Palin Fought Against Listing Growing Polar Bear Population as Threatened

Another reason to not vote for Sarah Palin for vice president.

 

Shows how out of touch she is. If things continue as they are the Polar Bear will be extinct by the turn of the next century.

http://cache.search.yahoo.net/searc...r+bears+extinct&d=Ib5v_xg5RYM9&icp=1&.intl=us

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061217122142AAF4nru

 

The reason for the decline does not matter per the subject of this thread. Regardless of the reason it only shows she is out of touch with reality by saying they are not threatened. If they are not threatened why are their numbers decreasing?

Simply another of your attempts to derail a thread.

 

"A survey of the animals numbers in Canada's eastern Arctic has revealed that they are thriving, not declining…'There aren't just a few more bears. There are a lot more bears,' said Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has spent 20 years studying the animals. His findings back the claims of Inuit hunters who have long claimed that they were seeing more bears."
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Its like the gators here in Florida. (not the foorball team) For years they were protected and now they are all over the place.

 

This whole thing has top do with Alaskan oil...

If we begin to drill like she wants in the upper ends of Alaska there will be problems with warming the environment etc... This will endanger the polar bears natural habitat which is on the do not mess with list. She needs them off the list in order to move forward with drilling.

However, she has other obstacles since geologist have also said drilling in that region will be the demise of ourselves. She won't hear it and will be drilling by next year if she gets her way. Making VP will sure go a long way for her drilling agenda.

Again, she must think the rest of us are absolutely stupid knowing about all the oil in Alaska and not drilling for it. She was on CNN saying, "why do we buy foreign oil when we have oil in our own state of Alaska". There is a reason the hill hasn't let the oil companies go drill crazy up there and for her to insinuate they were all sitting on their thumbs but here she is with the answer is the biggest insult I've seen in years. As McCain, he is against the drilling. Ask him why he is against the drilling?

 

I don't find much on the thawing and don't usually promote Wiki but here is a place to start. It is way more complicated than just getting the polar bears off the list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Refuge_drilling_controversy

Two things of interest to me. Go down the bottom under Native Alaskans... Seems to me if they were included in the polls she wouldn't be at 80%.

The Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, which represents 229 Native Alaskan tribes, officially opposes any development in ANWR.[38] In March 2005 Luci Beach, [39] the executive director of the steering committee for the Native Alaskan and Canadian Gwich’in tribe (a member of the AI-TC), during a trip to Washington D.C., while speaking for a unified group of 55 Alaskan and Canadian indigenous peoples, said that drilling in ANWR is "a human rights issue and it's a basic Aboriginal human rights issue.

The the section under Projected impact on global price

The total production from ANWR would be between 0.4 and 1.2 percent of total world oil consumption in 2030. Consequently, ANWR oil production is not projected to have a large impact on world oil prices.

This project would greatly boost the Alaskan economy but at what cost? I think she is being careless and now allowing all the facts to settle as she pushes to put jobs in her state. It is the principle of, "what good is it to gain the whole world and loose your soul"... By the way, you know she is connected to Alaskan Oil.

 

Of course it has to do with Alaskan oil. That is why the environmental groups have been pushing for years to have polar bears listed as endangered, while they are increasing in numbers. It's an attempt to stop any drilling. Based on wobbly computer models.

 

There is no scientific evidence for your allegations.

 

That's right. I read it and posted another source confirming the OP.

 

Oh. I got it now :thumbs:

 

I agree with everything you said to the degree that there are varying views on this subject. What I said is this is a complex issue with multiple sides and what you see from Gov Palin is her side. Other people have another side.

Secondly, McCain recently made that statement which is his path to changing his position since the drilling is the conservative position. He did this in a very PC fashion and said I will review any information put before me. I would wish all politicians would do this.

Lastly, the Eskimo feel this is their land and they further feel they are technically Indian's. If they are correct, this would be like trying to put a well in the middle of a reservation.

She is into oil. Her Husband works in oil and as Governor she will greatly boost the Alaskan economy. I can't fault her for her view. I just think the rest of us shouldn't wear the same blinders and consider all the facts in the matter.