indeed, PA. Amen. Statistics suck. On 9/24/08, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (BEGIN QUOTE) > > 3.5: the actual percentage share of domestic energy Alaska produces > > (Source) > > > > Wrong. The 20% figure is correct when counting untapped reserves. > (END OF QUOTE) > > You're as bad as she is, claiming credit for something she has not > done. > > Using your logic, I could claim that I make $1million a year since > there are many "work at home and be a millionaire" websites as > untapped reserves. > > --------- > > On Sep 23, 7:30 am, voxitar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:48 AM, mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ] > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sarah Palin, by the Numbers > > > Sarah Palin may lie, but numbers don't. Her record speaks for itself: > > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kurtzman/sarah-palin-by-the-numb... > > > 2007: the year in which Sarah Palin first obtained a passport (Source) > > > > > 312: the number of nights during her first 19 months in office that > > > Palin charged taxpayers a "per diem" totaling $16,951 for staying in > > > her own home -- an allowance intended to cover meals and incidental > > > expenses while traveling on state business (Source) > > > > Which actually SAVED the state of Alaska money, since the costs of her > > and her family living in the Governor's mansion are much higher than > > per diem. > > > > > > > > > $500 to $1,200: the fee that Wasilla charged rape victims to pay for > > > post-sexual assault medical exams, after the city cut funds during > > > Palin's tenure that had previously covered the exams (Source) > > > > Absolute, complete, utter horseshit. There's not an ounce of proof > > that the City of Wasilla ever charged ANY rape victim for a rape kit > > under Palin; there's not an OUNCE of proof Palin cut ANY funding to > > purchase rape kits. There's not eve any proof that there were any > > reported rapes in Wasilla between 1996 and 2000, when the Alaska state > > legislature passed a law requiring the investigating law enforcement > > agencies to foot the bill for the kits. This is more fact-less, > > baseless smearing on the part of lefty blogs like the HuffPO. > > > > > > > > > $150: the cash payment offered by the Palin administration to hunters > > > who turn in legs of freshly killed wolves gunned down from airplanes > > > (Source) > > > > Wolf culling has long been a necessary practice in Alaska and > > elsewhere...Palin didn't invent the practice. > > > > > > > > > 3: the number of times during her first few weeks as mayor that Palin > > > inquired with the Wasilla librarian about banning books (Source) > > > > Complete, utter horseshit. More smears. She asked the librarian what > > the policy was if a customer complained about a book being > > offensive....period. She never asked for a book to be banned and no > > books were ever banned. > > > > > 3: the number of months after the censorship discussion that Palin > > > fired the librarian (Source) > > > > Bullshit. The librarian was fired because she was a political > > appointee loyal to the opposition that lost the mayoral election to > > Palin. > > > > > > > > > 100: the approximate number of Wasilla residents who rallied to > > > support the librarian, prompting Palin to withdraw her termination > > > letter (Source) > > > > That's it? Out of a town of 7,000? Seems like the citizens of the > > town wanted the librarian gone, too. > > > > > 0: the number of foreign heads of state Palin has met (Source) > > > > Same number Bill Clinton met as governor. Same number Jimmy Carter > > met as governor. > > > > > 0: the number of commands Palin has issued as head of the Alaska > > > National Guard (Source) > > > > National Guards are under DOD control when in combat, and only used by > > Governors during state emergencies. If there haven't been any state > > emergencies in Alaska, it certainly makes sense for her not to have > > ordered the Guard to do anything. > > > > > > > > > 2: the number of times in Palin's ABC News interview that she said the > > > word "nucular" (Source) > > > > Some people pronounce it that way. > > > > > > > > > 0: Wasilla's long-term debt when Palin took office in 1996 (Source) > > > > > $18.6 million: the long-term debt Palin racked up by the time she left > > > office in 2002, amounting to about $3,000 per resident (Source) > > > > The debt is from BONDS that the people of Wasilla voted on, and > > according to the current mayor, that debt is being paid down faster > > than scheduled. > > > > > $50,000: the amount of city funds Palin used without authorization to > > > redecorate the Wasilla mayor's office, including adding flocked, red > > > wallpaper that made it look "like a bordello," according to a former > > > Wasilla City Council member (Source) > > > > Complete, utter horseshit. This is just another smear citing ONE > > source (who just happened to be opposed to Palin during her Mayoral > > election) in an article on Salon. No corroboration, no witnesses, no > > receipts, no proof....not even pictures. Just baseless, factless > > smears. > > > > > 33: the percentage by which Palin increased the budget of Wasilla > > > during her tenure, despite billing herself as a fiscal conservative > > > and champion of smaller government (Source) > > > > Fiscal conservatives are also about GROWING their local > > economies....Palin did just that. Infrastructure, Police, Fire, etc., > > all grew with it. > > > > > > > > > 25: the percentage by which Palin raised the local sales tax in > > > Wasilla to pay for a sports center, despite claims that she cut taxes > > > (Source) > > > > Voted in during an election by the people, who supported the sports center. > > > > > > > > > $27 million: the total amount of federal earmarks Palin