Sarah Palin on the oil disaster: Sh*t happens, drill baby drill !!!!

[marmar]

from Grist Magazine:



....(snip)....

Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, was unconcerned on an April 29 Fox News panel. "The oil spill, itself, I don't think will be a huge disaster over the medium and long term, honestly." Having assessed the disaster thusly, he worried whether the public and politicians will be "grown up enough ... not to let one incident drive policy." After all, Kristol noted, offshore drilling is "very environmentally clean, except when there is a disaster like the spill."

Former half-term governor of Alaska Sarah Palin was pained, on Facebook. She was "shocked and saddened," her "heart breaks." Her husband, Mr. Palin, offered that the incident was "heartbreaking." She agreed that it was so. Heart broken, she nonetheless forges on to note that "accidents happen" and that despite an ecosystem lost here, industry lost there, drilling makes us a "more secure, prosperous, and peaceful nation."

Rush Limbaugh said the spill "might have been intentional" -- that is, the work of eco-saboteurs. The Obama administration is "open to the possibility that this could well have been on purpose," as evidenced by the SWAT teams Obama was sending. "Don't forget, the original Earth Day, 40 years ago, was inspired by the river in Cleveland catching fire," Rush noted. "Forty years later, the day before Earth Day this year, the Gulf is on fire. Coincidence? Jury's still out." Indeed. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.grist.org/article/2010-05-01-what-are-conservatives-saying-about-the-gulf-oil-disaster/

[mfcorey1]

1. The sooner Rush gets his lobotomy, the better it will be for the world.

[Scuba]

7. I thought he was leaving.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. What other country would tolerate his BS?

[saltpoint]

2. Bill Kristol is nearly unmatched in his compulsion to distort reality

to his political ends.

And it was Kristol who was so very involved in promoting Sarah Palin for McCain's veep nom. He led the charge.

He made a personal cruise to Alaska, along with other "journalists" of the Far Right. Palin was notified of this cruise and the gaggle of influential Pukes aboard the boat and arranged a dinner, during which she evidently confirmed Kristol's notion of her very self as a perfect vice presidential nominee for John McCain.

link: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer

[dipsydoodle]

3. eco-saboteurs ?

Hmmm. I bet they've all got the know how to get a mile down from the surface and then 4 miles into bedrock. :sarcasm:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. LOL

[WinkyDink]

5. The Dom. Rep. is a haven for pedophiles. RL went there with a valise of Viagra. Coincidence? Jury's

still out.

Not.

[secondwind]

6. you are right about Dom. Rep. and pedophiles. I've seen a lot down there with my own

eyes.... :grr:

[peekaloo]

8. "Shit Happens" also describes their thought processes.

:hurts:

[h9socialist]

10. Sarah Palin should know about "S**t Happens" . . .

. . . she got born 46 years ago, ya know?

[JBoy]

11. Bill Kristol is always 100% wrong about everything.