www.ThePalination.com

Well here we go.... We have moved the site!

2010-06-21T12:07:00.002-08:00

http://thepalination.wordpress.com/

I have exported all of what I could to a new Wordpress format, due to a fault in which I can not fix nor can anyone else who is HTML literate. Google Blogger just decided to crap out on us. I will be tweaking the new blog as I can and will be letting you know now that you can head over there and enjoy easier commenting, access and better layouts.

Please let me know what you think about it and I hope it will be more to everyone's liking!

upinak

Our Layout

2010-06-21T08:12:00.001-08:00

Well it seems to be all quirky. I will be changing it as I can to get it back to "normal" so expect some changes.

FYI for you all.... don't want you to think I am deleting things you enjoy!

upinak

Governor Palin and the Constitution

2010-06-20T10:43:00.005-08:00

A couple of weeks ago I received a mailing from SarahPAC with the following text:

Dear Whitney,

I am inspired by the American patriots across our nation who want to bring Congress back to the ideals of our Founding Fathers.

The White House and Congress need to hear that Americans don't want cradle-to-grave government control of our lives. We don't want government bureaucrats deciding what kind of light bulbs we should use, what kind of cars we should drive, and which doctors can and can't care for us and our families.

Liberal politicians should not be trying to re-write the U.S. Constitution. Our Constitution is a centuries-old gift from our steadfast Founding Fathers. We cannot sell out our sovereignty, surrender our God-given rights, or falter in the War on Terror.

Republicans recently took victory away from liberals in three states and sent a message to Congress and the White House that Americans are fed up with politicians trying to impose more big-government policies on our nation.

Now I'm asking for your help to carry that momentum across the country.

What Americans want is a return to the values our Founding Fathers fought and died for. Government should get out of our way so we can raise our families, run our businesses, and keep more of our hard-earned money.

So many people have asked me what can we do to save our country from politicians who want to take away our basic rights. What we can do, Whitney, is join the effort and help send pro-family, pro-American patriots who share our beliefs to Congress.

If you're ready to join the movement, please use the enclosed reply form to send your best gift possible to SarahPAC today. We'll use it to change our nation to the ideals that matter to all of us. Thank you for joining me to keep America the country we know and love!

With an Alaskan heart,
Sarah Palin

Emphasis mine.

I was particularly struck by her emphasis on the words "Founding Fathers" and "Constitution". While the current administration is operating with the goal of fundamentally transforming our nation, through her endorsements and her voice, Governor Palin is operating with the goal of fundamentally restoring our nation to the principles it was founded upon.

Our Constitution has three main themes woven throughout its text:a limited federal government, appropriate powers given to states, and emphasis on individual freedoms. These are all themes upon which Governor Palin has build her political philosophy. Governor Palin is a very strong advocate for 2nd amendment and 10th amendment rights. She believes that the branches of government must not be twisted. In her speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Convention, she has called out the EPA, an agency of unelected bureaucrats housed executive branch, for legislating from the executive branch. She does not believe judicial officials should legislate from the bench. She does not believe the federal government should go beyond its powers to infringe upon states' powers. However, she is not only going to speak out when the federal government overreaches, she is also going to speak out when the federal government is not fulfilling one of its Constitutional roles, as she has done by standing with Governor Brewer with regards to border insecurity in Arizona.

If one examines the premise of the writing of the Constitution--the Preamble--one can see that Governor Palin is lock step with every principle in that famed, beautifully simple paragraph. Governor Palin believes that it is "we the people", not the "we the governing authorities" that make have founded and maintain this country. Governor Palin believes that justice must be established and domestic tranquility ensured by properly prosecuting terrorists, securing our border, and taking our enemies seriously. She believes that the common defense must be provided for. She has spoken out against the President for drawing back nuclear weapons and cutting funds for missile defense.Governor Palin believes in promoting the general welfare, not by creating and perpetuating entitlement programs, but by removing burdensome regulations and taxation from businesses, families, and individuals so that they have the opportunity to better provide for their own welfare. Governor Palin supports securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. She understands that in order to have such liberty, government must not impinge upon individual freedoms, nor should our nation become beholden to foreign countries because of a dependency upon foreign fossil fuels, when America has abundant sources here. She sees that the current trajectory of our nation's spending puts us on a path towards insolvency,and she has even called such spending generational theft. Blessings of liberty will not be passed on to our posterity if our nation is drowning in debt.

I support Governor Palin because she stand for the Constitution and the principles of the Founders, and she supports candidates who do the same. While time will tell if she runs for President, she has my support if she does. There is no one else out there who, upon taking the oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, will mean every word of that oath and will not risk perjuring herself by uttering those words. For those reasons alone, she has my support.

Governor Palin: Tim Scott for South Carolina’s 1st District

2010-06-19T11:53:00.001-08:00

via Facebook:

I’m very proud to add my support to Tim Scott’s campaign to represent South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. Tim has a remarkable success story. He grew up in poverty and was raised by a single-mom who struggled to provide. With help from a mentor and his brave mom, Tim learned to appreciate the value of hard work and American opportunity. He went on to become a business owner and has served in public office with integrity on the county and state level.

Tim is a pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-development, Commonsense Conservative who’s been endorsed by the Club for Growth because of his solid commitment to the principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility.

He will represent the Palmetto State with distinction in DC, so I encourage you to vote for Tim in his run-off election next Tuesday, June 22nd. Please visit Tim’s website at www.votetimscott.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

- Sarah Palin

Like 1998, only in Reverse

2010-06-18T05:05:00.002-08:00

Andrew Sullivan, Geoffrey Dunn, Joe McGinniss and the rest of the writers in the universe of Palin Hate are preaching to an ever-smaller choir.

As a Republican, I have been here before.

In 1998, we were almost dead certain that Bill Clinton's sexual dalliances with Monica Lewinsky were going to be his undoing. Movement Conservatives had been looking for the Magic Bullet that would be Clinton's undoing since shortly after his inaugural in what is now regarded by most conservatives as a myopic, personalised campaign that played into Clinton's hands. By the time the Midterm election rolled around, the idea of impeachment was so unpopular that Republicans actually lost seats that year and Newt Gingrich, the House Speaker, was forced to turn in his resignation as Speaker. Clinton had won.

Andrew Sullivan and other subscribers to Barack Obama's Cult of Personality are pursuing the same campaign of personal annihilation against Sarah Palin. Their problem, of course, is that they are preaching to an ever narrowing universe of liberal believers in Obama's version of the Radiant Future. They have bought so far into Obama politically and psychologically that they can't let go, and they have decided that they must destroy this woman, her family, and her career to protect Obama.

The Nation, however, is making its' own judgements about Obama. During his speech to the nation about the BP Crisis, the President rolled out, once again, his desire to pass the Cap and Trade tax regime. Subsequent to his speech, reports began to circulate that Obama was intent on passing the deeply unpopular bill during the Lame Duck session of Congress. Normally a resolute supporter of the Administration, even Professor Robert Reich is beginning to show some misgivings:

Furthermore, given the unprecedented power of large corporations to call the shots in Washington aided by unlimited campaign contributions and platoons of lobbyists, surely the only way to advance the public interest these days is to rally Americans to a cause. Closed-door conference committees, back-room deals, and lame-duck sessions keep the public out. And when the public is shut out, the big guys have even more clout.

Yet hard-boiled Washington hands I talk with disagree. They point to the $80 billion back-room deal that bought off Big Pharma for health care. They claim there’s no other way to do business in Washington now because public opinion is too easily manipulated.

They say Machiavellian (more accurately, Emanuelian) deal-making behind closed doors ain’t pretty but the public can’t be counted on. The only way to get close to a carbon tax or anything else that’s good for America is to buy the bums off.

