Sarah Palin-Going Rough, like only a Hockey Mom Can

I think this is my first official Blog regarding anything political. After a year of having a new President things are just about the same as they were last year. The economy is still shaky, the war is still going on, and a self important Hockey mom from Alaska still thinks she can run the country. Now if history has taught us anything, it’s that if you lose the bid for the presidency, or in her case vice-presidency, you take some time off, go back to your respected position and lay low for a year or two until the next election comes up. In Sarah Palins case that would be a big no. Instead of going back to her respected position, she decided to say FUCK YOU ALASKA! resign as Governor, Tell the world she is better suited for Washington, and ow yeah, write a book called SARAH PALIN: Going Rough-An American Life.

Now this, in no way, is a review of the book. This is my opinion on some of the things she said in the book, and how I personally feel about the book and her after reading it. I have to say honestly that the book was a page turner, and I found myself laughing and shaking my head at times at her views on the world. The opening of the book starts with her chronicling her life before she got into politics. It’s your typical hard working, blue collar type story, including the type of family she grew up in, her sometime struggle to obtain an education and falling in love with her husband. Really nothing you haven’t heard in every lifetime movie in the last 20 years. Well there is no rape, I guess that is the only difference between her and lifetimes movies. As the book progresses, she touches on many points where she was misrepresented by John MCain’s campaign staff, and in several instances silenced from speaking her mind about issues and situations to the press. One instance in particular, she makes reference to how she was not briefed on the press release regarding her daughters (unplanned) planned pregnancy sent out by the McCain camp. When it comes to insults on the part of Palin, they are weak and have no teeth. So if you were expected her to drop the word Asshole in the book, or even maybe call Katie Couric a Coose you will be disappointed. She insults hurt no more than a slap in the face with a silk glove.

In the book Sarah also discusses policy and government the way she sees it. Now I need to state that there is not a specific chapter where she talks about this subject, throughout the book policy and government is mentioned, so piecing together her view was not a straightforward process. To say it bluntly, the book did not offer any deep insight on any political views, no clear cut plan for anything, and no grasp of the big picture. This is not to say that she didn’t try, but I got the impression that if you asked her for a written plan on improving the economy, she would present you with a book written by Matthew Lesko (The Question Mark Guy). I didn’t really expect her to wow me with any political insight, and in allot of ways this book reinforced what I think we already knew about her. Now I don’t know if she plans to write another book about her political strategy, but if this is all she offers, then chances are you are better off watching The West Wing for hard hitting political commentary.

To sum it up, this book reads more like a fluff piece then an actual biography. The real meat and potatoes, or anything of substance, is about 100 pages. And the picture she paints of a Blue Collar way of life is a story that has been told 100 times before. There will be no surprises or anything that jumps off the page in this book. And while I admired her adversity, I could not get over the fact how little she actually understands about the world around her. And to add insult to injury, biting narcissism that is douche-chill worthy at times. And if you are looking for the Next Wizard of Oz you will be asked to pay no mind to the man behind the curtain. 

 

Confessions of a vampire…And Democrats

I can say without a doubt that it has been awhile since I have submitted a blog, or a thought, or a bit of dating knowledge or anything of any value in any way what so ever. But I will say that last time I submitted something, allot has changed. I have moved into a new house, I got a new job, and had my city over run by democrats and became a rent a father. I know that is allot to omit, but let me break it down one by one. The first thing on my list is moving into a new house. Up to this point in my short life away from living at home I have only rented apartments. I will say there is a up and down side. On the upside you can meet some very cool people, and if you feel the need you can get blitzed at a neighbors house and then stumble down the stairs to your bed. On the downside, some people don’t realize it’s community living and treat everyone like an asshole, demand silence, and have there “C” word of a cat crap on your porch.

So renting a large house feels very satisfying, and may I say gives me a sense of pride. Also living in Colorado, there is something called the “Make my day law” and since I’m not one to argue with the law, I will not think twice to pop a cap in a burglars ass, be it of the feline brand or not. The second thing is that I got a new job. I decided that it was time to see what else was out there. The job I found was a night job. All and all it’s not really that bad. I get a weird sense of things at night. Everything is quiet, and when it’s quiet you can let ideas and thoughts flow a bit easier. I figured since winter is coming and I will be working at night and sleeping in the day, I figured I will call this blog tales of a vampire. I guess you can call it irony, but I think I am trying to be cat catchy.

And the last point I want to bring up is the Democratic Nation Convention that took place last week. I did go downtown, I did try to spot a political figure, or a member of the press, but no dice. It seemed that if you lived in Denver you were not allowed to attend any function at said Democratic Convention. The thing that made me go crazy was how many cops were downtown. They prowled the 16^th street mall in packs of 10 or more, decked out in full riot gear and giving the old stick eye to anyone of middle Eastern decent, or for that matter anyone with a shade of skin darker then off white. And by stink eye I mean ready to blast someone with there taser or gun filled with rubber bullets. I am not saying that it wasn’t awesome, but really I got the impression that people who lived here were really not welcome. Also Bryan Williams blasted Denver on NBC, by saying that it’s good to see reporters getting out on the tough streets of Downtown Denver.

While I walked downtown I noticed how clean the city looked and how there were no homeless people. As I walked I had a vision in my head of Denver, and if this was how the city was originally suppose to look. With clean streets, in perfect view of the Rockies, with city goes walking the streets, happy, and with smug looks on their faces. With gangs of roaming law enforcement types making sure the colored people don’t step out of line. People from all over the United States coming to our little city and commenting how cute it is that, us, simple country folk, built a city with tall buildings and land marks. How even though we don’t have a Dunken Donuts, we still have Starbucks. And how some day we hope to be like New York or L.A. with it’s fast city life and movie stars. No I think for the time being I will take Colfax with it’s loose woman and Wash Park with it’s……Umm…..loose woman.