I know everyon is Sick of Sarah Palin but...

[kristopher]

this piece about the actual status of her natural gas pipeline on the Alaskan blogger Andrew Halco's site is well worth the read.

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/politics_and_the_pipeline

"...given all of her tough talk on the campaign trail about how she "took on big oil" and "broke up their monopoly" while jump starting this project, Palin now finds herself boxed in by her tough talk. Yes, it will be big oil who will decide the fate of this project, not Sheriff Palin.

The best explanation comes from Hal Kvisle, CEO of TransCanada, an independent pipeline company. "Eventually, it's come down to the big producers. ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and BP are the ones most likely to hold the shipping commitments, so whatever kind of project is put together has to be one that works for the producers," Kvisle said.

In fact, three days after the Alaska State Legislature approved Palin's pipeline plan to nowhere, where they granted Kvisle's company up to $500 million in taxpayer money and exclusive rights, Kvisle was quoted in the Toronto media as saying, "Nothing goes ahead unless Exxon is happy with it."

And my friends, Exxon ain't very happy. ..."

[BlooInBloo]

1. Sarah *who*?

[Hardrada]

2. I'm not. She's a fascinating phenomenon!