Palin Warns Against 'Second Holocaust' by Ahmadinejad

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pursuit of nuclear weapons for a "second holocaust," while blaming "Democrat partisans" for forcing rally organizers to withdraw her invitation to speak before an anti-Iran protest in New York next week.

"John McCain and I are committed to drawing attention to the danger posed by Iran's nuclear program and we will not waver in our commitment," Palin told a crowd of 9,000 supporters in Blaine, MN. "I will continue to call for sustained action to prevent Iranian President Ahmadinejad from getting these weapons that he wants for a second holocaust."

In an interview last week with ABC News' Charles Gibson in Fairbanks, Palin spoke of the need to ensure "that these weapons of mass destruction, that nuclear weapons are not given to those hands of Ahmadinejad, not that he would use them, but that he would allow terrorists to be able to use them."

In her remarks today in Minnesota, Palin also publicly addressed for the first time her canceled appearance at the "Rally to Stop Iran Now" which was originally billed as a joint appearance with Palin and Sen. Hillary Clinton. Planners of the rally yesterday disinvited all political officials from the event after criticism mounted over Palin's invitation to speak at the protest against Ahmadinejad's attendance at the opening of the UN General Assembly next week. In a statement yesterday, rally organizers said the decision to minimize "political personalities" was done in an effort "to keep the focus on Iranian threats and to ensure that this critical message not be obscured."

"Unfortunately, though some Democrat partisans put politics first and now no elected official will be able to appear at that "Stop Iran" rally. Iran's pursuit of these weapons should concern all Americans; this should not be a matter for partisan politics," Palin said.



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Whacky Rapture Ready Jesus Will Come in my Lifetime Palin scares the crap out of me. I'll be the one praying if she and McSame get in the WH!

[grannie4peace]

1. here we go......

[HowHasItComeToThis]

41. THE OIL COMPANIES OWN ALASKA

Palin's Petropolitics
By Michael T. Klare
The Nation

In the clinical terminology of political science, Alaska is a classic "petrostate." That is, its political system is geared toward the maximization of oil "rents"--royalties and other income derived from energy firms--to the neglect of all other economic activities. Such polities have an inherent tendency toward corruption because of the close ties that naturally develop between government officials and energy executives and because oil revenues replace taxation as a source of revenue (Alaska has no state income tax), insulating officials from the scrutiny of taxpayers. Ever since the discovery of oil in the North Slope, Alaska's GOP leadership has largely behaved in this fashion. And while Governor Sarah Palin has made some commendable efforts to dilute her party's ties to Big Oil, she is no less a practitioner of petrostate politics than her predecessors.

To put things in perspective: in 2007 Alaska produced approximately 719,000 barrels of oil per day. That puts it in the same ballpark as Egypt (710,000), Oman (718,000) and Malaysia (755,000). Of these, Oman is particularly interesting as a parallel. According to the Energy Department, "Oman's economy is heavily reliant on oil revenues, which account for about 75 percent of the country's export earnings"--an assessment that would describe Alaska nicely if it were an independent nation. Equally revealing, oil rents provide 42 percent of Alaska's annual revenue, more than any other source. If lavish federal contributions were discounted (Alaska has one of the nation's highest per capita rates of federal subsidies), oil's share of state revenue would jump to 53 percent--about the same as in Venezuela.
Since taking office as governor in 2006, Palin has devoted herself to a single overarching objective: increasing Alaska's income from oil and gas. To this end, she has pushed through two signal pieces of legislation: the creation of Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share (ACES) tax on oil and natural gas production, and the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). The ACES tax replaced the Petroleum Profits Tax, which had been instituted by her now-disgraced Republican predecessor, Frank Murkowski, and was widely viewed as being excessively favorable to the oil companies. Under ACES the companies are taxed at a higher rate, and a progressive surcharge of 0.4 percent is added for every dollar the net profit per barrel exceeds $30. But--and this is a big but--the companies receive an increased tax credit for some new investments in exploration and infrastructure improvements.

