At 01:27 PM 9/2/2008 +0100, Adam Buckland wrote: >Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, was once a >member of the Alaskan Independence Party, its officials have said. > >News of Mrs Palin's former membership comes as the latest in a string of >potentially embarrassing disclosures about her past. ...
This perked my interest so I did a quick search on links between the Alaskan Independence Party and terrorism. I couldn't really find any (there was one link that displayed and Alaskan "Terrorist Hunting Permit" - no bag limit, no tagging required, etc. Pretty funny). But it seems the AIP is a legit political party. So I'm not sure I see the crisis about the association with the AIP. The party platform appears to be mainly focused on being able to vote on Alaska's independence. Note that it's not "secede" from the US, it's the right to vote on whether or not they could secede. In other words, the AIP adheres to democratic principles to achieve it's goals. Side note: Apparently the desire to secede is not limited to Alaskans. I think Vermont has recently passed some resolution on seceding from the US. In some ways, I imagine probably all the smaller/less populated states have many folks that would like to secede. They've probably had a lot of stuff rammed down their throats that might make sense for sardine-packed cities, but are stupid for spread out populations. Most folks I know in the Mid-West think the Federal Gov has been insane for decades. But they do respect what George W has been trying to do - they don't like how things have turned out, but most understand why things are the way they are. It's interesting that most of them have a better handle on the facts than the "city-folk." Hmm...maybe being able to be out in a field, where you can reason through things without being constantly pelted by biased media sound-bites, helps you think more clearly. <shrug> Back to the topic at hand. I don't think the comparison between AIP and Obama's friends (Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, etc) is very clever. It's pretty obvious the AIP works within "legal" bounds while Obama's mentors/friends/associations seem to have more violent and radical aspirations. In fact, it seems like the AIP is even less radical than some of the more widely known groups such as the Libertarian Party. Now, if it was found out that Palin has some friends that are, say, members of the KKK, then yeah, that would truly be significant and comparable. -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
