# The newest Paylinism **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634 "2011-03-31T15:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/21 "2011-03-31T19:07:36Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Lots of places have subsidies to entice movies and TV shows to be shot there. The subsidies allow the production to have lower or no taxes, and the area benefits from all of the cast and crew spending money locally, as well as the press that might come out to visit. “Subsidies” means tax breaks? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/22 "2011-03-31T21:12:01Z")
I like the word squirmish. Not for what she used it for, but for a little fake fight. You just squirmed a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/23 "2011-03-31T21:20:50Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > While I’m second to no one in my dislike for Sarah Palin, this sound like a simple slip of the tongue. It’s not anything to even comment about. I agree, and I also dislike her greatly. You gotta let a single slip of the tongue slide, especially when a person is frequently being recorded. And it’s not like we won’t have more future incidents of genuine dumbfuckery from her to mock. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/24 "2011-03-31T21:25:47Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I don’t think the fact that Palin said ‘squirmish’ makes her stupid. Now, I don’t think she’s brilliant, in fact I think she’s pretty average intellectually. For all of the Bush-isms, I still don’t think he was dumb, though I might disagree with his ideas and think that there is no doubt that he was not a good public speaker. > > It doesn’t take much Googling to find similar slip ups or incomprehensible speeches by Obama or other prominent Democrats, though you’re less likely to hear about then. The stupidity factor is not just the number of stupid things a politician says, but the ratio of smart ones to stupid ones. Has Palin ever said anything halfway intelligent? I’m not counting rabble rousing things like death panels - not stupid in that they were lies for a political purpose, but not smart either. Remember the interviews? A reasonably intelligent person would have worked hard, done additional interviews, aced them, and everyone would write her bad ones off to nerves. However it seems the McCain people kept her away from the press, and the stuff I read makes it sound like she wasn’t interested in actually learning anything. She is stupid, and her degree from MIT (Middle Idaho Telecasting) doesn’t change that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/25 "2011-03-31T22:10:03Z")
In defense of her reality show subsidy Palin said this: _“If you’re going to accuse me of benefiting from legislation I signed into law, why stop there? One could accuse me of ‘benefiting’ from my administration’s oil and gas evaluation legislation in the sense that due to that legislation the state where I live now enjoys a $12 billion surplus. In fact, you could say that as an Alaskan, I benefited from all of the legislation I signed as governor - just as every Alaskan benefited.”_ Interesting analogy. Is Palin under the impression that most Alaskans have their own reality show? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/26 "2011-03-31T22:49:07Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Isn’t the OP even a little bit embarrassed to be mocking somebody for using a wrong word when he couldn’t spell her name? Psst: it was intentional. See the item about her taking money for her show. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/27 "2011-03-31T22:50:24Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I agree, and I also dislike her greatly. You gotta let a single slip of the tongue slide, especially when a person is frequently being recorded. > > And it’s not like we won’t have more future incidents of genuine dumbfuckery from her to mock. I would like to refudiate that statement. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/28 "2011-03-31T23:11:24Z")
My favorite: ““I’ve said many times that government can play an appropriate role in incentivizing business, creating infrastructure, and leveling the playing field to foster competition so the market picks winners and losers, instead of bureaucrats”. I agree. I also think parents should do their kids’ homework for them, so that the kids do their own homework, instead of the parents. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/29 "2011-04-02T02:13:14Z")
Why does a reality show about Alaska require a tax incentive to film in Alaska? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/30 "2011-04-02T02:22:13Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Why does a reality show about Alaska require a tax incentive to film in Alaska? My WAG: incentive for a film crew to go there? (I’m not _exactly_ confident in that guess) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/31 "2011-04-02T02:58:23Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Some people can’t be made happy, I guess. “Needs more Tar…!” “Needs more Feathers!” “Needs more Tar…!” “Needs more Feathers!” “Needs more Tar…!” “Needs more Feathers!” “Needs more Tar…!” “Ummm…we’re getting low on tar.” “_Sigh_ Well, it’ll just have to do…” ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/32 "2011-04-02T13:46:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > My WAG: incentive for a film crew to go there? (I’m not _exactly_ confident in that guess) Sarah Palin wasn’t \*enough \*incentive? Seems like it’d be a given to film _Sarah Palin’s Alaska_ in…oh, I dunno, Vancouver? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/33 "2011-04-02T14:32:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > My WAG: incentive for a film crew to go there? (I’m not _exactly_ confident in that guess) That’s correct. It’s quite possible that without an incentive, the show wouldn’t have gotten off the ground, budget-wise. Not that that wouldn’t have been a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634/34 "2011-04-02T17:05:26Z")
They might have made the Palin show without the incentives based on the idea that a mass of Tea Baggers would watch it (wonder how it actually did ratings-wise), but there’s a couple of other Alaska based reality shows on the air that might not have been made without the incentives. RI offers incentives for filming here, for reasons that make no sense to me. We can’t be getting enough back in the economy to make it worth while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-paylinism/576634.md?page=1)