The supporters of Mitt Romney doesn't waste their time to intervene upon knowing that David, the director of communications working for Pres. Obama is having a press conference in Massachusetts Statehouse. According to report, he was sabotaged by the group representing the camp of the other parties far from what they expect to happened during that day.
Furthermore, the press conference supposedly highlights the controversial campaign of Mitt but because of the crowd hovering outside, everything turns to undesired situation. Campaign and destructive slogans empower the people who are currently waiting for any positive response from the people inside the building. And of course, it is actually common in this type of gatherings as a part of any election related matters.
And the political agenda has been set aside due to the concern of Mitt's supporters. They are now probably enjoying their disruptive acts during that important event for the camp of reigning Pres. Obama. However, political enthusiasts expect a similar happenings next to Mitt's upcoming public address from the supporters of the other side, right?
Try to catch some more soon as we continue to follow the other related happenings to this report after of this break.
The wife of Robert Kennedy, Jr., the nephew of former president of United States was found dead last Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at her family's home. And the tragedy shook the heads of everyone who knows too much about her. According to report, she continue to battle her drinking problem since then and she was previously arrested due to her intoxicating behavior in public. Mary passed away at the age of 52 leaving her four kids to her loving lawyer husband.
Furthermore, she an architect and her friends noted that she is one of the finest woman in her line. Her creations and designs are very admirable because of her unique tastes in applying a greener technology. And those people who loved her way are looking forward to the goodness of her children. Investigation is currently ongoing to solve the mystery of her death and the Kennedy's kept their privacy from the media and giving no further statement about the tragedy.
Way back in 2011, the judge dismissed her DUI case because of she doesn't know of the right medication for her problem. Her story has been added to the tragic incidents that happened to the family of Kennedy. The assassination of the former president is one of the darkest moment of their time and now, losing a lovely woman from their clan is probably a way for us to remember the ex-president of the country.
No words of public memorial service for Mary and autopsy is currently ongoing as well further investigations to unlock everything.
The state visit of Secretary Hillary in Bangladesh earned a lot of criticisms from the local media of Dhaka as well in international community who are currently following her every trips. Along with Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of the above mentioned country, their photos captured the attention of everyone. She is wearing an eyeglass, with hair down, and showing her truly natural complexion.
She made a series of headlines since she start her tour in Asia. She probably do this for a change or to get the attention of the other leaders of the world. Her photo shows a humble way of life and her new appearance shows her humble but successful intentions. And she is not afraid to bare her face without a special enhancement from a costly make-up.
The above photo of the secretary is now over the line and everyone is invited to keep up with her new style as she continue her trips. You can visit the official website of the U.S. government to counter-check her appointments and to catch her look from photo galleries taken from her visit.
You can also catch her new photos and videos in YouTube as well in other government multimedia portals and television soon.
Bryan Huffman recently appeared in U.S. District court in Greensboro to testify in the trial of John Edward in regards of his illegal campaign fund coming from the wealthy people of the country. The man stands in the side of Rachel Mellon or "Bunny," a banking tycoon who is now in her centennial years and a well known supporter of the former presidential candidate. According to him, he worked as a middleman during that time to concealed the relationship of John with Rielle Hunter, his campaign videographer.
Furthermore, Bunny doesn't mind the relationship of John and she continue to help the man on his campaign despite of some issue that breaks the silence of other people around them. She also denies the other allegations and paying her attention to a possible success of the campaign. Bryan also noted that the checks was released as a payment for furniture but the amount is actually intended for another purpose.
Bunny labeled the checks for furniture and she also hide this from her lawyer for a reason. Her real estate manager also stand to testify last Friday, May 4, 2012 to clarify the issue.
However, that $750-thousand worth of checks is already big enough to concealed the issue between John and Rielle? And who are those folks behind the hidden movements during the campaign of the former candidate? That's the other odd story we probably need to follow in the ongoing trial.
Next to what happened in a Secret Service member of President Obama, the Colombian Dania Suarez appeared this Friday, May 4, 2012 for a local television interview. According to report, she escorted Arthur Huntington while in the middle of his service from a disco bar to his hotel room. During that night, the two found each other like a regular customers way back in Cartagena which cause her to feel uncomfortable as the issue between them started to spark in the White House.
She noted that Arthur show no respect at all and really an intoxicating person. Furthermore, the man offered her a $30.00 for her service but lead to a more disastrous thing when police as well hotel manager drew their attention for confrontation. However, he immediately resign as they returned to United States but the case remains in the custody of the local authority in Colombia.
