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This was posted a Gretawire.com from “Dave in Alaska” and I just had to share as it’s a great comparison.

Palin plays Point guard for the American Conservatives

Look at this description of the duties of a point guard and apply them to her political actions…once a team leader …always a team leader…

Point guard (PG), also called the play maker or “the ball-handler”, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, they are expected to run the team’s offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right players at the right time. Above all, the point guard must totally understand and accept his or her coach’s game plan; in this way, the position can be compared to a quarterback in American football.

Point guard characteristics…

A point guard, like all player positions in basketball, has specific characteristics that are essential for them to help guide their team to a victory. The Basketball Handbook by Lee Rose describes a point guard as a coach on the floor, who can handle and distribute the ball to teammates. It also states that the more speed a point guard has, the more likely he will be able to create separation and space off the dribble, which allows the point guard room to work. Point guards should also be vocal floor leaders, and should discuss rule interpretations with officials. A point guard must always know the time on both the shot clock and the game clock, the score, the number of timeouts for both teams, and whom to foul late in the game.

Offense

The point guard is almost always positioned on the perimeter of the play, so as to have the best view of the action. This is a necessity because of the point guard’s leadership obligations. Many times, the point guard is referred to by announcers as a “coach on the floor” or a “floor general”

Defense

A point guard primarily defends on the perimeter, just as he primarily plays on the perimeter on offense. On defense, the point guard is tasked with making the opposing point guard as ineffective as possible. A defensive point guard will try to accomplish this with constant pressure on the ball, making it difficult to maintain possession. A defensive point guard will also pressure passing lanes to his opponent to try and generate steals and offensive opportunities for his own team. via wikipedia

It took us long enough but we now have a Facebook page.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moms-for-Sarah-Palin/142105152473015?v=wall

I know I’m showing my age but I remember when the boogieman lived in Russia. Growing up I felt we didn’t know much about what went on behind the Iron Curtain. I knew that growing up I heard stories of how people that had to wait in lines for food or even for toilet paper. We learned that these peoples’ jobs, houses, lives were chosen for them. That they didn’t have the choices that we had. It presented us with a clear contrast of what it was to be an American. How if we failed it was up to us to try again. We grew up being told we could be whatever we wanted.

The children, teens and even young adults don’t know about what we knew about. With the fall of the Berlin Wall people gained their freedom and I’m thankful that I got to witness that piece of history. When the wall came down though we lost our constant reminder of what it was not to be free. Ronald Reagan told kids in his farewell address that if your parents aren’t telling you what it means to be an American to call them on it. Now we as parents need to call ourselves on it and teach our kids what a truly wonderful place America is. Because if we don’t teach them someone else will teach them differently.

It’s all about moms and grandmas rising up to take our country back and make it the best place on Earth for our little ones.

According to People.com Levi is singing a whole different tune.  He has said he apologized to the Sarah and Todd in private but said he felt since he talked trash in public he should publicly apologize as well.

You can read all about it here.