The picture that Reich paints is of a Democratic Political Class that is divorced from the concerns of average working people and will force their desires upon the country come hell or high water. Palin has been going across the country painting this picture of a Regime in power, cut loose from any accountability to the electorate, bound and determined to do as it wishes. The Left hates Palin because the picture she paints of Washington now, like the picture she painted of a corrupt Juneau and Anchorage before it, is both troubling and accurate. And the people are catching on.

The always brilliant Jay Cost brings down the hammer in this post in his Horse Race Blog. Paydirt graphs here:

For somebody who seems detached from the details of policy and largely uninterested in legislative wrangling, Barack Obama sure does come across sometimes like a political bully. But this is not bullying some obstinate backbench legislator. Instead, this is bullying the American people. With health care reform, he basically told the country that he didn't care what it thought. The fact that people opposed the bill was proof they didn't know what they were talking about. Now, apparently, the evolving strategy on energy is the same. Don't like cap-and-trade? That's your problem, not his. Plan to vote out Democrats in favor of the idea? Like he cares. He'll pass it anyway.

The President had better tread carefully here. There are political issues that divide the parties, then there are "valence" issues that cut across party lines. Bill Clinton's sexual indiscretions became a valence issue in 2000, sufficient to prompt Al Gore to nominate Joe Lieberman for the vice-presidency. It didn't matter what party you belonged to, what Clinton had done was wrong and gross. Ditto Republican chicanery with Jack Abramoff. It didn't matter what your politics were, you thought that had to stop. The Foley scandal went hand-in-glove with Abramoff. It crystallized the sense back in 2006 that there was something deeply dysfunctional about the Republican caucus.

Passing health care reform over howls of popular protest then jamming energy reform through a lame duck Congress might solidify the impression that this President is a bully who doesn't care what the people think. That would hand the Republicans a great valence issue for 2012. Nobody likes a bully, after all. And just as the Democrats worked hard to connect Abramoff and Foley to enhance the impression of a broken GOP, Republicans will try to make these connections for the voters, too.

One of the reasons that the attacks by Sullivan, McGinniss and others on Palin are not resonating with voters is that registered voters are looking at Obama and seeing what Jay Cost and Robert Reich are seeing: bullying mixed with incompetence and Second Raterism. Aside from the fact that the attacks on Palin are obsessed and overwrought, voters don't care about Palin's uterus and what she did as Mayor of Wasilla. Voters want to know why the stimulus bill failed to stimulate, why Obama passed National Socialist Health Care over the objections of voters, and why he wants to raise taxes in the middle of a Depression. They are uneasy that Obama is all about Centralized Power in the hands of the Democratic Party and Benefits for him and his Democratic cronies and patrons (such as his political godfather, George Soros). It is in this obsession that today's Palin-hating left, led by the likes of Sullivan, Geoffrey Dunn, and Joe McGinniss most resemble people like Linda Tripp, the old American Spectator staff who sponsored the Arkansas Project, and Lucianne Goldberg.

Or as Marx is said to have remarked, "History repeats itself; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."

The Left who obsessively attack Palin are akin to King Canute in their attempts to turn back the tide. Palin's popularity rating remains low, but all of the potential Republican 2012 candidates are polling low right now. It is enough for Palin that Obama's failure as a leader and as a man are now beginning to be recognized by the American people.

There is nothing the Left can do to stop that. That is a failure of Obama's character. That was built in from the beginning. Palin herself tried to warn the nation in 2008 about Obama, but the nation wasn't in a mood to listen. Now, things have changed, and that is why the Left is more and more frightened of Palin. There is this yawning notion in the back of their minds that the people could decide that she was right all along, and they were all terribly, terribly wrong that motivates their anger and their hate.

That is why they will fail. Conservatism works. Like Reagan before her, Palin knows this. And in the deepest, darkest recesses of their minds, so do the people who hate her.

Above all things, the Left hates Sarah Palin because they fear that she could be right. But there's one problem: Hate doesn't win Presidential Elections in this country. That is why the Left will fail.

Governor Palin: The Nature of Those Tough, Self-Sufficient Bears

2010-06-17T16:55:00.002-08:00

Via Facebook:

Last summer I stood on the grassy bank of an Alaskan waterway that was teeming with salmon to watch part of Alaska’s brown bear population forage, fight, feed, and fend off enemies to survive. I joined Fish and Game biologists to observe 42 of these majestic wild animals all within eyesight, all at once. Even though I’ve lived all my life in the “Last Frontier,” I still find days like that absolutely fascinating! And I swear the hardest workers on the water were those “mama bears.”

Obviously not waiting for another bear to do the work for them, the mama bears not only foraged for themselves to prepare for winter, but they worked twice as hard to slay salmon for their cubs, too, making sure the future of the population was ready for the season ahead. She would instinctively rear up on hind legs when her cubs were threatened – you don’t mess with her cubs. And most importantly, just as the well known modern proverb expresses, she didn’t just hand over a free fish for the day – she taught young ones how to fish for a lifetime. (There’s no shortage of life lessons learned while scanning our great outdoors!)

Now, scanning the political landscape, here’s a new “Mama Grizzlies” field report! There are great guys running for office all over the place, but I hope you will join me in supporting three more bold Commonsense Conservative women who are willing to put it all the line to get our country back on track: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Star Parker, and Mary Fallin.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers is running for reelection to serve in Congress. She knows the value of hard work. She grew up as a farmer’s daughter and was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college. Her roots in eastern Washington go back generations. Cathy is a pro-family, pro-business fiscal conservative who has an honest, direct plan for action in Congress, which she calls her “Patriot Pledge.” It’s a 10-point agenda focused on fiscal health, tax reform, and other common sense solutions. Further, I have deep respect for Cathy’s strong voice for families who are touched by those with special needs. She formed the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus which promotes research, education, and treatment to help improve the quality of life for those with Down syndrome and other challenges. Cathy and I share a personal bond as proud moms who’ve both been blessed with sweet sons born with extra chromosomes. Perhaps it’s because we learn so much from these children and can see how they make the world a better place that I am confident that Cathy’s respect for life, and her commitment to protecting America’s Constitution, truly benefits all Americans. We need her in Congress, so please visit her website at www.cathyforcongress.com, follow her on Facebook and Twitter, and please support her campaign.

I’m proud to endorse Star Parker for California’s 37th Congressional District. Star has an incredible story and a passionate commitment to her community and our great nation. Rising up from being a single mom on welfare, Star worked hard to build a non-profit network that seeks to reduce poverty and create a brighter future for America by promoting free market solutions and personal responsibility. There is no doubt that she will bring a new level of enthusiasm and energy to Washington for American values, limited government, and economic growth. She’s a dynamic leader who is committed to building a more prosperous environment for the families in her district and ushering in positive change. Please join me in supporting Star and her message of hope, opportunity, and self-reliance. Visit her website at www.StarParkerforCongress.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Mary Fallin is another strong, smart conservative who I am proud to support. Mary is running for Governor of Oklahoma, and the Sooner State is fortunate to have her offer to serve in this new capacity. Mary’s another fiscal conservative with policy experience, political backbone, and real world knowledge that will serve the entire state well as she proves her mettle as Oklahoma’s next CEO. Her personal, professional, and political background gives her a healthy perspective on the challenges facing so many of our families and businesses. Mary truly understands public service, and she served her state with distinction in Congress and as the first Republican and first female lieutenant governor in Oklahoma history. Sharing the aforementioned foundational values of Cathy and Star and so many other Americans, Mary also understands the complexities of our domestic energy policy and has been a consistent voice for energy independence. Please visit Mary’s website at www.maryfallin.org and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

I heartily endorse these liberty-loving “Mama Grizzlies.” They’ll do more than just growl about our challenges because they know how to work hard and protect America’s future by ushering a new era of prosperity and security. How? By proving their selfless service, common sense, and respect for the will of the people.

- Sarah Palin

DRILL BABY, DRILL?

