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And it's not Michael Palin either. It's Sarah's 19 year old daughter Bristol, who with her 1 year old in tow, is hitting the speaking circiut. As if her mom wasn't bad enough, at least she had some jobs to talk about. But, what does Bristol have to talk about? Team Edward vs Team Jacob? Swollen ankles? This is worse cronism than the Bush family. And Bristol might actually be less qualified than George the Younger.
JUNEAU, Alaska – Bristol Palin is hitting the speakers' circuit and will command between $15,000 and $30,000 for each appearance, Palin family attorney Thomas Van Flein said Monday.
In the dark future, there are skulls for everyone. But only the bad guys get spikes. And rivets for all, apparently welding was lost in the Dark Age of Technology. -from C.Borer
Probably to talk about being a single mom and all the 2008 fun. Who knows? Who cares? I sure don't.
On the positive she's almost as qualified as your average community organizer...
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Frazzled wrote:Probably to talk about being a single mom and all the 2008 fun. Who knows? Who cares?
On the positive she's almost as qualified as your average community organizer...
Yeah, spitting out a baby and having corrupt idiot parents are great qualifications. Being a single mother must be so hard when your family has MILLIONS OF GOD DAMN DOLLARS. She has no important or relevant life experiences to share at her age and with that background.
He said he believes she's interested in expanding her message beyond teen pregnancy to include her experiences on the campaign trail and in the media spotlight; her parenting approach; and her outlook on life.
Her message beyond teen pregnancy. Yes, her message of look how hot I am, it's ok to have kids as a teen. Her many experiences on the campaign trail that she has never been on and her parenting approach of having millions of dollars and no job. All those important messages.
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will command between $15,000 and $30,000 for each appearance
Holy crap !
Well... doubt she's got anything of interest to say really, but good luck to her I suppose.
Nice work if you can get it.
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"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Neil Gaiman charges $45,000 to $60,000--with the prices inflated while he's busy by his agent so that he's not really interrupted while he's working on projects.
reds8n wrote:will command between $15,000 and $30,000 for each appearance at strip clubs around the country
fixed it for you.
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Frazzled wrote:On the positive she's almost as qualified as your average community organizer...
To do what? Pop her bubblegum and twirl her hair?
Hey, if she can get people shelling out that kinda dough for the priviledge of hearing her talk - good for her. I don't get it though. Wonder how long it'll take Larry Flynt to make a porn parody about her..........
In the dark future, there are skulls for everyone. But only the bad guys get spikes. And rivets for all, apparently welding was lost in the Dark Age of Technology. -from C.Borer
Kanluwen wrote:Those speaking fees are about normal, actually.
Neil Gaiman charges $45,000 to $60,000--with the prices inflated while he's busy by his agent so that he's not really interrupted while he's working on projects.
Normal for, you know, people who are successful in their field. Look at Tony Blair, he's a Middle East Peace envoy and earns millions from public speaking, and when was the last time the Middle east was on ..the...news....hmm....
..bugger.
I swear there must have been 1 day at school which I missed which covered how to get all these jobs. That would be the day we all skived off to buy and play "Mighty Empires" ( old skool first edition FTW of course) no doubt. I regret nothing ! NOTHING I TELL THEE !
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Kanluwen wrote: We can't let logic distract Frazzled from a jab at Obama, now can we?
Frazzled - Logic = world asplodded by falling weiner dogs.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
Kanluwen wrote:Those speaking fees are about normal, actually.
Neil Gaiman charges $45,000 to $60,000--with the prices inflated while he's busy by his agent so that he's not really interrupted while he's working on projects.
Normal for, you know, people who are successful in their field. Look at Tony Blair, he's a Middle East Peace envoy and earns millions from public speaking, and when was the last time the Middle east was on ..the...news....hmm....
..bugger.
I swear there must have been 1 day at school which I missed which covered how to get all these jobs. That would be the day we all skived off to buy and play "Mighty Empires" ( old skool first edition FTW of course) no doubt. I regret nothing ! NOTHING I TELL THEE !
Well, I guess you have to be important to begin with
Like I said, Neil Gaiman made a post awhile back about why his speaking fees are "so high" as someone who tried to get him to speak at their high school graduation was complaining about.
