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Video: Sarah Palin On “American Chopper”
Look at the size of that bear on the couch! Nice.
Palin To Reject Nearly $515 Million In Stimulus Money For Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin says she intends to accept only about half of the more than $1 billion dollars in stimulus money earmarked for Alaska.
Protesting federal "strings," attached to stimulus funding, Gov. Sarah Palin said she doesn’t want nearly half the estimated $930 million Alaska is eligible for.
"Will we chart our own course, or will Washington (D.C.) engineer it for us?" Palin said.
She expected to file an appropriations bill this afternoon accepting about $251.5 million in stimulus funds, coupled with allocations of $262.6 million already requested for transportation and aviation projects for a total state take of about $514.1 million.
Palin said she’s fine with accepting money that will actually create jobs in Alaska. What she doesn’t want is the social engineering money that Obama is forcing on the states. Money that will permanently grow the welfare rolls and increase the size of government.
Good for her.
Alaska Volcano Eruption “Imminent”
Residents in and around Anchorage, Alaska are stocking up on supplies and preparing for what scientists say is the imminent eruption of Mount Redoubt. The volcano last blew on Dec. 15, 1989 sending a cloud of ash more than 150 miles away. Unlike Hawaii’s volcanoes which typically create an orange river of lava that flows down the mountain, Alaska’s volcanoes tend to just explode and send an enormous ash cloud 30,000-50,000 ft. into the jet stream.
John Power who works at the Alaska Volcano Observatory says the ash is very dangerous to humans and can cause severe lung damage and blindness if precautions are not taken.
“It’s a very abrasive kind of rock fragment,” Power said. “It’s not the kind of ash that you find at the base of your wood stove.” The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. “They use this to polish all kinds of metals,” he said. Particulate can injure skin, eyes and breathing passages. The young, the elderly and people with respiratory problems are especially susceptible. Put enough ash under a windshield wiper and it will scratch glass. It’s also potentially deadly for anyone flying in a jet. “Think of flying an airliner into a sandblaster,” Power said.
Power advises Alaskans to prepare as they would for a bad snowstorm: Keep flashlights, batteries and several days’ worth of food in the house, limit driving and prepare to hunker down if the worst of an ash cloud hits.
Palin Says She Won’t Accept Pay Raise
The State Officers Compensation Commission of Alaska is recommending that Gov. Palin get a pay raise from $125,000 to $150,000 — but Palin says it’s not appropriate and she won’t accept a raise.
Palin is the 24th lowest paid governor in the country.
No matter how much conservative intellectuals and left-wingers try and demonize Sarah Palin, she is a woman of principal.
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