Quote of the day
posted at 10:59 pm on August 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
“So why is it that during these tough times, when we have great needs at home, the Obama White House is prepared to send more than two billion of your hard-earned tax dollars to Brazil so that the nation’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, can drill off shore and create jobs developing its own resources? That’s all Americans want; but such rational energy development has been continually thwarted by rabid environmentalists, faceless bureaucrats and a seemingly endless parade of lawsuits aimed at shutting down new energy projects.
I’ll speak for the talent I have personally witnessed on the oil fields in Alaska when I say no other country in the world has a stronger workforce than America, no other country in the world has better safety standards than America, and no other country in the world has stricter environmental standards than America. Come to Alaska to witness how oil and gas can be developed simultaneously with the preservation of our eco-system. America has the resources. We deserve the opportunity to develop our resources no less than the Brazilians. Millions of Americans know it is true: “Drill, baby, drill.” Alaska is proof you can drill and develop, and preserve nature, with its magnificent caribou herds passing by the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), completely unaffected. One has to wonder if Obama is playing politics and perhaps refusing a ‘win’ for some states just to play to the left with our money.”
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Around here they refuse to build new roads that can handle all of the traffic because they want to push us all out of our cars and into mass transit, that they control.
Same thing with the oil. If we had our own not only would it be good for the economy, but there would be no talk about solar or wind or any of the other Lefty pet energy projects. Same reason they won’t let us do nuclear.
29Victor on August 20, 2009 at 1:21 AM
As long as gas is under $3 no one except oil tycoons are going to care about drilling. Of course when its over $3, the lefties say its just Republicans artificially inflating the price so we can’t really win ever.
Speedwagon82 on August 20, 2009 at 1:23 AM
So I have gathered by reading your posts these many months. I find it refreshing that the self-reliant outdoor earthiness that made us great still pervades the remote parts of our once great country. In the cities down on the mainland, not so much.
Geochelone on August 20, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Forgot to address that.
Absolutely, she has analytical skills. How can she govern without them? What’s really beautiful is that she has
! Lord in heaven, how long has it been since common sense ruled the day in DC? It’s out of control.
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 1:26 AM
America is the America the universities have created. The Indian is Pan America.
The public is waking up. It is up to us to keep them awake.
Are you listening RNC? No? Then get the hell out of the way because unless you figure out how to fight then we’ll go over the top while you hide in the trenches.
Limerick on August 20, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Camille Paglia made that observation as soon as Palin was selected by McCain. Her Salon article more or less said, “Oh my God, this woman is a throw back. She has the quintessential spirit of the American pioneer woman”.
Paglia adores Sarah.
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 1:28 AM
No, not in the least. Its that she is effective and successful by defying the feminazi mystique. She blew up their mythic version of the successful woman and she is a conservative/libertarian to boot.
I think massrighty nailed it a while back.
Geochelone on August 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Actually she isn’t. She is showing that Obama said NO to Offshore in America yet is promoting it in other countries.
Why? Maybe you should ask Obama that one.
upinak on August 20, 2009 at 1:05 AM
GunRunner on August 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Oh, my mistake. Is that what “serious” means? That sounds like celebrities. My mistake.
Riiiight. Because our current policy of environmental regulation and not allowing domestic drilling is so very “free market”.
progressoverpeace just pwn’d you.
And yet the U.S. does not buy Iranian oil. So how can that be if all oil goes into some giant polyglot supply? Use your head. If the oil is extracted locally, it will be sold locally if for no other reason than to lower distribution costs.
No non-sequiter. The Obama administration has refused to fix the underlying problems of the credit crisis in the U.S., and yet secures a loan to a foreign concern. No tax dollars used? Where do you think the money comes from? Hocus-pocus, thin air? A loan can default without any consequences? That’s liberal thinking, there.
John the Libertarian on August 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Yup. Right between the eyes.
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 1:30 AM
I remember that article.
Geochelone on August 20, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Yes, but don’t you think an element of envy exists, because she has what they lack?
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Goodnight all.
Good night Sarah, and thank you.
GunRunner on August 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Without question. I think Palin is helping many woman by providing a template for self-identity. Sounds like babble but it is tough walking the gender line in todays world and balancing career and family. She has done it and that alone threatens the leftists hijacked version of what a woman should be.