However, the woman flee from her country for few days after the happenings and according to her, everything is just for her own safety. Arthur is not the only man who joined Dania during that evening and she also refused to answer some of those question to avoid a possible unnecessary and provocative additional issue about of what happened.
Hotel hidden cameras cannot deny the intoxicating behavior of Arthur and somehow, he is currently hiding from the media to protect his privacy. There is no video tape or clips started to round on the line but people who witnessed his rude behavior in Colombia can probably remember his face.
The administration of Pres. Obama is currently in a critical condition as church leaders showed out their innermost thoughts about the controversial contraception policy of the government. The daughter of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, Anne Graham Lotz, along with Rev. Rick Warren, and some of Catholic leaders in United States brought out their different perceptions and insights about the impact of this program.
Furthermore, the last Sunday, April 8, 2012 U.S.-based talk shows featured these most influential people in society. They can attract thousands or even million of Americans to oppose the government plan to revise the contraception policy by letting the insurance company to take charge of everything needed by his people instead of their respective employers.
And because of that, the birth control contraceptives will be provided by insurance firms. However, the Catholic church opposes everything since the start of the issue. They would like to ask the attention of everyone participate and open their curiosity about the new health care provision. But because of that, other religion already made a few steps behind and probably, because it is already close to some political agenda.
Anne Graham Lotz and Rick Warren surprised the national viewers. Some of us are not actually aware of their participation which is not common to any protestants to extend their hands with Catholic church leaders, right?
Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, and Al Roker of NBC's Today show joins Sarah Palin on this Tuesday, April 3, 2012 episode. However, she tried to avoid talking about politics and somehow, according to what we know, she appeared just like of other recent guest. Aside from that, she also gave her own opinions about Jessica Simpson and Ashton Kutcher who is about to play the role of Steve Jobs on his upcoming movie.
Sad to say, the appearances of Sarah earned the criticisms of the national viewers in Twitter as well probably in other social networking sites. Even the closest people working behind the success of the show doesn't failed to gave their negative statements towards her awkward participation. Reviews coming from television sitcom observers and online writers somewhat make fun of her in the other side.
Furthermore, Sarah also made her comments about the performance of Julianne Moore in Game Change. It's not a bad thing to consider as host but her optimistic gesture probably provoke the fans and followers of the woman which also put down her popularity.
You can watch the replay of her appearances in YouTube aside from these few words of ours coming from other celebrity gossip sites. Be the one to know the exact thing before criticizing everything which seems become a joke for others. Let us respect Sarah and whatever she wants on her life, she is responsible for that aside from joining a morning show, right?
It is Black History month. Black lesbians made history too! Today marks the 76th birthday of Barbara Jordan. Representative Barbara Jordan was the first women from Texas to serve in Congress, the first African-American woman elected to Congress from a southern state. She was known as an outstanding orator & Constitutional scholar. If she had lived she may have served in the current administration or on the Supreme Court, as Bill Clinton intended. She received The Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 1994.
In 1976, Jordan, mentioned as a possible running mate to Jimmy Carter, became the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Her speech in NYC that summer is ranked 5th in Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century list by the Association of University Professors.
Jordan was a lesbian with a longtime companion of more than 25 years, Nancy Earl; Jordan never publicly acknowledged her sexual orientation, but in her obituary, the Houston Chronicle mentioned her longtime relationship with Earl. After Jordan’s initial unsuccessful statewide races, advisers warned her to become more discreet.
At Jordan’s funeral in 1996, President Clinton: “Whenever she stood to speak, she jolted the nation’s attention with her artful & articulate defense of the Constitution, the American Dream, & the common heritage & destiny we share, whether we like it or not. ”
Her legacy continues on through the Jordan/Rustin Coalition.The mission of the Coalition is to empower Black lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender individuals & families in Greater LA, to promote equal marriage rights & to advocate for fair treatment of everyone without regard to race, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Jordan was diagnosed with MS in 1973, Leukemia is the 1980s & died of complications from Pneumonia in 1996.
“A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness & self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.”
She is my second favorite Baldwin. Will Tammy Baldwin become the country’s first openly gay senator?
I am relieved that Baldwin is acknowledging that she is gay & then moving on to the issues. Even in Wisconsin, if the Republicans use anti-gay rhetoric, it would likely backfire on them. Everyone that I have met from the Badger State have been nothing if not nice, really nice. Besides, Baldwin’s sexuality is old news. Who cares if she is a lesbian? Not the Wisconsin news media. Not the academics who study politics. Not the professional Democrats. Not the professional Republicans. Not the local or national LGBT leaders.
