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Cover Photo for Sarah Palin Memoir Was Last-Minute Choice
John Keatley, who photographed Sarah Palin for the cover of her upcoming memoir, wrote on his blog that he spent three days shooting the former governor before, at the last minute, he snapped the image the publisher eventually selected. The outtakes, published by Gawker, all show Palin smiling directly at the camera and posing in front of various scenic views in Alaska. "The last day we went to Hatcher Pass, which holds a lot of meaning for Sarah," Keatley wrote. "After shooting at the base of the pass near a river, we caravaned up to the top of the pass where we were planning to shoot the final location. Half way up, I noticed the beautiful light that was sweeping across the valley, and the clouds that were developing on the horizon. I told the driver to stop, we had to change our plans. This last minute change ended up being the final setup we would do with Sarah, and it also ended up being the cover image."
Hatcher Pass is in the Talkeetna Mountains in southern Alaska, with an elevation of 3,886 feet. It is a short drive from Wasilla, Palin's hometown.
"I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on this project," Keatley wrote. "It is not very often that an assignment comes along to photograph one of the most polarizing figures in our country. Let alone the chance to photograph that person for her book cover."
"Going Rogue: An American Life" topped bestseller lists within hours of becoming available for online pre-order. Moved up from a spring 2010 release to Nov. 17, Palin's memoir has held the top spot on Amazon's bestseller list for two weeks. Palin says she is "very grateful" for the early response to the book, and a publishing insider says the sales are "unprecedented" for a nonfiction book. HarperCollins, the publisher, ordered an initial printing of 1.5 million copies.
Hatcher Pass is in the Talkeetna Mountains in southern Alaska, with an elevation of 3,886 feet. It is a short drive from Wasilla, Palin's hometown.
"I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on this project," Keatley wrote. "It is not very often that an assignment comes along to photograph one of the most polarizing figures in our country. Let alone the chance to photograph that person for her book cover."
"Going Rogue: An American Life" topped bestseller lists within hours of becoming available for online pre-order. Moved up from a spring 2010 release to Nov. 17, Palin's memoir has held the top spot on Amazon's bestseller list for two weeks. Palin says she is "very grateful" for the early response to the book, and a publishing insider says the sales are "unprecedented" for a nonfiction book. HarperCollins, the publisher, ordered an initial printing of 1.5 million copies.
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libslie0066
12:29PM Oct 13th 2009
First Ladies do have assistants. A history sampling with background story.
Michelle Obama: twenty-two
Laura Bush: one
Hillary Clinton : three
Jackie Kennedy : one
First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants, July 7, 2009Dr. Paul L. Williams"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, " Michelle Obama, No,
Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary. How things have changed!
If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects for the First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 Lel yveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator for the First Lady)
13. $60,000 Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)
16. $50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to the First Lady)
17. $45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
18. $43,000 Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) (total = $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even;
Ø Hillary Clinton only had three;
Ø Jackie Kennedy one;
Ø Laura Bush one; and
Ø prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe.
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press has to publish this because the USA media is too scared they might be considered racist. Sorry America! SICKENING..ISN'T IT?
Michelle Obama: twenty-two
Laura Bush: one
Hillary Clinton : three
Jackie Kennedy : one
First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants, July 7, 2009Dr. Paul L. Williams"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, " Michelle Obama, No,
Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary. How things have changed!
If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects for the First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 Lel yveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator for the First Lady)
13. $60,000 Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)
16. $50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to the First Lady)
17. $45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
18. $43,000 Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) (total = $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even;
Ø Hillary Clinton only had three;
Ø Jackie Kennedy one;
Ø Laura Bush one; and
Ø prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe.
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press has to publish this because the USA media is too scared they might be considered racist. Sorry America! SICKENING..ISN'T IT?
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Rheinhart Moxon
9:45PM Oct 13th 2009
libslie0666 - You do realize that that piece comes Judi McLeod, who maintains that the 9/11 attacks were the work of the Mafia, not Al Qaeda?
You appear to be as much a whack-job as she is.
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Areas of interest
In 2005, McLeod and David Hawkins wrote a series of articles on what they described as the United Nations' "radical socialist agenda executed across Intranets and virtual private networks, operated by the self-styled 'Global Custodians'." They alleged links between "$40 trillion hedge funds, via an online portal on the seventy-ninth floor of One World Trade Center, to 'disruptive technologies' developed by Canada for alleged use in the UN Oil-for-Food scam, 9/11 and Kyoto fraud." [4]
McLeod and Hawkins allege that the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States may have been a Mafia plot and not the work of al-Qaeda terrorists. [5]
In August 2005, immediately after the crash of Air France Flight 358 at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport, McLeod published an article alleging that the crash was the result of a bomb. [6] A subsequent investigation showed that the crash was the result of poor weather conditions and pilot error.