The AGIA proposal, which has received more national attention, is intended to facilitate construction of a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to Canada and eventually the Lower 48. Under the bill, Alaska will provide incentives, including a $500 million handout, to any company willing to build the $40 billion-plus conduit. (The $500 million will be used to help defray the costs of gaining regulatory approval, clearing environmental hurdles and so forth.) In August the Alaska Senate approved a state license for TransCanada Corporation of Calgary to pursue federal certification for construction of a 1,715-mile pipeline from the North Slope to Canada's Alberta Gas Hub. Palin said at the GOP convention that the pipeline will "help lead America to energy independence," but it's clear from her advocacy of the AGIA and TransCanada's application that her principal goal was to increase Alaska's income from gas production. (The fact that the proposed pipeline will end in Canada, not the United States, does not seem to have attracted any notice.)

The question thus arises: how does Palin's experience as a maestro of petropolitics bear on her candidacy for vice president? To begin with, it should be clear that she has nothing in common with the leaders of any other state. Although it is true that Texas produces more oil per day than Alaska, Texas is no longer a petrostate, since its economy has become so much more diversified. Alaska is virtually alone in possessing a large (oil-supplied) state budget surplus--now about $5 billion--at a time when most states and the federal government are facing massive deficits and citizen groups are rising up in fury at the prospect of budget cuts. Palin is simply unqualified to deal with the demanding economic realities of any nation that is not a petrostate.

Second, Palin's only real nitty-gritty legislative experience is in measures aimed at expanding oil and gas production, to the virtual exclusion of other factors, including the environment. Although critical of the cozy ties between her GOP predecessors and Big Oil, Palin, like them, views Alaska as an unlimited source of raw materials to be exploited for maximum economic benefit, much like the leaders of comparable petrostates (Kuwait, Nigeria and Venezuela). She says she cares about the environment, but her support for drilling in ANWR and her eagerness to push the AGIA pipeline through forests in Alaska and the Yukon suggest otherwise. We can only assume that, as veep, she would favor similar policies in the Lower 48, entailing more drilling, digging and pipe-laying in environmentally sensitive areas.

Finally, much like the leaders of other petrostates that depend on oil sales to fill government coffers, Palin is leery of efforts to promote renewable sources of energy and other petroleum alternatives--the exact opposite of running mate John McCain's proclaimed objective and that of most members of Congress. At a meeting of the National Governors Association in February, Palin argued against providing subsidies for alternative energy sources, claiming that domestic sources of oil and gas--many located in Alaska--can satisfy the nation's needs for a long time to come. "The conventional resources we have can fill the gap between now and when new technologies become economically competitive and don't require subsidies," she asserted. When pressed by a reporter for Oil & Gas Journal she went further, denouncing government support for renewable energy. "I just don't want things to get out of hand with incentives for renewables, particularly since they imply subsidies, while ignoring fuels we already have on hand." Surely, at this moment in history--with global oil output facing imminent decline and global warming an inescapable reality--anyone opposed to government support of renewable energy should be considered stupendously ill equipped for national office.

About Michael T. Klare
Michael T. Klare, Nation defense correspondent, is professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College. His latest book is Rising Power, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy. more...

[Muttocracy]

2. um, she thinks the Holocaust involved nuclear weapons or terrorists?

Try fascism, dearie. Nice irony with the Holocaust denying leader of Iran too. Can you say GAFFE

[crossroads]

70. Apparantly... she does! Smart as a box of rocks...

Of course Repukes are not known for being too smart are they? They did give us Bush!

CR

[Believing Is Art]

3. She managed to go all Godwin

with the only middle eastern name she's learned how to pronounce.

[southpaw]

4. Intention: Demonstrate that you DO understand foreign policy

Result: End up looking like a bigger shit-head than you did before.


Proverb that fits: "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

[EFerrari]

5. What an ignorant whackamole.

[RainDog]

6. she's nucking futz

[RainDog]

7. oops. nevermind n/t

[HopeHoops]

8. "I can see Iran from my HOUSE!"

