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Obviously Alaskan lawmakers aren't willing to subsidize Palin's political aspirations.

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I'm sure Sarah Palin has no problem with Alaska accepting all the Federal money they can get just so long as she can say she said "thanks but no thanks" when it's time for her presidential campaign.

Palin/Limbaugh 2012

Has the State of Alaska paid back the Feds for building the pipeline yet, which yields so much $ for Alaska that residents don't pay taxes but actually GET a check from the state for the royalties?

Sarah Palin is stupid and dumb and stuff.

It's a win-win for Saint Sarah.

Unless it works?

But they don't have the aspirations of a dull news bunny to fulfill. She wants to joe the plumber her ass all the way to washington.

Psychotropic: I'm sure Sarah Palin has no problem with Alaska accepting all the Federal money they can get just so long as she can say she said "thanks but no thanks" when it's time for her presidential campaign.

Palin/Limbaugh 2012

If you had put Palin/Jindal 2012, I might have actually believed you weren't trolling.

Quite a few Farkers - myself included - predicted that this is exactly what would happen. Though to be fair it was about as tough as predicting the sun will rise tomorrow.

I believe a grand total of three governors have refused part of the stimulus;
they are all Republicans and they all have designs on running for President in 2012...

...but there's no connection, and you'd be a fool and a Communist to make one.

Techhell: Palin/Jindal 2012

That would be too good to be true for the Democrats.

Yay another Caribou Barbie thread!

Take off your clothes and jump right in!!

tallguywithglasseson: Techhell: Palin/Jindal 2012

That would be too good to be true for the Democrats.

Let's hold off on that sentiment for 18 months or so. If the economy, or Afghanistan, or Iraq, or Iran, or something else, goes pear shaped, Palin/Jindal might look more appealing. At which point the Maya will look down from Maya heaven and say "December 21, 2012. Warned you. You still voted for Dumb and Dumber."

Wonder how this will work since it's governors that control the executive branch.

dj_bigbird: but actually GET a check from the state for the royalties?

No, we do not get a check from the state for the royalties. We get a check from an investment corporation from investments made with 25% of the royalties. You'll want to check out the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (new window)for more information.

Mrbogey: Wonder how this will work since it's governors that control the executive branch.

Because the legislature defines the budget?

Alaska, chilly money-grubbing tax parasites siphoning the precious productive life blood of America.

The Why Not Guy: Quite a few Farkers - myself included - predicted that this is exactly what would happen. Though to be fair it was about as tough as predicting the sun will rise tomorrow.

What? WTF! The sun will rise tomorrow? OMG!

Psychotropic: I'm sure Sarah Palin has no problem with Alaska accepting all the Federal money they can get just so long as she can say she said "thanks but no thanks" when it's time for her presidential campaign.

The big problem with that being that the next day she said, "I never said that."

Bucky Katt: The Why Not Guy: Quite a few Farkers - myself included - predicted that this is exactly what would happen. Though to be fair it was about as tough as predicting the sun will rise tomorrow.

What? WTF! The sun will rise tomorrow? OMG!

Granted, in Alaska, that one's a maybe.

Duh! But at least she can say, "I told them thanks, but no thanks." for her 2012 run, now.

TheJoeY: Bucky Katt: The Why Not Guy: Quite a few Farkers - myself included - predicted that this is exactly what would happen. Though to be fair it was about as tough as predicting the sun will rise tomorrow.

What? WTF! The sun will rise tomorrow? OMG!

Granted, in Alaska, that one's a maybe.

Yeah, if you look up over there you're probably more likely to see Putin's head.

She was still willing to take $500 million though.

And now they can build the Ted Stevens "Series of steel girders" Bridge to nowhere

Bucky Katt: It's a win-win for Saint Sarah.

Guess I'll just leave this here...

Yep, you betcha.

"It is a matter of discussing with our lawmakers if the expansion there is something we're willing to pick up the tab for when the federal dollars dry up, when they no longer flow into Alaska," Palin said.

Is there a Palin sentence deconstructor on the web? TIA.

I predict that, when Sarah Palin fails to get on the 2012 Republican President ticket, she will pose nude in Playboy in 2013.

/Meow.

Wait, you mean the Alaskan legislature is doing things other than outing prominent anonymous progressive bloggers who made them look like complete douchebags?

/shame on Mike Doogan

AirForceVet: I predict that, when Sarah Palin fails to get on the 2012 Republican President ticket, she will pose nude in Playboy in 2013.

/Meow.

Yeah, she'll be 48 three years from now. I don't think she's gonna age very well over the next 3 and a half years.

Now if it was BRISTOL, then....

King Something: I don't think she's gonna age very well over the next 3 and a half years.

She already hasn't.

Sarah Palin in Playboy=Do not farking want

dj_bigbird: Has the State of Alaska paid back the Feds for building the pipeline yet, which yields so much $ for Alaska that residents don't pay taxes but actually GET a check from the state for the royalties?

Has your state paid the feds back for all of the roads and infrastructure in the 40s and 50s that you all benefit from? That happened in the lower 48 before Alaska was a state. Its our turn. Besides, you should really live in a state where the people have ownership in the natural resources, not the government.

Not to mention the boat load of taxes the feds get from the pipe line. They've more than made their money back.

King Something: AirForceVet: I predict that, when Sarah Palin fails to get on the 2012 Republican President ticket, she will pose nude in Playboy in 2013.

/Meow.

Yeah, she'll be 48 three years from now. I don't think she's gonna age very well over the next 3 and a half years.

Now if it was BRISTOL, then....