McLeod lodged a formal complaint with the police accusing Toronto city councillor Betty Disero of being linked to the Mafia, and of holding a conflict of interest in her role as vice-chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission due to a personal relationship. The police investigated and found no evidence of any wrongdoing. [7]
[edit] Criticism
Conservative writer Kevin Michael Grace has described McLeod's writing as that of an "emotionally incontinent ninth grader," [8] while Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias describes her as "eccentric" and the Canada Free Press as a "whacko news site." [9]
Toronto Life magazine reported that McLeod was harassing city councillor Betty Disero. McLeod had been driving past Disero's home, taking pictures. [7]
McLeod published the home address and photograph of Cathy Crowe, co-founder of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, in the CFP along with what Crowe's lawyer deemed defamatory statements. The lawyer alleged that McLeod was encouraging her readers to harass and even physically attack Crowe. [10] The paper also published the home address of anti-poverty activist John Clarke along with a photograph of the house he was renting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_McLeod
You appear to be as much a whack-job as she is.
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1378957 Ontario Inc.
37 Elm St.,
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1
Canada
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: CANADAFREEPRESS.COM
Created on: 20-Aug-02
Expires on: 20-Aug-11
Last Updated on: 14-Jul-09
Administrative Contact:
McLeod, Judi cfp@canadafreepress.com
Canada Free Press
39 Elm St.
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1
Canada
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Areas of interest
In 2005, McLeod and David Hawkins wrote a series of articles on what they described as the United Nations' "radical socialist agenda executed across Intranets and virtual private networks, operated by the self-styled 'Global Custodians'." They alleged links between "$40 trillion hedge funds, via an online portal on the seventy-ninth floor of One World Trade Center, to 'disruptive technologies' developed by Canada for alleged use in the UN Oil-for-Food scam, 9/11 and Kyoto fraud." [4]
McLeod and Hawkins allege that the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States may have been a Mafia plot and not the work of al-Qaeda terrorists. [5]
In August 2005, immediately after the crash of Air France Flight 358 at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport, McLeod published an article alleging that the crash was the result of a bomb. [6] A subsequent investigation showed that the crash was the result of poor weather conditions and pilot error.
McLeod lodged a formal complaint with the police accusing Toronto city councillor Betty Disero of being linked to the Mafia, and of holding a conflict of interest in her role as vice-chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission due to a personal relationship. The police investigated and found no evidence of any wrongdoing. [7]
[edit] Criticism
Conservative writer Kevin Michael Grace has described McLeod's writing as that of an "emotionally incontinent ninth grader," [8] while Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias describes her as "eccentric" and the Canada Free Press as a "whacko news site." [9]
Toronto Life magazine reported that McLeod was harassing city councillor Betty Disero. McLeod had been driving past Disero's home, taking pictures. [7]
McLeod published the home address and photograph of Cathy Crowe, co-founder of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, in the CFP along with what Crowe's lawyer deemed defamatory statements. The lawyer alleged that McLeod was encouraging her readers to harass and even physically attack Crowe. [10] The paper also published the home address of anti-poverty activist John Clarke along with a photograph of the house he was renting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_McLeod
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(2) buster
7:51AM Oct 14th 2009
Dang, i thought it would be her with American flag bandana, doing a NAKED HANDSTAND on two bibles, with lit bottle rockets shooting from all her orifices.
dang just the old mustache pic.
dang just the old mustache pic.
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(-8) buster
7:56AM Oct 14th 2009
Dont Fret, her ROAD KILL cookbook cover will be her Standing in 6" CLEAR HEELS, holding a dead Bugs Bunny by the throat in one hand, a dead Bullwinkle by the antlers in the other hand, wearing an apron that reads "SNOOPY YOUR NEXT".
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(-7) denhusb
8:49PM Oct 14th 2009
She is enjoying the interest from all the money owed her ancestors for the free labor that made this country wealthy. I congratulate her.
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(-8) shutterbug
9:50PM Oct 14th 2009
Rheinhart Moxon 9:45PM libslie0666 - You do realize that that piece comes Judi McLeod, who maintains that the 9/11 attacks were the work of the Mafia, not Al Qaeda? @@@@@@ Interesting red herring, but are the facts as he stated?
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(0) gnmk09
10:00PM Oct 14th 2009
Poor buttster,
He just doesn't like girls, his mommy must have been mean to him, causing such hatred towards women, driving him become a Flamer.
He just doesn't like girls, his mommy must have been mean to him, causing such hatred towards women, driving him become a Flamer.
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(0) gnmk09
10:04PM Oct 14th 2009
I find it quite interesting that Rush and Sarah upset the
Leftist-Liberal/Obots so badly!!
One thing I have noticed about Obots, when you shed any light on their hypocrisy, they lash out in anger.
Why is that ??
Leftist-Liberal/Obots so badly!!
One thing I have noticed about Obots, when you shed any light on their hypocrisy, they lash out in anger.
Why is that ??
