By- Suzie-Q @ 5:15 PM MST
The Truth About Sarah Palin
From: Grizzly Bay
Barbarians for Sarah Palin (front center)!
The top 10 things you should know about Sarah Palin
1) She is presently under investigation in Alaska for abuse of power
2) Last year she put out a bounty on wolves paying $150 for turning in legs of freshly killed wolves
3) She is opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest
4) She is a champion for big oil and supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and everywhere else
5) She believes creationism should be taught in public schools
6) She believes man-made global warming is a farce
7) She is opposed to listing the polar bear as an endangered species and is suing the federal government over it
8 ) While mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire the city librarian because the librarian refused to censor books
9) She supports aerial hunting of wolves and bears even though Alaskans voted twice to ban the practice
10) She used $400,000 of state money to fund a media campaign in support of aerial hunting
Watch graphic videos here showing the trophy hunting that Sarah Palin supports so strongly
Sarah Palin’s parents surrounded by all their dead animals at their home in Wasilla, Alaska
ReRead the new daily blog Alaskan Exposure to better understand what it means to be Alaskan
“I shudder at the thought of Sarah Palin as Vice President because I live full-time in Alaska and I know how violently misaligned Alaskan culture is with the rest of the US …..”
Click here to read the whole Grizzlybay.org Opinion Piece on Sarah Palin and Alaskan culture
Defenders of Wildlife video about Sarah Palin and aerial wolf hunting
Sarah Palin – Worse for the Environment Than Even Bush
Sarah Palin showing off her kill
Sarah Palin spent $400,000 of state money to “educate” Alaskans about aerial hunting of wolves and bears. State tax money was used to directly influence the outcome of proposition 2 which would have limited aerial shooting of predators. Since Alaskans had previously voted twice to ban aerial shooting of predators, Palin used state tax money to buy support for aerial shooting. Buying votes with tax money worked – proposition two was voted down on 8/26/08.
Read more about Governor Palin’s “predator control” policies and the use of state money to slaughter bears and wolves. This year the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game will exterminate 1,400 bears out of a population of 2,000 in an area west of Anchorage. The Alaskan Board of Game even approved the hunting of black bear mothers and cubs with the goal of killing 60 percent of the black bear population. Although biologists have known since the 60’s that predators actually keep prey populations healthy, Alaskan wolves and bears are being exterminated (using cruel practices such as baiting, trapping, and aerial shooting) to boost dwindling moose populations. Do we really want a vice president who doesn’t believe in science?
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. Palin believes that global warming is a myth.
Sarah Palin’s voting record supports development of the Pebble Mine – the largest open pit mine in North America. Pebble mine jeapordizes the entire Bristol bay ecosystem which contains the largest sockeye salmon run in the world. The mine would pollute an unprecedented number or rivers, lakes, and bays. Although Palin claims that the mine would create jobs for Alaskans, it will effectively destroy the commercial and sport fishing industry in Bristol Bay – the main source of income for Alaskans in Bristol bay. Pebble Mine’s potential for pollution makes the Exxon Valdez oil spill look like a tiny grease stain. Click here to watch the NY Times video story about the environmental destruction this mine would create.
(P.S. – We are year-round residents of Alaska)