http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/...
There's an interesting article about Palin in a Seattle newspaper by a native Alaskan and Seth Kantor.
Seth Kantner was born and raised in the Arctic and is a commercial fisherman in Alaska's northernmost salmon fishery. He is the author of "Shopping for Porcupine" and the best-selling novel "Ordinary Wolves."
He's not too impressed and shares his reaction about Palin, McCain, global warming, pollution in Alaska and a host of issues that concern us all.
I'm an Alaskan -- born in an igloo, enjoy whale muktuk, all that -- and in case you aren't sick of our state by now, I'll start off with an apology for one of our residents: Sarah Palin.
FAKE ACCENT AND MEAN-SPIRITED
By now the world knows our Gov. Palin is an expert at swishing around in color-coordinated this and that, with her makeup, fake Minnesota accent, and her mooseburger and mean-spirited commentary. We can only hope people realize she's a pretty unreal Alaskan, one who is simply skimming the gravy off our hard-earned Alaskan mystique to mix with her varnished nonsense.
(And yes, some Alaskans do sell varnished moose turds, also.)
Like all of us, he wants competence in our next leader. Someone who has a grasp on global warming.
In the Arctic, where global warming is melting our world regardless of Palin's lone charge against reality, her alleged appeal leaves many of us cold. With our long winters and tough trails, we still value a beaver hat and common sense more than high heels and clip-on hairdos. We simply don't want another leader less intelligent than we are.
He's had it with Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, the cost of the war and not at all impressed with the McCain-Palin ticket!
Eight years with the cowboy and copilot Halliburton at the helm has been hard on our land. Too much polluting, an unnecessary war draining our economy and both men too cool for global warming. We can't afford to turn now to a beauty contestant and an old guy who's acting like he's run the Iditarod too many times without winning. (Beating his dogs, he's so desperate to win.)
The economy, jobs and the price of heating oil is 2x's higher in Alaska. I thought Sarah was the energy "expert."
Come on, people. Our ice is melting. Your jobs are turning to dust. Everyone's bank statements are on the verge of being firestarter. Your heating oil is $4 a gallon, ours is $8.
Like so many, he doesn't know what McCain stands for and the ticket is a bridge to nowhere.
John McCain's answers to those problems? Heck, I honestly don't know what he stands for this week. Talk about a shifting ice floe. But his running mate, we've heard her answers: She's already sued the polar bears, now she's chanting, "Drill, baby, drill!"
Wake up, folks. Sarah Palin is America's bridge to nowhere. Get off it.
I'll end with another article, Northern Exposure
http://www.tnr.com/... that I diaried about here.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Alaska has twice the rate of birth defects of any state in the nation. It's the environment baby, the environment!