Just lovely...had someone ask me why I don't talk like Palin-

[Mother Of Four]

If I grew up in Alaska. (Anchorage)

Before I could stop myself I said in my worst mimicly accent "Well not all of us WANT to be snarky joes that look like Peggy Hill, donchaknow!"

Bug eyes and choking in response. (Local storeowner that Idolizes her still)


I seriously despise that woman for what she's done to the image of my home state. As if it weren't bad enough that most the people here think theres snow 10 months a year, darkness all year round, and people have a dozen dogs as a normalacy.

[dkf]

1. Her sentence structure is the oddest I've heard in a public speaker.

I can understand why you would be ticked at that.

[Afikpo Chic]

31. Palin speaks like she is always constipated..

What a horrible annoying voice. Like someone who is pounding away in the bathroom. jesus. what a ladylike voice. NOT.

[azmouse]

2. I understand where you're coming from.

Everyone thinks AZ is all desert and it's 100 degrees year round.

I'd love to visit Alaska some day. Your state looks beautiful.

[Erin Elizabeth]

3. I hear ya.

In Texas, we all live on ranches and we're all bigoted asswipes who wear huge belt buckles and swig beer all the time. We have no cities and we just got indoor plumbing. Also, everyone here is a huge Republican.

:eyes:

I definitely hear ya.

[shireen]

6. even so, despite all that,

I LOVE TEXAS !!!

lived 5 years in Austin, spent a few months in West Texas. I really love the state, and would defend y'all against the ignorant-rest-of-the-US. :D

[awoke_in_2003]

42. Austin is definately

not Texas. It is something MUCH greater :)

[ensho]

7. and the women have big hair

that used to come up all the time in women's hair fashions - Tx. women like 'big hair'

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I'm sure you have heard similar stories about Arkansans, except

we all have one leg shorter than the other from walking up and down hills, have stills in our backyard and hogs sleeping on the front porch.

[eridani]

36. Was it the Arkansas virgins who could run faster than their brothers? Or was that Kentucky? n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

43. Ah, come on, admit it...

you have one pig out there, don't ya? :)

[iamthebandfanman]

9. try being from kentucky

'oh, you guys wear shoes?!'

honest to god i got that said to me as a child once while in Chicago

[spiritual_gunfighter]

13. I live in Chicago which I am very proud to say is the home of our next president n/t

[hogwyld]

47. Hey, aren't you all in the mafia?

Shootin' yer Thompsons? Rigging elections for the Daleys?

[spiritual_gunfighter]

49. Yes we are all corrupt as hell Dems n/t

[rebel with a cause]

28. People from Chicago use to say the same thing

a long time ago when I was a girl about people from the southern part of the state. My sister lived up there for a while, and when she came home for a visit, we took a special picture for her to take back with her. Four of us girls sit on the couch with our bare feet propped up on the coffee table. One of us held a brown jug, one had a corncob pipe, and the third held a washboard.

It is just the way city people think of country people, and we had our own stereotypes of them.

[awoke_in_2003]

44. Didn't you guys bring us the tooth brush?

Any other state would have called it a teeth brush :)

[crispini]

11. And the oil well in your backyard, don't forget that.

Actually, with the whole Barnet Shale deal, that's coming true for some folks, but they probably don't like it.

[Erin Elizabeth]

12. We turned down the Barnet Shale thing. Just seemed too.....

fishy to us.

And don't forget we all have horses!!!

[madamesilverspurs]

46. Where's that map girl when we need her?

When I relocated to Virginia from New Mexico back in the 1970s, a co-worker asked me about the currency exchange rate between the U.S. and New Mexico.

[hlthe2b]

4. I don't blame you... She and the "first Dude" have been

devastating, given there are so many who have no clue re: Alaska... I think most people see through the schtick, but for those who know nothing about the state, it is not hard to see how they would get the impression that Alaska is some backwater of insanely "religious," animal and environmental exploiters, and "homespun" hypocrits just waiting for their Saks Fifth Avenue adventure.


I read Mudflats and several of the other Alaskan progressive blogs... all trying so hard to take her on and to expose her corruption and hypocrisy. It seems they are constantly hitting the stone wall from outside-- that of National Fame and Ignorance that seems to shield her from any attempts to hold her accountable in the State.

