Todd Palin for border czar!
You’ve no doubt read about the Palin family’s snoopy new neighbor, author Joe McGinniss, who has rented a house 15 feet from the Palins’ backyard to conduct binocular-aided research for his Random House book. I’ll share more thoughts later on the media ethics issues and media double standards involved.
For his part, Todd Palin wasted no time doing what needs to be done to protect his borders from unwanted invasion.
Greta Van Susteren has a photo of the fence he has already built.
See the whole thing here.
I nominate Todd Palin for border czar.
If only our federal government acted as swiftly and decisively to protect the nation’s borders from intrusion…
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Is this so called author some kind of Pervert? Will he try and sneak into the Palins backyard and listen through the window? I rarely use this term but this guy should give everyone the creeps.
I’m in favor of giving Todd Palin the job of border czar. Of course, we may have to wait a couple of years till his wife becomes president.
It is sad that the fence and a/c the Palins had to install to keep this man from spying on them. I don’t blame Sarah and Todd to do all they need to so their family is protected. God be with them!
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Todd in a 2000 mile 4-wheeler race along the border!
Michelle, Please get us an e-mail or snail mail address (at his real home) for the cretin who moved in next door to Sarah Palin.
Turnabout is fair play.
Would have expected no less than this measured and swift response from the “First Dude” …
Now … how do we attract the all of the Bears, Wolves, Moose, et. al. to the other side of the Palin fence to give this pompous idiot something to write about for his summer stay in Alaska …
Todd the man. Now if only todd would beat joe down in a boxing match that would be super.
Isn’t this a form of stalking?
The old saying “fences make good neighbors” has always seemed to work except where the federal government is involved. The American way is to see a problem you solve it. If you point out a problem to the feds they seem to make it worse instead of better.
Need to ask Joe McGinniss if HE thinks fences work.
I don’t think the fence is enough. Todd needs to run a livestock shock wire (perfectly legal) across the top of the fence to keep the snooper at bay. Too bad Todd didn’t think to paint the backside of the fence screaming pink to annoy the snooper.
I dont think so. This lowers us to the level of SEIU. I wont go THAT low.
Now, the Palins need to get a pair of rottweilers. And maybe a pellet gun, so when that voyeur starts peeking at them….
You know back in the day, Todd would of taken care of it the way any man who’s woman felt threatened by a stalker would – beat the living s**t out of the guy. I would not allow my woman to be dominated and intimidated by another man. I know it is tough on Todd because he probably has wanted to do so but has been advised by Sarah to just let it be.
Todd is being too nice.
If I were Todd I’d run the creep out of the neighborhood. I would make this creep’s life miserable 24/7. He’d wished he’d never moved in.
Mega dittos. 40 years ago that would be the case & the police would not see a thing.
Better yet; add a layer of highly reflective paint to the other side so that the sun glare would be unbearable.
From what I understand, there are plenty of bears and wolves in Alaska. Dangerous country should anyone find himself wandering alone in the woods for inspiration.
I’m just sayin’…
Is is a sad day that anyone has to live in fear of stalkers such as this. With high tech cameras and listening devices even a modicum of privacy is a thing of the past. We will be hearing more from this creep author Joe McGinniss-predators such as he always push the envelope to the breaking point. I just hope it not at the Palins’.
With any luck the man will get eaten by a bear and the city sanitation crew can scoop him up and haul the scaaway.
SCAT AWAY
Alaska isn’t Chicago. First, Alaskans still maintain their 2nd amendment right to carry a gun without having to have a license. Second, if that Joe Schmo guy violates the plane of that fence he’ll find out why. Third, in Alaska you don’t have to find a construction site for someone to go “missing”.
no need for that, he’s got a listening device in his house. likely will also be going thru the trash if they put it out at night.
I’m appalled by this idiot who thinks he has the right to stalk and invade the privacy of Sarah Palin. The really sad thing is there are people waiting to read the trash, probably made up, that said idiot is going to publish.
He needs to be horse whipped and run out of town.
That’s a good start. Good for Todd. I’d go with a taller fence though. Something like what you see around a tennis court. Say 20 feet high with a completely opaque screen.
They should also play music constantly to mask their conversations that he no doubt is trying to record.
They should also check to see if there are laws covering this sort of peeping Tom behavior.
