Comments on: Lovable ol’ Sarah Palin and her down home folksy solution to the energy crisis

By: Evil Abraham Lincoln

Evil Abraham Lincoln — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:38:03 +0000

John Seavey: Mexicans aren’t *people*, you silly silly man! They’re just a bunch of siesta-taking taco eaters whose women start out really hot and then burn out before they’re forty, silly silly man. Besides, what would they even *do* with all of that oil, use it to power corn-grinding equipment and blenders for margaritas? Silly, silly silly man…

My supervisor says shit like this on a daily basis, and he honestly believes that Bush hung the moon in the sky. Pray for me.

By: Jer

Jer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:27:54 +0000

Politically speaking she’s comparable to carrottop, but judged as a comedian she’s comparable to Bill Cosby.

And why did Cosby get booked to do stand up shows? Because he was really fucking funny.

Eh. I think you’re been too generous here. Politically speaking she’s comparable to that guy who’s friends always tell him he’s really funny so he gets up on stage drunk during open mike night and tries to do an entire act off the top of his head.

Judged as a comedian, she’s more comparable an Interstate traffic accident.

By: Fred Davis

Fred Davis — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:17:35 +0000

Why does she still get a national stage?

Politically speaking she’s comparable to carrottop, but judged as a comedian she’s comparable to Bill Cosby.

And why did Cosby get booked to do stand up shows? Because he was really fucking funny.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:56:18 +0000

Is she an idiot, or just a politician trying for a pork barrel?

Yes.

By: Zyzzyva

Zyzzyva — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:11:16 +0000

Midas: She’s an *ex*-politician trying to pork-barrel.

Seriously! She’s a one-time 3/4 term governor of a marginal state and a failed vice-presidential candidate. The next election is three years away, so it’s not even like she’s positioning herself for that. Why does she still get a national stage?

By: Midas

Midas — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:33:28 +0000

While it’s true her proposal wouldn’t do anything to solve the energy crisis, it certainly would bring industry, jobs and money to alaska. Is she an idiot, or just a politician trying for a pork barrel?

By: tomturbo17

tomturbo17 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:29:50 +0000

I agree. Rachel Maddow covering this would be brilliant!

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:27:12 +0000

I live in an oil state, Oklahoma. There is still lots of known oil around, but most of the wells are idle these days– even last year when the price was soaring, they only started a few of them back up. Because it’s just not worth it. The amount of oil available from each well is pretty small, and since what remains is fairly thick, it’s hard to pump out. Most of the easy oil in the world is gone now, but so few people in Washington seem to understand that. But then, few people in Washington seem to understand much of anything besides how to wheel and deal for power.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:57:51 +0000

This somehow reminds me of George W. Bush’s oil policy. Specifically, his policy in the first year of his first term, where he kept trying to get favorable energy treaties with Mexico. One Mexican newspaper said, “Bush has a vision of cheap, limitless oil flowing from Mexico to the United States. Only three things stand in his way: The laws of physics, the laws of supply and demand, and the laws of Mexico.”

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:03:50 +0000

Oh.. and assuming the rate of consumption would remain constant long enough for this oil to mean anything once it hits the market in 10 years (the projected time it would take for the oil to hit the market).

By: Aulayan

Aulayan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:58:14 +0000

Kenb3 is correct. Just like George W. Bush was the governor of a border state, so he was an expert of foreign policy. And Barack Obama was born in ~~Kenya~~ Hawaii and is an expert on native cultures and the oppressive hand of imperialists.

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:57:31 +0000

You forgot the rate at which oil can be drilled safely and the quality of the oil drilled. Most of the oil we pump out of the ground here is a low quality stuff and barely suitable for refinement. This is why we import so damn much.

I once did the math when people were bitching about ANWR and at the time, gas was $3.50/gallon in the USA. I even rounded the total number of barrels in ANWR up to 5 billion instead of the projected 3.5 billion.

Long story short, we would only have saved 5¢ per gallon… and that’s only after making about 10 miraculous assumptions regarding quality and production.

By: kenb3

kenb3 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:33:03 +0000

Remember, she was governor of an oil producing state for almost three quarters of a term, so that makes her an expert.