Posted on 02/19/2009 8:59:04 AM PST by an amused spectator
He was too busy playing FreeCell to follow up on that.
Notice that Grimaldi & his paper were COMPLETELY incurious about Obama's Herd Of Tax Cheats before the election? ;-)
Alaska has some laws that really favor workers who draw per diem. It comes from the days when so many people were working on the pipeline. I worked for the Corps of Engineers, based out of Anchorage and worked in Fairbanks. I normally lived in Fairbanks so I just stayed in my home with my family. I still drew per diem of about (I can’t remember anymore) $105 per day.
Another thing: Overtime is (or was when I left in ‘85) defined as any hours over 8 in a day or 40 in a week and had to be paid at least as time-and-a-half.
Sarah may be doing something that wouldn’t be allowed in D.C. but is perfectly legal in Alaska.
I am sure you feel that you are a better conservative, and smarter than everyone else. If a person is willing to sell out their principles from the very beginning, for the reason of winning elections, then they are no better than the repubs who got the GOP into this mess, and the libs who run the country.
Conservatism wins; Reagan taught us that (even the great Ronadlo Magnus disappointed from time to time, though). Conservative values are what made this country great; history has taught us that. A person, and party has to be willing to lose on those values, though, in order to put the BEST candidate up. Winning by compromise against the libs is a loss, because they haven't been defeated. They must be utterly destroyed ideologically. Their ideas must be shown to be bankrupt at every turn. The people have to have their heads lifted out of the government trough, in order to show them the s**t that covers their faces, thanks to the libs.
You don't see the Marxists who control the Democrats getting all weepy and discouraged before storming off in little hissy fits.
Who said anything about disengaging? In fact, I am all about engaging the enemies within the party; even if I quit putting and (R) by my name a long time ago, and without. I am going to be completely honest and engage you.
You, and people like you, are the problem with the GOP at the moment. The GOP will not survive if control of the party is not wrested from the grips of people who do not, and will not, embrace even the most basic of conservative values, and would rather win elections than institute real change within the GOP and Washington. You want to sit there, and talk down to people that propose taking the party back to its roots. You want to continue down that well trodden path that has led to the socialization of America. "Put up ANY candidate that will win against the Dems" you shout. "Pay no attention to those rabble rousers wanting conservatism" you demand.
You people are ridiculous.
I am sure that in your eyes, we are. In my eyes, you are just as much a threat to the country as the libs you purport to oppose. You wish to repeat the same behavior that has proven to fail time and again,yet you expect different results. That, my FRiend is the definition of insanity.
Your heart is in the right place, anyone can see that. You haven't hit rock bottom, yet, though. After enough times of having the door bonk you in the nose, you will come to realize that the middle of the road repubs are NO better than the dems and that purging them from the party is the only solution (why Snowe, Collins and Specter can still put an (R) by their names baffles me).
Don't worry, there will be no "storming off in little hissy fits" here. The ghost of Ronald Reagan has come to haunt those that have, and would, lead the Republican party, and the country, astray. Guerrilla Conservatism will take the fight where it needs to go.
Garren
Crystal Cove - I forgot to mention that I also consider "lying by omission" to be part of lies in general.
As we can see from oldfart's post here:
Alaska has some laws that really favor workers who draw per diem. It comes from the days when so many people were working on the pipeline. I worked for the Corps of Engineers, based out of Anchorage and worked in Fairbanks. I normally lived in Fairbanks so I just stayed in my home with my family. I still drew per diem of about (I can’t remember anymore) $105 per day.
Grimaldi "forgot" to mention that part - most likely because there would have been cognitive dissonance with his main "tax cheat, just like those Democrats" meme.
Posts like oldfart's post are the reason Obama's Department of the Media are going to want Free Republic and other sites like it shut down or "Sunsteined" in the near future.
The article is totally inaccurate. To begin with, it was Palin herself who asked the state admin. dept. to look into whether or not per diem is taxable. They determined YESTERDAY that it was. The state will need to produce amended W-2’s or 1099’s for the governor so that she can file an amended return for 2007. Since her “employer” did not include the sum on her original W-2 or 1099, there is no penalty or interest owed. Most of Palin’s per diem was paid in 2008, though, and taxes aren’t even due yet on that.