She needs to take a hard fall--immediately... People like this who would exploit anyone and anything for personal gain are dangerous. She may be weak now because of her cluelessness and lack of "savy," but that could change. Those ignorant and low information voters will still be with us--ready to be manipulated.

[tigereye]

20. I thought she just did take a hard fall...

:rofl:


We know there are progressives and librarians in Alaska! :thumbsup:

[hlthe2b]

23. Someone needs to tell her...

She's been acting like she won something...

[tigereye]

25. yeah, it's creepy.

To me, she's kind of like the latest tabloid/Survivor winner. Her 15 minutes will be up, hopefully soon.

[kiva]

5. Las Vegas.

We all live in hotels and work in casinos.

[hlthe2b]

10. You guys commit a lot of grisly crime too...

Hey, it is on my tv every week...:evilgrin:

[kiva]

35. Gotta have something to do

in between playing slots and eating at the buffet. :shrug:

[awoke_in_2003]

45. Shit, I thought you all lived

in warehouses and parked you tbirds in the living room, just like Dan Tanna

[kiva]

48. Nope, the warhouses are where we store the extra bodies.

I mean, they don't all happen on schedule for CSI, so we need somewhere to keep them in between seasons. :rofl:

[Avalux]

14. It's like someone asking me why I don't like Bush since I'm from Texas.

;-)

[MarkInCA]

15. In California

We all feel eathquakes every day,

We've all seen a movie star recently,

The weather is always good,

We're all left-wing hippies smoking dope.

Every state has something. Too bad you folks ended up with that dimwit to represent you.

Even worse than the Terminator we have.

[Cleita]

19. Something I used to say to people when they criticized Californians. I told

them that most of the obnoxious Californians they have met are from somewhere else, Terminator included. They left their homes because they thought in California they could live a life of decadence like fictionalized in the movies. Native born Californians go to work every day and their place of worship every week. Most stay married to the same person all their lives and raise their 2.5 children like everyone else.

[MarkInCA]

21. Good point about being native

I always hate the "not in my backyard crowd" who don't want people to come into their space like they did years ago.

I hardly know anybody who is native to where they live now.

California is much different than it was some years back.

Dern foriners!

[CitizenPatriot]

27. I lived in LA for a long enough to be indoctrinated

according to my "friends" and "family", anyway, who often preface their food or political discussions with me with, "not like you granola cruchers in LA" or "not like you wacky tofu eating tree-huggers" or "sorry we're not as smart as you now that you've hobnobbed with the LA elite" etc.

Try as I might to tell them I was always smarter and a liberal elite and just basically better than them, they still think it was California's fault.

:-)

[AlCzervik]

16. that was a really stupid question.

[DevonRex]

17. I have to admit that my view of Alaska has changed since we were

"blessed" with Palin. I had thought that Alaska was the place to go if you didn't want other people to control your life. Now I have the impression that it's a lot like Colorado Springs, Colorado, with Focus On The Family running the show, telling people what they can and cannot do, based on their narrow religious beliefs.

[Blue_In_AK]

29. I can tell you that that is definitely not the case.

In fact, I read somewhere recently that Alaska has the fewest number of churchgoers per capita of any state in the union. The reason Sarah never tried to implement any of her fundie right-wing agenda as governor is because she knows she couldn't get away with it here. We don't like that kind of stuff. Our constitution is the most progressive in the nation, which is why we the people own the resources and have strongly guaranteed privacy rights, allowing us to still have legal abortions, decriminalized marijuana since 1975, no death penalty, and benefits for same-sex couples (although the righties did manage to pass a Constitutional amendment a few years ago prohibiting same-sex marriage).

Sarah and her kind are representative of a certain segment of Alaskan society, but she doesn't represent the majority of us. Once her weirdnesses were exposed on the national stage, her popularity began declining precipitously. It is clear that she is not what she represented herself to be -- an open, transparent and bipartisan leader.

[Mother Of Four]

32. Sigh-

I miss it.

I get to come home to visit next July for my sisters wedding though!

I talked to my Ex husband the other day and he said theres been a few changes in the last six years- more hotels etc.

