An Apostle of Alaska

Congress passed legislation to expedite a pipeline in 2004. Ms. Palin's predecessor as governor, Republican Frank H. Murkowski, attempted to negotiate a deal with the three oil companies that control the North Slope gas, Exxon Mobil, BP and Conoco Phillips. His plan would have awarded the companies a long-term tax freeze in return for relatively weak commitments to actually build the pipeline. But even though Vice President Cheney and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) lobbied hard for Mr. Murkowski's approach, Alaska's public and legislature balked, viewing the proposal as stacked in favor of the Big Three oil companies. Ms. Palin rode criticism of Mr. Murkowski's deal to victory over him in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary and then to the governor's office later that year. She reversed Mr. Murkowski's strategy, asking the legislature to pass a law setting criteria for a deal, then throwing the project open to companies other than the Big Three. The result was a commitment by an experienced pipeline company, TransCanada, to build the project, which may take 10 years, in return for $500 million in state seed money derived from Alaska's recent oil windfall.

The oil companies still control the gas. So, if TransCanada actually gets all the necessary permits, assembles financing and builds the pipeline, the Big Three will have to be persuaded, years from now, to ship their gas through it on reasonable terms. Meanwhile, BP and Conoco Phillips have announced plans to build a pipeline of their own without the state's backing -- a sign that the political and economic wrangling over this immense and risky project

When it comes to making the right decisions, Obama can not make them. When it comes to making the wrong decisions, he is king:
1. 20 years with JWright God D... America
2. 20 years affiliated with an american terrorist.
3. 130 "present" in congress.
4. His brothers keeper: his own blood brother is abandoned by Obama in Africa.
5. He doesn't want to punish his daughter with a baby if one of them makes a mistake. I guess if he was in the Palin home he would kill little down syndrome baby and the grandson about to be born. Nice
6. Didn't keep Hilary as his VP, and now wants her to hel him counterbalance beautiful and smart Sarah Palin.
I guess more than 90% of Black people want to vote for him just to have a Black president. That is OK. He is still a liberal leftist looser. He will continue to make ther wrong decisions and continue to fe affiliated with other loosers. But it is OK. Let's see how many will gather together, minus one. Kwame is going to jail soon.

TO: OMAAR
(Posted By: Omaar @ 09/07/2008 8:23:24 PM Barack Obama: 109th Congress)

1. Thanks. Your post is informative, but what I would like to know is what (and / or how much) legislature has Obama LED and got passed in the US Senate? You know, legislature he has created himself in which he was the SPONSOR (not co-sponsor)? I am sure there are some bills. . .do you know which ones?

2. Glad you brought up the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to Obamas tour across the pond (which he can thank McCain for prodding him to visit Iraq cuz it got him to get his butt over to meet European leaders at the same time) Obama was having no interaction in Europe given the committee/sub-committee he was supposed to be stewarding):
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OBAMAS EUROPEAN PROBLEM
By Joe Conason
Dec. 29, 2007 |

The senator may have traveled widely, but the critically important subcommittee on Europe has languished under his leadership.

Doubts about Barack Obama's presidential credentials have crystallized during the past two weeks over his stewardship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs, which has convened no policy hearings since he took over as its chairman last January (2007). That startling fact, first uncovered by Steve Clemons, who blogs on the Washington Note, prompted acid comment in Europe about the Illinois senators failure to visit the continent since assuming the committee post, and even speculation that he had never traveled there except for a short stopover in London.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/index.html

TO OMAAR: Still waiting for an answer to this question. Down below earlier tonite you listed some of the bills that Obama was part of as co-sponsoring with others . . .jumped on board with the Sponsor of those bills). My question is:

What I would like to know is what legistlature specifically (and / or how much) has Obama LED that was passed in the US Senate? You know, legislature he has created himself in which he was the SPONSOR (not just a co-sponsor in which anyone can jump on a bill)? I am sure there are some bills. . .do you know which ones?

You know what the saddest part of the whole Palin thing is? The infatuation has nothing to do with her qualifications, very little to do with her views on anything, no, most of this is about sex and drama. Americans like a show. The more we can make something into a soap opera, the more we are interested. It's impossible to call anything surrounding her sexist, because we have sexualized everything in our society. The result is Sarah Palin, with the style she has carefully picked, has sexualized herself for the public, into a "hot for teacher" stereotype. Whats even sadder is our attention span. Weeks will lead to many men becoming bored with her, and many women becoming resentful of her; and don't pretend that any meaningful percentage of people are picturing her dealing with a crisis in the oval office. This pick is symbolic of what our society has evolved into, and not in a good way. It was cynical, devicive, manipulative, and made for all the wrong reasons, which in a depressing way, is the common way in regards to what presidential political campaigns have become.

