We have prevailed. But this is not the end. It is only the beginning. It is important to me however, that I heartily congratulate President Elect Barack Hussein Obama, Mr. David Plouffe and David Axelrod for the magnificent jobs they have each done throughout this Presidential Campaign.
President Obama will need all of our Prayers our Patience and our Understanding in order to govern with Wisdom and Effectiveness. We as his fervent supporters must also reach out to communicate with everyone that we come into contact with our confidence and assurance in his Divine Appointment and Ability to successfully complete the task that are arrayed before him. I personally believe that God has called him “for such a time as this”.
We must not relent or relax neither our commitment nor our belief in the principles that have brought us to this place of “Victory” over every obstruction and impediment.
Be Blessed and at Peace,
Frank E. Anderson
It is a sad fact of life that you can manipulate a Christian the same way you manipulate anyone else.
The first thing you do is find out what that person’s deep seated concerns are. In other words you ask the question: “What” (if anything) is really important to this person? Then you ask “What” is “Most” important to this person?
Now I will ask you, the reader, “What” is more important to “You” than questions concerning “Life” and/or “Death”?
Let’s go even further and ask if “Any Life” is more important than that of an innocent that does not deserve to die?
Once it is known by the manipulator what is most important to you they can then either "Support It", "Threaten It" (in order to cause you to fear) or "They can take a stand against It". Any or all of these actions will illicit a certain predictable response from “You” because these are the things that you value most.
During the “Reagan Revolution” it was discovered that when prompted by the right stimulus “Evangelical Christians” would reasonably respond by voting against their own “Economic Interest” in order to protect what they perceived as the “Sanctity of Life”. This is the Christian way. The strong must bear the infirmities of the weak.
Carl Rove observed these phenomena and quickly determined that it could easily be manipulated to produce a predictable outcome among “Evangelical Voters” and hence he got George W. Bush elected.
It is important to note here that these are valid Christian concerns that demand a Christian response. I along with many other well meaning Christians have voted to protect innocent life over and over and over again to no perceivable consequence. We have been given promise after promise after promise that things would change when they got into office and they never have changed. As a matter of fact Abortion on Demand has become more and more entrenched within the landscape of our society even to the extent that it has become more of the law of the land today than it ever had been before they were elected. Yet it has been continually used election after election to cause well meaning “Christians” to vote against their own “Economic Interest” and promote "The Welfare of the Rich" aristocratic class in America (“The Upper Crust”) and to press forward their agenda.
This is the “Emotional” and “Psychological” equivalent of holding a “Gun” to the collective heads of societies “Infant” class and saying “If you don’t vote for us the killing of the babies will continue”. In Senator Obama’s case it gives many an excuse “Not to Vote for Him” who really “Do Not” want to vote for him anyway. I am “Now taking away that excuse”.
There is “No intention” among the “Fiscal Conservative” class to press for and end to “Abortion on Demand”. Why should they? It has become the greatest tool ever devised for manipulating the predictable outcome of a voting block within this nation’s history.
It would further stand to reason that if the economic situations of your “Wives”, “Mothers” and “Daughters” were more “Financially Secure” many of the babies that are currently being aborted would be instead allowed to live and thrive. But then we really don’t want to support that kind of life. You know what I mean the life outside the womb. Heck! They might not even be “Good People” like us.
"For God's Sake" (No) "For Your Sake" Cut through the Crap
Early Voting for the entire state of Florida has just been extended.
Every Early Vote location in Florida will now be every day from 7am-7pm up through November 2.
Please pass along this great news to everyone you know who will be voting in Florida. Click here to find your nearest early vote location.
Here's the release:
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS ~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~October 28, 2008Contact:GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008. "I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote." Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting. Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting. Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29. Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217. STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217 WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties; WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; andWHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008. GOVERNORATTEST:SECRETARY OF STATE
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS
~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~
October 28, 2008
Contact:
GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394
TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
"I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote."
Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting.
Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting.
Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29.
Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217.
STATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217
WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and
WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and
WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and
WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties;
WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; and
WHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:
I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008.
GOVERNOR
ATTEST:
SECRETARY OF STATE
One of the things that Americans found to be glaringly apparent during the Democratic Primaries was that Barack Obama held a significant portion of the white male vote and that he was continuously gaining ground with respect to that particular demographic. Well how can we deal with something so grievous as a black man receiving white votes. What follows is an accurate assessment of the “Jim Crow” mentality we now see in this Presidential Campaign.
1. Make the Negro offensive and socially repugnant call him something like “Uppity”, "Liar", "Dishonest", from "Foreign Sources", "Arab" and "Muslim".
2. He will then be relegated to something less than equal footing and will be easier to deal with later on. He has also now been assigned (psychologically) to a lower social status in polite society . This opens the door for all kinds of good stuff later.
3. Objectify and dehumanize him with inflammatory rhetoric so that anything that we choose to accuse him of will sound reasonable and be readily acceptable to the general public.
4. Once he is seen as an object rather than a person we can attaché the most vile and objectionable labels to him and they will stick to him.
5. It is always best to have this done by a youthful, pleasingly looking, defenseless looking, and in need of protection looking daughter of the revolution.
6. Every white male in existence (worth his salt) will respond to the subtle low pitched call of the clan and come to the defense of the damsel in distress. They will disregard their own economic interest. They will disregard their own personal safety. They will disregard any sense of “Right” or “Wrong” and heed the call and rally to the cause. The will leave wife, family and children in order to enter the fray (battle).
7. She must capitulate to the full and take this cause to the ultimate level where the mob will see none other than Adolf Hitler himself in the person of this Negro. We must use terms like “Socialist”, “Communist” and “Terrorist” and “Treason” to their best advantage knowing all the time all the men really hear is the one word “Rape”. Until they yell “Kill Him”, “Crucify Him” or “Lynch Him” whichever is most convenient.
8. When the process is concluded we can get what we really want “His Wife”, “His House”, “His Land”, “His Life” or maybe even “The Presidency of the United States of America". Anything is possible when “The Mob” is aroused.
It would seem at this particular point in time that any person that Barack Hussein Obama has ever shaken hands with during his travels in democratic circles is considered “Fair Game” for the purpose of negative associations. It is remarkable that all of these scary people were inconsequential and not guilty of any prosecutable crimes and may even have had meetings with and sat on boards with many “Republicans” and “No One” even cared.
The seeds have been sown into fertile ground within the Republican and Conservative Community. Conservative talk show host have by no means let this call go unanswered. I have heard Michael Savage and Rick Roberts compare Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. These ideas represent “Racism” at its “Finest”.
This was pure genius. "No One" could have done this job better than Sarah Palin.
Signed "A Viet Nam Vet" for Obama
An Open Letter to Congress:
Why does anyone think that giving a failed industry a trillion dollars is a good idea? Where is the guarantee that things will be different?
If this makes sense to you, please forward to your Congressman and Senators, and submit to Senator Obama's office.
Let's try a trickle up theory for a change. Let consumers decide, with their own dollars - which companies should survive.
Consider what would happen to the economy if Congress
1) Immediately enacts usury laws that lowers the maximum on interest rates and prohibits fees on all credit cards and other loans.
2) Enacts an emergency one time re-establishment of credit to foreclosed homeowners who are otherwise creditworthy, to purchase fair-market-appraised homes again through a special fund during the next two years, eliminating speculators and investors.
3) Repeals the recent bankruptcy laws that favor corporate rights and re-establishes citizens' rights to plead cases individually.
These steps will free consumers from unfair consumer and predatory practices choking the economy, and control the bank and mortgage industries, allowing free market environment that is balanced and pro-goods (manufacturing) instead of (money) services, creating more jobs that boost the economy, creating the upward spiral needed.
Most of the conspiracy theorist of the world are consistent and agree on a few basic ideas. One of those ideas is that the United States and the Federal Reserve are controlled and run by Three (3) groups. Those groups consist of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Tri-Lateral Commission, and The Bildebergers. It is even further stated in these theories that there has never been a President that was not a member of one or more of these groups. A club called Skull & Bones is rumored to be closely connected with at least two of these groups.
