Just for the halibut

I just watched the 2nd episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska series. Okay, I’m impressed. That’s not too surprising, since I’ve always been a fan of hers. But I have been listening to the critiques that say she’s not qualified to be President of the United States, regardless of whether she can see Russia from her back yard or not.
So what does the series tell me about her that I didn’t already know? Other than she can shoot, fish and cook better than me?
Not much, I guess. Does a President actually need to know anything about catching, cleaning, and cooking halibut? Does he (she) really need to know about how a fishing boat makes a living? Or is an understanding of how to organize protests against ostensibly unfair working conditions a better qualification?
Gosh, that’s a tough one!

Fantasy: Nancy's first (and last) commercial airline flight

 

A bored Democrat congressperson from San Francisco was seated next to a little girl on a commercial flight so she turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk?  Flights go quicker with intelligent conversation."
 
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the somewhat familiar stranger, "What do you want to talk about?"
 
"Oh, I don't know," said the politician.  "How about global warming, universal health care, or the stimulus package?”
 
"OK," the little girl said.  "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first.  A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass.  Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps.  Why do you suppose that is?"
 
The former Speaker of the House, visibly surprised by the question, thinks about it and says, "Wow, I have no idea."
 
To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss global warming, universal health care, or the economy, when you don't know shit?"
 
And then she went back to reading her book about the Boston Tea Party.

 

And Nancy went quietly back to California and was never heard from again. 

(I wish…)