With Wisconsin having just had a bruising battle over union rights to collectively bargain in the state, along with recall campaigns against state senators who supported their repeal, the political culture in this swing state, with only 5 five million voters, is even more divided than usual. That creates a perfect opening for a candidate like Baldwin, who is firmly on one side of the political divide.
Baldwin voted against going to war in Iraq, & is pushing to end the war in Afghanistan. She was also one of the few members of Congress to vote against repealing the Glass-Stegall Act, which would have prevented Wall Street & the banks from making the kinds of risky investments that led to our country’s near financial collapse. Baldwin believes in all people having access to quality, affordable health care.
In 1999, Baldwin became the first woman elected to Congress from Wisconsin & the first openly gay challenger elected to Congress.
To help reduce our dependence on foreign energy & create jobs throughout her state, Baldwin has pushed for investment in clean energy technology & renewable fuels. She has also been a vocal supporter of protecting & restoring Wisconsin’s environment so future generations can enjoy its natural beauty.
Tammy has been a national leader on civil rights and equality issues, including LGBT equality. She is continually fighting to see that all Wisconsinites receive equal rights and protections under the law. When she wins, Baldwin would not be the first openly LGBT candidate to win a statewide office, though none have won top political jobs & none have won statewide seats in the Midwest.
6 people have won state posts that required victory outside of gay friendly cities or liberal districts. Here in Oregon, we now have 3 openly gay officials: Kate Brown as current secretary of state, & Virginia Linder & Rives Kistler now on the Oregon Supreme Court. But the 2 biggest statewide prizes- governor & USA senator, have yet to be won by anyone openly gay. I know, I know, former New Jersey Governor- Jim McGreevey is gay, but he was a heterosexually married man when he ran for office, enjoying romance at Interstate highway rest stops. He resigned in 2004 when he was forced to admit he was having an affair with a man. If Baldwin succeeds, a new barrier to LGBT full political participation will have fallen.
Do not mess with this Baldwin. She was just 9 years old when her mother married a black man in 1971. Baldwin was forced to face the injustice of suspicious white adults stopping her stepfather to ask what he was doing with a blond, blue-eyed little girl. She was the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress, & the first woman elected to Congress from Wisconsin. Despite anti-gay smear campaigns by her Republican opponents, she has won her last 4 elections by 2-to-1 margins.
Today is Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin's 50th Birthday. You Go, Girl!
Jeremy Heimans recently gave his statement about the plan of Susan G. Komen Foundation in regards with Planned Parenthood Federation of America. According to him, the organization decided to cut their budget for undisclosed reason. Donations coming from concerned individual are now in danger but this issue is currently moving deeper to the root of every problem that brought us a possible uncertainty in the future.
And recently, Michael Bloomberg of New York City announced the additional grant that could help the foundation to extend their efforts. But other women wellness organization set their eyes to the negative impact of their budgets. The government is now taking their place to investigate the ongoing problem of Planned Parenthood and other related matters.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently detained the Republican Sen. Rand Paul in Nashville after he refuse for a full body pat down. According to report, he's got a scanner anomaly which cause the authority to do a much thorough inspection but the man show that he don't want to commit with the security requirements.
The incident happened in Nashville Airport at around 10:00 A.M. in the morning. His secretary, Moira Bagley tweeted this report to her follower and followed by his father post in Facebook telling that his son has been detained by the TSA without a clear details about of what happened. But his father noted that he will undisclosed this issue upon knowing the whole thing.
Furthermore, the TSA recently announced that they tried to offer Sen. Rand for another scan and the entire situation are currently working fine.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now ready to serve again! It is because, according to the latest news about the three-term congresswoman, she is about to enter her office after her recovery from of a gunshot wounds that put her life in danger. Her last appearances for exclusive interview on ABC mark a new beginning of her new career in politics despite of what happened on her from the pasts.
According to our source, she is now headed back to her Washington's office but somehow, that shooting incidents really change the way she speaks or probably, her communication skills has been affected. Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty from that mess which also count Giffords as one of the injured victim while on her way with her constituents.
And she was schedule to appear in Tucson to commemorate the bloody event that killed a six civilians and injured twelve which include the congresswoman.
