Palin supports $600 million 'other' bridge project

[Nambe]

Source: NYT - AP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin may eventually have said ''no thanks'' to a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere.

But a bridge to her hometown of Wasilla, that's a different story.

A $600 million bridge and highway project to link Alaska's largest city to Palin's town of 7,000 residents is moving full speed ahead, despite concerns the bridge could worsen some commuting and threaten a population of beluga whales. ...

... ''This is basically an incredibly expensive project that doesn't help commuters, doesn't help create jobs and may drive whales to extinction,'' said Justin Massey, an attorney advising environmentalists opposed to the proposal. ''It is also a project that serves the area where the governor is from, which is near and dear to her heart.'' ...

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Palin-Bridge-to-Wasilla.html

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In 2005, Mccain called this project wasteful.

[Roland99]

1. I'm sure the rest of the "liberal" media will pounce on this like mad this week.

:eyes:

[rosesaylavee]

2. Sure, that's not a waste of federal money.

Is the bridge paved with gold?

[jakem]

3. You are overlooking the obvious improvement in meth distribution that the bridge will provide.

:hi:

[maseman]

4. Bristol won't have to drive as far for those one nighters

[DallasNE]

5. Leave Bristol Out Of This

The other jab about the meth labs is just fine as would a jab about the tanning bed Palin has put in the Governor's mansion but cheap shots against a confused teenager should be way off limits.

[maseman]

6. We only leave her out if Palin didn't make a side show out of her family

[Ms. Toad]

7. Sorry, but Palin's child abuse

doesn't make the target of that abuse fair game for us to do the same.

[maseman]

9. And now she is making another side show out of her 7 year old

From the AP...

Source:

CANTON, Ohio--In her first solo fundraiser as the GOP vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin made much of what she calls "that Ohio-Alaskan connection."

She noted that her seven-year old daughter Piper "was wearing her Ohio State cheerleading outfit" as she bounded down the stairs to welcome her home last week. She boasted that she has taken a tough line against predators (approving the shooting of wolves from helicopters), just like Ohioans target coyotes. "It's a pretty darn controversial thing up in Alaska, but you've gotta do what you've gotta do!" she declared. ...


F-ing sick.

[Politicalboi]

23. I agree she did put her

Children in this but they are just that children. She appears to me to be a child abuser and we should not take part in her sick games. Best to point out her exploitation of her kids rather than pick on them. I have a problem with the 5th child being claimed to be Caribou Barbie's and I think that should be looked at even though it does involve her 17 year old daughter. I mean Palin never even told her mother or sister that she was pregnant till 7 months. Talk about shock and awe. And to go on with this bullshit is abusing Bristol.

[Cherchez la Femme]

27. I don't approve of attacks against the girl

no matter how trashy she & her boyfriend, er, fiancee :eyes: appear, but as for the sheer hypocrisy of her unwedded RepubliCon pregnancy of a different color TM, IMO that's wide open season.

As for McSame/Pa(l)in trying to hoodwink Ohio ...good luck to them! (That was facetious of course, no luck to them would be my fervent wish). The people in the Wilmington/Dayton/Cincinnati area --and for that matter, most of Ohio-- (sans of course the deluded koolaid drinkers who would back Grampy & Gunny even if they were to throw them all out of work) are NOT going to forget the fearful, dangerous situation John W McBush and his hired crony Lobbyist has put them in.

I'd like to say good riddance, but my thoughts and prayers are with those poor people. DHL closing would send that entire area into an irreversible tailspin.

[happygoluckytoyou]

25. SORRIER..... it is the entire FIRST FAMILY who will be in the whitehouse.... even FIRST DUDE...

im not running for office... lucky for all of us... but as far as i am concerned the politician brings their family to the table....
KINGS and QUEENS bring in the PRINCES and PRINCESSES....

do you know how many republicans it takes to screw in a lightbulb ???????
republicans dont screw in lightbulbs... they screw in hockey rink locker rooms because their mom's veto of money for sex education

[joeglow3]

29. Obama let his kids get interviewed for a magazine

Are they fair game? Of course not, and neither should Palin's.

[King Coal]

15. I doubt Bristol reads DU.

[INDIA]

26. I doubt Bristol reads...period. nt

[file83]

33. ....(!)....

:rofl:

[macracan]

31. Me think not!

True, a jab at Bristol should be off-limits. However the jab
is not at her, but at her mother. Kids mistakes reflect badly
on mom&pop's parenting skills. If she couldn't care for
her daughter, how would she care for the whole country? By
reading safe driving slogans off the teleprompter while the
country is driving off the cliff?

