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Palin Explains Her National Security Credentials: ‘Energy’ And The Fact That ‘You Can See Russia From Alaska’

In his interview with Sarah Palin that aired this morning on Good Morning America, ABC’s Charlie Gibson challenged the governor on whether she has any national security experience. Some highlights from the interview:

On National Security Credentials:

GIBSON: When I asked John McCain about your national security credentials, he cited the fact that you have commanded the Alaskan National Guard and that Alaska is close to Russia. Are those sufficient credentials?
PALIN: Let me speak specifically about a credential that I do bring to this table, Charlie, and that’s with the energy independence…

On Alaska National Guard:

GIBSON: Have you ever given any kind of command decision to the Alaska National Guard?
PALIN: We have called up National Guardsmen to help in other states who have gone in emergency status. We have assisted there.

On Traveling Outside The Country:

GIBSON: Had you ever traveled outside the country prior to your trip to Kuwait and Germany last year?
PALIN: Canada, Mexico, and then yeah — that trip was the trip of a lifetime to visit our troops in Kuwait and stop and visit our injured soldiers in Germany.

On Visiting With Foreign Head Of State:

GIBSON: Have you ever met a foreign head of state?
PALIN: I have not and I think if you go back in history and you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer.

On Russia:

PALIN: We’ve gotta keep an eye on Russia. … You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.
GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing inside Georgia?
PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relations with all of these countries, especially Russia.

On Iraq:

PALIN: Of course I’ve been focused on the war. Of course I’ve been, as every American has been.
GIBSON: Why’d you say this though? “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.”
PALIN: It was an honest answer for the question that day by a reporter asking me about Alaska Business Monthly issues, was my focus being on energy independence and security — those things that Alaska could supply to help make this country better and safer.

Watch a compilation:

A number of the claims that Palin made were false. She has never issued an order to the Alaska National Guard and every vice president “over the last 30 years had met a foreign head of state before being elected.” In addition to saying that she hasn’t “really focused much on the war in Iraq” in March 2007, Palin also called for “an exit plan” from Iraq. Although she can see Russia from some parts of Alaska, Palin has never actually traveled there.

More on Palin’s actual record in The Sarah Palin Digest.

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92 Responses to “Palin Explains Her National Security Credentials: ‘Energy’ And The Fact That ‘You Can See Russia From Alaska’”

  1. Zooey says:

    What a f ucking ass clown.


  2. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Mr. Gibson: “Have you ever met a foreign head-of-state?”
    Lady McPalin: “I have not.”

    …then, in answer to a question about Russia and Georgia…

    Lady McPalin: …I met with Saakashvili the other day… [NOTE: Mikheil Saakashvili is Georgia's President, and he would qualify as a "head-of-state"].

    She must have forgotten about that when Mr. Gibson asked her earlier if she ever met any heads-of-state. Also, three out of the four previous vice presidents (and her Democratic counterpart in the election) had way more foreign policy credentials.


  3. WaltinTexas says:

    Dick Cheney in a dress. Maybe worse.


  4. Badmoodman says:

    Palin even bailed on her faith in Gibson’s interview.

    When asked what she meant about saying our leaders were sending our troops to Iraq on a task “that is from God,” Palin replied that she was thinking about Lincoln at the time.

    The idea that she was thinking about Abraham Lincoln at the time she was giving those remarks doesn’t pass the laugh test. It’s the kind of spin that comes from secular political consultants desperately trying to make Palin sound “not too religious.”



  5. fromthevalleyofdeath says:

    Does any of it matter? Is it just me or are all these stories doing seemingly nothing to stop this potential disaster from becoming VP?


  6. RUCerious says:

    So, she’s never actually ’seen’ Russia, although you can, if you stand in the right spot on a clear day. In June. On Tuesday. At 4PM.


  7. phuckpolitics says:

    PALIN: We’ve gotta keep an eye on Russia. … You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.
    GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing inside Georgia?
    PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relations with all of these countries, especially Russia.

    So by using Sarah Palin’s reasoning, I have the right to tell my teacher that I’m fluent in Spanish because I stood at the end of Florida and saw Cuba.

