I think we discovered Sarah Palin's role model.

This was a picture posted yesterday on Palin's Facebook page.

If it seems familiar, then you may be thinking of this one of Andrew Breitbart's favorite fake pimp James O'Keefe.

Personally I think that Hanna Giles leather top is far more fetching than Todd's pink disco shirt, but then again I'm not in the market for whatever Todd and Sarah might be selling.

Maybe this is part of the dress code that Palin has to adopt now that they are the only Right Wing group willing to publish her venomous word salad diatribes.

Perhaps Palin needs to be more careful as to whom she models her look after, since things did not work out so well for O'Keefe.

Back on YouTube, Shailey Tripp's very first interview, which was NOT in the National Enquirer.

You know I have great affection for my buddy Dennis Zaki. But sometimes Dennis does things on an impulse which can have unpredictable consequences for others.

About a year ago Dennis called me and said he was done with that bitch, and was going to take everything he had on his YouTube account pertaining to Sarah Palin off.

Since a number of my posts had video that still linked to his site, I freaked out.

Dennis assured me that he would save them for me, and give them to me on a disc. Which he did.

However around this same time period Dennis was helping me to build a new computer.

We installed a disc drive, and it worked fine, right up until I got ready to upload the videos from his disc.  That was the day I found that the disc player would no longer function.

After numerous attempts to fix it, it still remains on the fritz.

In the meantime none of my links to his YouTube videos worked.

Until now.

Now I have the video on a thumb drive and they have been uploaded to MY YouTube account.

So for those of you who have never heard this interview, or have not heard it for a very long time let me present Shailey Tripp in her own words, before she was famous, and before she wrote her book  "Boys Will Be Boys: Media, Morality, and the Coverup of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal."

For those who wonder about Shailey's back story here are a few of my posts leading up to this interview.

The beginning.

The Police deny Todd Palin's involvement.

Sarah defends the pimp.

I realize just how important Shailey's story is to the babygate mystery.

And finally the original interview post.

There that should bring you up to speed.

I will probably write other posts while reintroducing you to more lost videos. When know when time allows.

Army Sergeant who worked as sexual assault prevention coordinator is being investigated for sexual assault and being a pimp. WTF military?

Courtesy of New York Times: 

An Army sergeant who served as a sexual assault prevention and response coordinator at Fort Hood, Tex., is under investigation for allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates, Pentagon officials said late Tuesday. 

The inquiry comes as the White House, the Pentagon and the armed services are struggling to deal with the deepening problem of sexual assault in the military. The Pentagon released a survey last week estimating that 26,000 people in the armed forces were sexually assaulted last year, up from 19,000 in 2010. A separate report recorded 3,374 sexual assault reports last year, a much lower number than the survey, suggesting that many victims are not reporting the crimes. 

The noncommissioned officer under investigation had been working as an “equal opportunity adviser and sexual harassment/assault response and prevention program coordinator” with a battalion of troops — about 2,000 soldiers — assigned to the Army’s III Corps at Fort Hood when the allegations surfaced, the Pentagon said in a statement. 

The suspect was not identified by name. One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because no charges have been filed, said the portion of the inquiry related to pandering refers to allegations that the soldier was involved in managing a prostitution operation, perhaps involving a subordinate.

This of course comes on the heels of the sexual assault charges that were filed against a Lieutenant who was the Navy's chief sexual assault prevention officer.

I think there can be LITTLE doubt that the sexual assault in the military has reached epidemic levels that a comprehensive investigation  must be launched to get to the bottom of it, and then implement strict guidelines for the treatment of women in the armed services.

You know my daughter and I had a rather big argument about HER desire to join the military.

I rarely intrude on her life choices, but that time I was adamant that she not enlist, and much of the reason, besides the two wars of course, was the systemic sexual abuse and the demeaning of women that seems to be pervasive in the military these days.

One of the things about this story that upsets me is that THIS was exactly the kind of thing that is used to justify keeping women out of combat, or which keeps them from having the same opportunities afforded to their male counterparts.

Instead of placing the blame on those that victimize women, the excuse is made that "boys will be boys" and that this is the expected outcome when you allow women to enter a male dominated environment.

Ahh! Well this is a MUCH more accurate representation of Todd Palin!

Well you have to admit that this captures his essence far better than the original.

Right?

(H/T to IM contributor Ric M.)

Coming soon to a theater near you.

Okay not really, but maybe someday?

I know I'd watch it.

(H/T to Ric.)

Is Alaska Governor Sean Parnell gunning for Todd Palin?

Today I was reading this article in the Alaska Dispatch about the frustration that legislators are feeling about being called back to a special session by Parnell to work on a new oil tax bill, when I happened to read this:

He's also urging the swift passage of a measure that would toughen criminal sentences for pimps and others who engage in sex trafficking.

Now that kind of caught me by surprise since I have not been following  Alaska politics very much recently.  However with a little more digging I found that recently Parnell had a bill passed that accomplished the following:

Under HB359, the crime of sex trafficking would be punished as a felony. While many of those crimes are already prosecuted with harsh penalties, Gov. Sean Parnell said he wanted to make sure prosecutors had the tools they needed to fight the problem. 

In a statement, he called trafficking "a horrible crime that degrades dignity and violates the most basic human rights." 

Current law labels victims as prostitutes, but the bill would write into law that they are victims. 

Parnell proposed the bill in February. It now moves to the Senate for consideration.

Now why this is rather fascinating, and possibly problematic for a certain Wasilla snowmachine racer, is that recently Shailey Tripp was asked just WHO she had sent copies of her book to, or contacted about her situation, and she answered thusly:

The asssociated press, cnn, msnbc, fox news, et, nancy grace, heraldo, anderson cooper, new york times, the white house, The President, the first lady, Sean Parnell, the polic chief, the FBI, the IRS, Homeland Security, Salvation Army, and many many many other places.

Hmm, interesting no?

Now obviously Shailey's experiences may have NOTHING to do with Parnell's desire to increase the penalties for sex trafficking, but even before she wrote the book he HAD to be aware that her story was out there.

Now it would go against EVERYTHING we know about Parnell to imagine him going up against the Palins. But then again what better way to send a message to a certain Grizzled Mama that her interference in his administration is no longer welcome? Or even to rise up out of her shadow by convicting her husband of such a heinous crime?

Your thoughts?

Sarah taught Bristol well. If you are going to prostitute your family, make sure to hold out for the big bucks.

Sarah Palin and her daughter, Bristol, earned an eye-popping $100,000 for their new In Touch Weekly cover, sources say. For just eight hours' work at her own home, Palin pocketed nearly as much as her $125,000-a-year salary as Alaska governor. It seems her decision to quit her political role is making big financial sense. Palin also reportedly earns $100,000 per public-speaking engagement, while she has a multiyear deal as a Fox News Channel analyst. Reps for the magazine and Palin refused to comment on the deal.

"Once we get our money we won't have to share clothes anymore."

Well I think NOW we know why Bristol needed that LLC. Hmm I wonder if spanking brand new public relations agent Bristol Palin brokered this deal? Oh boy that made me laugh so hard I snorted.

I am sure they are hoping that once they can get Levi out of their way that the Palin women can finally follow in the footsteps of their idol, Kate Gosselin. After all they don't want Levi to benefit financially from their hard work as pimps now do we? After all sharing the same red top and faking a birthday party is a lot of hard work.