Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election, and sales for Sarah Palin and/or McCain-Palin Gear are flying off the shelves!
Palin was born Sarah Louise Heath in Sandpoint, Idaho, the third of four children of Sarah Heath, a school secretary, and Charles R. Heath, a science teacher and track coach. Her family moved to Alaska when she was an infant. As a child, she would sometimes go moose hunting with her father before school, and the family regularly ran 5km and 10km races.
Palin attended Wasilla High School in Wasilla, Alaska, where she was the head of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at the school, and the point guard and captain of the school's basketball team. She helped the team win the Alaska small-school basketball championship in 1982, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds of the game, despite having an ankle stress fracture. She earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" because of her intense play, and was the leader of the team prayer before games.
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla Pageant, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award. Palin admits to smoking marijuana as a youth, during the time Alaska had decriminalized possession, though she says she did not enjoy it.
Palin spent her first college semester at Hawaii Pacific College, transferring in 1983 to North Idaho College and then to the University of Idaho. She attended Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska for one term, returning to the University of Idaho to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987.
In 1988, she worked as a sports reporter for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. She also helped in her husband’s family commercial fishing business.
The tile images below represent some of the designs available in my Vitalfinds Cafepress store. All of these designs are available on t-shirts, magnets, mouse pads, golf shirts, tile boxes, tile coasters (as shown), tank tops, hoodies, BBQ aprons, buttons, coffee mugs, hats and more. Just click on any tile image to see the complete selection of items available for that particular design.
Canvas tote bags are possibly the most versatile item on the planet. They can be used as grocery bags, as picnic bags, for trick-or-treating, as a book back for school or college, as a place to store paperwork for the office, as a large pocketbook, mall shopping bag, diaper bag, beach bag, Christmas gift bag and more! Check out the huge variety of tote bags here!
Product Description: These 100% cotton canvas tote bags have plenty of room to carry everything you need when you are on the go. They include a bottom gusset and extra long handles for easy carrying.
10 oz heavyweight natural canvas fabric
Full side and bottom gusset
22" reinforced self-fabric handles
Machine washable
Measures 15" x 18" x 6"
What tote bag buyers are saying: -- "I use both for groceries and they're far superior in quality and sturdyness to the bags now being sold in all the supermarkets here." -- "The Tote Bag I ordered was also great quality ..." -- "The tote bag is HUGE! It'll be perfect for grocery shopping. I'll probably be ordering at least one or two more of these in the future ..."
GotMermaids? We do! There are mermaids who want legs so that she can get her toe nails done, mermaids behind a window pane, a mermaid in love, a green mermaid, and a mermaid mom and daughter. Click any design to see the full mermaid collection that included mermaid t-shirts, mermaid tank tops, mermaid tiles, mermaid jewelry boxes, mermaid hats, mermaid magnets and more.
Liven up a room with these fancy monogrammed tile coasters, measuring 4.25” x 4.25” and 1/6-inch thick. Click on the images to see the full alphabet of fancy scroll-patterned initials. And in addition to tiles, take a look at additional monogrammed products that include t-shirts, coffee mugs, throw pillows and tote bags.
How can you not love and adore the very special breed of cat known as the Ragdoll? This special feline breed is featured in my Cafepress t-shirt store in two designs. Both designs feature the blue bicolor ragdoll, one that looks like a stained glass pattern, and one illustrating the realistic fluffy feline. Click on the images above to see all of the individual products shown, or click here or here to see all of the products featuring these blue bicolor ragdoll cat designs.
Drill Here Drill Now - T-Shirts, Mugs, Bumper Stickers, Magnets, Buttons, Tote Bags & More.
There has been a lot of talk in the news and at the water cooler lately about high gas and oil prices and how to lower them. The discussion centers around whether it's speculators driving up the price of a barrel of oil, or if it's mostly due to oil shortages.
The United States Congress has had a ban on new oil drilling for years now, and this is now finally being questioned by leaders like Newt Gingrich and others.
A movement is beginning that the American people are getting quickly involved with, to encourage Congress to lift the ban on oil exploration and drilling in the Alaskan ANWR region and offshore off our coasts. Virginia has already backed offshore drilling, and the governor and citizens of Alaska are also in favor of the drilling.
If you also feel that it's important for our energy needs as well as for our national security, then why not help the growing momentum by displaying a bumper sticker on your car, a sign in your yard, and a pin on your shirt? You can find a large selection of "Drill Here Drill Now" items in my Vitalfinds store to explore to fuel your interest.
Need more information? The Politics of Energy and the Environment (PDF) ANWR Alaska Wilderness Link Get the Facts: Why a Drill Here, Drill Now Approach Will Help America Pay Less at the Pump Link NO REASON WE CAN'T GET CHEAPER OIL - JUST DRILL! Link America's Mission: Number One in Oil Production Link Three steps towards lower gas prices and a competent energy policy Link
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: the issue -- Most geologists agree that the potential of recoverable oil on the Coastal Plain is in the order of billions of barrels and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable gas and that these resources may rival the initial reserves at Prudhoe Bay. The validity of these estimates can only be proved by drilling exploratory wells. Before oil and gas development in the Coastal Plain can proceed, Congress and the President need to authorize leasing and development. Link
Making the case for ANWR development - Too Much Imported Oil: Bad for the Economy -- Through shortsighted actions, Congress and federal agencies have banned oil activity from more than 300 million acres of federal land onshore and more than 460 million acres offshore in the past 20 years. Link
Shout the battle cry to the Heavens: Drill Here! Drill Now! Link
And then on the other side, here are some arguments Against Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Link