    If this logic is acceptable then let me be the first to say, thank you Sarah…I now have an example to prove why that 66 on my last test was unfair.


  8. DieNowForPeace says:

    Yea, but how bout those tits!!!


  9. Badmoodman says:

    Lady McPalin: …I met with Saakashvili the other day… [NOTE: Mikheil Saakashvili is Georgia’s President, and he would qualify as a “head-of-state”].

    – - I believe she said she spoke to him on the phone. That’s not “a meeting.”

    But she bristled when Gibson asked if she had ever met any foreign heads-of-state. Palin opined that many other VPs were in the same position as her. Turns out, not so much. All of our VPs before they were VPs.


  10. Bob says:

    PALIN: Of course I’ve been focused on the war. Of course I’ve been, as every American has been.
    GIBSON: Why’d you say this though? “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.”

    That’s funny, almost as good as “We’ll win in Iraq by winning” from JM.


  11. Abu Ben Hussein Leporello says:

    Can someone Please tell me how being a collaberator with the oil companies makes her an energy expert? I applaud her pushing through a windfall profits tax on the oil cos. that benefitted all Alaskans, but how does that get the United States off our addiction to OIL? Will the MSM Ever stop buying into the innane drivel she spouts???
    Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!


  12. spencers mom says:

    Zooey, you are so not showing the proper respect and deference for Princess Caribou! I’m telling!

    PEACE


  13. Badmoodman says:

    Btw, catch Lincoln Chaffee’s comment on Palin:

    “She’s a cocky wacko.”


  14. Zimzone says:

    Keep your eye on the ball, folks.

    Palin is not the ball. McChurian & the media want you focused on Palin so real issues fall by the wayside.

    Cheney is the ball.


  15. RUCerious says:

    Here’s more RoveStink, already happening in Ohio.

    Ballot snafu endangers votes

    This isn’t a snafu, this is typical Rovian Dirty tricks.
    From the article..

    About one-third of the absentee ballot applications received at the Hamilton
    County Board of Elections have been ruled invalid because Republican Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign printed a version of the form with an extra, unneeded box on it.

    In a narrow interpretation of Ohio law, Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says many of the McCain forms have not been completed properly. If the box stating the person is an eligible elector — or qualified voter – is not checked, Brunner said, the application is no good.

    Even though the box is unneeded, by not checking it voters are essentially admitting they’re not eligible, Brunner said.

    “I have not seen a ruling that indirectly impacts voters to the enormity of this since I’ve been here,’’ Hamilton County Board of Elections Deputy Director John Williams said of his nearly five-year tenure at the board.

    More than 750 absentee ballot requests in Hamilton County have been invalidated because of Brunner’s ruling, Williams said.

    Absentee voting begins in 19 days, or on Sept. 30.

    and the McIIIrd campaign mailed out a million of these.

    Why would the Republicans perpetrate this fraud on the citizens of Ohio?


  16. Michael Lafferty says:

    There is no question at all that she is ill prepared. Her answers were—at best—inconsistent, incongruent, illogical, inapplicable and incorrect.

    Oh, yeah: and then there were the not-so-clever misrepresentations, the poorly framed denials and the outright lies!

    The right end of the political spectrum can spin this interview any way they want, but only a fool would buy the frankly silly explanations and amplifications they offer. Ready on day one? Come on: who’s kidding who here?


  17. Zooey says:

    spencers mom Says:

    Zooey, you are so not showing the proper respect and deference for Princess Caribou! I’m telling!

    PEACE
    September 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    And I put gum in her hair. :P


  18. spencers mom says:

    RUC, did you see where the GOP is getting home foreclosure lists so they can target those people as “invalid to vote” because they no longer reside at their address on record?

    Honestly, can they sink any lower? No, don’t bother answering.

    PEACE


  19. RUCerious says:

    spencer’s mom.

    They worship Rove, and hate our democratic institutions.


  20. DieNowForPeace says:

    How can you deny she’s not been preparing herself for one of the most powerful positions in National Government all her life?

