jesseventura - Jezebel

posts about #jesseventura more →
Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

lalaland13
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
How dare she write a book? Doesn't she know the literate are a bunch of liberal elitists?

And doesn't Tina Fey have a book coming out next year as well? I hope Tina kicks her ass on the charts.

No, not everything is a battle between Fey and Palin. I must remind myself of that sometimes.
Reply

lalaland13 was starred lalaland13 was unstarred

Rare Affinity
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
I don't have any problem with ghostwriters writing "autobiographies" for the famous but far from erudite. What I do object to is the likes of Madonna and Geri Halliwell assuming they can write children's novels simply because they are famous in another field altogether.Even more galling is that the likes of Katie (Jordan)Price has made millions in the UK flogging fiction she did not write herself. People buy this rubbish even though the only thing Katie contributes to the completed work is her name as author on the cover.
Reply

Rare Affinity was starred Rare Affinity was unstarred

rah29
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
In political news from other countries, WHY are all my Jez banner ads for LIEBRTAS?????

Who, by the way, I met the other day (all of the East of England candidates anyway). They are in fact all creepy old men. Every single one. Except Ganley, who is a creepy young man.
Reply

rah29 was starred rah29 was unstarred

mimilove
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
The GOP has decided that the only party in favor of capitalist democracy is the Republican Party.

Actually, the Democratic Party decided that.
Reply

mimilove was starred mimilove was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@mimilove: Palm slaps forehead.

The Republican Party doesn't support capitalism, either. If they truly believed in the free market determining everything, then they would abandon any and all moral issues, because, in theory, the free market will decide what's morally best for its citizens. Individuals pursuing their own best interests will lead to the collective best interest.

It's complete fuckery, that statement, because the Republican party has entrenched itself too deeply into moral regulation to call themselves "pure" capitalists.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

greengrey
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
PROLOGUE

Garsh, so after those meano liberal bloggers (blogs? blog-people? Oh garsh, I don't know) decided to totally SMEAR me and my FAMILY, I decided to tell MY side of it. Leave my family alone! Unless I'm using them to further MY agenda! Don't use them for yours! The whole rape kit thing? I didn't READ it before signing it! What you expect me to read everything? Garsh, what do you think I am? An intellectual?

Now that the SOCIALISTS are in charge things are going to be BAD. Life is awful in states with high taxes (ahem, the northeast), states with LOW taxes always have the best schools and the lowest rates of pregnancy! Because they're god fearin'. And ABSTINENT.

Make sure to vote for me in 2012. I'm NOT a SOCIALIST.
Reply

greengrey was starred greengrey was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@greengrey: PAY ATTENTION TO ME WHILE I TELL YOU TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO ME!
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
It is head-exploding that the party of self-proclaimed religious Christians is the party of capitalism. How does that compute? What about the beatitudes? What about if someone asks for your shirt, give them your coat? What about all that stuff that Jesus said that is TOTALLY NOT CAPITALIST? I wonder how these people manage to walk and draw breath simultaneously, so limited is their ability to understand cognitave dissonance.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

pinkyBella
05/13/09

@morninggloria: My boyfriend and I discuss this a lot. We both grew up in very conservative Christian homes. We are now both liberal. Liberal ideals - helping the poor, elderly, and sick are much more Christian than so called conservative ideas.
Reply

pinkyBella was starred pinkyBella was unstarred

Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
05/13/09

@morninggloria: It's called the "prosperity theorology":

[en.wikipedia.org]

and it enrages me. Among its proponents:

Kenneth Hagin

Kenneth Copeland

Frederick K. C. Price

Juanita Bynum

Creflo Dollar

Jesse Duplantis

T.D. Jakes

Joyce Meyer

Myles Munroe

Joel Osteen

Pat Robertson

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
Reply

Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
05/13/09

@Little Green Frog: Sorry, "prosperity theology", if I could type today.
Reply

pinkyBella
05/13/09

@Little Green Frog: See, that enrages me. Christianity is supposed to based on the teachings of Jesus. This includes not being materialistic and putting others before yourself. These "Christian" figures are not living a life of true Christianity, although they are claiming to.
Reply

pinkyBella was starred pinkyBella was unstarred

pinkyBella
05/13/09

@pinkyBella: *engrages me, too.
Reply

pinkyBella was starred pinkyBella was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@Little Green Frog: I know that there are some segments of devout religious people who try to justify wealth as being moral (also the Catholic sect of Opus Dei), but it's such unbelievable fuckery. It appeals to the mouth breathing masses because people WANT to believe that they can achieve a false sense of moral superiority while living a life of luxury. Any idiot who reads the Gospels can see that Jesus was totally not in favor of pursuing earthly wealth.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@pinkyBella: I was raised in a very Catholic house (not at the no-birth-control-level, but close), and went on to go to a big Catholic school, and my family and many people at that university emphasized the social responsibility aspects of Christianity/Catholicism rather than the social judging hobby of some religious folk. I don't know what's so seductive about using religion as a means to justify hate, but a lot of fucking people do it.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

bluebears
05/13/09

@morninggloria: I went to a Catholic HS that also emphasized the social justice aspects of Catholicism, to my dismay that isn't the face the Church has presented for the majority of its existence.
Reply

bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@bluebears: It sucks, because I could totally get behind a religion that actually used its power/prominence for good.

