Hey SicEm and others involved in the GOP apparatchik... [Archive]

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 01:00 AM

Keep an eye out for this one:

http://www.palinforgovernor.com/

She just handily won a governor's race over a very experienced operator in Tony Knowles. She's young, articulate, and has a reputation as being squeaky-clean on ethics. She also won despite having the personal emnity of the GOP chair for Alaska.

There's some speculation that Ted Stevens is going to retire at the end of his current term and endorse her for Senate-which would be right when her term as governor expires.

I, of course, voted for Tony. He's a Sooner fan. But I can live with Palin for the next few years.

SicEmBaylor

11/9/2006, 01:12 AM

I knew absolutely nothing about Palin other than the fact that she was running, won, and apparently not a member of the Murkowski family.

So I've been reading some stuff on her and yeah you're right. This is a woman who could potentially have a very very bright future in the GOP. After this election the GOP is going to need leaders who aren't tainted by the congressional scandals and/or the handling of the Iraq war.

Heh, and yeah that conflict with the state's GOP chair endears me to her even more. You're definitely right...she's definitely a bright star. (and also quite attractive for an older woman).

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 01:15 AM

Older woman? She's only 42! :mad:

SicEmBaylor

11/9/2006, 01:17 AM

Older woman? She's only 42! :mad:

That's getting pretty damned old. At 40 you're still progressing up the hill but beyond that you're going over the other side at an ever increasing speed until you hit the bottom and it's all over.

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 01:18 AM

:shakes head:

SicEm, you're about to be in a WORLD of hurt from some of the ladies around here.

Vaevictis

11/9/2006, 01:24 AM

Bah, as long as you keep out of the reach of their canes, they're no threat at all.

Mixer!

11/9/2006, 02:23 AM

Hope I die before I get old.

:pop: :pop: :pop:

crawfish

11/9/2006, 08:32 AM

That's getting pretty damned old. At 40 you're still progressing up the hill but beyond that you're going over the other side at an ever increasing speed until you hit the bottom and it's all over.

:mad:

Chuck Bao

11/9/2006, 08:48 AM

Mike, I like reading about young, articulate and successful people. Actually, I'm mostly curious about life in Alaska.

But after reading the links, I have a few questions.

Sarah's husband is also a lifelong Alaskan and is a production operator on the North Slope. Todd and Sarah commercial fish together in Bristol Bay, being joined at their sites with their kids: Track, Bristol, Willow, and Piper.

Sarah served as Chairman of Alaska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's most valuable non-renewable resources: oil and gas.

First question, if Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, is a production operator, why was she chairman of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Or, did I misunderstand what a production operator does?

Second question, why are they commercial fishing together? Joined at their sites by their children? They make the kids catch fish and sell them?

SoonerJack

11/9/2006, 09:19 AM

:mad:

:mad:

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 11:31 AM

Mike, I like reading about young, articulate and successful people. Actually, I'm mostly curious about life in Alaska.

But after reading the links, I have a few questions.

First question, if Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, is a production operator, why was she chairman of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Or, did I misunderstand what a production operator does?

Second question, why are they commercial fishing together? Joined at their sites by their children? They make the kids catch fish and sell them?

1. If you disqualified anyone with any ties to the oil industry from serving on the oil and gas commission in this state, you'd be left with an O&G Commission that consists of Herb, the old crazy guy who hangs out on the corner.

2. His family has lifelong ties to commercial fishing, and commercial fishing is a family-type operation in Alaska. The kids probably aren't involved in selling the fish-since they're out of Bristol Bay, they probably just sell the fish to Peter Pan Cannery in Dillingham once they bring in the catch.

Tear Down This Wall

11/9/2006, 11:49 AM

Well, she'd have my vote based on these three snipets from her website:

GUN RIGHTS - I am a lifetime member of the NRA, I support our Constitutional right to bear arms and am a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska's youth.

PUBLIC SAFETY - I support adequate funding for a strong public safety presence in Alaska. Feeling safe in our communities is something we cannot accept any compromise on. This includes policing in all its forms, the court system, prosecutors and corrections. If the legislature passed a death penalty law, I would sign it. We have a right to know that someone who rapes and murders a child or kills an innocent person in a drive by shooting will never be able to do that again.

SOCIAL ISSUES - I am pro-life and I believe that marriage should only be between and man and a woman. I am opposed to any expansion of gambling in Alaska.

I've got say that her website is refreshing. She doesn't just give a dusting of her views, but a long list and explanations. Very solid.

Chuck Bao

11/9/2006, 11:51 AM

In other words, they are Rich people and may be related to you? How nice.

Ummm...do you take in Sooner fans visiting Alaska?

colleyvillesooner

11/9/2006, 11:52 AM

I have a prolem with anyone who does this:

Children : Track, Bristol , Willow , Piper

That's just dumb. Who looks at a baby and says "Track. He looks like a Track, doesn't he?"

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 11:56 AM

In other words, they are Rich people and may be related to you? How nice.

Ummm...do you take in Sooner fans visiting Alaska?

Heh. No, they're no relation to me. I'm not even a particular fan of hers. I'm impressed with what she's pulled off so far in her career, and I think she's got a chance at being a major GOP player.

I'll buy you a beer if you come through, but Howzit can tell you-I'm hard to pin down during the summer.

Tear Down This Wall

11/9/2006, 11:56 AM

I have a prolem with anyone who does this:

That's just dumb. Who looks at a baby and says "Track. He looks like a Track, doesn't he?"

Um, she's got some of of Alaskan Indian ancestry. While those would be stupid names here in Collin County, Texas, they ring true for Alaskans, I'll bet.

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 11:57 AM

^
Alaska Natives are not Indians. At least not her husband's tribe. Different migratory waves over the land bridge.

colleyvillesooner

11/9/2006, 11:58 AM

Um, she's got some of of Alaskan Indian ancestry. While those would be stupid names here in Collin County, Texas, they ring true for Alaskans, I'll bet.

That very well could be. But I doubt the kids in elementary school will be as knowledgeable on the subject. ;)

Frozen Sooner

11/9/2006, 12:00 PM

colleyville, have you HEARD some of the names kids are getting these days? Track's the only name of those four I find even slightly unusual-I've met other kids with every single one of those names.

colleyvillesooner

11/9/2006, 12:02 PM

colleyville, have you HEARD some of the names kids are getting these days? Track's the only name of those four I find even slightly unusual-I've met other kids with every single one of those names.

Yeah, that one jumped out at me the most. I think I'm gonna name my future son "Football" Kinda rolls off the tongue.

colleyvillesooner

11/9/2006, 12:07 PM

And i'm getting really sick of guys named Todd.
It's a good ****ing name OK. Hi whats your name?
Tooooodd. I'm Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy ****ing boys names comin' from. Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names.

You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name, what happened to Eddie he was hear a minute ago. Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened?

Todd and Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker. Hi Tucker, i'm Todd. Hi Todd, i'm Tucker.

**** Tucker, Tucker sucks. And **** Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle.
Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the **** out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker

Chuck Bao

11/9/2006, 12:08 PM

Willow is my all-time fav movie.

And Pillow Talk is my second all-time fav movie.

So, I'm gonna go with Willow for a boy and Pillow Talk for a girl, in the event I get real all breedy like.

Track needs a better first name like Star.

tbl

11/9/2006, 12:09 PM

1. If you disqualified anyone with any ties to the oil industry from serving on the oil and gas commission in this state, you'd be left with an O&G Commission that consists of Herb, the old crazy guy who hangs out on the corner.

:D :D :D :D

tbl

11/9/2006, 12:10 PM

That's just dumb. Who looks at a baby and says "Track. He looks like a Track, doesn't he?"
I thought the same thing. Borderline child abuse...

KaiserSooner

11/9/2006, 02:12 PM

If Stevens retires, I wonder if there'll be a primary fight between Palin and Don Young?

Mike, am I wrong in assuming Frank Murkowski is done in politics up there?

SicEmBaylor

11/9/2006, 02:32 PM

I thought the same thing. Borderline child abuse...

You should hear what my Poke parents named me...

Tulsa_Fireman

11/9/2006, 02:38 PM

I have yet to see it, so I'll oblige.

I'd hit it.

TexasLidig8r

11/9/2006, 03:03 PM

:shakes head:

SicEm, you're about to be in a WORLD of hurt from some of the ladies around here.

I don't know since on this site, 130 lb for a woman is considered FAT, GORDA.. etc etc.

Or... so I've been told. :D

TUSooner

11/9/2006, 03:07 PM

Was she in Monty Python's Flying Circus?

Frozen Sooner

8/29/2008, 10:57 AM

(cough)

Told you she was an up-and-comer.

frankensooner

8/29/2008, 11:07 AM

Wow, Froz is even smarter than homey. Who knew? ;)

SicEmBaylor

8/29/2008, 12:09 PM

Wow, Froz is even smarter than homey. Who knew? ;)

:raised hand:

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