Memorial Day, to Remember Past, Present, and Future Sacrifice!

For posts like this, I'll let Madame speak for herself:

“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
- General Orders No.11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters, May 5, 1868

This weekend, as we enjoy time with family and friends, we should stop and remember the meaning of this national holiday. Memorial Day is a uniquely American holiday that finds its origins in the aftermath of our Civil War, when our country searched for a proper way to commemorate the many who had fallen in the long struggle to end slavery and unify our nation.

Today, we remember all of those throughout our history and to this very day who gave their lives serving our country in uniform. Our prayers are especially with the surviving family members for whom everyday is memorial day, as they live on remembering their loved ones who died selflessly to protect the freedoms we hold dear.

And on Memorial Day, let us also remember all veterans, past and present, because everyone who wears the uniform and swears the oath is willing to make that ultimate sacrifice for America. So, in honoring them let’s keep in mind this version of a popular poem as we show respect for those willing to sacrifice all for our exceptional country:

“It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin will be draped by the flag.”

- Sarah Palin

(Enjoy this version of the poem recited by Fred Thompson.)

“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
- General Orders No.11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters, May 5, 1868

This weekend, as we enjoy time with family and friends, we should stop and remember the meaning of this national holiday. Memorial Day is a uniquely American holiday that finds its origins in the aftermath of our Civil War, when our country searched for a proper way to commemorate the many who had fallen in the long struggle to end slavery and unify our nation.

Today, we remember all of those throughout our history and to this very day who gave their lives serving our country in uniform. Our prayers are especially with the surviving family members for whom everyday is memorial day, as they live on remembering their loved ones who died selflessly to protect the freedoms we hold dear.

And on Memorial Day, let us also remember all veterans, past and present, because everyone who wears the uniform and swears the oath is willing to make that ultimate sacrifice for America. So, in honoring them let’s keep in mind this version of a popular poem as we show respect for those willing to sacrifice all for our exceptional country:

“It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin will be draped by the flag.”

- Sarah Palin

Sarah Schools Obama on the D#*! Hole!

You knew that after Obama's second annual press conference that Madame would have something to say, especially after he dissed drilling. The President got a little bit pottymouth-ish, so Madame had to clean up the title of her newest post a bit--just in case Piper read it! I haven't gotten to use those symbols much in our work.

I think she wishes she was at the press conference today, as we started today's post with a series of questions to the president. She also typed out some pieces of her record and some solutions. Her solutions--stop blaming Bush and start drilling here. I love it when she does that!

I will say that my favorite part were these nightsticks:

(I risk the President taking my comments personally, but they’re not intended to be personal; my comments reflect what many others feel, and we just want to help him tackle this enormous spill problem.)

....

We hope you’re learning. Please learn that we must have domestic energy development, you must stop looking backward and blaming Bush, and we must all work together to “plug the d#*! hole.”

Poor, poor, Mr. President! I hope TOTUS is around to console him. Madame just took him to school! We hope he's learning.

Sarah: Chair of the "Hell No" wing of the GOP

In spite of the McCreeper living next door, we still had the chance to do some political posting. This time, we did some more GOP promoting. Even though the GOP establishment doesn't often even give Madame the time of day, she is more than willing to promote their initiatives, if they are good! Madame tends to tell it like it is more so than other GOPers. It just goes to show you that while Michael Steele may be the chair of the "please, don't" wing of the GOP, Madame is the chair of the "hell no" wing of the Republican party. My apologies for my potty text.

Sarah, Build the Danged Fence..Around Your House!

I thought we were done posting for today, and I would get to relax in Wasilla. But, we just found out we have a neighbor--a crazy, creepy journalist neighbor. Madame had to call him out. She was nice and charitable--even offering to make him some blueberry pie. First Dude deserves the medal for courageous restraint after this news! We even posted a JPEG of the creep! Geez! Perhaps this is a sign that we need to move to the White House....now!! At the very least, I implore Madame to build the danged fence...around the house!

Smackdown of a Blogger and Gibbsy!

We had a double nightstick posting day today! First, Madame posted about her continued support for Nikki Haley whom she endorsed for SC. Some crazy blogger is claiming an affair with Nikki. Madame knows all about rumors from bloggers. She even mentioned of the false ones the crazies brought out about her--divorce, moves to the Hamptons or Montana. I'm kind of disappointed that she didn't mention the rumor that she left Todd for Bigfoot!

