Palin’s Pipeline to Nowhere

From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/palin-soft-preparedness-of-lowered.html


Monday, September 22, 2008
Palin: The Soft Preparedness of Lowered Expectations

In all seriousness, expect the following from Palin's "meetings" with leaders on Tuesday and Wednesday:

-A series of serious-sounding quotes, direct from her days of preparation, that cannot possibly indicate her actual knowledge on the issues, data and risks facing each and with regard to each nation. Quotes, not knowledge, happen in days.

-A bevy of positive statements from each leader--after all, that's why they were chosen--all being nations seeking U.S. favor, and having nothing to lose and potentially much to gain by doing so.

-A rush of "surprised" reactions from media at "how seriously she was taken", ready, as so often, to grasp the superfically new.

-An attempt by the McCain camp to drive through her supposed preparedness as a result, as quickly as possible, before the debates.

-Still no in-depth, free-form, extensive challenging interviews from this prospective President.

Don't buy it.

A few days ago, she was ready to invade Russia (which she could see from her border).

Remember, for your security and future: A series of rehearsed quotes does not a President make.

Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/palin-soft-preparedness-of-lowered.html

I refuse to believe everything Sarah Palin has ever done as an elected official comprises ill thought out boondoggles, settling scores, or rewards for friends and cronies. 90% maybe, but 100%? She'd have to be on a par with Dick Cheney for that kind of ironbrained incompetence and mendacity and frnakly I don't think she;s that smart.

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I refuse to believe that everything Sarah Palin has ever done as an elected official has turned out to be ill thought out boondoggles, settling personal scores or payoffs for herself and cronies. 90% maybe, but 100%? C'mon, we haven't seen anyone like that since Dick Cheney.

For those of you who think drilling here in America will lower the price of gas and oil by tearing up our national heritage till it looks like Jersey, are so narrow minded. The oil from all countries go to the cartel, where it is sold to the highest bidder. You will still be paying out your behind while the Republicans will be enjoying their ability to put another one over on you poor, ignorant, unsuspecting souls. Some of you should close your mouth and think with the thing called a brain! Read between the lines: Palin is trying to sell her people and her state for the VP position. That is what she has to offer other than she is "hot". She is manipulative and everything has its price. Including Palin. Her husband works in the oil fields, remember. This gets him a huge raise I am sure. Especially if McCain wins. And ambitious? I'm surprised she doesn't want the Presidency of the United States right now. Wonder how long it is before McCain realizes his mistake. Yes, he aggravated his party, but if he gets elected, the GOP will be swimming in oil profits. You won't see it though. Why should they share, even though that oil officially belongs to the American people...ALL of them, not just the rich oil companies. Ask them forthright where the oil would go, how much would it reduce your price at the pump? They have leagues of intelligent people who assess this business all the time. If you get fleeced, don't complain when you are cold, tired and wet walking to work or maybe not even having a job because you can't afford the oil to get there on what you make. They are already emptying the IRA and stock accounts. Real Fear? Or just another manipulation from the Grand Old Party. I smell mutton cooking...

For those of you who think drilling here in America will lower the price of gas and oil by tearing up our national heritage till it looks like Jersey, are so narrow minded. The oil from all countries go to the cartel, where it is sold to the highest bidder. You will still be paying out your behind while the Republicans will be enjoying their ability to put another one over on you poor, ignorant, unsuspecting souls. Some of you should close your mouth and think with the thing called a brain! Read between the lines: Palin is trying to sell her people and her state for the VP position. That is what she has to offer other than she is "hot". She is manipulative and everything has its price. Including Palin. Her husband works in the oil fields, remember. This gets him a huge raise I am sure. Especially if McCain wins. And ambitious? I'm surprised she doesn't want the Presidency of the United States right now. Wonder how long it is before McCain realizes his mistake. Yes, he aggravated his party, but if he gets elected, the GOP will be swimming in oil profits. You won't see it though. Why should they share, even though that oil officially belongs to the American people...ALL of them, not just the rich oil companies. Ask them forthright where the oil would go, how much would it reduce your price at the pump? They have leagues of intelligent people who assess this business all the time. If you get fleeced, don't complain when you are cold, tired and wet walking to work or maybe not even having a job because you can't afford the oil to get there on what you make. They are already emptying the IRA and stock accounts. Real Fear? Or just another manipulation from the Grand Old Party. I smell mutton cooking...

Posted By: AlaskanGirl @ 09/21/2008 8:32:28 PM
Comment: What was the reason it could not be placed alongside the oil pipeline? Oh was it that she would have had to pay Alaskan natives and then hire American workers.

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No, the oil companies would rather take their chances with the Canadian Parliament
than the US Congress. And the enviromental protesters would need tribal permission
to protest on resevation land.

Most of the Democrats I know drive foreign cars. Mostly Japanese.
Don't get down on just McCain for this.

The pipeline is needed. If the Indians get enough compensation, they'll settle.

Bridge to Nowhere. Road to Nowhere. Pipeline to Nowhere. Everything seems to end up Nowhere in the Land of the Midnight Sun. No wonder Palin jumped at the chance to be MCain's running mate. It's the only way she could get out of Alaska.

