Wasilla: Outpost Built On A Broken Dream (Moonbat Hitpiece)

The Hartford Courant ^ | September 11, 2008 | Robert M. Thorson

[buccaneer81]

High school sports would substitute for political excitement. Pentecostal and Bible-banging congregations would offer succor, becoming a dominant influence in an isolated town in an isolated state with libertarian leanings and an isolated state capital.

No condescending elitism here. /sarc.

[jessduntno]

Perhaps we should send the professor a link;

http://www.city-data.com/city/Wasilla-Alaska.html

I think he will especially like this one;

http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv2363.php

[Army Air Corps]

...state with libertarian leanings...

Gee, the author seems to think that is a bad thing. Sounds just fine to me.

[LoneStarGI]

Ok...so let me get this straight. They can’t destroy this woman directly, so instead they’re going to do a runaround and bad-mouth her town, in the hope that people will put two and two together and say that because her town is ‘crap’, she is ‘crap’.

I don’t really like Savage or listen to him, but I’m really beginning to believe that liberalism IS a mental disorder. These people are just wired wrong if they think this is somehow going to fly with Mr. and Mrs. Small-town America.

[buccaneer81]

Great comment from the paper's opinion board regarding the article:

Wasila Alaska scares you? I suggest you visit the community Obama organized. Bring lots of clean Kevlar underwear.

[Abathar]

"Robert M. Thorson is a professor of geology at the University of Connecticut's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a member of The Courant's Place Board of Contributors."

Professor of geology at a college of liberal arts. I wonder what his peers think of him, most of the ones I know are pretty down to earth. (no pun intended either)

[jessduntno]

“Imagine trying to reach Hartford without using a road or bridge.”

Imagine doing it in your Escalade, while sipping a latte, instead of bumping along in your Jeep with a hot cup of joe from Dunkin’ Donuts.

[6SJ7]

Houses were quickly built on bargain-basement lots. Trailer homes were dragged to many others.

Trailers!!! You're scaring me! < / sarc >

[Between the Lines]

Wasilla may not have made the state capitol, but it will one day be the location of the Northwestern White House.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“Professor of geology at a college of liberal arts.”

Does that make him a stoner?

[SAJ]

Box of rocks, more likely.

;^)

[LRS]

Thank you Wasilla; thank you Alaska. I knew you would be taking hits when the elitist media threw their temper tantrum after not being able to “Bork” Sarah Palin. But I figured you guys would be tough enough to take everything thrown at you! Just keep it up! The rest of flyover country America are your brothers, and they are standing with you!

[Kirkwood]

The professor slipped up and forgot to write about everyone clinging to their guns.

[Inyo-Mono]

Expectations were crushed, leaving a sense of disappointment, even anger. High school sports would substitute for political excitement. Pentecostal and Bible-banging congregations would offer succor, becoming a dominant influence in an isolated town in an isolated state with libertarian leanings and an isolated state capital.

This is the kind of geography that scares me, in spite of Wasilla's stunning natural beauty and vibrant, outgoing personality.

Truly frightening the way these angry (bitter) Bible banging Christians live in this isolated mountain town with only high school football to entertain them. Wait, that sounds just like my town!

[don-o]

You forgot the “Thumbsucker Alert”

[EternalVigilance]

This is the kind of geography that scares me

A "professor of geology" who is frightened by geography. LOL...you absolutely could not make this stuff up.

[ejonesie22]

And 90% of the towns in the USA...

They are finally showing their true colors...

[EternalVigilance]

This is the kind of geography that scares me

A "professor of geology" who is frightened by geography. LOL...you absolutely could not make this stuff up.

[redpoll]

>>>many of whom talk openly about seceding from the “Lower 48.” <<<

I’ve been in Alaska for most of my adult life. Can I say “crap” on this forum? It’s more polite than the other words I’d like to write.

[Riflema]

You'd be bitter too if you had this level of spelling proficiency (from the learned Prof's home page http://www.stonewall.uconn.edu/thorson/research.html):

Beginning in 1973, I spent eleven years with a principal focus on the archaeological and surficial geology in Allaska