Sarah Palin posted a March 11th post on Twitter regarding the tragic events in Japan and described them as “turbulent times.”  No definition of “turbulent times” was provided. As stated in my previous post I found her comments to be highly insensitive and offensive. However let’s pause to consider what Sarah Palin might have meant. What “turbulent times” in her life could she be referring to?

1. THE FINDING OF THE ALASKA LEGISLATIVE PANEL IN THE TROOPERGATE MATTER THAT SARAH PALIN… “UNLAWFULLY ABUSED HER POWER AS GOVERNOR BY TRYING TO HAVE HER FORMER BROTHER-IN-LAW FIRED AS A STATE TROOPER.” Investigator Stephen Branchflower, in a report to a bipartisan panel that looked into the matter, found Palin in violation of a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain.

“Palin “knowingly … permitted [husband] Todd Palin to use the governor’s office and the resources of the governor’s office … in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired.”

The Troopergate matter became even more “turbulent” for Palin when she lied about the findings of the bi-partisan legislative panel when she said”

“If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member,” … “You got to read the report.”

2. PALIN AND MCCAIN LOST THE 2008 ELECTION. Palin was called the “fatal cancer” to the Republican Party. She “rallied the religious right to life, but then killed McCain’s campaign.

3. THE STABBING OF A NEW YORK MUSLIM TAXI CAB DRIVER AFTER PALIN POSTED A COMMENT ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE, SUGGESTING THAT IT “STABS” A PERSON IN THE HEART TO THINK OF BUILDING A MOSQUE IN NEW YORK.

4. THE SHOOTING OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND THE KILLING OF 6 INNOCENT PEOPLE AFTER PALIN POSTED TARGETS ON HER FACEBOOK MAP OF GABBY GIFFORDS. The times became even more turbulent when Giffords herself gave a televised interview condemning the use of rhetoric designed to inspire violence.  The turbulence reached a peak when Palin suggested that she was a victim in the Arizona shootings, and used the anti-Semitic term, Blood Libel.  The turbulence became fatal when it was revealed that Palin had been told by Roger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News, not to use the term “blood libel” but she did so anyway.

5.  THE SUGGESTION THAT THE WAY TO SOLVE THE GULF OIL SPILL WAS TO BUILD DIKES.

6. ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATES IN THE 2010 ELECTION WHO TURNED OUT TO BE AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR PALIN.

Joe Miller, Vaughn Ward, Sharon Angle, Christine O’Donnell, and Star Parker all lost the 2010 election, and each caused significant “turbulence” for Sarah Palin. Joe Miller admitted the inappropriate use of other people’s computers, indicated that he “might” have child pornography on his computer, and lost the election to a Republican who was a write-in candidate. A write-in candidate had not won a Senate seat in over 50 years.

Ward admitted he didn’t care if Puerto Rico was a territory or country.  He also plagiarized one of Obama’s speeches.

Angle suggested the solution for rape was to make lemonade.

O’Donnell denied she was a witch,  after announcing on national television that she “dabbled in witchcraft.”

Star Parker admitted that she had committed armed robbery, welfare fraud, and used abortion as her “preferred method of birth control.

7. The publication of the story by the National Enquirer that Todd had paid a prostitute for sex.

The list goes on and on. Sarah Palin has experienced humiliation when caught using her hand-o-prompter. The Empress gave a speech for which she was paid $100,000.00 and made an important mistake regarding the location of Ronald Reagan’s college. The tempestuous days continued for Palin that day she publicized her disapproval of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a particular case because they protected the right of free speech and religion when the protesters in question were proponents of a message with which Palin disagreed.

However these were documented “turbulent times” for Sarah Palin. Just imagine the other challenges she might have had to deal with that have not been reported and are purely imagined…

1. The day someone other than a member of the McCain staff washed her underwear.

2. The day Sarah was to give a speech and they gave her a straight straw instead of a bendable one.

3. The day the Empress ran out of pot while in college in Hawaii. (Bennett, Lorenzo, Trailblazer.)

4. The day the Half-Term Ex-Governor fell asleep in the tanning bed and turned orange.

5. The day the moose meat in the frig was filmed by the TLC crew and it had someone else’s hand writing on it.

6. The day some blogger found out that Grandma Palin didn’t have a hunting license in 2008 and 2009.

7. The day some blogger found out that it was Paliln’s attorney who asked the Anchorage Police Department to issue a press release to the National Enquirer.

