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Showing posts with label the bridge to nowhere. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 04, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
now even broadcast msm is waking up
now if only people would open their eyes and ears - to hear and see the truth
NBC fact-checks Sarah Palin
Nick Cargo
In the midst of "Palinmania," a major media outlet has aired a "fact check" segment two weeks after the Republican National Convention debut of Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor and Senator McCain's running mate.
NBC has addressed inaccurate claims on international travel, Alaska's true energy production, foreign policy credentials, the infamous "Bridge(s) to Nowhere," and the subsequent backtracking by the McCain campaign as a result.
Especially noted is Palin's eagerness to claim that she told Congress "Thanks, but no thanks, to that 'Bridge to Nowhere,'" a line she unveiled on September 3, despite the fact that she supported it until Congress no longer did and kept the federal funds nonetheless. Plans for a bridge, using federal money, are still in the works.............
NBC fact-checks Sarah Palin
Nick Cargo
In the midst of "Palinmania," a major media outlet has aired a "fact check" segment two weeks after the Republican National Convention debut of Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor and Senator McCain's running mate.
NBC has addressed inaccurate claims on international travel, Alaska's true energy production, foreign policy credentials, the infamous "Bridge(s) to Nowhere," and the subsequent backtracking by the McCain campaign as a result.
Especially noted is Palin's eagerness to claim that she told Congress "Thanks, but no thanks, to that 'Bridge to Nowhere,'" a line she unveiled on September 3, despite the fact that she supported it until Congress no longer did and kept the federal funds nonetheless. Plans for a bridge, using federal money, are still in the works.............
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
the lies to nowhere
this woman has NO bid-nez being in politics. let her stick to going to church and praying for pipelines and more wars
(CBS) Its one of those claims that gets so much applause.
"I told Congress 'thanks but no thanks,' to that bridge to nowhere," Palin has said over and over on the campaign trail, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.
Gov. Sarah Palin just won't let it go. But the truth is the governor never rebuffed Congress. Here are the facts.
After a year of supporting the proposed bridge, near Ketchikan, Gov. Palin pulled state funds from the project, which killed the bridge for good, but she never said "no thanks" to the Federal funds promised by Congress -- $233 million.
In fact, here's the list of how Palin is spending those federal tax dollars - on other highway projects around Alaska. As a candidate for governor, she defended every dollar for roads and bridges the state could wrangle from Washington, according to the Congressional Record and the Alaska Department of Transportation. ..........
Setting The Record: Palin's Earmarks
CBS Evening News: Reality Checking The Alaska Governor's "Bridge To Nowhere" Claims
(CBS) Its one of those claims that gets so much applause.
"I told Congress 'thanks but no thanks,' to that bridge to nowhere," Palin has said over and over on the campaign trail, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.
Gov. Sarah Palin just won't let it go. But the truth is the governor never rebuffed Congress. Here are the facts.
After a year of supporting the proposed bridge, near Ketchikan, Gov. Palin pulled state funds from the project, which killed the bridge for good, but she never said "no thanks" to the Federal funds promised by Congress -- $233 million.
In fact, here's the list of how Palin is spending those federal tax dollars - on other highway projects around Alaska. As a candidate for governor, she defended every dollar for roads and bridges the state could wrangle from Washington, according to the Congressional Record and the Alaska Department of Transportation. ..........
Saturday, June 23, 2007
why do the people of alaska keep electing stevens?
i just don't know
Fisheries Netted In Federal Alaska Probe
By Laura McGann
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) had his son, former state Senate President Ben Stevens, head a board that distributed $12 million in federal grants to promote seafood companies that, at the same time, paid the younger Stevens upward of $775,000 in "consulting fees."
This arrangement has caught the FBI's attention. Last fall, at least three fisheries were issued grand jury subpoenas to hand over documents related to the lobbying and consulting work provided by the younger Stevens and a former aide to Sen. Stevens, Trevor McCabe. The subpoenas also sought any documents connected to the older Stevens. Two of the companies are based in Seattle, and another is in Juneau....................
and their congressman is not any better. he made one of the top five pricks in congress (at cracked)
...........REP. DON YOUNG (R-ALASKA)
In a Nutshell
Don Young is a buffoon who's constantly trying to steal money from the federal government, but is too obnoxiously stupid to get away with it.
Why He's a Prick
When he's not misquoting Lincoln, brandishing an 18-inch walrus penis on the House floor (yes, he did this), or directing hundreds of millions of federal dollars to roads bearing his name, he's just generally being a total ass. One gem: "Environmentalists are a self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots." After all, if there's one thing our senators should be teaching the children of tomorrow, it's that graduating from college and being intelligent is for hippie fags.
Biggest Prick Moves
Earmarking $223 million in federal funding for an enormous—and egregiously unnecessary—bridge connecting the small Alaskan city Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which boasts a population of—drumroll—50 people.
When questioned by House members why he'd removed a limiting of carbon emissions from a bill, Young claimed that it was unnecessary, because Greenland is already cooling down (it’s not; Greenland's ice loss doubled between 1996 and 2005), that it’s not America’s fault it needs to burn more oil, since it’s so darn big (China’s also pretty big, and it burned 7 million barrels last year to the USA’s 20.6), and that the polar bear population is increasing (it’s actually due to be placed on the Endangered Species list later this year). Take-away point: Don Young has no problem making up shit to support whatever he feels like doing. That’s a skill they simply don’t teach at them fancy Harvard intellectual schools. ............
Fisheries Netted In Federal Alaska Probe
By Laura McGann
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) had his son, former state Senate President Ben Stevens, head a board that distributed $12 million in federal grants to promote seafood companies that, at the same time, paid the younger Stevens upward of $775,000 in "consulting fees."
This arrangement has caught the FBI's attention. Last fall, at least three fisheries were issued grand jury subpoenas to hand over documents related to the lobbying and consulting work provided by the younger Stevens and a former aide to Sen. Stevens, Trevor McCabe. The subpoenas also sought any documents connected to the older Stevens. Two of the companies are based in Seattle, and another is in Juneau....................
and their congressman is not any better. he made one of the top five pricks in congress (at cracked)
...........REP. DON YOUNG (R-ALASKA)
In a Nutshell
Don Young is a buffoon who's constantly trying to steal money from the federal government, but is too obnoxiously stupid to get away with it.
Why He's a Prick
When he's not misquoting Lincoln, brandishing an 18-inch walrus penis on the House floor (yes, he did this), or directing hundreds of millions of federal dollars to roads bearing his name, he's just generally being a total ass. One gem: "Environmentalists are a self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots." After all, if there's one thing our senators should be teaching the children of tomorrow, it's that graduating from college and being intelligent is for hippie fags.
Biggest Prick Moves
Earmarking $223 million in federal funding for an enormous—and egregiously unnecessary—bridge connecting the small Alaskan city Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which boasts a population of—drumroll—50 people.
When questioned by House members why he'd removed a limiting of carbon emissions from a bill, Young claimed that it was unnecessary, because Greenland is already cooling down (it’s not; Greenland's ice loss doubled between 1996 and 2005), that it’s not America’s fault it needs to burn more oil, since it’s so darn big (China’s also pretty big, and it burned 7 million barrels last year to the USA’s 20.6), and that the polar bear population is increasing (it’s actually due to be placed on the Endangered Species list later this year). Take-away point: Don Young has no problem making up shit to support whatever he feels like doing. That’s a skill they simply don’t teach at them fancy Harvard intellectual schools. ............
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