SAY IT WITH A LONG 'A'...PALIN, AS IN STALIN!

Yeah, it suddenly hit me...her name rhymes with Stalin (if you pronounce it so as to rhyme with Stalin). You remember "Uncle Joe", don't you? Ukrainian nationals remember him as "Butcher Joe"...and perhaps a few expletives that shall go unmentioned on this blog.

Sarah Palin's name is just the beginning. A Russian woman, an American citizen now, was discussing this with me the other day. Actually, there were two Russian women present during that conversation. Neither one had anything positive to say about the Alaskan governor...as a matter of fact, one was downright "nasty" toward her with scathing remarks that could scorch the hide of a jackrabbit. It should be noted that she was also rather unkind with her references toward Stalin. I jokingly tried to interject a kind word here and there: "She's pretty nice looking for a woman who has had five kids!", I said, under my breath.

It was all to no avail. Both of them agreed that Governor Palin (remember it rhymes with Stalin...as in Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, which was his original name...the STALIN moniker came about around 1913; more on that later), possesses a personal ethos that is alarmingly similar to Stalin's. Every school child and amateur historian identifies Stalin as a murderer equal to or greater than the Ubermeister of killers, Adolph Hitler, right? Well, my Russian friends said they read something about Sarah Palin that revealed some character traits that she holds dear to her potato farm, Idaho-bred, moose hunting, salmon fishing, All-American, beauty contest winning (she came in SECOND), basketball playing, wolf and polar bear killing, oil-drilling, designer-glasses, hair salon 'mama's", heart.

The character traits they referred to were: (1) ABSOLUTE SECRECY and (2) LOYALITY. The secrecy aspect of Palin's pallid character is in reference to those she holds near to her...the top echelon of her command structure. Sarah demands absolute secrecy concerning what takes place within her inner circle of decision-makers, friends, colleagues (it's a small inner circle from what I understand...therefore secrecy is easier to maintain). Hmmmm, beginning to look and sound like the Stalin guy...

The loyalty she demands is also absolute. One mistake and you're history...as in gone--banished. Of course, with Stalin, gone meant gone forever...as in dead (and no one ever found your remains). The same thing with absolute secrecy with our boy, Stalin: if you broke secrecy in any way, shape, or form...you disappeared overnight. Gone. Forever. Zippo. AWOL. History. Departed. Extinct...you get the picture, right?

Now, I'm not trying to link Governor Sarah Palin with such hideous acts of murder and treachery always and forever associated with Uncle Joe, but she does possess a certain look, THAT look, that HAS been linked to people losing their jobs...their livlihood...their position in Alaska's government (and the same goes for that little village she controlled for a couple of years). I've read that if you cross Sarah, you are dealt with in a severe, uncompromising manner. In other words, you're "toast." Oh, I also read somewhere the fact that she really didn't have "executive control" over that village--it was run by a city administrator. I suppose all she did was stand around and look beautiful for the boys at the office.

Getting back to the STALIN name and his defining moment. What's in a name, you say? Plenty! He took the Russian name Stalin, which means, "man of steel." I guess I've always wondered what would have happened if he had chosen a Russian name for , "man of titanium?" Isn't titanium harder than steel? Let's face it...Josef (which is what it became later), would never have made it as a Bolshevik revolutionary with the surname of Dzhugashvili. Hell, at every turn the Russians would have recognized him as a southern Georgian, which is exactly what he was! Okay, "Georgia" was part of Mother Russia back then and folks didn't identify him as an "outsider" anyway, (one could argue).

Look, the guy was a bit "religious" at first. When he was about 15 years old, he was sent away to a seminary to study for the priesthood. Just try to imagine young, devout Joe on his knees to those icons...it's a difficult image (no pun intended), to conjure up, huh? Maybe, just maybe, the language of the alter..."the Body and Blood of Christ" meant something sinister and totally different to him...meaning, he certainly got involved with a lot of bodies and blood later on in his life, right? Who really knows? The thought just occured: could you imagine being the priest hearing his confession at his bedside...before he passed on to...where? Heaven or hell? Hey, we're supposed to believe that all sins are forgiven if we are sincere about asking forgiveness and say a good act of contrition. Forgive his sins? OMG, please NOT!

Like our boy Stalin, Palin has religion. I'm told she is an Evangelical. Using my imagination, I am thinking what would happen if she suddenly broke out, speaking in tongues, while discussing world issues with Vladimir Putin? Hell, with his personality and that stoic stare, he'd probably reach for a bottle of good Russian vodka and try to get her to drown her dreadful profusion of unintelligible words in the stuff! Perhaps Secretary of State "Condy" Rice could be hired to interpret for Palin (Rice learned Russian while studying law at Stanford, I think.

It's been reported that Governor Palin believes the Iraq War is "God's War." She believes God is on America's side...at least that is what I've been able to glean from the news accounts, the interviews. That scares the bejeebbers out of me...she could make this terrorist stuff even more of a religious war! That is exactly what THEY want, Sarah! And they, those monster, Jihadist-loving terrorist bullies, supposedly want: someone like you, Governor Palin to call out the Alaska National Guard. Now, you just know that's got to have them shaking in their sandles!
Bottom line with this post: what the heck is gonna happen to the U.S. of A. if something happens to the "old man", as in John McPlain? Do we really (in our heart of hearts), want Sarah Palin...as in Josef Stalin...in charge of the Free World?

You know what? I just sat here staring at an etching I have of Stalin...and in my mind's eye, I removed the moustache. Holy, Jumping Bull-Frogs! Josef Stalin looks like Sarah Palin! Now, I'm talking about the facial features, of course. I'm not sure what Stalin's legs looked like (I can only imagine they were extremely hairy, sweaty, and exceedingly ugly). Palin's legs are, well, from what I can discern, quite beautiful.

I'm not worried about the similarities below the neckline. If you took one of those communist revolutionary caps and placed it on Palin's head, then added a moustache...yes, there it is! God help us if she and her "understudy" make it to the White House on November 4. I'm already starting to lose sleep over the thought! Oops, Sarah won't be sharing rooms or beds with John at the house on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Rather, she'll be with her hubby and family in that gorgeous mansion on the hill (it was built for the Secretary of the Navy way back when, I think)--up there near what is referred to as the National Cathedral. I think it is a much better location than the White House...and better suited for Palin's pallid pursuits. If she makes it there, she can order the National Park Service guys to bring in some moose, wolves, polar bears, etc. Ahh, the sound of gunshots are ringing in my ears already! Oh, then she can walk over to the National Cathedral and pray for the animals she just blasted...