa).

Of course, you'll never get some people who are obsessed by class warfare rhetoric to gain and hold political power to actually acknowledge this. But then again, I don't see and Pelosi's, Kennedy's, Obama's, etc. relinquishing their wealth to the poor and adopting a less opulent lifestyle.

If you are going to bring up the rape kit issue at least have the decency to say it correctly. She had it billed to their insurance or medical/medicare/medicaid...she didn't have them pulling out their checkbook.

SUMMARY

So as you can see what most people want, a thriving economy, lower taxes, JOBS, Job Security you can NOT

have with Obama!

Energy policy will be forced to change due to the high oil prices and the technology to do this has already

been developed! You don't need Obama for this!

The ONLY reason to vote for Obama is if you have enough money to survive the economic collapse under him,

you don't need a job or an income and you are pissed at Bush for the war! Even though it looks now that the

Iraq war is winding down on its own and we will come home victorious and with honor!

I hope this helps Democrats UNDERSTAND where Republicans are coming from and I also hope it helps you

UNDERSTAND the ISSUES more clearly. Maybe now you will understand the ANGER us Republicans have at all the

idiotic policies Obama has and how they will destroy America.

ENERGY

In this aspect Obama isn't a TOTAL MORON! I agree this country NEEDS to look for alternative energy

sources. I doubt there are ANY people who don't agree with this.

Where Obama goes wrong is to NOT DRILL NOW.

For those who don't understand international economies and how prices are set let me explain.

Oil prices are set in the OIL FUTURES markets. It's not just supply and demand that has traders setting

prices its the FUTURE EXPECTATIONS of supply and demand as well!

Did anybody notice that the price of oil fell from about $150 per gallon to under $110 per gallon ever since

President Bush released the executive order against offshore drilling?

For those of us who occassionally trade energy WE HAVE NOTICED!

Yes its true that allowing more drilling is NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION but if America makes the commitment

to doing it the OIL FUTURES markets will price oil lower NOW and keep it less than it WOULD BE.

So in a nutshell drilling will keep gas prices lower.

This is a policy that will HELP THE POOR. An extra $20-50 per week LESS GAS PRICES can go a long way to

helping the poor and middle classes!

Now on Obama's side we also need wind, solar, geothermal, NUCLEAR, clean coal technology as well.

We also need to INVENT the low cost, light weight, high performance electric car battery.

The good news on that is Japanese automakers have already done this and it won't be long before those cars

are sold in the US ONCE electric companies increase their capacities and work out the logistics of this.

The Japanese have done this in Japan and they are rolling their cars out globally from 2010 to 2012!!

http://news.uk.msn.com/newsweek.aspx?cp-documentid=9496081


We need to focus on nuclear energy which is the cheapest and improving the car battery to allow power,

performance and GREATER distances per charge of 50 miles. THis will happen soon WITH OR WITHOUT OBAMA!

Obama KNOWS this technology is already near completion and wants to claim credit once he's President for

this! It's crazy to give him ANY credit for hybrid or electric cars and green energy sources, the decades

of work and research happened well before him and continues now and will into the future even with Mc Cain

as President!

Ok enough name calling.

Please somebody tell me how Obama is going to create 5 million NEW jobs while increasing government spending trillions of dollars to pay for health insurance for everybody and having the HUGE new taxes on income, social security, capital gains, etc!

I've posted on many forums for weeks and NOT ONE DEMOCRAT will tell us HOW Obama plans to do this IMPOSSIBLE task at the beginning of what will likely be a huge recession. Huge banks are failing every day and moronbama wants to raise taxes!