Geochelone on August 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM
It is ALL envy.
John the Libertarian on August 20, 2009 at 1:40 AM
That’s why we need to speak up NOW for future reference.
TheAlamos on August 20, 2009 at 1:45 AM
Obama will say we don’t need to worry about oil, because he will put a new car in every driveway.
A Voltsvagen.
GunRunner on August 20, 2009 at 1:54 AM
RIGHT ON
RIGHT ON
RIGHT ON!!!!
Kini on August 20, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Obama’s only drilling-in-America plan is: screw you!
Go Sarah!
Take down this fraudster.
profitsbeard on August 20, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Looking to the future, which one of the following do you think should be a more important priority for government: Investing in new energy technology including renewable fuels and more efficient automobiles; or expanding exploration and drilling for more oil?
The results:
Invest in new energy technology — 76%
Expand exploration and drilling — 19%
Don’t know — 5%
There’s more from Belden:
* 63% said that the President’s proposal to open up public lands to oil and gas drilling is “more likely to enrich oil companies than to lower gas prices for American consumers.”
* 66% said that “the small percentage of public lands still protected from oil drilling should remain off limits because they are valuable natural resources that cannot be replaced.”
* 54% of Americans do not see more drilling as a solution to high gas prices.
Pew, on the other hand, asked respondents the following:
What’s the more important priority for US energy policy today?
(1) Expand exploration, mining/drilling, construction of new power plants
(2) More energy conservation/regulation
(3) Don’t know
The results? Forty-seven percent rated energy exploration as the more important priority, up from 35 percent in February. Further, the proportion of individuals that said it’s more important to increase energy conservation and regulation dropped by 10 points, from 55 percent to 45 percent.
So: Given the false choice between drilling and the overused concepts of “conservation and regulation” — which are virtually meaningless in the mouths of media, politicians and polls — drilling and new power plants won.
Big shock.
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so lets get real here folks. We can post as man ras polls as we want confirming our talking points work on their own. But when when in competition…umm not so hot.
frumian on August 20, 2009 at 2:09 AM
I have had a few reservations about Palin, not many, but a few. Most have evaporated in the last two weeks.
I LIKE the way she is attacking Obama, and I DISLIKE the circumspection shown by the broader GOP.
csThor on August 20, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Drill here, drill now.
Do it, for the children.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Alternate Headline:
Obama gets a Brazilian from Sarah Palin!
profitsbeard on August 20, 2009 at 2:24 AM
You’re irrelevant.
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 2:25 AM
LOL! Now I don’t want a visual, please!
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Does a bear crap in the woods?
Is the Prez a liberal?
Speakup on August 20, 2009 at 2:30 AM
I dunno . . . IMO, serious conservatives don’t defend Depression-era corporate welfare programs masquerading as “banks” whose chief accomplishments have been exporting more jobs than U.S. goods, and which are about as “self-sustaining” as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AMTRAK, the Post Office…..
NoLeftTurn on August 20, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Agreed. It might scare BO the Obama’s dog.
profitsbeard on August 20, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Hm. Like cult figures?
No one, on any side, including Reagan, is exempt from criticism. Step back from the personality cults, please.
MadisonConservative on August 20, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Drill, baby, drill!!!!!!!
TheAlamos on August 20, 2009 at 2:33 AM
No, serious as apposed to anonymous bloggers like progressoverpeace that think spin and smear are paths to victory. Serious as in getting phone calls asking for policy and strategy advice from law makers, candidates, and party bosses. Conservatives fielding calls from panicked big donors seeing our party circling the drain while extremist a$$holes yell “Flush, Flush, Flush!”
Who said it was? Not you or I. Why are we ascribing these burdens to conservative thought? Is it because we are discussing such an ideologically bankrupt offering from Sarah that we need to fill in the empty spots and correct the ideology?
Please see above post.
We actually buy loads of refined Iranian crude. Sanctions prevent American companies from refining it.
The polyglot supply is owned buy multinational and national companies that buy trade without regard for origin.
Except of course nationalized oil companies in producing countries.
Should we nationalize our oil companies?
John, read the rebuttal from the bank. The bank is 4 billion in the black. Yes it is our money, yes the original money used to start the bank was tax dollars.