Then, as stupidity would have it, Gibbsy made a comment yesterday that Madame needed to learn about the oil industry when she criticized the Great Opologizer's ties to British Petroleum on FoxNews Sunday. We even tweeted about it! Geez! That's like someone saying Albert Pujols needs to learn how to hit or Michael Jordan needs to learn how to dunk. So, Madame went to work calling out the administration on their poor response to the oil spill and how Alaskans would handle the spill. Madame would know!

How Do You Like Them Apples?

Did you all miss me? Madame's let me catch a little bit of a breather lately after our whirlwind of events lately. Whew. Madame just spoke in the Mile High City, and let's just say that Madame brought the house down! The skeptics bemoan that she only speaks in platitudes, but this speech was quite wonkish!! Eat your heart out, Mittens Pomade!

We have done some endorsing though lately. Madame endorsed a Senatorial candidate in Washington state. How do you like them apples? BOTUS also gave a shout out tonight to Charles Djou,a Hawaiian GOPer who won an election in Obama's home district. Aloha, Congressman!

Get Your Apology Tour T-shirts!

When I began to call Obama the Great Opologizer, I didn't think he would take it to heart as much as he did! One of his officials apologized to China for the Arizona immigration law--the extremely short bill that we linked in our Facebook post today! This is the bill that Janet Incompetano and co haven't read! China has done horrible human rights abuses, and our President's peeps are apologizing to China! Geez! This bill is just like the federal law--the law the Great Opologizer is apologizing for, not enforcing!

I will say that Madame's post title inspired me for my t-shirt business (don't tell her I've started making and selling "Palin 2012" shirts). She titled this post: "America Apology Tour". The Great Opologizer apologizes so much, I decided he needs tour t-shirts, so I designed some:

They are on sale for $19.95 plus shipping and handling! Get them before they sell out!

Sarah and the Border Ladies

We've been in the desert Southwest the past few days. Madame appeared with her future Homeland Security Secretary, Jan Brewer on a project to secure the border!


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Madame and I also put this same message on Facebook today. She told the Great Opologizer to do his job and read the Arizona bill! It's only 10 pages! It could very quickly be uploaded to TOTUS!

We also made a trip to New Mexico as Madame endorsed Susana Martinez for New Mexico governor! This is just Madame's way of helping to secure the borders--supporting governors who will do the job the president won't do! We posted a note on this today too!

Whew! Madame has been everywhere this weekend! She's making me want to go into hibernation mode, but she has more energy than me!

If Research Is Your Friend, the Media Must Be Lonely.

As can be predicted, Madame speaks about pro-life candidates and 2nd amendment rights yesterday, and the media gets wee-weed up and begins to misrepresent things...again. So, we had to call them out again. The media misrepresented Madame's words about the Obama administration's views of gun control...and she wasn't talking about FLOTUS's arms! Also, the media was wrong on Obamacare's funding of abortion and the Catholic church's supposed approval of Obamacare.

BOTUS weighed in on this issue too, and Madame even used an emoticon on this one! :)

Ever the supporter of the military, Madame tweeted a happy Armed Services day to those who are serving or have served.

Guns, Babies, and an Endorsement, All in a Day's Work!

OK, so I may have the capability of being either battery or AC powered, but I have nowhere near the energy that Madame does! She gave three speeches today and an interview to Greta! One of the speeches was to a pro-life women's group and another was to the NRA. The softy southpaws' heads must have been exploding everywhere. I have copied and pasted the embedded code for her speeches, and that was enough to make me tired.

Susan B. Anthony event:





National Rifle Association event:




Nikki Haley rally:




We also posted a note about the endorsement of Nikki Haley too. You know, as if Madame, didn't have enough going on that day.

Sarah Says to B-ballers "Go Rogue in Arizona"!

When I was out surfing the web, and I saw the story about the Chicago suburb girls' basketball team not allowed to play in a tournament in Arizona because of their softy southpaw school superintendent bureaucrat, I knew those would be "fightin' words" to Madame.,just as she said in her speech in the Windy City last night. What?! The school let students go to China where there are horrible human rights violations, but they can't go to Arizona?!? Last night, BOTUS sent out the warning tweets, and I knew it was only just a matter of time before Madame and I would go to work on a Facebook post.

