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Todd Palin Digs into Job Creation for Alaskans

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:29:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Todd Palin — oil worker, champion snowmobiler, hunter and commercial fisherman — also has been boning up on mining lately in his role as Alaska's first spouse.

The companies that paid for the flights, a normal means of travel to remote and often roadless parts of Alaska, are both in the early stages of a lengthy approval process.

A month after the first visit, Todd Palin toured the Red Dog Mine, a lead and zinc operation in the northwestern part of the state.

That company is currently seeking permission to mine a new deposit, which would extend the life of the mine to 2031.

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On two separate occasions last fall, the husband of the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin boarded planes chartered by mining companies that want to dig for gold, zinc and lead in remote Alaska valleys.

Palin, a member of the United Steelworkers Local 4959, himself learned on the job. He began working in oil fields on Alaska's North Slope for BP Exploration Alaska in 1989, a year after he eloped with his high school sweetheart.

He took a leave from his position as a production operator at a Prudhoe Bay facility where oil is separated from water and natural gases when his wife became governor but returned six months later.

Todd Palin joined with state officials on the two mining trips, and the costs of his travel were disclosed by his wife as gifts in compliance with state ethics laws. The excursions coincide with a mini metals boom in Alaska fueled by high prices. Two new mines are scheduled to open in coming weeks and months, and four more are on the drawing board

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Sarah Palin Sucks

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:55:02 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

In March 2008, a federal judge in Alaska upheld the practice of hunting wolves from the air

On January 5, 2008, the New York Times published an op-ed by Palin, presenting her view that the polar bear should not be placed on the endangered species list.

Palin objected to the decision of Dirk Kempthorne, the Republican United States Secretary of the Interior, to list polar bears federally as an endangered species

the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit to stop the listing amid fears that it would hurt oil and gas development in the bears' habitat

Palin also opposes strengthening protections for beluga whales

Palin1

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:50:46 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

In 2007, Palin supported the Alaska Department of Fish and Game policy allowing Alaska state biologists to hunt wolves from helicopters as part of a predator control program intended to increase moose populations.^[63] The program was criticized by Defenders of Wildlife and predator control opponents,^[63] and prompted California State Representative George Miller to introduce a federal bill (H.R. 3663) seeking to make the practice illegal.^[63] In March 2008, a federal judge in Alaska upheld the practice of hunting wolves from the air, though limited its extent.^[64] On August 26, 2008, Alaskans voted against ending the state's predator control program.^[65]

Diploma mills underscore

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:21:19 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nj.com

The latest chapter in this book is the revelation that scores of school superintendents and district administrators have received taxpayer-funded pay increases after "purchasing" worthless online graduate degrees from fraudulent "universities."

While many will readily discuss the state of the state as it relates to taxes and debt, few are willing to discuss the state's moral crisis. To be certain, it is a parent's obliga tion to teach his or her children morals and values with the hope that they will grow into productive members of society. But it is also the responsibility of our educators -- at every level -- to reinforce those lessons, if not by their words, then certainly by their actions. "Do as I say, not as I do," should not be part of an educator's curriculum.

NC State first university in nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:52:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And some would argue that their is a recession happening. Just shows who is effected.

Clip Source: www.sciencecodex.com

Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting.

Dr. Steven Suter, assistant professor of oncology in NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine, received three leukophoresis machines donated by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Leukophoresis machines are designed to harvest healthy stem cells from cancer patients. The machines are used in conjunction with drug therapy to harvest stem cells that have left the patient's bone marrow and entered the bloodstream. The harvested cancer-free cells are then reintroduced into the patient after total body radiation is used to kill residual cancer cells left in the body. This treatment is called peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

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Defensive Driving New York Online

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:04:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Online Defensive driving class for defensive driving courses. We offer Defensive Driving School as well. Learn Defensive Driving at the lowest cost.

Clip Source: www.online-defensive-driving-class.com

New York Defensive Driving Class

The state has a lower fatality rate when compared to the whole of United States but believe it or not there are more than 1400 lives lost each year in New York due to traffic collisions.

The course provided by them in New York State is a “driving safety course”, which would improve your insight on driving and help you enhance your driving skills. The basic objective of the course is to make you an ideal driver on the roads. The course is an 8-hour course containing 12 chapters, covering different aspects of defensive driving that would help you with driving in different road condition and help you react to different situations faced by drivers.

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Defensive Driving Course Nebraska

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:02:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Affordable Defensive Driving Courses Online. We offer Defensive Driving Class and Defensive Driving School Online. Courses from Online Defensive Driving Class improves your Defensive Driving Skills.

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Nebraska Defensive Driving Class

The Great Plains state of United States, Nebraska covers an area of 77,421 square miles, which is the 16th largest in the state supporting a population ranked 38th with 1,758,787. The capital of Nebraska is ‘Lincoln’ that was renamed from ‘Lancaster’ in the memory of the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.

If your excuse is not having time then you don’t have that excuse anymore since these courses are also available online. One of the leading online defensive driving course providers is the “I drive safely” driving school”. The course offered in Nebraska is a driving safety course.

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Palin

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:05:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.bloglines.com

I suspended the state fuel tax, and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. Strike One.

I told the Congress “thanks, but no thanks,” for that Bridge to Nowhere. Strike Two.

If our state wanted a bridge, we’d build it ourselves. When oil and gas prices went up dramatically, and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska. Strike Three.

Every Alaskan gets $3200 from oil money - for nothing!

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:49:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: $22,400 for a family of 7, like Palin's. When oil companies pay taxes to Alaska, they deduct it from their federal taxes, and we of the other 49 make up the difference. 85% of budget from oil companies; residents pay no income or sales taxes, and state is rolling in dough, while most states are laying off teachers.
How ironic, when an Alaska Republican opposes a windfall profits tax, and favor reduced government services - when they live, in part, off of government handouts from revenue the oil industry pays them to get oil to us!

