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Dude, I like Van Palin, not Van Hagar!

"special challenges" yikes!
i'll keep the snark to myself on this post.

"special challenges" doesn't sound so happy happy joy joy. Any clue as to the issue?

So they were trying to decide between Cosine and Tangent and just compromised?

"The Palins have four other children including Track, 18, Bristol , 17, Willow , 13 and Piper, 7."

TRACK?!!!

@flatlands: They could be refering to the name they were about to give it.

@SayItWithWookies: Right, he was born after Algebra and Calculus.

These names sound EERILY similar to Romney's asshole son's names, 'Tag' and 'Taint'. Ok I made that up.

Apparently they love naming their children after their favorite anti-depressants!

Trig?

Susan was clearly impregnated in the right triangle position, a.k.a doggy-style.

Special challenges @flatlands:

Tabletop Trig.

Maybe they should have just named him 'Breech'.

@WadISay: Judging from the names of the older children, Sarah clearly doesn't see this as a challenge...
I can't even imagine how often those kids get beat up at school.

@flatlands: special challenges = being born into a Republican family. And being "blessed" with a name like Trig.

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@johnbinpt: Track was born after Trigonometry but before Home Ec.

The "special challenges" refer to the future teasing he will have to endure because of his gay name.

Trig? What are the others named? Sine, Cosine, Tangent, and Geometry?

With that name, I'm sure he'll be a real pistol growing up.

@BaconCat:
nope, track was before trig. and that's no joke.

Seriously, though, given her age, there are a number of risk factors. Down's syndrome comes to mind.

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"TRIG" is "GRIT" spelled backwards. They're publishing Grit Magazine again.

Rural people don't have to be bitter anymore!

I haven't seen the blink tag in 9 years. This brings back so many memories.

The joke up here is that the kids are all named after the location of their conception. Track (high school stadium) Willow (a town near where the Palin lives) Bristol (after Bristol Bay, where Todd Palin's family is from, and where their fish camp is) and Piper, after the family plane. Paxson is a town in interior Alaska. A lot of people were betting on "Juneau" for this one, but she's never there anyway.

@MikeL: "TRIG" is "GRIT" spelled backwards

Kinda..

TRIG?

TRACK?

WILLOW?

BRISTOL?

PIPER?

Is the meth especially potent up in Alaska?

I feel sorry for the next male child. It'll be rough growing up with a name like Hygiene.

Trigger?

Wait. I'm confused. Did America's favorite GILF have deliver a son or a puppy?

@lacey in ak:

Trigger was Roy Autry's horse; might they have been doin' some really kinky stuff?

I'd like to think so.

Me too, me too. :)

I just want to remind the governor that it is her right to breast feed in public. Hopefully near a news camera

@lacey in ak: This revelation boggles the mind - I thought this kind of shit-for-brains stuff was strictly a Beckham thing. So what will the next kid's name be? Snowcat? Subaru? Bathtub?

On the other hand, I actually like the girls' names. Poor boys.

Wow - 5 kids, great skin, hair and teeth. Nice smile. From what I can tell of her business suit look, theres a pretty decent body under there. AND she like the great outdoors. What kind of freak is this? Is she a fembot?

I didn't know that Tina Fey got into politics.

Down Syndrome is fairly common when the mother is 35 or older. Sarah Palin is 44.

Track, 18, is her only other son, and he joined the Army last September. Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7, are all girls.

She's the most popular governor in the US, with 93% approval ratings. Looks like the perfect running mate for McCain. Especially if he has a heart attack in October, and doctors announce he will be dead 2 days after he's inaugurated.

And daveman666? I think men would show their support for the feminist cause if she would breastfeed during campaign appearances.

@suburbman: Is "irritatingly overachieving Mom" the phrase you're looking for?

@Joey_Ratz: Oh it's this "I'm a real Alaskan" thing she's got going. She hunts, fishes, has ridiculous leather clothing, and inappropriately named children. These endearing qualities reduce grown men to giggles in person. Trust me, I've seen it happen. I watched two of the most unemotional people I've ever met in my life become total starry-eyed teenagers when they met her.

@suburbman: perhaps "Republican Gubernatin' Little Miracle Factory" would do.

Trig & Track. It's like Click & Clack the Tappet brothers.

Soooo... the governor conceals her pregnancy and never mentions that she's in labor when she boards a commercial airliner... all so she wouldn't be forced to have her child in Texas.

Everything we want in a leader.

Let's see, what's the phrase I'm looking for...

Mother, let me give you another!

most commercial airliners will not let you fly 8 months pregnant...let alone in labor. it is extremely dangerous.
i have never seen a picture of sarah palin pregnant with this baby.
rumor in these woods is that it is not sarah's baby.
it's her 17yo daughters.

