Comments on: Palin: Obama can learn from gas pipeline deal

By: Achance

Achance — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:41:32 +0000

in natural resource extraction in this part of the World. All the big mining ventures are Canadian/British. British Petroleum is the 800 pound gorilla on the North Slope. American companies generally don’t want to take the abuse from the Greenies. For the Brits/Canadians, the Greenies can call them names and sue them, but they can’t generally vote in their elections.

By: Jaded

Jaded — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:17:39 +0000

if only it could be just like that we surely would have the American dream

By: newagegop

newagegop — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:07:26 +0000

I must confess I fantasize about Sarah Palin…I know make believe is for children and liberals but I’ve gotten quite good at dreamin about Sarah.

In fact “pretending” is working so well for me, I now reside in an America run by the Sarah Palin shadow government.

In Sarah’s America if you work hard and follow the rules you succeed and don’t even need a bailout. In Sarah’s America if you fail well no one bails you out, but you can try again.

In Sarah’s America the people decide issues like abortion, education, drugs, and marriage at the state level and no judges interfere with the will of the people.

In Sarah’s America my son is taught to love his country in school and learns that religious freedom was a major reason many immigrants came to this country. He’s even taught that the Judeo/Christian principles that our founders believed in is what makes this country exceptional and the spread of those principles has made the world a better place.

Ah I love Sarah Palin.

By: Josh Painter

Josh Painter — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:34:41 +0000

In June ’07, Palin asked for applications to build the pipeline, subject to the terms of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA).In January ’08, TransCanada was selected. Four other proposals were submitted (By Sinopec, AEnergia,AGPA and the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. But TransCanada was selected because it ws the only applicant whose proposal was AGIA-compliant.

A second natgas pipeline project, this one by a joint venture of BP and ConocoPhillips, is being planned independently and without sanction by the state of Alaska. It would terminate in Chicago.

There’s plenty of natural gas in Alaska to keep both pipelines pumping. A recent estimate by the U.S. Interior Department revealed that there are 85.4 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas hydrates, which are crystalline structures of ice that contain natural gas molecules. That’s enough to heat more than 100 million average homes for 10 years. The North Slope of Alaska also has about 119.15 trillion cubic feet of conventional recoverable gas resources. Together, they account for over 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

- JP

By: Rottimer

Rottimer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:40:37 +0000

What’s sad is that it’s funny because it’s true.

By: BlueFalcon

BlueFalcon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:01:03 +0000

As soon as Congress (and its newly-protectionist Democratic masters) has nationalized every bit of the private sector they can, “Buy American” won’t just be a slogan; it’ll be the law.

After all, the only way they can save the American auto industry is to make sure they don’t have to compete with better cars.

You heard the conspiracy theory here, first.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:56:10 +0000

companies or an American company bid on the pipeline, but it’s lowest bidder wins, AFAIK.

By: Rottimer

Rottimer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:47:47 +0000

Was there no American companies that bid for this work? Could we not have had an American firm lead it, and possibly hire Canadians for the stretch of the pipe through Canada in order to appease Canada? Maybe I’m oversimplifying the entire thing, but I can’t believe that this wouldn’t have been a boon to an American company and American workers.

By: Save the GOP » Blog Archive » Governor Palin on the Pipeline Project

Save the GOP » Blog Archive » Governor Palin on the Pipeline Project — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:46:54 +0000

[...] H/T to RedState. [...]

By: Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » Thinking of the opposition…

Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » Thinking of the opposition… — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:04:31 +0000

[...] While the Rod Blagojevich arrest news and all the emerging questions ring on, A Second Hand Conjecture looks at who may become Leader of the Opposition Whilst most elected Republicans are still preoccupied in pledging to work with (or for) the Obama administration, Sarah Palin isn’t having any of it. [...]

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A Second Hand Conjecture » Leader of the Opposition — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:24:30 +0000

[...] Whilst most elected Republicans are still preoccupied in pledging to work with (or for) the Obama administration, Sarah Palin isn’t having any of it. [...]

By: tsil

tsil — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:22:44 +0000

There is nobody else on the right to demonize besides talk radio hosts and maybe Ted Nugent, and the “Angry Left” has to spew their venom somewhere. So Sarah is it.

By: GB221

GB221 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:01:43 +0000

At least the bulk of the comments I read on

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081208/obama_palin_081208/20081209?hub=QPeriod

were an improvement over the average comments on Sarah Palin. There is hope.

By: BlueFalcon

BlueFalcon — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:05:41 +0000

It seems the left is still struggling with Palin Derangement Syndrome. If she’s just a stupid loser, why are they still so afraid of her?

M’thinks they doth protest too much.

I look forward to more of Sarah showing Obama what real executive authority looks like.