Sarah Palin: A Fact Resistant Moron
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It isn’t surprising why conservatives love Sarah Palin so gosh darn much. As her latest episode of making stuff up and attacking a Wall Street Journal reporter shows, she is the living embodiment of the anti-intellectualism that is the currency of the modern right.
If there is a stupid, nonsensical conservative thought out there, it’s safe to say that Sarah Palin is at the tip of the spear on it.
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When I first read that Palin quote about grocery prices rising significantly over the past year or so I thought to myself, “Huh?” My wife is a professional pastry chef and loves cooking at home too so she spends a lot of time pricing and buying groceries at both work and at home and rising grocery prices have not been an issue in either realm, at all. But anyone who shops for their own groceries could have told you that but I’ll wager everyone of Palin’s supporters who heard or read that comment nodded in agreement, despite the obvious fact of their own reality. This is why Palin can get away with being such a serial (or in this case cereal?) liar. Her supporters refuse to believe their own lying eyes.
Finally, Palin’s quote is one of those kinds of statements that would typically open the speaker up to attacks of being out of touch with “the common person” for not knowing the price of milk, etc. But obviously that won’t happen here. And pressing the point will only strengthen her image a martyr to the “eggheads in the Soros-funded, lamestream media.”
A newspaper? I thought she read all of them?
“As is often the case, there is a big difference between what the government statistics are reporting and what’s going on in the real world. According to the most recent inflation reading published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), consumer prices grew at an annual rate of just 1.1% in August.”
“The government has an incentive to distort CPI numbers, for reasons such as keeping the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security payments low. While there’s no question that you may be able to get a good deal on a new car or a flat-screen TV today, how often are you really buying these things? When you look at the real costs of everyday life, prices have risen sharply over the last year. For simplicity’s sake, consider the cash market prices on some basic commodities.”
“On average, our basic food costs have increased by an incredible 48% over the last year (measured by wheat, corn, oats, and canola prices). From the price at the pump to heating your stove, energy costs are up 23% on average (heating oil, gasoline, natural gas). A little protein at dinner is now 39% higher (beef and pork), and your morning cup of coffee with a little sugar has risen by 36% since last October.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/quick-glance-real-world-inflation
Where did this guy get his stats? All of the “staples” he mentions are pretty much the same price they were last year where I live (NYC).
Dig down into that links and it sounds like he got them from the Casey Report®!
But Jake, following trends in the global economic and invest markets seems so complicated- there’s got to be a better way!
Oh, there is?
That’s right, folks:
$359? Why, that’s less than the cost of taking a dollar out of your pocket and lighting it on fire every single day of the year!
I’m going to go out on a limb and say those numbers are kinda full of shit.
Can’t wait until Obama crushes her in 2012. She’ll make Mondale look like Muhammed Ali.
Why, that’s less than the cost of taking a dollar out of your pocket and lighting it on fire every single day of the year!
ROFLMAO! FTW!
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Whaddya think, Faffer? TFJ for Awk?
Oh, and Palin’s followup with the ellipsis to remove the very quote that disproves her point? That’s so awful I suspect insider sabotage.
Maybe Piper’s pissed that she had to do the dishes two nights in a row.
Say Randy! You want to invest in a penny stock
scammutual fund I’m starting? Sounds like it would be just right for you!I don’t know what this guy is smoking, he must be comparing package price and not price per ounce; as alot of vendors have shrunk thier packages to keep prices flat.
Thanks Quaker, but my gold and silver coins have done nicely the last few years while the dollar has been debased.