Here's what really pisses me off about America - "Sarah Palin's Alaska"...

[HardWorkingDem]

I will not watch this show, but in the ads this is what I've seen:

Ole Ms Palin in all sorts of out door activities - on a muddy ATV, on a fishing boat, on a hill side, hunting, et cetera. And in all of these images and stuff she is absolutely clean and made up perfectly. No mud on her; no messed up hair, no fish slime, no scales, nothing.

And the American people buy this shit!

The American perception is myopic and so obstructed and what does it say when this woman gives a speech she is slightly less ding batty than our previous president?

Hell, with people like Phyliss Schlafly or women like her, at least there was substance to them.

[Goldstein1984]

1. Sarah Palin's Alaska is just Wasilla

The meth capital of the state.

Best described as a town full of pissed-off white people.

The glacial dust that blows in from the valley gives the entire town a very appropriate grey color.

When you're walking through the Fred Meyer parking lot in Sarah Palin's Alaska, don't make the mistake of assuming anyone is going to slow or stop to let you cross traffic just because its raining or cold.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. Wasilla is the ugliest town in Alaska.

No personality, just urban sprawl. When I first came up here in 1975, it was a cute little crossroads town inhabited by dog mushers and hippies, but since all the Christian white folks who think Anchorage has become "too diverse" have moved out there, it's completely lost its soul.

[Zenlitened]

2. And she doesn't seem to be able to fire a gun very well.

In the clip I saw in one ad, Ms. "Hunt-'em-Kill-'em-Eat-'em" looked like she'd never fired a gun before at all.

Golly. Could her whole image be... a lie? What a shocker!

:wow:

[Andy823]

3. Yep...

I think a whole lot of what Palin is supposed to be about is all made up to attract the right wing nuts that make up her "following"! He is so phony it's sickening, but those who "love" her can not see through the BS, sad but true!

[Catshrink]

32. Like Bush and his pig farm.

[proteus_lives]

4. This pisses you off?

Why, because some people watch a stupid TV show?

I guess every country on earth pisses you off then.

[HardWorkingDem]

9. See my reply #8 for further clarification...

It's broader than just *her* show...

[GoCubsGo]

5. I noticed that back during the 2008 elections.

The MSM showed some interview of her while she was working on her family's alleged fishing boat. She was wearing chest waders. Those chest waders were spotless. They looked like they came right out of the box. I'm not surprised to see that nothing has changed. It really blows my mind that people don't even notice that, and slurp her shit up like it was the best food on the planet.

[DemocratAholic]

6. a la carte cable

i will take this opportunity to bring up a la carte cable...i.e, paying for only the cable channels you want to pay. this SHOULD be an issue Democrats should take and run with.

do you realize how much of your cable bill goes directly to pay for Fox News Channel and other channels that you despise? If you have dreams of Fox News suddenly folding because of bad ratings or something...it still makes a ton of money off subscriber fees.

the cable companies have pushed this idea that "tiered" packages are necessary because it would be too difficult to allow each customer to pick what channels they want to pay for. that is complete BS. the cable companies have had no difficulty in providing "on demand" programs, but they can't do the same with your basic cable? the reason cable companies don't want to offer a la carte pricing is because tiered packages makes them SO much money. Meanwhile, we are forced to pay for Fox News and Sarah Palin's salary for appearing on a reality TV show.

next time you see a commercial for Sarah Palin's Alaska remember if you have TLC you are paying for that program whether you watch it or not. first thing i thought when i saw that commercial was that i wanted to remove that channel from my cable box and bill forever.

you might notice that a la carte pricing (and comcast-nbc merger) are issues that are never discussed on msnbc.

[jeff47]

11. It's not the cable companies.

They'd love to offer channels individually. They could charge more, and could completely drop the channels with poor viewership.

However, the content providers won't let them do this, because it would mean their 'new and exciting channels' would never be shown to anyone. So they leverage the popular channels to force the unpopular channels on cable and satellite companies. You want to carry Disney and ESPN? Well then you're also going to have to carry these 5 other Disney-owned channels that nobody watches.

It got so bad that the cable companies have invented "Switched Digital Video". They only send out the channels that are actually being watched. It saves them a ton of bandwidth, which they now use for their phone and Internet service.

[DemocratAholic]

17. true but

what you are saying about the leverage of popular channels to force new or unpopular channels onto cable is very true. however, it is also true that the cable companies have been totally opposed to a la carte cable pricing.

the cable companies complain very loudly whenever they are in negotiations with providers and are forced to take channels they "don't want." their outrage is a negotiating stance to try and achieve better rates. but at the end of the day, the relationship between the cable companies and the channels is very cozy, they are both making out like bandits. they may occasionally squabble with the providers, but the cable industry's position on a la carte pricing is very clear. they are opposed to it.

[RZM]

7. Seems like a pretty trivial thing

I think it says more about television than America. Just take a look at any commercial for a pickup truck, where it's driving through the Everglades, then the Bonneville salt flats, and finally finishes up at the top of Mount Everest, all while maintaining a pristine 'just washed' look.

[HardWorkingDem]

8. Actually, if you think of it, it's not...it says a lot about American society..

and how we will "buy" almost any regurgitated shit as long as it looks nice.

Look at our politicians...and about everything in America that is telegenic: it sells as long as it's attractive. For example, does anyone believe that Janis Joplin would be as successful today as she was back in the 60's if this country relied upon the visual media back then like it does today?

Or look at our irradiated meat/food. Who cares how it's processed as long as it looks okay and "tastes" okay. That's my point. We eat it up if it looks good....