On another point, Palin received around $17,000 per diem over 2 years to stay in her home rather than the mansion in Juneau. As a result, most of the staff at the mansion were no longer needed, including the governor’s chef who earned $50,000 a year. Hmmmm.......$8,500 or $50,000? I think she saved the state quite a bit of money by living at home.
Did you post those facts in the Washington Compost Heap?
I know who Deb is. I have the same creds.
WTF are you talking about??!!
Christian conservatives and others did not "stay home.
You had a significant number of people that thought they were electing the reincarnation of MLK. That's why the socialist won.
Don't believe me? Go back and check the poll results. There were lots of stories on this.
When the prima donnas who call themselves "conservative" decide to get off their whiny asses and take back the party, it will be there...unless the malcontents succeed in destroying it.
Power at any cost means one has sold his/her principles. That's why we ended up with Juan McCain as a candidate. When is the Republican Party leadership going to re-adopt the principles of conservatism and act on them?
Sorry Deb. It's moderate pukes that are "destroying" the Republican Party. We conservatives sat down, shut up, held our noses and voted for Juan.
Lotta good it did.
I saw on the news tonight that Michael Steele wants to put a "hip-hop urban" face on the GOP. This is not a winner. Mark my words.
Good post.
Yes, you do.
Now, I don't recall seeing Turbo Pig posting before (quite a jaunty handle, so I think I'd recall it) so I thought I'd put in a little historical perspective for Deb.
From your posts, Turbo Pig, I believe you'll have no problem handling yourself in these discussions.
I'll stand back now, and let you all have at it.
Play nice! Both sides have valid points to make here. **grin**
My Senators are Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. My Congressman is Henry Waman. If I can remain optimistic and determined anyone can. Love the idea of “Guerrilla Conservatism”...sign me up. I even have an outfit!
I disagree about the moderates destroying the party. There are many more true conservatives elected today than there was during Bob Michel's time and guys like Leach and Shays (though his vote was almost always dependable) are gone.
The press and media have been so good at eliminating our guys like George Allen, Tom Delay and Rick Santori, I don't have much hope we can turn things around.
The immediate predecessor (GOP Chair), I agree.
I also miss Haley Barbour.
re: moderates - what happened in November was (among other things) the GOP got a good enema and quite a few RINOs were thrown out. There are still some left, and they need to be shown the door also.
re: Santorum. I generally approve of Santorum, but during the last time the Sphincter ran, he had a very good primary challenger (think the name was Toomey). The Sphincter was losing.... until Santorum threw his weight behind Snarlin’ Arlen (Sen. Scottish Law) with an endorsement.
I’ll never forgive him for that.
Be a bomb thrower; blow up ever notion that is not conservative with facts. Snipe at everything that you see as being wrong coming from the libs, as well as the repubs. Make your non-conservative friends dread discussing politics with you, because you are so militant. They will either shut up because they have no facts, or become informed on the facts; destroying any liberal notions in all but the most hard core leftists.
Take a note out of the left's playbook. Show the people that the government can not and will not protect them, and is in fact doing them harm. Point out to every black you know that the dems have kept them on the government plantation (use those words) for generations. Point out to any Hispanic illegal that the libs do not want them to succeed; through their policies of non-integration they want them to remain "poor, dumb spics" instead of Americans. Point out to the affluent middle class white you know that the libs want to pay for their social experiments with their money. not the ruling elite's (that ought to be easy with Fienstein, et al as your reps!)
And please...no pastels ;-)
That'll be the day. Most non-conservative friends I have won't shut up. I tend to keep my mouth shut unless/until somebody shoves their crap in my face- as is happening more and more frequently. They have been doing what you advise (what I quoted above) but from a moderate to left POV.
My prime local example is Wayne Gilchrest (RINO-MD) and now (thankfully) ex-Congressman.
I'm sick of it.
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