“not the sharpest knife in the drawer”

Love the word play! And so aptly describe one northern governor

Here’s a few more:

A few screws short of a hardware store.
A few cards short of a deck.
A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
A few peas short of a casserole.
More numb than a frozen mukluk
…..
http://dan.hersam.com/lists/not_bright.html

I understand why Palin might be a hate figure to a lot of people before the election and especially so if she had won. But why now, when she is no longer a threat? Why is the Palin-baiting dragging on and on for so long?

I’ll tell you why I still have near axeity attacks whenever I see Palin. I like a strong Republican presence. The best thing to happen to Bill Clinton was Newt Gingrich. Republicans when they have not go bat shit insane provide a counter balance that I like. They are supposed to be the ones that guy, “Uh guys, I know this sounds nice and makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy, but don’t you think that we should figure out how to pay for this and check for unintended consequences?”

I personally hope Obama is strong and has the word “no” in his vocabulary, because I trust Democrats with a filibuster proof majority about as far as the Republicans. What I really want though is for the Republicans to recover and put up a fight. The American form of government works best when the two parties are throttling each other by the throat. When one of them “wins”, well, Carter and Bush show what happens.

So, I am actually rooting for the Republicans. Unfortunately, the Republicans are of no use to me if they are lead by bat shit insane religious nuts with the intellect of Joe’s six pack. I want a Newt Gingrich, not a Sarah Palin. The Republican party is at a crossroads. As the minority they need to condense upon a message. They can either make a dive to be more libertarian or be more religious moral conservatives. They can pick up the causes of terror of immigration, abortions, homosexuals wanting managmous marriages, and teaching kids evolution, or they can take up the causes of trade, fiscal responsibility, sane tax law, sane regulations, and in general abandon trying to stuff Christian morality down everyone’s throat.

Palin represents a Republican dive down the path of appealing to the dumb masses through religious zealotry. Palin is also stupid. I’ll stop suffering anxiety every time I see her babbling her talking points when the Republicans put forth a leader who isn’t a babbling idiot who is certain that everything will be okay if we just keep teenage girls from having abortions and make sure homosexuals can’t enter into monogamous relationships recognized by the government. Clearly, the “big problems” of today will be resolved if we can just bring back Americas good old crazy witch burning Puritan values.

As much as a fear one party rule, the Republicans deserve a beat down they got. If Palin is the best answer they can drag from the gutter, they continue to deserve to be beaten into the mud.

Ever heard the expression “running around like a chicken with its head cut off?” If you take a hatchet and cut its head off, they do indeed run around, flapping their wings and beating them against the ground, even without a head.

The purpose of the cone is to keep the dying bird from flapping around, breaking its wings, and damaging its skin.

For those of us who eat meat, I think it’s important to participate in a butchering at least one time in your life. Meat is not born under plastic wrap, and the idea that you have to take a life in order to eat meat is a very sobering realization.

To the masses that have never seen a group of turkeys or even a farm in real life – let me shed some light for you. They are a brainless bunch who huddle in masses, gobble incessantly at the top of their lungs and run in frantic fear at the slightest noise of alarm. Though they cling close to each other while moving around, don’t mistake it for compassion. When one of them falls to injury or weakness the others will peck it to pieces.

Sound familiar?

whl g wndrd wh th grp-ht wld trn t whn nffctv Bsh wndrs ff nt hs cwby snst. Gd t s tht thr s nthr t fnnl yr ht twrds.

Apparently stress also causes problems with meat, so automated cow plants feed the animals in butt first so they don’t get upset or annoyed at seeing the slaughter or the big-ass spinning blades.

I get the feeling she IS the perfect Governer for Alaska.

as in “I’ll hae yer liver an lights aft I slit yer knave tae chops ya scunner”

It takes so long because it takes a while for all the blood to drain out.

(Palin is much more frightening…)

The slaughter behind her seems a lot less accidental, a little more media savvy than you give her credit for in light of the other footage I saw with it yesterday (offline or I’d link it). I think she knows full well she’s standing in front of a turkey slaughter house and is trying to boost a local business and stick it in the eye of everyone that is made squidgy by where our meat comes from.

“Gov. Palin apparently oblivious to turkey carnage over her shoulder” and “Turkey-killing fowls palin news conference.”

But my favorite part must be that the interviewer actually has the balls to ask, “with falling oil prices, are any programs on the chopping block?”

I myself am a 7+ year vegetarian, (even while I slaughtered chickens at a local/organic/sustainable/family/etc farm) so I too will be enjoying fake meat this year. But, I’m a little shocked at the boingboing’ers: is it really that disgusting? That’s how it goes down, if the bird is lucky. Maybe you don’t eat meat, and so you can be above it, but what you’re witnessing is far from a senseless slaughter. Remember, before it was sustainable to be a vegetarian, everyone ate that way. Let’s not get all christian about it, if possible.

The post was presented as humor. Can you say ‘humor’?

God damn America indeed. This makes me doubly proud to be a long-time vegetarian.