Wikipedia's Take on Sarah Palin's "Blood Libel"

If you haven't heard about the controversy of Sarah Palin's map from months ago in relation to the Tucson shootings on Saturday, you've been under a rock. With a few small statements here and there Palin had not said much in regards to the event or how some of her comments etc may have heightened the violent political climate in this country.

This morning she did when she tweeted this:

America's Enduring Strength http://fb.me/Sa5S5hrd

In it, she compared the political reaction regarding her to a "manufactured blood libel" and since that moment, "blood libel" has been a trending topic on twitter. In fairness, you can't expect her or her writing staff to know what blood libel means or the severity or controversial understanding of the term. They're not Jewish.

If you care, you can follow that link above and read the text of her "speech" as well as see the video (if you want a really good laugh).

If you care more, you'll probably end up on Wikipedia under blood libel. I did. I found this (it is unfortunate that this will surely be changed, but I must have hit it right at the right time):

In 2011, Sarah Palin, a quitter and no longer relevant political figure, reinserted herself into national spotlight and used the term without any idea of the meaning. This action reaffirms the American public and the world of her incompetence and stupidity.

Oh. Man. How could it get any better?

-B

Sarah Palin Posted This to Twitter...

Her quote:

SarahPalinUSA Think Obama's tax policies are wise? Watch this... http://youtu.be/Xj7nRc3_EG0

You know what occurs to me?  This is not the way our tax system works.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj7nRc3_EG0]

I enjoyed reading the YouTube comments as well.  Some of my favorites:

Dear Lee, Please send this to Obama. 

If Sarah Palin likes it, you know it must be a gross simplification.

What would really happen if this was truly based on US tax policy is that Man #10 would take all sorts of tax deductions and tax credits and end up getting back $25 dollars, and then he'd fire of all his American drinking buddies, move his drinking operation overseas, and only lay out $15 dollars for drinks while still getting $25 back from Uncle Sam.

Sarah Palin sucks man, don't talk to her lee

If this took place in in a Tea Party bar the 4th and 5th guy would be complaining that they should all drink piss instead.

I love your eye contact with the camera

Do you think having books behind you gives you credibility? This story doesn't change the fact that wealth has been migrating from the middle class to the richest Americans over the past 30 years while jobs (not rich people) go out of the country.

This is the dumbest argument ever! Hypothetically, a poor man gets $100 income and a rich man gets $1million income. Both get a 20% tax refund. The poor man can use the $20 to feed his family, and the rich man can use his $200,000 to buy a new Bentley? Although proportionally, the tax breaks are the same, this tax breaks are so much more important for the poor than for the rich. Ever heard of the Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility?

I have a problem with your bar stool story. In my experience the first 4 men do not drink for nothing but are PAID to drink. I know a guy who refuses to live with his girlfriend with whom he has 3 children. For this she is getting cash, housing, heating and food dollar assistanced from the government in addition to her part time job. And he spends his money on pot.

So the entire justification for the rich receiving higher tax breaks is that if they didn't they'd move away and stop paying taxes altogether?

The woman who posted this could be our next President.

Run for the hills.

 

-B