Every bills from the U.S. congress is possible to become a future law but in terms of fully dynamic and every changing needs of our Internet today, Stop Internet Piracy Act or SOPA recently earned the attention of the nation. According to our source, this bill is quite similar to Protect IP Act which already been forwarded to the senate house. And it was submitted by Rep. Lamar Smith, the ongoing House Judiciary Committee GOP chairman.
However, we cannot totally compare this to the previous one which is also draw a lot of criticism not just from the online users and news reporters around the globe. People are now talking about it in most of social networking sites which can cover or can even benefit the rights from the federal part of the government. We cannot deny that this bill is quite difficult to formulate at these time especially when the hovering online shoppers are already up for the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales, right?
In addition to this report, this can bring a big twists in the Internet and that is to protect the most prestigious and million-dollar earning companies based in United States like Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, and AOL. Furthermore, these are just the few to mention online directories which is about to make an impact to most of the online users around the world. Rumors about the SOPA falls to some pitfalls like Internet censorship matters that really open our curiosity while writing this news upon hearing this from the line a couple of hours.
This issue might open the interest of websites developer and other stakeholders of the Internet not just the national viewers who are currently hanging on the line looking for the best sales and deals they can get for the upcoming holiday season. Furthermore, it's another usual concern of Internet advocacy group around the globe just to protect the privacy media related resources.
And sad to say, SOPA will target the internet service providers (ISP's) and they will be force to remove those unnecessary websites for the users not to violate the copyright laws and to stop distributing the protected materials on the line. Join us once again as we continue to cover the other related story about these two possible new and future law from the U.S. congress.
It was clear that the man who shoot the congresswoman move to the nearest place where he can fire a semi-automatic pistol that can take down his target in just a matter of few ammunitions. According to the latest updates in regards of what happened to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, there are six victims that sacrificed their lives this Saturday morning, January 8, 2011. The brave eyewitnesses take down the gunman and later known as Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-years old man from Tucson as noted by few sources of his biography on the line.
Jared Lee Loughner is now in the custody of authority who leaves 6-dead and 12-wounded individual from Tucson Safeway rampage. The reason why he start to open his fire last Saturday was still unknown but police are now doing their best to trace the exact cause of this tremendous shooting incident in Tucson. People who tried to talk to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords immediately ran from their lines. And other people from the nearby store starts to panic as they heard the series of gun shots.
Politico noted everything, from the past happenings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords tweets and few words to the people of his district. They made a compilation of details not just from the background of congresswoman but also of what happened to Jared Lee Loughner after the incident. Her family and friends recently gave their statements about the background of Rep. Giffords sending their sympathy to the surviving family member of the politician.
Try to check some more soon as we continue to bring you the latest updates related to what happened to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
There few of these photos rounded on the Internet when the Sweden Princess Madeleine appeared on a certain occasion recently. Photographers manage to get a piece of her photos showing her lady-like looks as noted by The Huffington Post few moments ago. The 28-years old young daughter of King Gustaf is up like a young star with her new appearances recently, wearing a fashionable accessories which catches the attention of news writers and her followers.
The seductive bracelet and other good looking stuff includes her blue dress just like with what you can see on the above photo. Princess Madeleine is quite spectacular for that in any manner but for now, we try to figure out where and who take that picture of the young and influential figure of Sweden. Try to check some more soon as we continue our coverage with her after this break.
I had the great privilege of experiencing the great Bakersfield Business Conference this last weekend. My only prior knowledge of this event was that my parents used to go when I was a kid and I remember hearing about some of the exciting people they got to see. Bill Cosby, Governor Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, Dana Carvey....Needless to say I was very excited.
In case you are not familiar with the line-up for this year, it was less of a celebrity-filled business conference and more of a politically stacked GOP convention.
The down side for me is that I am literally clueless when it comes to politics. I know... I'm a horrible American, Obama will never want to play basketball with me, and I'm the reason people hate my generation. Whatevs.
So! Here was my experience:
6:30a - Pick up mom. Sleepy and hungry.
7:00a - Arrive at Cal State. It took us probably 15 minutes to get down Kroll. There was a Lexus in front of me and a Mercedes behind me. My Sentra did not blend.
7:10a - Walked in the main entrance. The first thing I noticed were thousands of flags lined up. Tons. Everywhere. It turned out to be a 9/11 memorial. They posted a flag for every life lost. It was a pretty intense visual.
7:12a - Grab my first cup of coffee. McDonald's coffee. A little weird...not that great. But there was other coffee available.
