Palin Spokeswoman, Alaska Lawmaker Face Off About ‘Troopergate’ Alaska State Rep. Les Gara and Megan Stapleton, former Sarah Palin staffer (now part of the McCain-Palin campaign’s publicity team) and member of the “Palin Truth Squad”, exchange heated words in these clips filmed in Anchorage after ...Alaska Drilling. Is it Necessary? ... (House Approves drilling, 2005). In addition to deficit reduction some of the money will go for military supplies, helping hurricane victims and subsidizing heat to those in poverty. Republicans feel that the measures are necessary ... Sarah Palin: The ice queen... to me more a wicked witch! In oil-rich Alaska, that goes down well. Many residents support drilling in the 7.7m-hectare refuge on the north coast, an area considered by conservationists as a treasured wild place. "If you're not for opening ANWR, in the state of ... Scarier than fiction! I sat on the bank of the Kobuk River in northwest arctic Alaska on a mid-September morning. Upstream somewhere, wolves were howling — their chorus filling the silence, close enough that I could hear the aspiration at the end of each ... Colorado Independent: Environmental Groups Push Back against ... "Drilling has gone from being a congressional issue to a presidential campaign issue," said Emilie Surrusco, spokeswoman for the Alaska Wilderness Political Fund, a political organization formed in the last month by the nonprofit Alaska ... Oh shit, not another political Blog!!! I would be 100% for the Alaska drilling if they can guarantee the safety of the ecosystem. The polar bears and wolves do not need to be slaughtered for this to happen. There are more conservative ways to help both the US’s oil issue and ... Palin ‘keeps pushing’ on ANWR drilling, but 527 group pushes back John McCain on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), environmentalists have formed a 527 group to fight the Alaska governor and her oil-and-gas industry allies and keep McCain from caving on the issue during his ... Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative _She raised oil production taxes on companies drilling in Alaska, but also offered $500 million in seed money to a company to start planning construction of a $30 billion natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. ... Palin on polar bears, climate change, aerial hunting, drilling in ... “It’s true that Alaska’s top leaders have placed industry wishes over environmental protection for years. But, instead of correcting this problem, she’s compounded it.” A letter from Alaska Several years ago, in his annual address to the Alaska Legislature, Senator Stevens declared that those of us who oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were “enemies of the State”. It was a rhetorical moment ...
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