Palin – She Is What She Is

After spending a lot of money, crowdsourcing, and finding that Sarah is what she appears to be…a hard working Conservative hiding nothing, it takes a UK news outlet to publish this weekend’s email witch hunt results.

I’m not a fan of clichés and try not to use them, but I do like the current, “it is what it is” cliché. It’s succinct and so often true.

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Crowdsourcing – Vote Sarah!

A new buzzword entered my sphere this weekend—crowdsource. It’s another of those non-word words introduced into our daily discourse by younger, tech-centered members of our society. In past decades, their youthful exuberance and immaturity has been moderated by older generations of adults applying “adult supervision” which appears to be utterly absent today.

In what appears a Leftist-driven obsession with a private citizen who might mount a campaign for President in the next election cycle, writers from a number of large newspapers issued a call for public assistance to comb through over 24,000 pages of emails related to Sarah Palin’s time as Governor of Alaska.

Sometimes, when I see a particularly ridiculous or repugnant piece of writing offered under the banner of what we once considered “mainstream” media, I like to find a picture of the author just to see who is trying to influence my thinking…these days I think that’s important. The news articles shown nearby show small pictures of the authors along with the headlines.

“Crowdsourcing” is somewhat related to how new software is released in “beta” form for the public to try out and report problems. Although the approach is counter to how I was brought up—to take responsibility and do it right the first time—today it is a broadly accepted method used to solicit and obtain free labor to accomplish a complex task. If people are foolish or twisted enough to contribute their time to silly enterprises, that is their business.

Sarah Palin obviously triggers convulsions in Leftists. For that reason alone, I’m for her and if she and Michelle want to TEAM up, I'm for it. Vote Sarah…if she decides to run!

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P.S. What an entertaining weekend--Weiner & emails.

A Breath of Fresh Air - A Teachable Moment

The ditty was "God Save the Queen" Britain's national anthem, not "America" as a background melody to a particularly dulcet toast. Listen carefully as Queen Elizabeth turns slightly to offer some advice after he finishes ('set it down"). At nearly the same moment, note his head toss as a finishing flourish. Emily Post, Letitia Baldridge, and Miss Manners have been showing the way on etiquette in these matters for nearly a century...but someone must read the books first in order to learn.

Queen Elizabeth and her family have been at these functions for many years...centuries, actually. If you are interested in learning more about her and her family, there have been 3 very well-done films made within the past few years: The Queen; Elizabeth; and Elizabeth the Golden Age.

She has been fulfilling her part in the long history of England all her significant life. One way of looking at this flub is that it's true that what goes around, comes around. As one of his first acts in office he shipped the bronze bust of Churchill back to England and replaced with Martin Luther King. That was his prerogative, of course, but it struck many people as being in poor taste. Wonder if the Queen had a private chuckle? I would imagine so.

God Save the Queen