Why do Republicans think that the American people are stupid. They insist on claiming things that arent true. Can they really just lie and get away with it?? John McCain claimed he only buys American cars. Turns out he has 13 cars and they include foreign cars. No one asked him to lie about where his cars come from. So why did he do it? Why do they keep lying?

First Nations...Natives... anything other than Indians is appropriate in today's open-eyed, world-wide-web world! Indians live in India!! Hello!

Quite the Hollywood-flamed stereotypes. In Canada, the term Indian is kept for our Punjab-born friends who now raise there families in Vancouver's Lower Mainland, and throughout the Prairies.

More for the complete story see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/print/20080919-15.html
2007
Excerpts provided in previous comment and this comment.
July: Two Bear Stearns hedge funds invested in mortgage securities collapse.
August: President Bush emphatically calls on Congress to pass a reform package for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying "first things first when it comes to those two institutions. Congress needs to get them reformed,
December: President Bush again warns Congress of the need to pass legislation reforming GSEs, saying "These institutions provide liquidity 2008
January: Bank of America announces it will buy Countrywide.
January: Citigroup announces mortgage portfolio lost $18.1 billion in value.
February: Assistant Secretary David Nason reiterates the urgency of reforms (David Nason, Testimony On Reforming GSE Regulation, Senate Committee On Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs, 2/7/08)
March: Bear Stearns announces it will sell itself to JPMorgan Chase.
March: President Bush calls on Congress to take action and "move forward with reforms on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They need to continue to modernize the FHA
April: President Bush urges Congress to pass the much needed legislation and "modernize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 4/14/08)
May: President Bush issues several pleas to Congress to pass legislation reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the situation deteriorates further.
??? "Americans are concerned about making their mortgage payments and keeping their homes. Yet Congress has failed to pass legislation I have repeatedly (President George W. Bush, Radio Address, 5/3/08)
??? "[T]he government ought to be helping creditworthy people stay in their homes (President George W. Bush, Meeting With The Secretary Of The Treasury, the White House, 5/19/08)
??? "Congress needs to pass legislation to modernize the Federal Housing Administration, reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure they focus on their housing mission, (President George W. Bush, Radio Address, 5/31/08)
June: As foreclosure rates continued to rise in the first quarter, the President once again asks "we need to pass legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." (President George W. Bush, Remarks At Swearing In Ceremony For Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 6/6/08)
July: Congress heeds the President's call for action and passes reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as it becomes clear that the institutions are failing.

President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted.
Get up with current news. There is only one major oil pipe line in Alaska and it has been there for years and has not run off the Reindeer. The pipe line you mention is currently in negotiations through Canada but as usual since it may be by the liberal vernacular "to difficult and thus too hard" with no immediate gratification m it should not be done because it is so so hard. We should throw up the white flag here toooooo??????
Just the facts: The administration???s Unheeded Warnings About the Systemic Risk Posed by the GSEs
President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted. Unfortunately, these warnings went unheeded, as the President's repeated attempts to reform the supervision of these entities were thwarted by the legislative maneuvering of those who emphatically denied there were problems.
2001
April: The Administration's FY02 budget declares that the size of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is "a potential problem," because "financial trouble of a large GSE could cause strong repercussions in financial markets, affecting Federally insured entities and economic activity."
2002
May: The President calls for the disclosure and corporate governance principles contained in his 10-point plan for corporate responsibility to apply to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (OMB Prompt Letter to OFHEO, 5/29/02)
2003
January: Freddie Mac announces it has to restate financial results for the previous three years.
February: The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) releases a report "the government has provided no explicit legal backing for them September: Fannie Mae discloses SEC investigation and acknowledges OFHEO's review found earnings manipulations.
September: Treasury Secretary John Snow testifies to recommend that Congress enact "legislation to create a new Federal October: Fannie Mae discloses $1.2 billion accounting error.
November: Council of the Economic Advisers (CEA) Chairman Greg Mankiw explains that any "legislation to reform GSE regulation should empower the new regulator with sufficient strength and credibility to reduce systemic risk."
2005
April: Treasury Secretary John Snow repeats his call for GSE reform, saying "Events that have transpired since I testified before this Committee in 2003 reinforce concerns over the systemic risks posed by the GSEs

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A PARAPHRASE FROM KANSAS ANDY FOR JOHN McCAIN:
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For your 13 cars including the 2 "foreign cars" you told Michigan autoworkers you would never buy, because you only buy American:

- - - $490,000

For the 7 homes that you can't remember having and none are in foreclosure because your lobbyist friends looked out for you:

- - - $19,600,000

For the 1 pair of shoes you are wearing today, minus the bootstraps you never needed because your wife's father agreed to bank roll your political career after you left your first wife:

- - - $500

That sinking feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just can't keep a lid on all the lies ahead of Nov. 4th election:

- - - PRICELESS!!

THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION CARD - - - DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!!

What was the reason it could not be placed alongside the oil pipeline? Oh was it that she would have had to pay Alaskan natives and then hire American workers.

Typical democrat bashing. Doing and saying thing they can to try and avoid the FACT that Obama is an admitted cocain abuser. The democrat party had a good shot at this election untill they nominated a CRACK-HEAD. The pot smoking "but never inhaled" president Clinton, and that presidential sperm stained dress of Monica Lewinskie, not to forget that flavor enhanced cigar, and the FACT that Clinton lied to the courts about it was enough.