Not only did Madame support the team, she also slammed the Great Opologizer's lack of border security:

These boycotts of Arizona will not help the state or lead to positive change. Economic and political boycotts of our nation’s 48th state will hurt all Arizonans – including all members of the Hispanic community. If people really want to help, they should tell President Obama to do his job: secure the border. If he were to do his job, the good people of Arizona, who have been overwhelmed by violence on their border, would not feel compelled to do it for him.

Ouch, that had to leave a mark, but I'm sure Madame's future Homeland Security secretary, Jan Brewer, appreciated it. We also did something new. We linked to a Facebook group to support the girls!

Today, just before we posted this note, Madame and BOTUS made a call into Megyn Kelly's show. I've embedded their stellar work here:

Sarah's Book O' "F" Bombs!

Now that the LSM has gotten word of it, I can now tell you about Madame's newest book: America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag that will be released in November! Yep, Madame drops the "F" bomb three times in the title, not the "F' bomb of the VP Hair Plugs variety, but family, faith, and flag?! For the softy southpaws, those are almost curse words! Madame will be compiling writings from the Founders, speeches, sermons, songs, etc. Good stuff! Madame doesn't know it, but I'm writing a special inscription for Katie "the Perky One" Couric:

Dear Perky One,

Remember when you were condescending and dumb and asked me what did I read, and I answered, "all of them"? Read this book. This is what I meant!

Best regards,
Sarah

Do you think Madame will go for that?

MSM Headline: Sarah Demands A Raise for Her Son!

Ignore the title of this post, but who knows, that may be the way that the media wants to spin our latest linkage. BOTUS and I tagged teamed it again. BOTUS tossed out the warning tweet about Obama wanting to reduce the raise that Congress proposed for the military. The Great Opologizer will spending billions and billions on a stimulus package that doesn't work, but he won't give our soldiers a decent, well deserved raise. So, Madame and I tossed up this link on Facebook.

It's going to be a busy week this week, including a trip back to Obama's home city and a day where she speaks at a pro-life and a NRA event. Liberal heads will explode!

Sarah Honors a Mentor

BOTUS tweeted a message this morning to honor one of Madame's mentors, who passed away: Governor Hickel. Although Hickel later withdrew his support during Madame's governorship, he was one of her first mentors. Check out this clip at about the 40 second mark to see the two governors interact:

Happy Mothers' Day!

One of the LSM outlets has a great piece about Madame for Mother's Day. Shocker! The article talked about Madame's multi-tasking ability! She can check e-mails on BOTUS all while making dinner for the kids and doing other things! The piece also discussed Madame's and First Dude's rules for letting the kids use me to go surfing. Madame doesn't allow them to read the blogs because there are a lot of crazies out there!

One of my press secretary's friends e-mailed her a jpeg that I want to give to Madame for Mother's Day. There's even a lotus flower and a Bible verse! The softy southpaws will go nuts! You guys get to see a sneak peek:

Just Say "No" to Ma'am!

Well, it's been a little while since Madame and I worked on an endorsement piece, but we did one today endorsing Carly Fiorina for the Senate seat in the Land of Fruits and Nuts! Carly's story is much like Madame's. Her dad was a school teacher, and she's broken a few glass ceilings. Some people got a little wee-wee up over this endorsement, so Madame had to go back and add some stuff to the post to further explain. Hey, it's OK, folks. You don't have to agree with every decision Madame makes. However, Carly has the best chance of the Republicans to beat Ma'am Boxer, and she's not a big RINO like one of her opponents! I'm concerned though about the title Madame used for this piece: "Let's shake it up in California". If there's an earthquake, Madame may get blamed!

BOTUS has been a bit busy the past few days. She's tweeted about the oil spill, the National Day of Prayer, the flooding in Tennessee. What a busy past few days!

Double Post Friday!

We've been traveling around all over the country these past few days, but that doesn't mean that we aren't doing some work. Yesterday was a double post Friday! The verdict came down on the Popcorn jerk trial, and he was found guilty on two accounts. One account may be re-tried. We'll see. Madame posted a very gracious note regarding the verdict. This also included a comparison to the Watergate scandal in how politicians (or college students) can't do illegal things to try to alter an election! Nixon was a Republican; she's not going to refrain from calling out corrupt actions on party lines! She's an equal opportunity corruption fighter!

We also posted a note about the oil spill in the Gulf. With the Exxon-Valdez spill in Alaska twenty years ago, Madame knows what it's like to deal with such tragedy. However, she doesn't see it as a reason to abandon drilling and to continue to seek energy independence. She even spoke of her record quite a bit. I wonder if that means something...:)