# Latest Sarah Palin idiocy: Oh noes, I have neighbors! How awful!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810 "2010-05-26T13:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/141 "2010-05-29T04:51:51Z")
For all your Sarah Palin needs. A real blog by real Alaskans. Anyway, SP [built her fence](http://www.themudflats.net/2010/05/27/sarah-palin-takes-up-fencing/), and the Mudflats has pix. Yikes. There’s also one piece of crucial info in there that’s worth buying up all those T-shirts of their mascot moose: > [@](#): > > The home Joe McGinniss is renting used to be an Oxford House from 2005 until 2008. The tenants were men recently released from prison who were recovering addicts. What? No fence to protect sexy Sarah in her tank top? Dear God! Who was lurking in that house watching her children play? :eek::eek::eek: Yep. [Joe McGinniss](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/offthepage/blog/jMcGinniss.jpg&imgrefurl=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/offthepage/blog/2009/06/joe_mcginnis_facebook_and_a_ne_1.html&usg=__Aw0AG_7E08VsW6jfoXM7Khiaez8=&h=162&w=162&sz=6&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=KNBaPRPgwUGhTM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djoe%2Bmcginniss%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1) is scarier than 6-12 ex-cons with chemical dependency issues, which actually probably made them feel quite at home in Wasilla. 😃 The story of the house’s owner being screwed over by the Palins and renting to Joe is so delicious it’s gotta be true. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/142 "2010-05-29T14:59:16Z")
The problem with having an unfriendly reporter next door is that she can’t get away with bullshit stories about being out mowing the yard. I mean, really–if Sarah Palin mows her own grass, I’ll eat my own testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/143 "2010-05-29T15:20:21Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Scenario C: [Palin screwed the neighbor who owns the property, so she intentionally sought out the author as a tenant](http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Palin_neighbor_sought_McGinniss_as_tenant.html). > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAaaaaaaa omfg that’s hilarious! 😛 And if she hadn’t made a stink about McGinnis, nobody outside Wasilla would have heard about that. How’s that cranky-whiny thing working out for you, Sarah? ---
**Author:** ![Ionizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/144 "2010-05-29T15:43:15Z")
I think it’d be great if McGinniss could deduct the rent/costs as ‘business-expense’ or research-related-to-job, or something along those lines. I have no idea if its plausible; sure hope so! 🙂 Those Palins could probably give tips on creative tax write-offs, 'eh? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/145 "2010-05-29T17:34:34Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > For all your Sarah Palin needs. A real blog by real Alaskans. > > Anyway, SP [built her fence](http://www.themudflats.net/2010/05/27/sarah-palin-takes-up-fencing/), and the Mudflats has pix. Yikes. There’s also one piece of crucial info in there that’s worth buying up all those T-shirts of their mascot moose: The article refers to her rabid followers as “The Paliban”. Seems very appropriate. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/146 "2010-05-29T17:37:24Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Hmmmm…I’m not sure I’d use the term “hardy”. Crazy comes to mind, especially for those that ride their bikes to work mid-winter. But in the summer, the Anchorage bowl and the Valley are actually really nice and hot (unless it’s one of those rainy summers). > > And yes, Wasilla is ugly. If you think the main strip is ugly, you should see some of the subdivisions. As **chefguy** said, there are almost no zoning regulations, so someone can live in a connex if they want (and I know someone who really does live in a connex, don’t laugh) and no one, even the folks with really nice houses nearby, can do anything about it. > > Palmer now…cute little town. The people in Palmer have some sense of tradition and history. And they can go to Wasilla for teh krazee if they get the urge. You know how wild those farmers get after a day of hard work. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/147 "2010-05-30T18:30:06Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > The problem with having an unfriendly reporter next door is that she can’t get away with bullshit stories about being out mowing the yard. > > I mean, really–if Sarah Palin mows her own grass, I’ll eat my own testicles. Well, now she doesn’t have to lie about it. She can just say she USED to mow her own grass until that nasty perverted reporter moved in next door. Palin’s a ninja when it comes to victimhood. This is an easy one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/148 "2010-05-31T05:06:46Z")
Finally, [the _other_ side of the story.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052805254.html?sub=AR) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/149 "2010-05-31T12:13:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The people in Palmer have some sense of tradition and history. And they can go to Wasilla for teh krazee if they get the urge. You know how wild those farmers get after a day of hard work. Well, back in the day, I’d partied at the 4 corners bar on a Friday night or two, and those farmers can certainly dance…😃 That’s as Krazee as this Anchortown girl ever got in her youth…🙂 Ahem…at least in the Valley. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/150 "2010-05-31T19:59:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Finally, [the _other_ side of the story.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052805254.html?sub=AR) OK, so that photo…it shows exactly WHAT? (other than that it appears it could have been taken with a zoom, to make the deck/man seem closer than in reality) He’s leaning on the deck railing, looking AWAY from their property, into some trees. Now, had they captured him looking TOWARDS their property, esp. with binoculars or a camera… so far, the evidence is that the PALINS are the only ones to have invaded their neighbor’s privacy…they frickin’ took his picture as he stood on his own deck without his knowledge!:eek: Hey, Sarah, it’s free enterprise and personal freedom, baby. If you can’t afford to live somewhere w/o close neighbors, and if the landlord next door chooses to rent his house to someone you don’t like, not our problem. Move. Or build a fence. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/151 "2010-05-31T20:49:17Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > OK, so that photo…it shows exactly WHAT? (other than that it appears it could have been taken with a zoom, to make the deck/man seem closer than in reality) > > He’s leaning on the deck railing, looking AWAY from their property, into some trees. Now, had they captured him looking TOWARDS their property, esp. with binoculars or a camera… so far, the evidence is that the PALINS are the only ones to have invaded their neighbor’s privacy…they frickin’ took his picture as he stood on his own deck without his knowledge!:eek: > > Hey, Sarah, it’s free enterprise and personal freedom, baby. If you can’t afford to live somewhere w/o close neighbors, and if the landlord next door chooses to rent his house to someone you don’t like, not our problem. Move. Or build a fence. Yup, the only spying so far has been done by Palin and Company. Wouldn’t it be sweet if he sued _their_ asses for invasion of privacy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810.md?page=7)