    Here’s her greatest asset to date:
    http://wonkette.com/assets/resources/2006/12/Miss%20Wasilla%201984.jpg


  21. bobcat_grad says:

    I think we can all agree that the independents will swing this election to one side or the other. I think any independent will see this interview and say, “Seriously? SHE’S McCain CHOICE for VP?”


  22. Zimzone says:

    The only 3:00 a.m. calls Palin received was the police telling her Track is in jail for vandalizing school buses.


  23. Uncle Ho says:

    McPutz has spent much time & energy hammering on Obama’s lack of experience, then picks Palin as his VP.
    Palin’s resume’ is so thin, it makes Obama look like a seasoned veteran.

    The Rethugs CAN”T be serious.


  24. DieNowForPeace says:

    You know that dust pan at the barber/beauty shop full of hair?

    This woman is actually dumber than that pile of hair.


  25. Uncle Ho says:

    DNFP; the only experience Palin is qualified for is “the missionary position.”


  26. bobcat_grad says:

    Here’s that link about the GOP targeting forclosures to challenge their votes:

    http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote


  27. joe cantwell says:

    based on what i’ve

    seen and read i’d say

    she was rehearsed by

    our friend backup.

    *

    poorly scripted,

    clichéd, clueless.

    @

    thank you.

    #


  28. Fred says:

    Zimzone Says:
    The only 3:00 a.m. calls Palin received was the police telling her Track is in jail for vandalizing school buses.

    Now now zim, palen touts that track chose to go to iraq. Yep, to avoid jail time. So if she can use her son for political reasons then why should he be off limits for us?


  29. spencers mom says:

    For what it’s worth, I’m a Dem committee person in a small Philly ‘burb town, responsible for getting approx. 850 voters to the polls, and convincing them that Obama is the best choice this year.

    I’ve found that KISS works best. I point out (using a graph found here: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/27/despite-cnn-distortion-americans-prefer-obama-tax-plan/ ) where the tax cuts really go. I point out that Palin kept the bridge money ($233 million) for her own pet projects.

    And the best argument that gains traction with so many is that, while the “prolife” people held the White House, both houses of congress and a 5-4 majority Supreme Court during a time when they could have overturned Roe v. Wade, they did nothing because they need to keep that wedge issue in place to stir up the base. Add in some quotes from David Kuo about the lack of promised funding for the Office of Faith Based Initiatives, and some very GOP eyes open for the first time.

    One person at a time…

    As Glenn Greenwald says: “psst… do something”

    PEACE


  30. Paul W says:

    Palin Explains Her National Security Credentials: ‘Energy’ And The Fact That ‘You Can See Russia From Alaska’

    Comapred to Bush Palin is over qualified. Besides, what do you need to know anyway when all you do is take your marching orders from corporate America and neocon think tanks?

    http://progressiveworldreview.com


  31. stateofthedivision says:

    Energy is different than national security. At least it was before George W. Bush invaded Iraq for oil.


  32. Praedor says:

    I can see a veterinary hospital from my house so I am an expert in veterinary medicine. If I get up on my roof, I can see an Eli Lilly plant in the distance so that makes me an expert in manufacturing pharmaceuticals too!

    Wow, maybe I should break out some binoculars so I can obtain expertise in any number of endeavors, examples of which I can see from my home.

    Why go to college when all you need is proximity or line of sight? It sure is cheaper to get your expertise by magical osmosis than by actual study and experience.


  33. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    I’ve been working on for these years as the governor of this state that produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy.

    These years? She has only been in office 18 months. And drilling in Alaska has little to do with our energy independence. If we drilled every inch of Alaska tomorrow, we would still have an energy problem.

    I don’t understand what is going on here. It’s like half the country has gone bat-shit crazy.


  34. GL2814 says:

    Only someone like Darth Cheney and Sarah Palin are crazy enough to enjoy the thought of a war with Russia, all while watching the holocaust safely from the VP bunker.

    Is diplomacy dead? Diplomacy is what kept the Cold War from becoming a Hot War. Russia is every bit as powerful as the United States. They have thousands of nuclear weapons at their disposal, and some of the most advanced rockets in the world to deliver them. The Russian people defeated Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa, the largest single invasion in the history of mankind. If we were insane enough to start a war with the Russians, what kind of war would it be? Nuclear? If conventional, then it’s assumed we’ll be fighting in and around Georgia and the Black Sea. This would be on Russia’s “home turf”, where historically they have always been at their best in battle. The U.S. military is already overstretched and war-fatigued as it is, due to Chimpy’s mess in Iraq & Afganistan.

