The $4 Per Gallon Obama? FactCheckers Say "No" on Palin FB Page

Here’s what Sarah Palin said on her Facebook page:

Is it really any surprise that oil and gas prices are surging toward the record highs we saw in 2008 just prior to the economic collapse? Despite the President’s strange assertions in his press conference last week, his Administration is not a passive observer to the trends that have inflated oil prices to dangerous levels. His war on domestic oil and gas exploration and production has caused us pain at the pump, endangered our already sluggish economic recovery, and threatened our national security.

The evidence of the President’s anti-drilling mentality and his culpability in the high gas prices hurting Americans is there for all to see.

Click here to see the rest of her faulty reasoning….

The sweet news is that on her FB page, beyond all the crazy true believers like this:

There were several toward the end that had to be critical thinking ‘ringers’ capable of connecting the logic dots:

So for all of you on our side, it’s important to scan these places occasionally, and nip in and leave a crumb of ‘reason’ (just so the other side knows it when the see it).

Here’s what the critical thinkers had been reading:

This is from FactCheck.com/Annenberg School of Public Policy -

Conflicting, false and misleading statements on oil production and gasoline prices have become the currency of politicians lately, as oil tops $100 per barrel and gasoline hovers near $4 per gallon. Among some of the claims that got our attention:

• Top Republicans blame President Obama’s moratorium on deepwater drilling for rising gasoline prices. The moratorium delayed drilling of some new wells, but did not affect the output of wells already in production. A projected drop in total domestic oil production this year should amount to six-tenths of 1 percent of all U.S. consumption of liquid fuels. A Wall Street oil analyst told us the moratorium has had “zero” effect on prices.

• Obama said domestic oil production last year was its highest since 2003. That’s true — but U.S. oil production is projected to drop this year.

• Rep. Kevin McCarthy said “under this administration our output has gone down 13 percent.” McCarthy is wrong — U.S. oil production was up in 2009 and 2010, and is projected to decline only 2 percent this year.

• Sarah Palin said Obama is “allowing America to remain increasingly dependent on imports” from unstable countries. But there has been a decline — not an increase — in total oil imports from Middle Eastern and African countries, as well as countries identified by the State Department as “dangerous or unstable,” since Obama took office.

Semper Vigilans! Readers! Ain’t social networking grand!

-maven

Follow Oil Spill on ProPublica Facebook Site

This is exactly how the internet shines and enables us all to players in participatory democracy and the environment. BP and other corporations can no longer just ‘get away with’ their deeds in the vacuum of being remotely located or active in the dead of night … we can stay informed, and well informed at that.

ProPublica is stepping in where mainstream corporate journalism no longer has the ‘chops’ to go. Support them if you can and ‘Like’ their Facebook page - which is important. As a PR specialist, I can tell you that BP has their people watching the numbers of folks linking to sites that are not favorable of BP. That informs their decision making.

Quick hits from my Facebook... oh, my!

“NV Mining spent $1 million on lobbyists last legislative session, equivalent to 3% of taxes they paid to the state’s general fund in ‘07-‘08.”

Bob Fulkerson, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)

That this man can think such things and still do a decent downward facing dog…. or maybe the ‘dog’ allows him to think such things without having his head explode. maven.

“If a store is open 24 hours, why do they have locks on the doors?”

Tom Wolfe, Reno, Nevada video editing wizard

Tom: you gotta get a new hobby… maven

“I strongly object to have to read a journal article titled, “Knowing and forgetting.” What’s the point? I already know how to forget. I think. Now where did I put that article…”

Karen Johnson, nursing student and doctoral candidate

This is what happens when you have gerbils for pets…. maven

“playing Spike Jones’s “Black and Blue Danube Waltz” for Olivia, and probably getting a bigger laugh out of it than she would. Gotta love Spike Jones…”

Douglas E. Jessemer, Civil Air Patrol

And I thought I was the only one old enough to even know who Spike Jones was… maven

“do you know anyone who worked at TGIFridays in sacramento??? they are closed now, let me know ASAP! thanks!”

yeah.. that’s Neda Iranpour, TV personality

That leads me to all sorts of Stephen King possibilities. Let it gooooo, Neda… maven

“Cleaning out the Freezer… This evenings menu item: BBQ’d Elk Burgers with Chedder and Grilled Onion. Yummmmm”

Kristy Crabtree, web designer from Westward Strategies

She’s gorgeous and blonde. I used to be jealous until I discovered that this is what gorgeous blondes do on the weekends. Defrost the freezer. maven

“Had two great evenings with friends. Saw Anthony Cool’s show with dear friends Max and Joni at the Paris. Anthony IS cool. Thanks for the tixs and the laughs. Then last night went to see Arian Black and the Amazing Jonathan at the Harmon…bo…th performances were amazing… Love you Pam and the puppies… always fun.”

Mistinguett, Las Vega icon

I’d change my hair color and learn to showgirl, if I thought I’d be having that much fun… maven

Iran: headed for meltdown or can technology save the day?

Watching the daily events unfold in Iran is rather like that slow-motion scene in a movie of a horrible car crash. It drags you along to the final chilling and inescapable conclusion. Or is the conclusion inescapable?

I keep remembering the words from a dear Persian friend over in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago.

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