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Title: Sarah Palin on the Gulf Spill: Prayer and the Invisible Hand Will Deliver Us From Eco-Disaster
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-m ... in-on-the-gulf-s_b_560760.html
Published: May 4, 2010
Author: Dan Manatt
Post Date: 2010-05-04 12:46:18 by Brian S
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Views: 36384
Comments: 106
The Gulf disaster proves, at a minimum, that Sarah Palin's mindless slogans like "Drill Baby Drill" are not enough to make good energy or environmental policy.
A video by Americans for America PAC, which I co-direct, tries to make that case as simply as possible, juxtaposing Palin's chanting tea party hordes with a few images from the Gulf.
And yet, even in the face of the greatest disaster the Gulf has ever seen, Palin still refuses to admit any error or nuance. Malia Litman noted Sarah Palin's reaction to the Gulf Disaster here in HuffPost yesterday. Here was her tweet from Friday:
That's right -- Palin's 2 part response to the BP disaster is faith-based spill clean up (but no government action), and industry efforts -- the free market -- because the invisible hand is so good and scrubbing sludge from pelicans.
That's not all. On Saturday, at a public speaking gig, she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."
Say wha?!?!?
Then, just when you would hope she would have backed off slogan-based politics out of respect for the Gulf victims, she blithely says, "My dad always says, 'Don't retreat, just reload.'"
One of these days, when Palin reloads, her slogan gun will backfire one time too many, destroying her credibility, even to the Tea Partiers, once and for all.
"Having worked/lived thru Exxon oil spill,my family&I understand Gulf residents' fears. Our prayers r w/u. All industry efforts must b employed..."
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#41. To: war (#36)
Sometimes conservation and the development of clean, renewable energy seems like a good idea.
And real conservatives before greed took over put conservation and love of country over prosperity. Teddy Roosevelt: On Conservation "Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so." Seventh Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1907 "We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted...So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life." "Arbor Day - A Message to the School-Children of the United States" April 15, 1907 "There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." Confession of Faith Speech, Progressive National Convention, Chicago, IL, August 6, 1912 "Defenders of the short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things sometimes seek to champion them by saying the 'the game belongs to the people.' So it does; and not merely to the people now alive, but to the unborn people. The 'greatest good for the greatest number' applies to the number within the womb of time, compared to which those now alive form but an insignificant fraction. Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wild life and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method." A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, 1916 "The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others." Address to the Deep Waterway Convention, Memphis, TN, October 4, 1907
Facebook is the place for that crap.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
NAMBLA is the place for yours!
Chuckles...don't let Goldi see that...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
You sure don't know anything about me at all, you talk as if I should care. I'm a lot of things, but at least I'm not not a anonymous male(who claims to be a g- pa) , stalking other males, obsessed with the male anatomy...your posts speak for themselves.
Now you're just babbling. I said that as a joke. But let's recap me and you, eh? You claimed to be a court reporter yet you can't type a coherent sentence. You claim to have African American grandchildren yet are overtly racist. You claimed to working "undercover" for ten years, like Agent 99, scouring the internet for "secret" documents in some sort of expose that is just too daunting to talk about. You want to go there, airhead? Let's dance... PS: Great job raising your kids that you have to raise theirs...if, of course, you are...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
How much more do I have to dish out before you call me pretending to be someone's Mom? (laughing)
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Up until the part you dragged my sweet g-son into this, I would have talked to you about anything, but now I see there is no level you wouldn't stoop to hurt another person just to make a point. Preceed, but do it without me!
A bit off topic but still along the line of "incoherent", have you ever read Whitesands first postings on LP? It was either 5 years old or not of our language.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Chuckles...but it's okay for you to bring mine in and claim I belong to NAMBLA...real high brow stuff... You're too easy...in a different way now...but easy none the less...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Yep. He actually used to have some good thoughts and observations, tho, even if he was brief. He was very anti-neocon. He lost it when Boof melted down and got banned as a result...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Of christ I don't remember that... We get a rainy day I'll have to go back and look. I got into reading my old FR posts a couple of weeks ago and forgot how much fun I had before the zionist takeover.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
I have about 700 threads saved on my HD...some classic Boofer lines and meltdowns in there...for someone who claims to not take the internet very seriously he sure took it seriously at LP...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
What gave it away? His 100 to 200 posts a day? I know Neil came up with his total number of posts while he was still there. Do you remember what it was? It seems to me it was 25,000+, and that was years ago.
war lied about the 'court reporter' part BS. If he were smart, he'd have gone back over my post about sitting in on court trials and writing articles for our local newspaper, which were edited before being published, a far cry from 'court reporter, but I guess that wouldn't have sound half as exciting as what he'd rather spread about me....It's like the msm taking bits and pieces of circumstancial evidence, creating a story around it, and making the public believe it.
I do remember when Neil showed up to push his buttons every very now and again. Say what you want about my ability to get under Boof's skin, Neil was able to take it to a whole new level. I think Neil showed up to congratulate Boof on his 50,000th post.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Nobody gives a shit.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
It was a dark day when Neil left as co-owner of LP, indeed...
