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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSarah Palin: Dying caribou have to ‘take one for the team’ so we can expand oil pipelines
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/sarah-palin-dying-caribou-have-to-take-one-for-the-team-so-we-can-expand-oil-pipelines/rmer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said this week that caribou that died as a result of oil pipeline expansions would have to take one for the team.
According to Forbes Christopher Helman, Palin delighted members of the oil and gas industry in a speech to the North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) in Texas on Thursday.
She recalled to the crowd that what she missed most about being Alaskas governor was making decisions about oil and gas exploration.
Energy is my baby, Palin explained, adding that oil and gas could feed and fuel a hungry nation with what God has created for mans responsible use.
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Sarah Palin: Dying caribou have to ‘take one for the team’ so we can expand oil pipelines (Original Post)
Ramses
Feb 2015
OP
Palin has crossed so far into self parody that Tina Fey can only sit back in stunned disbelief.
pa28
Feb 2015
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Ramses
(721 posts)1. Duchess of Dumbassville
lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)2. What message will she leave for her grandchildren's grandchildren?
I hope she'll leave a thank you note for the oil that won't be around by then.
"Thanks kids, but we thought we needed it more than you."
Turbineguy
(37,391 posts)6. Her grandchildren's grandchildren
won't be able to read if she can help it.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)3. Wouldn't it be nice if she took one for the team...
and just went the fuck away.
By took one for the team she means make a bunch of rich fucks richer. So they can screw over everyone else.
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)4. caribou aren't part of the human 'team,' sarah
Turbineguy
(37,391 posts)5. Nature has to TOFT
so that America can have idiots.
pa28
(6,145 posts)7. Palin has crossed so far into self parody that Tina Fey can only sit back in stunned disbelief.
Nobody considers her a serious figure at this point and yet she keeps doubling down on herself.
Initech
(100,125 posts)8. I could totally picture her holding giant sacks of money with an Exxon logo on it.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)9. "Energy is my baby"...enough with giving your kids crazy names!
Just stop it.
Blue Owl
(50,544 posts)10. Caribou Death Barbie
Midnight Writer
(21,830 posts)11. Her Trans-Canada pipeline through Alaska was her biggest debacle
As Alaska Governor, she pushed through 500 million in taxpayer funds for Trans-Canada (of Keystone XL) to build a pipeline through Alaska to the Pacific coast. Trans-Canada then abandoned the pipeline when their Board of Directors decided it was not worth the expense. Palin and the Alaska taxpayers were left holding the bag, and her political popularity sank to zero.