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Calif. Students Dig Up Dirt on Palin Perks in Campus TrashPosted on Apr 13, 2010
Dumpster diving—or the diminutive version, dustbin diving—is never a savory task, but a group of enterprising students from California State University, Stanislaus, had a tip-off before they dug around in the campus trash to find documents detailing Sarah Palin’s accommodations, air travel arrangements and other pertinent information about her upcoming visit to their school. From the look of it, she’ll be quite well taken care of, although the rummaged-up paperwork didn’t specify how much she’ll get as a speaking fee. —KA
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By Inherit The Wind, April 14, 2010 at 6:58 pm Link to this comment
Well, I gotta give the woman credit: It’s now obvious why she quit the Governor’s job in Alaska. She wanted to make BIG BUCKS as a public and is doing exactly that, having made herself a millionaire several times over doing nothing but mouthing platitudes and raw meat for the “Boob-oisie” (to make a double pun out of Mencken’s diminutive insult).
She’s picked about $12 million so far, just for saying stupid nasty shit, and commands Ronald Reagan-class speaking fees.
To paraphrase George Carlin: Say something stupid enough and some schmuck will pay you to say it again!
Report thisBy anaman51, April 14, 2010 at 2:47 pm Link to this comment
One of you clowns actually referred to this woman as “Governor Palin.” If I remember right, she walked out on that honor, one accorded her by her loyal constituents in Alaska. I have to wonder what they think about her now, since she dropped her obligations to them like a live grenade and started whoring for the GOP. As to the perks involved, you can damn well bet any Republican worth their salt will make sure they’re well taken care of, even if everyone else goes without. They’ve been doing that in Congress for decades.
Report thisBy Dan Weisman DJ & Improv Coach, April 14, 2010 at 1:03 pm Link to this comment
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Adding to Tobys’ Santa song Parody:
One for the Money
Report thisTwo for the Show!
Pretend to be steady
It’s Go Sarah! Go!
So Don’t you
Step on her Moose Suede Shoes!
By Leefeller, April 14, 2010 at 12:46 pm Link to this comment
Washington Illogical, “not political at all the Republican said to Frog”!
Report thisBy toby, April 14, 2010 at 11:14 am Link to this comment
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Big breasts? Well Washington Illinois wanted Dolly Parton as a speaker. When she could not make it they settled for…..Palin! April 17
http://www.pjstar.com/featured_content/x1685423713/Word-on-the-Street-The-story-behind-Palins-speech
Report thisBy WyoWay, April 14, 2010 at 11:06 am Link to this comment
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As typical around here, everyone forgot to mention that her speaking “fee” is being provided by donations from people who want to hear her. Off hand, can any of you tell me what Clinton flew in, or how much he was paid for speaking at functions? No? oh ok, just wondering.
Report thisBy Leefeller, April 14, 2010 at 9:21 am Link to this comment
faith,
In the article something was mentioned about $500.00 a seat.
A little know fact is they will be supplying inexpensive recliners and ear plugs for the audience. This is a research project testing the effectiveness of both ear plugs and recliners to see if people can sleep through the whole episode, (also if Palin will notice?) If the ear plugs work everyone is allowed to take home a recliner? If anyone wakes up in the middle chances of survival are low and they have a mortician present with a pine box but then no recliner.
On the other hand maybe they are going to round up some terrorists as research to see, if the Palin finger nail chalk board torture technique is more effective than water boarding.
Report thisBy thebeerdoctor, April 14, 2010 at 9:12 am Link to this comment
America loves BIG BREASTS!
Report thisBy omop, April 14, 2010 at 9:00 am Link to this comment
Leefeller.
Get real. Would you wear your Israel American lapel pins! if you were meditating.
Grow up.
Report thisBy Montana, April 14, 2010 at 8:58 am Link to this comment
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Almost daily we listen to her trash talk (she is in the league with Quayle and “W”), all thanks to the man who now claims that he never called himself a maverick, McCain, right, tell us another. She spends her days trash talking it is only fitting that someone found a great place for her contract. I guess some dumpster diving found it, All’s Well That Ends Well.
Report thisBy lisa, April 14, 2010 at 8:42 am Link to this comment
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Are we lost in a bad SciFi plot?
Report thisBy faith, April 14, 2010 at 8:42 am Link to this comment
Are California tax dollars sponsoring this event? How is it that such a small
Report thisCalifornia college has so much money to put up front to sponsor the Palin
invitation to speak at their campus? I am not so certain I agree that Palin can
bring in enough dollars to offset the costs. This requires serious investigation
and appropriate audit in to how the CalState Board is spending money.
By Leefeller, April 14, 2010 at 6:50 am Link to this comment
Omop!
Oh my god!....... Palin is not wearing her Israel American lapel pins!
Why does Palin seem attractive all of a sudden?.... I know ..... it is the ruler!