But if this loan defaults the bank is sill in the black.
If they default you’d better be sure there will be consequences but you and I won’t be on the hook for it.
And to then claim this money should be spent in America when it IS being spent on American goods and services is phony baloney.
Factor in the nice royalty her and her fellow Alaskans will get that none of us in the rest of the US will enjoy if domestic drilling is opened up, and you have an easily debunked self serving piece of political poison for anyone looking to win an election.
frumian on August 20, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Nonsense. Sarah Palin is advocating letting Alaska develop it’s resources so it can fulfill the goal of statehood and contribute more to America than it gets from the Treasury.
She also is advocating developing resources everywhere in America that they exist, to create high paying jobs here in every state that can do it.
You are full of crap with that self serving bullsh!t.
Nothing she has ever said supports this turd that just came out of your head. Smears indeed.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 2:41 AM
“Serious Conservatives” huh?
Tell me, do you think Limbaugh is gonna be “walking away from this”? Hannity? Krauthammer? Sowell?
I have a sinking feeling you define “serious conservative” the same way I define RINO. You’re talking about the Brookses and Frums ain’t ya?
But hey you know what? You can have them. And for what it’s worth I’m SURE your “serious conservatives” will walk away from this as much as they’ve walked away from every other meaningful value the rest of us conservatives have held dear.
Luckily for me and Sarah Palin, I somehow doubt I’ll be turning on the radio tomorrow and hear the RELEVANT conservatives do anything other than cheer the governor on.
Khorum on August 20, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Frumian,
You are correct that Brazil’s oil will go on the market, and NOT the US’s oil.
The only benefit is that part of the money may get paid back to some US companies.
The thing is, far more of the value-added would be in the US, possibly 100% if we took out our own oil on our own.
It would have a FAR FAR bigger impact on our economy than throwing money at Brazil.
It would greatly increase OUR exports as we sell OUR finished petroleum products.
Sarah is right on to call the Obama administration on their hypocrisy. He appears to not care for creating US jobs and confirms he is the puppet of the enviro-extremists who ultimately want to decrease the human population because they are more concerved with not touching anything.
Think what good for USA would result if instead of say 60% of oil from imports, we only imported 40% of that total. That increase in domestic supply could ripple through and add to our GDP in a way to promote all kinds of good economic results.
The Brazil deal gives us a pittance of what we could do to our GDP if it was all drilled and processed in the USA.
Sapwolf on August 20, 2009 at 2:47 AM
In case no one has noticed, which is distinctly possible, Frum has done nothing but smear and attack conservatives to advance himself in the conservative hating MSM.
I have no use for him or his pathetic ideas for “our” party.
Neither do most conservative Americans, apparently.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Really. I wouldn’t even recognize Frum if I saw him walking down the street. He’s totally irrelevant and vague.
Do you think the average American would recognize him? Bet they would recognize Rush, or Sarah immediately.
atheling on August 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Ok, so we consume more than we produce; but the surplus needed magically appears. It doesn’t require boats to ship it over here, using up oil in the process? Magical!
That or the environmental decision is that the environmental groups in the U.S. can’t watchdog over drilling here, so we must rely on the superior environmental controls in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Russia, etc…
Or the global environment doesn’t affect the whole globe.
Which one of those was supposed to make sense again? Or was there an answer that would explain how drilling elsewhere is better that I missed?
gekkobear on August 20, 2009 at 2:56 AM
I don’t feel it’s a bad thing to help Brazil develop their new found oil and gas fields offshore on it’s own merits, but doing that while refusing to do the same here in America is stupid, and comes from the environazi lobby.
It’s all politics, not energy policy that will benefit our economic future.
Good on Sarah Palin for calling out the President on his duplicitous actions in relation to energy.
She sure has more impact than that guy from Canada who claims to be a conservative, whatever his name is.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 2:59 AM
LOL! Did that really happen?
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 3:02 AM
Another thing that bugs me, that phrase is the language of the left. You are embracing the leftist attack on Americans who are proud of their heritage. I am one of those. That does not make me “xenophobic”, it makes you a lying smear artist who is remarkably talented at pissing off the people you are supposed to be trying to convince of your point of view, such as it is.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 3:03 AM
Uh oh. I think it has been well-established at Hotair that I fall under the category of “commenters”, not “bloggers”, and it is a serious offense to make that mistake.
who
I don’t spin and if the truth feels like a smear, then that’s tough. This program, now $10 billion, is The Precedent and the Washington junta funding and supporting offshore drilling. Period.
Oooooh.
I have a better record of prediction, more accurate descriptions of events, more logical and sensible angles of argument, and come to them much sooner.
First of all, you’ve already been told, stop saying “our” or “we” or anything like that. We all know that you are a lefty, Axelrod-on-acid sort, trying to hide behind Frum’s skirt. Secondly, I’m flattered that you consider me so influential. I wish it were so.
progressoverpeace on August 20, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Oh yea serious conservatives are all about handouts, not handups.
These are interest bearing loans that require the borrower to buy American. Not flush billions in aid to never see a dime.
If you or Sarah had facts to back up the claim this bank isn’t running on its own steam you wouldn’t have to lie about the goals of this program and whip up isolationist xenophobic rhetoric that doesn’t even factually compute.
Corporate welfare? Are you a commie lib or something?
Democrats haven’t been outsourcing jobs any faster than republicans. If you want to bemoan the new world order and the loss of the simpler life when a man could go and earn a decent living for his wife and kids, well that fight was lost 40 years ago. The policies needed to head back in that direction are far worse and scarier than anything Obama or the Democrats have offered.
Do you ever think about the rhetoric?
What would it take to make widgets in suburban Atlanta again?
The reason populism sucks such major a$$ is that it is a simpleton’s blankie. The platitudes that tell you ‘it’s not your fault’.
But as far as offering solutions it is about as useful as a comfort toy.
If we believe in free market capitalism we can’t cry when our neighbor realizes he can make his widgets in mexico for half the price. Are we moron leftists that demand he subsidize his employees’lifestyles even though their skills are worth less than half on the open market?
Should Japan demand to know how Apple makes the super widget3000 before letting us sell them iphones?
frumian on August 20, 2009 at 3:05 AM
I would. His annoying countenance has been seared, seared into my memory.
I don’t think he would like running into me on the street, because I would know who he was and what he has been up to. He would not like what I would have to say to him at all.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 3:06 AM
Mel Bryant @ C4P said it well:
The point is not just this particular loan, but the overall context in which this action is taken, which is denying our own domestic energy industry the same damn opportunity that the Brazilian energy industry is getting from us.
Sarah’s point is valid.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 3:16 AM
A holier-than-thou, elitist liberal troll? Could be. At least it’s a good impersonation of him.
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 3:17 AM
Wow, this guy (Frumian) is still going? I would have thought that after the thumping he’s taken from a lot of great posters already tonight that he would’ve had his momma tuck him into bed in his RINO All-Stars feety jammies with the trap door in the back (making it easier for him to pull his “great” ideas out).
Actually, though, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the real guy. I mean he seems the type who’d feel he has to fight with us backwards thinking knuckle-draggers here at Hot Air who only “think spin and smear are paths to victory”, even if it took him into the wee hours of the morning. There’s a similar arrogance, and excruciating style, in his flailing attempts to justify his flawed logic/spineless vision/losing ways of thinking.
red winger on August 20, 2009 at 3:24 AM
Interesting:
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 3:31 AM
Brian1972 …
And anyone else under the false impression oil companies are obligated to pass on distribution savings to the consumer.
Can any of you explain how a publicly traded, multinational company is expected to provide cheaper oil to Americans?
If you were talking about Citgo and we were in a socialist hell hole you might have a point, but then those savings would be used to improve utopia, not passed on to the prole.
Also these loans aren’t paid back in the form of contracts for American companies. These loans are paid back with interest AND the borrowers have to SPEND the money on American goods and services… Are you starting to see how craptasitic Sarah’s ‘argument’ is?
This is a sweet deal for us and it gives us the job of developing the fields instead of another country.
Now lets talk about xenophobia, and nationalism.
What the hell does foreign oil have to do with you being proud of your heritage?
Do you really think pretending the global economy doesn’t exist protects your culture and heritage?
What culture or heritage is being threatened by foreign interests?
What you seem not to get is that the whole notion of foreign oil is xenophobia.