    Just the mere thought of war with Russia is bad, bad, very bad. Too bad Sarah Palin’s brain doesn’t match her looks.


  35. tarazan says:

    ‘She can see Russia from Alaska..’..!!
    She got Fox network dosage of Doocy.


  36. misshusseinmolly says:

    On my last trip to Las Vegas, I flew there on a clear sunny day, and I could see the Grand Canyon out of my airplane window, clear as a bell. It was an awesome sight.

    By Palin’s standards, this makes me a freaking geologist.


  37. GL2814 says:

    DNFP; the only experience Palin is qualified for is “the missionary position.”

    LOL!

    Funny, I always thoguht of Palin as “female superior” qualified.


  38. paleolib says:

    RUC

    There will undoubtedly be efforts at voter suppression but the Ohio issue is nothing more than a Republican fubar. The absentee applications were printed by McCain’s campaign as part of the GOTV effort in (Republican) southwest Ohio. They screwed up the form and now have to do it again. John Williams is a Republican stooge who went to the Board of Elections after a long stint at the Chamber of Commerce. Unlike the wingnuts I want every vote to count but watching the local Republicans trip over their own dongs is priceless.


  39. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    Abu Ben Hussein Leporello Says:
    Can someone Please tell me how being a collaberator with the oil companies makes her an energy expert? I applaud her pushing through a windfall profits tax on the oil cos. that benefitted all Alaskans, but how does that get the United States off our addiction to OIL? Will the MSM Ever stop buying into the innane drivel she spouts???

    And the oil companies passed the cost of that windfall profits tax on to us at the pump. Every time you fill your vehicle with gasoline, think about the check for $3,400 every man, woman and child in Alaska will receive today.


  40. hussein toasterhead says:

    Praedor Says:

    Why go to college when all you need is proximity or line of sight? It sure is cheaper to get your expertise by magical osmosis than by actual study and experience.

    September 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am
    _______

    Because sometimes you can get your line-of-sight osmosis by going to college. My freshman year dorm room overlooked the Uruguayan Embassy, which I believe qualifies me to be Ambassador to Uruguay if not Undersecretary of State for Latin American affairs. I mean, I spent a year looking at Uruguayan soil – I might even BE President of Uruguay and not know it!


  41. DallasNE says:

    Sometimes it takes the words of others to articulate your own points to advantage. Such is the case here.

    http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/the_palin_interview.php

    Palin has admitted to being incurious about Iraq in the past. Why should we expect that her change in status will change her nature. She is who she is.


  42. rossir says:

    It is also not true that Alaska produces 20% of our domestic energy. It produces 20% of our domestic oil supply.

    Then again, oil is just about the only thing Palin ever thinks about.

    ANyone with half a brain knows that when we talk about energy independence, it is mainly about moving away from dependence on oil.


  43. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    After her “attack Russia” comment, it’s time for the Democrats to dust off the girl/daisy/mushroom cloud commercial. Play Palin’s comment about Russia and then show the girl plucking the daisy. Then pan in to Palin’s left eye and show a mushroom cloud reflected there. It would be a very effective ad and it would be a true statement of what might happen if this whack job were to ever sit in the oval office.


  44. Tawdry says:

    This woman is in waaaaaaaaaay over her head. It would be laughable if it wasn’t so frightening.


  45. tarazan says:

    The sad part is not only what she said,it is also the fact that she has people cheering for her everywhere she goes to be their VP and possibly their president. She is their doll now.


  46. gummitch says:

    PALIN: I have not and I think if you go back in history and you ask that question of Dan Quayle, he may have the same answer.


  47. Fred says:

    rossir Says:
    It is also not true that Alaska produces 20% of our domestic energy. It produces 20% of our domestic oil supply.

    I agree with your post but would point out that even that 20% of oil produces is not used in America, it is sold elsewhere. Why is that? We really need it. It would be in our national interest to make sure it is used here.


