Discarded Palin contract sparks investigation

[Alferd_Packer]

In my hirstute days:

 

[cwalner]

The NPR report I heard described the requirement as being first or business class, or private jet. Which seems pretty reasonable to me.

NPR also reported that the contract calls for two bottles of water at the podium, with bendy straws. My wife claimed that the bendy straw requirement has something entirely reasonable to do with lipstick, but she started using womanly technical jargon, so I just tuned her out and went back to scraping my beard off with a Bowie knife.

Anyway, popular speaker prefers to travel business class, and says so. Shocking!

While in general, I agree with you that her requirements are not out of the ordinary for a speaker of her status and fame, the issue is the conflict it presents with her chosen public image.

One expects somebody who presents herself as a folksy everywoman to act a bit more humble. This is especially bad for her because, I am sure, that once she gets to Stanislaus, her speech will contain some rhetoric critizing the elitism of the Obama administration and liberals in general.

 

[luchog]

Hah, You wimps shave?

Not for about a year. Although I do trim from time to time, for which I uses a high quality rabid beaver. Imported from Canada, as domestic beavers are just not up to the same standard.

 

[shadron]

Sounds like whomever was operating the shredder was a bloody incompetent.

Interesting detective work by the students. This bit of "dumpster diving" could offer up some interesting follow on stories.

This is, of course, a well known way of spying. It was even glorified in Animal House. James Randi is one of it's better known proponents, in his investigations of Peter Popoff.