If so, will Palin become a lightning rod for the hard core right yet turn off rational thinking Americans who have greater concerns for the country?
You can contact the EEOC or the Department of Labor to ask them about filing a complaint through their processes if you can't afford an attorney. Don't you even know one person who is an attorney, like a family friend who will at least do you the favor of sending them a letter threatening legal action on your behalf? Ask your friends/family. Good luck.
If you assume that the observation point is roughly level with the bottom of the ESB, this is a simple right-triangle problem. Do you remember SOHCAHTOA? Sin (angle) Opposite / Hypotenuse Cos (angle) Adjacent / Hypotenuse Tan (angle) Opposite / Adjacent You know one angle (5.50 degrees) and the height of the opposite side (443.2 m). The distance (D) is the Adjacent side of the triangle. Tan (5.5) 443.2 m / D D 443.2 m / tan (5.5) D 443.2 m / 0.09629 D 4603 meters (all work rounded to four significant figures)