It was interesting, because he stated he'd rather be speaking than writing--which is why his agent bumps the price up when he has deadlines
Kanluwen wrote:Those speaking fees are about normal, actually.
Neil Gaiman charges $45,000 to $60,000--with the prices inflated while he's busy by his agent so that he's not really interrupted while he's working on projects.
Normal for, you know, people who are successful in their field. Look at Tony Blair, he's a Middle East Peace envoy and earns millions from public speaking, and when was the last time the Middle east was on ..the...news....hmm....
..bugger.
I swear there must have been 1 day at school which I missed which covered how to get all these jobs. That would be the day we all skived off to buy and play "Mighty Empires" ( old skool first edition FTW of course) no doubt. I regret nothing ! NOTHING I TELL THEE !
Well, I guess you have to be important to begin with
Like I said, Neil Gaiman made a post awhile back about why his speaking fees are "so high" as someone who tried to get him to speak at their high school graduation was complaining about.
It was interesting, because he stated he'd rather be speaking than writing--which is why his agent bumps the price up when he has deadlines
Or it could just be that he's greedy and is perfectly willing to charge exorbitant prices because he knows people will pay. He's paid too much but he isn't even close to being in the same league of graft and manipulation as the palin family. Exploiting the stupid is a multimillion dollar job and her family collects in spades.
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Kanluwen wrote:Nope, those prices are about normal for speakers who don't already have a contract with the events for speaking.
Jim Butcher, author of "The Dresden Files", costs roughly $50,000 for a 3 hour speaking presentation.
Yes, and I believe that the industry standard is far too high, but thats more of my issue with the capitalism of fame vs the capitalism of worth.
The difference is that in both cases, those costs are for them being asked to do presentations that they don't want to.
Writers don't want to, as far as I know, have to appear at dozens of events a year taking away from their work.
In cases like DragonCon or Comicon they have no issues appearing for free on panels, etc.
Yes, the conventions where their presence will help sell the books they will be hawking at those same panels. Yes, I'm sure they are quite willing to get mass media attention to advertise without having to be payed for it. Shocking.
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Or it could just be that he's greedy and is perfectly willing to charge exorbitant prices because he knows people will pay. He's paid too much but he isn't even close to being in the same league of graft and manipulation as A Dakka Moderator. Exploiting the stupid is a multimillion dollar job and the moderation team collects in spades.
Thank you, it's like you see into my very soul. MY. VERY. SOUL.
oh.. hang on, no, no, no I swapped that years ago for "spokey dokeys"
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
ShumaGorath wrote:
Or it could just be that he's greedy and is perfectly willing to charge exorbitant prices because he knows people will pay. He's paid too much but he isn't even close to being in the same league of graft and manipulation as A Dakka Moderator. Exploiting the stupid is a multimillion dollar job and the moderation team collects in spades.
Thank you, it's like you see into my very soul. MY. VERY. SOUL.
oh.. hang on, no, no, no I swapped that years ago for "spokey dokeys"
It's unfortunate that the wargaming audience is too poor to pay your prices! Too much money spent on warhams.
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..hmm... although.... she's single.... a single mother in fact...... scientifically proven that Septic women go mad for a the refined tones of a British Man ( Scouse and BRummy accents aside I'll grant you).....
... and $15-30K buys a lot of Warhams even with their price rises...
And what makes it even more perfect is we already know she has low standards when it comes to men already ! RESULT !
THis time next year I could be being inducted into the "Skull and Bones" society and doing.. doing.. whatever it is they do over Geronimo's skull there !
.. mind you.. that would be a lot of effort. *sighs, opens another beer*
.. YOu had Spokey Dokeys over the pond as well then. Good, good.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Seal her in a can and fire her into the sun!
That would require billlions. FOr that sum I could get sharks with frigging lazer beams. Clearly thats more important. If I had sharks with frigging lazer beams than the Weinie legiosn would have their naval component oh wait...er never mind.
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Kanluwen wrote: We can't let logic distract Frazzled from a jab at Obama, now can we?
Frazzled - Logic = world asplodded by falling weiner dogs.
Thanks. Now I have to explains why barbeque potato chips are now all over the monitor at work.
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-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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Holy crap !
Too much money spent on warhams.
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