It's not even that. I understand why people say she's attractive, but all I see in those eyes are...not a spark of intelligence. Just dull and glassy, like a cow's.

Besides, if Alaskans are going to have pay for this bailout stimulus money anyway, we might as well get the benefit and services from it. To refuse the money is nothing but grandstanding.

gadian: To refuse the money is nothing but grandstanding.

Nobody has said Governor Palin's actions were anything but grandstanding.

WHORES

Outtaphase: "It is a matter of discussing with our lawmakers if the expansion there is something we're willing to pick up the tab for when the federal dollars dry up, when they no longer flow into Alaska," Palin said.

Is there a Palin sentence deconstructor on the web? TIA.

She reads like the Phillipines call center girl I had the misfortune of getting when I tried to talk to my bank. "Well, sir, the balance item does reflect the charges that were processed when the card was run for 337.13 four times."

Well, duh... As predicted earlier at electoral-vote.com.

She's obviously posturing to further her political ambitions, knowing full well that Alaska will still get the money.

I submitted this 4 days ago with a better headline.

OMG OmBAMAN IS SO MUNCH BETTER circle-circle-square-circle diagram LOOLLOLOLOL!!!

Good ting the 'MODERATE; people at fark set thus up to fail.

Good thing,

good tding

We should just imnbrace socialists. it will make us all happy and moake the work OK.

SURE YEAH RIGHT
Just like he black guy to take his REVENGE!!!1

King Something: AirForceVet: I predict that, when Sarah Palin fails to get on the 2012 Republican President ticket, she will pose nude in Playboy in 2013.

/Meow.

Yeah, she'll be 48 three years from now. I don't think she's gonna age very well over the next 3 and a half years.

Now if it was BRISTOL, then....

together.
Helllllllllo Hustler!

Action Replay Nick: I submitted this 4 days ago with a better headline.

OMG OmBAMAN IS SO MUNCH BETTER circle-circle-square-circle diagram LOOLLOLOLOL!!!

Good ting the 'MODERATE; people at fark set thus up to fail.

Good thing,

good tding

We should just imnbrace socialists. it will make us all happy and moake the work OK.

SURE YEAH RIGHT
Just like he black guy to take his REVENGE!!!1

dude, that reads like a bottle of Dr. Bronner soap, with typos.

Polyhazard: Mrbogey: Wonder how this will work since it's governors that control the executive branch.

Because the legislature defines the budget?

That requires the executive to sign off on it (at least in every state I am aware of). That's what I find interesting. Can the federal government say that the state legislature can pass a bill without approval (or veto override) of the state executive, even if that is a violation of the state's constitution?

gadian: Besides, if Alaskans are going to have pay for this bailout stimulus money anyway, we might as well get the benefit and services from it. To refuse the money is nothing but grandstanding.

Alaska is a net recipient of federal tax dollars, not a net payer. So basically, this money is being taken away from other state's taxpayers to be given to Alaska.

Link (new window)

dj_bigbird: Has the State of Alaska paid back the Feds for building the pipeline yet, which yields so much $ for Alaska that residents don't pay taxes but actually GET a check from the state for the royalties?

That pipeline hasn't been built. And when it does get built, it will be built by Canadians under a sweetheart deal. Palin sold her state down the river for the sake of political expediency.

As a Canadian in the oilpatch, we thank Governor Palin for her awesome generosity. I'm not sure that you should, though.

IStateTheObvious: gadian: Besides, if Alaskans are going to have pay for this bailout stimulus money anyway, we might as well get the benefit and services from it. To refuse the money is nothing but grandstanding.

Alaska is a net recipient of federal tax dollars, not a net payer. So basically, this money is being taken away from other state's taxpayers to be given to Alaska.

Link (new window)

Dude: You're making a fine point, but that link is Alabama. I think its AK not AL that you're after, but what do I know, I'm not American.

IStateTheObvious: gadian: Besides, if Alaskans are going to have pay for this bailout stimulus money anyway, we might as well get the benefit and services from it. To refuse the money is nothing but grandstanding.

Alaska is a net recipient of federal tax dollars, not a net payer. So basically, this money is being taken away from other state's taxpayers to be given to Alaska.

Then explain that check I mailed to the IRS this week. What the hell was that? A gift?

I'm sorry you all are so damned butthurt over an issue that none of you gave a wet shiat about before Sarah Palin was picked for the VP slot. But having to help subsidize Alaska is part of the price you pay when the Fed and environmental groups locked most of the state away from development. We've got enough natural resources up here to make us financially independent. But we can't get at them because the Powers That Be decided they wanted to save the trees up here because the rest of you lot had already cut yours down without a concern for the consequences.

unyon: That pipeline hasn't been built. And when it does get built, it will be built by Canadians under a sweetheart deal. Palin sold her state down the river for the sake of political expediency.

As a Canadian in the oilpatch, we thank Governor Palin for her awesome generosity. I'm not sure that you should, though.

I believe dj_bigbird was referring to the oil pipeline, not the natural gas pipeline. The oil pipeline has been there for over 30 years. dj_bigbird is also mistaken about how the Permanent Fund Dividend works.

unyon: Dude: You're making a fine point, but that link is Alabama. I think its AK not AL that you're after, but what do I know, I'm not American.

I think you'd notice the smell if it was Alabama hunkered on your western border. Yeah, "Alaskan Formal" means our socks match, but we at least bathe once in a while.

Ed Grubermann: Then explain that check I mailed to the IRS this week. What the hell was that?

I believe the phrase you are looking for is "anal rape."

/is sitting very gingerly right now as well