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Ramses

(721 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 12:44 AM Feb 2015

Sarah 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 Alaska’s 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 man’s 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
Duchess of Dumbassville Ramses Feb 2015 #1
What message will she leave for her grandchildren's grandchildren? lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #2
Her grandchildren's grandchildren Turbineguy Feb 2015 #6
Wouldn't it be nice if she took one for the team... one_voice Feb 2015 #3
caribou aren't part of the human 'team,' sarah ND-Dem Feb 2015 #4
Nature has to TOFT Turbineguy Feb 2015 #5
Palin has crossed so far into self parody that Tina Fey can only sit back in stunned disbelief. pa28 Feb 2015 #7
I could totally picture her holding giant sacks of money with an Exxon logo on it. Initech Feb 2015 #8
"Energy is my baby"...enough with giving your kids crazy names! Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #9
Caribou Death Barbie Blue Owl Feb 2015 #10
Her Trans-Canada pipeline through Alaska was her biggest debacle Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #11

lpbk2713

(42,770 posts)
2. What message will she leave for her grandchildren's grandchildren?
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 12:53 AM
Feb 2015




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."

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
3. Wouldn't it be nice if she took one for the team...
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 12:54 AM
Feb 2015

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.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
7. Palin has crossed so far into self parody that Tina Fey can only sit back in stunned disbelief.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 01:06 AM
Feb 2015

Nobody considers her a serious figure at this point and yet she keeps doubling down on herself.

Midnight Writer

(21,830 posts)
11. Her Trans-Canada pipeline through Alaska was her biggest debacle
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:53 AM
Feb 2015

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.

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