8. The day some blogger realized that Empress was naked and that she never read her own book.

9. The day Game Change was available in book stores.

10. The day the limo showed up to pick up Sarah Palin and it was hot pink instead of black.

11. The day the Empress got mud on her leopard skin shoes.

12. The day the hairdresser made the Empress’s hair rise higher than her crown.

13. The day the teacher made the sign saying that Palin was the worst governor ever, when she wasn’t even the governor.

14. The day Mother Palin left Trig on the airplane.

15. The day the “hunter” tried to shoot a gun.

16. The day the Empress broke a fingernail right before one of her $100,000.00 speeches..

17. The day Piper burned the cupcakes.

18. The day Todd’s aim was better than Sarah’s and the can of Spaghetti O’s burst upon impact and she had to change clothes.

19. The day the Half-term Ex-Governor’s taco was soggy.

20. The day the fly got into Grandma Palin’s Diet Dr. Pepper.

21. The day B.S. (Beautiful Sarah) said she had a picture on her office wall of Mr. Smith from the movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington, but the camera from the TLC show proved that the walls were empty.

22. The day Candidate Palin was interviewed by Katie Couric.

23. The day the Empress was interviewed by Charles Gibson.

24. The day Grandma’s car broke down on the Road to Nowhere, and there was nobody on the road to help her.

25. The day the judge ruled that the property owner who owned the land in Wasilla where Mayor Palin authorized the construction of the hockey center to begin, was the owner of the land, and Mayor Palin has no right to confiscate his land.

26. The day Governor Palin resigned as Governor and she could no longer get the citizens of Alaska to pay her for use of her home.

27. The day someone returned Going Rogue in the mail with a re-cycling label around it.

28. The day Palin’s hair piece got caught in the ceiling fan.

29. The day Track almost got to the last level of Mortal Kombat, but Trig spilled his bottle on the controller.

30. The day Todd got drunk and rode his snowmobile into Lake Lucille and got water in the gas tank.

31. The day that Bristol couldn’t decide whether to rip off Mark Ballas’ shirt or his  pants.

32. The day the Empress appeared with Glenn Beck and he called “Bullcrap” on every answer she gave.

33. The day the mama Grizzley had to have pictures taken while she was holding Trig.

34. The day that Governor Palin had to pretend to be pregnant.

35. The day that Trig dropped mom’s push-up bra in the bath tub.

36. The day the baby sitter was 15 minutes late, and Sarah had to change Trig’s diaper.

37. The day she heard Whoopie Goldberg call Glenn Beck a lying sack of dog mess.

38. The day Piper’s teacher made her come to school.

“Turbulent” means unrest, disorder, or disruptive. For Palin to characterize the horrific devastation in Japan as “turbulent” is offensive and insensitive. Sarah Palin has never experienced a disaster in her lifetime that is in any way comparable to the nightmare faced by the people of Japan. The quake was so powerful that tsunami warnings were issued for at least 50 countries. Japanese officials reported the derailment of at least one train, and loss of contact with four others. Six million households, more than 10% of all households in Japan, lost electricity. Rail service was suspended and highways were shut down. Thousands of people were homeless. Radiation is leaking from at least four nuclear plants.  Last night, Japan’s chief government spokesman said that a meltdown was “highly likely” at three of the nuclear reactors on the country’s shattered northeastern coast.  A senior geologist said it would be a miracle if the death toll turns out to be less than 10,000.

To make matters worse, another quake is expected in the next three days, and experts predict it will be only slightly less powerful at 7.0

Thank God Sarah Palin was not representing the United States during this catastrophic disaster. Thank God we are not relying upon Palin’s “common sense” to determine the appropriate reaction of the United States. Thank God the President of the United States didn’t send Japan a Twitter comment saying they should make lemonade.