Saturday, September 13, 2008

Death And The Ports

Gov. Sarah Palin and other right wingers say they are "pro-life," and yet they seem to favor death in some of their decisions.
Gov. Palin -- Sarah Barracuda -- wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Aug. 28 asking him not to sign a bill that would charge a $60 fee for each cargo container going in or out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, two of the busiest in the nation.
The fee would be used to reduce extreme air pollution which comes from diesel truck and train engines in and around the ports.
That $60 fee would hurt the economies of both Alaska and California, Gov. Palin said.
She made no mention of the 3400 people who die every year around those ports because of diseases brought about by air pollution.
From her perspective, it's OK that these people die, as long as we can keep making money.
Is her position pro-life or pro-death?
It seems pro-death, to me.

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