WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2008
Palin Said Apt To "Cut, Kill, Dig, Drill"
McCain's Running Mate Has Had Frequent Run-Ins With Environmentalists, Especially In Alaska
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The polar bear is just one wildlife issue where Palin's administration is at odds with environmentalists and at times with the Bush administration and members of Congress. (Steve Romaine)
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Months later she sued Kempthorne, arguing that the Bush administration didn't use the best science in concluding that without further protection, the polar bear faces eventual extinction because of disappearing sea ice as the result of global warming.
Palin, McCain's vice presidential running mate, has had frequent run-ins with environmentalists.
In her 20 months as governor, Palin has questioned the conclusions of federal marine scientists who say the Cook Inlet beluga whale needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
She has defended Alaska's right to shoot down wolves from the air to boost caribou and moose herds for hunters, and - contrary to a view held by McCain - is not convinced that global warming is the result of human activity.
Environmentalists have nicknamed Palin the "killa from Wasilla," a reference to the small town where she formerly was mayor.
"Her philosophy from our perspective is cut, kill, dig and drill," said John Toppenberg, director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance, maintaining she is "in the Stone Age of wildlife management and is very opposed to utilizing accepted science."
While acknowledging the climate is changing, Palin expresses doubt as to whether emissions from human activities are causing it. McCain, on the other hand, supports legislation to reduce heat-trapping pollutants, primarily from the burning of oil and coal.
"John McCain was all about global warming and the integrity of the science. The selection of Sarah Palin is a complete reversal from that position," said Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., who traveled to the South Pole with McCain in 2006 to visit with scientists studying climate change. "She is disturbingly part of the pattern of the Bush administration in their approach to science generally and the science of the environment in particular."
The McCain campaign Wednesday characterized Palin as a leader on climate change, noting she set up a sub-cabinet office to map out state response strategies and sought $1.1 million in federal funds to help communities threatened by coastal erosion and other effects.
Palin's administration relied in part on research from scientists funded by the oil industry to fight against the polar bear's listing, arguing that the impact of global warming on the bear 20 years from now can't be predicted. But e-mails obtained by a University of Alaska professor show that the state's marine mammal experts supported the federal government's conclusions on the bear.
Doug Vincent-Lang, Alaska's endangered species coordinator, said that while there were differences in opinion about the science, the state's position on the polar bear "was not a decision to protect resource development in the state."
Supporters say Palin, a self-described hockey mom who knows how to handle a gun and dress a moose and once worked as a commercial fisherman, is simply a reflection of her home state, where the extraction of oil, natural gas, gold, zinc, fish and other natural resources is the primary source of state income and jobs.
The polar bear isn't the only wildlife issue where Palin's administration is at odds with environmentalists and at times with the Bush administration and members of Congress.
For example:
Under Palin, the state Board of Game authorized for the first time in 20 years the shooting of wolves by state wildlife officials from helicopters. The order resulted in the controversial shooting this summer of 14 one-month-old wolf pups taken from dens on a remote peninsula 800 miles southwest of Anchorage - an act that environmentalists claim was illegal.
State officials characterized the killings as humanitarian, saying the pups would have suffered and eventually died without the care of their parents. Environmentalists argued they were killed to boost caribou populations to the benefit of hunters.
Like many other Alaska officials, Palin argues her critics don't understand the North Country.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., who has complained Alaska is killing more wolves than necessary and has pushed a bill that would put additional restrictions on the aerial killing of predators, has been among Palin's targets.
Miller "doesn't understand rural Alaska, doesn't comprehend wildlife management in the North, and doesn't appreciate the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that gives states the right to manage their own affairs," Palin said in a press release a year ago.
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See all 52 CommentsThis woman wouldn''t know a science text book if it landed on her head. Maybe one should.
When Colorado Democratic Party leader Billy Compton intimidated Sacha Millstone asking her to resign as a Delegate because she had second thoughts on Obama was outrageous! When the sexist/racist Emil Jones called Delmarie Cobb who supported Hillary an "Uncle Tom" infuriates us women!
As a woman I can''''t beieve that it is the Republican Party who chose a woman as their VP. It shows the sexism that exists in our current Democratic Party and it is disgraceful!
I am proud to be one out of the 18 million of us so called "Disgruntled Hillary supporters" who will be voting for McCain and especially Palen now that McCain has shown the courage to chose a woman and his VP. The Obama campaign had been sexist towards Hillary and we women are not going to tolerate it anymore.
We are asking other Democratic women to join us in sending a message to our Democratic Party Leadership and the sexist liberally biased media by voting McCain/Palin!.
