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  • Re: An Alaskan's Opinion

    npoulin: This issue has already been revisited a number of times in this thread. I'm re-posting an earlier comprehensive answer that hopefully addresses your observations: Thumper2: I realize this thread is quite long, but if you have enough interest to review it, you'll see that it was already determined here (long ago) that no books were ...
    Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 18, 2008

  • Re: An Alaskan's Opinion

    Hello lubbesuh: I'm sorry you consider the thread to be almost ''unreadable'', but perhaps its length is an indicator of the intense interest people have in discovering who Sarah Palin really is. After all, this person could be our next VP, or even President. No campaign hype here... no rhetorical this or that - just straight facts and first-hand ...
    Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 13, 2008

  • Re: An Alaskan's Opinion

    jackg: Since I'm the individual that originally started this post, I'll assume that you are referring to me. You seem to bandy the words ''Fake, phony, and fraud'' quite easily. For some... that might be an exact description of Sarah Palin. But... let me ask you something: Do you live in Alaska and have you ever met Sarah Palin personally? I ...
    Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 10, 2008

  • Re: Not a Hoax: a Mistake

    oxboggle - I did some more research on the Palin ''book-banning and librarian-firing controversy'' and found a reprint of a 1996 article published by the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (the local Wasilla paper) on that very incident. The librarian that was fired [Mary Ellen Emmons] recounted her experiences in some detail. The link to the article ...
    Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 9, 2008

  • Re: The List Of Books Is Not Credible.

    The original post concerning Mayor Sarah Palin's attempt to ban certain books contained in the Wasilla library was not mine, but I'll comment to the extent of what I know. Mayor Palin had approached the Director (head librarian) of the Wasilla library with the proposal to ban a number of books contained within its shelves. As the story goes, she ...
    Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 8, 2008