It is further agreed that at the helm of all of these groups that control the Federal Reserve and all US monetary policy is the Rothschild family and that they call all of the shots.
Rothschild said “Give me the power to control a nations currency and I care not who makes its laws”
Lynn Forester De Rothschild a woman who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hillary Clinton has switched her support to the Republican Party and John McCain.
If a Rothschild a member of the one family that has been renowned throughout the world for being the richest in history now supports John McCain what should that tell you.
If a descendent of the Baron De Rothschild supports anything it is more wealth for the “Fat Cats”.
On the second day of a couple of the largest consecutive market plummets in history and the collapse of some of our largest “Investment Banks’ Hillary Clinton can’t go to the UN for a pro Israel rally because Sarah Palin is scheduled to be there. One of her most fervent supporters and a profound fundraiser, Lynn Forester De Rothschild switches her party support and endorses (The Great Deregulator) candidate John McCain.
McCain threw up his “Fat Cat” left hand and reached across the aisle with his “Deregulatory” right hand aided by his financial manager and promoter Phil Graham and dealt a death blow to institutions that have endured intact for longer than a century.
The secret of making a profit is (mostly) to buy cheap and sell high. Well all these enormous firms are going to be selling millions of dollars in assets for pennies on the dollar if they are to survive at all. That means if you are one of those financial survivors still liquid (holding on to a little cash) you can participate in the buy of the century. If you buy the companies you also own the defaulted mortgages which in turn mean that you can own everything. Think about it AIG with holdings and assets in a130 nations. With the federal bailout you can slow roast the company while cherry picking and buying the most prime assets a little at a time.
All of this makes me ask one question what does Hillary Clinton and John McCain have in common that might appeal to a Rothschild. One thing that I am absolutely sure of is that it is “not” their stances on the issues. Maybe deregulation ya think.
It will also mean that energy cost along with food and commodities will continue to rise in price. Lastly, it will mean that all that you own will depreciate in value along with the purchasing power of your earnings.
The good news is that you will be able to buy houses cheap (if you have any money leftover).
During the past month it has been virtually impossible for me to blog due to a fight to the death between myself and two (2) “Trojan Horse Viruses” that attacked my computer network. That issue has been for the greater part resolved.
Now! We are engaged in a great civil war of ideas. These ideas must be addressed and absolutely refuted where appropriate. There exist a vast difference between Democrats and Republicans as individual people. One idea that has traditionally given Republicans an edge and by contrast is attributable to the lack luster performance of Democrats and their party in recent election politics has been the fact (in this writer’s opinion) that Republicans have been unashamedly convinced of their convictions and the Democrats did not have the appearance of being equally persuaded by their convictions.
The question that this statement brings sharply in to focus is “Why?”
There is a Litmus test that may help us analyze and understand the reason that this condition has prevailed in the recent past. This test is primarily based upon what I term as the “Fundamentals of Faith and Values”.
One case in point and most profoundly telling is the question of Abortion on Demand. Republicans have been absolutely convinced that they know exactly when, where and how life begins while the Democrats have either avoided the question or only stated emphatically that “We (heartily) disagree”. That sort of vagary is an option and a luxury that we can no longer (as intelligent people) afford.
As an individual the full understanding and the shift for me as a Christian occurred when a well meaning friend brought to my attention the fact that life was still just as important once it left the womb. This was an epiphany for me. Upon reflection I followed that idea to its logical conclusion. It showed me without reservation where the Republicans’ argument for life broke down and was indefensible.
They do not seem to care once the child is born whether or not that child: 1) lives in poverty 2) is hooked on drugs 3) becomes a drug dealer or a prostitute 4) spends an eternity in jail providing free labor for other Republican businesses 5) has the support of a well defined and functional family 6) has access to a sound educational foundation 7) has a family that earns a livable wage 8) dose not have to live in a ghetto 9) will make it to adulthood without being shot or killed 10) will have access to health care in order to preserve its life and the quality of that life.
This writer can truthfully say convinced of my convictions as a practicing Christian that the whole life is important and not just the first nine months in the womb. Regardless of when life begins the whole life is important not just a conveniently targeted part of it that orders the support of a political argument and preys upon the “Faith” and “Values” of others. Wake up “Christians”!