This is the same stalker who bid $60K to have dinner with the Palins (charity auction a while back). Good thing he was outbid.
I think the man is obsessed with Palin.
This is so incredibly slimy.
Todd, my neighbors shoot off fireworks every July and I have numerous hits on my roof and house and yard. Just a thought.
A lost art to be sure
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Let your sidearm be like Master Card:
Don’t Leave home without it.
Another thought is a very bright light or two strategically placed to run all night. Although it would be more effective in winter, every parasite needs light shown upon them.
That and the old tar and feather thing. But you wouldn’t want to step on someone’s rights, now would ya? /sarc off
Isn’t it amazing that if the same type of person moved in next to the POTUS, the secret service would have him arrested based upon safety concerns, yet Sarah, who almost became the VPOTUS, can’t do much about it.
“It seems that weird stuff happens around me, and I have no idea what to attribute that to” – Joe McGinnis
Looks like Todd left just enough room at the bottom to hammer his toes if he peeks. Ouch. I’d just punch the fence and say I tripped.
TigerLady: it isn’t his “rights” that need stepping on-but I digress as it were.
No, the police would have seen everything. Then they would have thanked Todd and even bought him a beer for helping them with their job!
I’d give Todd and Sarah any damn job they want!
It’s because he is weird.
I think the Palin’s should play into this. Get a few webcams and set them up around the property so they can see what “Mervert the Pervert” is up to. Make sure to record all of it.
Include stuff that is obviously out of character when they throw away the trash. Hold scripted conversations near the fence. You know, all the good conspiratorial stuff.
Then wait for the book to see egg on McGinniss’ face.
Nice fence, but where’s the concertina wire?
He just put up a fence. Just like that. What? No committees? No consideration to the toll it may have on the environment? Did he get the feeling of the ACLU? How about the many minority groups that could be impacted? I suppose he is or was a union member so maybe that wasn’t a concern. He didn’t even take a few weeks to do several surveys and polls to get the publics thoughts on such a thing.
Todd Palin = Real man
Barry Obama = Prissy little elitist politician
Todd should invite this degenerate pervert over to his house as a gesture and while they are conversing with one another, Todd should take out his rifles and start cleaning them. He should then imply that Alaska is a dangerous place and that he would be willing to do ANYTHING necessary to protect his family.
DesertLover said:
Now … how do we attract the all of the Bears, Wolves, Moose, et. al. to the other side of the Palin fence to give this pompous idiot something to write about for his summer stay in Alaska …
Answer:
Pour a trail of honey from the wilderness to his bedroom window.
Great idea!
When a friend met his daughter’s boyfriend for the first time, he was cleaning his shotgun. When the boy brought is daughter back home after the date, he was cleaning his automatic pistol.
Needless to say, civility reigns.
I bet the fence didn’t cost a 3.7 million dollars a mile either to build. And I’ll bet there is someone with a loaded gun and the will to use it on the other side.
I have an idea for a “border fence” with Mexico.
Why not exhume Teddy Kennedy from Arlington (where he does not belong) and bury him on the U.S./Mexico border. It can be like a pilgrimage stop for all the illegals. We can say it is honoring him because he never wanted a fence built in the first place.
This way, he can watch over the border to ensure no fence is ever built.
Some interesting ideas here, but they pretty much amount to one thing (well, the sane ones, anyway): The Palins are forced to imprison themselves to avoid this character. That’s just wrong. I have an idea how they feel, though. I’ve had awful neighbors for years and haven’t been able to do anything about it.
Barring the “insane” alternative, you could move.
Excellent…!!!
No doubt the vast majority will be made up of hateful, sick minded, intolerant liberals….sick bastards they are.
I hope it is an electric fence.
As of a week ago, Mr. McGinnis had a facebook page. I am guessing that he used all of his privacy settings.
It is amazing how Grizzly bears, wolves and other predatory animals know who are weak and can be easily and safely attacked. On this basis, McGinnis will probably be facing more than his fair share of these animals so Todd Palin was right to build a fence. After all, he doesn’t want these protected species making a mistake and wandering onto his well protected territory.
On a serious note, Somali al queda terrorists are apparently trying to get across the Texas/Mexico border. It would be prudent for Governor Perry to deputize any American citizens who is willing to patrol the southern border and has a loaded AK-47.