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Welcome to the People's Republic of Alaska, where every resident this year will get a $3,200 payout, thanks in no small measure to the efforts of Sarah Palin, the state's Republican governor. That's $22,400 for a family of seven, like Palin's. Since 1982, the Alaska Permanent Fund, which invests oil revenues from state lands, has paid out a dividend on invested oil loot to everyone who has been in the state for a year.

No wonder she is popular with voters in a state whose residents pay no income or sales taxes but are blessed with state coffers rolling in cash at a time when all other states are suffering. Indeed, when the oil companies pay more taxes to the state of Alaska, they get to write that off against their federal tax obligation, leaving the rest of us to make up the shortfall.

Alaska

was getting upward of 85 percent of its budget from the oil companies

Why is it a good thing for the folks up in Alaska to get a cut of exorbitant oil company profits, but not the rest of us

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The Dirt continues....

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:53:54 GMT

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Clip Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

Updated 7:28 p.m.
By Matthew Mosk
ST. PAUL -- In addition to being a mayor and raising four children, Sarah Palin found time for another venture in her Wasilla years -- she was part-owner of an Anchorage car wash.

Palin and husband Todd each held a 20 percent stake in Anchorage Car Wash LLC, according to state corporation records filed in 2004.

A review of Palin's gubernatorial disclosure filings indicates that she failed to report her stake in the company on the form that requires candidates for governor to disclose any interest in a nonpublicly traded company.

The car wash venture was not entirely smooth sailing. State records show the business ran into trouble with Alaska's division of corporations business and professional licensing after Palin became governor of the state in 2006.

A Feb. 11, 2007 letter to the governor's business partner advises that the car wash had "not filed its biennial report and/or paid its biennial fees," which were more than a year overdue.

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Palin in 2007 (Newsweek)

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:38:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What a difference a year makes. Last year they loved Palin.

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

In Alaska, Palin is challenging the dominant, sometimes corrupting, role of oil companies in the state's political culture. "The public has put a lot of faith in us," says Palin during a meeting with lawmakers in her downtown Anchorage office, where—as if to drive the point home—the giant letters on the side of the ConocoPhillips skyscraper fill an entire wall of windows. "They're saying, 'Here's your shot, clean it up'." For Palin, that has meant tackling the cozy relationship between the state's political elite and the energy industry that provides 85 percent of Alaska's tax revenues—and distancing herself from fellow Republicans, including the state's senior U.S. senator, Ted Stevens,

In an interview with NEWSWEEK, Palin said it's time for Alaska to "grow up" and end its reliance on pork-barrel spending. Shortly after taking office, Palin canceled funding for the "Bridge to Nowhere," a $330 million project

"Northrop in electric blaster cannon milestone"

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:04:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Northrop in electric blaster cannon milestone

Weapons grade fry-ray to debut 'this year'

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US war-tech behemoth Northrop Grumman announced yesterday that it had achieved another milestone in its battlefield raygun programme - ahead of schedule. Company blaster cannon execs believe that the first tests at combat power - 100 kilowatts - will take place as planned by the end of this year.

Northrop's Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) programme for the US forces is different from existing rayguns, as it uses electrically powered solid state equipment. Older efforts such as the famous nuke-nobbling jumbo jet for the Missile Defence people and the silent, deniable flying sniper gunship for the US special forces use chemical lasers instead.

Carson City

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:02:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Carson City is the state capital of Nevada and has a lot to offer. Only 25 minutes from Reno and 25 minutes from Lake Tahoe Carson City is a convenient location close to everything. Carson City residents enjoy many activities throughout the year including concerts downtown, Rendezvous Days, Nevada Day Parade, and Farmers Markets to name a few. There are a variety of neighborhoods from Historic/ Victorian homes, Custom Homes, Tract Developments, Manufactured Homes and also Commercial, Industrial, Office & Retail locations. Carson City has a population of approximately 56,000, but still has a small town feel.

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Homes in Carson City range from $110,000 to $3,500,000
Vacant Land in Carson City ranges from $55,000 to $2,500,000

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Palin's earmark requests: more per person than any other state

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:47:28 GMT

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Clip Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

GOP vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin touts her record as a reformer who worked to end the "abuses of earmark spending in Congress." But Palin has embraced earmarks from early on in her career as a mayor of Wasilla to the governor's mansion in Juneau. Just this year she sent to Sen. Ted. Stevens a proposal for 31 earmarks totaling $197 million — more, per person, than any other state.

But earmarks have never been a dirty word in Alaska, a huge state dotted with small communities that have enormous dollar needs for sewers, roads and other projects.

Just this year, she sent to Sen. Ted. Stevens, R-Alaska, a proposal for 31 earmarks totaling $197 million — more, per person, than any other state.

Her presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., does not sponsor earmarks, calling the practice of doling out favors, often with scant oversight, "disgraceful."

Vetting of Palin is raising questions

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:27:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: McCain says the process was thorough, but others describe a more cursory examination.

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

The way McCain weighed and discarded vice presidential prospects over that time has come under scrutiny as the choice of Palin turns politically perilous. The question is whether McCain carefully vetted his selection and, if he did not, what that says about the judgment and decision-making the presumed Republican nominee would bring to the White House.

Lyda Green, president of the Republican-run Alaska State Senate, said she never heard from anyone connected with the McCain campaign, nor did others in the state whom Green considered obvious sources of useful information.

"I would definitely have talked to people in the [Republican] party," said Green, a onetime ally of Palin whose relationship soured when she became governor. "I would have gone to the business community . . . major political folks around the state. I've not heard of anybody who's been talked to or interviewed or questioned."