[bushmeister0]

9. "Some Democrat partisans put politics first"?

WTF is she talking about? Isn't she somewhat more of a partisan than Hillary, seeing as she's running for VP and Hillary isn't?

Gosh, how could anyone view her appearance at this event as anything other than a heartfelt "committed to drawing attention to the danger posed by Iran's nuclear program."

Uh huh.

I guess, the new plan is to just have her go around pronouncing correclty the names of world leaders. That'll prove she knows something about foreign policy.

She's got to work on that "nuk-lar" thing though.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Iran expert after three weeks. I took a whole SEMESTER of geology in college, I am now a

geologist. Well, not really, but that's only because no one has yet appointed me as one.

[Behind the Aegis]

58. Maybe she stayed at a Holiday Inn the night before the speech?

[bjobotts]

11. Using fear to garner votes.Iran is not suicidal and tiny compared to USSR nukes

[bjobotts]

14. Palin is pathetic attempting to make a boggey man out of Iran.People like us

[Grateful for Hope]

12. I am sure we all know

that she is speaking what the RNC feeds her. She is not smart enough to have thought of this feeble attempt at reversing the "invitation", or at the very least, "alerting" the American public to the folly of her "un-invite".

[NOW tense]

13. Put Your Rapture Helmets On People

She is going to drop some old time religion on us.

[TwilightGardener]

15. I'd like to know where her credibility and authority to speak on this topic came from...

anyone? Bueller?

[Union Thug]

16. The Ditz Trumpets the mating call of the Freepers | FEAR!!! n/t

[Roland99]

17. "Sarah, you ignorat slut!" and that goes for the M$M, too

Mahmoud has *ZERO* control over any nuclear weapons program or program-relayed activities. The Supreme Leader is the Commander-in-Chief.


*sigh*

[still_one]

18. Yeah right, her church who believes Jews will burn in hell because they aren't "Christian"

[bulloney]

19. It didn't take Palin long to get into the Repubs' saber rattlin' game, did it?

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

This woman is a zero on foreign policy. For the past three weeks, Palin and her surrogates have been galivanting around the country touting her foreign policy credentials by bragging that her state sets closest to Russia than any other state, and that a flight she was on had a fuel stop in Ireland.

Coupled with the clusterfuck of a foreign policy mess left by the Republicans, we're supposed to believe Palin and her party have any credibility?

[Politicalboi]

20. Iran is not a threat

Like Sarah Quaylin will be. I got the name from Huffppost.

[jrockford]

21. So we are only at the SECOND holocaust? nt

[Anticon]

22. Yeah right

What happened to the Inquisition?

[Kweli4Real]

24. ... and the Middle Passage? eom

[Jacobin]

23. Well, there goes florida into the red column

Not that it had much of a chance to turn blue

[benh57]

48. are you being sarastic?

Bad-mouthing jewish organizers is more likely to turn Florida bluer than redder.

I was going to post just the opposite.

Thanks for florida, Sarah!

[benny05]

25. Doubt 9000 were there to hear this

The media has been overexaggerating the numbers who attend the McPalin rallies.

[torbird]

26. Now she just sounds crazy.

McCain thinks Obama and Hugo Chavez are the same person. Palin sees the four horsemen coming over the horizon. The press has had/is having a field day, pointing and laughing at this stuff. We can't even properly deride the campaign's claims before they're on to the next one.

It's splendid and yet horrible, the gift that keeps on giving, crossed with Armageddon, like...like...Apocaristmas.

This isn't working, McCain. You're just giving the Republican rank-and-file a reason to saty homw in November. Attaboy.

[olddad56]

27. ask the people of Iraq about the second Holocaust that her party has inflicted on them.

What a fucking bubblehead.

[Turner Ashby]

30. I thought she said I-ran? Just like she says I-raq.

No one should be in charge of foreign policy that can't say a two syllable name correctly.

[nbcouch]

28. Because we don't want the smoking gun...

...to be a mushroom cloud!

