I really would like to have it back.

Not that Wasilla ever resembled any kind of normal town.

It has always been a very different kind of place - not a normal town at all.

But it has been very strange since the end of last summer.

It would be nice if things could go back to what they were.

But I doubt that they will.

I don't think this is over yet.

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If I recall, Palin (and family) were associated with a local Alaska organization advocating succession from the United States. Perhaps she has decided that achieving her wingnut agenda is impossible in the near future - which is, of course, the only future that right wing fundamentalist pagan-Christians acknowledge - in light of the inevitable sooner than later apocalypse. No way, in her view, will this world make it to its 7000th year birthday. In view of this possible conclusion on Palin's part, maybe she has decided to lead that same organization, and then promote the notion of civil war. I think she is that crazy!

you make a good point. one of my favorite Palin videos is her first day back at office after the election. keep in mind the big issue at that point was the cost of her campaign wardrobe and whether or not she was keeping any of it. and she in response was all about her favorite consignment store and how wonderful it was to be back in her ordinary jeans or snowboots or whatever...

anyway, she comes into her office - first day back on the job, with lots of fanfare and cameras rolling - wearing a ratty old sweater with too long cuffs that she's pulling down over her hands. decked out in her sloppy outfit, her hair unperfectly poofed and lopsided, she looked and sounded shrill and miserable.

this week for some reason, we've been seeing a lot of the campaign images and yes, in those gorgeous clothes and all that styling, she is an attractive presence. but in her wasilla/juno duds, she looks MILF-ishly ordinary and sounds shrill and half crazy.

Our commies are at a loss in their blind hate of that normal, intelligent woman Sarah Palin. I mean - she does not use long words when a simple one suffices; she avoids complex sentences when a straight one is enough. "She is weird" - the east coast cretin states.

Who could wonder what Palin's doing. She said it in a straight line as she stepped down: she's going to work for the Republican Right. When will she figure out that the RR is about a world that works for just a few like BushCo/Christian Right/Big Business; the middle of the road and the progressives are about what will work for the whole world?

“I am a peaceful person by nature, but that doesn't mean that I don't have strong feelings. Joan can be persuasive, but her comments here don't lead me to hate Palin.”

You said it, spocko. You are a peaceful person, therefore, Joan’s comments don’t lead you to hate Palin. In this case, let me promote you to a Soloist who is not in tune with the rest of the orchestra.

But look at many more letters that were posted after yours. Their authors don’t look like peaceful people. On the contrary, they give an impression of the blood thirsty hound dogs.

Joan may not directly incite the hatred among her readers, but she never restrains them, either. She could say once in a while something like that: “C’mon guys, don’t go overboard!”

Correct me, if I am wrong, but she never did it.

You wrote:

“People often feel they have very legitimate reasons to hate someone. What if you knew someone who lost all their money to Bernie Madoff?”

People tend to blame and/or hate somebody else rather than themselves. An example that you have chosen proves that. Don’t you think that at least some of the investors should hate themselves for being too gullible or too greedy?

As far as hatred of the Right vs. hatred of the Left, both are wrong. We all can have disagreements on every aspect of our life, but we should be able to discuss our differences in a civilized manner.

After months in the national spotlight, dressed in the best New York fashions, adressing adoring crowds of the Republican faithful, which she clearly adored right back, Sarah Palin must have found it a real let-down to go back to being governor of boring old Alaska. Lousy pay, too, compared to her book deal. My bet is that she's got a TV offer, probably from FOX, where she'll fit right in.

I'd run like hell.

such craziness is not good for anyone - not the blue team or the red team or all the rest in the middle. they have become like wild hungry wolves seperated from a pile of hot bloody meat...this is about lust, fury and desperation.

they keep saying things that suggest they are completely unhinged. unhinged people do unhinged things. I half expect the repugs to attempt some quasi legal coup led by one of their powerhouse batshit crazy wommins - Palin, Bachman, Coulter or Malkin followed by legal briefed admirers in three pc suits and armed plumbers. it's all very worrisome.

except it's as funny as hell. it's as if we're players in a really good political satire movie.

Happy 4th, America! Long Live Our Magnificent Constitution!!

You're welcome. Glad to be of service. To all the non-haters, at least.

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A good fourth of July point. I found myself wanting to agree with this , but then I realized it didn't mean anything. America now, as in the 1980's, bears little resemblance to the fledgling country of the late 1700's. And the founders themselves had very different visions for America.

Perhaps Hamilton would be the happiest with the rise to domination of Bankers and Merchants. Washington admonished us to beware foreign entanglements; by the time of Reagan we literally had military bases around the world. We became the foreign entanglement as we strove with the USSR for world dominance. Jefferson wanted us to remain an Agrarian society. Now we are predominately urban, and most of the remaining farmers are but part of a vast industrialized food chain.

What would they think of the end of slavery, the rise of Corporations as powerful as sovereign nations, women voting, let alone running for high office? What would they think of our Sarah? Most of them despised the growing influence of political parties in their time. What would they think of the Celebrity Era? Would they find Sarah's resignation good political strategy?

Would they like the fact that we have abandoned the gold standard and delegated responsibility to a semi -private institution (The Federal Reserve)? The Founders didn't like the historical track record of direct democracy. What would they think of common citizens voting for President?

Finally let's talk Reagan. Would they have admired the way he ballooned the national debt? The Founders distrusted the concentration of power, and sought to limit the Executive. It was a necessary evil and Congress was supposed to do the heavy lifting. I don't think they would be down with this vast expansion of executive authority since the founding, let alone this Unitary Executive crap.

What would they think about the Reagan administration's violation of Congress' War Power act? That Iran-Contra scandal where we traded hostages in Iran for Arms to the Nicaraguan Contras, in violation of legislation? Would they be more or less re-assured that Reagan maintained plausible deniablity; it was just a rouge operation within the Executive branch that the president knew nothing about?

Happy Fourth of July!