[annabanana]

8. Are these $600 million FEDERAL dollars?

As far as I'm concerned, Alaska can build it if they want to. . .

[Cherchez la Femme]

28. Alaska has no tax whatsoever

There is no State tax, no sales tax (heck, they even send out thousand+ dollar checks biyearly to Alaskans* as dividends instead of putting it in Federal coffers since they get so much money from the government); therefore any municipal money is from the taxpayers from the other 49 states :(

*Alaska's slogan should therefore be 'We have to pay you to live here' :evilgrin:

[krkaufman]

10. Does this being to Palin's home make it the "Bridge to Somewhere"? n/t

[atjrpsych]

11. I know it is way off subject, but does she have to harm every animal she comes into contact with?

Maybe directly or indirectly, and I know it is way off the subject...but this lady seems to be careless and destructive to the environment, the animals and the people around her.

[Kajsa]

22. I don't think she has met an animal

she wouldn't like to shoot,
imho.

:(

[demwing]

12. It's the Palinville Bridge To Earmark County, Population 1,

And we all know who the one is, don't we...

[DS1]

13. Gotta keep that meth rollin while it's fresh

You want it all to spoil? People risk their lives cooking that up!

[AzDar]

14. Gak! The 'Ho From The Snow strikes again. That's right, I said " 'HO "...

If she's going to cry "Sexism!" every time someone questions her glaringly bad judgment, I'm not going to feel at all badly when actually serving a little up.

Choke on it, Sarah.

[AlbertCat]

16. What more does anyone need...

....anyone at all.... to understand this woman is a fake? From male cheer leader to beauty queen runner up. The GOP has it all!

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I'm sorry....on edit I see I should have said

From male cheer leader to over 70 year old kept daddy....and sociopath mole to beauty queen runner up.

I apologize, it's just I forgot who was actually running for president over at the McCain camp, and I also forgot Dick Cheney even existed except in our imaginations.

[gasperc]

17. $600 million bridge to Wasilla, lovely

[jeff30997]

18. What's next ?

A giant empty skyscraper in Wasilla ?

[lparsons]

19. Did I read this right?

It seems like they are talking about $600 million dollars of Alaska money, not $600 million dollars of federal money. While it is a colossal waste of money either way to spend $600 million for a bridge to a town of 7,000 people, it does look like they are spending "their" money.


I put "their" in quotations because of course Alaska does pull in a lot of money from the federal government, and if it wasn't for the federal investments in drilling and whatnot, they wouldn't be pulling in huge oil revenues either.

[doublethink]

20. 'Their' money ..... 'Our' money ...... it seems like quite a waste of money ....

either way. Do you really want her anywhere near the Federal budget as V.P. with this kind of judgment? I don't.

[jmowreader]

21. I guess there just aren't enough strip malls and big-boxes in Wasilla...

so they build this bridge, and even MORE will show up!

(I was going to say that Wasilla, a town with under 10,000 people in it, can't possibly get by unless they have both a Lowe's and a Home Depot. But thanks to the untiring efforts of our Republican VP candidate, they have both already.)

[maxrandb]

24. NY Times still pushing the myth

Forget the fact that Palin NEVER UTTERED THE WORDS "THANKS, BUT NO THANKS", the Times feels it's their job to further the myth.

I don't give a crap that this story is true and that Palin is a liar, I'm glad the NY Times is finally doing their job, but please....in the first paragragh, they advance the lie that Palin ever told Congress "thanks, but no thanks".

My God, would Orwell be proud? In a story that is overwhelmingly negative to Palin, the NY Times gives wing-nuts a "two-fer".

On one hand, the "wing-nuts" will argue that you can't believe the NY Slimes because of it's "terrible liberal bias".

On the other hand, they'll point out..."even the NY Slimes says that Palin told Congress 'thanks, but no thanks'".

When we win this year, we really, really, REALLY need a "torches and pitchfork" "Come-to-Jesus" fix of the MSM!

[cstanleytech]

30. OK first I'll start with a question because i'm not clear on something

and that is how exactly would the bridge "worsen some commuting", the whole idea I thought for bridges was usually like this is to lessen the commuting time from one place to another, right?
The worry about the whales I can kinda understand though but not the commuting one.
Also incoming snarky comment now, Well folks, atleast this time the bridge does go "somewhere" :P hehe

[ladywnch]

32. jesus christ! she's trying to revive this old biscuit!

I remember hearing about this bridge 15 years ago when I lived in the Valley and it was shot down then when they expanded the Glen hwy.....yeah, she's just FULL of new ideas...or something.