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In Sept. 2008, Roger Fisher said that he was happy to receive the publicity for the song "Barracuda", co-written with the Wilson sisters from Heart, which was being used by the McCain/Palin campaign. The Wilson sisters said that "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women." Roger told Reuters back then that he pledged to give part of the royalties from the song's use by McCain/Palin campaign to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign. I wonder if he and the Wilson sisters feel the same way about Barack Obama these days...

She was hands-on and averse to partisan politics. She championed openness in government and had normal relations with the media. She was a little starstruck by her interactions with national politicians but unafraid to do battle with the chief executives of the world’s largest oil companies The emails from her governorship, released Friday, brought back the memory of a long-lost Palin: the popular, charismatic, competent woman of the people. Far from being a knee-jerk partisan, she praises then-Sen. Barack Obama for his energy ideas — “pretty cool,” even though he is the “wrong candidate.” She derides the Republican establishment just...

The Mama Grizzly is coming out of hibernation. This weekend, Sarah Palin is launching her "One Nation" bus tour, visiting historical sites across the country. Palin will start on Memorial Day at the Rolling Thunder weekend motorcycle rally that starts at the Pentagon. Where it will end has yet to be announced. But given Palin's other recent move—the announcement of a feature-length film on her tenure as governor—it looks as if her ultimate destination may be the White House. Whatever Mitt Romney had on his plate for Memorial Day, he'd better make room. If we assume—for the purposes of page...

I do.

If she decides to run... With both Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump announcing that they will not be running for President, it eliminates two major variables from the scrambled GOP primary field. Huckabee, in particular, would have been one of the frontrunners had he decided to run, so his decision to sit out has major ramifications on the rest of the field. Huckabee would have once again been the favorite to win Iowa. His departure leaves a major void with Iowa's large Republican evangelical Christian base, a group that is now up for grabs. Sarah Palin likely won't run, but...

If I was younger and still serving I would be honored to have her as my commander in chief. You can keep the phony tough guy men that get trotted out as candidates. I saw REAL leadership up close and I know what it looks like. Sarah Palin has “IT.”

Sarah Palin, one of the best known and most controversial figures in American politics, told BBC Newsnight she was weighing up whether the US was ready for an "unconventional" presidential candidate like her. "You run the race to win the race. That's for sure." Speaking in Alaska, the state's former governor said if she did decide to run she would be fully committed. But the cost together with whether voters were ready to make a win a reality, were issues she still needed to think about. "Obama has already said he's going to spend a billion dollars (£615.4m) on...

The vicious fish jumped into her kayak and bit her in the chestA woman is hospitalized after being bitten in the chest by a barracuda while kayaking in the Florida Keys. The Coast Guard says the 45-year-old woman and a male companion were kayaking Sunday evening near Big Pine Key when the fish jumped into the vessel and bit her. The man told emergency dispatchers that he could not row the two-person kayak to shore without causing further harm to the woman. The Coast Guard says paramedics administered first aid to the woman, who appeared to have suffered a possible...

KEY WEST - A woman remains hospitalized after being bitten in the chest by a barracuda while kayaking in the Florida Keys. The Coast Guard says the 45-year-old woman and a male companion were kayaking Sunday evening near Big Pine Key when the fish jumped into the vessel and bit her....

Koral Wira, 14, was fishing with her parents and a friend near Venice, Fla., when a barracuda went for her dad's bait and ended up biting her instead. Her dad, Rob Parker, submitted these photos and Wira told the story. After anchoring the boat 4 miles off shore, Parker baited his rod with herring. Wira switched seats to get out of the hot sun, and watched as her dad cast. Moments later, she heard a splash and saw a long silver flash in the air. A barracuda jumped from the water and opened its mouth. As it hit her left...

14-year-old girl almost loses hand in the Florida KeysWith sharks stealing the spotlight this week on Discovery Channel, a couple of barracudas figured they would stake their claim for "most dangerous fish along South Florida coast." On two separate occasions this weekend, barracudas took bites out of little girls having fun in the water. On Saturday, a 14-year-old girl was the target of a flying barracuda that launched itself out of the water and into her family's boat in Venice. The fanged fish ripped a chunk out of Koral Wira's left arm. But Wira's dad quickly avenged his daughter by...

Over the last few months, and even again today, very unsettling revelations have come to light about the “settled science” of man-made global warming. With all of these shoes dropping you’d think every member of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) would be barefoot by now. One thing after another keeps popping up to further discredit the theory of man-made global warming. The IPCC’s supposedly definitive report proving the theory riddled with serious errors. The organization has been publicly chastised by everyone from its former chair to the heads of the UK’s biggest funder of climate research and...

The last 45 of my 66 years I’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here’s the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it…It’s not about persona, style, rhetoric, it’s about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I’m about to mention here. 1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor’s office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican’s “Corrupt...

The glee on Anderson Cooper's face was unmistakable. Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, and that fathead from NBC are probably still up partying. A hearty fourth of July celebration? No, much better than that for the liberal left and their attack dog media: Sarah Palin has resigned. Chris Matthew's arms must be sore to the bone from patting himself on the back. Keith Olbermann has probably passed out from a sudden unexpected, and heretofore, never experienced sensation of happiness. N.O.W. and all the other so-called "women's groups" are giddy beyond their wildest belief. They've managed to beat down a woman. A...

She does things her way as usual. What do you think she will do next?

I just saw a classic car and need help remembering the model. I dont have a pic, but the rear window was very unique. I think it was a Chrysler car from around 1969 or 1970. The rear window was fastback-style. The car resembled an El Dorado, but was not. Any help? I would love a pic from google Thanks

On a brief jump flight from Philadelphia to Scranton, McCain adviser Charlie Black and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback came back to talk up the campaign's conviction that the glass if half full. "Four years ago at this point, George W. Bush was down five points in Iowa," Brownback said. "Today John McCain is down one point in Iowa." He was citing an unreleased internal McCain campaign poll of the state, which was completed last Thursday, said Black. (The campaign stopped doing its own polling after Thursday, he added, because television time through the election all had to be purchased by...

Spare the jokes please lol. I'm not sending offers to split millions of dollars. I'm sending a simple e-mail to a company. The first time, I get a message from them, saying that Barracuda is blocking me. Then, the person I'm trying to reach sends ME an e-mail. At this point, I'm thinking everything is cool, because now my address is on their white list. Wrong---I send it again to him, and I STILL am blocked. I went to Habeas to do a reputation check. Problem is, even though I view the full header of my "sent" message, I still...

Article and slide show of Sarah Palin's visit to Grand Junction, CO yesterday. The paper estimates 10,000 attended, but other sources say up to 22,000.

Watch Sarah and john Live! Hoping for some red meat or perhaps a calf sluaghtered on stage. Go Sarah! I am voting for you.

Just ran into this and thought, my, how it contrasts with Obama's moonbat songs.

Announcing Palin song/lyric contest - $50.00 prize Use your own lyrics or those posted here below. Submit before the debate!! 2008 Rules & Regulations 1. Each song submitted must be contestant's original work. Songs may not exceed five (5) minutes in length. Songs may have multiple co-writers, but please designate one name only on email to palin247@gmail.com, notifying us of your entry. Contestant may submit as many songs as he/she wishes, but each entry requires a separate youtube or equivalent posting and email notification identifying such. (I am not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, postage due, stolen, or misappropriated...

Lyrics sung to Barracuda(Heart) First Attempt: Polls say the end We'll never win e-lection Heard it before, in Kerry's day lipstick and the gun Keynesian fun and a bank run is it the final days We've never know how low you can be I bet you think you can control me Rather die on my feet than live on my knees Who wouldn't now Barracuda! Now is the time, make Marx a crime crying for Free Enterprise No more in-di-vidual responsibility No right no wrong Is Satan's song His name Immortal fame If the internet rumors don't stick They'll just...

As soon as I blogged on the possibility that storm season could show Jindal may have been the smarter choice, commenters in conservative forums were calling me a Marxist mainstream media louse who was surely making the suggestion to sabotage a right-wing dream ticket (though, it should be said, McCain was in the not-too-distant past considered a poseur Republican, and any pundit who pitched him in the primary over Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee was roundly castigated). Never mind that I was suggesting another Reagan Republican as McCain’s ideal running mate...

When it comes to fiscal conservatism, George W. Bush failed us. He has angered fiscal conservatives in both parties. I don't spend much time defending Bush's fiscal record because there's really very little worth defending.   But Bush's failure wasn't because he cut taxes. Bush failed because he failed to cut spending.   P.J. O'Rourke defined fiscal conservatism as follows: "To a true fiscal conservative, tax cuts don't matter much, and neither does the national debt. That is because the real problem is spending. Even the best and most necessary public spending comes with a harrowing price: the percentage of...

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Two lowbrow attacks, not one. 1. lipstick=meme directly related to Governor Palin. meme (pronounced /mi�m/)[1] consists of any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another by learning or imitation.) 2. stinking fish=barracuda, as in the nickname given Governor Sarah Palin in her college basketball days. I was there, yesterday in Lebanon Virginia. He was taking multiple shots at Governor Sarah Palin and this one and the following attack went low brow. I went their to confront Obama but knew in my heart, as I stood there, I should let him self destruct. There were several other...

The McCain-Palin jukebox options are shrinking. The latest rockers to tell the Republicans to cease spinning their albums are the women from Heart, who were chagrined to hear their song "Barracuda" play at the Republican convention as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit the stage. Palin, a star high school basketball point guard, was nicknamed "Sarah Barracuda." The official Heart website states that "Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have informed the McCain/Palin Campaign that Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice to not use one of Heart's classic songs 'Barracuda,' as the congratulatory theme for Sarah...

Nancy and Ann Wilson, co-founders of the 1970s hard rock band Heart, are apparently a little perturbed that the song they made into a classic-rock staple, "Barracuda," was used at the Republican National Convention last week. The song had become something a trademark for Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, an association that dates back to her days as a high school basketball star in small-town Alaska. Now that Governor Palin is a household name - and has affronted the sensibilities of the antediluvian feminist class - she will apparently have to find another theme song - that is, if...

Democrats do not think that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's arrival in the enemy camp changes Sen. Barack Obama's path to the White House. As far as they're concerned, Republican John McCain's running mate is President George W. Bush. As Obama told voters in Pennsylvania on Friday, "This race is not a personality contest." That bet is about to be tested. Independent observers in Ohio think Palin does change the race, enhancing the GOP's appeal - not among the women who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but among white men. They say Palin's most potent weapon may even be her snowmobiler,...

The high school basketball arena still echoes with the sounds of one unforgettable night in 1982. Number #22 was Sarah Palin, but back then her name was Sarah Heath. She was captain of the Wasilla High School girls' basketball team. But she was also known by another name: Sarah Barracuda. Wasilla basketball coach Roger Nelles remembers 18-year-old Sarah as the star point guard. "The name probably fit her because of that intensity. She led by example. She's diving on the floor, she's playing tough defense against their main offensive player," he told INSIDE EDITION. Hollywood couldn't have written a more...

I have a whole new appreciation of the Wilson Sisters.

Folks--I was trying to put into words the chemistry I see between John McCain and Sarah Palin when they are together. And it just came to me. Sarah is John's wingman. She flies next to him and protects him. He fights for her, and she fights for him. She does what is necessary for him to successfully complete his mission. As a former Naval Aviator, McCain knows the importance of an excellent wingman. As a novice pilot, Palin has shown that she is a natural.

The web is once again awash with search terms relating to the US presidential race. Here Web User takes a look at some of the most popular searches today, as listed by Google Trends. One of the top searches is 'pork barrel spending'. An obscure term for politicians making sure money is allocated to projects that benefit contributors to a campaign, it was something that vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she didn't want to see. It seems that the obscurity of the phrase has led many to go online to look it up. Another search term relating to the speech...