2010-06-17T09:15:00.003-08:00

Why not?

What follows is strictly the opinion of the author.

When the twin towers were destroyed by terrorists flying commercial aircraft into them, air traffic across the US was halted.

Why? To prevent other flights being used in a similar fashion. However, the removal of all commercial planes in the US airspace lasted only two days, not SIX MONTHS.

When a major airline is involved in a horrendous accident and the blame is placed on equipment not serviced appropriately or not installed, the result may be a cessation of all flights of that particular airline or model of plane until investigators are satisfied that each plane can pass inspection.

Yes, the explosion at the deepwater well cost 11 lives. The families will never see their father, brother or son again. Nothing can ever bring those souls back. However for there to be a moratorium on drilling for at least 6 months is sheer stupidity.

All current wells should be inspected by people who know what they are doing, not a political appointee who hasn't a clue. Once a well has passed inspection get the well back online.

There is no need, in this economy, to deprive workers of an honest wage for very hard work.

There is no need, in this economy, to further burden the American people with higher costs of gas and oil.

BP did not create the moratorium, BP should not have to pay those lost wages.

To say the mess in the Gulf of Mexico is the president's Katrina is false. The mess in the Gulf of Mexico is this president's 9/11. His decisions and so called 'solutions' are an epic failure.

Evidently, the teleprompter does not have correct answers.

Get on with it, Mr. President. Step aside. Let folks smarter than you make decisions. This is obviously beyond your paygrade.

Let us "DRILL, BABY DRILL!"

"Gather Your Armies"

2010-06-17T08:56:00.002-08:00

This political commercial is currently causing the lame-stream media crybabies to engage in another round of bed-wetting and name-calling. I love it!

GOP women: Some tough mothers

2010-06-17T05:58:00.006-08:00

Russ Vaughn:AmericanThinker

I am one of those conservatives who has pretty much maintained an arm's length from Sarah Palin since Mc Lame first brought her to the forefront of the political scene. Although initially wary, but admittedly impressed with her performance in the 2008 campaign, which in my opinion was the only bright spot of said campaign, I have begun to pay more attention to this irrepressible, remarkable woman and I must confess: I'm impressed.

I just watched her vis a vis Bill O'Reilly following the One's pronouncements on the oil spill, you know, where the Big O addresses the Big O, and let me tell you my immediate impression. Put aside Greta Van Susteren's recent impertinent question to the governor as to whether she's had breast implants. What is overwhelmingly obvious is that this is a woman who possesses a more common-sense intellect and bigger cojones than O'Reilly, Obama and any other male power figure I can name.

Actually, I've been intrigued ever since I read the characterization during the past presidential campaign by some liberal twit who referred to Ms. Palin as every schoolboy's fantasy of the naughty librarian. Now I gotta tell you, I'm a few decades beyond schoolboy fantasies but that observation did inspire a few old codger fantasies around the country, Take it from one.

My wife, reading over my shoulder, just accused me of being sexist. Hogwash! I'm saying our conservative women seeking political office not only tend to be one helluva lot better looking than the broad-beamed, thunder-thighed feminist candidates the Dems, Libs and Fems put forth, they're tougher than the Democrat's male candidates as well.

In this increasingly feminized, liberal society, I have a suggested slogan for the Republican National Committee:

Republican Women: some tough mothers who know what asses to kick!

Governor Palin: Restoring Honor Rally and Charity Auction with Glenn Beck

2010-06-16T21:32:00.000-08:00

Via Facebook:

I am so excited about the upcoming Restoring Honor rally with Glenn Beck on August 28th in Washington, D.C., right on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Glenn and I will be speaking at the rally, and I hope you’ll be able to join us. You can visit the Restoring Honor Facebook page here for all updates.

You can also help us raise funds for some amazing true American heroes by joining me and Glenn for breakfast on August 28th before the rally. Visit this website to bid on a fun morning with both of us, and remember all proceeds from this auction go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, a non-profit charity serving the children of our fallen heroes.

Bid on the auction! Come with an appetite! And see you in D.C.!

- Sarah Palin

The Malaise Speech

2010-06-16T06:21:00.003-08:00

Barack Obama doesn't know it yet, but he just heralded the end of his Presidency last night.

As most of you are aware, the first two thirds of the President's speech to the Nation was long on generalities, and short on specifics of what the U.S. Government, in concert with BP, was going to do to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. There was lots of mambo mojo about punishing BP and going Medieval on BP's executives, as well as some BOOOOOSH Bashing.

Because there has never been a leak this size at this depth, stopping it has tested the limits of human technology. That's why just after the rig sank, I assembled a team of our nation's best scientists and engineers to tackle this challenge -- a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation's Secretary of Energy. Scientists at our national labs and experts from academia and other oil companies have also provided ideas and advice.

As a result of these efforts, we've directed BP to mobilize additional equipment and technology. And in the coming weeks and days, these efforts should capture up to 90 percent of the oil leaking out of the well. This is until the company finishes drilling a relief well later in the summer that's expected to stop the leak completely.

But that's not quite what's going on. If one reads from one of the professional blogs, The Oil Drum (no friends of Palin, by the way) what is actually going on is a race against time. Erosion caused by the high pressure movement of hydrocarbon product, sand and silt up the shaft and through the Blowout Preventer system is creating instability up and down the entire shaft system. BP knows this, apparently, as does the Administration. Money section:

Contrary to what most of us would think as logical to stop the oil mess, actually opening up the gushing well and making it gush more became direction BP took after confirming that there was a leak. In fact if you note their actions, that should become clear. They have shifted from stopping or restricting the gusher to opening it up and catching it. This only makes sense if they want to relieve pressure at the leak hidden down below the seabed.....and that sort of leak is one of the most dangerous and potentially damaging kind of leak there could be. It is also inaccessible which compounds our problems. There is no way to stop that leak from above, all they can do is relieve the pressure on it and the only way to do that right now is to open up the nozzle above and gush more oil into the gulf and hopefully catch it, which they have done, they just neglected to tell us why, gee thanks.

A down hole leak is dangerous and damaging for several reasons.
There will be erosion throughout the entire beat up, beat on and beat down remainder of the "system" including that inaccessible leak. The same erosion I spoke about in the first post is still present and has never stopped, cannot be stopped, is impossible to stop and will always be present in and acting on anything that is left which has crude oil "Product" rushing through it. There are abrasives still present, swirling flow will create hot spots of wear and this erosion is relentless and will always be present until eventually it wears away enough material to break it's way out. It will slowly eat the bop away especially at the now pinched off riser head and it will flow more and more. Perhaps BP can outrun or keep up with that out flow with various suckage methods for a period of time, but eventually the well will win that race, just how long that race will be?...no one really knows....However now?...there are other problems that a down hole leak will and must produce that will compound this already bad situation.

This down hole leak will undermine the foundation of the seabed in and around the well area. It also weakens the only thing holding up the massive Blow Out Preventer's immense bulk of 450 tons. In fact?...we are beginning to the results of the well's total integrity beginning to fail due to the undermining being caused by the leaking well bore.

The first layer of the sea floor in the gulf is mostly lose material of sand and silt. It doesn't hold up anything and isn't meant to, what holds the entire subsea system of the Bop in place is the well itself. The very large steel connectors of the initial well head "spud" stabbed in to the sea floor. The Bop literally sits on top of the pipe and never touches the sea bed, it wouldn't do anything in way of support if it did. After several tens of feet the seabed does begin to support the well connection laterally (side to side) you couldn't put a 450 ton piece of machinery on top of a 100' tall pipe "in the air" and subject it to the side loads caused by the ocean currents and expect it not to bend over...unless that pipe was very much larger than the machine itself, which you all can see it is not. The well's piping in comparison is actually very much smaller than the Blow Out Preventer and strong as it may be, it relies on some support from the seabed to function and not literally fall over...and it is now showing signs of doing just that....falling over.

