[gOOber]

She's got spunk. I HATE SPUNK!

 

[TheZookie007]

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“Why then did Palin take a drubbing in the polls? It may have to do with the very personality that brought her to the ball. You may recognize it: it’s Marge Gunderson, from the darkly comic Coen Brothers film ‘Fargo.’

For her portrayal of the small-town sheriff forever saying ‘golly’ and ‘you betcha,’ Frances McDormand won an Oscar. So should Palin. The resemblance is uncanny. Some reporter should find out if Palin talked that way before the movie came out.”

That's an excellent point. Is she laying on the accent a bit too thick on purpose, or is that how she's always been talking? From the evidence of those YouTube clips of her from back in her sportscaster days, it does appear that she's laying it on a leetle too much.

I got this in the mail today:

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"Drill, Baby, Drill" Already Debunked by Bush Administration

Dan Miner, Sierra Club NYC, Chair

Sarah Palin, a self-described energy expert, implies that we now rely on imported oil because we refuse to drill abundant domestic supplies; if we only did that we'd be energy independent.  Although Obama supports more drilling within a framework of efficiency and renewable power, domestic drilling is the very heart of the McCain-Palin energy plan.  Can drilling really work? Considering three factors, not widely discussed in this campaign, will help us make the right choices about our energy future.  One, the value of offshore drilling has already been debunked – by the Bush Administration.  Two, the world's oil supply is drying up much faster than new oil can be found.  Three, as CNN reports, oil price shocks and supply disruptions are on the way, but neither McCain nor Obama has said a word about the problem, let alone how they would respond.  More domestic oil drilling can't fix our energy crisis.  Energy independence means a rapid move beyond all oil, whether domestic or imported.  Anything less is doomed to failure.

The Bush Administration's own Department of Energy says that while the US consumes about 25% of the world's oil we have less than 3% of the world's proven oil reserves.  The DOE's Energy Information Agency reported that offshore drilling can yield up to 200,000 barrels per day – about 1% of America's needs – in 20 years.  Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) would have a similar insignificant effect.  It would take about ten years before we'd see any oil from these sources, and neither would ever substantially change US oil supplies or prices.  Everyone chanting "drill, baby, drill" didn't get the memos from Bush Administration geologists.  They're on the Internet.  Any energy plan centered on domestic drilling is dead on arrival, and that's just for starters.

Two, the problem with oil is worse than widely understood.  It's not just that supplies are tight. World oil production is expected to peak around 2010, and begin dropping soon after that.   US oil production peaked in 1970 and has been dropping ever since, which is why two-thirds of our oil is now imported.  Production from our other top sources is already declining, or at risk of political disruption.  Oil imports from Mexico, our third biggest source of oil, have already dropped more in one year than offshore drilling will get us in 20 years.

Three, CNN reports oil price shocks and supply disruptions are on the way.  Matt Simmons, Republican CEO of a major energy investment banking firm, told CNN that the recent drop in oil prices is an illusion.  Prices will climb to $200, $300, or even higher.  Many observers agree, including the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Government Accountability Office and independent geologists.

Straight talk about future constraints will motivate everyone, even global warming deniers, to adopt conservation and efficiency initiatives politically impossible today.  Why have neither McCain, Obama nor Mayor [Mike] Bloomberg said a word about the need for contingency plans for fuel supply disruptions?

Those who act without understanding the basis of the energy crisis will only make matters worse.  Advocates for more oil drilling would keep us stuck in the past with 19th century fuels, technologies and strategies that won't work.  The future belongs to those who harness the clean, permanent power of wind, sun and water.  

We can create clean, cheap energy here at home, while restoring domestic manufacturing and create millions of green jobs that can't be outsourced.  America can either lead this progress, or continue being left behind as Asian and European countries continue to dominate conservation, efficiency and renewable technologies.  These are the energy facts that McCain and Obama need to know, so we can buckle our seatbelts before we hit the potholes ahead of us.  In this case, knowledge is literally power.