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(4) carllafonge
10:16PM Oct 14th 2009
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(-1) susarb1
1:20AM Oct 15th 2009
Actually, if you search on Google, you will find different numbers from different sources. I found more than one article saying that both Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton (and Jackie too) had far more than the article cut and pasted by libslie0066 states. Another article noted that Michelle Obama has exactly the same number of staffers as Laura Bush and that her office is, in fact, based on the same template. You can find an article to support any belief you have. It would be nice if more people were open to listening to things that didn't just support their already firmly held beliefs. THEN there would be opportunity for real discussion
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(0) aroversia1718
5:55AM Oct 15th 2009
this is the worst case of mis use of our money cant anyone do anything
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(-1) Rheinhart Moxon
4:45PM Oct 13th 2009
Nice jacket - for a moment I thought they had changed the book's title to, "Going Rouge".
Actually a better title would be "Getting the Green".!
Actually a better title would be "Getting the Green".!
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(6) gnmk09
10:09PM Oct 14th 2009
Paragraph from "Pathology of the Left":
Liberals are uniformly defined by their hypocrisy and dissociation from reality. For example, the wealthiest U.S. senators -- Democrats -- fancy themselves as defenders of the poor and advocate the redistribution of wealth, but they hoard enormous wealth for themselves and have never missed a meal. They have always been far more dedicated to their country clubs than our country
They eschew private initiative and enterprise while promoting all manner of government control and regulation.
Liberals are uniformly defined by their hypocrisy and dissociation from reality. For example, the wealthiest U.S. senators -- Democrats -- fancy themselves as defenders of the poor and advocate the redistribution of wealth, but they hoard enormous wealth for themselves and have never missed a meal. They have always been far more dedicated to their country clubs than our country
They eschew private initiative and enterprise while promoting all manner of government control and regulation.
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(3) claudiawb1
8:20PM Oct 14th 2009
I believe Sarah Palin is a very classy lady. She reminds be a lot of
Laura Bush. It is very difficult to be in the public eye. Someone is
always trying to put you down.
Laura Bush. It is very difficult to be in the public eye. Someone is
always trying to put you down.
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(11) rmtemsguy
10:40PM Oct 14th 2009
I agree, she is classy. But thats where it ends for me. Politically, she is a train wreck! As for Palin in 2012......its laughable..LOLOL!
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(0) lisayoung
8:28PM Oct 14th 2009
Sarah, you rock!!
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(10) fknhippie
9:37PM Oct 14th 2009
first of all how does a story about that idiot palin turn into posts about the first lady????
people will always try to find a way to get digs in when it isnt even appropriate you should be ashamed first of all for your little vendetta against someone that you dont even have the right facts about and secondly for being too stupid to understand who the story you are commenting on is about. that being said i dislike palin always have and think this whole "rogue republican" act is ridiculous. She was sorely lacking during the campaign hence why the mccain palin team did not win(though decidedly not the only reason). and she has bailed on her responsibilities as governor of alaska after only a year and a half of being governor. anyone who signs a contract to work for another person or perform a duty to the public then bails before the term of that contract is up is a quitter. since when do we as americans respect or look up to quitters???
people will always try to find a way to get digs in when it isnt even appropriate you should be ashamed first of all for your little vendetta against someone that you dont even have the right facts about and secondly for being too stupid to understand who the story you are commenting on is about. that being said i dislike palin always have and think this whole "rogue republican" act is ridiculous. She was sorely lacking during the campaign hence why the mccain palin team did not win(though decidedly not the only reason). and she has bailed on her responsibilities as governor of alaska after only a year and a half of being governor. anyone who signs a contract to work for another person or perform a duty to the public then bails before the term of that contract is up is a quitter. since when do we as americans respect or look up to quitters???
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(-4) natbla
9:40PM Oct 14th 2009
Your e-mail would be alarming if at all true. The e-mail referencing the annual report to congress on white house staff has been busted by truth or fiction. Truth is Laura Bush has at least 17 staffers, Clinton had 20 with 15 additional unpaid volunteers. Next time get the facts correct and quit voting Republican...LOL.
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(1) natbla
9:45PM Oct 14th 2009
Truth is about the White house staff for first ladies is that Laura Bush had at least 17 or more staffers, Clinton had 20 and additional unpaid volunteers. It takes that many people to run the show so to speak. Also, the report to the Congress on White House staff does not always specify whether the staff reports to the President or first lady or both. The email referenced was busted by "Truth or Fiction". So much for more Republican garbage attacks.
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(0) Jolie
11:19PM Oct 14th 2009
what is it about Libs that they hate Sarah so much? Can it be because a quick look at the women on the Lib side (Michelle, Hillary, Nancy, Sonia, and EVERY Lib woman in Congress tells the story? You have no one that can compare with Sarah in looks, and if you believe she can't be beautiful and also intelligent, you will pay the price soon for underestimating her. She is a thousand times smarter than Biden and was the onbly thing that made McCain look halfway acceptable.
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