When Palin announced several months ago she was writing a book, I saw this tweet on twitter and saved it in case it might be of value at a later date.

DOD experimenting with an audio version of Palin reading her book as a replacement for water boarding. #torture

And that’s one of the nicer ones. One either “loves to hate her” or “loves to love her.” There just ain’t much middle ground when it comes to Sarah. But this tweet prompted me to do a little research, and the results were surprising. I googled the words “Sarah Palin” and here are the results:

Nov. 17, one day before her book came out: 5,780,000

Nov. 19, one day after her book came out:    7,570,000

To put this in perspective, I also googled several other “strong political oriented women” and here are the results:

7,080,000  Hillary Clinton

1,360,000  Nancy Pelosi (a day in infamy)

1,580,000  Babs Boxer (eat your heart out, Brockway)

999,000  Michele Bachmann (#2 on the Lib hit list)

463,000  Dianne Feinstein

726,000  Indira Gandhi

520,000  Benazir Bhutto

974,000  Golda Meir

650,000  Margaret Thatcher

And to be fair, I also googled some other women, not in the political arena to see how they compared:

Business

349,000  Marion Sandler (greedy)

3,510,000  Carly Fiorini, but now in the political arena

Hollywood

6,500,000  Marilyn Monroe

21,900,000  Elizabeth Taylor

149,000  Janeane Garofalo (another day in infamy)

4,440,000  Jennifer Aniston

11,400,000  Angelina Jolie

No Category, except maybe notoriety?

20,100,000  Paris Hilton

But then I saw this tweet, and I realized I left an important one out of the mix:

I wish Carrie Prejean would run for governor of Alaska and Sarah Palin would make a sex tape. #freakyfriday#GOPvalues

And the google hits shocker is:

12,000,000 Carrie Prejean

This result shot the heck out of my research and where I intended to go with this diary. More hits than Palin, HRC or any of the other political women. Only Elizabeth Taylor and Paris Hilton had higher hits on google. So here we are all yapping about Sarah Palin and Carrie is getting most of the “attention.” So what does this tell us? I’m not sure. But it was fun.

Gonna leave you guys with one last tweet, this one again in reference to Palin’s book:

@LadyImpactOhio Palin should be the first one to read it. I would love to hear her do an interview about it, and explain her “process.”

BTW: Could not find any other person with more google hits than George Washington, 60,000,00

If anyone can find anyone higher, I would be interested in knowing. But I did find this:

16,900,000  Barack Obama

So with less than a year in office, a good chance he’s gonna way surpass our beloved George Washington.

Over the last 10 years or so, I have given some bucks to the RNC. Not enough to cause me any financial harm, but still enough to take a pretty nice vacation. When I became aware, despite their platform being “anti-abortion” they were offering coverage for their employees since 1991 for abortion, I was pretty mad. I’ve read several articles regarding this issue, but decided to get a response directly from the horse’s mouth. So I had a nice little convo this morning with “Jason” at the RNC, who BTW was extremely nice and polite, and probably deserves some combat pay for all of this. This is how it went. My opening salvo was:

I am upset and chagrined over this issue, and I want my money back. I feel it was given under false pretenses and deserve a refund.

Well, I have to say I was not aware that the RNC has collaborated with Gibbs, but apparently they have been taking lessons from him and coached “Jason” on how to spin this. Jason told me, and am paraphrasing because I didn’t want to get in trouble with ACORN, i.e. accused of breaking the law by recording a convo:

This was an honest mistake, and Mr. Steele is aware of it and has corrected the situation. Abortion is no longer covered under employee healthcare.

I’ve been hearing this line all over the place lately, and will repeat it here:

Someone needs to be fired over this.

When I asked Jason if the RNC had been paying an extra premium for the abortion coverage, even though he stated no one had ever used it, I was told:

That would be private information, and besides, I haven’t worked here for very long and don’t know that much about it.

Why is it whenever an organization or group becomes embroiled in a controversy, they always put someone on the front line who claims they are  “new and don’t know much about it”?

