We Americans have our politicians, gangsters, movie stars, billionaires and ... oh yes, the Palins!

Sarah on the far right (of course); my favorite Palin, Trig, in Todd's arms (Todd's the multi-time dogsled champion and, for a short time, was married to the Governor of Alaska); and Bristol and her former/current/maybe future beau, Levi Johnston, second and third from the left! The white-haired guy over next to Sarah is rumored to be a cameo guest on her upcoming reality show--except that he ain't real and doesn't have Sarah's shapely legs! Also, if you click on the photo, you'll see why I decided not to identify the object in the old guy's right hand. This is, after all, a PG13-rated blog site.

Normally, vice-presidential candidates (particularly the losers) fade away like everything I print just after the time duration between when I buy a new print cartridge and then have to print a job application that is really important to me--typically three weeks.

But the Palins (in particular, Sarah the Sumptuous) are indestructible. Would you believe, we will even have the inaugural (deliberately chosen word) of Sarah's own reality show to compete with the midterm elections in November. And, of course, Bristol's and Levi's on-again-off-again relationship will keep us mentally occupied between now and 2012--the year that the Mayan calender (and the earth, presumably) go pffft.

This, friends, is the United States of America. Lord love a duck!