News confirmed, the baby has Downs.

Trig as in, "Lack of folic acid during pregnancy can Trigger birth defects".

@amygdala1: He doesn't have spina bifida, he has Down syndrome.

@Gopherit: In Alaska that includes the inability to tell crude from sweet crude.
And yes, I am not a nice person.

Trig is a perfect name for a future law enforcement officer!

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The blink tag...

...and my browser ( Opera ) supports it...

...this makes me sad...

@MikeL: Trig backwards spells "Girt"

Is the third word a clue to where the kid was conceived?

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I've had her. Twice. On the Air Alaska Governor's plane, Oily One. They rent out the other seats. I did her in the loo, and then she came back for sloppy seconds. It was better the first time. And she's not that hot. Two words: Pussy Farts.
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Yes, the baby has been said to have Down's Syndrome. Palin's water broke right before she gave a speech....then hopped on an Alaska Airlines flight to try and get back to Alaska before baby was born. The newspaper is trying to backpedal now saying they don't know the details of the labor, and her parents are now declining to speak. Just last night her father was on KTUU and told of her water breaking before the speech, and THEN flying all the way back to Alaska. What an irresponsible mother to risk the life of her child and possibly inconvenience an entire plane full of people. Lots of talk about this issue in the state today.

This Norway Spruce tree is 10,000 years old. Isn't that mind blowing?

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Fascinating stuff.

@Dernyul:

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Man On Fire - A Bullet Always Tells The Truth

OMGWTFBBQ.

Reality is an interpretation.

Reality is the golden mandala of bliss awareness.

Jim Newell,

"We knew through early testing he would face special challenges"

It doesn't take a focus-group to tell you that if you name your kid Trig, he is going to get the crap kicked out of him everyday at school.

Sincerely and respectfully,

Mr-Clark

@grad69:
Trigger was Roy Rogers' horse.
Dales Evans' was Buttermilk & their dog was Bullet.
The Jeep was Nellie Belle.

Gene Autry's horse was Champion.

I actually watched those shows as a kid.
Saturday morning TV was great in the 50s & 60s.
None of this edutainment crap, just pure, dumb & really crappy entertainment.

And Happy Trails To You!

Most Alaskans are so thoughtful, so understanding of the needs of Sarah and her narcissistic ways. She and Todd took a stand to leave the state and boarded a flight in 8th month, after water broke, stayed to do a worthless PR speech, lands than drives to the Valley to finally deliver!?! All this shows is lack of responiable decision making skills! She is making every wrong decision and gets positive attention for it. As the real need for her attention to be the caregiver of this child's challenges for the rest of his life is neglected by the press and apparently Todd and Sarah. Palin Family needs Sarah's attention good or bad-Alaska does not need Sarah! Which is good, very good

His name is Trig. You do the math.

Trig Paxson Van Palin=
...Snap Torn Vaginal Pix
...Planning Taxi Vapors
...Nirvanas Taxing Plop

So he'll either grow up to be a gynecological photographer or an Air-Freshener executive, or he'll take a transcendently difficult crap.

Sounds like a bright future, Trig Paxson Van Palin!

So she knowingly had a Down's Syndrome Child, or some other genetic anomaly. Does "loving the special gift" manifest itself by the way they immediately consign the kid to institutionalization?

@Mr-Clark: You're so late on that you should check your period.

✓.

It's irresponsible to keep breeding when the risk for popping out a "special child" are so high. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Snip snip, Mr. Husband.

Today's Anchorage Daily News has more detail on the child (Down Syndrome) and her labor/trip home:

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Wow, just reading these posts reminds me how blessed I am to live up here in Alaska! Just to answer some of your snarkily stated questions: the special challenges Trig faces is Downs Syndrome, which his family and many of us do not see as a tragedy or a reason he should have been killed. Sarah Palin is a tough woman, but she's also smart, and kind, and beautiful. She can fish and hunt and snowmachine and still be a lady. We let girls grow up that way here. And finally, Trig is an unusual name, but he won't get beat up. That's another thing we do up here: let people be different without tearing them down to seem cool and sophisticated. I'd invite you up for a visit, but I kinda doubt you'd like it.

@lacey in ak:
Comment on BREAKING: HOT DISH SARAH PALIN GIVES BIRTH, KID HAS WEIRD NAME piper was not just the family plane, they took a fishing trip up north and guess what happened. Yeah, Piper come along 9 months later. Heard that almost from the horses's mouth. Sarah is a sweet woman, caring mom, I don't know about her politics, she says what she thinks people want to hear

@grad69:
Comment on BREAKING: HOT DISH SARAH PALIN GIVES BIRTH, KID HAS WEIRD NAME Roy Rogers horse is names trigger. Gene Autrey, he had a horse by a different name. buttermilk maybe?