7:15a - Grab a croissant. There were food tents EVERYWHERE. No one went hungry that day.
7:30a - Checked out a little farmers market tent they had set up. Every kind of fresh fruit imagineable and some veggies too. Grabbed some snacks for the day here.
8:00a - Mom and I realized whe had pretty much checked everything out and had about an hour and a half before the conference started.
8:45a - We notice the ferris wheel and I emotionally manipulate my mom to ride it with me. 8:55a - Dawn Beber has a meltdown on the ferris wheel. Its high, the gondolas swing, mom hates me right now. I should have known by her pre-wheel jitters. 9:10a - Ferris wheel hell finally comes to an end.
9:30a - Conference Starts! I don't remember the emcee but I remember him making a really weird weed joke that bombed. An interesting start to the day.
9:50a - Rich Little. Comedian? Impressionist? Not really sure...I took this time to go the bathroom. By the dubs, the bathrooms were the worlds nicest porta potties. Flushing toilets, sinks. The BMW of porta potties.
10:15a - Joe Clark. High school principal and education reformer. This is the dude that the movie Lean on Me was based on. He was really great. Really inspirational. Minus his love of reciting motivational poster slogans. "Shoot for the moon 'cause even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars." It cheapens your message, Joey. Here's a shot of Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark. I like to imagine he's saying something into his bullhorn like "Choose the boose ya lose!" 10:40a - Newt Gingrich. Former speaker of the house of representatives. Okay...so now we're cooking with gas. Listen....you're getting an idiot's guide to the day so can I be real with you? I don't remember what Newt talked about. I just know he made a lot of people really happy and got everyone fired up. Everyone got a little plastic American flag. Basically it was a flag of judgement and you waved it when you agreed with a point a speaker made. I personally loved this. Mostly because of the judging part...but Newt got those flags-a-waving!
11:05a - Herb Cohen. Internationally renowned negotiator and author. Herb was the only guy that I would count as an actual business dude. Also the only dude with a legit sense of humor. I really enjoyed hearing him speak. He talked a lot about the difficulty of business negotiating and why it tends to go south a lot. High five of the day goes to you, Herb.
11:30a - Dick & Lynne Cheney. 46th vice president of the U.S. and former second lady. I wonder if Lynne ever thinks to herself, "Second lady is the first loser." Anyhow....Dick (who I would much rather call by his Christian name, Richard) was kind of a let down. Yeah I get it, he's sick, he's recovering from a major surgery. He was really pale, thin, and just not looking good. They set it up as an interview of Richard by Lynne. It wouldn't have been that bad if Lynne hadn't been trying to convince the crowd that she was trying to think of what to ask. Lynne, no one thinks for a hot minute that you have not already had these questions cleared and answers approved by your handlers. Let's cut the crap. I was really captivated by Rich's account of 9/11 and his experience that day. Having to be separated from the president, the chaos of that day. Very interesting. But overall...no energy, no crazy enthusiasm. He just kind of sat there, threw out some republican power words, and left.
12:00p - I took a hike during Jane Seymour's speech to check out Cal Thomas. I ended up catching Bob Beckle instead. Political consultant and co-columnist for USA today. Bob was fun! He bragged about being 1 of 3 liberals on site and assured everyone he was carrying a gun. He told a really crazy story about someone shooting at his face. He survived because someone came behind the gunman and knocked his arm out of the way and the bullet went through the roof. Intense.
12:30p - Lunch. Nothing fancy.
1:30p - Some comedy trooped named Capitol Steps performed but I watched it from the jumbo tron outside while I stood in a ridiculously long line for ice cream. That mint n chip was worth every minute though. There was a nice breeze while I was standing in line...not so nice was one of the flags wrapping itself around my head while I had to act cool.
2:00p - Governor Gary Johnson. Former Governor of New Mexico. Now the reason I wanted to check out this guy was because in my previous night's pre-conference wikipedia search I had read that Gary Johnson was a rumored republican candidate nominee for the 2012 election. So Gov. Johnson starts telling us all of his accomplishments in office. The 700+ bills he vetoed. How he won over his constituents. Then he spent about 15 minutes of his allotted 20 to talk about legalizing marijuana. Not expecting this! I found it pretty funny to sit in this big group of uber conservatives listening to a dude discuss the difference between "smoking pot and having smoked pot". Weirdly enough, this was the first guy I've heard a decent enough argument from to consider voting for it. We shall see. I still agree that the best argument for legalizing weed is so stoners will shuuutt uuup already.
