Palin Turns Alaska's Clock Back 36 Years

Every time I pass a dog on the street or in the airport or wherever it is I am and there's a dog in sight, I am drawn to it immediately. I can't help myself. Just ask my boyfriend. I approach the owner so I can say hi (to the dog, of course) all the while gritting my teeth because I love dogs so much I just want to squish them all really hard. The only time I won't bend down and have a chat with my new friend is when the owner alerts me to its unfriendliness (the owner's of course).

I'm a sucker for animals. Mainly because, and particularly in the case of dogs, their love is unconditional. Animals mean no harm; they are simply protecting their territory and they were here long before we were. Animals don't have weapons and are all about the law of natural selection. I have my favorite breeds (Westies, Goldens, Wheatons, Corgis, Bernese Mountain Dogs, Bichons, Brussels Griffons, Yorkies, Pomeranians, and then my not so favorite breeds (Poodles, Dachsunds and Chinese Crested) but honestly, there isn't a single breed of dog that I could imagine wanting to kill. Really not interested in shooting animals at all because they are so clearly the underdog in this mess, but dogs in particular are off limits.

NOT SINCE 1972
Apparently, everyone's newest favorite Alaskan Governor put a bounty on the lives of wolves in Alaska last year - just a few months into her term as Governor. A bounty on wolves hasn't been incorporated into the Alaska predatory control practice since 1972. Thirty-six years. But Palin did it without skipping a beat. She's like the company I work for - screw them over now, make amends later. And all of this in order to save two other animal species: the Caribou and the Moose. Is she pretending she cares? Did you see the dead Caribou thanks to Sarah's quick trigger finger as her young daughter looked on, lying beneath her foot? Palin's administration is "anteing up the cash" for the fryfest and will pay $150 per right leg, (obviously, this would involve detaching the right leg as proof of kill to be paid).

"State biologists wanted 382 to 664 wolves killed... As of Tuesday morning, 98 wolves had been killed by aerial gunners, hunters and trappers."

Honestly, the thought of this slaughtering of these beautiful, innocent animals makes me want to put a wolf costume on her and secure a hunting license of my own as soon as possible. And I'll pony up her right leg without demanding a dime.

*The wolf bounty began before Alaska became one of the United States. It ended 13 years later, "in part because wolf pelts had become so valuable there was no need to encourage kills."

By the way: What is up with this woman? I truly am trying to find something endearing about her. There MUST be something. If you know what it is, you know where to comment.