Now if you happen to be one of those phony and hypocritical people who pretend to be a "Christian" while still harboring feelings of racial prejudice and hatred presuming that you can fool God as you have (perhaps) fooled others please disregard this message. It does not apply to you. Please continue along your present course your reward awaits you.
I can speak boldly about my Faith and my support for Senator Obama to any Floridian or any person in the entire world concerning those same convictions. It is time to get up off of our sweet bye and bye and speak the truth with boldness to our neighbors and other Christians who may have erroneously accepted a different and ultimately catastrophic world view. Get on the ball people. The “Economy” no matter how bad is not enough. We need people who are totally, unreservedly and unashamedly convinced of their convictions and will “Not” waiver.
Even if the reader should choose not to believe in a “Living God” (like I do) hopefully that person will be convinced and convicted by at least those things they deem to be “Right”, “Fair” and “Proper”.
You may even find yourself the focus of unsolicited attention from “Law Enforcement” but if you are convinced of your convictions you will press on.
Throw the flag against: The McCain-Palin campaign.
Call: Unsportsmanlike conduct.
What happened: A new 30-second TV ad attacks Barack Obama's record on education, saying that Obama backed legislation to teach " 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." The announcer then says, "Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."
Why that's wrong: This is a deliberately misleading accusation. It came hours after the Obama campaign released a TV ad critical of McCain's votes on public education. As a state senator in Illinois, Obama did vote for but was not a sponsor of legislation dealing with sex ed for grades K-12.
But the legislation allowed local school boards to teach "age-appropriate" sex education, not comprehensive lessons to kindergartners, and it gave schools the ability to warn young children about inappropriate touching and sexual predators.
Republican Alan Keyes tried to use Obama's vote against him in the 2004 U.S. Senate race. At the time, Obama spoke about wanting to protect young children from abuse. He made clear then that he was not supporting teaching kindergartners about explicit details of sex.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Tuesday of McCain's ad: "It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls."
Penalty: 15 yards for the McCain campaign's deliberate low blow.
The question is, will CHarlie Gibson ask the right questions? Will he CAVE on the bridge to nowhere? Will he be tough on her?
How long has she been rehearsing? Why have we not seen her on her own in stops along the campaign trail? What change can she bring? Where is that chef that she supposedly fired? What is her per diem?
Should be intersting.
I have decided to start another MySpace page for our group One Million MySpace Friends for Obama/Biden'08! to hopefully register new voters. Show your support for this effort by plumping our friends list on MySpace and add us to your top friends!
http://www.myspace.com/thispage_8
Making lots of friend requests is a lot of hard work that has to be done every day to make the page a success. Please make a friend request so we can impress new voters with our numbers and advertise our page in your bulletins by reposting. I will be posting the address in bulletins.
Thanks for all you do!
Beth
Administrator and Founder
One Million MySpace Friends for Obama'08!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03/mccain-palin-ad-defends-p_n_123560.html
The aggressiveness of the spot creates a sharp contrast to the first political advertisement that the Obama campaign ran for its VP candidate, Joe Biden. That spot had no mention of McCain; rather, it pushed a small town theme and highlighted the Senator's Scranton roots. In a way, the two ads provide a telling insight not only into the contrasting political cultures of each campaign but how differently Palin and Biden's VP rollouts have proceeded.
MSNBC notes that almost every charge in the ad is untrue:
It's important to note that there are a few misleading assertions in the ad. For one, the "Journal" that's cited is the conservative and partisan Wall Street Journal editorial page. Two, to call Obama the Senate's most liberal senator is dubious. (The charge comes from the National Journal ranking Obama as having the most liberal Senate voting record of 2007, but he was nowhere near the top in 2005 and 2006; it's also worth noting that Obama missed many Senate votes in 2007, so that ranking is a bit skewed.) And three, the charge that Obama "gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways" is misleading. (According to nonpartisan fact-checkers, the 2005 energy bill the McCain camp is referring to actual resulted in a net tax INCREASE on oil companies.)