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
One of my favorite Booferisms: Sorry, the english language isn't the personal sandbox of those that can't describe opposing viewpoints accurately. Badeye posted on 2004-11-15 15:07:43 ET Reply Trace
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
I was just looking at some posts from 2003-2004 there. It was a really good site then, with a lot of interesting people. By driving off everyone who doesn't agree with her, Goldi has completely run it into the sewer.
Or traded our inheritance for a bowl of mush.
It'll be dead the next time that she needs money. She has no clue how to run a business. She was lucky that her last ISP was as clueless as she was and she got away without paying her ISP bill.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
I remember when he posted that he stopped at a Best Buy the night the first PS3 came out, and there were boxes and boxes of them stacked everywhere, so he bought one. This was when there wasn't a PS3 to be had anywhere in the country except on ebay, at 300% to 400% markups. I wonder if he still has it in his office to entertain himself when he isn't doing everything else he does to entertain himself.
Bill Mayer did the same thing to his site.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Don't those PSwhatevers require TWO hands to operate?
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Yes, they do, but he could always keep posting by pecking at the keys with a pencil in his mouth.
Like that artist with the Christmas cards...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
It could help explain his weird syntax and typos.
Chyea...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
CLASSIC. You and Da Boof HAVE to be related... Sorry, the english language isn't the personal sandbox of those that can't describe opposing viewpoints accurately. Badeye posted on 2004-11-15 15:07:43 ET Reply Trace
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
CLASSIC... Sorry, the english language isn't the personal sandbox of those that can't describe opposing viewpoints accurately. Badeye posted on 2004-11-15 15:07:43 ET Reply Trace
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Are you howlin?
I've always thought she is.
She is so fucking easy to set off...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Yes I did.
That's the definition of a court reporter. ALL newspaper reporters' articles are generally edited, if only to make them fit in the available space.
Making the world safe for United Fruit.
Shhhh...isn't it more fun when she looks stupid but doesn't know it?
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Okay...kewel...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
He has a gun in his pocket.
Were is correct. Were you picking your nose in English class, war? http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-subjunctive.htm Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
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#42. To: lucysmom (#41)
Sometimes conservation and the development of clean, renewable energy seems like a good idea.
#43. To: Murron (#33)
#44. To: war (#43)
"Facebook is the place for that crap."
#45. To: Murron (#44)
#46. To: war (#45)
Chuckles...don't let Goldi see that...
#47. To: Murron (#46)
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#48. To: Murron (#46)
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#49. To: war (#47)
Now you're just babbling. You claimed to be a court reporter yet you can't type a coherent sentence. You claim to have African American grandchildren yet are overtly racist. You claimed to working "undercover" for ten years, like Agent 99, scouring the internet for "secret" documents in some sort of expose that is just too daunting to talk about. You want to go there, airhead? Let's dance...
#50. To: war, Whitesands (#47)
You claimed to be a court reporter yet you can't type a coherent sentence.
#51. To: Murron (#49)
(Edited)
#52. To: Brian S (#50)
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#53. To: war (#52)
He was very anti-neocon.
#54. To: Brian S (#53)
#55. To: war (#54)
.for someone who claims to not take the internet very seriously he sure took it seriously at LP...
#56. To: Brian S (#50)
#57. To: Skip Intro (#55)
#58. To: Murron (#56)
#59. To: war (#57)
#60. To: Skip Intro, Brian S (#55)
(Edited)
#61. To: Brian S (#59)
It was a dark day when Neil left as co-owner of LP, indeed...
#62. To: Moderate Mammal (#42)
And real conservatives before greed took over put conservation and love of country over prosperity.
#63. To: Skip Intro (#61)
#64. To: war (#60)
One of my favorite Booferisms:
#65. To: Skip Intro (#61)
By driving off everyone who doesn't agree with her, Goldi has completely run it into the sewer.
#66. To: Skip Intro (#64)
#67. To: war (#66)
Don't those PSwhatevers require TWO hands to operate?
#68. To: Skip Intro (#67)
#69. To: war (#68)
Like that artist with the Christmas cards...
#70. To: Skip Intro (#69)
#71. To: Murron (#49)
(Edited)
Preceed, [sic] but do it without me!
#72. To: Murron (#56)
(Edited)
If he were [sic] smart
#73. To: Murron (#56)
war lied about the 'court reporter' part BS. If he were smart, he'd have gone back over my post about sitting in on court trials and writing articles for our local newspaper, which were edited before being published, a far cry from 'court reporter, but I guess that wouldn't have sound half as exciting as what he'd rather spread about me....
#74. To: Fred Mertz (#73)
Are you howlin?
#75. To: Fred Mertz (#73)
(Edited)
#76. To: war (#75)
#77. To: Murron (#56)
If he were smart, he'd have gone back over my post about sitting in on court trials and writing articles for our local newspaper, which were edited before being published, a far cry from 'court reporter,
#78. To: mininggold (#77)
#79. To: Fred Mertz (#76)
#80. To: war (#79)
#81. To: war, Murron, All (#72)
If he were [sic] smart
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