# For Sarah Palin **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186 "2008-11-17T22:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/21 "2008-11-18T00:21:51Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > I’m not sure whether **Washoe** understands the difference between an Endangered Species and a species that is endangered. No, I’ll readily admit that I don’t, but I’ll rectify this later tonight when I have time. ---
**Author:** ![yaddayadda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yaddayadda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yaddayadda)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/22 "2008-11-18T00:23:23Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Aren’t we allowed to forget about Sarah Palin now? Absolutely not. She’s got her eye on 2012. Thinks she is the fresh face of the Republican party. And maybe she is. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/23 "2008-11-18T00:23:39Z")
Are you going to apologise to Palin, then? ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/24 "2008-11-18T00:24:01Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > So do you STILL think that polar bears are NOT an endangered species, you idiotic neo-Christian cunt? News flash—they’re fucking [EATING EACH OTHER](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhVl_OLtajM)!!! Sorry for screaming, but I’m really close to tears right now. And I’m not being histrionic—this is really making my lower lip quiver. Close to tears? Fuck that! You just wanted an excuse to call Palin out on something. So what If she thought that polar bears aren’t an endangered species. (They aren’t BTW). I’m sure if you applied yourself you could find something else to call Palin out on. I’m close to tears laughing at the picture of your lower lip quivering. ---
**Author:** ![yaddayadda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yaddayadda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yaddayadda)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/25 "2008-11-18T00:28:58Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I saw another online video of lesbians eating each other. > > Are they endangered? How do you know if they were lesbians? Perhaps they were straight actresses. It has been known to happen. Now if it were two men I suspect they would be gay as I don’t think it would be so easy to pay a straight guy to go down on another man. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/26 "2008-11-18T00:30:47Z")
Washoe your Op is not the best idea in the world. Here is a [wealth of information](http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html)about the Polar Bear from the World Wildlife Fund. > [@](#): > > **Status** > With 20-25,000 polar bears living in the wild, the species is not currently endangered, but its future is far from certain. In 1973, Canada, the United States, Denmark, Norway and the former U.S.S.R. signed the International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears and their Habitat. This agreement restricts the hunting of polar bears and directs each nation to protect their habitats, but it does not protect the bears against the biggest man-made threat to their survival: global warming. If current warming trends continue unabated, scientists believe that polar bears will be vulnerable to extinction within the next century. WWF provides funding to field research by the world’s foremost experts on polar bears to find out how global warming will affect the long-term status of polar bears. To learn more about the topic, read the WWF report Vanishing Kingdom: The Melting Realm of the Polar Bear . WWF’s report, [Polar Bears at Risk](http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/Publications/WWFBinaryitem4927.pdf), provides a more detailed analysis. There is a lot more. The Polar Bear is not endangered even by any normal environmentalist standard however it will be if AGW is real and unchecked. The danger though is decades away thankfully and can still be prevented. One way or another Palin who I strongly dislike is not at fault here. You should probably read up in detail on this subject and return to the thread to admit you were mistaken on this one. Good Luck, have fun reading about these wonderful and interesting animals, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/27 "2008-11-18T00:36:24Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Polar bears have been known for cannibalism for a long time. Grizzlies also kill and eat cubs. This is not a revelation and has nothing to do with being endangered, global warming, upswings in athletes’ foot, sunspots, or anything else but nature at work. Cubs are potential competition for females; end of story. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/28 "2008-11-18T00:40:49Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > People of all stripes get called cunts around here. How come you only notice it when it’s directed at a Republican or a Christian woman? I don’t only notice it then. That is how I notice that it seems much less offensive PC-wise when it’s applied to Republican/Christian women. (And not that I would, of course, but are you saying that if I were to call Hillary or Michelle Obama or Diane Feinstein a cunt (or you, for that matter) that would be just peachy with you?) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/29 "2008-11-18T00:46:47Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I don’t only notice it then. That is how I notice that it seems much less offensive PC-wise when it’s applied to Republican/Christian women. > > (And not that I would, of course, but are you saying that if I were to call Hillary or Michelle Obama or Diane Feinstein a cunt (or you, for that matter) that would be just peachy with you?) Hey plenty of liberals have said that about Hillary but I expect you would be hounded and shouted down if you said it about Michelle. Personally I don’t think I have said it and I don’t think I would even about the likes of Palin or Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/30 "2008-11-18T00:49:00Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > I’m close to tears laughing at the picture of your lower lip quivering. Giggle all you want. I spent two summers in Sequoia National Park working for the bear management program. Logged hundreds of hours, all unpaid. These animals never had to face starvation as a survival issue. If they died prematurely, it was most likely at the hands of a poacher. I won’t and can’t witness the demise of an entire subset of the genus without a considerable amount of disthymia. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/31 "2008-11-18T00:49:10Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > (And not that I would, of course, but are you saying that if I were to call Hillary or Michelle Obama or Diane Feinstein a cunt (or you, for that matter) that would be just peachy with you?) I doubt anyone would have a problem with you calling them cunts if you did it in the Pit and did it because they did/said something mean. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/32 "2008-11-18T00:50:16Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I don’t only notice it then. That is how I notice that it seems much less offensive PC-wise when it’s applied to Republican/Christian women. > > (And not that I would, of course, but are you saying that if I were to call Hillary or Michelle Obama or Diane Feinstein a cunt (or you, for that matter) that would be just peachy with you?) How about this: 98% of all women that have evern been on television are cunts. And 98% of men that have been on televison are cocksuckers. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/33 "2008-11-18T00:52:45Z")
As silly, misplaced recreational outrage goes, the OP has been outdone by Starving Artist. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/34 "2008-11-18T00:57:22Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Giggle all you want. I spent two summers in Sequoia National Park working for the bear management program. Logged hundreds of hours, all unpaid. These animals never had to face starvation as a survival issue. If they died prematurely, it was most likely at the hands of a poacher. I won’t and can’t witness the demise of an entire subset of the genus without a considerable amount of disthymia. You could get a refund on the $50 you paid for the word “disthymia,” which does not exist (and, if it was meant to be “dysthymia,” does not mean what you seem to think it does) and donate it to polar bear conservation! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/35 "2008-11-18T01:02:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > You could get a refund on the $50 you paid for the word “disthymia,” which does not exist (and, if it was meant to be “dysthymia,” does not mean what you seem to think it does) and donate it to polar bear conservation! It means “a poor state of mind” in Greek, whence comes our name for a form of depression. No word on whether that involves a quivering lip. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/36 "2008-11-18T01:05:44Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Giggle all you want. I spent two summers in Sequoia National Park working for the bear management program. Logged hundreds of hours, all unpaid. These animals never had to face starvation as a survival issue. If they died prematurely, it was most likely at the hands of a poacher. I won’t and can’t witness the demise of an entire subset of the genus without a considerable amount of disthymia. So we’re not going to talk about your being wrong, or offer any apologies to your attack on Sarah Palin. Even though she was a “idiotic neo-Christian cunt” when your thesis was that she was wrong, it seems that YOUR being wrong doesn’t even make you idiotic, much less a cunt - does it? No, your error is brave and noble and proud. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![E72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/37 "2008-11-18T01:17:50Z")
There will still be polar bears, long after Palin’s dead, frozen, stretched out cunt is discovered intact by future archeologists exploring future Alaska. They’ll wonder why the polar bears wouldn’t eat her frozen, stretched out cuntsicle, until they discover that First Dude Todd over fucked it. Even polar bears have standards. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/38 "2008-11-18T01:21:03Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > As silly, misplaced recreational outrage goes, the OP has been outdone by Starving Artist. Oh, **SA** isn’t outraged at all, he’s just a conservative gadfly™ (thanks, **luci** ;)) who delights in pricking the hypocrisies of the left (so many hypocrisies, so little time). But apart from that, this is the kind of thing that makes it so difficult for conservatives (or anybody not seriously wedded to leftie politics) to take you seriously. On the one hand, we’re supposed to be tolerant of people we disagree with…but not you guys. And we’re supposed to be PC and not use offensive terminology…but not you guys. Etc., etc., ad infinitum. Surely you can see how confusing this is to people looking to the left for guidance on how to properly live their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/39 "2008-11-18T01:22:17Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > So do you STILL think that polar bears are NOT an endangered species, you idiotic neo-Christian cunt? News flash—they’re fucking [EATING EACH OTHER](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhVl_OLtajM)!!! Sorry for screaming, but I’m really close to tears right now. And I’m not being histrionic—this is really making my lower lip quiver. This would be fucking hilarious, if it weren’t so fucking sad. You’re close to tears because nature is being nature? I mean even if Sarah Palin agreed with you completely on everything polar bears, how in the fuck would that keep polar bears from eating each other? Are you telling me that polar bears never ate each other before global warming? Last I heard they didn’t exactly run around in packs, you know. Do you get close to tears when the Ziplock! bag doesn’t seal on the first try? You know, I got ass-raped with the collective cock of the SDMB for posting RO about a child in my community who was raped and choked to death by a father and son tag team while the wife/mother sat on the couch and played with herself, but you are in tears because polar bears eat each other, and Sarah Palin’s lack of acknowledgement of this is causing your lip to quiver?!?! Go lay down. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186/40 "2008-11-18T01:26:46Z")
> [@Euthanasiast](#): > > You know, I got ass-raped with the collective cock of the SDMB for posting RO about a child in my community who was raped and choked to death by a father and son tag team while the wife/mother sat on the couch and played with herself… Er… linky? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sarah-palin/473186.md?page=3)