[okie01]

I guess you think the oil companies should just be able to yank all the oil out of the ground in Alaska and sell it to the Japanese and Chinese and keep all the profits for themselves?

The only time any Alaskan oil was sold to Japan (or China) was during the period 1996-98, when there was a temporary glut of crude on the West Coast.

Otherwise, every drop of Alaskan oil has been refined and consumed in the USA.

And much to your chagrin, I'm sure, those big, nasty oil companies still got to "keep all the profits for themselves".

[P-Marlowe]

And much to your chagrin, I'm sure, those big, nasty oil companies still got to "keep all the profits for themselves".

They have always had to share those profits with the State of Alaska. Palin just negotiated a better deal for her state to get a larger share of the profits.

You got a problem with that?

Should she have just sat on her hands and traded her inaction for campaign contributions, like her predecessors?