Hmm? Maybe they took out from their IRA of 401k? I do not know, not trying to be snarky. I will look at those forms again, and report.

However, seriously folks, they did not tithe. That is: they did not give ten percent to their church. This could be a big deal within the "Christian" community. And, it should quell our worries that Sarah may be a crazy political fundamentalist. If she were, she would tithe. Some real journalist should run with this story. I will try, but I ain't got the time.

This VP run will look good on her resume, even if she loses. She will be a player from now on. Nobdy has found any real scandals in her history.

She plays the "dumb down" strategy very well. But she is practical. After this, she wil be the new Newt Gingrich, except she will have legs (yuk-yuk), and she will have future chances.

Even if she is a rookie now, this election makes her into a top veteran contender. And! (cryin' out loud), she may actually learn something real and useful. She may be good for us in the future.

Many Americans start off with the assumption that the USA is wonderfully good, best-ever. They taught this to us in school. Many (most?) Americans do no even get it if you take any other approach.

Voters may say, "Well, good! Sarah's tellin' it right!" We will see in a month.

The plane has floats. They tie it to their dock. I have a dog. I tie her to my porch. The Palins are a notch above my status.

...So that the dipsticks could emmigrate to Texas, and let the rest of us progress.

I forgot the sovereign state of Oregash. Twelve countries total, then, to make us more like Europe.

We need to split into several countries:

Alaska, Texas, California, The Confederacy, The Great Lakes, New England, The Southwest, The Mountains, The Plains, Hawaii. (Did I leave anybody out?) Maybe NYC as our Singapore.

Eleven countries. That, I believe, would be closer to our founding fathers' original concept. The fathers never imagined we would have so many (50!) small states. They did not imagine we in Michigan would have to be ruled by foreigners such as G.W. Bush and Sarah Palin.

These new American countries might not have obvious borders. For example, Indiana might go with The Confederacy, and what do you do with Pennsylvania?

I'm tired of apologizing for our Texan and our Alaskan and other leaders I have no connection with.

She came from a humble begining, and now she is a star. That is her appeal. Simple as that.

Smart or not, cute or not, it doesn't matter. She is the female Abe Lincoln, in certain ways. That is her appeal. Very simple.

I was not visceral, did not mean to be. I am too accustomed to this www anonymous dialogue. I attacked your idea, not you.

The point is that, the Palins may, conceivably, marginally, theoretically have a net worth of a million bucks, but I doubt. Did you look at their tax forms? If so, my point is that you cannot fault them.

They look like regular Americans. And! Net worth does not equal money in the bank. Some blogger might make a case that you or I have a net worth of a million bucks. Like, somebody might overvalue my song lyrics or the paintings from my pal Richard. But, hah!

And, you know what? One million 2008 dollars divded by five kids is future peanuts. And $127,000 income divided by two hard-working wage-earners and five kids is not so much.

I still will not vote for her. Just stop (not just you) with allegations that she is rich.

Apparently, our patriotic, freedom-loving US Air Force has blasted at least two Afghan weddings, machine-gunning the two brides and their moms and dads and little cousins et al.

W. Bushy folks say, "Oh, well, collateral damage, you know..." And Sarah Palin goes further. She just brushes it off, even though it is true, and criticizes Barack for even bringing it up.

All the "Christian" radio shows also are "Conservative." They blur the line whenever it suits them. And they cry wolf whenever anybody questions. Fascinating topic to christo-nerds such as me.

I am trying to get my local christianist radio guy to agree to interviews with me, specifically to explore where the politics intesect with the religion.

These people seem cagey, less-than-forthcoming. So far though, nobody really has worked to pin them down. Maybe, in their own thinking, they are straightforward. I am working on it.

Maybe a valuable house, but they still are paying it off. Their Capital Gains/Losses are peanuts, so we know they have no real investments. They have an old boat and a couple of ancient pick-up trucks.

Please stop with your silly, theorectical financial attacks. Unnecessary!

Do you do your own taxes? I guess not. Otherwise, you would look at these tax forms and see that they are okay, but not rich. $1.2 Million? Auh? They wish. But even that puts them into the ordinary peanut category. Do you know what "net worth" means?

Don't make me go in and do a thorogh analysis of their taxes. I am pretty sure it would prove they are okay, but still living from paycheck to paycheck. You do not want to know, maybe. Would you rather just resent them on principle?

The Palins' charitable deductions on these tax forms are pretty good, but they are far below ten percent of their income. One tenet of current fundamentalist Christianity and of old-timey Christian tradition is that we should donate ten percent of our incomes to our churches.

Fundamentalists might fault Sarah for donating less than ten percent. Let us see what they say.