"International Energy Outlook 2008," US Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency (EIA) P. 32, [21 billion barrels reserves out of world total of 1,331 billion barrels]

"Analysis of Crude Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," US EIA, 2008

"Impacts of Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Lower 48 Federal Outer Continental Shelf," US EIA, 2007

"Recent drop in crude is an illusion, oil headed to $500," CNN

"Crude Oil: Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing the Peak and Decline of Oil Production," GAO-07-283, US Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2007

Go to Sierra Club NYC or Beyond Oil NYC for the Sierra Club NYC report "Sustainable Energy Independence for NYC", an extended version of this essay with more citations, and a five–page September 2008 update and report summary.

[onionwriter]

I just read the latest from the Miami Herald -- she spoke at a hockey arena down there, and it was "hockey moms" this, "hockey moms" that.

Is "hockey moms" our new third party?

I frankly don't give a freaking rat's a++ about hockey moms. I don't know what the term means, I don't know a single one, and now I sure don't want to.

Wait -- I take that back. I have known one hockey mom. My aunt. Do you know how much money it takes to send a son through high school hockey? All the equipment? Time off from a job that has to pay well -- or else you can't take the time off -- to drive the kid all over the map?

It is hardly middle class.

[mastert]

And everybody in Miami asks....Hockey? What is this hockey you speak of?

[tantalus]

I see that Palin Derangement Syndrome is still in full force here.

Admit it - you guys are crushing on her.

[Real]

yuh, there's a whole list of ladies who id throw it in that i dont want to see president.  dumb can be cute for sure...

[3deroticer]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/media/play/qt/6542

This segment makes Obama association with a terrorist when he was 8 years old seem pale by comparison or Palin (dropping the G)!

[TheZookie007]

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tantalus said:
I see that Palin Derangement Syndrome is still in full force here.

Admit it - you guys are crushing on her.

I admit I was a little hot for her -- until I heard her speak. Then I stopped thinking with my little head and re-engaged my big head. I don't have Palin Derangement Syndrome, I have Palin Enragement Syndrome -- I'm angry that McCain chose someone who is so obviously unqualified, someone who was chosen in the most pandering way, to be the person who conceivably would have to enter the breach if he should kick the bucket while in office.

[TheZookie007]

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mastert said:
And everybody in Miami asks....Hockey? What is this hockey you speak of?

She doesn't even have enough sense to tailor her stump speech to fit the audience. She should have been referring to "jai alai moms"

[onionwriter]

Freaking lord, _I_ am as qualified for vice president. I have a journalism degree, too. And a lot more experience than her.

How did she get elected to ANYthing, ever?

Just go on google -- do you see a single positive story?

[AZWolf]

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onionwriter said:
Freaking lord, _I_ am as qualified for vice president. I have a journalism degree, too. And a lot more experience than her.

How did she get elected to ANYthing, ever?

Just go on google -- do you see a single positive story?

Locally -- her husband and face time as a pageant contestant.  Not so hard to win an election to lead a town of 6000.


But yeah, there's no way to say she's the best candidate the GOP could muster unless to view her record for evangelicals and the hope to ensnare pissed-off Hillary voters.  But that was short-lived and reality has struck.

[TheZookie007]

AngryIndian: "Laura Bush: Palin lacks foreign policy experience"

[BarnacleBill]

 

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  Admit it - you guys are crushing on her.

I'll admit that she's hot.

But only if she doesn't talk.

I'm like that Republican journalist who thought "when she winked, I sat up a little straighter and thought she was winking at me."

But, yeah, bottom line, she is a complete moron and Republican shill.  I pity her and sometimes am actually embarassed for her.

[onionwriter]

No, she is not hot at all. The LA Times just called her a monkey, and I agree.

Anyone else notice that Brigitte Bardot is now also coming out to attack her? Called her "a disgrace to women"? If all you want is appearance, take it from the all-time sex god.

[3deroticer]

In the movie "Fields of dream" with Costner, the scene where the pitcher threw a ball and hit the batter for winking at him, reminded me of Palin, and I wish I had the ball to pitch to her.