secured for > > > Wasilla's town of 6,700 people while she was mayor, thanks to the help > > > of a Washington lobbyist with ties to indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) > > > and convicted felon Jack Abramoff (Source) > > > > All meat and potatoes stuff - sewers, road improvements, etc. For the > > record, Palin has never said she opposes ALL earmarks...she opposes > > WASTEFUL earmarks and the corruption associated with the earmark > > process. > > > > > > > > > 3: the number of times John McCain specifically criticized earmarks > > > requested by Sarah Palin when she was mayor of Wasilla, citing them as > > > examples of wasteful spending (Source) > > > > Since you cite no source for this, and it seems clear that a senator > > isn't likely to criticize a mayor of a town of 7,000 for earmarks, > > sounds like more bullshit. > > > > > > > > > $453 million: the total amount of earmarks Palin has asked U.S. > > > taxpayers to fund for Alaska projects over the past two years, despite > > > McCain's insistence that she hasn't sought earmarks or special- > > > interest spending from Congress (Source) > > > > More bullshit. Palin isn't opposed to earmarks....she's opposed to > > earmark ABUSE and CORRUPTION, which she has sought to stamp out. > > > > > > > > > $506.34: the amount of federal earmarks Alaska residents will receive > > > per capita in 2008, the highest level of any state (Source) > > > > > $223 million: the earmark secured for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" > > > that Palin initially supported before opposing (Source) > > > > Given the geography of Alaska and the difficulty in improving > > infrastructure because of the environment, things are going to cost > > more up there - it's just a fact. > > > > Palin supported a package of infrastructure improvements that > > originally included the bridge to nowhere, but when she realize how > > much it was going to cost she killed it...like a fiscally conservative > > governor should. > > > > > $223 million: the amount of money designated for the "Bridge to > > > Nowhere" that Palin ultimately used for other projects, rather than > > > returning it to the federal government (Source) > > > > Wrong The original cost of the bridge was 398 million. It was > > stripped of its earmarks and the remainder was sent to Alaska for > > infrastructure improvements, the same as any other state. > > > > > > > > > 20: the percentage of domestic energy that Palin claims Alaska > > > produces (Source) > > > > > 3.5: the actual percentage share of domestic energy Alaska produces > > > (Source) > > > > Wrong. The 20% figure is correct when counting untapped reserves. > > > > > > > > > 0: the number of people in America who know more about energy than > > > Sarah Palin, according to John McCain (Source) > > > > Might be true. > > > > > > > > > $600,000: the loss at which Palin sold the governor's jet after making > > > a show of placing it on eBay. It was eventually sold to a Palin > > > campaign contributor who paid $2.1 million (more than 20% less than > > > the original $2.7 million purchase price). (Source) > > > > Was she supposed to realize a profit by selling a USED plane? When > > taking into account the maintenance, upkeep, fuel and the cost for > > pilots needed to fly the plane, she saved Alaska money just as she > > promised. > > > > > > > > > 1: the number of private tanning beds Palin installed in the > > > governor's mansion after taking office (Source) > > > > Bought and paid for with her own money. Big deal. > > > > > 1.5: the approximate number of hours Palin spent on a refueling > > > layover in Ireland, which the McCain campaign cited as part of her > > > foreign policy experience (Source) > > > > > 0: the actual amount of time Palin spent in Iraq during a 2007 visit > > > to the region, despite the McCain campaign's claim she had visited the > > > Iraq battle zone. She never made it beyond the Khabari Alawazem > > > Crossing in Kuwait. (Source) > > > > Wrong. Eyewitness accounts have her inside Iraq attending a > > re-enlistment ceremony for one of her National Guardsmen. She never > > claimed to have been in a "battle zone." > > > > > 2006: the year in which Palin declared she favors abstinence-only > > > education and that "the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my > > > support" (Source) > > > > The fact that she didn't support demos of condoms on cucumbers for > > first-graders doesn't mean she favors "abstinence only." She's on > > record as supporting age-appropriate sex ed, to INCLUDE abstinence. > > > > > > > > > 2008: the year in which Palin's 17-year-old daughter was impregnated > > > by a self-described "f***ing redneck," who wrote on his MySpace page > > > "I don't want kids" and "ya f*** with me I'll kick ass" (Source) > > > > And this is your business....why, exactly? > > > > > > > > > 9: the number of U.S. Geological Survey studies concluding that the > > > habitat of Alaska's polar bears is threatened by global warming, which > > > Palin discounted as "insufficent evidence" when she sued the Bush > > > administration to overturn its decision to list polar bears under the > > > Endangered Species Act (Source) > > > > Palin hired experts who came to different conclusions which indicated > > the Polar Bear population was increasing. I applaud her for fighting > > the ESA, which is often a crutch used by tree-huggers to prevent > > development. > > > > > > > > > 5: the number of colleges Palin attended over six years before > > > graduating in 1987 from the University of Idaho with a major in > > > journalism (Source) > > > > And? > > > > > > > > > 500: the number of Fortune 500 companies Sarah Palin is not > > > > ... > > > > read more ยป- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > >
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