  48. misshusseinmolly says:

    Palin and McCain appear to be on the same page (or have been issued the exact same talking point from their handlers) when they attempt to conflate energy with national security. This is nothing more than an thinly disguised (VERY thinly disguised) attempt to cover up the fact that Palin doesn’t know the difference between detente and a debutante.

    Palin has no special credentials in the field of national security, so she and McBush are attempting to make “energy” that credential. Palin sees “energy independence” as something she is “expert” in, but that won’t fly. Palin only knows about oil (and only that her state has it), and even if we exploit every single last drop of what we have within US borders, it won’t be enough to bring us “energy independence”.

    What’s Palin’s cred on nuclear power? hydroelectric power? solar power? wind power? biofuels? biomass? landfill gas? conservation programs?

    Thought so.


  49. votenic says:

    And this 2008 election poll says it all.
    You won’t believe these results!

    http://www.votenic.com

    Instant Results!


  50. Buckie Boy says:

    Her comment last night about how she was quoting Lincoln with the “Holy War” Quote, was complete and utter BULLSH!T, her handlers had to search long and hard to come up with that comparison, it was quite a stretch to say the least.

    Not qualified, and a serial liar.


  51. A Patriot Acting says:

    Apparently you can put Dick Cheney in a dress but it’s still an incompetent choice for Vice President


  52. RUCerious says:

    MissHMolly

    Detente: Trying to get someone to talk to you.

    Debutante: Someone you try to talk into making it with.

    See, easy!


  53. thomthum says:

    I can “acutally see” a winery from here. Should I go get drunk? (OK, probably) but…

    PALIN’S LAW: (BUSH+(CHENEY-”DICK”)+(LIPSTICKx(PITBULL-PIG))+MCCAIN)x(HOCKEYMOM+PITBULL) / (GOD+OIL)x(TRUTH+EXPERIENCE) = WHITEHOUSE


  54. IgnoranceIsNotBliss says:

    If I were this lady, I’d be hanging my head in shame.


  55. leftcoast says:

    The lies that Palin has been caught in as to experience and denial of statements goes right to her character and that of McCain’s. In fact, the McCain campaign under Steve Shmidt and Rick Davis is totally void of character as well. McCain is quickly looking worse than Bush on character. McCain and Palin are not like Bush, they’re worse. And Cheney is looking like a boyscout.


  56. RUCerious says:

    Nice article on Slate
    Palin vs. Gibson, Round 1
    The ABC News anchor flummoxes the GOP amateur.
    By Jack Shafer

    first two paragraphs…
    Without being smarmy about it or unfurling gotcha questions, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson demonstrated that he knows volumes more about national security and foreign policy than does Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

    In an on-location-in-Alaska interview that consumed 11 or 12 minutes (video) of the Thursday edition of World News Tonight and continues later tonight on Nightline and again tomorrow on World News Tonight and 20/20, Palin recited her answers as if reading from a Teleprompter inside her head. The extensive coaching she has received could not save her from embarrassment in this exchange.

    Good reading.


  57. Saint Augustine says:

    spencers mom @ 30

    Check this out, two short videos about income distribution:

    http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/03/us_income_distribution_movie.html


  58. dasm says:

    The worst answers I’ve ever seen. Vague, unfocused, error-filled, often off topic, but mostly just plain ignorant.


  59. MapleStreet says:

    1) Of what I heard of the interview, she didn’t answer a single question but instead substituted her own question. That and she didn’t seem to comprehend that anyone could question her.

    2) It would be nice if she learned how to say “nuclear”.


  60. andy42302 says:

    Palin makes an excellent point that “we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia” and that you can see Russia from Alaskan land. The problem is however, if elected, she’ll reside at 1600 PA Ave. This would naturally leave us vulnerable. Accordingly, the best way to keep the country safe is to return her to Alaska in November where she can continue to protect us.


  61. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    tarazan Says:

    The sad part is not only what she said,it is also the fact that she has people cheering for her everywhere she goes to be their VP and possibly their president. She is their doll now.
    _________

    One small change, if I may, tarazan?