Ann and Nancy Wilson are p*ssed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign. Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic "Barracuda" as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart's rep, who says "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission." The statement goes on: "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."

Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign. Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic "Barracuda" as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart's rep, who says "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission." The statement goes on: "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored." We're told Ann was...

Google it. They're really saying that garbage. I guess Jesus also promoted abortions too. These people are demented.

Palin records HUGE jump with independents and moderates in overnight polls: Survey USA Breakdown: Surveying INDEPENDENT VOTERS, is Gov. Palin an asset or liability to the GOP ticket? Asset? 09/03/08 = 43% 09/04/08 = 56% Liability? 09/03/08 = 44% 09/04/08 = 27% (Margin of error +/- 6) Surveying MODERATE VOTERS, is Gov. Palin an asset or liability to the GOP ticket? Asset? 09/03/08 = 38% 09/04/08 = 48% Liability? 09/03/08 = 49% 09/04/08 = 30% (Margin of error +/-5)

Hi Everyone, The Nobama campaign is claiming that Palin's nomination is benefiting their campaign coffers. Let's all contribute (even the smallest amount) to the McCain-Palin campaign and defeat these Marxists once and for all. Thanks for tolerating my Vanity post

Sarah-cuda girl power music video. Pink guitars and weaponry, with a latin flavor!

Yesterday was another crazy day on the trail with my new favorite crew - the Palin girls. We went to an amazing rally where there were 12,000 people. John Rich and his incredible band introduced Dad by singing "Raisin' McCain" and then we were lucky enough to have them come on the road with us to Missouri. To the entire John Rich band and crew, you guys rock my world and I am so excited to have everyone traveling with us!

(I hope this one tracks okay...it was fairly difficult to write.) MIDI - BARRACUDA

Republicans in Congress this June united to defeat a proposed windfall tax on oil companies, deriding it as a bad idea that would discourage investment in U.S. oil exploration. Things worked out far differently in the GOP stronghold of Alaska, a state whose economic fate is closely tied to the oil industry. Over the opposition of oil companies, Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska's Legislature last year approved a major increase in taxes on the oil industry — a step that has generated stunning new wealth for the state as oil prices soared.

On Aug. 1, the same day the call for a vote on drilling began on the House floor, the Alaska state Senate approved a package of measures to license a new natural gas pipeline. ... The legislature had been trying for 30 years to authorize something like this and, up until now, had blown it. Palin got it through...

Category Five Hurricane Sarah "Barracuda" Palin made landfall in Dayton Ohio August 29. Shortly before noon yesterday, memories of the ostentatious Obamathon were hazy at best, as worldwide attention turned toward the Big Storm. Current position is 30º to the right of Mike Huckabee, moving at a comfortable speed toward Pennsylvania and Missouri over the weekend. Next week, Sarah is scheduled to make landfall again in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Donations to assist with the Hurricane Sarah/McCain campaign totaled an alarming $3 million yesterday. All Democratic Party interests should rush to completion their preparation for catastrophic damage to the...

HONOLULU - A 19-year-old Mililani man is recovering at Queen's Medical Center after being impaled by what he says was a barracuda. Tonga "Piu" Loumoli was night diving off Kahana Bay near Kaaawa in Windward Oahu late Thursday night when a four-foot-long fish charged into his stomach. The fish wiggled loose, but left behind a six-inch-long gash and a tooth. A fishing buddy put Loumoli in a small dinghy and dragged him nearly a mile to shore and flagged down a police officer who called for help. Marine expert Craig Thomas said he has never heard of a barracuda charging...

TAMPA -- Land speculator Don Connolly showed up on Luella Williams' doorstep in February and announced that he had bought half her Tampa Heights house. "I thought he was crazy," said Williams, 43, a medical billing specialist. "I've had this house for nine years." [Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe] But Connolly was telling the truth. Capitalizing on an oversight made years ago, he had bought for $2,400 the tax deed to the north half of Williams' lot at 2510 N Ola Ave. The property line almost perfectly bisected Williams' 1,528-square-foot home. Williams' living room, dining room, kitchen, utility area and...