Originally Posted By Mr X Please feel free to include any and all comments and updated information on the Young Trigg Scandal here, as they emerge. This should be interesting.
Originally Posted By mawnck Not that interested, actually. To those who missed the fun, some user named "Young Trig" went into Ms. Palin's Wikipedia article on Thursday, and essentially rewrote it to make it more positive, and in some cases misleading. The same thing happened on several other potential McCain VP entries, though to less of an extent. This kind of thing happens on Wikipedia ALL the time, since there's nothing stopping anybody from sprucing up their own entry (at least until the Wikipedia cops catch them, which they did in these cases), and anybody who assumes that the info on Wikipedia is correct is really too naive to be allowed on the internet. At best, it's like asking the next stranger you see on the street for the info. He might know what he's talking about, or he might be, well, certain posters from this board. ;-) It's a sneaky trick, but so dang common that blowing the whistle on this one incident is kind of disingenuous in the grand scheme of things. The guy from Wikipedia said they finally just blocked all editing access for all of Capitol Hill a few years ago, because there were so many bogus changes being done by politicians' staffs.
Originally Posted By spedboy I understand Trigg is Gov. Palin's son's name....the youngest son with Down's Syndrome...one of those things that make ya go "Hmmmmmmmm"...
Originally Posted By mawnck That fact stuck in my craw too. Whose brainstorm was it to use that moniker? Was the miscreant just unaware of the traceability of the changes? Or is Trig himself the leader of a vast rightwing conspiracy? Cause if he is, talk about inexperienced!
Originally Posted By oc_dean How does one name their children Trigg, and Track? Someone tell me! I think I can figure out "Trigg" ... as... she is 'trigger' happy with guns ... As she's a gun proponent, and a hunter!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>How does one name their children Trigg... Someone tell me!<< According to an article on the People Magazine site: >>Trig is a Norse word meaning "true" and "brave victory." The name is in honor of his great uncle, a Bristol Bay fisherman...<< <a href="http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/04/alaskan-governo.html" target="_blank">http://www.celebrity-babies.co...rno.html</a>
Originally Posted By dshyates Trigg and Track? Sounds like Senior year in High School. If her other kids were named Chem, Band and AP English, she'd have my entire schedule.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Maybe she can name her next baby "Test". To go along with Track. And I think I'll name 2 babies - Mael and Strom. Anybody want to go for Soarin' and Figment ? ;-)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>If her other kids were named Chem, Band and AP English, she'd have my entire schedule.<< LOL!