Little story for you Blue :)

Moving down to the lower 48 for the first time in winter 1989-1990, flew to Wa state and picked up the car (we decided to drive from Wa to ND). Stopped in a little itty bitty town in Montana, gorgeous area- we get gas with our gas card and I go in to pay. Guy sitting behind the counter looks where I put "Alaska" as the state on my license plate and starts chewing his gum like he owns it. I ask "Uhm...yes?" He said "You aren't Alaskan....are you?" I say "Born and raised there, why?" He replies "I don't see no Mukituks on your feet." (Supposed to be "MUKLUKS" for those who don't know) I blinked, and tried very hard to keep a straight face. All I could think of to say was "The seal needed them....have a nice day!"

Fast forward to 1995, we come to visit NC with hubby's mother in a small town of about 500. Pink Hill, NC. I get sunburnt, and have to head to the store for something to make it stop hurting so bad. The lady behind the local store counter looks out the plate glass window at my van and says..."You ain't from around here are you?" I say "No...I'm from Alaska..." She gets all bright faced and turns to the other cashier.."Hey namehere! This girls from Alaska!" Without missing a beat she says "It must be so nice to visit other countries!"

Sad thing is...6 years down here since we actually relocated and I'm STILL pale. LOL

[Blue_In_AK]

39. Great stories... :-)

People have such misimpressions of what Alaska is like. The "mukituk" is really funny -- as if you'd be wearing whale blubber on your feet. :rofl:

[demokatgurrl]

38. Tell me more! I did not know all that progressive stuff

about Alaska. I'm curious- what percentage of the population is on the progressive end and what percentage on the Palin end?
And do you think you can get rid of her next Gubernatorial election

[Blue_In_AK]

41. It's hard to say percentages.

I think I'd say people here are basically libertarian (small "l"), meaning that they really don't like government or other authorities messing around in their private lives, which may be why we stay out of churches in such large numbers, too.

There are always "righties" around who want to infringe on people's privacy rights, of course, but they seldom get very far. They've been trying to overturn the legal marijuana for years, ever since the Ravin decision in 1975, but every time they pass a law, the Supreme Court says it's unconstitutional and throws it out. A few years ago the religious nuts did manage to get a bill outlawing same-sex marriage, but the Supreme Court ruled that as a matter of civil rights and equal protection, same-sex couples should still get the same benefits as married people, especially since they were precluded from marriage. There was a lot of bitching and moaning, but Sarah (to her credit, for once) didn't fight the ruling.

Of course, the disregard for authority has led some legislators to go over the line, which led to our Corrupt Bastards Club, Ted Stevens' indiscretions, etc. I guess that's the price we pay for having this kind of "Wild West" mentality.

I like it, though. :)

[rockymountaindem]

37. Focus on the Family does *not* run the show in Colorado Springs

To wit: the city-owned hospital still performs abortions and the few porn shops and strip clubs that exist continue to operate.

[Cleita]

18. I really don't know where she picked up that accent. It has to be as phony as she is.

I lived in the Sandpoint, Idaho area for five year, where she was born, and the locals do have a distinct accent but hers isn't it. Although I have been to Alaska twice, I didn't hear that accent and I talked to a lot of locals the second time including First Nation people. None of them had that accent.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. There are a few people out in the Mat-Su Valley

who have a variant of that accent, but you don't hear it here in Anchorage. I heard that some Minnesota farmers homesteaded up there many years ago and it's their descendants who have carried forward that upper midwest accent. That doesn't explain how Sarah came by it, though, unless she just grew up with friends from that group.

[LeftishBrit]

22. Because you have a brain!

[gmoney]

24. The DNC should be finding and grooming some candidates in Alaska

...real powerhouse people who will ensure she does NOT get elected to congress, and is NOT re-elected governor

[LynneSin]

26. So when is the yearly DU Helicopter Moose Hunting Party

Gonna get one this year **Wink Wink** You betcha!!

:hide:

[Mother Of Four]

33. LOL

:spank:

[JVS]

34. LOL!

[GreenEyedLefty]

40. I'm from Flint, MI.

I worked for a major bookstore chain whose highest-performing store is located in Flint. The CEO said in amazement, "wow, they READ in Flint?" :eyes: