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Seriously. The Big Green Bus, home to the Wilson family, arrived from Montana to demonstrate solar panels, hydroponic gardening and sustainable environmental practices. Instead, it was impounded:
The Wilsons had just done a training in Minneapolis on urban permaculture. They were pulled over on the Cretin exit ramp from I-94 as they headed to a friend’s house to park the bus and get a good night’s sleep. Megan was changing clothes, and was in her underwear when the cops ordered them off the bus, but did manage to grab a dress.
Why were they pulled over? That’s what Stan asked the police. Repeatedly. “I asked them more questions than they asked me,” he said.
“A routine traffic stop,” the police told him. A routine traffic stop, with more than a dozen police cars including Minnesota highway patrol, St. Paul, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota and Ramsey County officers lined up with lights flashing.
Stan isn’t buying it. For one thing, the police never gave any reason for pulling him over. They never asked to see his vehicle registration or proof of insurance. Instead, they asked him: “Have you ever called the police before?” and “Do you like cops?” And then they towed away the big, green bus, telling him they had to “ascertain whether it was being used for commercial purposes,” and that they had to make sure it was safe to be on the road.
According to Bruce Nestor of the National Lawyer's Guild, law enforcement officials who conducted the raids were also crowing about having confiscated five buckets of dangerous urine in one of their raids (which could presumably be used to make urine bombs).
It turned out to be from an illegal apartment within within one of the houses that didn't have a bathroom.
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It Can’t Happen Here
The finally had a piece about it on CNN tonight and they mentioned the urine thing. I don’t think Rick “Dirty” Sanchez knew what to say.
It’s pretty creepy. These people are all so wholesome and low-key. It’s just thuggery.
Really? Been watching the McCain hagiography thing, where McCain is reluctant to talk about the POW thing except for the entire two hours.
Jeebus. I’ve known Stan, Delyla, and Megan Wilson for years. They and their dogs (but not their chickens) have stayed in my home. They’re no physical threat to the RNC.
Holy shit: meth heads all over the Heartland, and “law” enforcement goes after a family driving their eco-bus.
Whadda load o’crap.
the “Cretin” exit ramp?
words fail.
Here’s a great HD quality video of Sarah Palin, in heels, drinking coffee - purportedly seven months pregnant:
http://alaskapodshow.com/index.....au-alaska/
Watch the whole thing and see if you can spot the pregnant woman. Perhaps she was selected over Lieberman for the Israeli flag affixed to her office window (see image on landing page).
The baby was her daughter’s.
Watch as the two “off shore drilling” candidates twist in the wind when the aerial footage of oil slicks in the gulf start to roll in after Gustav passes through.
Palin appears @ 4:05, her comment about running the hills in Juneau is @ 5:55. She is wearing heeled boots, walking through the icy streets of Juneau in the rain. She eats donuts while the closing credits roll. Taking her running comment in context (I like running the hills. It kills me, that’s why I like it. It thrashes your guts and your lungs and your thighs) again says nothing about whether she is pregnant at the time.
You can’t tell whether Palin is pregnant, she is certainly not obviously pregnant, but her outfit isn’t tight enough to show one way or the other.
I think the evidence is strong enough to continue exploring the story, strong enough for a working hypothesis that Bristol is the mother, but so far the evidence is circumstantial. If Sarah Palin admitted today that Trig is her daughter Bristol’s son, I think this issue could blow over for her. But waiting till some media outlet has definitive proof is too risky.
Of course, if Trig is Sarah Palin’s son, then we’re rumour mongers.
Whereas it would be inappropriate and unwise for the Obama camp to pursue any of this, we can certainly do our part by asking the questions.
If they have presented the entire situation truthfully, so be it. Then why remove the pictures from the Governor’s web site?
Most importantly…
Identify ANY woman in the history of planet earth who has opted to get on a Loooooong flight AFTER her water broke.
Ever.
I’m completely over the “discernible reality” shit.
Thanks Jane for this oh so fine Sunday morning post.
The digg is open and awaiting all you fine firepups. ;~D
Did her water actually break or was it an amniotic fluid leak, I’ve heard both. Either way it was irresponsible and potential dangerous to mother and child.
I have to wonder if she sought medical attention and advisement before she made the decision to fly. Or maybe mavericks just make hasty decision and live with the consequences. My bold.
Advisers Say Conservative Ire Pushed McCain Away From Picking Lieberman
You know it’s pretty bad when the leader of the party can’t speak at the RNC because he’s such riff-raff. (I take that back. Riff-raff was an undstanding character next to Nero Bush.) If the repubs win this election it’s only through fraud. That doesn’t make any difference to them. They defraud the American people daily out of millions.
And what’s Bush is going to help Gustav victims? If Nero is even close to Texass he’s taking a vacation. What’s he going to do? Flyover in a helicopter with a magaphone and shout at them th swim harder?