| Subject: Re: Sarah Palin |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 7/4/10, 17:04 |
| To: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> |
Re: Sarah Palin
Has anyone at T/S followed up with T/S reader and frequent commenter, darthfurious? He appears to be a particular fan of Barrett Brown (see comments to: http://trueslant.com/barrettbrown/2010/06/24/australia-gets-atheist-prime-minister/ )
He has been commenting that he knows the Palins and seems willing to provide anecdotal information about them. See below.
Anyhow, he seems to like you and if you could figure out a way to get in contact with him (T/S should have an e-mail address for him but I don't suppose they share it), he might provide information that could be verified by someone else too. Or maybe this has already been tried.
darthfuriousBy the way, Sarah Palin is (or was) a pot smoker
No shit, I coulda told you that. EVERYBODY in Alaska gets high. Christ, the womans smoked dope in my house (WAY back when we were in school, of course).comment to: http://trueslant.com/charlesjohnson/2010/06/18/sarah-palin-bake-baby-bake/#comment-2043
Maybe Im giving her more benefit of the doubt than warranted, but doubt is exactly what I think Sarah needs a massive dose of.
I think instead that shes found a niche in the vanguard of a political movement that simply doesnt value science beyond its political utility.
I dont want to nitpick, but this simply belays the fact that you know almost nothing about Palin. She hasnt found a niche in a political movement that doesnt value science beyond its utility, that can be cured with a good stiff dose of doubt. She was raised from childhood as a member of a wacko religious cult that openly rejects science and disdains the mental processes that constitute rational thought.
darthfurious
This is not a trivial matter. She grew up in the Wasilla Assembly of God, an extremely right wing fundamentalist sect that openly practices faith healing, demonic exorcism, and a whole slew of other cult nonsense. I know this because I WENT TO THIS CHURCH WITH HER. She changed churches when she ran for governor of Alaska. Why change to a more mainstream denomination? Obviously the question supplies its own answer. Because even for most so-called confessing christians loonies rolling around on the floor claiming their demon-possessed in a bad cartoon voice or claiming that hayzoos cleared up their infected toenail is just a bit too much for appearances. Christians are, above all, the pillars of our society (or so they claim); they cant have the unwashed masses deciding (horror of horrors!) that theyre in fact just another stupid cult.
Unfortunately I know this woman all too well, and its with a heavy heart that I have to tell you she truly believes every word of dipshit dingbat nonsense that rolls out of her pertty mouth. I wish she were in reality a cynical political pragmatist who sneered at the little people behind the scenes. Shed be a whole lot less dangerous. But shes not. What she is, is just the kind of genuine cultist wingnut who actually believes shes receiving telepathic messages from the invisible man in the sky. And wont hesitate to act on them.
I left the church a quarter of century ago. I dont even believe in a flesh and blood jesus anymore, let alone a magical one. But when people ask me what I think of Sara Palin for president all I can think to say is God help us all.Funny, but pure scifi. As mentioned before, I know the Palins, and the idea that either of them is qualified to operate a telephone ranks right up there with the idea that Hayzoos made dinosaur fossils to fool atheist scientists into going to hell. The giant blue monkeys on Avatar were more realistic.
comment to: http://trueslant.com/donovan/2010/06/10/obama-calls-palin-for-advice-on-oil-spill/