    She is their INFLATABLE doll now…

    There… better, no?


  62. margerine says:

    The average person isn’t going to bother to find out if she’s lying or not yet… But I think what’s going to hurt her is that a lot of her answers are muddy, forgettable and seem like the excuses a kid would give for not doing his homework. People WILL notice that.

    Other politicians may lie, but they’re good at doing it forcefully and making it seem like a fact. Without a teleprompter giving her talking points she doesn’t seem to hold up as strongly.


  63. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    IgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:

    If I were this lady, I’d be hanging my head in shame.
    ___________

    And yet I’ll wager good pistoolas the GOOP is out and about, crowing how good she was!


  64. Blame Canada says:

    Those weren’t answers, they were prepared speeches. Nobody talks like that, not even career politicians. She continued to stumble over her memorized answers saying things out of order and then repeating it. And yet Americans are just dumb enough to elect McCain/Palin.


  65. fletc3her says:

    I guess you can see Russia from Alaska if you go out to the Diomedes!


  66. Max-1 says:

    .

    And if Sarah smelt my farts, she’d agree I’m a expert on natural gas…

    .


  67. JT says:

    Every time the Dems focus on attacking the VP nominee for the Repubs, they lose the election. When the Dems turned against their own (i.e., Lieberman) for a more liberal candidate, they lose.

    Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Come on Dems, let’s focus on the issues here! Quit engaging in sophomoric attacks!


  68. Game of Life says:

    I’m glad the progressive blogs are doing the fact checking which the msm seems to ignore.

    The lipstick is off. The repugs are fifth grade bullies, no subtance, 100% meathead. While they lie and diss Sen. Obama, Sen. Obama is killing them with facts and the truth. repugs you haven’t seen a honest hard fight.

    (CNN) – Former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee was known for keeping a low-key profile on Capitol Hill, but the Republican -turned -Independent is making waves with his exceedingly blunt comments on newly-minted Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin:

    She’s a “cocky wacko,” he told a Washington think tank earlier this week.

    HAHAHAHAHA and so true!


  69. Game of Life says:

    JT Says:

    Every time the Dems focus on attacking the VP nominee for the Repubs, they lose the election. When the Dems turned against their own (i.e., Lieberman) for a more liberal candidate, they lose.

    Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Come on Dems, let’s focus on the issues here! Quit engaging in sophomoric attacks!

    Are you related to lipstick pig?

    Life and death issues aren’t sophomoric attacks, nutcake.

    repugs are not safe for the plant and other living things


  70. Game of Life says:

    Blame Canada Says:

    Those weren’t answers, they were prepared speeches. Nobody talks like that, not even career politicians. She continued to stumble over her memorized answers saying things out of order and then repeating it. And yet Americans are just dumb enough to elect McCain/Palin.

    Agreed!

    just like chimpy did at the debates. he even did that “my pet goat” stare several times.


  71. bentley1 says:

    While I can see red wing blackbirds,cardinals,and blue jays at my back yard bird feeder.
    I am now qualified to be a senior writer at Audobon magazine,according to right wing logic.
    tony and lido


  72. ShorelineCT says:

    She increased the taxes on oil companies – here is the money quote:

    Palin Boosted Oil-Company Taxes While Alaska Had Budget Surplus
    By Alison Fitzgerald (Bloomberg)

    “…Under Palin’s plan, called “Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share,” oil company profits are taxed at a 25 percent base rate, up from the previous 22.5 percent. When the price rises to $30 over cost, or about $52 a barrel, the tax rate rises 0.2 percent for each dollar.

    Oil companies weren’t happy with the plan when it passed.

    “This massive tax increase will weaken investment in Alaska’s oilfields at the very time that more investment is needed,” Doug Suttles, president of BP Exploration Alaska Inc., said in a Dec. 27 e-mailed statement. “We will now review all our planned activities.”

    http://tinyurl.com/6oztqq


  73. ObamaIsOur44thpres says:

    Palin does have some credentials from being a mayor and govenor, but national security is definitely NOT one of them. Just see what happens the more the media ask her questions, and just wait until she debates the chairman of foreign relations committee – Joe Biden. It will be crystal clear where Palin stands and that is with the McCain-Bush failed foreign policy.


