Sarah Palin ‘wins’ alternative environmental award
By Charlie • September 23, 2008 • 7 commentsThe Center for Biological Diversity has honored the Alaskan Governor and White House wannabe with the 2008 Rubber Dodo Award for her “valiant efforts to protect her state’s oil industry — sacrificing the well-being of our earth, our climate, the polar bear, and numerous other warming-threatened species in the process”. Congratulations to a worthy winner…
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Charlie is an incompetent left wing liberal “wanabee” writer that has no clue about global warming or it actual causes, which by the way are caused by natural events that have occured many times in the past. Unlike liberals who “talk the talk” about the environment but don’t “walk the walk,” Sarah Palin has actually done something about environmental protection by chairing several commissions and committees charged with environmental protection and natural resource conservation. Get over yourself!
Oh dear Greg. Fancy you getting so upset by an an incompetent left wing liberal “wanabee” writer like me. LOL. Yes, she has “done something about environmental protection” which is why she so richly deserved the award. I guess you won’t be selling me a boat anytime eh?
Wow! There is a person in the world who thinks Palin is good for the environment. And 10,000 Birds brought them to light!
Thank you, Greg, for reminding me of how much more work needs to be done to bring our education system up to speed.
Charlie and Corey,
thank you for highlighting information about Palin that is not included in the evening news. All information about the candidates should be available for review; Palin needs to be carefully evaluated by all the voters. the more information, the better.
Patty
From the journal Nature:
“Palin: For a presidential candidate who long ago made climate change one of his signature issues, McCain’s choice of a vice presidential running mate, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, introduces an ambiguous message to the Republican ticket when it comes to climate and energy policy. Palin has publicly questioned whether climate change has any manmade influence, only recently softening her wording on the issue by ceding that human activities “can be contributing” to it. Palin has long been in favour of drilling in the ANWR, and in her first live interview since accepting the Republican nomination for vice president, Palin said that for now she and McCain would “agree to disagree” on drilling in the ANWR. “I think, eventually, we’re all gonna come together on that one,” said Palin. She has sued the federal government to block the recent listing of polar bears as threatened by climate change, for fear that it would stand in the way of drilling ambitions.”
Nature Reports Climate Change
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/full/climate.2008.101.html
Hey Mike,
!0,000 Birds is a far greater Blog than to allow center stage to fall to political bickering.
Charlie fell to name calling when he responded to same.
Bobby D, I appreciate your sentiment but environmental policy is a part of the political debate that conservationists can’t ignore. While we try to maintain an even keel in our commentary, sometimes we can’t hide which way we tilt.
Plus, if John Kerry taught us anything, it’s that ignoring slander runs the risk of legitimizing it in the eyes of ideologues.