Here’s a Bible warning to neighborhood pests. The snoop deserves a massive dose of hatred from the Palins.
I noticed on Michelle’s buzzworthy that Sarah has this article on her site. Great work Michelle as usual!
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Why didn’t he arrange to live in Palin’s house? What a sicko. I doubt that he could stand up to this kind of scrutiny. You’d think that Sarah had been proposed for sainthood.
Best way to stop this stalking: Millions of real Americans vowing not to buy any books by Joe McGinniss or his publisher, Random House.
The American people have the power to stop this behavior!
Obama imediately dispatched 1200 National Guard troops to the Palin house to stop the Palins from running drugs and arms into the McGinniss yard.
What’s it called – “I can see a 14-year-old-girl from my kitchen”?
Todd should actively undress (figuratively speaking) this jackass of a reporter with all available means, and show the world how stupid some of the supposedly smartypants really are.
Todd should have a facebook blog or something similar to that where he can write his daily happenings on what this stupid tool is doing to fill up his trashy book.
Make his life miserable, make him regret his judgment of renting a house next to Palin. It should be a living hell of 6 months while living next to the Palins.
Much strangeness about this deal here. I heard Sarah on Beck’s talking about this, and apparently Todd had been trying to get hold of the absent neighbor who rented the place to this moron Maginnis for almost a year with the intention of buying the place, and COULD NOT contact her. Yet this clown not only finds her but arranges to rent the place. Just like that. Another Palin hater maybe?
You just have to know that this guy fully intended to push Todd to get physical with him so he could sue him, have him arrested, or make a new chapter in his “book” – all of which would hurt Sarah politically. It’s the Dem way, after all.
Two words: Outdoor speakers.
Very loud ones. On all the time. Playing disco.
On May 27th, 2010 at 4:35 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
I recommend this.
Over, and over, and over, and over….
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews had pervert Michael David Barrett watching and video taping… and now the Palins have a sexual deviant to deal with. I assume their new neighbor, Joe McGinniss, is out to secretly video tape for his child porn collection.
I have been reading many a liberal comment today about the fence. Screeches about how it violates local zoning laws, no permit, etc.
I lived in Alaska for 32 years, mostly near Fairbanks. There were few if any zoning laws outside of city/town limits. I do not know Wasilla well at all so I called up a map on the net of the area and her exact address. Sarah and Todds place is certainly not in downtown Willow. In fact, the closest elementary school to their place is in Houston, a small town some miles west of Wasilla.
The common error people make is assumming since her home is Wasilla she obviously lives IN Wasilla itself. Not necessarily so. At one point I lived 20 miles south of North Pole and that many miles outside of the town limits. But if anyone from outside ever asked where I lived…….. North Pole was the correct answer, it was the nearest town and I even got my mail there.
Funny and true story. I brought my mother to Fairbanks for a visit from NJ. We went to a party at a friends house in North Pole. She was admiring his brand new Riteway wood and cool stove. “Was it a lot of trouble getting the permits to have it put in? And did you have to wait a long time for it to be inspected before you could use it?” She was confused at everyone’s hysterical laughter at the questions. My friend explained to her that “If anyone came and told me I needed a permit to put it in and use it, I would deck him at the front door.”
Nowadays, because of air quality problems in the winter there are some wood burning restrictions at certain times when the weather conditions that keep the pollutants down low occur. But for most people, burning wood was mostly a way of lowering their winter fuel costs anyway.
Back to the Palin’s. It is not outside the realm of possibility of Todd eventually having a need to seriously kick this guys a**. From a public relations standpoint, maybe a bad move. But the momentary satisfaction might be worth it.
Of course there is something to be said for the another recommendation I have heard. The Palin’s should rent a place elsewhere for 6 months and let the hack sit there with nothing to spy on.
There’s one aspect about all this I don’t get. I thought Alaska was a place of wide open spaces? I’m in a suburb 15 minutes north of Boston on an acre of land. My closest neighbor’s house is over 80 feet away, (and I can barely see their house through the trees and shrubs anyway). If I wanted to be in a place where my neighbor’s house was only 15 feet away – I’d move to Chelsea.
Why are any houses that close together in Alaska?
My aunt’s boyfriend had a pool about 10 years ago on an open area.
They fenced it off when some guy stood at the door of his porch watching the kids swim.