One of the things you did not see from Obama is an actual plan from him, and BP, to actually STOP the leak, pending the digging and execution of the two relief wells. The poster at the Oil Drum is indicating that we may run out of time and that the pressure of the oil from the chamber below ground may tip over the BOP before the relief wells kill the leaky well.

In that eventuality, we may have no choice but to seal the well using a tactical nuclear warhead. Matt Simmons, deep ocean oil expert on Youtube, lays it all out.

Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothman about BP Plc’s oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and his view that the use of a “small-bore nuclear device” is now the “only option” to stop the flow of oil.

The Nation, and indeed the Caribbean community, simply cannot tolerate a massive amount of oil leaking into the Gulf for the next thirty years. The President simply hasn't made up his mind what to do yet. That is something that came across last night, in spades, to the American people. There's no hand at the tiller.

In the last third of the speech, Obama rolled out Cap and Trade again, in the hopes that public outrage over the BP and its malfeasance would have the public clamor for higher gas prices at the pump, but I suspect that that's a misreading of the public mood. Palin's response was brutal, and to the point.

I kind of have a big beef with you too though, Bill, if you don't acknowledge that President Obama is wrong on his call for a need for energy policy. Certainly we need that, but he is wrong not to acknowledge that we still need on a three-legged stool the conventional sources of energy to be drilled here. Otherwise, Bill, we are going to be dropped to our knees and bowing to the Saudis and Venezuela and places like Russia that will keep producing oil and petroleum products, and we will have to ask them to produce for us because we will still be dependent upon these sources of energy.

In addition though, too, shifting more towards the renewables which, of course, we need. And the other leg of that stool is conservation. President Obama, it scares me, it saddens me that the CEO of our nation does not understand that inherent link between the conventional sources of energy that we're dependent upon and our security, our prosperity, our freedom.

Palin is a realist. But she also understands that Obama operates within the political environment of the Left Wing of the Democratic Party, and that Obama's aims run counter to the long term best interests of this country. Most of the Green Energy scams being pushed by Obama, so far, have proven to be of little investment value, else they would have attracted investment dollars from capital markets. But Obama and the Left are pushing this nonsense because of their belief in Green Energy, and partly as a payoff to George Soros and his people, who have huge longs in Petrobras and other overseas petroleum interests.

Their interests rise in value if US production declines.

What Palin gets is that with Obama, all one has to do is follow the money. The country is getting this, too, despite the smoke and mirrors that went into electing him, I think that the voters are catching on to the fact that they elected a phony and a con man. I also believe, as I suspect does Palin, that it's all beginning to unravel.

A lot of the liberal anger with Obama's speech that people saw last night was a reflection of the fact that the Left is beginning to know the meaning of fear.

Governor Palin's Response to President Obama's Oil Spill Address

2010-06-15T17:17:00.007-08:00

President Obama gave a speech tonight from the oval office to discuss his response to the oil spill. You can read what the President read off of his teleprompter here. While President Obama has been trying to determine whose @$$ to kick regarding the oil spill, Governor Palin kicked his in her response to President Obama's speech tonight on The O'Reilly Factor:

H/T @Jenfidel

Governor Palin, the Principled Pragmatist

2010-06-14T17:40:00.004-08:00

Yesterday the AP released a story with the title, "Palin more pragmatic than friends and foes expect". The story was pretty balanced and fair. Considering the AP's usual treatment of the Governor in their stories, it could be seen as a glowing piece about Palin. The article focused on the variety of candidates that Governor Palin has endorsed and the subsequent responses by some conservatives who have either been enthused or disappointed by Governor Palin's endorsements.

Governor Palin's endorsements have been both pragmatic and extremely influential. She has aimed at supporting the conservative who is most likely to win. This is pragmatic. When Governor Palin endorsed California Senatorial candidate, Carly Fiorina, Governor Palin said:

Please consider that Carly is the conservative who has the potential to beat California’s liberal senator, Barbara Boxer, in November. I’m a huge proponent of contested primaries, so I’m glad to see the contest in California’s GOP, but I support Carly as she fights through a tough primary against a liberal member of the GOP who seems to bear almost no difference to Boxer, one of the most leftwing members of the Senate. Carly needs our support in this crucial election year when we have a real chance of putting an end to the Pelosi/Reid “Big Government” agenda.

Many conservatives bemoaned the fact that Governor Palin supported Fiorina rather than Chuck DeVore. However, Fiorina has the best opportunity to defeat "Ma'am" Boxer in the general election. Governor Palin's endorsements are indeed also quite influential. When Governor Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina, she was trailing in the polls, she ended up winning by 34 points over Tom Campbell, the nearest opponent. When Governor Palin endorsed and stood by (not "four square behind", whatever that means, like Governor Romney) Nikki Haley, Haley went from trailing in the race to garnering 27% more votes than the nearest opponent and will handily win an upcoming runoff for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina.

Governor Palin's pragmatism does not only lie in her endorsements, but also in her governing ability. The most vivid example of this was when Governor Palin had to choose between two moderate to liberal potential Alaskan supreme court justices in March of 2009. Governor Palin chose Morgan Christen, a more moderate justice who had some ties to Planned Parenthood over the other potential justice who was extremely Left on environmental issues. The way that Alaskan justices must be selected forced Governor Palin to choose one of these far less-than-ideal candidates. Rather than crucify herself on the altar of rigid principled action, Governor Palin chose principled pragmatism. About the justice selection, Governor Palin said:

My job is to follow the Constitution. I try to appoint the nominee that is able to approach every case with an open mind and the best knowledge, skills, and ability to analyze the legal issues and apply the law to the facts of the case. It is often a difficult decision to make. In the instance of the most recent Supreme Court seat, both candidates had a wealth of legal experience to offer the state.

There are numerous other examples. Governor Palin approved benefits for same sex couples on the grounds of Constitutionality, even though the perception by many is that she wouldn't approve of such a measure. Governor Palin created a Climate Change subcabinet because she wanted to monitor the effects of "climate change", rather than except the snake oil science of "green profiteers".

Governor Palin has a rare ability to marry principles with pragmatism without abandoning principle. Governor Palin thinks, speaks, and acts not with rigid dogmatic ideology, but with practical principles with the Constitution and a conservative blueprint as her guide. G.K. Chesterton once said, " compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf". Governor Palin encapsulates the picture of the former person in Chesterton's quote. She understands what pragmatism, and sometimes even compromise, is. For those who want to claim that Governor Palin is a Far Right nutcase who is far too polarizing, the principled pragmatism of her rhetoric, record, and endorsements speak for themselves, even if the press claims that such pragmatism is unexpected.

Governor Palin:Concerning a Possible Trip to the United Kingdom

2010-06-14T12:02:00.001-08:00

Via Facebook:

Following an article in a British publication on Sunday, I’ve received questions about a possible trip to the United Kingdom. I have received an invitation for a visit to London, and part of that invitation included the offer of arranging a meeting between myself and one of my political heroines, the “Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher. I would love to meet her and hope I’ll be able to arrange the trip in the future.

As I wrote last year when I offered her birthday wishes, Baroness Thatcher’s life and career serve as a blueprint for overcoming the odds and challenging the “status quo.” She started life as a grocer’s daughter from Grantham and rose to become Prime Minister – all by her own merit and hard work. I cherish her example and will always count her as one of my role models. Her friendship with my other political hero, Ronald Reagan, exemplified the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

- Sarah Palin

Flag Day: Recognizing the Adoption of the Stars and Stripes

2010-06-14T08:09:00.003-08:00

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the United States flag, which occurred on June 14, 1777 by the Second Continental Congress. In 1916, in the midst of the perils World War I, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring this day, "Flag Day":

My Fellow Countrymen:

Many circumstances have recently conspired to turn our thoughts to a critical examination of the conditions of our national life, of the influences which have seemed to threaten to divide us in interest and sympathy, of forces within and forces without that seemed likely to draw us away from the happy traditions of united purpose and action of which we have been so proud, It has therefore seemed to me fitting that I should call your attention to the approach of the anniversary of the day upon which the flag of the United States was adopted by the Congress as the emblem of the Union, and to suggest to you that it should this year and in the years to come be given special significance as a day of renewal and reminder, a day upon which we should direct our minds with a special desire of renewal to thoughts of the ideals and principles of which we have sought to make our great Government the embodiment.

I therefore suggest and request that throughout the nation and if possible in every community the fourteenth day of June be observed as FLAG DAY with special patriotic exercises, at which means shall be taken to give significant expression to our thoughtful love of America, our comprehension of the great mission of liberty and justice to which we have devoted ourselves as a people, our pride in the history and our enthusiasm for the political programme of the nation, our determination to make it greater and purer with each generation, and our resolution to demonstrate to all the world its, vital union in sentiment and purpose, accepting only those as true compatriots who feel as we do the compulsion of this supreme allegiance. Let us on that day rededicate ourselves to the nation, "one and inseparable" from which every thought that is not worthy of our fathers' first vows in independence, liberty, and right shall be excluded and in which we shall stand with united hearts, for an America which no man can corrupt, no influence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself,-a nation signally distinguished among all the nations of mankind for its clear, individual conception alike of its duties and its privileges, its obligations and its rights.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fortieth.

WOODROW WILSON

By the President:

ROBERT Lansing
Secretary of State

Flag Day was later formerly established in 1949 by an official act of Congress. George Washington reportedly asked Betsy Ross, a Pennsylvania upholsterer, to design our nation's flag, although there is also indication that Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey was also at least partially involved in the design. The original design of the Flag included 13 stripes, representing the 13 colonies and 13 stars, against a blue background representing a "new constellation". The arrangement and number of stars has been altered throughout history as new states have entered the Union.

Francis Scott Key wrote our national anthem with the flag as its centerpiece during the war of 1812:

May we remember on this day, and everyday, the Flag to which we pledge allegiance. Flag Day, a day of remembrance roughly halfway between Memorial Day and Independence Day is a wonderful reminder of the symbol of the Republic that so many brave men and women have fought and died for so that we could be independent from the shackles of tyranny.

Crossposted here.

The Meeting of Two Iron Ladies?

2010-06-13T19:49:00.003-08:00

The UK Daily Mail is reporting (with extreme snark, I might add) that a meeting between Governor Palin and Margaret Thatcher is possibly in the works:

Her representatives approached Margaret Thatcher to ask for a meeting as part of a bid to enhance her claim to be the ‘heir to Ronald Reagan’ and prepare to challenge Mr Obama.
And Lady Thatcher has agreed to see Mrs Palin, who stood as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008. A spokesman said: ‘We had an informal approach asking if Lady Thatcher would meet Mrs Palin if she comes to Britain and we said yes.’

Although a relative of Thatcher had revealed a couple years ago that she is suffering from dementia (which may affect the content of discussion), if such a meeting comes to fruition, the symbolism will be epic. Many conservatives see Governor Palin as the political love child of President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher. Thatcher took on the establishment of her own party, stood strongly for conservative principles, and spoke with unabashed, intrepid rhetoric, just as Governor Palin does.

Although we do not know Governor Palin's plans for 2012, it should be noted that President Reagan visited Prime Minister Thatcher prior to his run for the White House. Their first one-on-one meeting was in 1975. After meeting with Thatcher, Reagan wrote a note of thanks to Mrs. Thatcher telling her that she "had an enthusiastic supporter in 'the colonies'". Governor Palin has expressed great admiration for Margaret Thatcher as well. On her last birthday, Governor Palin wished Thatcher a "happy birthday" on her Facebook page saying:

I would like to extend warm birthday wishes to Margaret Thatcher today. Baroness Thatcher continues to remain a role model to many people, particularly women, around the world. Her career is a collection of "firsts." She was the youngest female Conservative Party member to stand for election in history, she was the first woman to hold the title Leader of the Opposition, and she was the first woman to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

As Prime Minister, she took an active role in defending economic freedom and democratic ideals. Her push to privatize British industry and lower tax rates led to a substantial economic expansion in the United Kingdom. She was just as influential in foreign policy. Along with President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, Prime Minister Thatcher recognized the evil of Communism and worked tirelessly to erode the power and influence of the Soviet Union.

Her life and career serve as a blueprint for overcoming the odds and challenging the "status quo." She started life as a grocer's daughter from Grantham and rose to become Prime Minister - all by her own merit and hard work. I cherish the accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher and will always count her as one of my role models.

Additionally, during the 2008 campaign, Governor Palin expressed the influence of Margaret Thatcher on her political perspective (starting at about the 3:15 mark):

Conservatives have been waiting for the return of a Ronald Reagan or a Margaret Thatcher on the political scene, and many have seen Governor Palin as that person. Governor Palin has the charisma of Ronald Reagan coupled with the no nonsense attitude and sarcasm of Lady Thatcher. She has the fiscal conservatism and hawkish nature of both conservative leaders. While President Reagan is no longer with us, the potential of this meeting between Governor Palin and Margaret Thatcher may prove to be the proverbial passing of the torch, perhaps leading to the re-lighting of that shining city on a hill.

Governor Palin: Fuel America with Terrorist-Tarred Oil Instead of Drilling Our Own, Baby?

2010-06-13T11:44:00.002-08:00

Via Facebook:

Am I the only one who wonders what could possibly be the agenda of any politician who would thwart our drive toward energy independence? Continuing to lock up America’s domestic energy reserves, including the energy-rich Last Frontier of Alaska, only equips dangerous foreign regimes as they fund terrorist organizations to harm us and our allies. I’m going to keep speaking and writing about this in the simplest of terms until someone can provide a simple answer as to why liberal Democrats don’t understand that we have safe, warehoused onshore and shallow water reserves waiting for permission to be extracted. They either choose not to understand the geology, science, and technology behind an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy security, or they understand it, yet for whatever frightening reason choose to be lap dogs to Chavez and Ahmadinejad.

Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven’t learned enough to dismiss common sense (a prerequisite for power in Washington these days). Help me out, friends! Help someone like me – and the majority of Americans – understand why we would ever kowtow and bow to foreign regimes that hate us, instead of doing all we can to starve the beast of terrorism in our plight for security, prosperity, and peace.

There’s an obvious common sense answer to our need for security and energy independence, but don’t hold your breath waiting for common sense to surface in Washington – it’s an endangered species there. Obviously we must responsibly develop our God-given domestic oil and gas reserves right here, right now; we must conserve energy; and we must develop renewables that are based on sound science, not snake oil and favors for political pals.

Please read the following Newsmax article (posted below) summarizing GOP efforts to push the Obama Administration to produce a plan to potentially wean us off one source of dangerous foreign oil. (Of course, I think the prodding should be even more aggressive to shake up the naïve complacency of anti-development Democrats and some deer-in-the-headlights mainstream reporters who are finally realizing they’d been buffaloed into believing any politician had all the answers.)

We must understand the imperative nature of energy security, along with America’s life and death need to secure our borders. Baby, this is why I won’t sit down and shut up about the need to drill.

- Sarah Palin

Senators Demand Answers on Venezuela’s Links to Terrorism

A dozen Republican senators have sent a letter challenging the Obama administration to explain what it knows about Venezuela’s support for terrorism and suggesting that the country be declared a “state sponsor of terrorism.”

“Hugo Chavez’s relationships with Iran and other foreign terrorist organizations continue to grow and pose a serious threat to our hemisphere,” Sen. George LeMieux of Florida, one signer of the letter, said of the Venezuelan president.