The ad, the campaign says, will air in key states. Here is the script:
ANNCR: The Journal says: "Governor Palin's credentials as an agent of reform exceed Barack Obama's." They're right.She "has a record of bi-partisan reform."He's the Senate's "most liberal." She "took on the oil producers."He gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways.She's "earned a reputation as a reformer."His reputation? Empty words.JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
She "has a record of bi-partisan reform."
He's the Senate's "most liberal."
She "took on the oil producers."
He gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways.
She's "earned a reputation as a reformer."
His reputation? Empty words.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
Last Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his vice presidential running mate, "catching almost everyone but his inner circle by surprise." Of the very little that is known about Palin is her extreme right-wing policies on a wide range of issues. For example, she supports teaching creationism in school, favors privatization of health insurance, boasts of being a "lifetime member of the NRA," opposes stem-cell research, and declared that "she would support a ballot question that would deny benefits to homosexual couples." On some of the most important issues of this election -- Iraq, energy, abortion -- Palin represents the extreme right wing. EXTREME ON ABORTION: One of the only policy stances widely known about Palin when her name was first announced is her extreme opposition to abortion. She once said that she would not support an abortion for her then-14 year old daughter, even if she had been raped. Palin has also declared that "explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support," favoring abstinence-only programs instead. The right wing has lauded both Palin for choosing to carry her most recent child, who has Down Syndrome, to term, and her 17-year-old daughter for deciding to complete her pregnancy. Yet as the American Prospect's Ann Friedman points out, "John McCain and Sarah Palin don't believe women have a right to choose. It's absolutely absurd for the campaign to emphasize the fact that [Palin's daughter] Bristol 'made this decision,' and then push for policies that take away that choice."EXTREME CLUELESSNESS ON IRAQ: Like George Bush before he became president, Palin has barely traveled outside the United States. She has never been to Iraq or Afghanistan and admitted last year, "I haven't really focused much on the Iraq war." In an interview with Time magazine last month, she seemed completely unaware of McCain's Iraq plan. She said she did not know "what the plan is to ever end the war." She later said it's "tough" to "talk about the plan for the war" because her son will be deployed to Iraq. "Let's make sure we have a plan here," she said. Palin then added, "respecting McCain's position on that too though." Eschewing any substantitve analysis of the war, she asserted simply that U.S. soldiers are "out on a task that is from God." She also seems to believe the Iraq war was about oil, saying that "in many [ways] the reasons for war are fights over energy sources." In another interview, she argued, "we better have a real clear plan for the war," adding, "And it better not have to do with oil." EXTREME DENIAL OF GLOBAL WARMING: Though McCain points to his position on global warming as a chief difference between himself and President Bush, Palin shares more of the current president's perspective than McCain's. Though she admits that climate change "will affect Alaska more than any other state," she said, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made." "During last fall's political campaign, Gov. Sarah Palin said she remained unconvinced about how much human emissions contribute to current global warming trends." She has also opposed listing polar bears as endangered due to climate change. In the New York Times today, Tom Friedman writes, "With his choice of Sarah Palin -- the Alaska governor who has advocated drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and does not believe mankind is playing any role in climate change -- for vice president, John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big oil."EXTREME PAWN OF BIG OIL: "No one is closer to the the oil industry than Governor Palin," the Sierra Club's Carl Pope said. Palin told Roll Call last week, "When I look every day, the big oil company's building is right out there next to me, and it's quite a reminder that we should have mutually beneficial relationships with the oil industry." As a champion for Big Oil, Palin is a vociferous proponent of domestic drilling. "I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem," she said. She also dismisses alternative energy solutions as "are far from imminent" focusing instead on opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. During her race for lieutenant governor, she received a full 10 percent of her campaign donations from executives and their families at the disgraced oil services company Veco. In her 2006 race for governor, another 10 percent of her donations came from the oil and natural gas industry. Though she supported a windfall tax on oil profits -- an idea McCain has blasted -- she also signed a bill just last week "suspending Alaska's gasoline, marine fuel and aviation fuel taxes until Aug. 31, 2009," which will only add to Big Oil's coffers.
