A moment of levity - Palins' "fencetrocity" - The Mudflats

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.themudflats.net/2010/05/28/open-thread-photo-of-the-day-palins-new-fence/

Well, here’s the new fence. It’s quite the… fencetrosity. The whole thing has the look of someone taking an already high fence, and then finding another fence like it only of a different color, and stapling that fence on to the other fence, only a couple feet higher, creating some kind of awkward layered fence hybrid that looks like it may topple over at any moment. And it’s far more horrible looking from her side, than from the neighbor’s side. That’ll show ‘em.

And of course, all you have to do is sit on the lawn where there is no fence if you wanted a look at your neighbor’s property. And if you just wanted to keep someone from looking in your window, you could … I don’t know … draw the blinds at night like regular people.

And if you have property on a lake, and you’ve made such a huge deal about nobody looking at your house by pitching the Facebook fit of the year, and freaking out that someone might see you in a halter top and shorts, you can expect for certain that this will now become the new favorite sport of tourists and residents alike who are free to pass by, or float in front of the house at any time. What? Big boats can fit in the li’l ol’ swimmin’ hole? Say it ain’t so! Perhaps they’ll be scared off by the intimidating faux owl on the dock…

If not, Plan B may be another fence, three feet in front of the windows on the front of the house that goes all the way up to the roof line. That’ll out-clever the paparazzi.

But one thing is for certain – Mr. McGinniss can now rest easy and eat his oatmeal in peace in the morning without anyone peering at him from across the way.


(Thanks to Mudflatter Greg for the photo. You can see more HERE. http://www.photoshelter.com/c/greghensel/gallery/Palin-and-McGinniss/G0000nvKHMIKcM5w/

This is a really, really ugly fence. :rofl: All the more ironic when you consider that the house McGinniss has rented was formerly an Oxford House, a halfway house for felons and drug addicts coming out of jail.

[canetoad]

1. All class and style

those Palins. :rofl:

[kaiden]

2. That's one ugly house, the Palins'. Sheesh.

[HipChick]

4. It looks like a sports complex

that Tawd's friends built.

[eppur_se_muova]

26. *snarf* nt

:evilgrin:

[girl gone mad]

22. No kidding.

Were they trying to make a political statement with the color?

:puke:

[lillypaddle]

27. Sure is ugly

matches on the outside what is inside.

[Cleita]

3. Down here we need permits to do stuff like that.

Don't you guys need something like that? If you do, maybe your buildings inspector needs to look things over.

:evilgrin:

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I think Wasilla doesn't have building codes.

Seriously.

[Mist]

6. The Palins live in the smaller green house, and McGinness is renting the

nice big house with the amazing windows and view?

Looks like the Palins have constructed their own little prison camp, with the fence apparently inches from their windows.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

18. Other way around. (n/t)

[Mist]

30. Wow, the Palins mashed that fence right up next to the rented house?! I guess it's legal if

their property line extends over that far...

[charlie]

7. Looks like stapled-on popsicle sticks

Easily seen through and easily blown over. Geez Sarah, spend some extra bucks and do it right, for once in your life.

[struggle4progress]

21. Good fences might make good neighbors, but that's not a good fence

[Dappleganger]

8. What a grifter.

Seriously, if they want privacy from other people then fucking MOVE!

[Blue_In_AK]

11. They had the opportunity to buy the offending property.

In fact, they had rented it for six months. The owner had had the deck built at the Palins' request since they had said they wanted to purchase the property, but then they decided not to buy it and left the owner stuck with the $1500 bill for the new deck. You'd think with that $12 million she made last year she would have just bought this property outright and torn down the house if she wanted to. It seems that would have assured her privacy.

Too cheap, it seems.

[BlueMTexpat]

23. But then she wouldn't have had something new to

create a tempest in a teapot about. :nopity:

Imagine how she would "handle" an actual crisis!

Poor Alaska! It deserves much better than this phoney baloney. So do we all. :puke:

[pinboy3niner]

9. NOW she's upset?

"Tawd, the felons and drug addicts have moved out and now we have a *GASP* liberal living next door!!!"

My sympathies to Joe McGinniss...

[RamboLiberal]

10. McGinniss ought to get himself a nice pontoon boat

And just go anchor a bit offshore.

[johnaries]

12. Wait... which house is which?

the ugly, cheap-looking one on the left is the Palin house? Is that right?

[Blue_In_AK]

13. No, the big red one is theirs.

The one with the windows from the sports center.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Oh this is WAY too funny!

[Contrary1]

15. I would attach a recliner to the roof...

Just to see how high a fence could get.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

36. ...

[Swamp Rat]

16. LOL!

[BlueMTexpat]

24. You have captured her "essence" in your

inimitable style! Thanks! :kick:

[Swamp Rat]

25. Merci beaucoup

:hi:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

17. Kicking, because I'm highly amused by this story. (n/t)

[Contrary1]

19. Because someone who doesn't like to be watched...

Always installs windows like that in the front of their house.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

20. And points out the location of her 9-year-old daughter's bedroom.

The Facebook fit was fascinating...in an abnormal psychology sort of way.

[Bunny]

29. It really was fascinating, wasn't it?

I think it's very telling that she automatically assumes that grown men are pedophiles or child rapists or whatever when it comes to her daughters. Remember the tiff with Letterman, in which she claimed that Dave's lame joke about Bristol being knocked up had somehow besmirched 14-year old Willow? And now she fantasizes that author McGuinness wants to peep into little Piper's bedroom? She sexualizes her daughters when NO ONE ELSE is doing so, and I think that's just so peculiar.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

35. That's exactly it; I mean, who does that?!

Oh yeah, Sarah Palin.

I wonder who she teams with to "write" these little rants. That so many fall for the manipulation and button-pushing is really fascinating to me. She's a little minx, tending her garden in a tank top and shorts (what, no tiara?). She's a domestic goddess, baking pies. She's a good neighbor, offering a cup of sugar. She's literary, quoting Robert Frost (or 17th century proverbs).

She tries to portray herself as the great protector of children, yet she sexualizes her young daughters and mows the lawn (yeah, right) with a toddler strapped in a backpack.

And LOL @ Lake Lucille as a "swimming hole." What a loon.

[Greg K]

28. That fence looks unfinished. Did she quit building it halfway through?

[malaise]

31. That's way too classy

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :rofl:

[Hubert Flottz]

32. "Deputy Queen Sarah, Tear Down Your Wall!"

Now she can't keep an eye on Putin.

[IDemo]

33. The neighbor should play some loud Mariachi music for her

[eShirl]

34. Looks like the fence's only purpose is blocking any light entering his 2nd floor window.

It's like they said to themselves,"Hmm, what can we do to harass him without it legally being harassment?"