Please, don't repeat the "WAH, THEY'RE PICKING ON ME" meme. This is about McCain's being unfit to serve, as demonstrated by his choice of Sara Porker Palin as his VP candidate.
It is also about the continuing lies flowing from the fetid mouths of Sarah Palin and McCain. They are holding her forth as something she is not. It is also about a very small population getting a tremendous amount of government welfare in the form of pork, and then Palin turning around and giving money to the people of Alaska in the form of a rebate. The town of Wasilla has received more government pork than the vast majority of towns its size. The town where I live doesn't have a hockey sports complex, does yours? Our school kids who live out in the rural farms around our city can no longer take a school bus in the last 10 miles of their trip to school, so very small, winding, rural farm roads are now clogged with bicycles, a huge safety hazard. Maybe you don't mind paying for the goodies going to Alaska that your own town can't afford, but I do, and I bet many others would, too. Fnally, this shows that Palin is far more like Bush Jr than we ever knew. SHe took over a board of a creamery which had actually made a fiscally sound decision: to close after running up $1.5million in debt. Sarah Palin took over the board by shoving her own cronies in it, who quickly ran up another $800,000 in debt and then decided the creamary had to be closed. I would love to see the financials for that creamery when Sarah's cronies ran it. How much of it do you think went to line their own pockets, and the pockets of Sarah Palin? -------- On Sep 16, 6:33 am, MANOJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarah Palin did this.. Sarah Palin did that ... > Is she only one who did this ? Were the politicians of other 49 states > scrutinized ? > > She did made those rules; she just passed on legitimate proposals for > requesting funds, which are permitted under law. > > If she is trying to get a better share from the central exchequer - > what is wrong in that. Alaska is no ordinary place. I have read that > they spend lot of energy to melt ice for living like us. > > Various so called neutral interviewers, who endorsed Obama are upset > because of the newly gain popularity. > One think they are forgetting - "No Human Is perfect" and we expect > 10/10 marks. > > We should learn living with a 8/10 or 9/10. > > Only media pundits have such issue; what about the independent people > who are inspired and energized by Gov. Palin ? > > -MP > > On Sep 16, 8:16 am, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The American taxpayers are financing Palin's bad leadership and > > croneyism in Alaska. We are subsidizing the "dairy industry" in > > Alaska--all SIX of them. > > > At a time when Americans are in deep economic trouble, many having > > lost their homes and jobs, Porker Palin's greedy grabbing at subsidies > > for failing Alaska enterprises is OBSCENE. > > > Let's hope Porker Palin doesn't decide to grow avocados and pineapple > > in Alaska. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Sep 16, 4:53 am, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The Wall Street Journal, a solidly rightwing publication, has > > > published this story about Sarah Palin's ham-fisted, subsidy-loving, > > > poor decision making in Alaska. You know Sarah Palin is a fraud and > > > bad for our country's economy when the WSJ publishes an article about > > > her. > > > > Once again, Sarah Palin demonstrates herself and the GOP presidential > > > candidate, John McCain, to be clueless liars. > > > > She has also demonstrated herself to be firmly in the pockets of her > > > cronies and special interests, and that she is very much like Bush Jr: > > > when she (or her cronies) wants something, she does it and does not > > > consider the consequences. > > > > Her claims of being a fiscal conservative and against earmarks and > > > government hand-outs are destroyed by even a cursory look at her > > > history in Alaska. Yet John McCain chose Sarah Palin, without > > > obviously no vetting, to be the person to run the country should he be > > > elected and die in office (statistically, a 30% likelihood). > > > > This article by the Wall Street Journal documents how Sarah Palin > > > stopped a failing Alaskan (deeply in debt) creamery from closing its > > > doors because local ag interests would not get subsidies without the > > > creamery there. She then got the entire creamery's board fired, > > > replaced it with her own people (the Chairman being one of her high- > > > school friends) and then 6 months later, after the company had > > > suffered another $800,000 of losses and was $800,000 more in debt, > > > they closed down the creamery. > > > > (BEGIN QUOTE)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152654971140245.html > > > > SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 > > > > Creamery Case Has Palin Critics > > > Taking Aim at Fiscal-Conservative Claim > > > > By JIM CARLTON > > > > ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin > > > promotes herself as a small-government conservative. But when Alaska > > > government officials wanted to shut down a money-losing creamery, the > > > governor overturned the decision after dairy farmers near her hometown > > > complained the loss of subsidies would cripple them. > > > > On June 8, 2007, a board overseeing the 71-year-old state-run > > > Matanuska Maid creamery announced the business would close after > > > amassing $1.5 million in red ink since 2005, the result of a run-up in > > > milk prices and other essentials. "I feel we are safeguarding the > > > public interest in the decision that has been made," Mac Carter, > > > chairman of the Alaska Creamery Board, said in a letter to the Palin > > > administration. > > > > Gov. Sarah Palin overturned a decision to close a money-losing > > > creamery. > > > > On June 16, 2007, Gov. Palin attended a rally by dairy farmers near > > > her hometown of Wasilla who pleaded that the creamery stay open to > > > help them and other members of the local dairy industry. "Things are > > > kind of a mess right now with what's happening with Mat-Maid, and > > > we're going to clean it up," the governor said at the event. > > > > She then sacked the creamery board and replaced it. The new board, > > > headed by one of her childhood friends, ordered the creamery kept > > > open. Six months later -- after the business racked up more than > > > $800,000 in additional losses, according to state officials -- the new > > > board ordered it closed again. > > > > The candidate's handling of the matter has been fodder for some > > > critics challenging her credentials as a self-proclaimed fiscal > > > conservative. She has also been criticized for securing federal > > > earmarks as mayor of Wasilla and, as governor, for raising taxes on > > > oil-industry profits. "I think what happened here was her personal > > > desire to satisfy a local constituency, versus what is right for the > > > state," says Lyda Green, president of the Republican-run state senate > > > and a political rival from Wasilla. > > > > The McCain-Palin campaign wouldn't make Gov. Palin available for > > > comment on that. But Brian Jones, a campaign spokesman, said Gov. > > > Palin is a proven cost cutter who has vetoed more than $500 million in > > > "wasteful" government spending and ordered state officials to cut back > > > on earmark requests, among other things. "We will gladly match her > > > record of reform and fiscal responsibility to either Barack Obama or > > > Joe Biden," Mr. Jones said. Mr. Jones also defended her action on the > > > creamery, saying the governor was acting prudently. > > > > Supporters of Gov. Palin say she was motivated primarily by a desire > > > to save the creamery's 70 jobs and help the handful of local farmers > > > reliant on it. They say she helped keep the small dairy industry from > > > collapsing by giving the farmers time to find new places to sell their > > > products. "It takes good leadership to say, 'Wait a minute. Let's take > > > a look at this before we shut this down,' " says Kyle Beus, a former > > > local dairy farmer. > > > > Matanuska Maid has had a checkered financial history. Formed by a > > > farmers' cooperative in 1936, the creamery was taken over by the state > > > in 1984 after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following > > > a legal dispute. One of the employees, Joseph Van Treeck, was named > > > chief executive in 1985 and went on to run a mostly profitable > > > business for the next two decades. > > > > But financial conditions at the creamery deteriorated rapidly in 2005. > > > The creamery, 20 years ago, depended on local dairy farmers for most > > > of its milk. To meet growing demand for its milk, yogurt and other > > > dairy products, though, Mr. Beus, who used to sell milk to the > > > creamery, said the factory had to import most of it from the Pacific > > > Northwest over the past decade. Until about two years ago, milk and > > > fuel prices were low enough to support profits. But a 50% run-up in > > > milk prices between 2005 and 2007 -- combined with soaring energy > > > prices and increased competition -- sent Matanuska Maid into a > > > tailspin. > > > > After the state board ordered the creamery closed, Gov. Palin -- with > > > an entourage that included her husband, Todd; daughter Piper; and > > > representatives of the news media -- showed up at Matanuska Maid's two- > > > story plant and requested a tour. Although the governor's office said > > > at the time that the visit had been scheduled, plant officials said > > > they got little advance notice. Workers told her she would have to be > > > accompanied by Mr. Van Treeck, who was in a Creamery Board meeting at > > > an Anchorage hotel about two miles away. After he declined to leave > > > the meeting, board member Rhonda Boyles says she, Ms. Boyles, warned > > > him, "Joe, this will be on the 10 o'clock news." > > > > Within days, the governor replaced the entire Board of Agriculture and > > > Conservation, which oversees the Creamery Board. The new agriculture > > > board then appointed itself as the Creamery Board and named Kristan > > > Cole -- a grade-school classmate of Gov. Palin -- as the chairman. The > > > new board reversed the closure and removed Mr. Van Treeck as CEO. He > > > filed a suit in Alaska Superior Court charging he didn't get what he > > > was owed. The case is still pending. > > > > Ms. Cole declined to comment on the suit. She blamed mismanagement by > > > the past regime for part of its financial problems. She said the > > > creamery failed to rein in spending, for example, as milk prices were > > > rising. Officials of the old creamery board dispute that. > > > > The decision to keep the creamery open at first looked good. In June > > > 2007, it posted a small profit. But the next month, Matanuska Maid > > > posted a $300,000 loss -- its biggest ever in a month. Ms. Cole > > > attributed that, in part, to the cost of going through a near-closure. > > > The losses kept mounting until the new board in December decided to > > > close the business down. > > > > "The governor got into this position because the farmers were her > > > constituents in Wasilla," says Ms. Boyles, a retired restaurant owner > > > in Fairbanks. > > > > Ms. Cole said the extra time allowed the farmers to find new buyers, > > > including a private creamery that recently opened near Wasilla with a > > > federal grant. Meanwhile, the state has raised $2.9 million from the > > > sale of property, equipment and inventory and is seeking to sell > > > another parcel appraised at $1.3 million. "At > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