An oldie but a goodie, eh? Never mind that the Bush administration's own intelligence gathering concluded last year that Iran HAS NO NUCLEAR (sorry, NUCULAR) PROGRAM.

Somehow, for "maverick reformers," McCain's and Palin's utterances sound just like the same old Neocon horseshit.

[santamargarita]

29. Sounds like Cheney has been briefing McCain's Pig

UGH!

[madrchsod]

31. .onward christians soldiers.. marching as to war !

what a dumb fuck.....

[Mari3333]

32. she brought up the holocaust

now, lets have some reporter ask her specific details about the holocaust. where is auschwitz located? how many people were exterminated ? what specific groups of people? where is bergen-belsen? what years did this take place? who was the first regiment to come upon the concentration camps? what was the hitler doctrine and was it similar to the bush doctrine?

[Voltaire99]

33. Sorry, but she sounds just like Hillary on this one.

Servants of empire, both.

The difference is Hillary's been a bit more cold-blooded about it, hasn't she. Only one of these sad excuses for women has proposed Iran be "totally obliterated."

[Behind the Aegis]

59. Talk about misrepresentation.

In your 'defense' of Palin (yes, I know you weren't really defending her), you misrepresented Clinton's remarks. She never "proposed" Iran be "totally obliterated." If you have proof to the contrary, please link.

[BearSquirrel2]

34. You don't have enough sons bitch ...

That crazy harpy doesn't have enough sons to send to Iran and try to pull an Iraq. There aren't any troops left and the last thing you Republicans want is a draft. Then people would have to take responsibility for their votes.

[BearSquirrel2]

35. AND BTW ...

AND BTW, all the Jews will be killed by god. That's what these people believe and don't think that the right wing Jews know this and ignore it because they know it's bullshit.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

36. she has PNAC stamped on her forehead!

[DS1]

69. Dick Cheney's mushroom

[Rosa Luxemburg]

71. the problem is worse in Pakistan - it is unstable and has nukes (real ones)

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. Fear! Terra! This isn't the same message you've heard for 8 years, honest!

That was all about Iraq - this is Iran! See - Palin and McCain represent real change! Change you can measure in consonants (but not vowels).

[Rebellious Republican]

38. I am sorry but your title is wrong, it should read.....

Palin prays for 'Second Holocaust' by Ahmadinejad!

[readmoreoften]

45. Stalin-Palin dreams of Holocaust. No more Iranians or Jews. Moose in the Middle East.

[kitty1]

39. If McCain/Palin get in, you can bank on a war with Iran......

Nothing like a good assault on a foreign country to get people's minds off of the financial bloodbath that's going on.
When you think about it, all those billions that were put poured into that senseless war with Iraq over the last 6 years would have gone a long way in helping to keep the country's head above water.

Will they learn though? Of course not. War keeps their engines going.
Some of them make a nice little profit off of the bloodshed too.

[Doctor_J]

40. We need a new word for the GOP courting of Jews - pandering doesn't do it justice

when is this ignorant whore going to stop appearing on TV

[foxfeet]

53. Goyische Old Pischers

nu?

[sudopod]

42. PROTIP: The President of Iran is not the Commander-in-Chief

of Iran's armed forces. He would not have the authority to launch such an attack.

What a putz.

[sudopod]

43. LOLocaust --

What they'll call the Biden-Palin debate years from now.

[readmoreoften]

44. Iran is home to the 2nd largest population of Jews in the Middle East.

And that Israel is trying to give $10K to any Iranian Jew who wants to leave their homeland and the remaining community says: fuck off. Those who currently live in Iran believe that IRAN is the homeland of the Jews as this community has been there for over 1000 years--ever since the Persians rescued the Jews from the Babylonians. They even have their own elected representative in the government.

Many videos on YouTube on the Iranian Jewish community and their tense relationship to Israel.
And, by the way, if Israel wipes out Persia isn't that genocide too? Just sayin.

Point is: massive manipulation going on here.

