I simply WILL NOT vote for any imbecile who can’t examine evidence for HIM or HERSELF.
I may have to give up voting....
*Sigh*
?!? What is she doing? She should have said get screwed. Oil and natural gas is owned by our state. We will put it to a vote in our state and let the citizens decide what we will develop.
AK was bought by the federal govt but can they just pass a state law where they will follow the 10th Amendment>
If she is not playin' the leftists, that's disappointing.
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Palin Testifies on Outer Continental Shelf before Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Print Now Printer Friendly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-83
Governor Palin Testifies on Outer Continental Shelf
April 14, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today testified before Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in a federal hearing in Anchorage, urging the Obama administration to stand by Salazar’s confirmation hearing statement favoring “wise, responsible use of conventional fuels,” such as the oil and gas resources found in abundance in the Outer Continental Shelf.
“Alaska has consistently supported oil and gas development in our OCS,” Governor Palin testified. “We have done so recognizing that certain areas should be exempted from leasing, or have seasonal drilling restrictions imposed to protect whale migrations.
We have done so because we recognize the significance OCS development will have on the nation’s and the state’s economic and energy future. We have done so because we know oil and gas development can occur appropriately, while protecting the environment, the species and the people impacted. We have proven this can be done.
“The fact that Alaska’s OCS potential to produce oil and gas is world-class is supported by the best peer reviewed scientific estimates. Alaska’s oil and gas resources can and should be a major part of the implementation of any creditable energy plan for our nation.
Alaska has proven that these resources can be developed safely, but Arctic exploration and development is a slow, demanding process.
Here she says restrictions, read that as eviro laws, are hurting, not helping. doesn't quite sound like the article, which doesn't give quotes as far as I can see,does it?
Delays or major restrictions in accessing these resources for environmentally responsible development are not in the national interest or the interests of the State of Alaska.”
What Sarah is really saying to them is “If you are serious about wanting to reduce CO2, then you should be in favor of allowing Alaska to drill and ship more natural gas”, thus turning their own arguments against them.