[RZM]

10. I've haven't been around the whole world

But I've been to good number of foreign countries (mostly in the West) and I can tell you, they have the same type of stuff on television that we do. And fast food. And shiny things for sale. And airbrushed models in the magazines and on billboards. It's been my experience that most places are pretty much the same when it comes to this stuff. It's a human thing.

[proteus_lives]

13. I get your point.

But it's not an "American" problem. It's a human problem.

Your Janis Joplin example, in Japan they're creating holographic pop-stars now.

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[Urban Prairie]

21. Or commercials showing shiny SUVs plowing thru several inches of snow

with nary a drop of dirty/salty slush on the vehicle's body or even on the tires' sidewalls. Those vehicles had to have just been driven right off of a truck trailer.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. It's interesting that you mention Phylis Shlafly. The Right Wing has learned something since then.

With Christine O'Donnell and Sarah Palin, you have women parroting the same idiotic gibberish that Shlafly did, but instead of coming out of a prune-faced old biddy, it's coming out of a relatively attractive woman that half of Free Republic will masturbate to, even as they deliver a lecture about the evils of masturbation.

Packaging and branding.

[maxsolomon]

14. People have not yet bought this Shit.

it could easily go away, like Pink Lady & Jeff. or Cop Rock.

but given the low ratings needed for a cable show to stay on the air, maybe not. TLC must think that the demographic equation of:

(I Heart Mamma Grizzlies) + (I Watch Train Wrecks) + (Corporate Agenda) = Adequate Viewership.

[political_Dem]

15. Not to mention the woman still sounds as stupid as ever.

I'm not going to watch the program because the very sight of that woman disgusts me. However, the show might be a blessing in disguise. More people will witness the spectacle of her narcissism and ignorance without buying a ticket to her talks. Furthermore, her show will add further ridicule and unintentional laughter in the vein of the "turkey slaughter" story. No matter how stylized this show is, people will be able to see the corrupt and shallow persona underneath the cheap, folksy behavior.

After all, America loves a good trainwreck.

[DemocratAholic]

20. i wish that were true

the people who love sarah palin love the fact that she is ignorant. they see that as a POSITIVE! they see her as standing up to the "intellectuals." the most disturbing thing about sarah palin and her popularity is what it says about SOOO many people who live in USA.

[COLGATE4]

22. You're way too true on this one. One of the guiding tenets of the

teabaggers and Rethugs in general is a virulent anti-intellectualism. What the good 'ol boys I used to hunt and ice fish with when I was a kid called college people "educated fools". Anyone with a college degree is 'looking down their noses' at them, or so they perceive. So Caribou Barbie's strength is, as you say, standing up to the 'intellectuals'. We don't need no stinkin judges, lawyers, doctors, etc.

[XanaDUer]

16. I Know! I keep seeing ads for that

the end of the ad, where she sez something about not being in a stuffy office and out here "being free" with that annoying Alaskan/Valley Girl way she has of talking...ugh. I hit mute.

[Raine]

18. and the BS about her claiming "family first

all about the family"! :wtf: Oh really??? :wow: seems like she doesn't give a damn about her family, she sure doesn't spend time with them. :yoiks:

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. I lived in Alaska pre-Palin

When you'd go Outside and people found out you were from Alaska they had all kinds of questions: How cold does it get? (As low as minus 65 in winter and up to 100 degrees in summer) Is it dark all the time during the winter? (Not in Fairbanks, where we lived. The shortest day was about three hours long; after that we gained six minutes of sunlight a day.) Do you live in igloos? (Yes, just like the ones you see in the cartoons.)

Now, if you tell someone you're from Alaska there's only one question: "What do you think of Sarah Palin?"

While it's no longer the "Last Frontier" it once was, Alaska is still unique and wonderful and populated with intelligent, informed and opinionated people. For example, the "Anchorage Daily News" throws a party for people who had their LTTE published that year.

If you haven't seen the aurora borealis, be sure to put it on your bucket list -- especially 2012, when the sun is going to hit a 100 year high for solar activity.

[Urban Prairie]

23. Sarah Palin is the human equivalent of a Hollywood movie production

company's backlot-western town, she a parody of real Alaskans, a female fabricated facade with truly nothing of substance to offer anyone. The beautiful Alaskan background is real, but she was just a sweat-free simulation. The producers might as well have saved a lot of money, and used CGI to film her series, since the end result would be the same.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. This is one time I agree with Lisa Murkowski

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iuPttcSpXEyYyAEkpICUMUNK4L6A?docId=5115423

JUNEAU, Alaska — There's one person who won't be tuning in Sunday when Sarah Palin's new TV series airs: Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Murkowski tells The Associated Press she has no plans to watch the TLC travelogue, "Sarah Palin's Alaska."

Murkowski says she read a review slamming the show. Besides that, she says, "I know what my Alaska looks like."

Murkowski is seeking to defeat Palin-backed candidate Joe Miller in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race. Murkowski ran as a write-in candidate after losing the primary to Miller.

She and Palin have tangled politically in the past and exchanged strong words during the fall election.

[rsmith6621]

26. Tell Me HardWorkingDem...How does this post hold Obama to His....

.....campaign promises???

....Ignore Sarah if you don't like it....

....What community efforts are you working on to make this land we share a better place.... I am working with several people to limit local and state campaigns on the amount of money they can raise....and we have a few ears at the Capitol that are interested in moving forward..

Don't worry about Sarah...enjoy her comedy....... We need to fix the President we already have.

[uppityperson]

30. Some of us can multi-task

[IcyPeas]

27. This show is going to get HUGE ratings.

from people who love and/or hate her. that is my prediction. and those that like her will like her even more.

[whistler162]

28. Here's what really pisses me off about America -

whining about a tv show!

[HardWorkingDem]

31. Then if you don't get the deeper meaning...

how about moving on or not even replying....