[DiogenesLamp]

Yes, because Bristol (never married mother of a 5 year old), and Track (divorced father of a 2 year old), sh!t faced and brawling at some beer bash are clearly the best this country has to offer.

It is rather low class to point out such things. This incident, and your response reminds me of Andrew Jackson. He once beat a man nearly to death for insinuating something about his wife. He did fight duels over Honor, and he had no compunction about killing such people.

Andrew Jackson related what his mother told him.

''Andrew, never tell a lie, nor take what is not your own, nor sue anybody for slander, assault and battery. Always settle them cases yourself.''

You may see things differently, but I don't see having a brawl with people as being a negative thing. I consider it to be evidence that some people will fight when provoked, and I admire that characteristic.

I've had enough of milquetoast polite losers in this country. We need fighters.

[bigdaddy45]

Low class? It was pointed out that the Palin’s were the best this country has to offer. I didn’t make that up, someone else did. You want to set someone up on that pedestal and you’re going to have to deal with reality.

Society has evolved a bit in the past 200 years. Dueling is illegal now. If you pine for the old days, well then good for you. And if you think a whole family being in a drunken brawl is a-ok, then go for it. Next time I see this sort of thing on “Cops”, I know who I’LL be thinking about.

[greene66]

Terrific post. But it just amazes me how modern American culture has become so separated from the vibrant and rough-hewn individualism of its history, and common contexts that were the norm just a few short generations ago have become so foreign to the present. It exposes how weak and wan this country has gotten.

The people that have some weird problem with this Palin dust-up are not people I recognize as my countrymen, nor people I’d want to ally myself on anything.

[tillacum]

Too many South 48 staters are moving into Alaska and turning it into a girly state. In the “good ole days” fisticuffs settled what the police are called into stop, today. Pity.