Paylin is a brilliant pick of McCain. The two of them will torpedo this country right into an abyss this country has never seen. If you thought things are going in the wrong direction, elect Magnito McCain and Saint Paylin.

One last thing, do Americans know that we went to many countries to BORROW money for this war and the only country that will give us money is CHINA??? America can't pay for our own war?

The Big Business Republican model does not work in this new age. The thinking is that big business will do so well that it will trickle down to the little people. Just look at what this model has done over the past eight years.

From:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/65qxee

Sunday, September 07, 2008

10 Ways in Which Sarah Palin Is *Exactly* Like George W. Bush

1) Like Bush, she is completely against a woman's right to choose (in fact, she exceeds Bush in that she is against a woman's right to choose even in cases of rape or incest;

2) Like Bush, she opposes stem cell research to prevent fatal diseases in men, women and children;

3) Like Bush, supports the teaching of Creationism alongside Evolution in public schools;

4) Like Bush, does not believe that Global Warming is man made;

5) Like Bush, has supported abstinence-only sex education methods that have proven ineffective;

6) Like Bush, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office--(in Palin's case, despite a 72-year old, chronically ill running mate)

7) Like Bush, has engaged in conduct that has resulted in current government investigation of her actions;

8) Like Bush, has made statements which indicate lack of knowledge of basic elements of the office they are running for (Palin, July 2008: "What exactly does the Vice President do everyday?");

9) Like Bush, has been sequestered to prevent her being asked questions that she has not yet been prepared to answer;

10) Like Bush, talks like a reformer--yet in her actions (i.e., relying on lobbying, supporting the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it) acts in the most typical, all-too-familiar fashion.


H/T: On The Issues

Cite:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/65qxee

BOTH WAYS BARRY strikes again................

Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts
Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding Bush tax cuts if economy slips into recession

Is he consistent ON ANYTHING???? except lies?

NOBAMA!!!

i love how the media is now adoring palin. the media doesn't give a damn who wins. they just want our attention so they can hike up ad rates.

McCain-Palin is a reckless ticket! As an Independent I am deeply concerned about McCain's age and Palin's ambition. I'm also a Christian for more than 30 years, but I would never be so arrogant as to presume to know what God is thinking. If McCain is elected President and God forbid he should die in office, Palin would be President. Palin's rhetoric strongly indicates that she would reach for the war first on the world stage instead of diplomacy and this would plunge us into WWIII in the name of GOD. McCain's move to select Palin was political - not country first. He had met her twice before precariously placing her in the number two spot. As a Nation, we have to think about how we get out of the mess we are in, and not allow the spirit of pride and competition to get in the way of common sense. Do you really want your son or daughter, mom or dad, grandchildren in the Middle East for the next 100 years? Have you lost your home to foreclosure? Has your car been repossessed? Are you among the unemployed? After being in government for 26 years, don't you think if McCain were going to change things he has had ample time to do it? I am horrified with fear to think of another 4 years of financial ruin. Don't think about your party affiliation. Look at what will best help you and America move forward. Americans! Stay Focused. This election is about us. The decision we make will be far reaching and we need to get t his one right.

Palin cut special education funding by 62% and cut funding for unwed teenage mothers in her less than 2 years in office. She exploits her family for what is her mission: get elected. When she slammed Obama for being a community organizer in a speech written by a Bush speechwriter, not herself, she showed her ignorance. Jesus Christ was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor.

So let me break down your actual options people, cutting away all of the bullsh*t and pleasantries: 1) An unexperienced national politican who's personality and articulation, as well as being the first viable African American, catapulted him into the running for president. He is idealistic, but has shown no clear path to achieving his goals. He could be Clinton or he could be Bush, it's a crapshoot, and no one knows which he would be for certian (Bush in terms of navigating the country, not in terms of intellegence). 2) A career politician, 15 years past his real viability, and showing all the effects of age. No real experience as a political leader (governing, not legislating). A long established history of outbursts of anger, witha self-admited propensity towards somewhat concieded behavior. All to aware of the stakes for himself personally, and showing a willingness to bend his own stances to get elected. Alligned with a running mate done strictly for political pandering (she is not close to the most experienced running mate he could have picked to lead this country in case). 72 years old, and while his mother is 96, his father died at 70.

So America, those are your basic choices. So which do you like better, the Republican or Democratic general platform? Voting for either has clear downsides, and if you vote for any reason other than the issues than you are the problem with the electoral process. I'm sorry, but deal with it.