Are you willing to nationalize the oil industry, open up drilling, and invest Manhattan project style in renewable energy?
If not, you better start rethinking the wisdom and motives of anyone warning you about the evil foreign oil.
frumian on August 20, 2009 at 3:31 AM
and don’t forget the lead plumbing.
1921 C DRUM on August 20, 2009 at 3:32 AM
After Frum set himself up as the leader of the “New Majority”, or whatever he calls it, and everybody rolled their eyes and laughed, maybe he decided to strap on his sword and step away from his throne for a time to do battle in an arena where somebody might actually notice.
The only problem is, just like his throne, his sword is made out of sticks and mud with a rock set into the pommel in place of a jewel.
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 3:36 AM
And no counterbattery fire.
1921 C DRUM on August 20, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Our reliance on foreign oil is a national security threat.
FloatingRock on August 20, 2009 at 3:44 AM
Hey, did I miss something here… Sorry if I did, but…
Where does it mandate in the loan that they HAVE to spend money on US goods and services? Does it even say anything like that, or is it just ‘someone’ said that they would need to…
B3 on August 20, 2009 at 3:49 AM
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody said anything about nationalizing the oil industry, just let them get the oil and gas that is here in America, and employ Americans to do it! What is so hard for you to understand about this?
Even if this domestic energy ramp up is allowed to happen, we will still be importing oil.
Probably from Brazil, and that is OK with me.
Of course there is a global marketplace for oil.
If we feed ourselves from a bigger domestic supply, then we will import less, which means more is available for the Chinese and others to import, and it’s cheaper for everyone because demand is not as tight as it will be if we don’t do any more domestic development.
I’ll repeat myself:
Why can’t Alaskans, Floridians, Texans, New Yorkers, ect. ect. have a growing opportunity to work in a growing domestic energy sector just like the damn Brazilians?
Or would you prefer Americans with oil and gas experience to go to Brazil and pay them taxes?
I’m not against Brazil. I am for America. We need all the oil and gas we can get, from here and there. Democrats just don’t like the “here” part. Expose that and exploit it politically to defeat them in the next election.
That is the goal, isn’t it?
If it takes a little populism to get the independents back to the conservative side, so be it.
That is what lured them away in the first place, along with non-conservative Republicans betraying the legacy of Reagan and pissing off the people that put them in DC to start with.
Sarah Palin will get people paying attention to the flaws in the positions of the other side. That is what this is designed to do, and no she is not wrong. This bank is in the black $4billion, but that is taxpayer dollars.
If we as a country can make a little money on this deal with Brazil, fine do it. Unlock America’s energy industry to stimulate our own economy with real jobs paying real money with real health benefits.
Brian1972 on August 20, 2009 at 3:52 AM
The lefties seem to be trying to tell us that giving 2 billion in loans to Brazil for off-shore drilling is better for our economy than letting American companies drill in the USA.
The idea is ludicrous. And par for the coarse.
Slowburn on August 20, 2009 at 4:04 AM
Yup, there’s nobody there to play with so he has to come here?
See Davey, this is the true future of conservatism. Michelle, Ed, even Allah, are better representatives. They have fostered a better environment by which our philosophy can flourish. And that probably eats you alive.
Imagine that… people don’t respond well to the ridicule and pot shots and back-stabbing tactics that RINO’s tend to employ. We won’t rally to your windsock conservatism because, well, it doesn’t stand for anything, so what would we rally around?
Criticize and minimize us all you want, Frumball, but we were the one who saw through Obama. We were the ones who recognized the collapse of the Republican Party as it tried veering your way. It ended in a ditch. We don’t want to make that mistake again! So we’ll start by not listening to you!
red winger on August 20, 2009 at 4:05 AM
George Soros invests 22% of his holdings (massive) in this Brazilian government owned oil company earlier this year.
Obama gives $2 B of our tax dollars to this Company now, which gives Brazil tons of new oil and makes Soros even richer.
Soros funds the democrats in 2010 and 2012. Do you get the picture?
When is somebody going to fit Obama and the democrats with orange jumpsuits?
suzyk on August 20, 2009 at 5:35 AM
If not, you better start rethinking the wisdom and motives of anyone warning you about the evil foreign oil.
frumian on August 20, 2009 at 3:31 AM
you good sir are a complete idiot. the dollar is tanking, jobs are fleeing, the tax revenues to the us treasury are falling off a cliff. And you want to argue the fine points of international trade? when I company sends a job offshore they automatically save 15% in labor cost simply by not having to pay Social security, add in medicare taxes and the labor cost is reduced by around 18.5% if those jobs move to a country with that. This does not even begin to mention the decrease in capital gains taxes, corp taxes. The reduced cost in environmental costs etc etc. In short there is no way that the lower strata of the USA labor pool can compete with other labor around the world. And that is before you factor in the decrease in wages. So what is the end result of that free trade? We are seeing it as we speak. Large sections of the USA can no longer compete in the workforce and the government must pick up the tab in the forms of food stamps, unemployment wages, welfare, reeducation credits etc etc. And since the amount of people that have dropped out of constructive employment is growing the economy can no longer support itself by taxes and thus we have to borrow money to fund the libilities of this subsection.
So we have an income problem. At the same time the fed gov has put in place regulations/laws etc that prevent us from building, drilling, digging the energy we need and we have to BUY that energy fdrom others. Which results in a net outflow of capital. So we have a net outflow of capital, a decrease in the income portion. Our savings as a nation is gone and we are now in debt to the tune of $11 trillion and growing. All do to large amount because of free trade as well as out of control spending.
To reverse this problem 2 things has got to happen. We have to make it profitable for the jobs to come back and we have to work on stopping the net outflow of capital. Thus drilling oil, mining coal, building nuclear plants etc. As well as rewriting tax law, environmental regulations etc.
And yes tarriffs.
unseen on August 20, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Whoooo-ooooooshhh!
That’s the sound of the point sailing over your head.
Petroleum is a highly competitive business. Folks are looking to make a buck/quid/yen/riyal all through the supply chain. That does not inflate the final cost to consumers, it lowers the final cost. While one may feel rich because they have a field producing 100K bbl per day, you need to sell the stuff before you can build yourself a gold-lined swimming pool. The pool contractor, art dealer, grocer and jeweler want to be paid in money, not oil.
In a nutshell, the market will take care of the prices. Increase the supply, the price will go down.
fluffy on August 20, 2009 at 6:13 AM
OT: More threats today in WSJ and a two part strategy for reconciliation.
msmveritas on August 20, 2009 at 6:15 AM
Does the White House hear the faint, but growing whistle? Incoming rounds are soon to be landing on the White House and Capital in DC….
Today’s Headlines:
Brigadier General Palin routs liberal energy policy
The Alaskan Armored Cavalry Regiment has conducted a clandestine attack on the statist liberal policy of off shore drilling. What’s good for Brazil apparently isn’t good for the United States, according to statist liberal empty suit who parks in the Oval Office. BG Palin delivered heavy rhetorical rounds right on target providing the White House with plenty of steel to pick from their teeth this morning and opening the tent on the Soros/Obama/Petrobras corruption scandal also due to rock their world in a few hours. This is BG Palins second fire mission in two weeks that has left the president shell shocked and reeling from the damage. Witnesses say the rounds literally came out of nowhere but the faint sound of a flurry of heavily armed snow machines capable of land travel was heard through Northern Virginia and Maryland. Following the mission, it is rumored that Palin’s band of merry marauders partied at the homes of fellow Patriot’s across the country who are increasingly sympathetic to her cause and support her financially. Meanwhile, the presidents vacation in Massachusetts remains in doubt as the teleprompter suffered damage in this nighttime raid.
ted c on August 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Dead on. Now from a political party that hates the idea of drilling for oil, they have decided to loan 2 billion to a company that Soros dropped 800 million in. If they Obama Admin. says it is just a loan guarantee, the effect is the same. Soro’s investment has a guaranteed return of principal. It is a no lose proposition for Soros.
Gotta run. I think I am about to throw up.
BigAlSouth on August 20, 2009 at 6:53 AM
I wonder if the press will make an issue of this.
I am kidding of course.
Terrye on August 20, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Nice to see Palin bring up the Banking cartel.
True_King on August 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Wow, you are a major banking cartel spokesperson. I wonder if you are a supporter of the Fed as well.
True_King on August 20, 2009 at 7:42 AM
I don’t know if this is true…..but the thought of this Soros guy terrifies me. And to think that there are many more just like him….
What is their end goal? It has to be selfish in nature. They can’t possibly believe that they are here to make the world a better place, can they?
Evil people suck.
bridgetown on August 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM
It’s all about global influence
blatantblue on August 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Cool…
Notice her jab at Obama for withholding money from states (of course it is Alaska).
That is the reason she resigned, you can bet she had signals that said Alaska was going to get nothing as long as Sarah was Gov.
I don’t “wonder”, and neither does she, and neither does the rest of America.
right2bright on August 20, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Yes, several of us can…but you won’t listen.
right2bright on August 20, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Commence firing, fire at will!
Jeff from WI on August 20, 2009 at 8:01 AM
O/T
Can you believe Abdel al Meghrahi is going to be released?
blatantblue on August 20, 2009 at 8:03 AM
You must be very, very, young and naive…you don’t really know much about business do you, and specifically international business…but you know a few “catch phrases”, dig deeper, and learn a little more, then come back and post.
right2bright on August 20, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Great idea, BUT is it “shovel ready”?
DrStock on August 20, 2009 at 8:05 AM
A MUST read…I couldn’t put the book down.
Hugh Betcha, Literature Critic, Foggybog Wisconsin Journal
Jeff from WI on August 20, 2009 at 8:06 AM
I have noticed that both frumian and CrankyIndependent, who are new, are like a pit bull with a bone. They post all day, trying to take over as many threads as they can and hijack them and disrupt them to try to make themselves the center of attention. Sounds like Trolling to me.
kingsjester on August 20, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Frumian,
I think you are missing the major point. Your points about the energy market are largely correct.
The issue here is, Obama has no problem loaning money to a leftist thug to help him develop his nation’s national resources, but will do everything in his power to block anyone in the U.S. from developing our national resources.
If the U.S. were drilling in Alaska, and offshore, and in other places we are currently not allowed to drill, nobody would care about this loan.
It is the fact that Obama and his leftist buddies refuse to allow the U.S. to do that (develop our national resources) and at the same time will give loans to Brazil to do what we are not allowed to do here.
It is outrageous.
Monkeytoe on August 20, 2009 at 8:13 AM
By the way, why does Obama carfe more about other countries’ economic well-being than he does our own?
kingsjester on August 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
carfe=care
too early
kingsjester on August 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
One of the most overlooked aspects of Palin’s tirade is how she calls out the radical environmental movement for stonewalling drilling and American economic development.
Here is some more ammunition for Palin in debunking the agenda of the radical environmental movement.
“The outgoing leader of Greenpeace admits they have EMOTIONALIZED global warming in an attempt to motivate people to take action. They have lied about global warming in order to motivate you to vote for politicians who will raise your taxes in a futile attempt to stop something that you know isn’t going to happen.”
Jonathan Cousar at FR
http:www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2320272/posts
technopeasant on August 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Sorry should be:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2320272/posts
technopeasant on August 20, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Why? Obama and Lula are birds of a feather, and this is a form of reparations to pay for America’s sins:
Buy Danish on August 20, 2009 at 8:29 AM
SARACUDA IS INDEED A PITBULL!
But I’ll say it again … where are the GOP Ayatollah’s in this fight?
They don’t do squat –
COWARDS
HondaV65 on August 20, 2009 at 8:30 AM
As I said a few days ago, Sarah is being ignored by old media because they can’t figure out how to make her analysis sound dumb. She needs to start giving speeches that can make it onto Youtube.
huckleberryfriend on August 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Sarah,
Slightly OT, but you are welcome to move to our little state any time! Maybe somehow with your help we can break up the DemonRat stranglehold that has plagued and drained RI for decades.
Sweet_Thang on August 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Agree. Speeches are necessary. This facebook stuff is “preparatory fires” in military speak.
There are soon to be 750 Rangers spilling from C-17s onto a drop zone near the statist liberal rear areas. The events of the last two weeks are merely battlefield prep, nothing more, nothing less. Attriting down the AAA by long range strikes. Soon to come, Tomahawks, JDAMs and then the main effort.
You ain’t seen nothing yet, folks.
This is called shock ‘n awe politics.
ted c on August 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Proposal for someone…anyone in the BOOTLICK MEDIA
Ask Obama if the elderly and disabled…..heck if just average Americans have a “DUTY TO DIE”.
Just for grins…..ask him and see if he gives an answer like Michael Dukakis did in 1988 when he was asked about his wife Kitty Dukakis and what he would do if she was raped.
Maybe you might even get him to admit “YES”.
I dare you Bootlickers!!
PappyD61 on August 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM
They appear to be worthy of being ignored, I know that’s my plan.
Cindy Munford on August 20, 2009 at 9:03 AM
God, but I love this woman.
HAnthonyWayne on August 20, 2009 at 9:32 AM
You are emotionalizing. Since when is giving a few billion to the Brazilians to develop their offshore oil fields giving money to any American “goods and services” (excepting Mr. Soros)?
As for Alaska claiming a severance tax for oil pulled out of state lands and giving the proceeds to their citizens — it’s exactly what we would expect our own governments to do, and Alaska is doing this in the nicest way — the money doesn’t go into the treasury to be spent on liberal dreams, it goes into the pockets of real Americans to be spent on real American dreams.
To better understand why Alaska should have this right, imagine that the company drilling for oil was Chinese owned, and all the oil was going to China to be refined and sold. Since the company only spends money on services in the US, and realizes no profit here, there is nothing to be taxed. Wouldn’t you expect both our state and our federal government to tap into that revenue stream, which originates from resources in the United States?
Now make the company be based in Great Britain, or the Netherlands, or even sunny Southern California. Aren’t Alaskan citizens entitled to part of the proceeds from the natural resources their government holds in their trust?
unclesmrgol on August 20, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Palin is like no other politician. She came onto the political scene as a fighter and reformer and those remain her essential qualities. She sees what’s wrong and she tells you about it. It’s just that simple. Ironically, she embodies the change that this country needs.
WordsMatter on August 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Every day that goes by I am more and more convinced that Sarah will be our next president.
I love the way she has stepped up to the plate and just taken the position of leader. No one else was ever in the running. No one else has the common sense, intestinal fortitude, or intelligence to pull this off. She is the only whose judgement I trust. None of the others anywhere in the political world has earned my trust. There are only two in both the House and Senate and neither one of them represents me. I know Sarah is steadfast and true to her family, her word, her state, her country.
BetseyRoss on August 20, 2009 at 9:48 AM
I would love to see Obama and his cronies “frogmarched” out the front door of the White House!
Esmerelda on August 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM
No, not tariffs.
While you did get the effect of taxation correct, you are missing one vital factor: the minimum wage. The minimum wage is the cause of unemployment (with unions, welfare, and unemployment insurance exacerbating the problem).
Count to 10 on August 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Yeah, Frumian: It’s just us looney “commie libs” who see the Ex-Im Bank for what it really is:
http://www.cato.org/search_results.html?cx=006606822365722333854%3Amcohchfyltw&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=ex+im+bank&sa.x=0&sa.y=0&sa=Search#1048
Your ignorance and utter lack of common sense is breathtaking, BTW.
NoLeftTurn on August 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Frumian -
Why anyone would wish to align himself with a worthless POS like David Frum is beyond me. But then you probably think MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer is smart and hot too.
bw222 on August 20, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Obama would feel right at home in Brazil.
And I sure wish he would.
Waxing philosophical.
profitsbeard on August 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM
There is a larger, strategic benefit to be gained from the development of domestic sources of energy. With proven reserves and production capacity, there is the possibility of influence on supply, resulting in influence on price. We also don’t want to have to depend on foreign sources during an international conflict, either. Energy isn’t just another commodity in advanced economies like ours: it is more like its lifesblood.
littleguy on August 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM
This lady makes Putin look like a pussycat.
She’s gotten over 6000 new facebook supporters in the past 24 hours.
lonestar1 on August 20, 2009 at 11:08 AM
You could recognize David Frum very easily. He would be the one screaming about Sarah Palin,Rush Limbaugh, & Mark Levin to anyone within ear shot. Frum has really lowered himself to the point of just being background noise. “Frumian” is even less relevant, more like white noise from a television.
portlandon on August 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM
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