  74. Imjustsayin says:

    I’m betting that Sarah Palin has never seen Russia. (She doesn’t claim to have seen it.)


  75. Laszlo Panaflex says:

    I can see mountains from my house. I’m a mountaineer!

    I can see stars from my house. I’m an astronaut!

    I can see Russia on a map. We should bomb Russia!

    Vote Old Coot and Crazy Lady ‘08.


  76. GL2814 says:

    I can’t wait until the VP debate. Joe Biden is going to clean her clock on the issues, and Palin will get that “deer in headlights” stare multiple times.

    She’ll undoubtedly borrow a page from Chimpy McDumbass, and be wired the answers to the debate questions in her outfit. Wirelsss communications via Uncle Karl thorough her bra, perhaps?


  77. vat694848 says:

    If I can see my Johnson dose it make John Holmes


  78. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Can we amend the constitution and add one more qualification to be president?

    Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 (should now read): No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States, nor who consistently mispronounces the word “nuclear”.


  79. desertflower1 says:

    https://secure.defenders.org/site/Donation2?idb=199850273&df_id=1547&1547.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr012=0vshjqtsx2.app24a
    Here’s a little “Palin” for you!! Please go look at the behavior she champions, and please consider making a donation to The Defenders of Wildlife to allow this to show shown everywhere on TV..Pass this on!!!!! We already KNOW they don’t respect individuals,well…they don’t respect anything it would seem. Not even defenseless animals. I detest the both of them! WARNING>>>Painful to watch!!!


  80. Game of Life says:

    vat694848 Says:

    If I can see my Johnson dose it make John Holmes

    Wrong porn star, he died of AIDS.

    It makes you Derick Diggler.


  81. buckheaddad says:

    KEEP DANCING AMERICA . . . THE PIPER CAN WAIT.


  82. doktorgizemli says:

    This is another example that the “old world jounalism of Murrow, Cronkite and Rather is dead and buried. In the case of the Time Magazine reporter Ms Tumulty, she seems to think the finding out the who, what, where, when and how have been replaced with a steno pad, which she records what ABC said in rebuttle to the complaint of Congressman Kucinich. There is a great disconnect with what happened and the points made by ABC. She asks little of no questions to ABC. She takes what is handed to her and repeats it vebatim and then calls that reporting. I call is stenography. Lida Sohbet sohbet sesli chat Gelinlik Modelleri


  83. doktorgizemli says:

    If you’re referring to Karl Schwarz’ articles, if they are true, how will we ever know unless the news media gets involved without bias? The military under orders not to speak out may never convey Karl Scharz’ expose’. Sesli Sohbet If Cheney was truly involved in 9/11 and protected in some way, then he’s being protected by what may be going on in the Caspian Sea area as well. That pre-9/11 August 10, 2000 article drives the point home to me that Cheney had a vested interest in the oil at the Caspian Sea area (before 9/11). Fx15 From all I’ve read in Schwarz’ articles, he claims the Taliban was working on a deal with Argentina with that pipeline in the Caspian Sea area and UNOCOL wanted the deal instead. Orjinal Lida It’s too much to get into here and I’m not able to convey in here what Schwarz has presented in his articles. Sikis Dig into Schwarz’ articles to learn more about the unnamed soldier’s experiences related to so-called Black Ops missions in the Caspian Sea area in Schwarz’ article. What Schwarz had to present in this article is an eye opener: kurtlar vadisi pusu izle



  84. ahmet mehmet says:

    I want suits in Colorado, New Jersey, and any other state where illegal suppression campaigns are being conducted. And some real looks at the polling methodology would also be eye opening.

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  85. Oyun says:

    It was an honest answer for the question that day by a reporter asking me about Alaska Business Monthly issues, was my focus being on energy independence and security — those things that Alaska could supply to help make this country better and safer.


  86. flash oyun says:

    yo nunca habia visto a Eugenio Derbez haciendo el papel de malo pero esta pelicula esta muy bonita y si le cae ambos papeles pero lo disfruto mas cuando hace el papel de comedian
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