Unfortunately, you don't make a lot of friends by telling them that Jesus wants you to give away your toys.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

bluebears
05/13/09

@morninggloria: no. Have you ever been to the Vatican? My friend went as part of her honeymoon last summer (she is also a former Catholic) and she was like the wealth amassed there was "grotesque." Apparently the tour guide told that the vatican (among other riches) have a large collection of this rare purple marble that if they sold it would feed the world several times over. my friend was like, "so? ...sell it!"
Reply

bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@bluebears: I actually sang for the Pope in college. My college's liturgical choir had a couple of performances at Vatican masses during an Italy tour. I felt pretty dirty about the whole thing (this was at the beginning of my Catholic choirgirl downfall) so I brought a bunch of thong underpants to the papal blessing. I still have a few pair of the Blessed Thongs, and I often wear them immediately before fornicating.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

bluebears
05/13/09

@morninggloria: aw. its sweet that you keep a little piece of the pope in your pants.
Reply

bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@bluebears: I suppose you can say that I "poped" my pants.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

NefariousNewt
05/13/09

@morninggloria: Tibetan Buddhism. I think it's safe to say the Dalai Lama has been using his power for good for a long time now.
Reply

NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred

RunningCori
05/13/09

@NefariousNewt: I love that guy. He puts a smile on my face whenever I see him. (Saw him in Albany NY last week. He was great!)
Reply

RunningCori was starred RunningCori was unstarred

NefariousNewt
05/13/09

@RunningCori: I got listen to him outline and expound on the teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist faith last summer at Lehigh. It was extraordinary, and while I have not become a convert, I have been enticed by the peace it seems to offer in life.
Reply

NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred

EkaterinaBallerina
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
I read somewhere that Palin's book will discuss her family as well as the campaign which is...awful. When is she going to stop using her family, especially her infant son, as a political prop? You can't attack the press for covering your family when you put them front and center like this.

I told my mom last week that I'm a Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Rights, Pro-Sex Education, Agnostic/Borderline Atheist, liberal from a Blue State and I have better family values than these people. For starters, my family drama isn't lining some kitty's litterbox on daily basis.
Reply

EkaterinaBallerina was starred

Hooplehead
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Umm, does the lowest common denominator that Pfailin' is appealing to really read all that much? I'm thinking a cartoon might be more appropriate-the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster. Something colorful and bright, with lots of boobs hangin' out and stuff blowin' up real good.
Reply

Hooplehead was starred Hooplehead was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@Hooplehead: The people who would read her book are the people who think that Twilight books are the BEST BOOKS EVAH!
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

bluebears
05/13/09

@Hooplehead: yes, see Ann Coulters best seller list status.
Reply

bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred

lolacat
05/13/09

@Hooplehead: Never underestimate the WalMart shopper.
Reply

lolacat was starred lolacat was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Before Republicans call themselves capitalists, they should, um, learn what pure capitalism actually IS.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

greengrey
05/13/09

@morninggloria: They don't even now what socialism is. What do you expect?
Reply

greengrey was starred greengrey was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@greengrey: Why are they in positions to make economic decisions if they don't understand the economy?

It dismays me so, seeing lawyers trying their hands at market regulation. It's such a clusterfuck of non-knowledge and hot air.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona
05/13/09

@morninggloria: Let's go back to Conan's time of what pure capitalism is:

Republican Chairman: "Conan, what is pure capitalism"

Conan: "Pure capitalism means to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women"

quite applicable to any pure capitalism debate.
Reply

morninggloria
05/13/09

@Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona: I feel that Adam Smith is pretty mad at all of us, on both sides of the political spectrum. So is Keynes.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Sarah Palin can read?!? I thought she was just kidding in that Katie Couric interview. Hmmm
Reply

Breamworthy
05/13/09

@Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona:

"Sarah, what are you going to write about?"

"Everything. I write all of it."
Reply

Breamworthy was starred Breamworthy was unstarred

Sputnik_Sweetheart
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Yeah, Liz, because defending waterboarding and the like to get unreliable information shows what a nice and caring guy your father is. How dare we be mean to such a gold-hearted, honorable prince? For shame!
Reply

Sputnik_Sweetheart was starred

NefariousNewt
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Liz, your father has spent his career tarnishing the reputation of the United States of America. He deserves his comeuppance. His complicity in ensuring torture was kept on the table means he threw away 200-plus years of American democratic principles, by applying an unfair standard to the enemies of this country. He has opened up a Pandora's box, whereby those groups who hate us will now feel free to take American citizens and subject them to depredations that make beheading seem like a clean and easy thing.

This country was founded upon the ideals of freedom, and the right to justice. If we renounce those ideals, even a little, the hypocrisy comes back to bite us in ways that make our world a more horrific place.
Reply

NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred

EkaterinaBallerina
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Dear Dick (how prescient of your parents to pick that name),

Please stop trying to convince the American people that you or ever had their best interests at heart (an organ, by the way, that is being kept alive by the miracle of science and is therefore not human, I might add). You are a self-centered, greedy blowhard who's only ever served the interests of himself, his colleagues and his investors. You even made your own daughter campaign for a party that would gladly have her and others like her stripped of every single civil right imaginable. The only difference between your maniacal and evil grasps for power and those of warlords and dictators is the number of human lives lost in the wake. Stop giving Darth Vader a run for his money and go back to the dark cave you sprang from.

Sincerely,

Ekaterina

PS. Having your other daughter wage a pr campaign for you is just pathetic. Take her with you.
Reply

EkaterinaBallerina was starred

hortense
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
Ok, crew. Potential titles for Palin's book?

American Beauty, Christian Duty: The Sarah Palin Story. Also, Energy, America, Gosh, and Also.
Reply

hortense was starred hortense was unstarred

Santos L Halper
05/13/09

@hortense:

The First Dude Made Me Do It

All of the Newspapers I Have Read and Loved: Highlights

I'll Get Back to Ya on That: How I Learned to Quit Being Informed and Start Giving Disasterously Damaging Interviews
Reply

Santos L Halper was starred Santos L Halper was unstarred

Santos L Halper
05/13/09

@Santos L Halper: Oh, and -

To Russia, With Love: Don't Think I Can't See You Over There

Putin's Head Also Rises
Reply

Santos L Halper was starred Santos L Halper was unstarred

Breamworthy
05/13/09

@hortense: My Life Such As.
Reply

Breamworthy was starred Breamworthy was unstarred

sableized (sister europe)
05/13/09

@hortense: There You Go Again: The Misrepresentation of Sarah Palin

Reply

Breamworthy
05/13/09

@Breamworthy: A Porch with a View (of Russia)
Reply

Breamworthy was starred Breamworthy was unstarred

brinkswomanship
05/13/09

@hortense: I think the cover will just be a picture of her winking.
Reply

brinkswomanship was starred brinkswomanship was unstarred

ritualtheory
05/13/09

@hortense: [i]Failin' Palin: My Life in Bumpits, Baby Bumps, and Cultural Illiteracy[/i]
Reply

ritualtheory was starred ritualtheory was unstarred

ritualtheory
05/13/09

@ritualtheory: now available on vinyl: Apologies for tag mishap.
Reply

ritualtheory was starred ritualtheory was unstarred

Ipomoea
05/13/09

@hortense: Fancy Pageant Walkin' My Way to the Top
Reply

Ipomoea was starred Ipomoea was unstarred

TheGuvnah
05/13/09

@hortense:

Read, Baby, Read

I Can See Russia From My House: A Life in Photos
Reply

TheGuvnah was starred TheGuvnah was unstarred

Jack_Burton
05/13/09

@hortense: Bridges of Ketchikian County

Email for Dummies

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '08: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Maverick

Little House on the Tundra - The Sarah Palin Story

Drill Baby, Drill! A Pop-Up Book

Reply

Jack_Burton was starred Jack_Burton was unstarred

Penny
05/13/09

In reply to Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket
When are the GOP going to understand that an unregulated free market does not capitalism make?
Reply

Penny was starred Penny was unstarred

morninggloria
05/13/09

@Penny: I mean, that's TECHNICALLY pure capitalism, but I can't imagine Republicans seriously campaigning for the government to keep its hands out of everything and let the market decide if, say, abortion should be legal or if, say, gays should get married.
Reply

morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred

Breamworthy
05/13/09

@Penny: Or, when are the GOP going to understand that bajillion dollar contracts for your frat buddies does not an unregulated free market make?
Reply

Breamworthy was starred Breamworthy was unstarred

bluebears
05/13/09

@morninggloria: @Penny: even some Chicago school economists are now acknowledging that an unregulated free market is not feasible. which just goes to show once again, Rebub. talking heads are idiots. But we knew that.
Reply

bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

#jesseventura

Jezebel

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel

Sarah Palin Sells A Book; Suicides Among Struggling Writers Skyrocket

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment