" and they called it puppy loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee! " On Dec 13, 9:25 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > I Am your master! Owned! > > On Dec 13, 7:21 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > go home puppy your master is calling you ! > > > On Dec 13, 9:17 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Except when you wnat to curtail the free speech of others. How noble! > > > > On Dec 13, 5:57 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > hey just doing my part to keep America free ! > > > > > On Dec 13, 7:53 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > come on murky, you are either a sarah stalker, but judging by all your > > > > > anti female posts, I would guess you are a limp wrister which means > > > > > you do not stalk women . so that leaves fear, and you fools know that > > > > > she would kick your boy out of the black house if she ran against > > > > > him. so we will be afforded the opportunity to see you post these > > > > > lies and innuendos for the next 4 yrs. > > > > > > On Dec 13, 3:19 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > poor marky ! there is nothing to fear from Palin she is and was > > > > > > just > > > > > > a distraction but i do intend to keep on posting the facts about > > > > > > her > > > > > > as they come up until she is out of office and forced to stay out of > > > > > > any other office . she is corrupt and unfit for public office ! > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 5:48 pm, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > the liberal retards such as murky and his ilk will continue to > > > > > > > attack > > > > > > > sarah for the next 4 yrs, because of all the conservative > > > > > > > republicans > > > > > > > out there, they fear her the most. > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 5:25 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Which advisor on Obama inner circle talked with the Illinois > > > > > > > > governor??? Are they corrupt??? If they knew about a pay to > > > > > > > > play > > > > > > > > scheme and did nothing are they corrupt??? > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 11:46 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > it is not about the election it is about a corrupt politician > > > > > > > > > who is > > > > > > > > > unfit for office any office ! > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 9:48 am, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Sweet Jesus, when will you and Letterman realize the > > > > > > > > > > election is over? > > > > > > > > > > > And ya realize your CIC Elect is having a bit of difficulty > > > > > > > > > > explaining > > > > > > > > > > that whole mess in IL right? > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 7:26 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Palin used these nonofficial accounts for official > > > > > > > > > > > business, in > > > > > > > > > > > violation of Alaska state open records > > > > > > > > > > > rules,http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/12/11290_palin_emai... > > > > > > > > > > > Would You Pay $10,000 for Sarah Palin's Emails? > > > > > > > > > > > How > > > > > > > > > > > much would you pay for access to the emails Sarah Palin > > > > > > > > > > > has sent and > > > > > > > > > > > received as governor of Alaska? Would you part with > > > > > > > > > > > $10,000 for them? > > > > > > > > > > > That's basically what her office is asking. > > > > > > > > > > > > During the general election, I filed an open records act > > > > > > > > > > > request for > > > > > > > > > > > all emails that had gone to and from Palin in her > > > > > > > > > > > official capacity. > > > > > > > > > > > And Alaska citizen watchdog Andrée McLeod, who had long > > > > > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > > > > peppering > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's office with similar requests, did the same. At a > > > > > > > > > > > time when > > > > > > > > > > > Palin was on the hot seat as Senator John McCain's vice > > > > > > > > > > > presidential > > > > > > > > > > > running mate, her office replied that it would cost over > > > > > > > > > > > $65,000 to > > > > > > > > > > > round up all of Palin's emails and that Mother Jones > > > > > > > > > > > would have to > > > > > > > > > > > cover this cost. > > > > > > > > > > > > The problem: Palin had used at least two nonofficial > > > > > > > > > > > email accounts > > > > > > > > > > > (such as a Yahoo account) to conduct her state business. > > > > > > > > > > > Given that > > > > > > > > > > > the governor's office did not have access to those > > > > > > > > > > > accounts, its > > > > > > > > > > > information specialists had concluded that the only way > > > > > > > > > > > to gather all > > > > > > > > > > > her emails would be to search the state email accounts > > > > > > > > > > > for about 70 > > > > > > > > > > > people who worked within the executive offices of the > > > > > > > > > > > governor and > > > > > > > > > > > look for emails to and from Palin's nonofficial email > > > > > > > > > > > accounts. > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's office estimated it would cost almost a thousand > > > > > > > > > > > dollars for > > > > > > > > > > > each search of these 70 or so official accounts. > > > > > > > > > > > > It seemed absurd and unfair for Palin's office to pass > > > > > > > > > > > the cost of > > > > > > > > > > > this search on to those who had requested Palin's emails. > > > > > > > > > > > After all, > > > > > > > > > > > she should have been using her state email account for > > > > > > > > > > > state > > > > > > > > > > > business. > > > > > > > > > > > In a letter to her office, I maintained that requesters > > > > > > > > > > > should not be > > > > > > > > > > > forced to pay for Palin's inappropriate use of > > > > > > > > > > > nonofficial accounts. > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's office eventually agreed, deciding it would not > > > > > > > > > > > charge fees > > > > > > > > > > > for the extensive search operation that would be > > > > > > > > > > > necessary to compile > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's emails. In early October, it informed me that it > > > > > > > > > > > would begin > > > > > > > > > > > reviewing Palin's official emails and gather the emails > > > > > > > > > > > related to > > > > > > > > > > > state business that were sent to and from her nonofficial > > > > > > > > > > > accounts. > > > > > > > > > > > All for no charge. > > > > > > > > > > > > But there was a rub: this whole process could be expected > > > > > > > > > > > to take > > > > > > > > > > > weeks. That meant that none of her emails (from either > > > > > > > > > > > official or > > > > > > > > > > > nonofficial accounts) would become public prior to the > > > > > > > > > > > November 4 > > > > > > > > > > > election. Because Palin had used these nonofficial > > > > > > > > > > > accounts for > > > > > > > > > > > official business, arguably in violation of Alaska state > > > > > > > > > > > open records > > > > > > > > > > > rules, she had managed (wittingly or not) to orchestrate > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > functional equivalent of a cover-up--at least, a > > > > > > > > > > > temporary one. > > > > > > > > > > > > On December 5, Linda Perez, Palin's administrative > > > > > > > > > > > director, sent me > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > letter noting that Alaska's Department of Administration > > > > > > > > > > > had > > > > > > > > > > > completed > > > > > > > > > > > the job of assembling Palin's emails into a single > > > > > > > > > > > account. "The > > > > > > > > > > > account is now available for records production > > > > > > > > > > > purposes," she wrote. > > > > > > > > > > > In all, there are approximately 25,700 emails in this > > > > > > > > > > > account, the > > > > > > > > > > > letter reported. > > > > > > > > > > > > But they are not yet ready for release, and now here come > > > > > > > > > > > the real > > > > > > > > > > > fees. > > > > > > > > > > > > Each email, Perez wrote, has to be opened and printed > > > > > > > > > > > separately in a > > > > > > > > > > > "fairly time-consuming" process. The cost for doing this: > > > > > > > > > > > $3,955.23. > > > > > > > > > > > The calculations: a staffer paid $15.39 an hour could > > > > > > > > > > > review about > > > > > > > > > > > 100 > > > > > > > > > > > emails per hour. And Perez said that Mother Jones and > > > > > > > > > > > McLeod would > > > > > > > > > > > have to pay for this. > > > > > > > > > > > > The process, though, would not end there. Once these > > > > > > > > > > > emails are > > > > > > > > > > > printed out, the records would then be sent to the > > > > > > > > > > > state's Department > > > > > > > > > > > of Law (which is headed by a Palin appointee) for > > > > > > > > > > > "privilege review." > > > > > > > > > > > That is, individual emails could be withheld on the basis > > > > > > > > > > > of various > > > > > > > > > > > exemptions. (When the Palin administration responded to > > > > > > > > > > > an earlier > > > > > > > > > > > email request from McLeod regarding two Palin staffers, > > > > > > > > > > > it withheld > > > > > > > > > > > over 1100 emails, relying on questionable exemptions.) So > > > > > > > > > > > there's no > > > > > > > > > > > guaranteeing how many of these emails will be released. > > > > > > > > > > > > And there's more. Once the legal review is finished, the > > > > > > > > > > > emails > > > > > > > > > > > deemed > > > > > > > > > > > appropriate for release will have to be copied, and > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's office > > > > > > > > > > > will charge a duplication fee. In earlier > > > > > > > > > > > correspondences, Palin's > > > > > > > > > > > office indicated the fee could be over 25 cents a page. > > > > > > > > > > > If about > > > > > > > > > > > 25,000 emails (a page each) are cleared for release, the > > > > > > > > > > > copying fee > > > > > > > > > > > could top $6,000. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ten thousand dollars to see Palin emails reviewed by > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's legal > > > > > > > > > > > department? Is it worth it? > > > > > > > > > > > > Other media outfits have submitted requests for some of > > > > > > > > > > > Palin's > > > > > > > > > > > emails > > > > > > > > > > > (based on subjects). It may be possible to create a > > > > > > > > > > > consortium of > > > > > > > > > > > groups to share the costs. I will be talking to > > > > > > > > > > > representatives of > > > > > > > > > > > these other organizations to determine if we can work > > > > > > > > > > > together. And > > > > > > > > > > > there may be other options. > > > > > > > > > > > > So stay tuned. Palin has certainly not retreated to > > > > > > > > > > > Alaska. She > > > > > > > > > > > recently campaigned for Republican Senator Saxby > > > > > > > > > > > Chambliss of > > > > > > > > > > > Georgia, > > > > > > > > > > > during the special election Chambliss ended up winning. > > > > > > > > > > > "I can't > > > > > > > > > > > overstate the impact she had down here," he said > > > > > > > > > > > afterward. With > > > > > > > > > > > Palin > > > > > > > > > > > acting as if she is interested in remaining a political > > > > > > > > > > > player on the > > > > > > > > > > > national stage, her emails--if the legal reviewers do not > > > > > > > > > > > censor them > > > > > > > > > > > for political purposes--might still make interesting, and > > > > > > > > > > > perhaps > > > > > > > > > > > important, reading.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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