Sarah Palin Has A Solution For The BP Oil Crisis: No More Foreigners

by Glynnis MacNicol | 9:53 am, May 6th, 2010

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Sarah Palin departed from her preferred platform of communication yesterday to weigh in on Twitter about the Louisiana oil crisis. The woman who coined the phrase drill baby drill (and stands by it, by the way) has somehow managed, in less than 140 characters, to connect the nation’s current furor over illegal immigration with the oil spill. That is some wordsmithing. Of course, here’s what the 140 characters did not leave room for mention. One, even though BP is British in name (British Petroleum) it is not exactly foreign. This from HuffPo’s Jason Linkins:

Of course, while it’s based in Britain, BP is a massive, publicly-traded, multinational energy conglomerate, commonly referred to as a “supermajor”. It’s just one of three companies that are heavily involved with the Deepwater Horizon facility. The other two are Halliburton, an American company, and TransOcean.

And this from Mudflats:

First of all, let’s be clear that the country of ownership of the oil company has nothing to do with the trustworthiness of the drilling. Actually, it’s up to the country where the drilling occurs to regulate it. The United States of America sets the rules for what kind of tankers can travel the waters, and what kind of safety measures are required on drilling rigs. BP’s rigs elsewhere in the world have those features. In the good ol’ U.S. of A, not so.

Ah, but here is the genius of the Tweet vs, say, the Facebook note (or an actual interview)…it does not allow for such details! (Realities may be the better word). Also, and here’s the kicker, Todd Palin worked for BP for 18 years.

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I thought that it wasn’t exactly foreign when I read the headline. I know, know, KNOW Sarah Palin isn’t that stupid, a quick Google search could alleviate all doubt.

Okay, or maybe she is but I am giving her the benefit of the doubt.
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Thomas-Senda/1612059255 James Thomas Senda

Glynnis, that was a pretty bad title.
germ

Misleading title much?
drex94

SARA PAY-LIN NEEDS TO GO BACK TO ALASKA AND SHUT HER TRAP ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHE HAS ALREADY MILKED THE SYSTEM FOR ENOUGH MONEY.
homie

Perhaps it would be best if BP were to lower that giant steel dome over Sarah Palin’s runaway pie-hole.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

In only 5 characters I can assess Sarah Palin: Moron
http://politicsofdestruction.com/ Bobomatic

First of all… your title is in accurate and second… I’d trust Sarah Palin, (an executive who has actually managed a state that thrives on energy) over HuffPo and Mudflats.

For all those who would denigrate her experience and resort to name calling… you’ve just proven you lost the argument.
HanzoSword

Note to Palin: I will support offshore drilling as soon as every trace of the Exxon Valdez spill is cleaned up in Alaska. (Realitycheck: It’s 2010 and we’re still waiting on a complete clean up.)
MediaWhore

Bobomatic: “an executive who has actually managed a state that thrives on energy”

Yes, she’s exactly the type of “executive” America needs. One that is “proud to serve the people” when economic times are good, and then as soon as they start turning south she jumps ship and goes on her book tour to line her own pockets while telling the “people she proudly served” to go fuck themselves.

When oil prices were high, Alaska was rolling in cash, the Permanent Fund Dividend (google it) was up over $2000, and Palin was sending out an additional $1200 per resident in “energy relief” checks (so basically every Alaska resident…including children…were getting a $3000+ check from the state), Palin thought being governor was the greatest job in the world. Of course it was, because she didn’t have to make any tough decisions, or worry about cutting budgets or popular spending programs. Life’s great when oil is almost $100 a barrel and you can play Santa Clause handing out cash to everyone in sight. Of course you’ll have 80% approval ratings and love life in that situation.

And then as soon as oil prices took a dive along with the economy and Alaska’s revenues dipped, and the Permanent Fund dropped, and the energy relief checks dried up, and Palin was going to be forced to make budge cuts and difficult decisions (like whether to accept much-needed stimulus funds for Alaskan education while at the same time publicly criticizing and railing against the stimulus)….the “executive” decided that job sucked, her approval ratings sank like a rock, and so she decided to cut and run rather than be a real leader during the lean times.

What a fantastic example of an “executive.” Always there during the good times and then leaves you high and dry when you really need some leadership, because its more important for her to bat her eyelashes at Bill O’Reilly and suck up to Glenn Beck than it is to serve the people of Alaska.
smack

I don’t get it. then again, I’m not a hack blogger.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dona-Barone/1060506711 Dona Barone

The woman is an idiot.
jhonsadins

All those who, to denigrate his experience and use name calling … you just proved argument.As missed you just start to turn south, jump ship and go in his book.

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