Report thisBy groovologist, April 14, 2010 at 6:35 am Link to this comment
You know, I don’t listen to Palin, don’t think about her, none of that. I’d be grateful if she was the Republican candidate. But what I don’t hear is anyone objectively covering the actual story here, ie: what does a small school like Stanislaus see in spending as much as 100 gs to get her? Maybe it’s just the hope of selling at least 201 tickets at $500 a pop.
Report thisBy neoconscience, April 14, 2010 at 6:24 am Link to this comment
There was and is no scandal involving Governor Palins speech at this university.
Well… that is until students particapated in the unauthorized removal of university documents.
The Deans office will be dealing with this.
Report thisBy Leefeller, April 14, 2010 at 6:09 am Link to this comment
Damn, I am running out of Palin material! Who ever the decider is at this college couldn’t afford a real speak, so they picked Palin?
Maybe administration thought they were getting the gal from SNL, or they wanted the students to see ignorance mooning from the podium. Promoting ignorance to show one does not need good grades to make oodles of money? Really it was because they couldn’t afford Bush?
Palin charges extra for Moose gutting demos!
Why would anyone want to hear Palin? Wonder if this is like Palin buying her own books, she paid for her own speaking engagement?
Report thisBy omop, April 14, 2010 at 5:37 am Link to this comment
Whoever mentioned Ms. Sarah is a Superstar must have seen this photo of hers
meditating before a speech in Tennessee.
http://mantiqaltayr.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/sarah.jpg
Report thisLike Krusty the Clown was overheard telling Bart about Ms. Sarah, “any one
that wears both the American and Israeli flags on their lapel is a true patriot”.
By toby, April 14, 2010 at 5:32 am Link to this comment
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For a 100k fee
She’ll smile and say
That the death squads
Are coming your way
Sarah Palin’s comin to town
She smiles when she’s sleeping
She smiles when she’s awake
She smiles before adoring crowds
So attend for her ego’s sake
She’s makin a list
On her left palm
God and guns
Have such a nice sound
Sarah Palin’s comin to town
Don’t cha know
Report thisCaribou Barbie’s comin to town
By thebeerdoctor, April 13, 2010 at 10:37 pm Link to this comment
There is something very special about the public adoration of a money sucking animal.
Report thisBy reynolds, April 13, 2010 at 9:10 pm Link to this comment
whore
Report thisBy purplewolf, April 13, 2010 at 8:48 pm Link to this comment
Gerard: good point, however, she cut funding in Alaska for special Olympics and for unwed pregnant teenagers why ever would miss greedy want to help the needy? She also was the one who tried to force rape victims to pay for their own forensics kits when she was mayor of Wasilly. There is not a charitable bone in that wolf killing animal hating, environment destroying for big oil profit psychopath’s body.
Tonight reported on Countdown Sarah Palin has managed to pull in over 12 million dollars since quitting her joke of a job as Governor. And just think about this, for the person who complains about the health care bill as socialism and death panels, her own daughter has applied for-though,there needs to be an investigation as to fraud-and gotten health care that was to be provided for in indigenous people of Alaska for her son Trigg.Does her child even have enough blood quantum to qualify as a Native Indian(Eskimo)in the first place? And does she have proof of such like they do to all the other Native people have to provide. And what about her living arrangements? Last I knew she still lives with her parents and anyone who has applied for any help for any type of Social Service programs for themselves and any children they have knows up front that the INCOME OF ALL FAMILY MEMBERS is to be included in the formulation of whether that person(s) even are poor enough to qualify for the help they are requesting.I feel that they do not qualify and I betcha most of you do too.Winky winky.
For a woman who has made a mockery of the health care plan as socialized medicine I see she had no problem using America’s and even, according to Sarah, Canada’s free health care when she was a child in SKAGWAY, ALASKA. A fitting namesake “SKAG”.
One would think being the upstanding Christian she claims to be, she would pay for the medical insurance or coverage for her grandson Tripp if he really needed it and not use the socialized medical care she claims are death panels and would want to set a better example by not using a program meant for the truly poor. NAH! That’s just not the Sarah we all know. But let’s be fair here, the father should at least provide something toward the care of his son.
Report thisBy gerard, April 13, 2010 at 8:04 pm Link to this comment
She could donate her speaking fee to the school, to be used for the education of young people with special needs. But then again ...
Report thisBy Commune115, April 13, 2010 at 5:42 pm Link to this comment
Why is this so shocking or even important? Isn’t this how all corporate politicians, Democrate or Republican travel and charge? The California University system can pay it anyway, considering the horrible cost of education in the state.
Report thisBy Mundt, April 13, 2010 at 5:34 pm Link to this comment
Gov. Sarah Palin is such an important person, so significant in all of our daily lives, such a powerful social, political, & cultural icon-a goddess, as it were-that every smidgen of news or gossip about any & all facets of her life become astonishing, earth-shattering events to the scampering media mice & all the nattering nabobs of negativism. She is a superstar!
Report thisBy Jimnp72, April 13, 2010 at 5:21 pm Link to this comment
oh yeah like it’s really worth it to hear the crap coming out of her trap.
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