On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > And look at some of her other issues in no particular order: > > Palin is pro-life </wiki/Pro-life>, pro-contraception, and a prominent > member of Feminists for Life </wiki/Feminists_for_Life>.^ > <#cite_note-36> While running for Governor of Alaska, Palin supported > the open debate of creationism </wiki/Creationism> alongside evolution > </wiki/Evolution> in schools; however, she noted that "creationism > doesn't have to be part of the curriculum" and that she would not use > "religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution > or creationism" as criteria for selection to the school board. > Hopefully, she's pro-education about sex too. Pro-contraception without the education to use them correctly doesn't help.
I've got a problem with creationism being taught alongside evolution...one is science, one is not. > Highlights of Governor Palin's tenure include a successful push for an > ethics bill > </w/index.php?title=House_Bill_109_%282007_Alaska_law > %29&action=edit&redlink=1>, > and also shelving pork-barrel </wiki/Pork_barrel> projects supported > by > fellow Republicans. After federal funding for the Gravina Island > Bridge > </wiki/Gravina_Island_Bridge> project that had become a nationwide > symbol of wasteful earmark </wiki/Earmark_%28politics%29> spending was > lost, Palin decided against filling the over $200 million gap with > state > money. "Alaska needs to be self-sufficient, she says, instead of > relying > heavily on 'federal dollars,' as the state does today." > so, would she have accepted it if she didn't need to pony up the other $200 million? I'm glad she didn't continue on with that project though. > She has challenged the state's Republican leaders, helping to launch a > campaign by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell </wiki/Sean_Parnell> to > unseat U.S. Congressman Don Young </wiki/Don_Young> and publicly > challenging Senator Ted Stevens </wiki/Ted_Stevens> to come clean > about > the federal investigation into his financial dealings. > > Governor Murkowski appointed Palin Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska > Oil > and Gas Conservation Commission, where she served from 2003 to 2004 > until resigning in protest over what she called the "lack of ethics" > of > fellow Alaskan Republican </wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29> > leaders, who ignored her whistleblowing complaints of legal violations > and conflicts of interest.^ After she resigned, she exposed the state > Republican Party's chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her fellow Oil & > Gas > commissioners, who was accused of doing work for the party on public > time, and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail. Palin filed > formal complaints against both Ruedrich and former Alaska Attorney > General </wiki/Attorney_General> Gregg Renkes, who both resigned; > Ruedrich paid a record $12,000 fine. > This is all very good. Very admirable. > In response to high oil and gas prices, and in response to the > resulting > state government budget surplus, Palin proposed giving Alaskans > $100-a-month energy debit cards. She also proposed providing grants to > electrical utilities so that they would reduce customers' rates. She > subsequently dropped the debit card proposal, and in its place she > proposed to send Alaskans $1,200 directly and eliminate the gas tax. > > In the first days of her administration, Palin followed through on a > campaign promise </wiki/Campaign_promise> to sell the Westwind II > </wiki/Westwind_II> jet purchased (on a state government credit > account) > by the Murkowski administration. The state placed the jet for sale on > eBay </wiki/EBay> three times. In August 2007, the jet was sold for > $2.1 million. > cool. > > So yeah, she is pro-life, but she is also for people practicing > *responsible* sex, which if it were to ever take root would all but > eliminate the need for pro-choice/pro-life debates since most of the > abortions that are performed are by people practicing irresponsible > sex. > And yeah, she is a creationist, but she does not let her beliefs > interferer with posting people on the school board. > And she is against pork barrel spending. > And she is against corrupt unethical politicians, even those in her > own > party. > And she thinks that her constituents should be allowed to reap the > benefits of a state budget surplus. > And she showed that she can keep a campaign promise. > She definitely is a forward thinking repub. > I can go on, but I think that you get the point. > > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> form the wikipedia article: >> >> Palin complied with an Alaskan state Supreme Court order and signed >> an >> implementation of same-sex benefits into law under protest, stating >> that legal options to avoid doing so had run out >> >> doesn't sound like she's really for it... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267139 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
