The doctors said my dad had a mild heart attack. He did a stress test and they said there was a spike and they found a partial blockage. Mom said the doctors put a wire in his veins to open him up and he had to lay still for over an hour. My mom was very upset and i didnt know if she was getting all of the info right, so i asked my good friends in chat if anybody could help explain it to me. AZ gave me a wealth of info that comforted me so much, Elle also told me the terms and what they meant. So many of you were there and i want to thank u so much!! Its hard for me being far away from them, i felt helpless. Mom said that my Dad has to stay in for a few more days, but they are looking for him to be released by Thurs. or Friday. They did give him more medicines and told him he should be able to go home after a good rest, and do whatever he could do b4. Thank u all for your prayers and words of comfort, they mean so much to me. All of the dumb fighting and the angry words to each other in political blogs and discussions that seem to happen here really disappear when people need help, and prayers and care for each other. I want you to know how much I appreciate each and every one of you! thank you!! kellyc aka saucy
i just got off the phone with my mom and found out my dad had a heart attack and is in the hospital. im askin for some prayers to be sent his way. his name is ronald mitzel if any of you would add him to your prayer lists..thanks so much. kellyc aka saucy
Since ive been reading so much about sarah palins "trooper gate", ive decided to research further than just the phone transcripts that seem to convict her... this article isnt for or against the trooper or ms palin... but it sure gives an insight.......if an officer of the law was doing this to your family, would you try to have him fired? i sure would!!!
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903
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ANCHORAGE — He’s the governor’s ex-brother-in-law, and his job as an Alaska State Trooper is drawing scrutiny in a way rarely seen except in cases of killings by officers.
Legislators are seriously considering hiring an independent investigator to examine whether Gov. Sarah Palin, her aides or her husband pressured commanders to fire Trooper Mike Wooten, and whether she then fired the state’s top cop when Wooten stayed on the job. Palin denies anything like that happened.
All that aside, what kind of trooper is Mike Wooten?
The picture painted by the Palins is pretty bad. The trooper brass isn’t saying one way or another, citing personnel rules that protect his files. Union leaders defend him as a dedicated trooper who was already punished for his mistakes.
Efforts to speak with Wooten were unsuccessful. He did not return phone calls when the controversy first began two weeks ago. He now is out of the country on a long-planned vacation, said John Cyr, executive director of the Public Safety Employees Association, the union for troopers. They are not in touch. An e-mail to Wooten was answered with an out-of-the-office auto reply.
Wooten is 35, a state trooper since March 2001 and an Air Force veteran. He’s a father of young children who has been married and divorced four times.
The accusations are detailed in two thick binders, the result of a nearly yearlong investigation by troopers. When the investigation appeared to stall, Palin — more than a year before she was elected governor, and about two months before launching her campaign — pushed trooper commanders to take action against Wooten. At one point, Palin and her husband, Todd, hired a private investigator.
Wooten recently gave his union permission to release the entire investigative file, all 482 pages and hours of recorded interviews.
“The record clearly indicates a serious and concentrated pattern of unacceptable, and at times, illegal activity occurring over a lengthy period, which establishes a course of conduct totally at odds with the ethics of our profession,” Col. Julia Grimes, then head of Alaska State Troopers, wrote in March 1, 2006, letter suspending Wooten for 10 days. After the union protested it, the suspension was reduced to five days.
She warned that if he messed up again, he’d be fired.
“This discipline is meant to be a last chance to take corrective action,” Grimes wrote. “You are hereby given notice that any further occurrences of these types of behaviors or incidents will not be tolerated and will result in your termination.”
It’s nearly impossible to know whether other complaints have come in about Wooten in the last two years. His personnel file is confidential. But the fact he remains on the force is an indication that he hasn’t had the sort of trouble that Grimes warned against.
Grimes declined to comment, as did various troopers involved in the investigation.
As the investigation got under way in 2005, Wooten was in the midst of a bitter divorce from Palin’s sister, Molly McCann. The couple was fighting over custody of their two young children. Accusations flew from both sides.
Troopers eventually investigated 13 issues and found four in which Wooten violated policy or broke the law or both:
• Wooten used a Taser on his stepson.
• He illegally shot a moose.
• He drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion.
• He told others his father-in-law would “eat a f’ing lead bullet” if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce.
Beyond the investigation sparked by the family, trooper commanders saw cause to discipline or give written instructions to correct Wooten seven times since he joined the force, according to Grimes’ letter to Wooten.
Those incidents included: a reprimand in January 2004 for negligent damage to a state vehicle; a January 2005 instruction after being accused of speeding, unsafe lane changes, following too closely and not using turn signals in his state vehicle; a June 2005 instruction regarding personal cell phone calls; an October 2005 suspension from work after getting a speeding ticket; and a November 2005 memo “to clarify duty hours, tardiness and personal business during duty time.”
“Mike is not without a blemish,” the union’s Cyr said. But some of the problems noted by Grimes were small matters, he said. Many troopers were told to reimburse the state for personal cell phone calls, he said. Wooten had to miss work for court during the divorce, he said.
The union president, Rob Cox, is a 17-year trooper veteran who worked alongside Wooten in the Valley. Cox said he never thought of him as a rogue cop.
It’s significant that Wooten served for a while on the Special Emergency Reaction Team — like a SWAT team, Cox said. Officers have to be especially cool-headed to perform in crisis situations, Cox said.
Governor Sarah Palin made history on Dec. 4, 2006, when she took office. As the 11th governor of Alaska, she is the first woman to hold the office.
Since taking office, her top priorities have been resource development, education and workforce development, public health and safety, and transportation and infrastructure development.
Under her leadership, Alaska invested $5 billion in state savings, overhauled education funding, and implemented the Senior Benefits Program that provides support for low-income older Alaskans. She created Alaska’s Petroleum Systems Integrity Office to provide oversight and maintenance of oil and gas equipment, facilities and infrastructure, and the Climate Change Subcabinet to prepare a climate change strategy for Alaska.
During her first legislative session, Governor Palin’s administration passed two major pieces of legislation – an overhaul of the state’s ethics laws and a competitive process to construct a gas pipeline.
Governor Palin is chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multi-state government agency that promotes the conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety and the environment. She was recently named chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) Natural Resources Committee, which is charged with pursuing legislation to ensure state needs are considered as federal policy is formulated in the areas of agriculture, energy, environmental protection and natural resource management. Prior to being named to this position, she served as co-chair of this committee.
Prior to her election as governor, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as the mayor/manager of Wasilla. During her tenure, she reduced property tax levels while increasing services and made Wasilla a business friendly environment, drawing in new industry.
She has served as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's most valuable non-renewable resources: oil and gas. She was elected by her peers to serve as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. In this role, she worked with local, state and federal officials to promote solutions to the needs of Alaska's communities.
Sarah Heath Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964, when her parents came to teach school in Skagway. She received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. Palin, who graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982, has lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla.
She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan, a production operator on the North Slope and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmachine race.
Todd and Sarah fish in Bristol Bay with their children – Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. Through Todd’s Yup'ik grandmother, Alaska’s Native heritage plays an important role in their family. Track enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 11, 2007.
Prior to taking office, Palin served on numerous boards and commissions throughout the state. She was active in her family’s pursuits – including serving as a sports team mom and school volunteer. She also runs marathons.
Palin is a lifetime member of the NRA and enjoys hunting, fishing, Alaska history, and all that Alaska's great outdoors has to off
if Sarah Palin is mccains running mate, i am back on board!!! ive been talking her up for months now and it seems she on on the short list. we will find out in a few hours. please google her! she would make an awesome president some day! kellyc aka saucy
I am a confessed football nut! I love the game, watching it on tv, being at the stadium...even peewee games and especially my sons high school team. I am a Philadelphia Eagles fan first and foremost. Now...that being said, it is going around in MN that the Packers have called the Vikings saying Brett Favre will be available for trade. The Vikings arent my fav team, but i would LOVE to see Brett play here! I actually think with Brett Favre and Adrien Peterson together, the Vikes could be Superbowl bound. I know that Favre had announced his retirement, but i think if he wants to play again, he should be allowed. If the Pack doesnt want him, then they should trade him. Let Brett play!!! lol This prolly wont matter to most people, but C'MON FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!! kellyc aka saucy
ive been reading so many blogs and responses that my head is spinning i dont understand the hype of some of those blogs...first on my mind is the shunning thing, if you dont give a crap about any of the people who are doing the "shunning". then what does it matter at all.. first, most of those involved dont speak to each other anyways..so if the word shun hadnt been brought up..and they were already ignorin ya...would anybody be pissed off??. if you dont want to talk to each other , it shouldnt bother you which word was used to describe it. ive been keeping out of the fray, chatting the way i want to..and being "judged" by one of the most self proclaimed honest and godly person in here lol. snotty lil comments at what i say in chat..showing a true face of someone who proclaims peace, but really doesnt have peace in her heart. I dont understand why the way i chat or who i chat too..bothers her so much..but it is her problem..not mine. I tell everyone in here i am married and happily, last night i was asked if id ever cheat on my hubby and the answer is a resounding NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. So my fun might not be your idea of fun, lol i was accused of wanting to be the young sex pot of sff,,, lmaooo ok ok i admit it...why else ya think i be pokin people round here..i want to just rip all your clothes off and have a complete orgy. so cmon lets go!!! lmaoooooo its a shame that for some, a hug can be considered dirty... a poke can be transformed into sex... and the only form of chatting we r posed to have in a happy hi!!! and byez!!! that may be some form of chatting but it aint mine!!! although i do love talkin bout cooking and things too...im sure that can be turned into something dirty as well oh well hugggsss and happy hellos, and hugggsssss and happy byes...when ya wanna chat bout different stuff ill be in one of the rooms... hope ya see ya there...ill be the one handin out the pokes kellyc aka saucy
i found this recipe and now my hubby says he never has to go to the steak house again.. is very very good.
Steak Roquefort
3 oz of roquefort cheese (blue cheese) 1/2 c heavy cream 1/2 stick butter pepper to taste parsley 2 or 3 good cut steaks
season the steaks to your liking, i use montreal steak seasoning. grill or fry steaks in butter 5 minutes per side for med. rare. Heat cream on med. high, as soon as cream nears boiling, add cheese. stir and cook for 5 minutes till start to thicken. (if it doesnt get as thick as you would like, make a roux of milk and flour and add.. just a lil bit will do about 1/8 cup of flour.) sauce should end up like a thick cream almost pudding consistancy. add pepper and parsley. ladel over steaks. this is very very good on baked potatoes too!
this is a Washington post article on a book written by a known Syracuse professor. in response to a statement that liberals donate more to charities that conservatives.
Conservatives More Liberal Givers By George Will
WASHINGTON -- Residents of Austin, Texas, home of the state's government and flagship university, have very refined social consciences, if they do say so themselves, and they do say so, speaking via bumper stickers. Don R. Willett, a justice of the state Supreme Court, has commuted behind bumpers proclaiming "Better a Bleeding Heart Than None at All," "Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty," "The Moral High Ground Is Built on Compassion," "Arms Are For Hugging," "Will Work (When the Jobs Come Back From India)," "Jesus Is a Liberal," "God Wants Spiritual Fruits, Not Religious Nuts," "The Road to Hell Is Paved With Republicans," "Republicans Are People Too -- Mean, Selfish, Greedy People" and so on. But Willett thinks Austin subverts a stereotype: "The belief that liberals care more about the poor may scratch a partisan or ideological itch, but the facts are hostile witnesses."
Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.
If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings:
-- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
-- Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
-- Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
-- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.
-- People who reject the idea that "government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality" give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition.
Brooks demonstrates a correlation between charitable behavior and "the values that lie beneath" liberal and conservative labels. Two influences on charitable behavior are religion and attitudes about the proper role of government.
