Wall Street Journal actually slams ole Sarah

From Wall Street Journal



Republicans for the most part avoided eating their own this election except in Alaska, where tea-party diva Sarah Palin helped the independent-Democratic ticket topple GOP Gov. Sean Parnell out of political spite.

The governor’s race in the Last Frontier State was a sleepy affair until September, when independent Bill Walker, who lost to Mr. Parnell in the 2010 GOP primary, merged campaigns with the Democratic nominee, Byron Mallott, a former mayor of Juneau. The unlikely duo, which share little in common politically besides rank opportunism, ran on a populist platform.

Mr. Walker criticized the governor’s plan for a 730-mile natural gas pipeline as “fatally flawed” and a giveaway to Big Oil. He and Mr. Mallott also backed an unsuccessful referendum this summer to repeal Mr. Parnell’s reform to the state’s progressive oil tax—Ms. Palin’s crowning achievement in office.

While governor, Ms. Palin jammed through a tax hike on oil profits as crude prices doubled between 2006 and 2008. Oil and natural-gas royalties and taxes account for roughly 90% of state coffers. Surging oil profits also helped prop up the state’s economy, personal incomes and tax revenues. While U.S. GDP plunged between 2006 and 2009, Alaska’s economy grew by a compounded annual 4.4%—the most nationwide.

Mr. Parnell, the former lieutenant governor, assumed office in July 2009 after Ms. Palin stepped down. The new governor inherited an economic crisis of Ms. Palin’s making. Oil profits subsequently plunged while drillers disembarked for Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota. Alaska’s crude production has fallen by 20% since 2009.

Last year Alaska’s GDP contracted by 2.5%—the only state to record negative growth. The Republican governor sought to stabilize volatile revenues and stimulate investment by reforming Ms. Palin’s progressive oil tax. Ms. Palin responded by throwing her weight behind the August referendum.

A slim majority of voters rejected the ballot measure, yet the populist furies fueled Mr. Walker’s rise. Two weeks before the election, Ms. Palin formally endorsed the Walker-Mallott “Unity Ticket” on the pretext of encouraging political comity in Juneau. “This strong independent ticket represents an Alaskan-sized heart, putting people over party machine politics and Alaskans over egos,” she declared.

Ms. Palin is not overwhelmingly popular in her home state—a Public Policy Polling survey in August showed that just 36% of voters statewide view her favorably—but she does carry clout among anti-establishment conservatives. Given that the election appears to have been decided by fewer than 5,000 votes, and that Republican Dan Sullivan topped incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich by nearly 8,000, Ms. Palin may very well be able to claim Mr. Parnell’s scalp.

Sarah Palin tries to tie oil and Christian education into a knot

From KXnet

Sarah Palin, who was a candidate for vice president when John McCain ran for president six years ago, addressed a sold-out auditorium at Williston State College this evening.

Palin was in Williston as a keynote speaker for the Trinity Christian School fall banquet.

North Dakota surpassed Alaska in oil production in March of 2012.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, Alaska produced 13 million barrels of oil in July.

In that same month North Dakota produced 34.4 million.

Palin talked about oil production and the impacts it can have on christian education.

Early in her presentation she spoke of previous time spent in North Dakota including her favorites: a UND hockey game and the Northern Lights this far 'south.'

(Sarah Palin, Former Governor of Alaska)"Driving to and from North Dakota to see our son, I remember early, early one morning, it was very dark outside, everybody's asleep in the rig and I'm at the wheel and I am shocked to look up and see these spectacular Northern Lights in North Dakota. I had no idea.

You can see the Northern lights in North Dakota and the northern half of Minnesota, but I doubt Sarah actually saw them as she is a habitual liar.  I doubt she ever saw a UND hockey game either.  She probably doesn't even know Ralph Englestad is.  BTW Ralph is the UND hockey alum who financed the building of the hockey arena UND plays at in Grand Forks.  He also was pretty controversial in collecting Nazi war memorabilia and dressing as Hitler at a birthday party.  Hey maybe Sarah does know of him!

So how can you tie oil production with Christianity?  You can't.  In the bible Jesus calls us to be stewards of the earth.  Drilling for oil is not stewardship.

Sarah Palin will be in Williston ND today trying to act like a Christian

From Trinity Christian School

Trinity Christian School will hold its annual Fall Fundraising Banquet at The Well at Williston State College. 

Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate, will be the keynote speaker, and David Barton, President and CEO of WallBuilders, will be the guest speaker. 

The theme of this year’s banquet will center on the oil industry and Christian education.

I e-mailed the school and sent them a copy of the police report.  I told them that Sarah Palin is a very poor example of a Christian and they should bar her from speaking.  I'm sure it won't do any good but it felt good sending that e-mail.

Eleven years ago today US invaded Iraq

And what a disaster it was.  I'm sure you have all seen this but if you haven't please watch.  Thank you.