Warning: Video might be disturbing for some viewers
I’m rarely very harsh, but Sarah Palin is an idiot. In fact, she’s a fruitcake. When I was very young, we use to kill our own chickens for food, and in the Peace Corps, we killed chickens for food, and I’m not a vegetarian, but the juxtaposition of Sarah Palin being interviewed against turkeys being slaughtered at what seems to be some type of industrial turkey farm with blood all over the place is too much (The turkey farm—Triple D—does advertise its birds as being free of antibiotics, and the farm notes that the USDA would consider Triple D a free range poultry farm). Around 1:50 in the video below, a turkey shakes violently, and shortly afterwards Sarah Palin called the event “fun.”
Certainly, it’s poor judgment on her part, or perhaps it was a calculated maneuver, since she may have decided to capitalize on the culture war. Nonetheless, the fact that she decided to continue with the interview in that spot in order to make some unimportant point that she is Joe America or whatever is unreasonable. Furthermore, she is throwing gas on the fire, since she has already been criticized for supporting aerial wolf hunting. From KARE, MN:
The governor was being interviewed by a local Television news station while the work of the Triple-D Farm and Hatchery continued.
That’s when Governor Palin found herself in a less than desirable spot for the interview.
Just minutes after pardoning one turkey, a farm worker [began] processing another turkey just a few feet behind her… plainly visible in the background of the video.
Governor Palin was told by the photographer what was going on behind her and allowed the interview to continue.
Samantha Henig at Slate discusses aerial wolf hunting:
[M]any hunters found the practice unsportsmanlike, since it violates the “fair chase” ethic, and animal rights activists call it inhumane, since airborne gunmen rarely get a clean (i.e., relatively painless) kill. In response to concerns like these, Congress passed the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972, which made it illegal for hunters to shoot animals from a plane or helicopter.
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I’m shocked!
(For those of you with ADD and only focus on the bird – there is actually a very shocking message).
The shocker: A state actually saved money during a surplus!
Ok, I’m officially shocked!
Other states like Illinois spent all their surplus and now asking for help. What if companies did this – saved money for a rainy day – instead of spend – we would have a different economic situation.
It is really common sense. We need that in our government.
And the reason why so many people are still talking about Palin is because she is a threat. You see the Obama administration is so focused on presentation, even to a fault, spending great time making sure they look good.
The biggest threat to Obama’s strategy is having someone who is real and authentic come along with an actual REAL record to show for it.
So what a turkey is slaughtered. I’d rather my leaders spend her time worrying about government spending, than making sure her setup is perfect.
But as for Me…
I look at the record of leaders, not how they present themselves. Saving money. Now that’s smart.
Alaska has such a large surplus because of its nonrenewable natural resources, and the price of oil, so Sarah Palin can certainly save money. Surely, she is no economic or budget-balancing whiz. The gotcha media flushed the truth out regarding Palin. Furthermore, she is no threat and can’t compare with Obama, because Obama has the intellect, intellectually curiosity, and open-mindedness needed to be the president of a superpower like the United States in a very global world. So what if a turkey was slaughtered? Certainly, she could have picked a better spot to conduct her interview. Because of her closed-mindedness, obvious lack of intellectual curiosity, coupled with her inexperience, Sarah Palin would be nothing more but a repeat of President Bush–perhaps worse. However, some folks seem to be willing to sell their soul to the devil all over again. Not me!