Posted on 12/31/2013 3:35:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
She actually said that Russia could be seen from Alaska. And she later provided proof that it could.
According to Sarah Palin, you really can see Russia from Alaska. Just maybe not from her house, as Tina Fey joked on Saturday Night Live in 2008.
On Sunday, Palin wrote a Facebook note titled “Alaska’s Position on the Globe (Yes, You Can See Russia!)” that stressed her endorsement of Republican Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller.
Palin, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, wrote that at a Miller rally last week, she said that change was needed in Washington so Alaska could “finally develop our natural resources to help secure the union.”
She wrote that she included a “riff” on the fact people can see Russia from Alaska. She said Alaskans have sent her numerous pictures that prove Russia can be seen from Alaska and that “put to rest the lamestream media’s mocking of that point.”...”
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/11/01/sarah-palin-you-really-can-see-russia-from-alaska/
The basis for the line was Governor Palin’s 11 September 2008 appearance on ABC News, her first major interview after being tapped as the vice-presidential nominee.
During that appearance, interviewer Charles Gibson asked her what insight she had gained from living so close to Russia, and she responded:
“They’re our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska”
I can’t remember having these problems with previous Popes.
Perhaps Francis talks too much.
It kind of seems like too many people think that taking care of the poor is not their job personally, but the job of governments. That is the easy way out. It requires nothing.
But God knows.
I’m sure the left is making the most of it, likely stretching the truth a bit along the way. But he apparently did knock Capitalism as basically being unfair and unjust. In any case, someone more knowledgeable on the subject Than I analyzes this and other statements of his at the link below.
“In this context, some people continue to defend trickle down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system”—Pope Francis
does this mean I can get part of the govt workers pension?....I mean they can “share” can’t they?
Mandating ME to pay for THEE may please some folks (including the pope) but it is anti capitalist and anti freedom. IF I chose to help others the reasons I do so should be of no interest to anyone else. Good works is not my salvation and never will be.
Really?
You are right. Many think if they vote others paychecks to pay for those that won’t contribute, they have done their job as a good person. They do please themselves that way. But, it is only for personal pleasure.
Greed comes in all economic levels. God knows that.
It’s a “traditionally black newspaper” I believe.
You might consider that any system where 1% win and 99% lose could use some suggestions for improvement in a voting democracy.
“I don’t like it. No sir, I don’t like it at all!”
blather…. this is the rich are getting rich routine. In the US (the closest thing to a place where there at least partially free markets… and I am excluding SIngapore since it is a small occurrence) I am free to put myself out there and work as hard as I want to accomplish whatever I want. The US is NOT a place where 1% ‘win’ and 99% ‘lose’. Those countries are dictatorships where they only winners are those in power
oh and I might add certain churches
That you would pollute this board with it makes you look like a jackass.
" Politics More: Inequality Taxes 95% Of Income Gains Since 2009 Went To The Top 1% — Here's What That Really Means Josh Barro Sep. 12, 2013, 1:20 PM 13,006 45 This month, Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez put out an update to his estimates of income inequality, and the headline figure has everybody outraged: 95% of income gains since 2009 have accrued to the top 1%.
And that would be wrong but keep quoting the Berkeley economics commies every chance you get
And when that gets boring for you answer the phone because Alex Jones is calling
"In America, nearly 1 in 4 children go to bed hungry every night," her letter continued. "Due to neglect, our neighborhoods are crumbling and millions of individuals who are homeless seek but do not find shelter each day.
"In the U.S. Congress, the CBC continues to be a voice for the voiceless, and your compelling calls for economic and social justice reflect our own. You are prompting the world to see that if we do not act with urgency, we will all endure the consequences of an indelibly fractured world. We stand with you in your appeal against complacency, and we admire your courage in working to make sure the Catholic Church is deeply engaged in the most pressing issues of our time." In an interview, Fudge said she sent the letter because she believes it's important for the Pope to know "there are a lot of people who agree with and support what he's doing," as he continues to make his mark
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