August 29 at 11:15AM
John McCain to Speak on "Thrusday" Reports RNC Website
According to gopconvention.com the following folks are scheduled to speak on Thrusday, which is unfortunate, because I will only be in St. Paul until Thursday..
- John McCain
- Gov. Charlie Crist (Fla.)
- Gov. Tim Pawlenty (Minn.)
- U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.)
- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.)*
- U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.)
- Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (Tenn.)*
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I believe there is a huge, untapped grammarian pool out there that has yet to be discovered. If they only knew where to drill..
Gov. Sarah Palin wants bears DEAD
This photo of Governor Sarah Palin just about says it all Barbarians for Sarah Palin (front center)!
(Anchorage Daily News, September 2007)
I think its obvious from these pictures how Alaska Governor Sarah Palin feels about wildlife conservation. Like many Alaskans, Palin believes that bears – and all Alaskan wildlife, exist for the sole purpose of serving humans. Sarah Palin, and the Alaska Board of Game whose members make decisions about most wildlife, are actively trying to cripple the bear viewing/eco-tourism industry in Alaska. This photograph (left) was published in the Anchorage Daily News amidst great controversy over the hunting of habituated bears around Katmai National Park and the McNeil River Sanctuary. Several weeks before the controversial Katmai Preserve hunt, Palin posed deliberately next to a dead bear to a make a point – that she will do everything in her power to make sure bears and other wildlife are mercilessly shot for pleasure in Alaska. Palin supports the aerial hunting of wolves and bears, and even spent $400,000 of state money to fund a media campaign to try and convince Alaskans to support aerial shooting (even though Alaskans have voted against it, twice!). In the past two years, bears habituated to bear viewing have reportedly been shot at bear viewing sites around the state – as a statement to bear advocates that Alaska is about shooting animals, not understanding them.
The Alaskan government consistently ignores decades of scientific research that has proven that predators actually keep prey populations healthy. The Alaskan government is wiping out entire populations of predators -using cruel practices such as baiting, trapping, and aerial shooting, in the name of boosting dwindling moose populations. This is just plain ignorant, since biologists have known since the 60’s that wolves and bears do not negatively impact prey species such as moose and caribou. Anyone who has taken ecology or biology 101 knows this is established fact. What is threatening moose and other prey species is over hunting by humans, and a large number of yearly road-kill fatalities. The impact of habitat destruction, climate change, and a decrease in predation also contributes.
If you find Sarah Palin as ignorant and offensive as I do, LET HER KNOW. The majority of people who visit Alaska do not support sport hunting and the destruction of wildlife! Most tourists come to Alaska to view wildlife, not to slaughter it. The best hope for Alaskan wildlife is for the tourists who fund the economy to make their wishes known loud and clear – that they do not support archaic policies which are destroying the Alaskan ecosystem. Alaska is the last place in the U.S. where humans have not gobbled up and destroyed the natural world. This unique place on the planet needs to be protected, and not allowed to continue to be nothing but a place where animals are trapped, and shot and skinned, and stuffed, and hung on a wall, or used as a rug to wipe your dirty feet. Tell Sarah Palin that the bears on this website are not a rug!
Contact Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Tell Governor Sarah Palin that you oppose the slaughter of bears, wolves and other predators. Mention that you oppose the hunting of habituated grizzly bears in the Katmai Preserve. Tell her you support the abolishment of the Board of Game, which is comprised entirely of trophy hunters. These ignorant trophy hunters set most wildlife policies in Alaska.
SARAH PALIN – JUST ANOTHER DIRTY ALASKAN POLITICIAN
Sarah Palin is being investigated for abuse of power after she fired Dept. of Public Safety Commissioner for refusing to fire her sister's ex husband who is a state trooper. Click here to read the news story about Palin's corruption.
Sarah Palin sues the federal government over listing polar bears as a threatened species. Why? Because it could restrict the oil industry that fills her pockets. This is the same reason she wants to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. Read Governor Palin's ignorant op-ed piece here.
Read more about Governor Palin's "predator control" policies and the use of state money to slaughter bears and wolves.
Sarah Palin for Vice-President of the United States? There has been talk of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin becoming the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Senator John McCain. She may look young and progressive, but Sarah Palin is about as conservative as they come. This would be the absolute worst thing that could ever happen to wildlife (and people) in this country! Conservative Republicans already do enough damage to our environment but Sarah Palin is much worse and she is on a mission to exterminate wildlife in Alaska. Luckily, Sarah Palin announced recently that she is pregnant and therefore most likely not a realistic candidate anymore for Vice-President. Her recent investigation for abuse of power also makes her an unlikely candidate. The best thing you can politically do to help wildlife is to not vote Republican.