like herpes

you can't always see it, but it's always there. it won't ever go away and will be erupting unexpectedly and be annoying til you die.

sarah palin had an op-ed piece in the washington post. (see: why newspapers are dying. does her base of mouthbreathers read the paper? don't they get all their info from bill o'reilly and god?) unfortunately, it was typed. apparently the editor chose not to run the original hand-written version with hearts over the i's, "todd n sarah 4-ever" doodled in the margins, smiley faces and caribou carcasses drawn on the back. so sad.

"Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day" stop picking on me and my family!! will one of the old white guys tell her to stop whining and grow a pair? ffs.

"American prosperity has always been driven by the steady supply of abundant, affordable energy. Particularly in Alaska, we understand the inherent link between energy and prosperity, energy and opportunity, and energy and security." don't ask me how i inherited a surplus and left wasilla $22 million in the hole, though, k? at this time last year oil was at $144 a barrel. currently it's at about $65. alaska, with 90% of its revenues coming from oil, looks to be in the red for over a billion this year. no more milk and honey for you, sarah. that's it, beat feet and quit because that means you're not a quitter. show you don't have the skill, knowledge or moxie to tackle a problem of governance because you're off to other problems besides the ones that are part of your job.

"Our nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into the private sector is unprecedented." explain to me again your justification for putting your hand in the pocket of the oil companies and raising the oil tax in alaska from 10% to 25% last year, plz?

"We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil. Just as important, we have more desire and ability to protect the environment than any foreign nation from which we purchase energy today. " does that mean god must love the arabs alot more, cuz he gave them oceans of accessible oil? weird, huh? he gave them so many dead dinosaurs which turned into fossils so fast! less than 6000 years from brachyosaurus to bubbling crude!

the eco-system in places like the arctic wildlife refuge, where sarah would like to drill, are breathtakingly fragile. they don't repair themselves as quickly as those in more temperate climes. in prudhoe bay, from 1996 to 2004, there were some 4,530 spills of more than 1.9 million gallons of diesel fuel, oil, acid, biocide, ethylene glycol, drilling fluid and other materials. an average of about 1 major spill every day, either in the fields or on the pipeline.

explain again the viability of off-shore and arctic drilling, in remote areas, with uncertain returns for finite resources? oil companies all have downgraded the estimates of the world's oil field reserves. even with ever increasingly better extraction technology, not everything is exploitable, and the cost of transporting it from the wildest parts of the globe make it a pound-foolish endeavor. the most pie-eyed estimates are that off-shore and arctic oil would be at least a decade away and supply between one and nine month's worth of our current consumption. excellent long-range planning.

further, the u.s. does not establish oil prices -- that's a global market issue. if we magically did become a surplus producer, (maybe if we pray harder?) oil companies would be selling to the highest bidder -- like, mebbe china? -- not just pumping it for free to real amurricanz.

"Many states have abundant coal, whose technology is continuously making it into a cleaner energy source. " cleaner than what? burning bubonic plagued zombies?

"We have an important choice to make. Do we want to control our energy supply and its environmental impact? Or, do we want to outsource it to China, Russia and Saudi Arabia?" um, yeah, we actually buy most of our crude oil and petroleum from canada, eh? you can see how friendly the canadians are from your house, right? i know you can't see mexico, our 2nd largest supplier, but they wear those festive hats and siesta alot. they like us too, cuz they keep coming to visit and work, even though you don't like them brown people taking our jobs at the tyson factories and the wal-mart. russia sells most of its oil to europe and china is a gobbler, not really an exporter. pesky facts!!

"Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation? " i know you spend a lot of time talking to god, so maybe start looking up instead of down, sarah? cuz your god also made the sun and the wind. which are free and limitless. they are new industries in which the u.s. can excel with the right kinds of forward thinking, investments and incentives. that does not mean, "drill, baby, drill." that's old school thinking, k, sarah? it's not mavericky.

in fairness, palin is trying to argue against obama's cap and trade program. uh, in fairness, she doesn't.