“I encourage the State Department to thoroughly evaluate Venezuela’s actions and determine if the country needs to be added to the official U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.”

John Ensign of Nevada, who drafted the letter along with LeMieux, declared: “It’s no secret to the American people that Venezuela wishes harm to the United States. What is secret is how many more ties to terrorist organizations and state sponsors of terrorism does Venezuela need to be declared a state sponsor of terrorism.”

The letter addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton points to a number of concerns raised by Chavez’s Venezuela:

Surface-to-air missiles and other weapons have reportedly been provided by Venezuela to FARC guerrillas in Colombia. An arms cache captured from FARC in 2008 included Swedish-made anti-tank rocket launchers that had been sold to Venezuela.
Venezuela provides cross-border sanctuaries for Colombian guerrillas.
A United Nations report last year disclosed that nearly one-third of all cocaine produced in the Andean region passes through Venezuela. The senators question how much terrorist groups such as al-Qaida profit from trafficking drugs that originate in or flow through Venezuela.
The U.S. has frozen the assets of two Venezuelans, including one working for Chavez, for providing direct support to the terrorist group Hezbollah. The senators ask the State Department for an assessment of the activities of Hezbollah inside Venezuela.
Chavez’s “extensive support” of the Castro regime in Cuba is calculated to amount to $1 billion a year, and Cuban advisors are involved in the intelligence and security apparatus of the Venezuelan government.
Chavez “has repeatedly expressed support” for Iran’s covert nuclear program and announced a plan for the construction of a “nuclear village” in Venezuela with Iranian assistance. Also, Chavez has pledged to provide Iran with 20,000 barrels of gasoline per day.
As for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, “recent years have witnessed an increased presence in Latin America, particularly Venezuela.”
Weekly flights connecting Iran, Syria, and Venezuela raise suspicions of “nefarious purposes” because passengers on these flights have been subject to only “cursory immigration and customs controls.”

Newsmax magazine’s May issue disclosed that Iranian security officers seal off the airport in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, two hours before Iran Air jets arrived. Those officers supervise cargo unloading with no inspection by local officials.

Iran could easily fly in highly enriched uranium that could then be carried into the U.S. from Mexico, increasing the risk of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon.

If the U.S. did declare Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism, American arms sales to the country would be prohibited, as would U.S. economic assistance, and severe restrictions would be placed on bilateral trade.

“The Obama administration’s decision to pull the trigger on Venezuela may hinge on whether the United States can afford to forfeit petroleum exports from that South American country,” Roger F. Noriega, a former assistant secretary of state and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, observes on the Institute’s journal, The American.

“Anticipating the argument that Venezuela’s oil supply is too essential to the U.S. economy to risk slapping that country with the terrorist label, the senators ask the administration to explain its ‘contingency plan’ for dealing with a ‘sudden and prolonged unavailability of Venezuelan oil exports to the United States.’”

In answer to the question, the U.S. would likely find new sources of oil on the international market — but Venezuela’s economy will be crippled by the loss of oil revenue and consumer imports, Noriega notes, adding: “Since the last years of the George W. Bush administration, U.S. diplomats have steered clear of Chavez for fear of ‘provoking’ him. Thanks to congressional oversight, we are about to confront the terrible downside of that naïve, passive policy.”

Other senators who signed the letter include John McCain of Arizona, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Republican Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona.

Governor Palin: Koster for Congress, the Work Ethic Washington Needs

2010-06-12T17:23:00.001-08:00

Via Facebook:

I’m happy to endorse John Koster for Washington’s 2nd Congressional District. John is a strong pro-family, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-development fiscal conservative who will work to rein in the excesses of an out of control federal government. He’s just the sort of Constitutional Commonsense Conservative we need in DC.

John’s free market principles are rooted in his real life experience as a business owner of a dairy farm in North Snohomish County. He served his community with integrity and distinction on the Snohomish County Council and in the Washington State House of Representatives. And now he would like to serve in Congress in order to stop the reckless spending before it’s too late. John knows that growing government is not the answer to our economic problems. He wants to return us to a smaller, smarter government that abides by our Constitution and lives within its means.

With a candor and clarity that is so needed in DC, John says: “History and common sense both instruct us that we cannot spend our way out of debt. The most recent bailouts and stimulus packages are a failure. We are courting long term economic devastation and potentially enslaving our children and grandchildren to pay the debt.”

John is running against an incumbent Democrat who is part of the Pelosi/Reid agenda spending away our children’s future. That’s why we need to send John to DC in his place.

Please join me in supporting John. Visit his website www.kosterforcongress.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

John joins other good candidates in Washington State, like Clint Didier, who are ready to shake up the status quo and help put us on the right track!

- Sarah Palin

Before Most of Knew About A Lady Named Sarah and a Baby Named Trig

2010-06-12T17:10:00.014-08:00

Gov. Sarah Palin gave this speech in Anchorage during the Nov. 24, 2007 Alaska Right to Life annual fundraising banquet. She was expecting Trig but no one knew;few of use who now stand at her side had ever heard of governor Sarah Palin. As you read this you will recognize through her words the lady we all know now as Sarah, because her words have not changed. Please go HERE to read the complete article. Also Here as the speech was used as part of a post to debunk the Newsweek Article.

As your governor, nothing is closer to my heart than the most promising and precious ingredient in this sometimes mixed up world of ours. That is Alaska’s children – those born and those (yet) to be born.

The Scriptures that define my faith also guide my beliefs when it comes to the value of human life. Psalm 139, many of you know. It says that God knit us together in our mothers’ wombs, that we are wonderfully and fearfully made and that God’s eyes saw our unformed bodies, ordaining all of our days before even one of them came to be.

I serve a God who creates and cherishes life and I believe, from the core of my being, that he has created everyone for a good purpose and that we have a destiny from the very beginning. So I do cherish and I will defend innocent life. As a woman, as a mother, as an Alaskan, as your governor, I will protect and serve the future of Alaska – your children – both born and (those) yet to be born.

I’m not going to judge or condemn anyone. Everyone has a different style about getting their word and beliefs out there. I’m just not wired to do that. I am not calloused about the issue of unplanned pregnancy. I sympathize and I empathize with those who are in that situation.

Someone in less than ideal circumstances finds out they are pregnant and they think, "Oh no, in an instant, my plans are ruined, my dreams are broken."

I’m not calloused to that. In fact, I understand. So I want to help and encourage those who are in that situation. But helping and encouraging is really hard in our culture, because our culture places too little value on honor and commitments and selflessness…

Mother Teresa once said, "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you can live as you wish."

Our willingness today, in this culture, to be short sighted and to not consider the value and potential in every human life — even in situations like an unplanned pregnancy where circumstances are not ideal — that is a symptom of a culture with skewed priorities, a culture that has lost its way…

A culture that chooses to do harm to innocent life for convenience, that chooses to harm its very future by harming the promising element that can provide the hope that we need — a child — points to a culture that has lost its vision…

We must challenge, out of compassion, that shortsightedness we see all around us in this world. Our girls and our young women (need) to see how precious and valuable they are and be challenged to love and respect themselves and to honor their bodies and to protect that life which we are so privileged to help carry. As women, we are strong enough and sacrificial enough to do this. It is the way we are created…

Men need to learn to extend their strength to others. They too must be encouraged to selflessly become more responsible and to sacrificially own up to their responsibilities in less than ideal circumstances…

Together we need to cast that vision of life to our culture. We have to do it together.