2:30p - Rudy Giuliani. Former mayor of New York. I had looked forward all day to Rudy! I really enjoyed hearing him speak. He also shared some stories of his 9/11 experience. Being told to watch out for debris falling from the twin towers only to find out that falling debris was actually people jumping from the top stories. I remember hearing about that on the news and seeing pictures in Time magazine. It still doesn't seem real, you know? It was definitely weird to hear it from someone who was actually there and had to stare it in the face. My flag of judgement waved hardcore during a lot of Giuliani's speech. This was also when I started taking camera phone pictures. Look! Its Rudy!
3:00p - Goldie Hawn. Actress. Goldie Hawn had nothing of substance to say. She had wrinkly skin from years of tanning, she kept grabbing her hair and giggling. I was over it. Not even phone camera worthy.
3:25p - Mitt Romney. Former Massachusetts governor. I just remember thinking....Isn't he mormon? How come he's not form Utah? Is that hair for real? What kind of name is Mitt? Short for Mitten? Anyhow....sweet pic of Mitt... 3:50p - Laura Bush. Former first lady of the U.S. Laura....what a doll! Definitely one of my faves. She gave her entire speech with a bobble head of herself sitting on the podium. She was funny, she was sweet, she laughed at herself. She shared a lot about what it meant to be the wife of a president during an extremely uncertain time in our country. Regardless of how you feel about the war or decisions made by the Bush administration, she was the wife to the most powerful man in America in time where America was under attack. I really loved her. Look for the bobble head.... 4:15p - Karl Rove. Former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to George W. Bush. Karl Rove is kind of like a robot only with less personality. I can't tell you a single thing he spoke about because in my head I was debating if Rove is a d-nozzle or not a d-nozzle. The jury is still out on that one.
4:40p - Sarah Palin. Former Alaskan governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate. Oh. Em. Gee. Before Sarah came on they played a video montage. It included pictures of her shaking hands with soldiers, shooting guns, and volunteering at community events all while wearing designer jeans with an A+ updo. She was introduced by the emcee as "the next president of the United States." With that, this tent with over 10,000 people inside lost its mind. It was probably similar to the reception Justin Bieber gets at a Mall of America performance. I did not wave my flag of judgement. In all truthiness, I am not a fan of Palin. Mostly because I find very little value in what she's offering and I'm actually shocked she's still in the game because I was pretty sure her credibility and reputation were shot after the meltdown that was the 2008 presidential campaign. But whatevs. I was up for hearing her out and seeing what all the hype was about. Sarah yelled her 25 minute speech which was actually less of a speach and more of a live reading of a speech that was prepared for her. Turns out, she's a bad reader. She stumbled on her words. Delivered several anti-climactic one liners. Used a really weird metaphor about mama grizzlies growling for her cubs. I still have no clue what that was about. Ripped on every democratic leader currently in office. Talked about looking out of for the little guy (to a crowd of people who paid $500 each to hear her). She had zero positive things to say. In her criticism of what everyone was NOT doing she had no solutions of that they SHOULD be doing. I just found no substance to what she had to say and no love of a good Canadian accent could change that. A shot of Sarah wearing her typical power red lady suit. 5:10p - Special guest time. Every year there is one speaker who is kept on the downlow. With all the Bush administration speakers this year the general consensus in my vicinity was that it would be Bush himself. I also thought maybe it would be Conan O'Brien but that mostly just wishful thinking on my end. It ended up being Chesley Sullenberger better known as Captain Sully. He was the pilot of flight 1549 which landed safely in the Hudson River saving the lives of the 155 people on board. For the first time all day I was torn between waving my flag and clapping. I settled for clapping so hard my biceps hurt. He was so sweet and humble. A true hero. A great end to a great day! Take a look at Sully's sweet mustache...
So let me bottom line all this for you with some key points I learned at the 2010 Bakersfield Business Conference.
If you want to make a republican cheer mention the glory days of Ronald Reagan.
Republicans like to talk about 9/11 A LOT.
My love of glitter and costume jewelry will only grow with age. If I had a nickle for every homemade glitter shirt I saw I still woudln't be able to afford Sarah Palin's hair dresser.
There is no line too long for most people if something is being given away for free at the end of it.
Ferris wheels make Dawn Beber cry.
I may live in a blue state but this is a RED city.
That is my official synopsis of my day spent with a bunch of card carrying republicans. What a party! I hope to do it again in 2015.
