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Well, yesterday I said I wanted to hear from Sarah Palin, and regrettably, I got my wish.
While I'm not a fan of Bill O'Reilly, I think even he was having a hard time keeping up - or more specifically, trying to understand - Ms. Palin.
Part of the problem I have with her is that she's freaking illiterate. She has trouble stringing words together to make a coherent, let alone grammatically correct, sentence. So, trying to translate what she says into intelligible English is the first thing I have to do. And that's just tiresome. It's also pathetic when I have to do this for someone who was once a governor. (Although, after listening to a recent speech from the governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, I'm now advocating IQ tests as a prerequisite for holding public office.)
I choose to believe that the average American is more like me than her. At least, I pray I'm right about that. So, what's her appeal? I can see what her appeal is to men - T & A. In a nutshell. She's not bad to look at.
But what's her appeal to women? I don't think John McCain's wife liked her much, but there sure seems to be alot of other women who do. Sigh. It's such a discredit and embarrassment to my gender to have to admit that. I'm really hoping that there aren't that many loopy women out there, but from what I've seen lately, I may be wrong about that, too.
Well, back to the Gulf Oil Leak. Much to my expectation, Palin STILL defends the oil companies and their right to make money. Her 'interpretation' of President Obama's speech is, of course, biased and to me, nonsensical. But, I guess in all fairness, someone who can't string a coherent thought together probably can't understand one, either.
First, Palin accuses Obama of being wrong on his energy policy. What Obama said was that we need to invest in alternative energy research and become less dependent on fossil fuels. He also said that we still needed fossil fuels, but nonetheless, was putting a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. While he didn't specifically address that perhaps it's time for the American people to conserve their use of energy, he did talk about environmental conservation of resources.
What Sarah Palin says she heard was that Obama ONLY talked about alternative energy resources. Huh? I guess she wasn't listening to the same speech I was, or else, she just plain wasn't listening and decided for herself what he said -without actually, well, listening to him. That's not only deceptive, it's disrespectful and downright dumb.
Maybe Palin figures that most of the people that listen to her won't listen to Obama's speech, either, so she can get away with saying whatever she wants. Geez, I sure hope not. I don't want to believe that there would be that many people who just blindly and naively believe anything someone tells them, without checking out the source for themselves. But, as Forrest Gump would say, "Stupid is as stupid does."
Second, the ditzy broad then talks about how Obama doesn't realize how dependent people are upon energy in this country, and how that's tied to the economy....Huh? She really doesn't think Obama realizes how deeply addicted to massive amounts of energy the average American is? Or how many people are employed by the energy industry? How many air pockets does she have in that brain of hers?
Of course Obama knows all this. And because he knows all this, he wants to make sure that Americans will have access to all the energy we need for a long time to come. He knows that we cannot continue to depend on fossil fuels, for many reasons - most of these which either seems to escape Palin, or which she just can't seem to comprehend. It's scary enough to think that she's just one person that just doesn't "get it" - but to think that she might actually be representative of thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands of people, is pretty horrific.
Because if that's the case, America's in deep doo-doo.
What Obama points out - and what Palin fails to understand - is that fossil fuel is not renewable. There isn't an endless supply of it, either. And if we dont' want to become dependent on Middle Eastern oil (which we don't), then we need to look to the future, not just tomorrow. Renewable energy sources make great sense, because they're generally cheaper to produce and there's an endless supply of it. When energy is cheaper to produce and there is an endless supply, that means our utility costs go DOWN. WE PAY LESS. THAT LEAVES US WITH MORE MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS.
Now, the question I have to ask myself is, "Why would Sarah Palin object to that?"
While I think Sarah Palin is not the brightest bulb in the pack, I don't think that she purposely wants to harm the environment. I think she'd probably agree that we have an environmental catastrophe on our hands and probably doesn't want to see another one anymore than you or I do. At least, I want to give her the benefit of the doubt on this.
Palin also shouldn't object to cheaper electricity that's easier to produce. Or does she?
Because if it's not the environment, then it has to be the industry, because these are the only two variables here. So, why would Sarah Palin choose the oil industry, over say, a solar energy industry, or a windmill industry? All these industries would presumably employ workers, have research and development departments, etc. The latter two would arguably produce greener energy and be kinder to the environment; the former is a multi-billion industry with long-arm lobbyists in Washington, D.C. - and probably anywhere else there are oil wells. Like Alaska.
I'm just guessing here, but I don't think I'd be too far off if I was to say that Sarah Palin is "in bed" with the oil industry, because the oil industry gave millions of dollars to her political campaign/s. In fact, it was sort of funny that she should have accused "the government" of being in bed with the oil companies, when she WAS the government in Alaska, where there are LOTS of oil companies!
Like I said, not the brightest bulb in the pack.
Her responses and criticisms made even Bill O'Reilly defend the President! She showed herself for the idiot she truly is; she is an embarrassment to the Republican Party, I think, and that's why she's attached herself to the "Tea Partiers". A bunch of radical, right-wing, rogue rednecks.
Which, of course, is why she fits right in. (I couldn't resist that.)
In my opinion, Sarah Palin is just a flash-in-the-pan that exposes the extent of the American ignorance that plagues our country today. It's plain for all to see that we, as a society, need to invest more money and effort into our educational system. We need to make sure that American minds are not closed due to lack of interest or critical thinking skills. At the very least, we need to make sure people know their basic reading, writing, and arithmetic - not to mention, grammar. Miscommunication is perhaps one of the biggest problems in our society. We all need to know how to communicate with others so that misunderstandings don't occur. And perhaps, most of all, we need to learn how to listen so that we understand what's really being said.
It's very easy to manipulate speech. It's also easy to play upon people's emotions, especially fear. Those who manipulate speech and play upon people's emotions also take advantage of the ignorance and naivete that exists. I think Sarah Palin is one of those people.
Read the full article. If you're a conservative, it's a source I'm sure you trust. If you're a progressive, you might be pleasantly surprised at Bill O'Reilly's reaction.
And that's all I've got to say about that, for now.
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