Governor Palin's Populism and the Gulf Oil Spill

2010-06-12T13:04:00.007-08:00

Today, in an appearance on Fox and Friends, Governor Palin revealed another piece of her common sense conservative populism, a populism that has often been misrepresented:

In discussing the Obama administration's continued mishandling of the oil spill in the Gulf, the Governor said:

So, there's a lot of blame to go around, but certainly the American public can't be blamed for the problem that we're seeing today, that tragedy in the Gulf, and they should not be punished. They should not be punished with cap and tax either, a tax on energy that now Obama is talking about in a kind of response to the Gulf spill. And we shouldn't be punished by outsourcing our energy development anymore than we're already outsourcing.(emphasis mine)

Governor Palin's "populism" is not one of the government railing against profit seeking behavior of business; it's one of ensuring that the people are protected from the over reach and mismanagement of the federal government and the dishonesty and unethical practice of business. She recognizes that because of perhaps negligence by BP and the lax oversight by the federal government, the tragic spill occurred, and it has not been appropriately addressed.

As Governor Palin states, "the American people should not be punished" by cap and tax legislation or further EPA restrictions. However, the Senate is proposing a bill devoid of straight up "cap and tax", but are including "cap and tax" language as an amendment. This is solely a political tactic to protect vulnerable Senate members. Read more here. Governor Palin recognizes that not only is the Obama administration guilty of inaction, they are guilty of using another "crisis" to try to ram through their progressive agenda. Cap and tax legislation is indeed a "punishment" on the American people. Even President Obama admitted that such legislation will cause energy prices to "necessarily skyrocket". In essence, this means that Americans are "fined" for using energy whether it is people using it to heat their homes or it's indirectly like when they buy food from the store that has been harvested in America, using energy requiring farm machinery.

Additionally, in the Fox and Friends interview, Governor Palin goes on to say:

They need to be checked. And Allison, what we did up in Alaska, what I did as governor is in order to verify, not just to give lip service to my expectations and verification of what the oil companies were doing, was I set up a petroleum systems integrity office. I ramped up oversight in our own state to make sure that we could believe what it was that the oil companies were telling us. And I about got run out of town by especially some Republicans thinking I was playing too hard ball with the oil companies. But this public resource and the public trust is important enough to do anything and everything that you can appropriately as a governing body to make sure that the oil companies are on the up and up in what they're telling you about their standards and their operating procedures. (emphasis mine).

Again, Governor Palin's populism shows in her recognition of government's proper role in protecting the American people from dishonest or sloppy practices.She does not see that government needs to overregulate industry to the point where it can no longer produce for Americans. This means that jobs are exported and energy is imported. This is a lose-lose situation for Americans. Governor Palin simply wants both the government to be accountable to its constituents and business to be accountable to its customers. As she wrote in Going Rogue, " the government's role is to protect us, not perfect us". As I'd written previously this is where Governor Palin shows stark contrast compared to President Obama:

One thing that has stood out to me since Governor Palin come on the national scene nearly two years ago is her use of the word oversight. For Governor Palin, it is not about heavy handed regulation or government putting "their boot on the throat" of an oil company. It is about ensuring that an oil company or a company in any industry is accountable for their actions and accountable to the consumer. It is indicative of Governor Palin's philosophy of government. In Going Rogue, Governor Palin writes, " the role of government is to protect us, not to perfect us". This is quite the opposite of what President Obama is doing. He has decided suspend drilling in the Arctic and has canceled leases in the Gulf and off the coast of Virginia. This is an example of the government trying to perfect. If no drilling is allowed, there is no chance for spills or environmental problems. There is "perfection"-- the absence of accidents. However, as Governor Palin, suggests government has a role of oversight and insurance of accountability as she has suggested with the federal law and the Alaskan office.

Governor Palin's populism is one of recognizing government's proper role in oversight, not in excessive regulation or heavy handed "taxes" such as cap and tax. Governor Palin continues to stand with the American people: limited and accountable government and maximum freedom for Americans.

Giggle for the day

2010-06-11T09:26:00.000-08:00

Free to good home.

Excellent guard dog.

Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more drug pushers, thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat.

Most of them knew Jethro only by his Oriental street name, Ho Lee Schitt.

Vindication: Palin was right about Death Panels!!!

2010-06-10T12:02:00.001-08:00

Miami Herald

Senate candidate Maurice Ferré said it is wrong to spend thousands of dollars to prolong the lives of the

dying for a short time.

BY GEORGE BENNETT

Palm Beach Post

WEST PALM BEACH -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferré says the United States spends an ``absurd'' amount on end-of-life care and should gradually move to a universal health system in which the government controls costs by setting prices for medical procedures and capping expenditures based on age and medical condition.

Speaking to The Palm Beach Post editorial board Wednesday, Ferré said he would have voted for the healthcare overhaul passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama as ``a step in the right direction.'' He said the ``Medicare-for-everyone'' system he favors should be phased in over about 25 years.

Ferré, 75, is a former Miami mayor running a low-budget Democratic primary campaign against U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami and Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene.

Answering a question about the long-term solvency of Social Security, Ferré said that raising the retirement age should be considered.

He then went into a discussion of Medicare costs, saying a large amount of money typically is spent in the final three months of a person's life.

``I've already written in my will that I don't want you to go spending half a million dollars to keep me alive for three more months all tubed up with all kinds of liquids going in and out of my body and my mind slowly slipping away. It's a torture chamber,'' Ferré said.

``Now you say, well, that's a `death panel.' Well, you know what, when you get to be 85 or 90 years old, you're going to die. And I'm sorry, you call it, Sarah Palin, what you want, but the fact is that it is absurd for us to be spending the types of money we're spending to extend life three months.''

Asked what he would do as a senator to control such costs, Ferré said: ``I would absolutely say that this is the cap on how much is available for you to spend at age 90, 87, with a heart condition of this sort, with diabetes of this sort, two legs missing and, you know, this is how much is available for you to spend. And you spend it any way you want.''

He added: ``My logic tells me that it is illogical to spend half a million dollars to extend a diabetic person who has two legs cut off, that we spend half a million dollars to tube up that person and extend their lives six months.''

Oh BOY! I wonder how his political career will be going after this?

Sarah Palin's Big Night

2010-06-09T03:26:00.003-08:00

The Results are in from Tuesday's G.O.P. primaries, and they were decisive victories for Sarah Palin, leader of the Reagan Wing of the Republican Party over the Washington Establishment.

Coming as they did on the heels of Sean Duffy's win in Wisconsin and Susana Martinez's victory in New Mexico, the twin triumphs of Carly Fiorina in California and Nikki Haley in South Carolina only reenforce Palin's credibility as a political kingmaker in a sometimes hostile Republican Party. These people, Fiorina and Haley, took a risk in seeking out the endorsement of Palin. What they understood was that she was popular with Republicans in a rank and file that had become disenchanted with the National Party.

Palin returned their requests with full-throated endorsements and vigorous support. The results are in, and while all politics is local, Sarah Palin's support clearly helped push both the Fiorina and Haley campaigns ahead of their competitors with Base voters. One only has to look at the polling before and after Palin's endorsement of each candidate; she helped each competitor seal the deal with the voters and provided the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval with conservatives.

This is a personal triumph for Palin in another way. Sarah Palin has been routinely underrated and scorned by a Left that is eager to bankrupt her personally and bury her politically. Last night's victories only set back those ambitions, and underscore Sarah Palin's role as the central player in Republican Party presidential politics going into the 2012 cycle.

Sarah Palin: Less Talkin’, More Kickin’

2010-06-08T17:52:00.003-08:00

Via: Facebook

50 days in, and we’ve just learned another shocking revelation concerning the Obama administration’s response to the Gulf oil spill. In an interview aired this morning, President Obama admitted that he hasn’t met with or spoken directly to BP’s CEO Tony Hayward. His reasoning: “Because my experience is, when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he’s gonna say all the right things to me. I’m not interested in words. I’m interested in actions.”

First, to the “informed and enlightened” mainstream media: in all the discussions you’ve had with the White House about the spill, did it not occur to you before today to ask how the CEO-to-CEO level discussions were progressing to remedy this tragedy? You never cease to amaze. (Kind of reminds us of the months on end when you never bothered to ask if the President was meeting with General McChrystal to talk about our strategy in Afghanistan.)

