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Brain -> Palins Promise to Alaska Falls Flat One Year Later: Happy Anniversary (7/29/2010 9:34:31 PM)
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You will not see doctored video on the Huffington Post – this article is an objective and fair opinion of this woman.
Bill
FTA: So what has she done in the past year -- her first as a private citizen, unfettered by the burden of governing, and a title -- to chart a new course for the state of Alaska?
Her celebrated oil tax reform called ACES (Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share) that was passed with blood, sweat, tears and Democrats, is in the cross-hairs of the legislature. It was her big legacy legislation, the only good thing she ever did, and it's in trouble with Palin nowhere to be seen. There is no relief in sight for Western Alaska which teeters on the brink of disaster with every winter. The last great wild salmon run on the continent in Bristol Bay is threatened by the looming specter of a huge copper and gold mine at its headwaters. The potential for environmental disaster from the Pebble Mine is epic, and would arguably affect the nation's seafood supply more than the current Gulf tragedy.
Domestic violence, sexual assault, alcohol and drug abuse, incest, and the desperate and tragic migration of Native Alaskans from village life into big cities all continue to plague our state. Our high school drop out rate is astronomical. Each of these issues and so many more could benefit from a powerful national voice speaking up for those who can't.
Palin, instead, has used her time, her energy and her star power to - write a book about herself and tour the nation. She's become a contributor on Fox News to repeat talking points about (irony alert) what an ineffectual leader the President has become. She has continued to chant the mantra "drill baby, drill" even as the southeast faces an environmental holocaust. She's Facebook blasted a journalist who rented the house next door that she refused to buy.
Palin's Promise to Alaska Falls Flat One Year Later: Happy Anniversary
Because let's face it -- the only time we up here in Alaska were more surprised than when she accepted the nomination for VP was when she quit. So we were curious. And then she declared that she was going "to chart a new course to advance the state."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/palins-promise-to-alaska_b_660101.html
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