Sarah Palin takes Alaska's "birthright" off the market

Sarah Palin doesn't want us to forget she's still around and cooking something up for 2012. This time she got up on her high horse and in an opinion piece published in the Anchorage Daily News proclaimed she would not accept some of the stimulus money offered to the state by the federal government. However, like the police captain in "Casablanca" who says he is shocked there is gambling going on while someone hands him his winnings, Sarah tosses verbal darts at the federal government while pocketing most of the money she claims is so costly. According to the sage from Wassilla, "My job is to help Alaskans count the cost for the long term, not sell our birthright for short-term gain."

I don't suggest she sell Alaska's birthright. But selling some of those expensive threads she got last year might be a good start.