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Senator John McCain recently told reporters that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has "learned that earmarks are bad."
But not that bad, apparently. According to a "summary of requests for federal appropriations" posted to her budget office's website earlier this year, Palin requested millions of federal dollars for everything from improving recreational halibut fishing to studying the mating habits of crabs and the DNA of harbor seals.
You're grasping at straws, all the above is important to Alaska's economy. You don't think both Maryland and Virginia don't get millions for crab and oyster study? Happens in ALL states for their interest. Bidens Delaware gets millions for horseshoe crab studies which aren't even eatable or harvested for food!
You're grasping at straws, all the above is important to Alaska's economy. You don't think both Maryland and Virginia don't get millions for crab and oyster study? Happens in ALL states for their interest. Bidens Delaware gets millions for horseshoe crab studies which aren't even eatable or harvested for food!
But McCain/Palin are calling people who get earmarks, corrupt.
But McCain/Palin are calling people who get earmarks, corrupt.
There are earmarks and there is pork barrel. The "R" months are rapidly approaching and I'm ready for some hard to find fresh oysters or as they say on the islands, "arsters". You know as well as I, healthy fisheries are much more important to many states economies than 1 million dollars to a hospital that the manly woman worked at. Her pay raise ate up much of that pork barrel alone. Your turn.
seems she was all about grabbin as much federal dollars for alaska as she could...
I mean.. she did oppose the bridge to no-where.. but she kept the money and spent it on other things...
so she can say she opposed this or that... but her state per-capita has gotten more federal dollars than any other state...
I'm sure the people in urban area's would be very upset to know that proper infrastructure was not given to their city.. because alaska needed a new runway for an airport that gets 8 planes per year landing there...
she was all about alaska.. and the federal government was nothing but the bank for her.. which is good.. that's her job to represent alaska.. I only wish the Pumpkin heads in idaho could make that happen... but don't sit here and tell lies about how you were a savior on the national level.. you controlled your state spending.. but aided in bankrupting the federal government.. and when you opposed the "project" your state kept the money anyway...and then to add insult to injury.. she "gave the leftover from the budget to the people of alaska" seems noble right?
I'm sure the rest of the country would surely love the fact that that FEDERAL money that was pumped into thier state budget and was later given to the people of alaska.. was not the people of alaska's money.. but the rest of the country's...in essence.. the people of alaska recieved a nice check in the mail.. and it was the rest of us's money. Nevermind that though.. she'll shake things up in washington huh?
seems she was all about grabbin as much federal dollars for alaska as she could...
I mean.. she did oppose the bridge to no-where.. but she kept the money and spent it on other things...
so she can say she opposed this or that... but her state per-capita has gotten more federal dollars than any other state...
I'm sure the people in urban area's would be very upset to know that proper infrastructure was not given to their city.. because alaska needed a new runway for an airport that gets 8 planes per year landing there...
she was all about alaska.. and the federal government was nothing but the bank for her.. which is good.. that's her job to represent alaska.. I only wish the Pumpkin heads in idaho could make that happen... but don't sit here and tell lies about how you were a savior on the national level.. you controlled your state spending.. but aided in bankrupting the federal government.. and when you opposed the "project" your state kept the money anyway...
While Idaho has potato's Alaska has:
The Alaska seafood industry experienced another good year in 2006, extending a trend begun four
years ago. Total earnings and employment were some of the highest in recent years, and seafood
exports, which were worth two billion dollars, accounted for half of Alaska’s total export value. The
four billion pounds of seafood harvested in 2006 worth $1.4 billion to commercial fishermen was
slightly better than 2005’s harvest value of $1.3 billion and the highest value received since 1999.
This activity resulted in approximately 7,000 average monthly fish harvesting jobs with a peak summer
total workforce of over 20,000 jobs.
in fish alone, they also have lots and lots of gold...........black and mined in the LARGEST state. Besides, I like this show....... YouTube - Deadliest Catch Chesapeake Bay
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