The single biggest predictor of someone's altruism, Willett says, is religion. It increasingly correlates with conservative political affiliations because, as Brooks' book says, "the percentage of self-described Democrats who say they have 'no religion' has more than quadrupled since the early 1970s." America is largely divided between religious givers and secular nongivers, and the former are disproportionately conservative. One demonstration that religion is a strong determinant of charitable behavior is that the least charitable cohort is a relatively small one -- secular conservatives.
Reviewing Brooks' book in the Texas Review of Law & Politics, Justice Willett notes that Austin -- it voted 56 percent for Kerry while he was getting just 38 percent statewide -- is ranked by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as 48th out of America's 50 largest cities in per capita charitable giving. Brooks' data about disparities between liberals' and conservatives' charitable giving fit these facts: Democrats represent a majority of the wealthiest congressional districts, and half of America's richest households live in states where both senators are Democrats.
While conservatives tend to regard giving as a personal rather than governmental responsibility, some liberals consider private charity a retrograde phenomenon -- a poor palliative for an inadequate welfare state, and a distraction from achieving adequacy by force, by increasing taxes. Ralph Nader, running for president in 2000, said: "A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity." Brooks, however, warns: "If support for a policy that does not exist ... substitutes for private charity, the needy are left worse off than before. It is one of the bitterest ironies of liberal politics today that political opinions are apparently taking the place of help for others."
In 2000, brows were furrowed in perplexity because Vice President Al Gore's charitable contributions, as a percentage of his income, were below the national average: He gave 0.2 percent of his family income, one-seventh of the average for donating households. But Gore "gave at the office." By using public office to give other peoples' money to government programs, he was being charitable, as liberals increasingly, and conveniently, understand that word.
4 to 4 1/2 c. all purpose flour 1/2 c. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 pkg. active dry yeast 3/4 c. milk 1/2 c. water 1/2 c. butter 1 egg at room temperature
GLAZE:
1/2 c. butter 2/3 c. firmly packed light brown sugar 2 tsp. light corn syrup 1 1/2 c. chopped pecans
FILLING: brown sugar softened butter cinnamon
Dough: In large bowl mix thoroughly 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and undissolved yeast. In small saucepan combine milk, water and butter. Heat over low heat until very warm. Butter does not need to melt. Gradually add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg and 1 cup flour. Beat at high speed 2 minutes. Stir in enough additional flour to make a stiff batter. Cover bowl tightly; refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
Glaze: In saucepan melt butter over medium high heat. Add brown sugar and corn syrup; bring to a full boil. Stir in pecans, then spoon evenly into the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan
Filling: Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Divide dough in half; refrigerate one piece. On lightly floured surface roll other half into an 18 x 8 inch rectangle; spread butter liberally over dough. Sprinkle with half the filling. Starting at long end roll up jelly roll fashion. Pinch seam to seal.
Cut crosswise into 18 (1 inch) pieces. Place cut side down into cake pan. Cover and let rise in warm draft free place until doubled, about 1 hour. Repeat with remaining dough.
bake 25 to 30 minutes in 375 oven, till golden brown
i dont measure the brown sugar, cinnamon, or butter form filling i just dump it on. the more you use the more gooey the middle! kellyc aka saucy
i dont understand the hype of some of those blogs...first on my mind is the shunning thing, if you dont give a crap about any of the people who are doing the "shunning". then what does it matter at all.. first, most of those involved dont speak to each other anyways..so if the word shun hadnt been brought up..and they were already ignorin ya...would anybody be pissed off??. if you dont want to talk to each other , it shouldnt bother you which word was used to describe it. ive been keeping out of the fray, chatting the way i want to..and being "judged" by one of the most self proclaimed honest and godly person in here lol. snotty lil comments at what i say in chat..showing a true face of someone who proclaims peace, but really doesnt have peace in her heart. I dont understand why the way i chat or who i chat too..bothers her so much..but it is her problem..not mine. I tell everyone in here i am married and happily, last night i was asked if id ever cheat on my hubby and the answer is a resounding NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. So my fun might not be your idea of fun, lol i was accused of wanting to be the young sex pot of sff,,, lmaooo ok ok i admit it...why else ya think i be pokin people round here..i want to just rip all your clothes off and have a complete orgy. so cmon lets go!!!
