The Onion: “Palin Brushing Up On Foreign Policy at Epcot”

by Aaron Hotfelder on

It’s been said that, during her recent interview with Katie Couric, Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin looked like “a high schooler trying to BS her way through a book report.” Which, as one Time columnist points out, is “an insult to both high schoolers and BS.”

Apparently recognizing her weakness, Palin has– according to The Onion— traveled to Epcot at Walt Disney World for a quick crash course on the world and international affairs.

The Onion reports: “According to Palin, the trip-her first past Frontierland-will include speaking engagements at Norway’s famous Viking ride, sausages at Germany’s Kaufhaus, and, time permitting, a fact-finding mission to Future World.”

Notice she’s skipping the trip to Russia, which makes sense, because she can already see it from her house.

Whole thing here.

Sarah Palin in a Corn Maze

by Jamie Rhein on

Sarah Palin is in a corn maze. This does not mean that Sarah Palin is actually in a corn maze, but that there is a corn maze made to look like Sarah Palin. You have to be looking down on the maze and not in it in order to see the likeness. And it does look like her–and also Tina Fey.

I heard about this maze on News Update on Saturday Night Live and promptly checked out the story’s validitity. Yep, the maze is in Whitehouse, Ohio not too far from Toledo. Although the maze of Palin is new this year, The Corn Maze at the Butterfly House where it is located is not new.

Each year the Whitehouse Farm turns acres of corn fields into pictures. There is also an amazing intricate butterfly for wandering among the corn stalks. Corn mazes are one way farmers have upped their revenue in an unsure market. Elaborate pictures are not as common. Palin’s took eight hours to make after an artist made a sketch and figured out how to mow it using a GPS system.

Check out the farm’s Web site for a video of Palin’s maze. You can walk through Palin’s head (sort of a borrowed line from Saturday Night Live) Palin’s addition certainly adds something new to the fall line up of Ohio’s corn mazes.

Here is a YouTube video of a news clip of the Palin corn maze. The owner of the Butterfly House, Duke Wheeler explains how the maze was made and what other fun things his farm has planned.

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Paging Sarah Palin: Alaska state senator gets rowdy on flight after denied alcohol

by Jeffrey White on

This is probably not the time for Alaska’s politicians to get rowdy and cause problems.

The Associated Press is reporting that Lesil McGuire, an Alaskan state senator, caused a ruckus on board an Alaska Airlines flight early last month. Apparently, McGuire went so far as throwing a glass of water across the cabin when flight attendants refused to serve her alcohol.

There’s an Anchorage police report from Sept. 4 detailing the confrontation. McGuire was also order to stop using her Blackberry as the Anchorage-bound flight was taxiing to take off in Juneau, but she continued texting away, causing the pilot to actually stop the plane.

McGuire leads Alaska’s state affairs committee.

Police at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport questioned McGuire, but she will not be charged with a crime, authorities say.

Gadling wonders whether somebody put in a call…

A tour of Sarah Palin’s hometown: Wasilla, Alaska

by Aaron Hotfelder on

If you’ve come to Gadling to get away from the Sarah Palin media frenzy, tough luck.

Assuming you’re a sentient being who’s been blessed with eyes or ears, you’ve probably noticed that America’s foxiest governor, Sarah Palin, has been nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president. For the last several days, Palin has been derided as inexperienced by the Democrats, who cite the fact that she was mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska, as recently as 2002.

It was only a matter of time before news outlets infiltrated the 8,500-person town of Wasilla and reported back to the rest of us. Over at Slate, Alex Sheshunoff has compiled a slideshow of the town, complete with photos of all the highlights: the Mexican restaurant, the taxidermist, the city hall, and most importantly, the Target.