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		<title>GOING ROUGE?</title>
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That more people talk about Sarah Palin&#8217;s legs, makeup, and inability to express a coherent thought, comparable to some of her peers, like, such as, Miss Teen USA South Cackalacky 2007, only shows that people are concentrating on her strengths as a &#8220;successful woman&#8221;. If she had any other strengths that were apparent, we would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That more people talk about Sarah Palin&#8217;s legs, makeup, and inability to express a coherent thought, comparable to some of her <em>peers</em>, <a href="http://www.likesuchas.com/">like, such as</a>, Miss Teen USA South Cackalacky 2007, only shows that people are concentrating on her strengths as a &#8220;successful woman&#8221;. If she had any other strengths that were apparent, we would have a lot more to talk about.</p>
<p>Since she&#8217;s really just a model, I can&#8217;t see any of the sexism that she and her cabal have been assigning to this <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/">Newsweek</a> cover. I figured that I would help them out.</p>

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<p>I couldn&#8217;t decide whether a classic upright would be a good choice, although that was the classic &#8220;sexist&#8221; image that came to mind initially. Imagine: a 1950&#8217;s housewife, <strong>glad</strong> to have her husband doing his part by providing for her and their children with <em>a job he could rely on</em> and trying to make her life a little bit easier along the way while she did her part, <em>taking the children to school</em>, making sure <em>everyone was eating correctly</em>, etc. This pinhead would probably prefer a modern soccer mom vacuum atrocity with bendy parts, two canisters, and fog lights. Even though the style may not be appropriate, I went with the classic because <em>Sarah Palin is old</em>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure many Boy Scouts, veterans, and pedants have noticed that she&#8217;s essentially <a href="http://www.legion.org/flag/faq">desecrating the flag</a> by violating the <a href="http://www.legion.org/flag/code">U.S. Flag Code</a> in this picture. She was also seen wearing the flag like a shawl <a href="http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/?p=1188">over here</a>. (I bet she can&#8217;t wait for the Snuggie/Slanket version.)</p>
<blockquote><p>&sect; 8 (b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&sect; 8 (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&sect; 8 (i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, she falls under both &#8220;beneath it&#8221; and &#8220;merchandise&#8221;, there is maybe some <em>festooning</em> and definitely some drawing up with folds going on, and this is 100% advertising. Sure, violating the Flag Code is not punishable, but it&#8217;s obvious hypocrisy from someone so &#8220;pro-America&#8221;. She doesn&#8217;t even know&#8230;</p>
<p>Countdown to lawsuit/DMCA takedown notice begins&#8230;.. NOW!</p>
<p style="font-style: italic; font-size: 9pt;">Before you try and sue me or send a DMCA takedown notice, I&#8217;m quite aware of the fair use provisions in 17 U.S.C. &sect; 107 for parodies, satires, and criticism. Don&#8217;t waste your time and money.</p>
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