I replied:

I would be even more upset if I found out my donations were being used to help fund an extra rider to cover these abortions on your policy, and hope that someone is investigating. If it comes to light the RNC had been paying an extra premium, you should insist that Cigna return that extra premium. BTW, how did this situation come to light, and is it the RNC’s or Cigna’s “fault” this was overlooked?

Jason says: I don’t know whose fault it is, but can assure you the situation has been corrected.

LadyImpact says: When can I expect my refund, and how do I go about getting it?

Jason says: I would have to transfer you to our Donations and Members section, and you can speak with them.

As predicted, no one answered in the Donations and Members section, but I left a message asking for a return call. BTW, in the message, I let them know I would be doing a post on RedState regarding my experience.  Tee Hee.

Not expecting a return call, but will keep you posted if anything transpires.

FYI: RNC’s phone # is 202-863-8500. Choose option “1″ to speak with Jason. Choose option “5″ for Donations and Members Section.

RNC#fail

Reported by John Boehner today via Recovery.gov, Ohio grew overnight. By 10 districts. We even have a district named “00.” And this district got $1,865,349 of stimulus $$ and created 8 jobs!

As someone commented in another post, “someone should lose their jobs over this!”

Here we go, 10 phantom districts in Ohio that received Stimulus dollars. Some haven’t even created a job. So where is that money sitting? In a piggy bank on someone’s desk, ready to hand over to a SEIU worker to clean a sidewalk and take away a kid’s Boy Scout Badge? (saw that in another post).

District 00 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $1,865,349

District 99 Jobs created: 0  Funds received:  $  660,000.

District 21 Jobs created: 3  Funds received: $1,241,652

District 69 Jobs created: 0  Funds received:  $ 400,000

District 87 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $ 336,108

District 85 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $ 250,000

District 49 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $ 230,000

District 54 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $ 100,000

District 56 Jobs created: 0  Funds received: $  12,000

Source:

http://republicanleader.house.gov/blog/?p=687

Guess if I move to one of these non-existent districts, I don’t have to pay any taxes….I just have to find out where they are first…

“A feminist is a woman who doesn’t have to depend on a man for her protection.”

I don’t know who said those words, but I live by them. Now that our illustrious Attorney General has the 2nd Amendment squarely in his sights (pun is intended), I believe a discourse on the above subject is apropo.

I was about to enter the range about six months ago when a big fella who was walking out asked me if I was there to shoot. When I replied that I was, he told me I was too small, a woman, and the best part was he said I was blond. Well, I have to tell you if I tried to print my remark to him on this blog, Erick would hit the “delete” button faster than Gibbs can tell a lie.

But I own a couple of weapons for a variety of reasons. For protection, because I found out I really love the smell of gun powder, and because the US Constitution says that I can. But my thought lately is, we might as well send that Jeffersonian masterpiece of writing to Iran, China or Russia because frankly, the folks in DC just aren’t using it anymore. They have wadded it up, and thrown it in the trash like a piece of garbage. They ignored us when we said “no!” to the bailouts. They ignored us when we said “no!” to the Omnipork Bill. And they ignored us when we said “no!” to the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009. And if that’s not enough, our 2nd Amendment rights are in the firing line of the cabal in DC.

H.R. 45, The Blair-Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 could be our most fearsome threat.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-45

This bill hasn’t moved since January of this year, but just like Lazarus, it could arise from the dead at any time. Now the Obamameister has revived talks of U.N. gun control, and fears abound if he signs on to this treaty, it will be the first step to total annihilation of our 2nd Amendment rights.

http://aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10146&posts=1

So is it any wonder that people are hoarding ammo, and O has won another “award’?

Firearm Salesman of the Year

“Amendment II: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

That’s pretty clear, wouldn’t you say? This sentence, above, says you and I can own a gun if we want. The Founding Fathers, probably the wisest men this earth will ever know, put that one sentence there, to protect us from an oppressive government. Are we now going to let an oppressive government put the Bills of Rights in the trash too?? I don’t think so.

So a message, from this small, blond woman; to all the libs and socialist-wannabees:

Remember this: When you hear an intruder, in your home, in the middle of the night; a police cruiser travels tops at 80mph. A bullet travels upwards of 800mph. Which one do you want to be your first line of defense? After all, waiting for the cops could take the rest of your life. Literally.

And I almost forgot. Hey DC! Take that Constitution out of the trash can!

Cancer. A six letter word that strikes fear in the minds of every person on the face of the earth. Cancer. An insidious and unsuspecting disease, that slowly and many times silently worms its way through our system. It comes like “a thief in the night.” It robs us. It strikes every cell, every part. We have a little ache, a little pain, a bad feeling. We shrug it off, saying to ourselves tomorrow, it will be gone. Tomorrow I’ll feel better. But then, suddenly and without warning, this disease called “cancer” rears its ugly head. It is malignant, and we find ourselves in a fight for our very life and being.

But the “cancer” I speak of today is not cancer of the human body. It is cancer of the American mind and spirit and way of life we used to know. And the cause of this cancer is Big Government. My friends, this cancer of Big Government is not an “enemy at the gate.” It is already way past the gate, has crossed our front lawns, and is inside our homes and businesses. It has insidiously chipped away at our freedoms and liberties. It’s tentacles have invaded every manner of our life. Hoping we wouldn’t notice. Until it was too late. We are now in a life-and-death battle for the America we once knew.

This “cancer” of Big Government is not a cold, or a stomach-ache that will go away on its own. It will take some major doses of guts, along with a “transfusion” of Washington. We need to get rid of the “toxins,” so our minds, spirits, and economy can heal, renew, and take back control of our lives and liberties.

This “cancer” has suppressed our incentive for growth and opportunity. It has chipped away at our capitalism, the ideal this country was founded on. It has knocked down the fruition of dreams and success, the very reason immigrants flocked here 100 years ago. The immigrants who built this country were hard workers. Thus far they have been rewarded with varying degrees of wealth and success. But to now be “punished” with increased taxes, the revocation of bonuses for a “job well done” seems to me an alien and unbelievable concept. Yes, there have been some “bad actors”, but after all; this country needs visionaries to keep it on the great path it’s been on for the last 233 years. Right now, there is no incentive for companies or individuals to keep those visionaries or “good performers.”

“We the People, tell government what to do. It doesn’t tell us,” said Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech.

The Patriots who founded this great land and wrote our Constitution were the smartest people on the face of this earth. They were considered revolutionists, just like us. They were considered right-wing extremists. Just like us. And maybe, they were considered teabaggers, just like us. Now after 200 years this Big Government has trashed, trounced and trampled the Constitution they so wisely penned. I am sure even from the grave they know what is happening in this great land called America, and are rolling over in them. But just like those first Patriots, us revolutionist, us extremists, us teabaggers, will not be silence, and we will not be ignored.

This Big Government has failed to “listen to their bosses.” It has continued on its harried & uncontrolled path, determined to crush and demoralize our hearts and spirits.

I’ve read the Constitution. I don’t see there the right of a president to fire a CEO. And I don’t find the right of a government to take over banks and car companies. Now they want to enter the healthcare field. Hey DC, you guys can’t even run the post office or the IRS, and now you want us to trust our lives to you, with government run health care? In this country, the words “fat chance”, and “no chance” mean the very same thing.

But this cancer, this invader, Big Government, has made a fatal mistake. It has underestimated the will, resolve and resilience of We The People. The descendants of those first Patriots, us, are now awakening from their slumber, rubbing their eyes and mobilizing against this invader.

So how do we get rid of this cancer? Easy.We’re gonna need a “hard” dose of chemo. And that hard dose will occur on Nov. 2, 2010. When we take out the trash in DC. And boy oh boy, we’re gonna need a lot of dump trucks.

Throw the bums out!