Great post Cat Mommy from a Cat Daddy. One thing that I suggest you ponder before writing in Hillary; do you really think a woman such as her would have totally given up the ghost? I think she doesn''t want to be Veep with it''s "her irrelenvency" leanings, and she''s got a deal with Barack to get something much more in the limelight once he''s elected. (Sec. of State for example)?
"Environmentallists" care little about the environment; they just want it reserved for their own private gratification. If they cared at all, they would be up in arms about Brazil cutting down the amazon rain forests to grow sugar cane for ethanol, when there is plenty of good oil and gas in places like Alaska to not need to waste precious energy, and food producing lands on energy losing schems to try and "grow" so-called renewable fuels. Yes they are renewable; they just are not sustainable. We know exactly the rate of arrival of renewable "green" energy from the sun, and it simply is nowhere near fast enough to supply our needs.
That alone makes me sick to my stomach. Lets misbalance nature so that we can shoot more animals. I can see hunting for food because it is needed or to reduce populations due to disease etc. But to hunt so you can have more of the preys food supply to hunt is just wrong.
You are right, we don''t understand that it is more important to hunt animals so that you can have more animals to hunt or to state that the sole purpose of such beautiful country is to drill and drain resources for a country that should instead look at their consumption habits. You are right, we dont understand what that is like. Dang good thing too. And I came from Idaho.
I like that one.
I also like "Caribou Barbie"
Where is she on that?
McCain is an even bigger idiot.
"killa from Wasilla" Lmfao thats a great quote and I will hold my nose and vote for McCain as long as she is on the ticket.
Posted by didnt_inhale at 08:18 PM : Sep 04, 2008
LOL Better get ready there sparky. Few have declared war against the press and lived to brag about it. SIEG HEIL McSame
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Posted by MCVet-1
Agreed, very few if any had survived conflict against the media. Most recent fallen hero was none but HRC who didn''t even declare war with media...she barely whined about sexism and foul play and she got sac''ed and buried by the media.
Apparently her children are being raised by wolves and that must be why she is jealously supporting their slaughter.
Palin is a vote for the past. Creationists only want to run your life. Get ready for more Government intrusion in your life if this bunch gets in there.
"The only difference between a Hockey Mom and a pit bull is lipstick."
. . . . . . So, okay, if she wants to put it that way, then I don''t want that lipstick-wearing B*I*T*C*H and her daddy Old McCorpse in the White House.
She''s even more like Bushit than McSame.
Posted by peanutcrisp at 10:42 PM : Sep 04, 2008
So why are we voting for politicians. We should be voting for news anchormen to run the country. Who''s the pick there?
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Sound erily like the tabacco industries scientific research?
The loony-left has criticized Palin''s hair, her clothes, her glasses, her shoes, her choice of college, her children, and her husband. This slimebag behavior shows that the loony-left has NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE to OFFER - just smears and hysterical mud-slinging.
The "God D@#! America (and Women)" crowd is as pathetic as it gets.
Since the loony-left likes to focus on the candidate''s children, let''s do a comparison:
While Palin''s eldest son is serving his country in the military, Plagiarist-Joe''s son Hunter is serving himself at the government feeding trough - with daddy''s help!- as one of the sleaziest lobbyists in Washington.
Yep, the apple doesn''t fall far from the tree.
This just in: Oprah has refused to allow Sarah Palin on her show. Palin is just "not black enough". Details at drudge.
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Posted by VastR-WCon
Dredge is so renowned for being unbiased - I thought the little terd was dead anyway? I would imagine that Oprah doesn''t want the Wicked Witch of the North on her show because she doesn''t want to advertize the WWN''s radical agenda and give it the credence it would get from her show.
Posted by zgomer
I was going to say something but figured it wasn''t worth lowering myself to your level, dolt.
Well, how ''bout this bibliography from the Palin Library of Science?
Geology: Genesis 1.1, God Himself and No Other. Holy Writ Press, Heaven. 1st ed. 4004 BC.
Math: "1 + 1 = 2 Billion. Revised Business Mathematics", Ken Lay. Enron Publishing, 2001.
Sociology: "The Flintstones as Reality", Hanna-Barbera, Channel 5.
Reproductive Health: "NO NO NO NO NO NO", Hester Prynne Books, Salem, MA, 1623
Wildlife Management: "Licence to Kill", J. Watt and Co.
Ecology: "If Evolution is Real, Why Aren''t Polar Bears Growing Gills?" by Ned Flanders, in Oil Driller''s Weekly.
Chemistry: "Combustion Temperatures of Degenerate Books", A. Hitler and J. Goebbels, AdlersNest Books GmBH, Munich, 1933.
meaning - if God did not bless enviroment ( where?) - she has a right to destroy the nature, wherever she steps.
Posted by rareben at 10:17 PM : Sep 05, 2008
Copyrights are not eternal. They have a short run, and if not renewed, the product can and does become public domain.
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