Sarah Palin cannot understand California drought because 'It's got a whole ocean right there'.

[RandySF]

While everyone was caught up in the grossness that was the Duggar scandal last month, the world missed Sarah Palin’s groundbreaking ideas on how to fix California’s historic drought.

On the Sarah Palin Channel — which, believe it or not, people actually pay $99.99 per year for — she released a video clip of her describing how perfect California is except for one thing: its politicians.,,,

So Palin thought of a brilliant solution:

“You might ask, though, why don’t they just fix the infrastructure problem, why don’t they just build more reservoirs and plants? After all, California is a coastal state. It’s got a whole ocean right there, water all around ya.”



http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/1395381/sarah-palin-california-drought-build-more-reservoirs

[bravenak]

1. My ex governor is so stupid.

[roguevalley]

13. she's from Idaho, bravenak. :D:D I try to remember that every time she opens

her pie hole.

[bravenak]

18. Oh, good. I always feel so guilty.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Is this satire? nt

[greyl]

3. No, it's a misleading OP headline.

Palin goes on to say...

And as for the “water all around ya” part, Palin goes on to say that because California is “America’s petri dish for left wing lunacy,” those darned “environmentalists” have been preventing the construction of more desalination plants in the state, pointing out the fact that said plants do, in fact, need a whole bunch of energy to operate.

Let’s fact check that really quick. According to this SF Gate story published in February (that’s a few month before Palin recorded this video message) 17 desalination plants are already in the planning stages in California.

However, the plants cost anywhere from $150 million to $1 billion apiece, which will surely eat up a large chunk of the state’s projected $4.2 billion surplus very quickly.

So no, environmentalists and the Left have not been stopping the state from building desalination plants, they just simply cannot be built overnight.

http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/1395381/sarah-palin-california-drought-build-more-reservoirs

[ZombieHorde]

5. I see. Thank you.

She still seems to be very wrong, but not in the insane way the headline suggests.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. LOL - I do not believe that ANY headline can

ever do Palin's insanity justice.

[merrily]

12. Thank heaven society doesn't reward that level of insanity.

Oh, wait.....

[merrily]

7. How much of California's budget comes from real estate taxes?

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Does it really have the money for building desalinization plants? And, if they are bad for the environment, doesn't that only make the planet even shittier for our kids and grandkids?

Are we ever going to be done with Palin and her ilk? Or the Duggars? Honestly, I feel like stories about either of them should be banned. Yeah, yeah, I know. First Amendment.

ETA: Can't the rights of millions of Americans under the 8th counter her rights under the First?

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Prop 13

is part of the nightmare for California.

[RandySF]

4. I don't think so.

It was reported on more than one site.

[merrily]

6. And I cannot understand why Alaska is so cold. I mean, it's got the same sun as everyone else.

[Vinca]

11. You betcha!

[City Lights]

15. LOL!

Good one!

[merrily]

17. Thanks!

[hifiguy]

19. DUzy!

Shut 'er down, we have a thread winner.

[merrily]

21. My first DUzy! I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent, my wonderful family, Stop that music! I'm

[Omaha Steve]

8. Can she..

See California from her house?

[malaise]

10. Lady BlahBlah is really really really

stupid - see with her

[lpbk2713]

14. And they can drink all that orange juice also too.

OMFG

[MineralMan]

16. Dumb Cluck!

Let them drink seawater, I guess. What a maroon.