[Behind the Aegis]

61. Some truth to your post.

But, it is more like "truthiness" than actual 'truth.' First, it was more than $10K (small point). Second, Iranian Jews didn't say "fuck off" to the offer, some, only a handful, did take it, but it wasn't because they "believe that IRAN is the homeland of the Jews, but rather because they believe Iran is their homeland, which is correct. That area has a huge history and Jews are always a part of it. Third, while having an elected official, the SOLE Jewish representative has limited abilities. In the US, we call this "tokenism."

Finally, there are many videos on YouTube. Like most theocratic, despotic nations, many Iranians don't see those videos. But, the relations of Iranian Jews to Israel is based mostly on the propaganda supplied by Iran. Iranian Jews see themselves as Iranians. Not a damn thing wrong with that notion, especially given the anti-Semitic meme that Jews are more loyal to Israel first.

As for Israel "wiping out" Persia (which doesn't exist), where have you ever seen such a statement by anyone in the Israeli government? However, "wiping out" Israel from an Iranian official...well, just look to the president's most recent comments. At least we don't have the anti-Israeli bigots trying to defend his comments by saying they were mistranslated.

IMO, I really think most would not blink an eye at a second Holocaust of Jews. Many are so-called progressives and wouldn't give two shits if 6 million Jews suddenly disappeared. They would, after the fact of course, feign outrage and horror and use it to their advantage, as they are as manipulative and hate-filled as any right-winger Rapturist.

[Poseidan]

46. Jews and the GOP

Israel has become wiser about the GOP.

Palin is like every Republican - cloned in a factory; packaged and sold to a gullible nation of consumers.

[and-justice-for-all]

47. Fear, fear, terra, terra....

blow it out your ass wench.

[Canuckistanian]

49. OMG, teh stupid, it burns us

It's not even worth explaining the number of falsehoods in that one Gibson statement alone.

[JerseygirlCT]

50. I'm surprised that that seems to imply she actually believes there

was a first holocaust. Especially as she's a Buchananite.

[NeoConsSuck]

51. Oh Please!

Caribou Barbie probably didn't even know who Ahmadinejad was until after she was offered the vp slot and was briefed by the pukes.

Now all of a sudden she's a voice of foreign policy?

[SOS]

62. Attila the Hen should read the 2007 NIE

nt

[bronxiteforever]

52. Can't her pastor just do an exorcism and free Mahmoud from the demons

[crossroads]

54. After just 3 weeks of intense programming

by her Repuke handlers, she is now an expert at these things folks! Read her lipstick!

CR

[glinda]

55. I hate her

Idiot. She doesn't even understand the crap that she is told to say.

[judasdisney]

56. Hey dumbfucks -- more Jews live in Iran than any other Mid-East nation besides Israel.

Read fucking Juan Cole.

[MrScorpio]

57. She's saying that WE want to have Israel nuked? Is this woman insane?

Jeezus!

[coffeenap]

60. Oh Palin, please just go home. Sigh. nt

[Bryn]

63. Even Alaska is too precious for her

She is destroying Alaska (drill in Artic Wildlife Reserve, orders to kill wolves, fights government to remove polar bears from endangered list, etc. etc.) She's BAD BAD NEWS for a precious place like Alaska. Beam me up, Scotty. I am so tired of having to deal with crazy people here who are allowed to run America into ground. Might as well start packing.

[fascisthunter]

64. I'm More Concerned with Her Religious Extremism Starting the Same

I guess it's a matter of proximity...

[LeftishBrit]

65. I don't like the thought of nukes in the hands of extremist theocratic right-wingers who want to

drag us all back to the Middle Ages, and hate all who don't belong to their particular religion.

That means Ahmadinejad - and it also means Palin.

[Orsino]

66. Well, at least she's not a Holocaust denier.

I guess that's something.

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[d_b]

68. Palin can't spell holocaust n/t

[gate of the sun]

72. she's maybe more dangerous than bush

I'm all for ignoring her entirely hoping that if we ignore her enough she will just go away. With her and the financial crisis it's really too much.