Second, to fellow baffled Americans: this revelation is further proof that it bodes well to have some sort of executive experience before occupying the Oval Office (as if the painfully slow response to the oil spill, confusion of duties, finger-pointing, lack of preparedness, and inability to grant local government simple requests weren’t proof enough). The current administration may be unaware that it’s the President’s duty, meeting on a CEO-to-CEO level with Hayward, to verify what BP reports. In an interview a few weeks ago with Greta Van Susteren, I noted that based on my experience working with oil execs as an oil regulator and then as a Governor, you must verify what the oil companies claim – because their perception of circumstances and situations dealing with public resources and public trust is not necessarily shared by those who own America’s public resources and trust. I was about run out of town in Alaska for what critics decried at the time as my “playing hardball with Big Oil,” and those same adversaries (both shortsighted Repubs and Dems) continue to this day to try to discredit my administration’s efforts in holding Big Oil accountable to operate ethically and responsibly.

Mr. President: with all due respect, you have to get involved, sir. The priorities and timeline of an oil company are not the same as the public’s. You cannot outsource the cleanup and the responsibility and the trust to BP and expect that the legitimate interests of Americans adversely affected by this spill will somehow be met.

White House: have you read this morning’s Washington Post? Not to pile it on BP, but there’s an extensive report chronicling the company’s troubling history:

“BP has had more high-profile accidents than any other company in recent years. And now, with the disaster in the gulf, independent experts say the pervasiveness of the company’s problems, in multiple locales and different types of facilities, is striking.

‘They are a recurring environmental criminal and they do not follow U.S. health safety and environmental policy,’ said Jeanne Pascal, a former EPA lawyer who led its BP investigations.”

And yet just 10 days prior to the explosion, the Obama administration’s regulators gave the oil rig a pass, and last year the Obama administration granted BP a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemption for its drilling operation.

These decisions and the resulting spill have shaken the public’s confidence in the ability to safely drill. Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must! Or we will be even more beholden to, and controlled by, dangerous foreign regimes that supply much of our energy. This has been a constant refrain from me. As Governor of Alaska, I did everything in my power to hold oil companies accountable in order to prove to the federal government and to the nation that Alaska could be trusted to further develop energy rich land like ANWR and NPR-A. I hired conscientious Democrats and Republicans (because this sure shouldn’t be a partisan issue) to provide me with the best advice on how we could deal with what was a corrupt system of some lawmakers and administrators who were hesitant to play hardball with some in the oil field business. (Remember the Alaska lawmakers, public decision-makers, and business executives who ended up going to jail as a result of the FBI’s investigations of oily corruption.)

As the aforementioned article notes, BP’s operation in Alaska would hurt our state and waste public resources if allowed to continue. That’s why my administration created the Petroleum Systems Integrity Office (PSIO) when we saw proof of improper maintenance of oil infrastructure in our state. We had to verify. And that’s why we instituted new oversight and held BP and other oil companies financially accountable for poor maintenance practices. We knew we could partner with them to develop resources without pussyfooting around with them. As a CEO, it was my job to look out for the interests of Alaskans with the same intensity and action as the oil company CEOs looked out for the interests of their shareholders.

I learned firsthand the way these companies operate when I served as chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC). I ended up resigning in protest because my bosses (the Governor and his chief of staff at the time) wouldn’t support efforts to clean up the corruption involving improper conflicts of interest with energy companies that the state was supposed to be watching. (I wrote about this valuable learning experience in my book, “Going Rogue”.) I felt guilty taking home a big paycheck while being reduced to sitting on my thumbs – essentially rendered ineffective as a supervisor of a regulatory agency in charge of nearly 20% of the U.S. domestic supply of energy.

My experience (though, granted, I got the message loud and clear during the campaign that my executive experience managing the fastest growing community in the state, and then running the largest state in the union, was nothing compared to the experiences of a community organizer) showed me how government officials and oil execs could scratch each others’ backs to the detriment of the public, and it made me ill. I ran for Governor to fight such practices. So, as a former chief executive, I humbly offer this advice to the President: you must verify. That means you must meet with Hayward. Demand answers.

In the interview today, the President said: “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick.”

Please, sir, for the sake of the Gulf residents, reach out to experts who have experience holding oil companies accountable. I suggested a few weeks ago that you start with Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources, led by Commissioner Tom Irwin. Having worked with Tom and his DNR and AGIA team led by Marty Rutherford, I can vouch for their integrity and expertise in dealing with Big Oil and overseeing its developments. We’ve all lived and worked through the Exxon-Valdez spill. They can help you. Give them a call. Or, what the heck, give me a call.

And, finally, Mr. President, please do not punish the American public with any new energy tax in response to this tragedy. Just because BP and federal regulators screwed up that doesn’t mean the rest of us should get punished with higher taxes at the pump and attached to everything petroleum products touch.

- Sarah Palin

A Nation Is Born Under God

2010-06-08T12:42:00.008-08:00

I wrote most of this post awhile back so in some ways it is an update; I am at some friends home and the wife gave her husband a Bible for last Christmas, The Bible is called "The American Patriot's Bible" all in all it a good Bible it has taken the "Founding Fathers " and integrated their quotas into some of the scriptures ; they also took some of the later leader such as Martin Luther King Jr. John Kennedy and others doing the same;there is also a picture of President Obamo ,it was with the information about MLK the statement that was used was from his victory address of November 4 2009 "change has come to America". YOU THINK... As I read through the Bible it read like a history book ; it makes one feel as if these great man and other earlier leaders like John Jay First Chief Justice of The Supreme Court felt that there would come a point in America where we as a people would need to be reminded of How and Why this great nation was born....

As a Nation we were founded under God; but one must ask what has happened? Prayer has been taken out of our schools, text books have changed history, if you pray in a lunch room over your meal you might find yourself arrested. Why? Because we do not want to offend anyone. When Sarah Palin talks about her faith in God and how she has put her life in His hands, people mock her; it becomes a joke on SNL. The question is, how far as a Nation have we stepped away from what our Founding Fathers felt and dreamed of, what we as a Nation could be?; and how far are we willing to go before we stand up and say enough? We that follow Gov. Palin have stood up; not just for her, but for our faith in God, or for some it might be just something bigger than they are; but we all stand together and with pride and say “ I am an American and I will not watch as the eagle cries.”

Did you know that 52 of the 56 signers of The Declaration of Independence were orthodox, deeply committed Christians? The other four all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, the God of scripture, and His personal intervention. (1)

When I said that our text books are rewriting history, one example is the words said by Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death”, and the context in which they were said, had been erased from some of our textbooks. Was he a Christian? I would believe so; he wrote these words right before his death: "I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor." (1)

Thomas Jefferson said in notes on the State of Virginia 1781: “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.” (2) I find these word reflective of today. After the election, I was talking with a friend; I just didn’t understand. He told me, “sometimes God has to punish His people before he can bless them." Is that where we are today?

In 1892 the United States Supreme Court Said, “"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian." (2) Not the Supreme Court today, and years past.

There are so many quotes about what our Founding Fathers were thinking and had in their hearts and mind as they wrote and signed a document that made us a Nation Under God.

"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
George Washington (4)

I could write quote after quote about their feelings about God and our Nation. May I suggest that that you might want to look up some of these and see for yourself. But there is one more quote and I will make no comment about it; you decide.

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. (3)
Barack Obama

(1) Source: THE FORSAKEN ROOTS. (By David Gillis)
Written by David Gillis website
http://captaincrunch102.spaces.live.com/

(2) http://www.frontier.net/~pmross/godandfoundingfathers.htm

(3) http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/barack_obama_2.html

(4) http://www.frontier.net/~pmross/godandfoundingfathers.htm

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning (4)